Am I the only one who didn’t know that if you’re gay male – or ever had a homosexual experience with another guy, even once – that you’re banned from donating blood for life?
I just read this article by Senator John Kerry, yeah the guy who lost in 2004 to Georgie, arguing for a repeal [...]
I don’t know what it is about this article on hot dogs, but I find it hilarious. Any conversation involving a hot dog is inherently funny. Just the concept of a choke-proof hot dog conjures up a lot of funny ideas – what about rectangular shapes, for example. A couple of highlights from the article:
If [...]
Quality Idea: The gist is, Utah is kinda broke – like every other state, in order to save some money some Conservatives have suggested eliminating mandatory 12th grade. I can’t see how some people might be against this.
P.S. Jackie your former state is stupid.
The glorious airline Delta has raised prices on checked luggage.
[...]$23 from $15 for the first checked-on bag, and to $32 from $25 for the second bag.
Oh man, I can’t wait to fly them again!
Via Market Watch
P.S. I hate you Delta.
Because I drink a lot of beer, I thought this was newsworthy: Heineken is buying Femsa, the brewery that makes Tecate, Dos Equis, and Sol for 7.6 billion. I thought these two sentences from the article were kind of funny:
The deal will give Heineken, which brews Amstel and other beers[.]
What’s interesting to me is that [...]
This is too funny: A woman goes ape-shit crazy when she can’t get her McNuggets.
Via The Smoking Gun
The NY Times has an article about the Transportation Department limiting tarmac waits for passengers to three Hours. We’ve been doing a lot of flying this month – a trip to Las Vegas for Barrett & Lindsay’s wedding and a trip to Reno to see my grandparents for Christmas. Our flight to Las Vegas was [...]
I am a sucker for infographics. I also happen to be one of those crazy people who care about the environment. This infographic on climate change deniers vs the consensus is pretty neat.
So Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., has a very interesting idea – a bill that will withhold Federal health benefits from members of Congress until Health Legislation is passed. What a novel idea. I wholly support it.
Via The Washington Independent
PS. I had to look up how to spell wholly, for some reason it just seems weird [...]
The answer? No one knows for sure. But that won’t stop people from speculating!
The Atlantic:
[T]he increase in troop strength will be about 25,000
The Atlantic (Again):
[E]xpect the commander in chief to approve north of 20,000 additional troops
Times Online:
[A] surge of at least 25,000 new US troops
The Guardian:
[E]xpected to send 34,000 more US troops
The Guardian [...]