Entries from March 27th, 2011

But Officer… Squatting In This House Is “Part Of Obama’s Plan”

March 27th, 2011 · 7 Comments · fail

(Image source: NatalieDee.com) In Florida, about 1 out of 6 properties is vacant right now. This statistic is somewhat misleading, as there are various condo projects and exurban housing projects that are close to 100% vacant – but the truth is, you can’t throw a rock in most neighborhoods without hitting an empty residence or [...]

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The Bots Think “Anne Hathaway In The Berkshires” Is Financial News

March 27th, 2011 · 2 Comments · markets

If your company (Berkshire Hathaway) shares part of its name with a celebrity (Anne Hathaway), will trading algorithms be confused?

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Handcuffs n’ Gabbana: I’m In Ur Milan, Evadin’ Ur Taxes

March 24th, 2011 · 1 Comment · breaking news

What’s this, you say? More Italian designers into some kind of thematic BDSM? Really, as if that would even be news, much less worthy of our attention. No, what’s cracking our monocles today here at LOLFed isn’t anything that recently came down the runway or even the fact that the D+G sample sale started today [...]

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Anyone Else On The Edge Of Their Seat Til Monday?

March 13th, 2011 · 4 Comments · breaking news

So is it really a black Monday for Bank of America? I know, I know, the whole Wikileaks thing seems so three-months-ago by now, but there were rumors flying around that they had some dirt on $BAC, and then nothing really ever came of it. Now, Anonymous – that fun-lovin’ bunch of hacker activists best [...]

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Gas Prices and Inflation: No Correlation…

March 6th, 2011 · 1 Comment · breaking news

Since you can’t shake a stick these days without hitting someone who is complaining about gas prices (and seriously, you should maybe consider hitting them) I thought I’d take a look at the comparative search volume for “gas prices,” which tend to be the proletariat’s barometer for whether we are all headed for Hades in [...]

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