John Lanchester - Whoops! - YouTube
18 days ago by ignatz
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
10 weeks ago by ignatz
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
wikileaks.org/IMG/pdf/The_Stratfor_Glossary_of_Useful_Baffling_and_Strange_Intelligence_Terms.pdf
february 2012 by ignatz
The Stratfor Glossary of Useful, Baffling and Strange Intelligence Terms
jargon
spying
ha
villainy
oppression
february 2012 by ignatz
Dollars for Doctors - ProPublica
january 2012 by ignatz
investigative series on payoffs to physicians by medical companies
medicine
commerce
doom
villainy
propublica
journalism
january 2012 by ignatz
A vicious cycle in the used-car business - latimes.com
october 2011 by ignatz
Buy Here Pay Here car dealers, latest loan sharks
finance
commerce
capitalism
villainy
underbanked
october 2011 by ignatz
Shakti Innovations
october 2011 by ignatz
SHAKTI Noise Reduction Technology otherwise known as hilarious fraud
ha
commerce
villainy
fraud
audiophiles
october 2011 by ignatz
The Secret History of Lead | The Nation
june 2011 by ignatz
How lead got into gasoline, and why.
history
villainy
usa
cars
gasoline
poison
environment
june 2011 by ignatz
Box Turtle Bulletin » No Links: Why We Don’t Link To Certain Web Sites
may 2011 by ignatz
list of news sites known to be part of the "sue for blockquotes" bs
copyright
news
reporting
law
commerce
villainy
publishing
may 2011 by ignatz
Druckversion - The Bittersweet Wars: Battle Pits Cocoa Speculators against Chocolate Makers - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
april 2011 by ignatz
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
Snide Remarks - Leaving in a Huff - www.ericdsnider.com - The Official Website of Eric D. Snider
april 2011 by ignatz
Technology changes, but the behavior of asshole publishers does not.
journalism
aol
huffingtonpost
failure
commerce
villainy
publishing
ha
doomed
april 2011 by ignatz
Companies hire investigators to hunt down sick workers
january 2011 by ignatz
"equal opportunity privacy consultant" is the new Pinkerton
labor
privacy
healthcare
business
oppression
villainy
commerce
employment
january 2011 by ignatz
The 4-Hour Body by Tim Ferriss - Official Site
december 2010 by ignatz
Fad diet + geek hubris repackaged for the "hacks" crowd.
fail
diets
christwhatanasshole
wired
hacks
villainy
commerce
december 2010 by ignatz
U.S. GAO - Energy Star Program: Covert Testing Shows the Energy Star Program Certification Process Is Vulnerable to Fraud and Abuse
june 2010 by ignatz
GAO invented hilarious fake companies and got impossible devices certified as Energy Star.
government
failure
energystar
environment
villainy
pranks
epa
june 2010 by ignatz
At University of Phoenix, Allegations of Enrollment Abuses Persist - ProPublica
november 2009 by ignatz
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
LRB · John Lanchester: It’s Finished
may 2009 by ignatz
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
april 2009 by ignatz
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
april 2009 by ignatz
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
La Figa » Dobson Steps Down From Focus on the Family, Replaced by Real-Life Dr. Strangelove
march 2009 by ignatz
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
february 2009 by ignatz
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
february 2009 by ignatz
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
january 2009 by ignatz
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
january 2009 by ignatz
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
january 2009 by ignatz
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
january 2009 by ignatz
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
january 2009 by ignatz
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
january 2009 by ignatz
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
december 2008 by ignatz
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
december 2008 by ignatz
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
AARP’s Stealth Fees Often Sting Seniors With Costlier Insurance
december 2008 by ignatz
Yet another reason to detest AARP
commerce
villainy
fraud
news
aging
insurance
aarp
december 2008 by ignatz
Woman who won a date is suing Waukegan radio station -- chicagotribune.com
november 2008 by ignatz
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
november 2008 by ignatz
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
november 2008 by ignatz
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 Biz: Hall And Oates Get Chewed Up
november 2008 by ignatz
how publishing companies screw songwriters
commerce
villainy
music
musicbusiness
november 2008 by ignatz
The End of Wall Street's Boom
november 2008 by ignatz
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
october 2008 by ignatz
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
october 2008 by ignatz
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
october 2008 by ignatz
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!
october 2008 by ignatz
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
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad visits the impoverished camps for the men building the skyscrapers of Dubai and Abu Dhabi | World news | The Guardian
october 2008 by ignatz
Welp, looks like it's not so fun being the semi-voluntary construction workers who build Dubai.
guardian
slavery
dubai
grimmeathookfuture
globalization
labor
race
commerce
villainy
october 2008 by ignatz
Dr. Nicholas and Mr. Hyde: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com
october 2008 by ignatz
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
october 2008 by ignatz
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
Subprime nation - Mortgage Insider - OCRegister.com
october 2008 by ignatz
mapping the subprime crisis over the years
geo
gis
visualization
mapping
subprime
mortgages
lending
finance
commerce
villainy
october 2008 by ignatz
mcbrennan: Congress Responds To Credit Crisis With Bold Initiative For More Wool Research
october 2008 by ignatz
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
october 2008 by ignatz
"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
september 2008 by ignatz
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
september 2008 by ignatz
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
august 2008 by ignatz
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
My experience at IndyMac- General Real Estate, Mortgage, and Economic Discussions - Appraisers Forum
july 2008 by ignatz
ex appraiser at IndyMac details appraisal fraud
fraud
banking
mortgagebros
indymac
failure
commerce
villainy
july 2008 by ignatz
What Mainstream Publishers Don't Want You to Know About Door-to-Door Magazine Sales
july 2008 by ignatz
the door to door magazine sales business is even worse than you'd thought.
commerce
villainy
publishing
fraud
doom
july 2008 by ignatz
Cisco Leak: 'Great Firewall' of China was a Chance to Sell More Routers | Threat Level from Wired.com
may 2008 by ignatz
more oppression means more router sales!
cisco
tech
commerce
villainy
china
oppression
censorship
may 2008 by ignatz
Sunlight Foundation's Fortune 535
may 2008 by ignatz
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
april 2008 by ignatz
The nauseating history of US Rwanda policy
rwanda
politics
war
usa
genocide
villainy
april 2008 by ignatz
BetaNews | Sears found to be using spyware to track visitors
january 2008 by ignatz
Sears installs spyware when you join a "community."
security
spyware
commerce
villainy
sears
malware
privacy
january 2008 by ignatz
Prosecutor Will Review Megan Meier Cyberbullying Case | Threat Level from Wired.com
november 2007 by ignatz
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
Defense Review - Hyper-Lethal Mini Robotic Attack Helicopter with Turbine Engine Debuts
august 2007 by ignatz
I'm scared pant-less. Also I want one.
robots
robotholocaust
aircraft
war
grimmeathookfuture
commerce
villainy
drone
dystopia
august 2007 by ignatz
Calculated Risk: Lookback-ward, Angel
august 2007 by ignatz
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
july 2007 by ignatz
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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