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Costco Customers Call for ‘Americans Only’ Hours

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VIA JEZEBEL … They want Costco to institute certain hours when only American-born members are allowed to impulse-purchase paletts of baby corns and discount fruit dehydrators. But…it’s not the kind of crazy xenophobia you’re used to. These outraged Americans are sick and tired of Canadians riding their mooses across the... More

A Letter from Mark Zuckerberg About Facebook’s Earnings

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VIA The Borowitz Report Dear Facebook user: Hey it’s Mark. It seems like just yesterday that Facebook had its historic I.P.O. and, thanks to you, my net worth soared to a staggering $20 billion. What an awesome day that was for both of us. [...Full "Story"] More

Georgia Bans Cute Pictures of Kittens From Facebook

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VIA TYRANNY OF TRADITION As of midnight on May 4th, Georgia will become the first state to formally ban cute pictures of kittens from the popular website Facebook.  The move comes in response to a deluge of pictures of kittens in sinks, kittens wearing Darth Vader masks and kittens doing... More

Boo hoo, broke bands, quit asking for charity

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VIA STRAIGHT.COM Stop trying to get me to fund your fucking album with a Kickstarter campaign. Same goes for getting your merch produced, your motel rooms paid for, and your bar tab settled. It makes you and your bandmates come across as a bunch of shameless and entitled pricks. You... More

Why wine drinking and monogamy go together

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VIA THE GLOBE & MAIL Among the many jabs temperance advocates like to take at alcohol is that it promotes promiscuity. One glass over the line and we all know what comes next. Loveless sex, lecherous men and “fallen women.” But what if I told you that wine-drinking cultures throughout... More

Google to Sell Heads-Up Display Glasses by Year’s End

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VIA THE NEW YORK TIMES People who constantly reach into a pocket to check a smartphone for bits of information will soon have another option: a pair of Google-made glasses that will be able to stream information to the wearer’s eyeballs in real time. [...Full Story] More

No Good News – A Special Dedication

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20120214sun2-637x640 I want to dedicate this week’s No Good News to Toronto Sun Cover Reviews, which played no small part in me figuring out how to be funny about something as upsetting as the news and public opinion. While I’m at it, consider that The Sun constantly claims that they don’t... More

Coming soon: The Liberal Democrat Party

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VIA CBC News By Stockwell Day “Political predictions are a sure sign that a new year is upon us. Here’s my 2012 postulation. The Liberal Party of Canada and the federal New Democratic Party will merge.”   [...Full Piece] More

Canada goes tabloid

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VIA THE GUARDIAN Withdrawing from the Kyoto protocol, banning the veil – even splitting up gay penguins. What’s happened to my country? [...Full Story] More