Monthly ArchiveApril 2007
Health admin on 26 Apr 2007
FDA Warns of Pet Food Snorting Danger
The tainted pet food scare that has resulted in the recall of some 5500 pet food-related products took an unexpected turn yesterday 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.”
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Politics admin on 23 Apr 2007
White House Privately Mulls AG Position
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,” said 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.
“Unfortunately,” Hibbard said, “now he’s kind of stuck.”
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Entertainment admin on 22 Apr 2007
Submissives Flock to Stalk Baldwin
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.
“Oh my God, when he called her a thoughtless little pig, I just about wet myself,” said a man who requested, repeatedly, that we call him it. “What a lucky, lucky child.”
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U.S. admin on 20 Apr 2007
President Bush to Honor “Gnat Guard”
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.”
The midnight cowboy caller in question was indeed President George W. Bush, and the troops he was calling up to deal with area flooding were Boy Scouts from Troop 124, out of Wayne, New Jersey. While the New Jersey National Guard usually gets such assignments, Troop 124 was less busy “bringing democracy,” and thus got the call.
“It was cool. I got to earn my Swimming badge, and my Rowing badge, and my End Times Preparedness badge,” said First Class Scout Rusty Jones.
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Entertainment & Living admin on 04 Apr 2007
Rolling Stone’s Family Reunions a Smorgasbord
When Keith Richards revealed to the world 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.
“I can’t explain the sense of peace I get, sharing a smoke with Mom,” Marci says. Her expression turns serious as she eyes the bright, shiny shovel leaning in a far corner of the room. “My stash is actually getting quite low. Not sure what I’m going to do.”
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