Saturday, August 29, 2009

How Times Change

Here is the Royal Navy, circa 1805



And here they are in 2009



The Navy of Nelson, Collingwood, Jervis, Cook and Cochrane has now lent its name to a tacky watch made in China

Thursday, August 6, 2009

"I believe the mainstream Chicago media is tops right now"



Above is an example of their brilliant proofreading

Seriously though, what is she smoking?

If I wanted to know what was going on in Chicago the Sun Times and the TV is the last place I'd look.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Move over, Ben Bernanke


Her awesome money management skills make British woman Debra Wilson a shoo-in should the job of chairman of the US Federal Reserve become vacant


Truly the dead tree press has lost the plot. Thirty years ago the Daily Telegraph was a newspaper of substance and merit. Now it's more like US Magazine. And do their headline writers even read the headlines after they've written them?

It's been obvious to everybody that Jackson has been cracking up since the Reagan administration

Saturday, August 1, 2009

I am shocked, shocked!

In the Trib today it says that Huron Consulting is restating 3 years of financial statements

The story doesn't mention that this firm was started by a bunch of ex-partners from Arthur Andersen after it folded in 2002 following the Enron bankruptcy.

Looks like a large network of contacts, shiny white shirts, gold cufflinks, Cartier watches and bouffant hair weren't the only things these guys brought with them!