World (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Yet another Scientology cult press release describes the further depredations of its "Vulture Ministers" in developing countries. The "article," one of dozens issued each month by the cult, tells how the Vulture Ministers taught their useless "tech" to the personnel of a hospital in Bangkok, Thailand.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
It is a matter of cruel economics, in nature as in human affairs, that one individual’s calamity may be another’s shining opportunity.
Kansas City Star (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
It is a matter of cruel economics, in nature as in human affairs, that one individual’s calamity may be another’s shining opportunity.
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
THE football management equivalent of “encircling vultures” are again hovering over the Deva Stadium, as another disastrous and passionless performance unfolded on Saturday.
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Swimmer Michael Phelps has left the water cube and the country of China. His record-setting Olympics an unprecedented eight gold medals in eight events is finished.
bookofjoe (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
Strange days indeed in my old home town. Long story short: Half a dozen turkey vultures with wingspans up to six feet (top) have set up shop on the ledges and windowsills of Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, where they favor...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
... enough to defend themselves, then there should be no limits. Sean P. Means also writes the Culture Vulture in daily blog form at blogs.sltrib. com/vulture. Send tips, contributions and comments to vulture@sltrib.com.
The Big Picture (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
This is hysterical I found the line "I'm standing on Goldman's Trading Floor Now" spoken in German by Hitler's aide drenched in nearly cringe-worthy irony . . . via Going Private
Nothing To Do With Arbroath (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
A lonely vulture who thought he was human has finally found true love, his keepers have revealed. Barry the American black vulture, has been reared by humans since his birth 10 years ago and seemed unable to associate with his own kind. Staff at Kirkleatham Owl Centre near Redcar were worried when Barry began chasing visitors in the hope of mating. But now they are delighted he has finally...
The Sun (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
ALAN CURBISHLEY says he is ready to shoot down vultures circling Upton Park
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
... friends, I’m making much better use of the facts there (not to mention the ability to check them). Vulture’s Point: It’s imaginary, just like the building and the contractor. In reality, however, as I recall, quite a fuss was made about the transfer of a number of federal workers to a dismal area in D.C. known as Buzzards Point.
The Soccer Blog (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
Alan Curbishley has admitted the 'vultures are circling' around him for the first time in his managerial career but insists he is not fazed going into the first game of the new season. The Hammers boss has been installed as the bookies' favourite to win this year's managerial sack race after receiving criticism from some quarters [...]
Going Private (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
It is beyond amusing the lengths to which CDO managers have gone (had gone) to avoid price discovery. But the day of reckoning approaches them all, if it has not yet arrived. Amusingly, two CDO managers I knew tangentially simply...
10,000 Birds (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
A friend of mine just mailed me and asked me to blog about the latest research regarding the disappearance of India’s vultures. As it’s something I get particularly excised about I’m happy to do so. We’ve actually posted a number of times about the catastrophic decline in the population of India’s vultures - according to [...]
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
Love has blossomed for a lonely vulture who thought he was human, his keepers said.
