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Buy: The Philippines Prison System

Now, we know wacko jacko Michael Jackson is dead and many people are ignoring parts of celebrating his life. You may remember the thriller dance done by the prison inmates. To continue on from what Nate’s talking about with dem tributes. Here’s the same prison paying their respects to the jacko MJ. Which makes the [...]

Don’t Buy: Bradley Cooper’s Lady

Just a few months ago everyone asked “Who is Bradley Cooper?” when (false) rumors arose that he was cast as the Green Latern. But then The Hangover came out and was a box office smash, making $16.3M opening day. Now he is awesome. He is even cast along side Liam Neeson in the A-Team!
But B.C. [...]

Don’t Buy: Celebrity Death Rumors

As well all know Michael Jackson died last week, along with Farrah Fawcett and Ed McMahon. But that does not mean that every celebrity died regardless of how much as the Internet wants us to believe.
Rumor had it that Jeff Goldblum died. And Britney Spears. And Harrison Ford. And Ellen DeGeneres. The rumor mill has [...]

Buy: Respectful Tributes to Michael Jackson

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Buy: Vampire Battles

You know how the media finds one quote and blows it out of proportion? Well, that’s what I am going to do here.
Stephen Moyer who plays the lame, “responsible” vampire on HBO’s True Blood had this to say about Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight vampire star Robert Patterson:
He’s a pussy! He’s the Slim-Fast, Diet Coke of vampires.
Awesome! [...]

Don’t Buy: “Retiring” Iranian Soccer Players

This is the Iranian Men’s Nation Soccer team. Four of these players wore green wrist bands in support of Mir Hossein Mousavi at their last match. They have recieved life-time bans retired from the team.
How about some post-game analysis?
Iran’s government is completely exposed, it seems like most people agree with the protesters, insane amounts of [...]

Buy: Mr. Bucket

I’m Mr. Bucket. Put your balls in my top. I’m Mr. Bucket. The balls fly outta my mouth. I’m Mr. Bucket.

Still waiting for Mrs. Bucket to come out, am I right?

Don’t Buy: Tweet-speak

Chuck Grassley is a United States Senator from Iowa. He has been in politics since 1959. He is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Senate Committee on Agriculture and the Senate Finance Committee, of which he has twice been the Chair. He is also a grown man capable of expressing himself like an [...]

Buy: Mr. Pibb

Mr. Pibb is a soft drink. I happen to love Mr. Pibb. It’s probably my favorite soda ever.
However, Mr. Pibb is now know as Pibb Xtra as demonstrated here:
So what ever happened to Mr. Pibb?
I have some soda fan fiction to answer this question…
In a small town in Texas, known to the locals as Waco [...]

Don’t Buy: Reaction Videos

I looked up “reaction video” on UrbanDictionary:

A video, typically posted on YouTube, that depicts someone’s reaction to seeing or being shown a disturbing or frightening image or video. This is usually a shock site, a screamer or something similar.
This is a really lame concept. It’s the cheap-ass version of Sci Fi’s Scare Tactics: give [...]