One of the greatest fictions of all time is the existence of God. In our view, this God phenomenon, whether Ram, Jesus, Allah or any of the other lesser known mutants, is an enduring nonsense the likes of which has never been seen on Planet Earth. Despite the lack of any compelling evidence to prove […]
Abhishek Bachchan Sets New Pathetic Record Bollywood flop king Abhishek Bachchan’s latest trashy movie Drona is a total disaster at the U.S. box office and may turn out to be the biggest flop of 2008. Bollywood fans have shown Drona’s hero Abhishek Bachchan the middle finger and basically told this bozo to take his garbage act elsewhere. […]
Om Malik’s GigaOm blog network has raised $4.5 million in a new round of financing. GigaOm is a decent source of information on digital media and a blog that we read fairly often. Early-stage VC firm Alloy Ventures was the lead investor in the latest round, which included participation from existing primary investor True Ventures […]
Yes, the recidivist dickheads in Bollywood have done it again. You ask, done what again? We say, what else – Theft. Kidnap director Sanjay Gadhvi and his dirty accomplices in crime have stolen a fairly decent Hollywood movie (released in 2007 as Shattered in the U.S. and Butterfly on a Wheel elsewhere) and mangled it […]
Just days after Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit was gloating about picking up the banking business of Wachovia Corporation with the blessings and support of the U.S. government, Wells Fargo seems to have snatched the prize away. The Wachovia board has approved Wells Fargo’s offer of $15.1 billion ($7 per Wachovia share), which does not require […]
The latest issue of New Yorker magazine (Oct 6, 2008) has an HSBC commercial banking ad on P.30 which claims that in Punjab washing machines are not used just for laundry. Apparently, washing machines are also used in the North Indian state of Punjab as a yoghurt blender to make that delicious drink all Indians […]