Day: December 4, 2009
EU/DEFRA Devise “Stop-Farming” Ag Subsidies
Dear Secretary of State: My friend Old McDonald, who’s family have been farmers since the dawn of time, recently received a cheque for £3,000 from the Rural Payments Agency for not rearing 50 pigs. In light of this fortuitous commercial opportunity I too would now like to sign up for the all-new E-USSR / DEFRA-funded / subsidised “not rearing pigs” business.
Google–Huffington: “Murdoch=Faux Journeaux”
Washington, DC — Escalating the battle between traditional newspapers and online news providers, Google Inc. and a list of other Web news aggregate companies Tuesday, publicly accused Rupert Murdoch and his Newscorp chain of “solely and irresponsibly looting news articles…
Shipment of Chinese Crap Raises Homeland Security Alert Level
A huge influx of cheap-good laden ships from Mainland China caused Homeland Security to raise its insecurity level to the orange level today. Normally, goods coming in from China raise no terrorist alerts, but due to the present economic crisis…
Iran Declares Victory in “Art Student’s Yacht-gate”
The UK Foreign Office has now switched its typical slack-arsed press release from ‘actively investigating’ reports that five British yachtsmen – including their yacht – have been arrested by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to ‘actively investigating’ reports that the five have…
The Pursuit of Happiness (Wealth? Health? Wait for it…)
Since the dawn of time, men (and women) –- after their biological needs were met – have been searching for this illusive happiness. Mankind pursues happiness with vigor. Everyone wants it: it is even written within our constitution. As a…