Archive for February, 2008
Judge to Men: Don’t Scratch that Package
Italian Courts have came out officially as smoking something heavy. It is now illegal in the land of Pasta and Michaelangelo for men to “crotch-scratch, adjust or grab their genitals in public.”
According to the article:
The move came after judges in the Court of Cassation decided that shameless crotch-scratching and the Italian folklore of grasping one’s [...]
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Sheetz Pushes a Frickin’ Hot Button
Residents in Altoona, PA are ready to tar and feather convenience story chain, Sheetz, for the “fowl” language on a recent billboard campaign.
A convenience store chain’s billboard advertising its fried chicken sandwich is ruffling the feathers of some residents. Sheetz unveiled the “Crispy Frickin’ Chicken” billboards at the beginning of February.
The campaign consists of 100 [...]
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No Recession? Time to Pick up a Paper
President Bush is saying that the U.S. isn’t heading toward a recession.
WASHINGTON - President Bush said Thursday that the country is not headed into a recession and, despite expressing concern about slowing economic growth, rejected for now any additional stimulus efforts. “We’ve acted robustly,” he said.
“We’ll see the effects of this pro-growth package,” Bush told [...]
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Izea Puts out a Vid
Izea’s been hard at work trying to get out the word about their RealRank. The more people that sign up and embed their code, the more accurate their rankings are. What good is RealRank if only postie blogs sign up, right?
I haven’t been convinced that I want to put their code on my blog. [...]
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Toshiba Says Good-bye to HD DVDs
The first time I saw a HD DVD was when we stayed in one of the Hilton Head rentals a couple of summers ago. It was a whole house and pretty expensive, but it was gorgeous. And high end. I was enamored with the amenities and the DVD player was no exception. I was incredibly [...]
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Director Tamara Jenkins Talks
Here is an Film Independent exclusive. Writer and Director Tamara Jenkins talks about her indie film (and Oscar-nominated) success, “The Savages,” as well as how this positive attention has made it possible for more to get to know her work. She’s been nominated for “Best Writer” and “Best Director”.
Tamara Jenkins, writer-director (THE SAVAGES)Uploaded by filmindependent
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Patriots Go To Court
The New England Patriots are in even more hot water thanks to Belichick’s illegal taping.
A lawsuit filed Friday by a former St. Louis Rams player and others seeks millions of dollars in damages from the alleged taping of Rams practices by the New England Patriots before the 2002 Super Bowl.
The Patriots won the game [...]
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