Category Archives: All the news that fits

All the news that fits: Missouri AG accuses Walgreens of overcharging…

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Yeah, quel surprise…Anywho, I bounce between FOX News and The Onion for my factoids, but read The Huff Post ’cause it not only could possibly be real – – it oft times is!

This article appeared a couple of days ago.  Apparently the Missouri Attorney General sent secret shoppers into Walgreens stores across the state; he was shocked and dismayed at what they found:  Apparently Walgreens overcharges customers and engages in deceptive display advertising and pricing schemes!

The AG either must not get out much or his wife took over shopping for him from his mother.  Here’s the whole article link.

All the news that fits: sex for a year (funny)

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Great column on HuffPost Daily from Brittany, Herself, about what happened when she and her husband decided to have sex every day for one year.  Funny and introspective.  Woman, know theyself!

I just had sex every day for a year, and I didn’t tell you about it.

But I did video tape it, so check it out -> here!

Just kidding.

I wasn’t even sure I was going to go into it, but here we are. *pats the empty space on the couch*

It was the email that never made the emails, mostly because it was the kind of truth that stung a little too much.

All the news that fits: May/December romance…awwww

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This story from yesterday’s Trib is just so over-the-top that I had to share:

redeye-suburban-woman-used-fake-story-about-de-001A 27-year-old woman was arrested for theft Thursday after allegedly befriending an 85-year-old man at the library and exploiting him for money, county prosecutors said.

Candy Marabanian, of Oak Lawn, Ill., concocted an elaborate story about a fictitious dead husband to convince an elderly man from the Gold Coast to give her $2,600, according to court records.

Marabanian, who is married to an 82-year-old who is still alive, according to prosecutors, first met the man at the Newberry Library on July 25. Marabanian offered to help the man carry his books home, prosecutors said, and later went out with him to lunch.   Continue reading here.

Jewel’s “awesome” gift card promotion

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Here’s my first post on the Jewel Facebook page regarding the $20/$50 gift card promotion starting the 14th:

Your new gift card promotion (starting 8/14) gives you a $20 store coupon off your next $50 purchase when you buy $100 worth of VISA or MC gift cards but you can only buy the $25 cards AND there’s a $4.95 activation fee on each. Let’s do simple math: $4.95 x 4 = $19.80. Oooh, we’re getting a coupon that requires us to spend $50 to earn that .20. And that $20 coupon expires in 7 days. Yeah, way to show up Super-valu, guys.

You can read Jewel’s response and comments from other equally impressed people here.

Take a spin on the new internet!

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Untitled1Here’s a YouTube clip from 1994, with the Today show hosts trying to figure out what the Internet is…(other than for porn).

UntitledWhile back in 1997 the Jamison family teaches us all about the neat things we can find on that new internet with The Kids’ Guide to the Internet – they’ve had it for weeks now!

 

No wonder I’m unpopular – I’m missing black, Asian & deaf friends!

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And here I thought it was my personality.  Well, slap my ass and call me Sally, but all along it’s been my lack of media-worthy friends!  Watch this commercial for a new Dannon blend on YouTube.

I actually have most of the categories covered, but will be accepting applications for the deaf friend position.

All the news that fits: couple accused of murdering daughter (not what you think)

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470_2671337Matt and Grace’s adopted daughter, Gloria, died suddenly on January 15th, 2013 for reasons unknown. The next day, Matt and Grace were jailed in Doha, Qatar and charged with her murder. The California Innocence Project has since taken on their case.

The Huangs are Asian-American with three children adopted from Africa. According to the investigative report, they could not have had a legitimate reason to adopt children who were not “good-looking” and who did not share their “hereditary traits.”  The investigative reports theorize that Matthew and Grace “bought” their children in order to harvest their organs, or perhaps to perform medical experiments on them.

Read more, ’cause America is apparently completely out of sync with the rest of the world.  Many years ago DH commented that he couldn’t understand why someone would adopt, since the child wouldn’t be of the parents’ blood (He is an American born of Mexican parents and raised to believe blood trumps all). 

All the news that fits: lawyer trades *!* for office supplies

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An attorney who had sex in exchange for office supplies for her legal practice and later pleaded guilty to prostitution charges has agreed to have her law license suspended for three years, state records show.  Read more here.

And just when you think you’ve read it all – especially since paper and supplies are always free at big box supply chains and drugstores!  next time you hire a lawyer, see what kind of trade you can make…maybe nookie for notepads?

All the news that fits – bra commercial

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UntitledShame we can’t have clever bra ads in this country like this one from Wacoal.  Here’s the YouTube link.  Check out the “behind the scenes” short video, too and see just how much work the star went through…

credit The Mary Sue

All the news that fits: Weiner’s Schnitzel

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Okay, we all know that Anthony Weiner likes his “weiner” so much he wants to share it with the world – personally, I’d rather share a Diet Coke, but that’s just me.  A campaign intern, Olivia Nunn, was fired for tweeting behind-the-scenes details of Weiner’s mayoral campaign.  And here’s how Barbara Morgan, the Communications Director, feels about this in a recorded interview with Talking Points Memo:

“I’m dealing with like stupid fucking interns who make it on to the cover of the Daily News even though they signed NDAs and/or they proceeded to trash me,” Morgan told TPM, referring to a non-disclosure agreement. “And by the way, I tried to fire her, but she begged to come back and I gave her a second chance.”

“Fucking slutbag. Nice fucking glamour shot on the cover of the Daily News.  Man, see if you ever get a job in this town again,” said Morgan.  Wow, does she ever communicate clearly!  To read more, click here.

Wanted, for imploding NYC mayoral campaign positions:  Campaign Director, intern, Communications Director, candidate with common sense (or ability to fake it)…