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Toad Finds Tragic Demise in Pepsi Can

9/03/09 - Posted by Jennifer Hodges under US

picture-1922 While frog legs may be a delicacy in France, here in the good ol’ USA we prefer to keep amphibian extremities out of our meals, and especially out of our soft drinks. Unfortunately, a Florida man was in for more than a can of caffeine and carbonation when he popped the top of a can of Pepsi.

Fred DeNegri took a refreshing gulp, but in the process swallowed more than he bargained for. He immediately started to gag, knowing there was something very very wrong with his Sam’s Club value buy. He and his wife poured out the soda, and along with it came out “pink linguini and dark stuff.” Upon further investigation, it was determined by the FDA that it was either a frog or toad that was “lacking internal organs normally found in the abdominal and thoracic cavity.” (more…)

Pole Dancer Doll Teaches Girls About Fitness, Fun

9/02/09 - Posted by Evan Kessler under US

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Good ol’ Barbie, she loved to talk on the phone, cheer, and fancy herself a princess. While she didn’t exactly shatter the glass ceiling by advancing the cause of feminism through her shallow pursuits, she didn’t aim to eliminate youthful exuberance by saddling it with the reality of adult problems either. Enter the Pole Dancer Doll. (more…)

19 is Half a George Orwell Novel

9/01/09 - Posted by Evan Kessler under Gossip, US

picture-433 If there’s one thing we’ve learned from Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life it’s that every sperm is sacred - even great - and if any of those guys get wasted, God gets quite irate. But at what point do little bundles of joy you create stop being bundles of joy and start just being time consuming things you start referring to as “hey kid?” (more…)

DIsney Bulks Up Marvel-ous Arsenal

8/31/09 - Posted by Evan Kessler under Economy, US

picture-543Prior to this Monday, one might have said that the cast of Disney characters - at best the likes of Mickey, Donald, and Miley Cyrus - was a little light in the loafers, with the most imposing creations spawned by the ghost of Walt and the continuing business sense of Roy being throngs of screaming teenagers in line for a Jonas Brothers concert.

In an effort to upgrade the Magic Kingdom’s roster - and potentially transform inhabitants of the make believe monarchy into fearsome defenders of the Frontierland front lines - Disney has sought out soldiers of comic book fortune by ponying up four billion Sacajawea coins in the shape of Marvel Entertainment.  The Hall of Presidents and It’s A Small World After All ride are now crowded with over 5,000 superheroes, mutants, and general badasses from the pages of countless Marvel titles including Ironman, X-Men, and Spiderman (just to name a few).  The announcement has caused a subsequent surge in Disney stock, thoroughly pleasing Scrooge McDuck who now has even more cold hard coinage to swim through.

Ted Kennedy: A Fond Farwell

8/26/09 - Posted by Evan Kessler under Politics, US

Ted possessed the knowing gift that his job as the Senator was bigger than himself, and certainly bigger than his transgressions.

picture-1129Edward Moore Kennedy led a life marred by tragedy and scandal. As the brother of two political giants plucked from this earth well before their time by assassins, and another a victim to the horrors of war, the man they affectionately called “Teddy” could have opted for a life out of the public spotlight. 

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Anonymous Blogging Takes A Blow To the Gut

8/19/09 - Posted by Christopher Reinhard under Gossip, Industry, US

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First it’s the Patriot Act, now this? Apparently there’s nowhere left in this world for anonymous dissenters to share defaming comments about people they don’t know. A court ruling has demanded that Google release the secret identity of a certain blogger using its platform after content on the person’s blog, Skanks in NYC, was deemed unlawful in its regards to the personal and professional reputation of Canadian model Liskula Cohen. (more…)

A Frank Confrontation

8/19/09 - Posted by Evan Kessler under Politics, US
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If there’s one thing I learned in my several years of Hebrew School, it’s that we of the Hebrew persuasion are not really fans of Nazis. It probably has something to do with the fact that that Adolph Schicklgruber and company tried to wipe us off the face of the earth with a little something that was quite the opposite of Universal Health Care, called “Genocide”.

So, it should stand to reason that not only would Jewish people not readily support any policies that are even vaguely Nazi-esque in their conception, but that we would also take great offense to any such suggestion that we do in fact stand for any of those iffy values.  That hasn’t stopped a few extreme crazies from hurling such inclinations in the general direction of a few chosen people - and the president(more…)

A Sarah Palin Tribute // The World’s Greatest

8/18/09 - Posted by Christopher Reinhard under Politics, US
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Even after what many may call a destructive contribution to the Republican Party’s 2008 election hopes, a befuddling set of geography skills/foreign policy experiences, and a lofty fall from grace as the most questionable governor in the Union, there are still people out there who think Sarah Palin should be the next American president.

We don’t take sides at OneRiot, but we do spend way too much time watching YouTube. And while some might question whether YouTube-watching counts as billable work time, we encourage you to shut your mouths and watch this video, proving just how…um…amazing Sarah Palin is.

Looking Out for Bill

8/18/09 - Posted by Abdullah Saeed under Science, US

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It’s exhausting to keep up with all the players this hurricane season. There was Guillermo, Claudette, Sanjay, not to mention Prakatkiet, Alangatulakay, and Bubbaloo out on the Pacific. Well, fret not. The next scourge to slap the islands with 110 mph winds has a simple name: Bill. Correction, don’t fret unless you live somewhere in the Carribean. And if that is where you live, then you’ve had a pretty sweet life thus far. Time to give it up to nature. (more…)

Bollywood Virility Angsts New Jersey Officials

8/17/09 - Posted by Evan Kessler under Life & Culture, US

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Racial profiling is a longstanding tradition in the United States of America. If you’re brown and weren’t in the movie Slumdog Millionaire, odds are someone in a position of authority thinks you’re either a terrorist, a burglar hell bent on ransacking the homes of prominent Harvard Professors, or worse, a socialist Nazi who wants to turn us all into a helpless gaggle of able bodied citizens with guaranteed health care. Tradition aside, it had seemed like the practice of profiling had died down over the past few weeks in the wake of some sort of controversial incident in Massachusetts of which we’re totally unaware of the specifics. (more…)

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    11/12/09

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