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As If John Edwards Wasn’t in Enough Trouble Already…
… An ABC news camera this morning caught him on his Blackberry while driving to court—oh noes! That’s another $100 dollars in fines on top of your already mounting legal expenses, John! Scandal! Although, to be fair, as I was coincidentally discussing last night, texting on a Blackberry while driving is infinitely less dangerous than […]
Posted inFood and Drink
Today in Racist-y Confectionaries
Guess how hilarious Naomi Campbell thinks this Cadbury ad is: So hilarious, that she is pursuing “every option available” in retaliation, noting that “It’s upsetting to be described as chocolate, not just for me, but for all black women and black people. I do not find any humor in this. It is insulting and hurtful.”
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Parents Keep Baby’s Genitals a Secret
Here’s a story that seems tailor-made for Blogtown’s Judgment Patrol™. A pair of parents in West Toronto refuse to let anyone know the gender of their four-month-old baby, Storm. From Canada’s The Star: While there’s nothing ambiguous about Storm’s genitalia, they aren’t telling anyone whether their third child is a boy or a girl.The only […]
Posted inEvents
Vida Vegan Con
Okay vegans, listen up: In case you weren’t aware Portland is going to be home to the first-ever conference dedicated specifically to vegan bloggers, the Vida Vegan Con. On August 26-28 it will take over the University Place Hotel & Conference Center on the PSU campus (how is it I never knew PSU had its […]
Posted inEthics
Advice Cop
I really enjoy “Social Qs,” the advice column that runs in the NYT’s “Sunday Styles” section. It’s one of my favorite advice columns. (Not so into your new ethicist, NYT mag—bring back Randy!) And while I try to avoid criticizing and second-guessing other advice columnists—and I’m in no position to be ejaculating stones after this […]
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Traditional Marriage: “One Man, One Woman, For Life”
Unless you’re straight: Charles Bronfman and his wife, Bonnie, are inviting 100 of their friends to an elegant evening of cocktails for what they hope will be a once-in-a-lifetime event. The occasion? Their pending divorce. The event isn’t likely to approach the extravagance of their wedding party less than three years ago, when they invited […]
Posted inHomo
New Derogatory Term for Gay People: Sweet Smellin’ Jockstraps!
This news story depicts Judge Phillip Kirk of Waupaca, Wisconsin giving a school bus driver the verbal smackdown for sexually abusing some kids—WHILE trying out his his new comedy act! Apparently he’s one of those people who think that child molesters are also automatically homosexual… or as he puts it, “Gayer than a sweet smellin’ […]
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I, Anonymous: Summer (Spoogey) Lovin’
From the I, Anonymous mailbag. Submit your complaint/confession here! To the not-so-classy couple a short step away from a public indecency ticket in the park, get a fucking room. I was trying to relax, soak up the rare Portland sun on a gorgeous day, and you had to come, lay your blanket directly in front […]
Posted inPolitics
The “Corpsers” are Here! RUN FROM THE CORPSERS!
As Blogtown commenter TSW said JOKINGLY in this morning’s very entertaining GMN thread: Well, TSW, your wish is this nation’s nutbags command! J. Michael Walker (writing on right winger Andrew Breitbart’s Big Peace website) is getting the “Corpser” movement off to a rousing start! The free world, particularly the United States, has a right to […]
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Bin Laden Reportedly Used His Own Wife as a Human Shield
TPM, from a White House briefing with John Brennan, a chief counterterrorism adviser to President Obama: Bin Laden engaged in the firefight, but it was unclear if he picked up a firearm or shot any rounds. Brennan also identified bin Laden as the combatant who had used a woman as a human shield. She was […]
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I, Anonymous: How to Fuck Over A Meth Dealer (Who is Already, by Definition, Kind of Fucked)
This is an I, Anonymous that’s an actual confession of having taking an action to the detriment of another (we like that). Also, “get thee to a trailer park” is pretty good, if somewhat rude to all the nice people living in trailer parks. You had the audacity to sell meth for about the last […]