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How Do Credit Rating Agencies, Like Standard And Poors, Work?
We've been hearing a lot about rating agencies, and Standard and Poors in particular. You might have the general idea that the ratings they give bonds are a lot like your credit score. The lower the bond rating, the lower the credit score, the harder and more expensive it is to borrow money. Show More Summary
Tiffany Hires Ed Burns To Equate True Love With Diamond Rings
Tiffany & Co makes shiny, expensive diamond rings, so why not hire a handsome, expensive man like Edward Burns to present a movie-mercial to convince you that a ring equals true love? The pushers of the robin's egg-blue boxes had Burns...Show More Summary
Two English Lads Visit Their First Walmart, Make Cheeky Commentary
Just about everything sounds better in a British accent, including outsider commentary on the banal/hilarious/beautiful details found inside a typical Walmart. I have to say that I was predisposed to hate this video since it's such a worked over topic, but Alex and Liam make it fresh by finding new surprises to mock and editing quickly. Show More Summary
Summer's Eve Ad Uses Talking Vertical Hands
Summer's Eve is catching some flack for a series of ads that use hand puppets, titled vertically, to promote its line of feminine genital cleansing products. With three puppets, each portraying a different ethnicity with phrases like...Show More Summary
Small Arizona Town In Furor After 2nd Citizen Arrested For Speaking At Town Meeting
The town of Quartzsite, AZ, population 3,466, is in disarray after a video showing police hauling away a citizen for speaking at the town meeting podium went viral. The woman was saying that the town council had been violating open meeting laws. Show More Summary
Philly Newspapers Hope Cheap Tablets Will Help Sell Digital Subscriptions
The Philadelphia Daily News and Philadelphia Inquirer plan to start offering discounted tablet computers to customers, beginning in late August. The Android-based tablets will come with apps that let customers read the digital editions of the papers, and the price will include a one-to-two-year subscription to the paid digital offerings. Show More Summary
User-Generated KFC Ad More Likely To Inspire Serial Killers Than Sales
I kind of love this very unofficial ad for KFC made by comedian Peter Serafinowicz. It juxtaposes a loop of a 70's father cutting a chicken for his family with a staticy voiceover instructing how to serve a chicken. An ominous drone pulses underneath. Show More Summary
Fireworks Can Explode Both Plastic And Flesh Humans
Those wild and crazy folk over at the CPSC blew up a bunch of mannequins with fireworks on a public lawn in DC to showcase the danger of improperly using fireworks, using illegal fireworks and using professional fireworks when you are not a professional. Show More Summary
Dial-Up Modem Noise 700% Slower Becomes Ambient Opus
Remember that Bieber track that turned into a symphonic masterpiece once it was slowed down 800%? Yes? No? Well you might as well kill yourself, Brian Eno, because here's an old-school dial-up modem slowed down 700%, becoming an epic soundscape of terrifying drones and robotic wails, punctuated by tsunamis of static. Show More Summary
Georgia Program Replaces Migrant Farm Workers With Ex-Cons
Recent immigration crackdowns in Georgia have left the agricultural sector with a labor shortage. A big one. An unscientific poll puts the gap as high as 11,000 workers, but plants still have to be harvested. The governor responded to...Show More Summary
Disabled War Veteran's House Not Good Enough For This Homeowners Association
Would you want a severely disabled war veteran for a neighbor? It's hard to say "no" to that. Homes For Our Troops The group builds mortgage-free, accessible homes to severely disabled war veterans. The group was supposed to begin construction...Show More Summary
Walmart Releases Video Of Vigilante Jumping On Robbers' Hood
Walmart has released CCTV footage of the shopper who jumped onto the hood of a car full of would-be beer shoplifters in an attempt to kick in their windshield and stop them from speeding away with their pilfered lager. Monique Lawless doesn't work for Walmart. Show More Summary
Dell Warranty Provider Buys Customer New TV On Amazon
Two weeks ago, we shared the story of Tom, who bought a Vizio TV from Dell that he bought an extended warranty for, but couldn't track down the warranty company when the television actually failed. He finally got in touch with the nice...Show More Summary
Delta Traveler Says He Got Missing Bag Back Reeking Of Urine
Sy has vowed to never fly Delta again after a colossal followup left his bag bouncing back and forth between three cities and two continents, and once he finally got his bag back, it stank of urine. Sy posted a video about his baggage woes to YouTube. Show More Summary
Betsey Johnson On The Time She Bought A Yellow Mercedes And Why Uptown Is The New Downtown
Here's a first look at the latest from Bullett magazine--an 11-minute interview between Betsey Johnson and her daughter, Lulu.
Here's What You Can Do Overnight In An Airport With Fancy Cameras
If you've ever been stuck overnight in an airport, you know how boring it can be -- staring at the same empty Starbucks and listening to that annoying muzak for hours on end can drive a sane traveler crazy. That is, unless you happen to have $30k worth of camera equipment on hand and a taste for mischief. Show More Summary
Betsey Johnson On The Time She Bought A Yellow Mercedes And Why Uptown Is The New Downtown
The latest from Bullett magazine--an 11-minute interview between Betsey Johnson and her daughter, Lulu.
Happy Hot Dog Man Turns Your Frankfurter Into An Edible Stick Figure
Infomercial products are all about solving problems that you didn't realize you had. Did you know, for example, that the hot dogs you and your family eat are incredibly boring? It's true. That's why someone created the Happy Hot Dog Man. Show More Summary
DOT & Disney Team Up To Fight Distracted Driving, Promote New Movie
The Department of Transportation's campaign against distracted driving is becoming animated. Literally. The feds have teamed with Disney and Pixar to create a public service announcement featuring Lightning McQueen, Tow Mater, and the characters of Cars 2, which -- in what is surely a coincidence -- is due to hit movie theaters on June 24. Show More Summary
Ken Dumps Barbie After Learning She's Into Deforestation
Last week, Ken broke up with Barbie after finding out some of the paper in her packaging comes from a Singapore company, Asian Pulp & Paper (APP), they accuse of clearcutting rain forests and destroying endangered tiger habitats. InShow More Summary
