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John Lanchester - Whoops! - YouTube
lanchester on financial collapse, 25 min, very good
finance  villainy  failure  crash 
18 days ago by ignatz
BBC News - Coke and Pepsi change manufacturing process to avoid cancer warning
Coca-Cola and Pepsi are changing how they make an ingredient in their drinks to avoid being legally obliged to put a cancer warning label on the bottle.
cancer  doom  pepsi  coca-cola  poison  marketing  failure  villainy 
10 weeks ago by ignatz
Dollars for Doctors - ProPublica
investigative series on payoffs to physicians by medical companies
medicine  commerce  doom  villainy  propublica  journalism 
january 2012 by ignatz
Shakti Innovations
SHAKTI Noise Reduction Technology otherwise known as hilarious fraud
ha  commerce  villainy  fraud  audiophiles 
october 2011 by ignatz
LRB · John Lanchester · Once Greece goes…
The economic crisis in Greece is the most important thing to have happened in Europe since the Balkan wars.
economics  finance  commerce  villainy  failure 
july 2011 by ignatz
Study Says Spam Can Be Cut by Blocking Card Transactions - NYTimes.com
Most spam goes through just three processing companies, who are now known.
spam  commerce  villainy  finance  banking  uce 
may 2011 by ignatz
Druckversion - The Bittersweet Wars: Battle Pits Cocoa Speculators against Chocolate Makers - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
Anthony Ward, the man behind the attack on Nauck, is sitting in an office in London. The fund manager and trader has been given the nickname "Choc Finger," a play on the James Bond villain Goldfinger. In the industry, though, it is meant as a term of admiration.
food  chocolate  cocoa  commerce  villainy 
april 2011 by ignatz
At University of Phoenix, Allegations of Enrollment Abuses Persist - ProPublica
surprise! degree mill fibs to students. they're the single largest recipient of federal educational grants, too.
education  commerce  villainy  fraud 
november 2009 by ignatz
Toys - we make money not art
art exhibit about the collapse of a fictional enron-like company
art  finance  enron  fraud  commerce  villainy 
july 2009 by ignatz
LRB · John Lanchester: It’s Finished
John Lanchester on the British side of the Great Financial Collapse
economics  finance  banking  crash  financialcrash  failure  commerce  villainy  via:acblicious 
may 2009 by ignatz
The Torture Colony
German pedophile creates nightmare cult compound, shoots Santa Claus, fondles children, tortures and murders for Fascist government, and lavishes gourmet cakes and cheeses on his friends.
history  crime  cults  chile  torture  villainy  nazis 
april 2009 by ignatz
Vioxx maker Merck and Co drew up doctor hit list | The Australian
AN international drug company made a hit list of doctors who had to be "neutralised" or discredited because they criticised the anti-arthritis drug the pharmaceutical giant produced.
villainy  commerce  pharmaceuticals  drugs  medicine  business  crime 
april 2009 by ignatz
Costly Online Organ-Transplant Scam Results in Death, Arrest
"After seeing Feldman's online site, liver4you.org, the pair wired $70,000 to a New York bank account for Feldman last year."
villainy  crime  fraud  news  medicine  death  florida  parts 
march 2009 by ignatz
La Figa » Dobson Steps Down From Focus on the Family, Replaced by Real-Life Dr. Strangelove
Onward, Christian soldiers! As Rev. James Dobson steps down as the once-influential crank chairman of the conservative Focus on the Family, he is being replaced by Ret. Airforce Lt. Gen. Patrick P. Caruana, a recently retired Vice President for Northrop Grumman Space Technology who's a real life Dr Strangelove.
villainy  religion  usa  politics  churchianity  fotf  dobson 
march 2009 by ignatz
Judges Plead Guilty in Scheme to Jail Youths for Profit - NYTimes.com
Judges jailed children in private prisons that paid them kickbacks. Surprised the sentence was 87 months and not 87 years.
villainy  yeesh  gaaaah  law  corruption  evil  privatization 
february 2009 by ignatz
IBM Offers To Move Laid Off Workers To India -- InformationWeek
IBM offers employees the chance to outsource themselves to faraway places and make pennies on the dollar
failure  commerce  villainy  grimmeathookfuture  ibm  outsourcing 
february 2009 by ignatz
Dr. A. Q. Khan - Personal Home Page
The autohagiographic web site of Pakistan's nuclear scientist and international proliferator.
