Of Speedofart and Penisland…


Theo Spark has collected some interesting URLs from organisations that didn’t think their addresses through very well:

http://www.whorepresents.com

http://www.expertsexchange.com

http://www.penisland.net

http://www.therapistfinder.com

http://www.powergenitalia.com

http://www.molestationnursery.com

http://www.ipanywhere.com

http://www.cummingfirst.com

http://www.speedofart.com

Once you’ve had a go at guessing, visit Theo to find out the core business of each of the above.

What’s bigger than the great global warming swindle?


This.

WHEN Brisbane lawyer Elizabeth Nosworthy was handed the chair of ailing financial engineering group Babcock & Brown as it teetered under $50 billion of group debt in August this year, eyes were rubbed in disbelief.

Surely not.

Nosworthy is a member of what many in business circles are now calling the “unflushables” _ non-executive directors who, thanks to Australia’s boardroom club, keep bobbing up.

This is despite being involved in corporate failures, share market collapses and value destruction that runs into the billions.

How can that kind of stuff be going on? What a year. Remember those hedge fund managers? Yeah. The ‘alpha’ guys. Big reason why we’re in this mess now. Remember the Community Reinvestment Act? Ha! You know, that stupid law which precipitated the US  housing crisis, which precipitated the global economic crisis we’re all in now? Another HUGE reason why we’re in this mess now. Reinvestment of tax dollars indeed. This bailout has to be Bush’s worst mistake.

What a year. The average Joe has been robbed blind. And all in broad daylight.

Cartoon via Liberty News.

Curse You, Global Warming! 2008 “Point & Laugh” Round-Up


Global warming was blamed for everything from beasts gone wild to anorexic whales to the complete breakdown of human society this year — showing that no matter what it is and where it happens, scientists, explorers, politicians and those who track the Loch Ness Monster are comfortable scapegoating the weather.

Below the fold,   FOXNews.com takes a look back at 10 things that global warming allegedly caused — or will no doubt soon be responsible for — as reported in the news around the world in 2008. Read the rest of this entry »