A watermelon prominently displayed on the front of the box, and on the back what's the actual first ingredient,
White grape juice. What fucking hypocrisy.
2014-11-30
If I truly followed my own diatribes on my blog ..
These would be the top stats (non including this post) -
I wonder why that is?
Did I intend for this blog to become a catch-all for all the really stupid things I see or observe in life?
People alone do enough stupid things. And why just stupid things - is the world really so fucked up, or is it just my point of view?
I wonder why that is?
Did I intend for this blog to become a catch-all for all the really stupid things I see or observe in life?
People alone do enough stupid things. And why just stupid things - is the world really so fucked up, or is it just my point of view?
2014-11-29
2014-11-28
2014-11-27
The myth of Thanksgiving busted with what we know.
"Thanksgiving 2003 had a lot in common with the first Thanksgiving Day celebrated in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1621. A year earlier, 149 English Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower landed at Plymouth and survived their first New England winter when Wampanoug people brought the newcomers corn, meat and other gifts, and taught the Pilgrims survival skills.
In 1621, Governor William Bradford of Plymouth proclaimed a day of Thanksgiving – not for his Wampanoug saviors but in honor of his brave Pilgrims. Through resourcefulness and devotion to God, his Christians had defeated hunger.
Bradford claimed that Native Americans were invited to the dinner. A seat at the table? Really? Since Pilgrims classified their nonwhite saviors as “infidels” and inferiors — if invited at all, they were asked to provide and serve, not share the food.
To this day, we are asked to see Thanksgiving essentially through the eyes of Governor Bradford (albeit with a nod to the help provided by the Native Americans). Bradford’s fable about stalwart Pilgrims overcoming daunting challenges through God’s blessings was an early example of “Euro think” which cast the European conquest of the Americas as mostly heroic and even noble.
Having survived those first difficult winters, Pilgrim armies soon pushed westward. In 1637, Governor Bradford sent his troops to raid a Pequot village, viewing the clash as mortal combat between devout Christians and godless heathens. Pilgrim soldiers systematically destroyed a village of sleeping men, women and children."
http://consortiumnews.com/2014/11/26/the-politics-of-thanksgiving-day/
In 1621, Governor William Bradford of Plymouth proclaimed a day of Thanksgiving – not for his Wampanoug saviors but in honor of his brave Pilgrims. Through resourcefulness and devotion to God, his Christians had defeated hunger.
Bradford claimed that Native Americans were invited to the dinner. A seat at the table? Really? Since Pilgrims classified their nonwhite saviors as “infidels” and inferiors — if invited at all, they were asked to provide and serve, not share the food.
To this day, we are asked to see Thanksgiving essentially through the eyes of Governor Bradford (albeit with a nod to the help provided by the Native Americans). Bradford’s fable about stalwart Pilgrims overcoming daunting challenges through God’s blessings was an early example of “Euro think” which cast the European conquest of the Americas as mostly heroic and even noble.
Having survived those first difficult winters, Pilgrim armies soon pushed westward. In 1637, Governor Bradford sent his troops to raid a Pequot village, viewing the clash as mortal combat between devout Christians and godless heathens. Pilgrim soldiers systematically destroyed a village of sleeping men, women and children."
http://consortiumnews.com/2014/11/26/the-politics-of-thanksgiving-day/
2014-11-26
2014-11-25
Cop kills unarmed black guy and goes free.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Ferguson_unrest
Only in America evidently where justice and accountability are not allowed if you are a non-white male.
2014-11-24
A holiday for some ... but not all.
http://act.couragecampaign.org/sign/RetailersThanksgiving/?t=1&akid=1370.194489.bTzMSE
Sign it.
2014-11-20
Interesting article about the Internet and Net Neutrality and Wikipedia.
http://truth-out.org/news/item/27518-when-facebook-is-the-internet-zero-rating-and-the-global-net-neutrality-debate
I have to say, as much as I like and use Wikipedia - I have to side with Access.
Net Neutrality is a global issue, and I think a dangerous precedent has already been set in the form of mobile and content providers already cutting deals to allow access to a few crappy websites.
I have to say, as much as I like and use Wikipedia - I have to side with Access.
Net Neutrality is a global issue, and I think a dangerous precedent has already been set in the form of mobile and content providers already cutting deals to allow access to a few crappy websites.
2014-11-19
The ultimate example of corporations doing something really stupid.
Talk about welching on an agreement -
Huculak
told CTV there was no "high-risk pregnancy," she just had a bladder
infection that caused some bleeding. Her doctor in Saskatchewan
explained to Blue Cross that the infection didn't have anything to do
with the early labor, but it didn't change the company's decision not to
pay."
Corporations are like software - they don't think. They only do what they programmed to do. And when there's a flaw in the way they operate, they never take accountability.
But trust the Onion to already tell us this long ago ...
http://www.theonion.com/articles/insurance-company-gets-fucked-over-by-another-canc,33101/
Stressing that this is not the first issue they have had with such patients, company sources expressed their outrage to reporters over Greison's “totally unfair” comprehensive health care benefits and claimed the skyrocketing costs of his cancer treatment have gotten out of hand."
