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Anybody Wanna Buy An Enron CEO's Desk?

Desks belonging to Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling are up for auction on eBay with the proceeds going to help a Houston-area animal charity. From CNNMoney:
Lay and Skilling, who also served as CEO, were convicted in May 2006 for their role in the accounting fraud that led to the collapse of Enron in 2001. The bankruptcy erased billions in investors' money and wiped out the pensions of thousands of Enron employees.
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11:12 AM on Thu Mar 22 2007
By Meg Marco
143 views, 11 comments

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The News; Enron Curses All Who Penetrate Its Tomb


• Bizzare, inexplicable, random act of violence. [NYT] "Man Tied to Enron Case Found Dead in London Park"
• They don't call fashion superficial for nothing. [LAT] "Illusions on Sale in Shanghai"
• In the future, you can have any cellphone company you like, as long as it's black. [LAT] "AT&T, Verizon Mergers Face Competition Concerns"
• "Ken Lay was neither black nor poor, but he was a victim of a lynching." Yeah, and Pol Pot was a civil rights activist. [CT] "Dignitaries Turn Out To Memorialize Man Who Founded Enron"
• A day after McDonald's pulls theirs, Wendy's announces plan to offer an even spicier chicken sandwich than ever before. Sluts. [CT] "Wendy's spices up chicken sandwich"
• Personally, we're a slut for love. [NYT] "The Taming of the Slur"

11:54 AM on Thu Jul 13 2006
By Ben Popken
76 views, 3 comments

Latest by Ben: The "Ken Lay was like Jesus" crap really turned my stomach. I'm sorry, he may not have been some evildoer on the caliber of OBL, but he weren't no saint. It is painfully clear that he did a great wrong more »

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The News

• You know "Anarchy goes better with Coke," is the headline they really wanted. [NYT] "Even Statelessness Goes Better With Coke. Or Does It?"
• Hardly what you would call a splintered ruler. [LAT] "AT&T to Pay $550,000 to Settle Privacy Cases"
• Every swipe buys another bullet for Chairman Mao! [NYT] "Borrowing Rises as Credit Card Use Jump"
• Boring complainers elicit smaller sympathies, study we just made up shows. [NYT] "They Sure Beat the Airlines, but Hotels Could Still..."
• There's danger beyond the mere ignominy of driving a focus-group tested toaster oven. [CT] "Scion 'moonroofs' subject of safety probe"
• If you can't have Lay, there's always other chips to go with the fish. [CT] "Enron-related case means test for new treaty"

1:46 PM on Tue Jul 11 2006
By Ben Popken
21 views, Comment

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All The News That's Fit To Self-Immolate


• Grocers hate it when their loss leaders have no followers. [NYT] "Sale Shoppers Annoy Grocers as They Save"
• Burning smell noticed by large newspaper. [NYT] "Dell's Exploding Computer and Other Image Problems"
• People noticing distinctive fish smell from Lay's coffin are noticed by large newspaper. [NYT] "A Sense of Something Rotten in Aspen"
• 100 years after its first publication, does The Jungle suffer from misleading packagaing? Perhaps a lack of oxygen to make it look more Red? [Slate] "Welcome to The Jungle"
• It's like that children's game, would you rather have your hip disintegrate, or your jaw? [CT] "Lawyers gear up to attack Fosamax"

12:05 PM on Mon Jul 10 2006
By Ben Popken
66 views, 8 comments

Latest by AcidReign: .....Thanks for the tip! I have done that when I ran out, but I'm not as proficient a cruncher as whatever machine Kellogg uses. I mix a cup of crumbs with a half a stick of melted butter before topping more »

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Best Posts Ever, This Week

Our most popular posts this week that had nothing to do with retention policies or call centers. More »

1:27 PM on Fri Jul 7 2006
By Ben Popken
67 views, Comment

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Ken Lay Predicted His Own Death

The official Ken Lay info page, besides being a prime example of Web 1.0 brochureware, has a letter to visitors penned shortly after the trial's conclusion. In it, he expresses surprise and shock (twice) at the outcome, some blah blah blah, and then, his belief that this is all part of God's plan. In light of Ken's recent "demise," the concluding paragraph runs rife with irony and foreboding. More »

10:40 PM on Wed Jul 5 2006
By Ben Popken
99 views, 5 comments

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We Demand Kenny Boy's Blood

So, it seems that some people don't think Ken Lay is actually dead. More »
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The News; Bury My Lump of Coal Under the Old Apple Tree

• Saying it was due to a broken heart would require he had one in the first place. [NYT] "Kenneth L. Lay, Ex-Chairman of Enron, Dies"
• Half speculative litigation, half, "why don't you just stop making shit that disintegrates people's jaws?" [LAT] "Another Merck Drug Is Under Legal Attack"
• If you have a box containing thousands of your co-worker's social security numbers, it's increasingly becoming a bad idea to bring it home. [LAT] "Employees Sue Railroad Over Social Security Number Theft"
• BP oil contains black soylent green. [CT] "Jackson Leads Anti-BP March Near Refinery"

11:43 AM on Wed Jul 5 2006
By Ben Popken
42 views, 2 comments

Latest by crayonshinobi: I'd like to believe that Kenneth Lay's death was the result of a very well done execution by vigilantes or paid assassins hired by all the shareholders...that would be justice. But yes, we need some proof he's really dead...The only thing more »

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The News: All The Fat That's Fit To Print


• Ken Lay: "This is not the outcome we paid for expected." [LAT]
• McDonald's milkshake foams at the mouth over mounting outcry, plans to fight criticism over deceptive marketing with stronger, even more deceptive marketing. [Tribune]
• Flames burns brightly in the eyes of devoted Weber Grill fans. [LAT]
• FCC to examine TV station's use of PR reels as news. Due to backlog, the first questionable story to be looked is one touting the benefits of "Agent Orange Juice." [LAT]
• Hasbro cancels plans for line of racy dolls based around 'Pussycat Dolls,' switches focus to My First Little Lolita rollout. [NYT]

10:45 AM on Fri May 26 2006
By popkin
53 views, 3 comments

Latest by thrillhouse: yeah, I've been starring at that pic and I don't see a single weber grill more »