villainy  war  nuclearweapons  weird  wmd  pakistan  aqkhan 
january 2009 by ignatz
Judgment Day for Cardinal Mahony? | williamlobdell.com
It took way, way too long, but the U.S. attorney has finally launched a grand jury investigation into the actions of Cardinal Roger M. Mahony when dealing with rapist priests in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
failure  villainy  religion  crime  losangeles  catholicism  mahoney  lobdell 
january 2009 by ignatz
ABC News: Government Regulators Aided IndyMac Cover-Up, Maybe Others
Treasury regulators assisted and even suggested fraud by IndyMac bank and maybe others
commerce  villainy  banking  fraud  indymac  financialcollapse 
january 2009 by ignatz
Northrop Unveils Bitchin' Bomber-Cycle | Danger Room from Wired.com
Novelty motorcycle built to commemorate the 20th anniversary of weapon of mass destruction.
failure  commerce  villainy  usa  toys  advertising  war  weapons  motorcycles  b-2 
january 2009 by ignatz
Drug Companies & Doctors: A Story of Corruption - The New York Review of Books
Collusion between pharm companies and influential doctors is way worse than I thought even.
commerce  villainy  medicine  science  psychiatry  pharmaceuticals  pharm 
january 2009 by ignatz
Man in Dracula mask tries to rob business for third time in three weeks
new security procedures implemented after the first two robberies left the would-be robber with no cash Wednesday afternoon
orangecounty  failure  villainy  crime  ha 
january 2009 by ignatz
douglain: AGAINST SLEEP AND NIGHTMARE ON PONZI SCHEMES
Excerpt from "Against Sleep and Nightmares" on Ponzi schemes and capitalism. Pithy and smart.
commerce  villainy  finance  fraud  left  capitalism  ponzischemes 
december 2008 by ignatz
Coding Horror: Profitable Until Deemed Illegal
581% evil combination of auctions, home shopping network, and a slot machine. brilliance and wickedness.
business  commerce  villainy  ha  ecommerce  auction 
december 2008 by ignatz
Woman who won a date is suing Waukegan radio station -- chicagotribune.com
A woman who won a date with a man a radio station called a "great" catch is suing the station for promoting the man, who had a criminal history and allegedly sexually assaulted her on the date she won.
sex  crime  villainy  failure 
november 2008 by ignatz
AIG Gives ‘Retention’ Pay After Scrapping Bonuses
We promised not to give bonuses so we're calling these "cash awards" for "retention." $3 million to the retirement exec? Nice.
aig  bailout  commerce  villainy 
november 2008 by ignatz
globeandmail.com: Saying CF is a 'white' disease, Carleton students drop Shinerama
Area disease not inclusive enough to warrant charity, says student association. Forehead slap from others heard the world 'round.
politics  failure  disease  charity  no  cysticfibrosis  cf  villainy  gaaaah 
november 2008 by ignatz
The End of Wall Street's Boom
The author of "Liar's Poker" catches up with the Wall Street mania after 20 years.
ha  financialcollapse  commerce  villainy  failure  books  80s 
november 2008 by ignatz
Dark Victory: Chapter One
First chapter of Dan Moldea's forgotten investigation of Reagan, the Mob, and MCA in the 80s.
reagan  mca  politics  conspiracy  villainy  mafia  1980s 
october 2008 by ignatz
Lahde Quits Hedge Funds, Thanks `Idiots' for Success
Andrew Lahde, the hedge-fund manager who quit after posting an 870 percent gain last year, said farewell to clients in a letter that thanks stupid traders for making him rich and ends with a plea to legalize marijuana.
news  finance  villainy  commerce  financialcollapse  crash  hedgefunds  ha  cocaine 
october 2008 by ignatz
Anaheim man guilty of cadaver thefts
UCLA's willed body parts guy sold the body parts. "He was originally brought in to clean up the program after the school was accused of mixing medical waste and animal remains with the ashes of human donors."
crime  parts  ucla  orangecounty  burkeandhare  villainy  commerce  corpses  scandal  medicine  ocregister 
october 2008 by ignatz
Make Palin a Verb!