Canadian Mom Faces Million-Dollar Medical Bill For Giving Birth in U.S.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/million-dollar-baby-canadians-handed-1m-bill-after-woman-gives-birth-in-u-s-1.2107020?hootPostID=d1b7ac2b1f5d1b6246e8db1b269c36c5
""Ms.
Huculak was diagnosed and treated for a high-risk pregnancy in the six
months prior to departure. As Ms. Huculak is currently hospitalized and
being treated for this high-risk pregnancy, any expenses incurred are
not eligible under the terms of your policy," the insurance company said
in a letter to the family.
Corporations are like software - they don't think. They only do what they programmed to do. And when there's a flaw in the way they operate, they never take accountability.
But trust the Onion to already tell us this long ago ...
http://www.theonion.com/articles/insurance-company-gets-fucked-over-by-another-canc,33101/
Insurance Company Gets Fucked Over By Another Cancer Patient
"CHICAGO—Frustrated executives from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association announced Friday that they are getting “completely fucked over” by Allentown, PA resident Matthew Greison, a 57-year-old man suffering from an advanced form of Hodgkin’s lymphoma.Stressing that this is not the first issue they have had with such patients, company sources expressed their outrage to reporters over Greison's “totally unfair” comprehensive health care benefits and claimed the skyrocketing costs of his cancer treatment have gotten out of hand."
2014-11-17
If you think there's a shitstorm in St. Louis now ...
... wait till the cop who killed Michael Brown escapes any accountability. Because I have a bad feeling even if he's indicted, he'll get off.
This is an example of why right-wingers should not hold power over anyone in society. They allow stupid things to happen in order so that few can benefit.
Case in point -
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/17/jay-nixon-ferguson-grand-jury_n_6174954.html
"Under the “unified command” announced in Nixon’s executive order on Monday, the Missouri State Highway Patrol will work with city and county police to respond to any protests. As in August, the National Guard will serve in a supporting role for police agencies. Ferguson’s small police force, meanwhile, will be relegated to ordinary calls for assistance away from protests."
So, addressing an injustice and peoples' response to that injustice with more violence? This is how the right-wing responds, because they're not capable of rational thought or logic, common sense, or even basic human compassion.
They are a machine run by the corporate media establishment to do the bidding of the few 1% that control much of everything in life.
Watch it all come crashing down in sadness and violence when this cop gets off.
This is an example of why right-wingers should not hold power over anyone in society. They allow stupid things to happen in order so that few can benefit.
Case in point -
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/17/jay-nixon-ferguson-grand-jury_n_6174954.html
"Under the “unified command” announced in Nixon’s executive order on Monday, the Missouri State Highway Patrol will work with city and county police to respond to any protests. As in August, the National Guard will serve in a supporting role for police agencies. Ferguson’s small police force, meanwhile, will be relegated to ordinary calls for assistance away from protests."
So, addressing an injustice and peoples' response to that injustice with more violence? This is how the right-wing responds, because they're not capable of rational thought or logic, common sense, or even basic human compassion.
They are a machine run by the corporate media establishment to do the bidding of the few 1% that control much of everything in life.
Watch it all come crashing down in sadness and violence when this cop gets off.
2014-11-15
I guess I'm still a bit confused on how the BC Lions are playing the Als in the East Semi Division Final ...
... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Montreal_Alouettes_season
Maybe this will help - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Football_League#Playoffs
But still, hopefully the Als can push a victory out.
Maybe this will help - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Football_League#Playoffs
Playoffs
The playoffs begin in November. After the regular season, the top team from each division has an automatic home berth in the division final, and a bye week during the division semifinal. The second-place team from each division hosts the third-place team in the division semifinal, unless a fourth-place team from one division finishes with a better record than a third place team in the other (this provision is known as the crossover rule, and while it implies that it is possible for two teams in the same division to play for the Grey Cup, only two crossover teams have won a semifinal since the rule's 1996 inception, and neither advanced to the Grey Cup). The winners of each division's semifinal game then travel to play the first place teams in the division finals. Since 2005, the division semifinals and division finals have been sponsored by Scotiabank.[22] The two division champions then face each other in the Grey Cup game, which, since 2007, has been held on the fourth or fifth Sunday of November.But still, hopefully the Als can push a victory out.
2014-11-12
Hypocritical website of the day - news.com.au
On the one hand, this website (and it's reporter) stoop to call AC/DC (a entertainment act that's been around for 40 years based on creating and playing their own music) 'sexist' - at the same time - they have an article in the upper left-hand corner about another naked photo of a celebrity's who's only real claim-to-fames are 1) she was in a sex video tape, and 2) has a large butt.
So, these guys are sexist, but hey - click on the Kim article to see how she brings the Internet down with her over-exposed rear-end - something like that? Or, in other words, if AC/DC shows scantily clad women in their music videos, that's sexist, but an article about Kim Kardashian and her being uh naked again - that's okay?
Fuck off.
This website reeks of hypocrisy, stupidity, misandry, and jealousy all rolled into one.
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