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Fun on Friday: The Great Trophy Debate – Stanley Cup v. FIFA

The World Cup kicked off this week. The international soccer tournament is the most-watched sporting event in the world. Over the next several weeks, teams from 32 countries will compete for the coveted FIFA World Cup Trophy. Speaking of trophies, have you seen any of the footage of Alexander Ovechkin and his Washington Capital teammates […]

Peter Schiff Explains Why Sagging Productivity Is Bad News for Your Pocketbook

US productivity numbers for the first quarter of this year were disappointing, to say the least. Analysts expected Q1 productivity to rise by point 0.7%. Instead, it came in at nearly half that, rising by 0.4%. This was only a slight improvement over the 0.3% increase in the final quarter of 2017. There wasn’t a […]

Fun on Friday: The Story Doesn’t Ring True, But The Scam Worked

This week, I want to talk about scams.

Fun on Friday: How to Feel Like You’ve ‘Made It’ – Chicken Wing Edition

Here’s a question for you. What do you dip gold chicken wings into? No. I don’t mean golden-fried chicken wings. I mean gold chicken wings – as in literally coated in gold. Yes. That’s a thing.

Fun on Friday: Criminally Confused

OK. We know people who go around burglarizing homes and businesses probably aren’t the sharpest tools in the shed. But a burglar in Grand Rapids, Mich., may take the cake for dumb criminals. The poor soul caught on camera burglarizing a local business was criminally confused. He apparently thought the company had left a stack of […]

Fun on Friday: They Stole a Queen’s Heart

If you’re a romantic man, at some point you might have daydreamed about stealing a queen’s heart. Well, some thieves in France did just that. Like, they literally stole her heart. As in the organ. When Anne of Brittany died, her heart was removed and encased in pure gold. It’s been in a French museum […]

Fun on Friday: Pimpin’ 101 – Wear Gold Suit to Wedding Reception

A Pakistani man decided he wanted to make a big splash at his wedding, so he took pimping to the next level. He wore a gold suit complete with gold shoes and a gold tie. I don’t mean gold-colored shoes and a gold-colored tie. I mean literally gold shoes and a gold tie – as in […]

Fun on Friday: Zucked!

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg experienced the big-boy version of getting called into the principal’s office this week. He spent about 10 hours testifying before Congress after news came out that a data firm accessed Facebook user information. The iconic image from the hearing was Zuckerberg perched on a booster cushion. He looked like Dennis the Menace […]

Fun on Friday: Cleveland Brewery Plans to Sell Beer Made Out of Gold

I’ve written several Fun on Friday columns about eating gold.  I told you about the golden goose. I told you about the LA steakhouse that will serve you a nicely cooked steak garnished with gold flakes. I even told you about an Indian caterer who responded to a couple’s request to “stun” their wedding guests […]

Fun on Friday: Thief Steals Bottle Made from Six Pounds of Gold; Drinks Vodka

I used to work in local news. We covered “breaking news,” which roughly translates to “robbery, wreck, fire!” Not necessarily in that order. Becuase of our razor-sharp focus on flashy lights and screechy sirens, police scanner chatter was a ubiquitous presence in the newsroom. You gotta know where the cops and firefighters are going if […]