Jessica Alba is disappointed in all of us for paying attention to her during what she blogs is “perhaps the most salient time in our country’s history.” (Don’t worry, Jess, we’re more disappointed in ourselves than you’ll ever know.) She’s speaking, of course about the “a-hole” episode, when Jessica called out Bill O’Reilly and then [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Jessica Alba rips Bill O’Reily and TMZ
Posted: 28th January 2009 by Veritas in Entertainment, Hot ChicksTags: alba, O'reilly, tmz
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Super Bowl Pro-Life Ad?
Posted: 28th January 2009 by Sus Scrofa in RandomnessTags: advertisment, anti-abortion, football, pro-life, superbowl
This CatholicVote.org video, first posted on the Internet Jan. 19 to coincide with Barack Obama’s inauguration, has become a YouTube sensation, and is said to be aired during the Super Bowl. Continue Here
What the Web Knows About You
Posted: 28th January 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Science | TechnologyTags: google, information, knowledge, online, personal, web
How much private information is available about you in cyberspace? Social Security numbers are just the beginning. Continue Here
Countries to follow Iceland’s example
Posted: 28th January 2009 by The Dude in Economy | Finance, PoliticsTags: Britain, economic ruin, Greece, Iceland, Latvia, Nicaragua, political meltdown
Foreign Policy (FP) looks at five countries on the verge of following Iceland to economic ruin and political meltdown. USA is not among the five countries chosen but their strongest ally is, Great Britain. Continue Here
Lost “Sleeping Beauty” Mummy Formula Found
Posted: 28th January 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Science | TechnologyTags: beauty, formula, mummy, sleeping
A chemical formula’s ingredients that resulted in “one of the world’s best-presereved bodies” has been rediscovered. Continue Here
LA man upset over job kills wife, 5 kids, himself
Posted: 28th January 2009 by The Dude in Economy | FinanceTags: job loss, shooting, suicide
LOS ANGELES – A man fatally shot his wife, five young children and himself Tuesday after he faxed a note to a TV station claiming the couple had just been fired from their hospital jobs and together planned the killings as an escape for the whole family. “Why leave our children in someone else’s hands,” [...]
9 in 10 Executives of Bailout Banks Remain on Job
Posted: 28th January 2009 by The Dude in Economy | FinanceTags: bailout, banks, executives
Bosses whose banks made risky loans are now counted on to save system WASHINGTON – They’ve been bailed out, but not kicked out. At banks that are receiving federal bailout money nearly nine out of every 10 of the most senior executives from 2006 are still on the job, according to an Associated Press analysis [...]
Campaign Promises Before the Ship Sinks
Posted: 28th January 2009 by The Dude in RandomnessTags: campaign promises, Obama, Obameter
PolitiFact has compiled about 500 promises that Barack Obama made during the campaign and is tracking their progress on their Obameter. They rate their status as No Action, In the Works or Stalled. Once they find action is completed, they rate them Promise Kept, Compromise or Promise Broken. Obameter Results
World Economic Forum Held at Davos, Switzerland
Posted: 28th January 2009 by Simo Häyhä in Economy | Finance, PoliticsTags: crisis, Economy | Finance, forum, global, Swiss, world
Some 2,500 guests, including senior executives from some of the world’s biggest banks as well as 40 heads of state will join discussions on energy, climate change and free trade. Global political leaders and business people are gathering for the annual World Economic Forum, which is due to start in the Swiss ski resort of [...]
Millionaire Vows to Adopt 268 Children
Posted: 28th January 2009 by Sus Scrofa in PoliticsTags: adobt, children, millionare, promise
OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35, Orlando) — A local man is using his wealth to save young lives overseas. It’s the ultimate adoption effort. Their faces tell this story. They are 268 children in the Philippines who need homes. They need families. They need hope for the future. Now, 48 year old Gabriel German [...]
Hershey Removes Cocoa Butter from Candy.
Posted: 27th January 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Lifestyle, PoliticsTags: butter, candy, cocoa, Hershey, hershey's
Due to higher cost of ingredients, Hershey’s is removing Cocoa Butter from many of it’s popular chocolate candies, and replacing it with cheaper Vegetable Oil. The package labels are changing too, because the FDA says anything containing vegetable oils cannot be called “Milk Chocolate”. Continue Here