Worst Persons in the World
If you are an adult and you tell a hungry kid they have to dump their lunch in the garbage because they’re 5 cents short — you’re a horrible person. Students at an Attleboro, Massachusetts, middle...
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You’re Doing It Wrong
If you ask the Republicans, President Obama is either not schmoozing them enough or — in the case of Reince Priebus — is schmoozing too much. “I’m glad to see that as he enters his fifth year in...
View ArticleAre There No Work Houses?
I’m just going to leave this here. via Media Matters By the way, schools spend about 1 dollar per student each day on food. The same applies to juvenile detention centers. They also spend 1 dollar per...
View ArticleMeanwhile, House GOP Proposes Even Bigger Cuts to SNAP
While no one is watching because they’re focused on recurring nontroversies in the media, the House of Representatives is currently debating the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of...
View ArticleWe’re Number One!
Well, not really. In fact this should shame everyone who reads it as it’s voters who allow this to continue by electing the worst of the worst to public office. Included in a report on schools facing...
View ArticleThis Cannot Stand!
According to the Los Angeles Times, hipsters are responsible for increasing the price of beer! A recent study has found that the price of low- and mid-range beers has been climbing at U.S. bars and...
View ArticleThat’s All Folks
Artist – Joe Heller Did you know McDonald’s doesn’t sell junk food? According to CEO Don Thompson, that seems to be the case. In response, a polite Thomson said, “First off, we don’t sell junk food,...
View ArticleHands-Free Burgers. Or Why Humanity is Doomed.
I tried to tell myself that this is satire or parody but, as far as I can determine, it isn’t. The Hands Free Whopper appears to be a legit thing coming out of Peurto Rico. This is exactly what...
View ArticleFood Network Takes Predictably Noncommittal Posture on Deen
I can just hear Bob Tushman dictating this to his staff. The Food Network has issued a statement responding to racial comments one of its star chefs, Paula Deen, made in deposition she gave for a...
View ArticleThe Farm Bill Died in the House and That’s a Good Thing
It’s a good thing because, through the amendment process, House Republicans took an already-awful bill, which was awful enough to garner a veto threat from President Obama, and made it even worse. In...
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Keeping Up With The Gohmert
While our attention may have been temporarily directed elsewhere, The Gohmert does not rest, and during a heartfelt speech on the floor of the House yesterday, Gohmert elaborated on why he is...
View ArticleEgg McMansions
Stephen Colbert checks in with Iowa congressman and man-trying-to-forget-what-he-buried-in-that-corn-field Steve King. I bet those California chickens don’t even have to be married before they have an...
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Old MacBoehner
Still laughing. Artist – Nate Beeler In other news, The Food Network has announced that they will not renew Paula Deen’s contract (read: she’s fired) at the end of this month.
View Article“Undisputed” SNAP Challenge Champion Actually Failed the Challenge
An aide to Rep. Steve “If Only Babies Had Guns” Stockman recently failed the SNAP challenge to live on $31.50 per week, and I find his excuse for failing (and why he’s actually a winner) to be quite...
View ArticleHouse Passes Farm Bill Without SNAP, White House Threatens Veto
The House of Representatives has finally passed a farm bill, however the bill passed today does not simply exclude cuts to the SNAP program. It excludes SNAP entirely. And for this reason, President...
View ArticleDiet Plan
There’s a lot going on here. Artist – Dave Granlund The NY Times has more details on the new guidelines the DOJ released today. The new guidelines, which the official said would take effect almost...
View ArticleQuote of the Day
Longest quote ever? I don’t care. I’m quoting all of it. They do this to demonstrate that government cannot work. They do this so that they can go home and talk at all the town halls and bean suppers...
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FDA’s New ‘Action Level’ for Arsenic in Apple Juice
The FDA recently announced that the agency is going to reassess the way we monitor inorganic forms of arsenic in the food supply, in particular, apple juice– to bring it up to code with the way...
View ArticleFar Fewer French Children Suffer from ADHD
If there’s any better evidence that we’re poisoning our kids, I don’t know what it is. This article is a year old, but somehow it slipped under the radar: In the United States, at least 9% of...
View ArticleBest Person
This 14-year-old anti-Monsanto activist for besting a seasoned bobblehead on television: Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading...
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