pal·in (pāl’ĭn) v. palined, palin·ing, palins 1. To flub, fail or otherwise stumble in response to simple, predictable questions in an interview; to give an off-topic and incoherent or syntactically suspect response to a simple, predictable question in an interview; to do likewise in any other human endeavor. 2. To fabricate an untruth, that is easily verifiable as such, in response to a question for which one does not know the answer.
politics  ha  sarahpalin  usa  elections  villainy  failure 
october 2008 by ignatz
Dr. Nicholas and Mr. Hyde: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com
Nicholas’s out-of-control world: the parade of prostitutes, the spiking of clients’ drinks with Ecstasy, and the secret lair he built underneath the Orange County mansion he shared with his wife and kids.
biography  orangecounty  broadcom  henrynicholas  sex  drugs  failure  commerce  villainy  supervillainy  yeesh  yow 
october 2008 by ignatz
Foreclosure Alley - SoCal Connected
short news feature on the Inland Empire's foreclosures and the people who empty out the foreclosed houses
video  usa  subprime  news  housing  pbs  commerce  villainy  california  southerncalifornia  909  inlandempire 
october 2008 by ignatz
mcbrennan: Congress Responds To Credit Crisis With Bold Initiative For More Wool Research
EXEMPTION FROM EXCISE TAX FOR CERTAIN WOODEN ARROWS DESIGNED FOR USE BY CHILDREN is my favorite setaside in the bailout bill.
politics  crash  bailout  usa  commerce  finance  villainy 
october 2008 by ignatz
The Big Picture | Understanding the Significance of Mark-to-Market Accounting
"In my office, we don't buy our clients beanie babies or Star Wars collectibles or 1964 Ferrari 275GTBs. We purchase stocks and ETFs and bonds and preferreds for them."
stocks  investing  finance  collapse  commerce  villainy  accounting 
october 2008 by ignatz
How Wall Street Lied to Its Computers - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
how many more complicated ways are there to say "it was a bubble again like always"?
finance  commerce  failure  villainy  software  quants 
september 2008 by ignatz
News: Disabled vets falls and no one will help him up
Man can't make it home from the doctor and ends up lying on the street half conscious for four hours. Cops, 911 dispatch, CHP, bystanders do nothing. Go O.C.!
orangecounty  failure  villainy  war  medicine  veterans  grimmeathookfuture  gaaaah 
september 2008 by ignatz
Prescription Data Used To Assess Consumers
A "credit score" drawn from your prescription drug use is given to health plans. It's used for risk analysis. Nice.
oppression  healthcare  commerce  villainy  privacy  medical  databases 
august 2008 by ignatz
What Mainstream Publishers Don't Want You to Know About Door-to-Door Magazine Sales
the door to door magazine sales business is even worse than you'd thought.
commerce  villainy  publishing  fraud  doom 
july 2008 by ignatz
Sunlight Foundation's Fortune 535
How rich is your Congressional rep? Mine's got $45 million.
politics  congress  usa  commerce  villainy  wealth  sunlightfoundation  project535  money 
may 2008 by ignatz
slacktivist: Cleaning the lake
The nauseating history of US Rwanda policy
rwanda  politics  war  usa  genocide  villainy 
april 2008 by ignatz
Last orders for Guinness? (BBC)
Stout orders down and they're producing some abomination called "Red" now
drink  news  ireland  alcohol  beer  business  failure  gaaaah  Guinness  marketing  commerce  villainy  no 
november 2007 by ignatz
Prosecutor Will Review Megan Meier Cyberbullying Case | Threat Level from Wired.com
Adults apparently set up a myspace "prank" on a 13 year old girl in proxy revenge for their daughter: suicide resulted.
27bstroke6  blog  wired  news  myspace  crime  suicide  teenagers  villainy  christwhatanasshole 
november 2007 by ignatz
Calculated Risk: Lookback-ward, Angel
Good summary of how the ARM balloon payments happen
ARM  loans  mortgage  subprime  commerce  foolishness  villainy 
august 2007 by ignatz
Prince Von Anhalt found naked, handcuffed - Access Hollywood - MSNBC.com
naked and handcuffed to the wheel of a rolls royce by three women: not sexy
crime  oops  wealth  villainy  fame  nakedness  rollsroyce  ha  zsazsa  annanicole 
july 2007 by ignatz
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