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On a past episode of The Office, Michael Scott talked about his love of Wikipedia and called it, “The best thing ever.”  His reasoning was that, “Anyone in the world can write anything they want about any subject.  So you know you are getting the best possible information.”  In typical Michael Scott fashion, by describing what he views as its best attribute, he is actually citing the site’s single biggest drawback.  As someone who often uses Wikipedia to find out answers to important questions like “How old is Clint Eastwood?” and “What movie was (insert obscure-yet-familiar actor/actress) in before?”, it’s easy to forget that what is written about whatever isn’t always true.  In fact, there are some “contributors” who enjoy getting on Wikipedia and purposely adding false information to an entry that’s often humorous or controversial in nature.  Of course, Wikipedia also polices its site regularly and immediately removes any information that either can’t be verified, or is patently false.  But just because something isn’t true in the encyclopedia sense of the word, that doesn’t always mean it is information that should just be discarded into the Internet ether.  That’s why it’s good to have “Wikibomb,” which is a site dedicated to “Bringing you the best in Wikipedia vandalism.”  Wikibomb captures screenshots from some of Wikipedia’s funniest and most outrageous revisions before they are removed, and proves that facts aren’t always funnier than fiction.  Here are a few of my favorite entries thus far:

• Olde English 800 (A malt liquor) – Olde English 800 is an industrial strength cleaning fluid used to sanitize portable toilets, septic tanks and other waste depositories. The product is known for its high toxicity: In laboratory studies, one ounce of Olde English killed a chimpanzee and gave an African Elephant a severe case of mud butt. (Link)
  
• Stan Van Gundy (NBA basketball coach) – Van Gundy was awarded the Orlando Magic’s head coaching position after winning grand prize in an NBA-sponsored Ron Jeremy look alike competition. During the offseason, he works full-time as a plumber, longshoreman and Teamsters representative. (Link)
• Nancy Ann Grace (TV personality/Former prosecutor) – Nancy Grace is an American bitch famous for her shrill voice and senseless disregard for objectivity. She is host of the television show Nancy Grace, a nightly gossip program that features Grace and other guests as they loudly jump to conclusions about current affairs. (Link)
  
• Craigslist (Website) – Craigslist is a centralized network of online communities, featuring free online advertisements aimed at users looking for sex, orgies, voyeurism, exhibitionism, girl-on-girl, man-on-man, man-on-tran, BDSM, foot play, watersports, scat, bondage, bestiality, bukkake, bonded-bestial-bukkake and apartment listings. (Link)
• Saved By the Bell (TV show) – Saved By the Bell centers around six characters: Zack Morris, a scheming yuppie who is hooked on cocaine; A.C. Slater, a jock and closet homosexual; Kelly Kapowski, a bulimic cheerleader who takes to cutting herself; Lisa Turtle, a dropout active in local gangs; Screech Powers, a computer nerd who operates a child pornography ring out of his basement; and Jessie Spano, a student activist that suffers from caffeine addiction.  Long shrouded in controversy, the series was finally pulled from the air after an episode in which Screech was enlisted to perform a back alley abortion on Lisa. (Link)
  

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I didn’t think there would ever be a time where a post would highlight a story found exclusively on FOX News, unless I was going to make fun of it.  But as anyone with an overactive bladder or IBS will tell you, there are just some things that one can’t control.  I even gave some other news outlets a few days to pick up the story, since it involves some very disturbing findings that should infuriate every American.  I guess a mind-blowing amount of wasteful government spending just can’t compete with Charlie Sheen’s tiger blood and Adonis DNA in this country anymore.

The federal government hosts 47 job-training programs, 44 of which overlap. It runs 80 programs for the “transportation disadvantaged.”   I can’t believe we have that many programs for people without legs.

Another 82 programs spread across 10 separate agencies endeavor to improve teacher quality – something hundreds of local school districts are already focused on.

