We haven’t talked much about Alex Chiu recently…probably because we’ve exhausted most of what could be talked about.
I did run across this clip of him (allegedly) singing. The resolution is bad, so it could be some kind of imposter.
I’m not sure how prevalent the survivalist movement is outside the United States. “Survivalists” or “preppers” focus heavily on being self-sufficient in case of the inability of society to function as normal. They will focus on preparing by storing massive amounts of supplies, being able to grow or hunt food, and other useful skills.
Naturally, they need to be good with a gun. How else will they can defend their stuff from the hordes of people who are starving because they didn’t prepare for Apocalypse?
Much like any group of people, survivalists are targeted by various companies, salesmen, or hucksters who think they can make some money off them.
From the plausible (“You can buy heirloom seeds from us”) to the dubious (“Dollars will be worthless after the apocalypse. You can use our gold coins to trade for stuff!”), there are any number of angles used to pitch to survivalists.
And then there’s Jason Richards.
Do not pay attention to the “6 minutes” he mentions in the second sentence of his video (which you can’t rewind). It must be more than half an hour. I did not bother to finish the whole thing and I am still unclear as to exactly what he’s selling and how much it will cost.
He is excellent at making assertions and calling it proof.
He believes the United States imports 1/3 of its food because it can’t grow enough food.
He thinks supermarkets were cleared of supplies after Harold Camping’s failed Tribulation predictions.
He asserts that having to share a half-empty supermarket with 600,000 people is a plausible scenario in the near future.
His grasp of spelling and grammar is also shaky…food was not “rationalized” during World War 2, it was “rationed”.
Just to be safe, though, if you don’t want to get in a violent bloodbath with your neighbors over the last scrap of bread, buy this guy’s stuff.
Force Factor may not be terribly pleased at this usage of their web ad. Oh well.
However you spell it, Qaddafi, Gaddafi, Gadhafi, the leader of Libya seems to be on his final legs. I don’t know what he’s planning besides bombing his own cities, but foresighted totalitarian regimes prepare for the day when they can no longer hold power.
We propose that Colonel Qaddafi follow in the footsteps of another colonel, Colonel Sanders. Sanders established a worldwide empire with his secret recipe. Qaddafi could develop his own tempting fried chicken recipe. Using halal meat, of course.
A “Burqa King” franchise of stores would be the perfect way to introduce Afghanis to the benefits of a free market system.
Yes. I’m sorry. So, so sorry.
(In case you’re truly aren’t aware, this is a take-off of the Burger King logo.)
If I had my choice of driving a car or driving a toaster, it’s a no-brainer. It’s the toaster every time. (It doesn’t help that I’m not particularly attracted by the Kia Soul.)
Still, the commercial’s catchy.
In the United States, we have to be so careful about the foods we shop for. Below is an aggregation of deceptive or tricky food labels I’ve encountered. If you have any to add, let me know in the comments. I’ll try to update this list from time to time.
Red Flags
Juice: The label should say 100% juice. If it doesn’t, you’re getting mostly sugar water. “Juice drink”, “juice beverage”, “made with real juice” and the like are guarantees there’s not much real fruit.
Even if it’s 100% juice, it’s still a little tricky. If you see something like “Cranberry Juice with another juice”, that other juice is apple juice, always. And apple juice will be the greatest percentage of the juice mix, because it’s inexpensive. Unfortunately, it’s not much healthier than sugar water. (Most other juices have greater health benefits.)
Made with [healthy ingredient]: It contains a pitiful amount of the healthy ingredient, just enough so it can legally put on the label. A specific example is bread (which is REALLY confusing); you don’t want “made with whole wheat”, you want “100% whole wheat”.
Reduced Fat: The sugar and/or salt have been increased. Similarly, reduced sugar or salt likely means an increase in something else bad. Compare the nutrition labels to the regular version of the product to see what changed.
No trans fats: Almost always an unhealthy food that’s high in fat, sugar and/or salt.
Electrolytes: Salt.
Deceptive ingredient labels: The ingredient label must be listed in order of descending composition (so the product contains the highest percentage of the first ingredient). A Smuckers strawberry jelly label had “strawberries” as the first ingredient. Sounds good, right? Problem is that the next 4 ingredients were simply different forms of sugar (corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, sugar, and something else). In reality, there’s much more sugar than fruit, but the label is deceptive.
Made with sugar, not high fructose corn syrup: Somehow, the food industry has turned sugar into a health food. In terms of calories, sugar is equal to high fructose corn syrup. If you actually prefer sugar to HFCS, that’s fine, but the change won’t help you shed pounds. And the food itself is probably not that healthy.
Yellow Flags
Diet: Read the label to make sure you’re getting what you’re expecting. Sometimes it’s OK, but sometimes there are nasty surprises. A low calorie, but high sodium food is a common offender.
Organic: It does not mean “healthy”. Regular rules apply.
Natural: It also does not mean “healthy”. Regular rules apply.
This is what they mean by dictators not being able to be placated. An iron-vise rule over millions of people, nuclear weaponry and awkward propaganda aren’t enough to satisfy the ego of Kim Jong Il. He needs an anti-aging product to further prove the superiority of the Juche idea to those brigandish imperialists.
(And if you’ve seen recent pictures of Kim, he needs all the health benefits he can get.)
Bring in the Moranbong Carbonated Fruit Juice Joint Venture Company. They’ve developed a drink with sixty micronutrients from “more than thirty species of natural plants” (as opposed to artificial plants). It protects against wrinkles, age spots, and “brain infarction”, and has no side effects.
Unfortunately for Dear Leader Kim Jong Il, this is another area in which they lag behind the United States. We’ve had companies making ridiculous health claims about their products for decades.
Source: Anti-oxidation drink made
So the government wants to provide universal health care, and all of a sudden, we’re going to turn into the USSR.
News flash: all advanced countries combine elements of capitalism and socialism. Yes, even the USA (see Social Security, Medicare, etc.) But based the Right’s histrionics, you’d think they’d just voted on rescinding The Bill of Rights.
Look, I’m not smart or knowledgeable enough to know all the effects of this bill. I honestly don’t have a strong opinion on whether it will be a net positive. But I am smart enough to know this health care bill will neither turn the US communist…nor is a panacea for all our ills.
Presumably this ad is supposed to make John McCain “look” evil, but this guy JD Hayworth is much more frightening.
I tried this stuff. I still don’t feel like Zeus. Or, if I do feel like him, being the king of gods is seriously overrated.
The tea isn’t bad, however.
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