Posted on December 28th, 2007 by BRiT
MADISON, Wis. — Electronics might be the hot item on all gift lists this holiday, but it’s also on the list of some lawmakers.
A proposed bill in Wisconsin would add an extra sales tax to electronics.
The bill’s author, state Sen. Jon Erpenbach, said the money raised from the tax isn’t to dissuade gamers, but to […]
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Filed under: Dumbass, Gaming, Internet, Other, Software, Technology, Television, Toys, Video
Posted on July 8th, 2007 by reflex
Watch me be much too lazy to copy the formatting from the first one of these I did! Hopefully I’ll get close enough. I had such lofty plans to make them all look the same… oh well.
I have a vile and thorough hatred for all of McDonald’s advertising, particularly since they adopted the obnoxious “I’m […]
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Filed under: Bizarre, Commentary, Dumbass, Food, Funny Bone, Internet, Other, Reviews
Posted on June 21st, 2007 by reflex
I’m going to start whining in this space about commercials that bother me, if that’s ok with everyone. I’ll try to stay away from particularly irritating local commercials unless I can obtain video of them.
Today’s ad: Pizza Hut Hot-and-Ready Pizza Pocket Things (I frankly can’t be bothered to look up their actual name)
The gist of […]
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Filed under: Commentary, Dumbass, Food, Other, Reviews, Side Notes, Television
Posted on April 26th, 2007 by MaxPower
Some demonstrators called Gere’s embrace of Shetty “vulgar”.
Actor Richard Gere has sparked protests in India after kissing Celebrity Big Brother winner Shilpa Shetty at an Aids awareness rally in New Delhi.
Demonstrators in Mumbai (Bombay) set light to effigies of the Hollywood star, while protesters in other cities shouted “death to Shilpa Shetty”.
The protesters said […]
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Filed under: Celebrities, Other, Television
Posted on April 1st, 2007 by BRiT
SAN FRANCISCO — The tech industry largely avoided a daylight-saving time disaster this month, but a few new glitches might pop up this weekend.
Daylight-saving time began three weeks early this year, causing a problem for thousands of older PCs, cellphones and other electronic devices. They were programmed to automatically switch the time on the traditional […]
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Filed under: Other, Technology
Posted on March 28th, 2007 by MaxPower
TORY councillor Kimberley Anderson is celebrating her latest business venture - opening a lap dancing club in Liverpool.
By day the 25-year-old Conservative councillor makes sure people in her ward get their fences mended and helps keep youths off the streets. But by night the Ellesmere Port and Neston politician shows a racier side - […]
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Filed under: Bizarre, Celebrities, Other
Posted on March 27th, 2007 by Jason
CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Chuang Chuang the panda has been spending his days in front of a big screen television watching panda porn.
Authorities at the Chiang Mai Zoo in northern Thailand hope the images will encourage him to mate with his partner, Lin Hui, and serve as an instructional lesson in how to do […]
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Filed under: Funny Bone, Other, Science
Posted on March 21st, 2007 by Tostig
What is the issue?
More than a decade of research on the human genome has yielded a wealth of information. Scientists have mapped and sequenced the genome, identified individual genes or sets of genes that are associated with diseases ranging from Alzheimer’s to diabetes and certain forms of cancer, and developed genetic tests to determine an […]
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Posted on March 20th, 2007 by reflex
DETROIT (Reuters) - With bidding stalled on some of the least desirable residences in Detroit’s collapsing housing market, even the fast-talking auctioneer was feeling the stress.
“Folks, the ground underneath the house goes with it. You do know that, right?” he offered.
After selling house after house in the Motor City for less than the $29,000 it […]
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Filed under: Commentary, Funny Bone, Other
Posted on February 28th, 2007 by MaxPower
Metro.co.uk - Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Thousands of British children think cows lay eggs. And a similar number believe bacon comes from sheep, a survey published today reveals. Townies fared worst in research designed to find out if children knew where their food came from. Some city children seemed a bit confused […]
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Filed under: Dumbass, Other, Side Notes
