Posts tagged as Stupidity
Woman Claims Healing Energy Bracelets Are Ineffective!
According to this truly sketchy website, "if you feel unbalanced and generally worn down lately, it is probably because your biofield has fallen victim to the electromagnetic radiation around you." The answer is the iRenew bracelet, obviously. But one woman did not find that her electromagnetic radiation was dealt with properly by this bracelet! So she is suing the company: "Her attorney is asking that he be allowed to sue on behalf of the hundreds of people who bought the bracelets. He estimated damages at $5 million." Oh no, but I have been wearing it in my underpants!
Dozens of Women Named Sarah Palin are Tired of Hearing from You
Dozens of England's citizens named Sarah Palin are really over the regular Facebook hate mail for their namesake. But there's an upside! "None of the British Sarah Palins were interested in changing their names. And neither is Glen Beck, from Fort Bragg, California, who happily told tales of women asking to meet him, and a hotel that left an extravagant fruit and cheese basket (complete with complimentary wine) in his room."
Chocolate Chip: Tangled Up In Jews
Several lines from Michael Chabon's intensely critical op-ed piece "Chosen, but Not Special" in last week's Sunday Times stopped me dead in my tracks: "Jews are stupid in roughly the same proportion as all the world's people... A stupid Jew is like a hole in the pocket of your pants, there every time you put them on, always forgotten until the instant your quarters run clattering across the floor." Say what? Jews? STOOPID? I guess it kind of sucks to be Jewish right now, what with THIS and THIS-and now Chabon, too? But I remember when it was so cool to have a smart, rich Jewish friend (especially the rare Persian breed with a posh pad in Beverley Hills). I remember the day when having Jewish friends meant you had some kind of smart, get-out-of-dumbass-land-free card. Like, you could say, "oh, IIIII don't know about THAT, but my Jewish friend thinks THIS" and everyone would ooh and ahh because, Jewish! Now that's brains! READ MORE
Those "Stupid Germans," the SEC and Michael Lewis
John Carney, writing today about the players in the Goldman SEC investigation, is not at all the first to reference The Big Short, Michael Lewis' book about the financial "crisis" (AKA "series of scams"), in light of the Goldman Sachs case. You know, it has been suggested that it's almost as if the SEC read The Big Short and then went out looking for more examples of the things in the book! In fact it's almost exactly like that. Who says books aren't useful?
BlackBerry Loves Stupid U2 Song So Much They're Going To Play It For Us Again And Again And Again
Well of course I think U2 is overrated, their longevity having now earned them a spot in the consensus rock pantheon that the quality of their music never would have otherwise. But to give credit where it's due, they have made some great music ("One" is about a well-crafted a pop song as you get, I think.) And Bono puts his money (or, well, other rich people's money, probably... but he puts his time and effort) where his mouth is when it comes to trying to make the world a better place. He's a force for good. Fine. READ MORE
Public Apology: Dear Visiting Music History Professor
Dear visiting music professor who taught History of Jazz at Connecticut College spring semester 1990: READ MORE
James Carville Can Barely Give Book Away
I got an email from James Carville the other day! "Dear Dave, Would y'all like an autographed copy of my latest book? The one that tells how Republicans will be up to their necks in electoral ugly for at least the next generation? Of course you would. It's heartwarming stuff." READ MORE