These are just a few of the findings in a blockbuster report on government waste and inefficiencies released by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office.  The report identifies billions of dollars in potential savings if Congress just had the will to streamline initiatives that target politically popular causes.  This may be the only time where you see the words “Congress” and “streamline” used in the same sentence.

“This report confirms what most Americans assume about their government.  We are spending trillions of dollars every year and nobody knows what we are doing.  The executive branch doesn’t know. The congressional branch doesn’t know. Nobody knows,” Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., said in a statement Tuesday morning.  Boy, that’s comforting, isn’t it?  A report that confirms what most Americans already assumed: The people we elect either don’t know how much money is wasted every year, don’t care, or don’t know and don’t care. So, it sounds like our government is currently being run by Paris Hilton.

The well-timed release comes as Republicans and Democrats fight over how much to cut from the rest of this year’s budget, not to mention next year’s $3.73 trillion spending plan.  Because everyone knows the only way to combat wasteful spending and trim a budget is to throw trillions of dollars at it.

The study found 33 areas with “overlap and fragmentation” in the federal government.  Among them, it found:

- Fifty-six programs across 20 agencies dealing with financial literacy.  I’m not even sure what the hell that is, but I know we’re not good at it.

- More than 2,100 data centers (up from 432 a little more than a decade ago) across 24 federal agencies.  GAO estimated the government could save up to $200 billion over the next decade by consolidating them.

- Twenty programs across seven agencies dealing with homelessness.  The report found $2.9 billion spent on the programs in 2009.  I’m sure if you ask any of the 700,000+ homeless people in the United States, they’ll tell you this was money well spent. “Congress is often to blame” for fragmentation, GAO wrote in this section, explaining that the duplicative programs in multiple agencies cause access problems for potential participants.

- Eighty-two “distinct” teacher-quality programs across 10 agencies.  Many of them have “duplicate sub-goals,” GAO said.  Nine of them address teacher quality in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math.  And yet these are areas where the average student in the United States continues to fall behind.

- Fifteen agencies administering 30 food-related laws.  “Some of the oversight doesn’t make any sense,” the report stated bluntly.

- Eighty economic development programs.  We still just have one economy, right?

The lengthy GAO report was mandated by Congress the last time it raised the debt limit in January 2010.  (Tom) Coburn said the report makes lawmakers look like “jackasses.”

“We don’t know what we’re doing,” Coburn said.  At least one politician has enough balls to finally state something that I’ve known for years.

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“From Feb. 13 to 15, the Romans celebrated the feast of Lupercalia. The men sacrificed a goat and a dog, then whipped women with the hides of the animals they had just slain,” and some other interesting facts about today that you likely won’t find in any Hallmark greeting card. [The Dark Origins of Valentines Day]

There are times when Valentine’s Day involves an unrequited love between a stalker and his/her object of obsession, and these vintage cards give off that perfect loving-yet-creepy vibe you’re looking for on such an occasion.
[12 Vintage Valentine's Day Cards That Prove We're All A Bunch of Rapists]

“Every year, we hear too-cool cynics deride Valentine’s Day as a holiday invented by greeting card companies that cynically exploit romantic love for profit.  But we say, so what?  Society has been exploiting romantic love since the day it was invented.”  Is anyone else getting that warm, fuzzy feeling?
[The Six Most Cynical Exploitations of Romantic Love in History]

The plots of most romantic comedies usually fall under one of a few different categories, like: “Guy enlists his female best friend to help him score the woman of his dreams, only to eventually find out that he’s loved his friend all along,” or “A motivated businesswoman is busy climbing the corporate ladder, but haphazardly meets the man of her dreams and soon realizes her life isn’t complete without love.”  Not only are the plots as predictable as an episode of The A-Team, these films also subject their viewers to an hour and a half of dialogue that should brought to you by Kraft Macaroni.
[The 13 Cheesiest Lines From Romantic Comedies]

