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25 Aug 2010 19:53

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29 Dec 2009 10:55

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Politics: About taking off shoes at security checkpoints … it’s useless.

  • Another thing to thank the Underwear Bomber for – the dude helped us realize that the years of scanning our shoes through security checkpoints was complete bullshit! Know why? Our security could not actually detect the explosive plastic that Richard Reid‘s shoes were using. So, what’s worse, Janet Napolitano saying “the system worked” or the Bush Administration completely lying to everyone for seven years? You decide. source

22 Jul 2009 00:51

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Biz, U.S.: Sadly, it doesn’t look like Crocs shoes will survive the recession

  • 100 million pairs of Crocs shoes sold since 2002. That’s a lot of ugly feet
  • $185 million lost last year by the company. They also cut about 2,000 jobs source

15 Mar 2009 10:09

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U.S., World: Dick Cheney says the Bush succeeded with Iraq

  • We have succeeded in creating in the heart of the Middle East a democratically-governed Iraq, and it is in fact what we set out to do.
  • Dick Cheney • Ex-Veep under the Bush administration, on their success with the War in Iraq. It was disruptive and worthy of shoe-throwing incidents, but yeah, they did it. • source

08 Mar 2009 19:57

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Biz: Cooking the books, forcing layoffs, funding a killer shoe habit

  • $9.9 million Amount Annette Yeomans allegedly stole while the CFO of Quality Woodworks, Inc., a cabinetry company
  • 400 pairs number of shoes Yeomans owned – she spent at least $240,000 on shoes and $300,000 on clothes. Her spending caused layoffs. Evil. source