MGM, once the shiniest studio in the Hollywood galaxy, has fallen on hard times. Last October it failed to making the interest payment due on its $3.7 billion debt, and even with the six month forbearance granted by its creditors, it is hovering the threshold of bankruptcy. via The Secrets Numbers Behind the MGM FiascoContinue reading “TThe MGM Fiasco – Hollywood economist”
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Wall Street’s Bailout Hustle : Rolling Stone
God bless MATT TAIBBI. He got it right again! This is the most important issue in America right now and the only magazine to deal with it right is Rolling Stone? Goldman Sachs and other big banks aren’t just pocketing the trillions we gave them to rescue the economy – they’re re-creating the conditions for another crash.Continue reading “Wall Street’s Bailout Hustle : Rolling Stone”
Google Zombie Invasion Contingency Plan
Pittsburgh Metropolitan Zombie Invasion Contingency Plan. No, seriously. You have to see it. via Pittsburgh Metropolitan Zombie Invasion Contingency Plan – Google Maps.
Burj Dubai Closes
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The world’s tallest skyscraper has unexpectedly closed to the public a month after its lavish opening, disappointing tourists headed for the observation deck and casting doubt over plans to welcome its first permanent occupants in the coming weeks. via World’s tallest tower closed a month after opening – Travel- msnbc.com.
Aspartame on VBS.TV
I’ve read crazy accounts of workers in the aspartame “factories” taking off their respirators and keeling over instantly. If you’ve had soda, candy, coffee sweetener, or pretty much anything sweet in the last two decades, chances are you’ve consumed aspartame. It’s a low-calorie artificial sweetener at the center of one huge conspiracy theory, and, ifContinue reading “Aspartame on VBS.TV”
