The Finite Times

(FiniteTimes.com) – The tainted pet food scare that has resulted in the recall of some 5500 pet food-related products took an unexpected turn on Thursday when officials at the FDA warned of a possible increased danger from “puffing”.

“In many instances the food used by so-called ‘puffers’ could be old because it’s been hoarded, or stolen from poor pets, or found in a dumpster, which is where you would expect to find a lot of these tainted brands,” said the FDA’s Dr. Stephen Henry. “We would urge teens not, I repeat not, to puff these products, as it takes an already dangerous activity and makes it even more so.” Continue Reading »

(FiniteTimes.com) – As all of Washington settles into hurry-up-and-wait mode for President Bush to initial walking papers for his longtime friend and Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, many political insiders are wondering exactly why the ax has yet to fall. The answer, surprisingly enough, may actually be what everyone is waiting for: initials.

“George W. Bush approaches the big decisions in his presidency with an almost childlike superstition,” says Denise Hibbard, an analyst for the Center for Universal Inquiry, a Washington think-tank. “For the Attorney General, or AG position, early on he wanted to get his friend Alberto Gonzalez, or AG, in. As soon as the president realized he would be creating “AGAG,” he was all “want that, want that,” and he got it, got it. Continue Reading »

(FiniteTimes.com) – The rumors coming out of the divorce, the hints of an abusive, controlling, overbearing man, were enough to send some of them swooning a few years ago. But it took an angry phone message to an 11-year-old girl to pull the majority of their community to New York in the hopes of once, just once, groveling at his feet.

They are submissives, a group of people who crave psychological abuse and thrive on a need to be subservient. And he is Alec Baldwin, actor and alleged un-nice guy, whose recorded diatribe against his daughter was made public last week to widespread condemnation and selective deification. Continue Reading »

(FiniteTimes.com) – When Bob Pritchett first got the early morning call on April 15th, he thought someone was having him on.

“Here was this guy with a cowboy drawl saying, ‘Bobby Boy, I’m calling up your troops, prepare to get wet, heh heh,’ and I’m thinking yeah, right,” Pritchett recalled. “Then the photo-op crew showed up with their cameras and mics, and I knew my country needed me.” Continue Reading »

(FiniteTimes.com) – When Keith Richards revealed to the world earlier this week that he had snorted some of his father’s ashes in 2002, many were appalled, although not really surprised. To a select few, Richards was less a depraved aging rocker and more a kindred spirit.

“I was sitting in my apartment, toking up on Mom, when I heard,” recalls “Marci”, a middle-aged housewife from Encino. Five years ago she managed to sneak into a nearby mortuary and shave her deceased mother’s head. She’s been enjoying a nightly hair/reefer treat ever since. Continue Reading »