yeeeeuuurrrgghhhh Earlier this week I told you about KFC’s newest abomination called the Double Down, which is essentially a bacon “sandwich” between two fried chicken breast “buns”. I’ve thought a lot about whether or not I would eat this thing for you, Blogtownies. But then I realized that you may not want me to eat […]
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RE: Today’s Squirt of Human Kindness
In the comments on Steve’s post about Courtney’s kindness-squirt, commenter Two Squatting Women writes: “There has to be a better way to describe Courtney’s act of kindness better than ‘a squirt of her milk.’ Is this the kind of blatant sexual innuendo you people are exposed to every day?” Ahh, I’ve been waiting for this […]
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Today’s Squirt of Human Kindness
So this morning, I was standing on top of a chair in my office to see if our malfunctioning heat was working when I slipped and fell. The chair flew out from under me, I fell on my ankle and wrist, and cracked my head against the wall. And then… I just laid there on […]
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Al Gore? This is All Your Fault.
Right wingers will be blaming Al Gore for this: A seven-month-old girl has survived being shot in the chest for three days after her parents shot her, her brother and themselves in a global warming suicide pact. The Argentinean baby lay beside the dead bodies of her parents and two-year-old brother with a bullet lodged […]
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Jay Leno Really Hates Asian People
FUN FACT, GUYS! Jay Leno really, really hates Japanese people. For proof here’s Jay as Detective Tony Costas in the 1989 cop comedy Collision Course (co-starring poor Pat Morita). But don’t worry! The always hilarious Everything is Terrible has edited this classic film down to a watchable three minutes—that is, if you can classify three […]
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Eating Animals? Discuss
As long as we eat animals, there will be people who wonder if we should be eating animals. As loud as the “Bacon-tastes-good!” side is, the “Meat-is-murder!” crowd easily equals them in volume and fervor. What is lost in shouting and name calling is an actual measured and philosophical discussion on what it means to […]
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Rush Limbaugh Is a Big, Fat Exception
When can you use the word “retard”? You can use it when you’re being satirical. For instance, it’s not okay for Rahm Emanuel to say that liberal activists are “fucking retarded” in a private meeting because 1. that’s mean and 2. he’s a Democrat. But it is okay for Rush Limbaugh to describe a meeting […]
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Miley Cyrus’ Nine-Year-Old Sister to Design Lingerie Line—Quelle Surprise
When Wm Steven Humphrey sent me this link, he said “It’s fashion. It’s celebrities. It’s horrible.” So apparently Miley Cyrus has a sister, and yes said sister is collaborating with her BFF to create a line of lingerie that “can be worn with sweet ballerina slippers, funky sneakers or paired with lace stockings and boots […]
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Conflict Of ‘O’nterest in Measure 66/67 Ad?
Another chapter in the controversy over the Oregonian‘s endorsement of a “no” vote on measures 66 and 67. The Mercury has been hearing strange tips this afternoon from deep throat sources. We’ve been told, somewhat unreliably as far as sources go, that the effort to push for the Measure 66/67 ad originated with the paper’s […]
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Breaking: Does Whole Foods’ New “No Fatties” Employee Incentive Program Break The Law?
WHOLE FOODS: NEW COMPANY POLICY? Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) has “serious concerns” about a new Whole Foods employee incentive program aimed at reducing the company’s health costs. The voluntary plan announced earlier this week by Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, the Team Member Healthy Discount Incentive Program, increases employees’ 20% in-store discount […]
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Greg Oden’s Alleged Naked Pictures
WARNING: THESE IMAGES ARE NOT SAFE FOR WORK. The Mercury office has been abuzz this morning with rumors about Blazers star Greg Oden posing for naked pictures—which have made their way onto the internet. If you go to tabloidprodigy.com, you can look at them all. On the one hand, I’m dubious about linking to these, […]
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H&M Ethics Watch: GMO Cotton in So-Called “Organic” Tees
More bad news for our soon to be local H&M: Roughly 30 percent of the tested samples contained genetically modified cotton, says Lothar Kruse, a director of Impetus in Bremerhaven, which examined the cotton fabrics. The contaminated cotton was traced back to India, which supplies more than half of the global supply of organic cotton, […]