Biz Buzz 2: The Curse of Lady Gaga

Published 12:01 am Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Cover your eyes, kids; Santa’s not decent: Pop singer and meat-dress designer Lady Gaga has been asked by New York department store Barney’s to reinterpret Santa’s workshop for its Christmas season window displays.

Kids still will be able to sit on Santa’s lap and tell him what they want for Christmas, but rather than waiting in line, they will be carried to Santa in a large plastic egg borne by a team of dancers clad in candy-cane-striped mylar.

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Give a hoot: Billionaire investor and bridge player Warren Buffett wrote in a New York Times opinion piece Monday that tax rates for the “mega-rich,” those making more than $1 million, should be raised immediately. Buffett wrote that Congress has coddled the rich for too long, “much as if we were spotted owls.”

Actually, the spotted owls would have made out better if they had contributed as heavily to congressional campaigns and political action committees as the rich have.

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Sued, with relish: The nation’s two largest hot-dog makers are suing each other over false-advertising claims, with Ball Park and Oscar Mayer each claiming they make the best-tasting wiener.

Asked by the judge to offer her opinion, Lady Gaga said Oscar Mayer actually made the better-tasting hot dog, but that Ball Parks worked better for meat dresses.

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