• More Eye Poppin’, Spleen Splitting Toys of Doom

    Another tip o’ the hat to Anthony at A Higher Bar. He keeps raising it and I keep lowering it back again. In a comment to a previously linked story on the 101 Dumbest Moments in Business History that he turned me on to Anthony writes: “After looking at the list it is hard to know where to start given…

  • Don’t Bogart That Bean Dip!

    Hat tip to Ace HARDEE’S AIR FORCE BASE, Alabama (SP) — The military’s new weapon is a ray gun that shoots a beam that gives people the munchies. The technology is supposed to be harmless — a non-lethal way to get enemies to drop their weapons and pop out for a quick nosh. Military officials say it could save the…

  • Pussycat Dolls: Don’t you wish your action figure was hot like me?

    Anthony over at A Higher Bar blogged this Business 2.0 story on the 101 Dumbest Moments in Business. His blog focused on some of the dumber HR moves, but being a parent and veteran snarkster, Semitough went straight to the toys. Just like in elementary school. Here are his picks: Hasbro makes the list at 101 for their proposed line…

  • Bubba Guv Perry: “Stepped in what?”

    In some circles surprise has been expressed by the seeming divergence in vision between Bubba Guv “Hair Boy” Rick Perry and the headline act at his inauguration ball, Ted Nugent. TX Republicans Angry with Nugent for Saying What They Think « The Extrapolater However, Semitough would venture to say that any governor who would say this to a reporter after…