According to some poll, 76% of Americans plan on avoiding purchasing Chinese-made toys this year. I’ll give you a sec to think about why that poll is useless.
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OK, rant time:
What percentage of respondents would have thought about boycotting Chinese toys if they weren’t asked the poll question?
Are there any toys NOT made in China?
And in real life, how many people are going to pick up some Dora the Explorer Product X and actually bother to read which country it was manufactured in?
October 17th, 2007
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Posted by Donnie
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Yay! It’s me, everyone’s favorite egg, the Liquid Egg Product Mascot, and I’m out of the hospital. Whoopee! (Check out my recent picture at the top right. I look as good as new!)
Anyway, um, Donnie said I should write about some relevant, newsworthy topic, so let’s see…oh, Isiah [sic] Thomas. He’s always fun!
Isiah [sic] Thomas and the Madison Square Garden were found guilty of sexual harassing former MSG executive Anucha Browne Sanders, and the Garden has to cough up over $10 million. If the judge really wants to make a statement, he’ll make MSG pay in euros instead of dollars.
Isiah [sic] Thomas needs to hire some smart lawyers next time.
The slam-dunk ruling in Manhattan Federal Court was stunning setback for Thomas and MSG boss James Dolan, whose lawyers were so confident of winning they wrapped up their defense early - and didn’t bother putting their last six witnesses on the stand.
Idiots. Here’s all they had to do: they’re defense lawyers, which means they’re scum anyway. They had nothing to lose by going the lowbrow route:
Defense lawyer: Your honor, I called Ms. Sanders to the stand not to question her, but to make sure everyone sees her in good lighting conditions.
Judge: And what relevance does this have to the case?
Defense lawyer: The relevance, your honor, is this: does she look like a woman anyone, much less Isiah [sic] Thomas, would want to sexually harass?
Judge: [ponders briefly, then throws down the gavel] Case dismissed.
That would have convinced me.
October 3rd, 2007
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Posted by The Mascot
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Yesterday afternoon was the last home game for the Florida Marlins this season. If you don’t care, that’s all right, because Miami doesn’t care either.
At no time was this more striking than a couple weeks ago, when the almost equally poor Washington Nationals came into town for an afternoon game:
When Byung-Hyun Kim threw the first pitch, 375 spectators could be seen. That is what happens when two of the worst teams in baseball meet for a 1:05 p.m. game on a 91-degree September afternoon.
“It’s a little sad when you can pretty much count how many people are in the stands,” Marlins first baseman Mike Jacobs said.
When one of the players cussed after striking out, it was clearly heard over the television, and the broadcasters had to apologize.
Granted, I felt bad for the Marlins, but not so much as to make the effort to go to at least one game this year. It’s hard to want to go when the parking costs more than the tickets.
September 28th, 2007
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Posted by Donnie
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For those of you who care, the world chess championships are in progress, and if things hold as they have been, the current champion Vladimir Kramnik will lose his crown to Vishawanthan Anand. Anand is comfortably ahead of the field, having a lead of 1.5 games with 3 rounds left to play.
While Anand won his 11th round game, Kramnik accepted a draw after only move 13 (and if this is Grandmaster chess, I don’t want any part of it). One of reasons: “I felt it would be somewhat insulting to reject a draw because my opponent is very strong.”
Dude, you’re playing to win the world friggin’ championship of chess, and now you’re desperately far behind. Don’t you have to at least try to score the full point instead of agreeing to a 13-move draw? And you’re sitting there worried about your opponent’s feelings!
Out of the Ether put it very well: “I think what I’m coming away with here is that one has to fight to win.”
September 27th, 2007
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Bumper sticker seen on the road:
Undoubtedly, this was someone who believes the term “animal” is defined as a living being that’s either a dog, cat, or parrot. (Yes, I’m aware parrots have feathers, not fur.)
This isn’t getting anyone who doesn’t care about animal rights to hop on the bandwagon.
September 13th, 2007
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Posted by Donnie
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So declares the American Land Rights Association (ALRA), who thinks we have too many parks.
But the reason they’re getting any attention at all is they’re going to boycott Minneapolis’ airport and Northwest Airlines. Why? Because that airport is where Senator Craig got caught soliciting gay sex in a public bathroom.
(Note: it takes more people than what ALRA’s got for an effective boycott. They can’t be all that big, considering they apparently have a staff of two.)
They believe that “by ambushing Senator Larry Craig, the Minneapolis St Paul Airport Police have effectively declared war on the West.” Any organization that can declare that with a straight face probably has a leadership consisting solely of inbred white folk.
September 6th, 2007
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Posted by Donnie
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Dear Stephanos, Argyros, Titos, Angelos, Romanos, Leontios, Valerios, Ambrosios, Chrysostomos, Panicos, Photios, Efstratios, Marios, Marinos, Valerios, Romanos, Arsenios, Ignatios, Konstandinos, Giorgos, Stylianos, and Nektarios:
Your comment spam is not getting through. When your comment consists of exactly one word (”nice”, “cool”, or “interesting”) followed by a ton of links, it’s not hard for the spam filter to figure it out.
The sole exception is Konstandinos, whose one word was “Sorry :(” followed by the link dump. Your apology is accepted, and I expect the rest of you to follow his lead in the future.
Sincerely, etc.
September 3rd, 2007
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Posted by Donnie
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