07/01/2008
News: HIV Spiking, Anthrax Ineptitude, Gay Gladiator, Impure Thoughts & Papa Mia
American Gladiators' first-ever gay contestant is to die for…now let’s hope he doesn’t get himself killed.
Paying Through The Nose: New "persons of interest" in the 2001 anthrax case—inept United States government officials. Retired FBI investigator Brad Garrett is spilling the beans on the botched case, which resulted in a nice fat check ($5,825,000) for original suspect Dr. Steven Hatfill.
New York City's trans fat ban goes straight to the hips today—"baked goods, frozen foods, cannoli and doughnuts" are now forbidden to contain the cholesterol-raisers. Packaged foods are still exempt. To find out how to make comfort food without trans fats, visit NoTransFatNYC.org.
That 25-year-old Homosexual can run like the wind!
In the Bag: EBay ordered to pay $60.8 million over its fake Louis Vuittons.
Just like Ivory soap, the Jonas Brothers are only 99-44/100% pure.
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the smaller American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) are going to war, with team captains Jack Nicholson and Tom Hanks, respectively. Oh, you know George Clooney isn't sitting this one out—he's actually calling on both unions to stop "pitting artist against artist." The results of a vote will be known July 8, which will tell the tale as to whether SAG has enough support for yet another actor's strike.
Forget about Mamma—who's your daddy?
It's not the end of the world! (Unless it is.)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, about the controversial Japanese artist, is not big in Japan, but it’s out on DVD.
A spike in new HIV diagnoses in the U.S. is concentrated among younger men and men of color.
The White House wants Osama bin Laden captured or killed before Bush leaves office. But if he's taken out right before Bush departs, how many Americans would forever believe bin Laden was kept alive all these years as a way of keeping us in line?
Go East, Young Man: Barack Obama is planning a tour of Europe and the Middle East that would likely include a pop-in on Iraq. He last visited Iraq with a congressional delegation in January of 2006.
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I was just mentioning that collider thing at CERN to a friend yesterday and expressing my surprise that something like that is even being allowed to happen.
I'm all about experimenting and learning new things about the universe, but I'd really rather not be sucked into a black hole...thanks! Let's face it, with every new technological advancement, there have been accidents...it just seems an accident with this machine will be slightly more impactful than, let's say Chernobyl or something.
Posted by: Lucas | Jul 1, 2008 9:29:48 AM
I'm sick and tired of hearing about how we all aregoing to die when the LHC is brought online.
All the data shows that even if a blackhole is made, it would be a micro and it would be gone almost as fast as it was made.
Posted by: Jules | Jul 1, 2008 9:48:33 AM
Well, NBC didn't say or indicate anything about that contestant being gay other than his "This will be the greatest comeback since Mariah Carey" comment. They kept in all the stuff about the other contestant being a father and showed his family quite a bit.
That show has been royally stinking this season.
Posted by: ray | Jul 1, 2008 9:51:16 AM
That HIV infection rate article gave me a shudder. All those young men...sad.
Posted by: Ben | Jul 1, 2008 10:43:04 AM
i wish someone would just tell those jonas boys that no one gives a rat's ass about their stupid virginity. if they wanna remain pure until marriage-fine. but addressing that little detail in the national press is about as attractive as them telling us what their turds look like.
Posted by: alguien | Jul 1, 2008 12:24:43 PM
AMEN, Alguien! WTF are we getting coverage of those 3 for anyway? I was rather less than impressed by their gawkishly poor performance on Dancing With The Stars, not to mention the fact that they're utterly boring, talentless hacks, but that's beside the point. WHY are we getting coverage of them here? Did that quip about being "sorta" virginal mean they're busy doing each others' boyfriends? Do we even care? "It's okay, you can stick it in your mouth and we'll all still be 'virgins'. Teehee!'"
Get the fuck out.
Posted by: FizziekruntNT | Jul 1, 2008 1:23:13 PM
Before I forget: If anyone is worried about the end of the earth, I strongly suggest you look into the hundreds of new chemical molecular combinations that are produced by the Dow Chemimcal Corporation and ask yourself why we don't all look like something out of Star Trek Insurrection. Then "end of the earth" is quite possible and it's pretty much in the hands of man (barring an actual cataclysmic event via asteroid, etc.), but honest scientists actually publish their findings, ergo the big stink in Switzerland. It is the corporate financial empires that you'd better be more concerned with.
Posted by: FizziekruntNT | Jul 1, 2008 1:32:48 PM
You're absolutley right, FIZZIE. And is one technically a virgin if they jerk off 3 or 4 times a day? Those guys don't look like they have swollen prostates to me...probably got extra hair growth in the palm of the hand--maybe both hands
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | Jul 1, 2008 1:32:53 PM
Chemical, dammit.
Posted by: FizziekruntNT | Jul 1, 2008 1:33:49 PM
Derrick: HAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Well, if those waxed monobrows are any indication, yes indeedy, D, them's some active little cockmonkeys.
Posted by: FizziekruntNT | Jul 1, 2008 1:36:22 PM
ha derrick!
if their eyebrows are any indication...
Posted by: alguien | Jul 1, 2008 1:36:39 PM
The LHC thing is hilarious: we live in a country where a majority of people believe that the Bible is fact, a shocking number of people believe that the earth is only 6,000 years old and that evolution is wrong and yet they're suddenly experts on particle physics. Idiots, just STFU and let the experts do their jobs.
Posted by: Henry Holland | Jul 1, 2008 1:41:07 PM
I still am amazed that there are people in the world stupid enough to believe that the LHC will create black holes that will destroy the earth. I mean good God, people, get a freaking grip!
Posted by: Sami | Jul 1, 2008 5:14:27 PM
Frankly, I think it would be a boon to the universe if the LHC DID create a black hole and swallow us all. Sadly though it would probably happen so fast that no one would have time to say "Oooops", "Ha-Ha" or "I told you so."
Or maybe we HAVE been taken by a black hole already, but are trapped at the event horizon and don't realize what has happened.
So many possibilities.
Posted by: Buster | Jul 1, 2008 6:37:43 PM
More attention should be brought to the HIV infection rise among young gay men.
Posted by: queendru | Jul 1, 2008 8:25:10 PM
HILARIOUS- I see Sean is still using the same pic after all these years. Dude used to respond to my ads on Craiglist all the time when I was looking for a BJ. I always asked for more pics, though, and he never looked as good in the other ones so I never wanted to hook up with him. That headshot has got to be at least 3-4 years old.
Posted by: Mike | Jul 1, 2008 10:38:20 PM
Please stop giving the Jonas Brothers exposure and they will eventually go the way of Hanson.
Posted by: marvelboy74 | Jul 2, 2008 8:20:10 AM