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No Shit, Sherlock: Study Finds Fox News Viewers Least Informed Of All Viewers
Full story: Huffington Post
Uncle Sam doesn't want you after all: With the wars in Iraq and Afganistan winding down, the Army is kicking out all recruits who got moral, medical and criminal -- including felony -- waivers
Full story: Military.com
The Onion: Alabama School System's Lone Textbook Falling Apart
Full story: The Onion
Only in America: Ohio man sells $1000/cup Kool-Aid at a stand in front of his parents' house to raise money for medical bills
Full story: Consumerist
Marvel comic X-Men to feature its first same sex wedding after gay character Northstar's marriage proposal to his boyfriend.
Full story: BBC News
"Parenting fail at laundromat" -- Tot goes for spin after dad puts him in washing machine (VIDEO)
Full story: Toronto Sun
Something to think about while standing in the TSA line: you're far more likely to drown in your own bathtub or be killed by a home appliance than to be a victim of a terrorist attack
Full story: TSA News Blog
Dumb and Dumber Get Stupider on the Hill: Study shows Congress speaks a full grade level lower than 7 years ago, with Republicans speaking at the lowest grade level
Full story: YubaNet
Your tax dollars at work: Vast numbers of fake Chinese electronic parts are being used in U.S. military aircraft and other vital equipment
Full story: BBC News
Because it worked so well for John McCain, Fox TV host Caribou Barbie tells Romney to 'Go rogue' and use Rev. Wright to attack Obama
Full story: Raw Story
'Stroke of luck': Man survives deliberate plunge over Niagara Falls
Full story: The Age Australia
Sad list of the incredibly boring climate skeptics that Romney may choose his running mate from and their idiotic statements on climate change
Full story: Grist Magazine
Cowardly Cops Alert: 7-months pregnant mom with child in the car tased 3 times after being pulled over for going 32 mph in a school zone
Full story: AlterNet
Congressman Jared Polis to Congress: Pizza is Not a Vegetable
Published May 16, 2012 - 10:55:02 AM
To reverse Congress' absurd decision to define pizza as a vegetable in school meals, Congressman Jared Polis today unveiled new legislation—the SLICE (School Lunch Improvements for Children's Education) Act—to protect students' health by allowing sensible nutrition standards for pizza in the meals our children eat at schools. Last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposed a rule that would have prevented pizza from being counted as a vegetable in meals but Congress succumbed to lobbying from the frozen food industry and blocked it.
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9 Examples Why You May Want To Avoid Homeowners Associations Like The Plague
Full story: Consumerist
High fructose corn syrup makes you stupid
Full story: YubaNet
Your Guns R Us: Investigators find criminal conspiracy within the Armed Forces to steal and sell nearly $2 million in guns and combat gear to U.S. gangs and foreign countries
Full story: Military.com
Mayan 2012 Doomsday Nonsense Alert: If the Mayans were right, it was probably about Internet comments.
Full story: Discover Magazine
43% of teens admit they text & drive. Unknown how many are texting & driving while drunk. Have a nice road trip!
Full story: AT&T
New Jersey town imposes fines for texting while walking
Full story: Raw Story
Fearing cooties, a Catholic high school baseball team in Arizona chose to forfeit the state championship game rather than play against a girl
Full story: SF Chronicle
Flash mob in the Copenhagen Metro. Copenhagen Philharmonic playing Peer Gynt.
Published May 9, 2012 - 10:43:29 AM
In April 2012 Copenhagen Phil (Sjællands Symfoniorkester) surprised the passengers in the Copenhagen Metro by playing Griegs Peer Gynt. The flash mob was created in collaboration with Radio Klassisk http://radioklassisk.dk/. All music was performed and recorded in the metro.
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C'est Combien?! Paris Named Most Expensive City for a Club Sandwich
Published May 9, 2012 - 8:08:07 AM
The world's most romantic city, Paris, has been named the most expensive city in the world for a Club Sandwich, according to research released today by Hotels.com. The classic chicken, bacon, egg, lettuce and mayo sandwich, available in hotels the world over, has been used as a measure of affordability by the hotel expert. The Club Sandwich Index (CSI) will give holiday-makers an indication of the costs associated with their holiday destination, using one of the most common items on any hotel menu around the world as a barometer.
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GOP Rep. Kevin McCarthy: Pushing 300,000 poor children off lunch programs to protect military spending is "trimming the fat"
Full story: AlterNet
Restaurant in the Canary Islands barbecues your dinner over an active volcano
Full story: BBC News
Understatement of the day: Anderson Cooper: Obama's position on gay marriage is 'anything but precise' (VIDEO)
Full story: Huffington Post
And you thought you had a bad day: Roofer falls 40 feet. Into a vat of acid.
Full story: ABC News
Intoxicated Guns and Ammo editor arrested in Arizona for shooting his friend in the chest
Full story: Las Vegas Review-Journal
Hypocrisy Alert: 20 of the top socially conservative hypocrites of the Religious Right
Full story: AlterNet
This Is Why You Shouldn't Do Steroids (extremely creepy PHOTO)
Full story: Buzzfeed
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