“Eat ’em like you’re hung over”
Lampooning and competing with sugary, cheesy and exaggerated junk food pushers across the world, “A Bunch of Baby Carrot Farmers” have created an edgy, $25 million marketing campaign to play up nature’s junk food.
Larry King grills Sarah Palin about Phish (VIDEO)
An animated Larry King grills Sarah Palin about her opinions on Phish. Turns out she didn’t have any.
Welp, Morrissey is no Mother Theresa
Morrissey might have more animal friends than human at this point in his career. Making a case for animal rights in an interview with the Guardian last week, he classified all Chinese people as a “subspecies.”
WW II vet tells an amazing tale
Two weeks after D-Day, American soldier Jackie Roy Tuner was within shooting distance of a lone Germen sniper. Instead of pulling out a gun, he pulled out a trumpet. He tells his tale on this captivating YouTube video
An epic summer (as an intern!)
A University of Texas student describes his experience as a HeadCount summer intern.
This Land is Your Land. Unless You’re Gay.
Folk legends, Peter, Paul and Mary, have sent a cease and desist letter to the National Organization for Marriage, telling them to stop using their rendition of Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land” at anti-gay marriage rallies.
Lose your lunch: 1.5 million tainted sandwiches
Regardless of which came first, it is not advised to eat either the chicken or the egg these days. OK, that’s not true. The Tyson selection of meat that was recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes (say what?!) included mostly ham and roast beef, not chicken, but still, two major recalls in less than a month? Either the system of checks and balances within the food industry is failing even more miserably or the media is simply paying more attention. Regardless, something needs to change.
Depp, Vedder, Harper and Maines show support to free the West Memphis 3
Over the weekend, Johnny Depp, Ben Harper, Pearl Jam and many others performed at a benefit to bring attention to the West Memphis 3, a notorious trio of boys accused of brutally murdering three eight year old boys in 1994.