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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Hodgepodge of Crap

Yesterday was a pretty slow news day other than the resignation of that turd Karl Rove and the return of the David Lee Roth led Van Halen. Lots more stuff going on today.

Lets start with the latest installment of Mattel's Toys of Death saga....Over a million toys recalled already and now more toys made with lead based paint are going to be yanked from your kids hands and from store shelves. How many Chinese factory owners have to kill themselves before our government cracks down on companies looking to save bucks by sacrificing your child's well being?:http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/14/business/worldbusiness/14cnd-toys.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Isn't it way past time to revoke China's "most favored nation" status? Considering the human rights violations in that country we should moderate our eliminate our trade with them until they make meaningful changes. China stands for everything our country stands for except for one key area....we both like to make a buck. As long as the United States government allows commerce to come before the safety of consumers, nothing will change when dealing with China. Plus the government thanks to our thriving national debt is pretty much owned by the Chinese.

The Chicago Tribune says 9 million toys are being recalled this go around:

The Michael Vick saga may play out this week. The overrated NFL quarterback and dog fighter promoter may be looking to cop a plea now that two other men charged in the dog fighting ring have copped pleas of their own:http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/08/13/vick.defendants/index.html

Profootballtalk.com has been on top of the Vick scandal from the beginning. Mike Florio in a post PFT today sums up Vick's dilemma nicely "And before anyone else in the media suggests that Vick can beat the rap because the people testifying against him are of suspect character, consider the fact that these men weren't strangers to Vick. Vick chose to associate with at least one of them, Quanis Phillips, for years. The fact that Phillips or any of the other witnesses have warts on their butts shouldn't be a determining factor as to whether they are telling the truth. The warts weren't big enough to keep Vick from associating with them; thus, the warts shouldn't allow Vick to distance himself from them now. "

From Michael Vick, who deserves to burn in hell, to Hell's Kitchen which crowned its winner last night:http://community.tvguide.com/blog/TV-Show-Blog/Hells-Kitchen/800051368

To celebrate the start of the 6th season of Family Guy, the cast will hit Chicago for a live performance on stage at the Chicago Theatre.

So long John from Cincinnati....RIP ya bastard:http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i8803fbdaa49bcaf557d1713f928542c9

So long to American Idol:The Musical...cancelled after one show:http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070813/tv_nm/arts_idol_dc

Complete Van Halen tour dates here:http://www.van-halen.com/tour.html

Jurasic Park IV...Dinos with Guns?:http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/9638

More crap as it happens..............

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