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    • Walmart Shuts Down For 3 Hours After Shoppers Go Crazy November 27, 2009
      The Los Angeles Times says that a Walmart in Upland, California had to kick everyone out and shut down for 3 hours this morning, because shoppers lost their damned minds. The store called police for help at around 2:44 a.m.: Employees said customers began tearing into merchandise that had been shrink-wrapped and were supposed to be opened at 5 a.m. [...] Sev […]
      Chris Walters
    • Busting Myths About Black Friday And Cyber Monday November 27, 2009
      Black Friday isn't really the top holiday shopping day of the season--the last Saturday before Christmas is. Today, we have Cyber Monday, when turkey-bloated office workers purportedly return to work and spend the day looking for deals online. But is Cyber Monday really the biggest online shopping day of the year? Well, no. Focus put some numbers togeth […]
      Laura Northrup
    • Police Called To Quell Fight Over Toy Hamsters November 27, 2009
      People in Indiana really want those trendy little robot hamsters that are the designated fad toy of 2009. Police were called to two Toys R Us stores, one in Indianapolis and one in Greenwood, on Friday after fights broke out among toy shoppers. From the Indianapolis Star: "Those are the hottest toys," said B.J. Chavez, 37, store manager at the Nort […]
      Chris Walters
    • First Toy Store Melee Reported In Connecticut November 27, 2009
      The crowd waiting at the doors of the Toys R Us in Manchester, Conn., burning up with Black Friday fever, grew impatient. Shortly before the store opened at midnight, a group of people tried to jump the line and get through the doors. The store didn't open until nearly an hour later--and after twenty police officers got the crowd under control. Outside […]
      Laura Northrup
    • Top Posts Of The Week And Open Thread November 27, 2009
      1936 Thanksgiving Camel Ad: Smoke After Each Course! Great, Now Demi Moore's Torso Is Missing Police Drop Theft Charges Against Pub Non-Tippers Is A "Fully-Cooked" Turkey Supposed To Be Hot? Cheap Package Design Tricks People Into Dropping Motorola Droid On Floor It's our first open thread in the new house! Please, try not to spill any gr […]
      Laura Northrup

Verizon to Block Pro-Choice Text Messages

The New York Times reports today that Verizon has stated they reserve the right to block any content that “may be unsavory to any of our users.” Verizon has based this decision on a recent campaign in which Naral Pro-Choice America text messages people to solicit their support, but Naral Pro-Choice has asked them [...]

Rachel Maddow on “Values Voting”

She makes a good point. It’s fine for Republican Candidates to devalue America- calling her Godless and wretched, but if a Dem did it, Lord help us…no pun intended.

Guerilla Gardening

Great inspiration!

Grow your own garden for free!

“There’s a ton of pain in your thriving economy.”

Gotta love Vermont! This is why I will always call it home. Here’s Berney Sanders on the state of the country.

No Carbon Footprint for these New Yorkers

A family in NYC has decided to shut off electricity and turn on life in an “experiement,” as they call it. The Beavans lived a “normal New York life” until Colin Beaven decided to see what would happen if they slipped off the grid. The family strives to live a 0- carbon footprint existence for [...]

Go Veg!

Now, admittedly I go back and forth eating meat (chicken) and then not, but overall I feel strongly about seriously focusing diet on fruits and vegetables. It’s not that I feel guilty, I just find it really socially irresponsible. It’s bad for the environment, bad for economy and bad for human health. Not to mention, [...]

Rigged 2004 Election Testimony

“Jeb said he’d deliver and boy did he ever.”
Here’s a short clip of the testimony in which a computer progammer testifies that he was contacted by the Florida legislature to write a code for a rigged electronic election.