The New York Times reports how our victory in the Spanish American War will save you $60 on this year’s taxes. Last year Congress realized that Cuba was no longer occupied by the Spanish Empire. The war, funded by a 3% tax on all long distance calls, is over. No more measly one or two dollar “Federal Excise Tax” on your monthly phone bill. With the empire unlikely to strike back, Congress decided to drop the tax and refund the excise taxes collected over the last three years.
Consumerist In Nice Little NYT Writeup
By February 5, 2007
The Consumerist appeared on the front page of this Saturday’s New York Times Business section, in an article entitled, “Consumers Have Allies On The Web.”
Welcome New York Times Readers
By December 30, 2006
Salutations. Here’s the Top 10 Biggest Business Debacles 2006 mentioned in, “The Lazy Top 10 Anything.”
Verizon Says Cellphone Ads Only For Users Who Want Them…
By December 28, 2006
John called asking about the ads Verizon is poised to put ads on the internet services accessed by its cellphone users.
What’s Free with Free AOL
By November 17, 2006
We all know AOL is crap, but now that it’s free crap, Mr. Pogue of the NYT has penned the requisite rundown of what’s good/bad/pointless about new FreeAOL.
Domino’s “Brooklyn Style” Pizza vs. The New York Times
By November 10, 2006
The New York Times has a left-wing anti-Domino’s Pizza analysis up today. Far be it from the Consumerist to tell you what sort of pizza to eat, we have to admit the Domino’s “Brooklyn-style” pizza fills us with ire. And we don’t even really give a shit about Brooklyn pizza.
Google Goes to Print
By November 6, 2006
If you’ve been fretting over your favorite newspaper’s inevitible demise (thanks, Internet!)… never fear! Google is set to begin offering print ads in 50 newspapers as a test to see how far it can extend itself into offline media.
National Disaster Goes Better With Coke
By September 11, 2006
Dealing with 9/11 is a matter of reframing it within a certain contextual advertising.
NYT Notes AOL Manual Upload, Questions Raised
By July 22, 2006
After we uploaded an AOL retention manual, AOL says “No Comment” to its authenticity in an article in today’s New York Times “What’s Online” section:
The News; Wal-Mart Hires Flying Nun
By July 18, 2006
• Mr. Hooters is dead at 69, huh huh. [NYT] “Robert H. Brooks, 69, Owner of Hooters Restaurant Chain, Is Dead”
All The News That’s Fit To Self-Immolate
By July 10, 2006
• It’s like that children’s game, would you rather have your hip disintegrate, or your jaw? [CT] “Lawyers gear up to attack Fosamax”
If The Times Is Treason, We’re Heresy
By June 27, 2006
The New York Times might be a left-wing propaganda machine hell-bent on sowing villainy and communism amongst the American populace, but treasonous? Well, that’s what the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee says, and he wants to see The Old Gray Lady hang for its crimes against The State.
The Intentional Comedy, Uncanny Editorial, of NYT Photography
By May 5, 2006
As part of the growing awareness of The Consumerist that there are these things called cars and people put pricey gas in them, we were pleased as a plum in a pie to spy this choice pic in the New York Times this morning.
Photograph of Airbus Human Steerage
By May 3, 2006
You might remember Airbus passionately denying that they intend on introducing standing room only human steerage cattle cars into their airplanes.
Morning News Roundup
By April 4, 2006
7-Eleven is set to implement a new, testosterone-boosted ATM this year, providing even more banking solutions to the great unwashed The all-embracing milk of corporate hegemony continues to…
Utility Taxes Go to Company Pockets and not Feds
By March 15, 2006
On the bottom of the electrical bill they’re there like uninvited guests finishing all the spirits: State taxes. Local taxes. Federal taxes. Incontinental Transfer taxes. Candle taxes. Watching too much Taxi reruns taxes. But a new report by the New York Times reveals that in many cases those taxes earmarked for corporate income tax are staying in the companies treasury, to the tune of billions and billions of dollars.
