Month August 2010

JetBlue responds to entire internet with single blog post

Fast Company notes that JetBlue’s sole acknowledgment of the Steven Slater’s spectacular on-the-job resignation was a self-deprecating, well-written blog post which certainly helped defuse things JetBlue response It wouldn’t be fair for us to point out absurdities in other corners…

No foreclosure peak until 2011

RealtyTrac says foreclosure notices rose 4% last month, the 17th straight month filings have exceeded 300,000. And RealtyTrac’s Rick Sharga tells MarketWatch News Break that foreclosures may not peak until 2011 AR, NV, FL top the list, with Nevada being…

Glenn Beck supports gay marriage

In a chat with Bill O’Reilly, [Glenn Beck quoted] Thomas Jefferson in a libertarian vein saying, “If it neither breaks my leg nor picks my pocket, what difference is it to me?” Many right-wing libertarians support gay marriage (as well…