- Organic food may not be any healthier than conventionally produced food, in the sense of “more nutritious,” however it may still be healthier in the sense of “won’t kill you with poison.” [US News and World Report]
- Many of the cities hardest hit by foreclosures appear to have put the worst of it behind them, whereas the worst is yet to come for those that looked better off than average a year ago. [CNN]
- Pushy pregnant women will be among those first in line to get the pig AIDS vaccine this fall, and don’t think they won’t bum out everybody else in line with tales of their swollen ankles. [Washington Post]
- Today marks the most important day in the annals of diplomacy since the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. President Obama is having an ornery cop and a cantankerous professor over for beers, and by the time they have swallowed the last drop, racism will be abolished in all 50 US states and affiliated territories. [AFP]
- Iranian police were not amused when mourners gathered to mark the 40th day after the death of Neda Agha Sultan. [BBC News]
- Tanning beds: they’re like cigarettes for your skin! [ABC News]
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Glad we’re starting out the day on such a cheery note.
So john Boehner, drunken crybaby, rubs Camel Lights on his skin? That’s just gross. Brooke Shields says he’s like kissing an ashtray.
What about my organic TV dinners?
Speaking of tanning beds, maybe Barry and Skip can convince Sgt. James Crowley to take a few turns in one, get a little “Black Like Me” empathy experience going. (Oh, I forgot, we can’t say the “E” word until after Sotomayor is confirmed.)
[re=374214]MARCdMan[/re]: At least Michael Phelps set a world record last night. And without one of the cheat suits everyone else is wearing.
Obama will be drinking Bud Light today. The officer will be drinking Blue Moon and Gates will have a big glass of Yo’ Mama.
[re=374218]hobospacejunkie[/re]: I keep wondering what’s next: Evinrude motors implanted in the asses of every competitive swimmer, or genetically-engineered dolphin skin.
After listening to the Cambridge 911 call, I think the woman who called in to report the possible burglary should be at the White House – she was the only one who didn’t have her head up her ass.
I call BS on Obama drinkin’ Bud Lite — there’s no way he would drink that cheap swill. It’ll be a Bud Lite bottle with an imported lager poured in it.
The good news: fewer foreclosures.
The bad news: Everybody done been foreclosed and they gone.
Tanning beds are bad for your brain too. One was installed in the office of the previous Alaskan governor, ya know.
[re=374224]Mild Midwesterner[/re]: Yes, Bud Light is ‘love in a canoe’ beer, or in other words ‘fucking close to water’.
I’d take Red Stripe of Blue Moon over it any day.
I take it Neda Agha Sultan O.D.-ed at Woodstock.
Someone else needs to go have a beer with POTUS today:
“I did not mean to offend anyone,’’ he said. “The words were being used to characterize behavior, not describe anyone . . . I didn’t mean it in a racist way. I treat everyone with dignity and respect.’’
(Suspended) Boston Police Officer Justin Barrett referring to his email characterization of Skip Gates as a “jungle monkey”.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/07/30/boston_police_officer_suspended_after_racially_charged_e_mail/
[re=374219]Canmon (the Inadequate)[/re]: I thought Gates was going to ask for some motherfucking ice tea.
“US News and World Report” after all these years still sounds like one of those newspapers they sell by the cashier in grocery stores, the ones that still care about Elizabeth Taylor and alien visitors to the White House.
[re=374243]Advocatus_Diaboli[/re]: Unbelievable. “Barrett and his lawyer said they will fight the charges. “People are making it about race. It is not about race,’’ Barrett said. Gates was arrested by Cambridge police Sergeant James Crowley on charges of disorderly conduct.”
Calling somebody a “jungle monkey” is not about race? You should be fired not for being a racist asshole, but for being such a dumb sonofabitch that you thought anyone would believe your ane-shrinkingly idiotic cover story.
Bud Lite, sure, why the fuck not, but will he have Dijon mustard, and a bit of arugula, on the burgers?
Sure the worst is behind many cities hardest hit by foreclosures. Only so many houses in a given area. Only good times a coming so enjoy the cannibal anarchy and hobo beans while they last US America.
Mexico has a new healthy food program. The sewage that mixes in with the water supply comes only from people who eat organic!
[re=374228]donner_froh[/re]:
Ah shit. Jinx.
[re=374239]WadISay[/re]: Neda, 40th day, not some Sultan 40th year. Read harder, dope.
[re=374273]WadISay[/re]: Nevertheless, credit for the Woodstock joke. It has been 40 years. Hold on to that one. You’ll be able to use it again soon.
Today we are all Bud Lite drinkers!
[re=374243]Advocatus_Diaboli[/re]: Ha ha, dontcha love it when someone says, “Yeah, Luther called Obama a jungle bunny, but he’s not a racist! I know him.” As if that mere statement wiped out the other.
[re=374273]WadISay[/re]: Don’t feel bad, I did the same thing. Clicked on the link then “wait…what?”.
When was the last time a US President apologized for anything they actually did? Talk about diminishing the office of the President. Can we get a white guy again? The only think Bush apologized for was not nuking a Iran, and he came sooooo close too.
“‘Organic’ May Not Mean Healthier,” unless by “healthier” you mean failing to contain toxic chemicals.
[re=374215]hobospacejunkie[/re]: I heard that Boehner smokes hand-rolled cigarettes made from his own skin.
It’s an ourborosian response to the “tanning beds are cigarettes for your skin” conumdrum, and one of the reasons he will outlive us all. Another reason? His tears are made of alcohol.
[re=374243]Advocatus_Diaboli[/re]: “The words were being used to characterize behavior.” Exactly. I was not calling him a “jungle monkey” per se. I was merely pointing out that like said primate, Gates lives in a rain forest, eats bananas with his prehensile tail, and swings from trees. Those are behaviors exactly like a jungle monkey, and that’s what I’m talking about. People act like this is about race. Sheesh!
[re=374444]Extemporanus[/re]: Or, “ouroborosian”, or “Eric Bogosian”, or…fuck it.
[re=374476]Extemporanus[/re]:
There once was a snake named ‘Ouroboros’
Who bit his own ass in a torus
He unclenched his jaw
And suddenly saw
His tail end was now quite undecorous
Somesuch…
Of course tanning beds kill. Didn’t anyone see Final Destination 3?
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