Attention: Your McRib sandwich is probably not good for your heart. It has 980 mg of sodium and 10 grams of saturated fat. But then we already knew that it wasn’t exactly health food. According to Time’s healthland blog, that’s not all it has: The sandwich contains 70 other ingredients. And some of those ingredients, [...]
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McRib Contains Shoe Soles & Yoga Mats
Posted: 26th November 2011 by Veritas in Science | Technology, What the F*ck!Tags: Ammonium Sulfate, Asthma, Bleaching Agent, Bun, Flour Products, Foamed Plastics, Food Additive, Gym Mats, Health And Safety, Health And Safety Executive, Health Food, Healthland, Mcrib Sandwich, Occupational Exposure, Polysorbate 80, Quantities, Sensitizer, Shoe Soles, Sodium, Soles, source article, Yoga Mats
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Moosejaw X-Ray App Lets You Undress Catalog Models
Posted: 26th November 2011 by Veritas in Oddly Enough, Science | TechnologyTags: Apparel Company, Cargo Pants, Catalog Models, Clothing Catalog, Home Shoppers, ipad, iPhone, Male Model, Male Persuasion, Moosejaw, North Face Jackets, Outdoor Apparel, Puffer Jacket, Ray Vision, Ski Bunny, Ski Pants, Skivvies, Snow Pants, source article, X-ray
Ever find yourself perusing a clothing catalog and wishing you could see the models on the pages without their clothes on? We can’t say the thought ever occurred to us, but maybe, just maybe, there are some home shoppers who’ve felt this way (perhaps of the male persuasion in particular). To which we say: there’s [...]
The 99% Gain Corporate Support
Posted: 26th October 2011 by Veritas in Economy | Finance, PoliticsTags: Al Sharpton, Cities In The United States, Corporate Profits, Economic Issues, Grave Concerns, Hardships, herman cain, Latinos, Leaderless Resistance, lower manhattan, msnbc, Personal Convictions, Republican Presidential Candidate, Resistance Movement, Reverend Al Sharpton, s board, source article, Sunday Republican, Unilever, Whine
The board of directors of Ben & Jerry’s has issued a statement in support of the Occupy Wall Street protests taking place in New York City and other cities around the country. “We, the Ben & Jerry’s Board of Directors, compelled by our personal convictions and our Company’s mission and values, wish to express our [...]
Is Herman Cain’s New Ad Offensive?
Posted: 26th October 2011 by Veritas in PoliticsTags: audience, Chief Of Staff, Chunks, Cigarette, Cue, Fades, Few Days, herman cain, memory, Mike Bloomberg, Millennials, nicotine, Profile, Protagonist, riddle, Slow Motion, smoking, source article, Water Cooler
“We’ve run a campaign like nobody’s ever seen,” says Mark Block, Herman Cain chief of staff and protagonist of his latest ad, which dropped today online. He may be right, because it has been quite a while, if ever, since we’ve seen an ad like this. A close up of Block speaking takes up most [...]
Woman arrested after trying to sell baby for $500 at Taco Bell
Posted: 18th July 2011 by Sus Scrofa in Crime, Oddly EnoughTags: 9/11, arrested, baby, Bell County, Clark Co, Clark County Sheriff, Gasaway, Heidi, Highway 99, infant, investigators, Kay, Monday Morning, Outstanding Warrants, Protective Custody, sell, source article, Taco Bell, Taco Bell Restaurant, Vancouver Woman
A 36-year-old Vancouver woman was arrested after investigators said she tried to sell her infant son at a Taco Bell. The Clark County Sheriff’s Office said Heidi Knowles–also known as Heidi Gasaway–approached a woman who was eating at a Taco Bell restaurant on Thursday, handed the woman her her 3-day-old son, and offered to sell [...]
Opening a Beer? There’s an App for that.
Posted: 13th July 2011 by Veritas in Lifestyle, Science | TechnologyTags: Australian Entrepreneurs, Australians, Beers, Bottle Opener, facebook, Foams, Friends Houses, Heavy Drinkers, Initial Glitches, Internet Site, iPhone, launch, melbourne, phone call, Plastic Case, Prototype, Prototypes, source article, Strangest Thing, Toolmaker, Worst Case Scenario
You can do a lot with an iPhone these days — text, take pictures, surf the net, and even make a phone call. And soon, thanks to two Australian entrepreneurs, you will be able use it to open a bottle of beer by way of the “Opena,” a hard plastic case that fits over the [...]
Ohio Governor Allows Guns in Bars
Posted: 9th July 2011 by Veritas in Lifestyle, Oddly Enough, What the F*ck!Tags: Cincinnati Bengals, Cincinnati Bengals Football, Establishments, Football Team, Governor John, Gun Owners, Handgun, Handguns, Holster Case, John Kasich, New Laws, Ohio Budget, Ohio General Assembly, Ohio Governor, Ohio Republican, Republican Governor, Safety Reasons, Shopping Malls, source article, thursday afternoon
Ohio Republican Governor John Kasich on Thursday signed into law a bill that allows gun owners in the state to carry concealed weapons into bars and other places where alcohol is served. The measure, which was forwarded to Kasich on June 22 by the Ohio General Assembly, was signed on Thursday afternoon. Kasich is scheduled [...]
Florida Governor Rick Scott Gets Letter From Colbert
Posted: 1st July 2011 by Veritas in PoliticsTags: comedy central, Florida Gov, Florida Governor, Form Letters, Gaffe, Governor Rick, Harry Potter Novels, Insistence, Local Newspapers, Media Strategy, Poll Numbers, Public Officials, Satirist, Scandals, Scott Fans, source article, Stephen Colbert, Taj Mahal, Template Letter, Tough Questions, Villain
Comedy Central satirist supreme Stephen Colbert took on Florida Gov. Rick Scott, zinging him for resembling the villain from the Harry Potter novels and pointing out that the governor had provided a handy template letter for fans to send to local newspapers touting his leadership — apparently, because Scott couldn’t be bothered to tell us [...]
Al Capone’s Gun Sells for $110,000
Posted: 1st July 2011 by Veritas in RandomnessTags: American Gangster, Brother Ralph, Christie, Clash, Colt 38, gangs, Gangster Al Capone, London Auction, Madeleine, Personal Letter, pistol, Private Collector, Prohibition Era, Revolver, source article, Valentine Day, Valentine S Day
A revolver belonging to notorious American gangster Al Capone fetched 67,250 pounds ($110,000) at a London auction at Christie’s on Wednesday. It had been expected to sell for 50-70,000 pounds. The Colt .38 revolver was sold by a private collector, who provided an original personal letter from Madeleine Capone Morichetti, the widow of Al’s brother [...]