Spied on Craiglist: A restaurant owner and chef explains his posting for a sous chef/assistant at minimum wage: Restaurant Seeks Sous Chef – POSITION CLOSED, but for the haters… This position has been filled, but never in my life have I ever received so much hate from a job posting, and I just want to [...]

Found on MetaFilter: The Skyscraper Index. V, Double dip (W) or L recession? Things look bad for the EURO if the skyscraper index is right. We have heard recently about problems in the Eurozone. Is the worst over or is the worst still to come? The skyscraper index indicates: Trouble ahead. The Skyscraper Index is [...]

Oakland, California sits right across the Bay from San Francisco. The city has one of the highest unemployment rates in the state at an official 16.3% and, by some accounts, sits at No. 3 in the entire country in terms of crime. The murder rate per capita is 3.5 times the national average. So it’s [...]

Your financial worries are over. In the money-saving DIY category: How to fix shattered eyeshadow. From the EnKore Makeup YouTube channel.

When you buy gas at the pump, ever wonder where the money goes? Oxfam America clues us in with their Follow the Money video:

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, and sometimes a picture of words is worth even more. Signs of the times… Click on an image to see it full size. More photos here.

Some folks’ investment strategies involve stocks and bonds, some include real estate, and others’ may go so far as to purchase gold and other precious metals. And then there are the people whose financial planning consists entirely of clipping coupons. Individuals fitting either profile will be able to make use of Mr. Cheap Stuff, an [...]

Today on the podcast: be afraid! Fear turns out be a very good thing for certain businesses. When the Weather Service warns of a hurricane, there’s a run on plywood and water. A crime spree sends people to the gun store. And when North Korea or Iran starts making nuclear noise, the orders pour in [...]

To be sure, there is a lot of support — mostly from conservatives — for yesterday’s Supreme Court decision allowing corporations to spend as much as they want in supporting or opposing political candidates. But the ruling has also set off a fury of apocalyptic posting by progressives and other observers who see it as [...]

I don’t pretend to understand what all the numbers on this US. National Debt Clock mean, but I will give you one impression I have: They don’t look good. Especially when you click on the snapshot below and see the numbers actually moving in one direction: up. For some perspective, however, look at the following [...]