If you’re looking for that smooth slow jam to top off a perfect romantic evening, look no further than The Axis of Awesome’s “How to Write a Love Song”:

While I was searching The Huffington Post’s website today, one article in their comedy section titled “7 Sites You Should Be Wasting Your Time on Right Now” immediately caught my attention.  Since I am a person who 1) likes discovering humorous sites that I have previously never heard of, and 2) can waste time like nobody’s business, this type of suggestion is right up my alley.  Overall, I was a little bit disappointed with the list they had compiled, and the sites they featured ranged from extremely weird (True American Dog) to utterly moronic – or Mauryonic.  There was, however, one site that I went to and proceeded to waste a couple of hours on that’s called “People Who”.  The About section says the website “was started in June, 2010, by Wireless G, a frustrated anthropologist in search of an outlet to clearly identify those people who confounded him with their CONTINUED, PERSISTENT, EXISTENCE.“

Basically, each post is a box containing a sentence or two in large print (which sometimes includes pics) that’s dedicated to those people who have the unique ability to unwittingly annoy people like me on a daily basis.  Since “People Who” is still a relatively new blog, it didn’t take that long to go through every post in the archives.  It also didn’t take long to realize the author of the site is a hater after my own heart, and has a knack for conveying common annoyances that other people may not notice.  I highly recommend checking out the site for yourself, but to give you an even better idea regarding what it’s all about, here are ten of my favorite posts thus far.

• People who seem to think that good taste is measured solely by how often one expresses hatred towards Ed Hardy.
• People who sit there at four-way stop signs as you drive up, waiting for you to come to a full stop before they finally make their turn, just in case.
• People who look at you with a stern air of anticipation as your dog finishes taking a shit.
• People who make excessive eye contact and repeat your name a lot, as though they learned socialization from a business networking book in the airport.
• People who go the speed limit in the fast lane.
• People who claim to love Thai food but always, always order the Pad Thai.
• People who insist you shouldn’t put Q-Tips in your ears.
• People who slow down suddenly when they see a cop has pulled someone else over.
• People who let you know that, as far as they’re concerned, the only legitimate way to drink coffee is black.
• PPL who can’t b bothrd 2 spel owt teh hole word or profreed theyre postz or punk28 there sintanzes or rite liek thay paasd 3nd grayd.

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Most people have had bad experiences with drugs at one time or another during their life.  It might be something as simple as breaking out in a rash due to an allergic reaction to Tylenol; or possibly, something complicated like a bad “trip” where you experience bouts of temporary insanity, and have visions that would have made Nostradamus shit in his pantaloons.  Then there are experiences that go really bad – I’d say getting naked, cutting off your own manhood, stabbing lambs, and leading police on a bizarre and destructive chase (among other things) would fall into that category. [Metro UK]

One of the perks of having never voted in any election over the past 14 years is that I have never been called to jury duty before.  Honestly, I don’t have any idea if voting does in fact have an impact on the selection process; but one of my thirty-something friends recently voted for the first time, and was sent a notice for jury duty within a couple weeks.  So for the purposes of this discussion, that will be the broad assumption on which I base my opinion.  But even when you are picked, most people know that there are ways around being asked to serve on an actual jury – like revealing deep-seeded biases or prejudices (now referred to as the “Mel Gibson” technique) so you will be dismissed.  Last week a man by the name of John Backderf unwittingly found another undesirable juror quality when he was asked the question, “Has anyone you’ve known ever been convicted of a crime?” [Cleveland.com]

I only knew of one Charles Bronson before today, that being the deceased action star best known for playing the role of a concerned citizen/vigilante that blasted holes in street scum with his trusty .32 Colt Police Positive over the course of five movies.  But apparently there is an infamous British career criminal who goes by the same name, and he has been dubbed by many as the “most violent prisoner in Britain.”  The British Bronson (whose birth name is Michael Peterson) was initially imprisoned in 1974 for armed robbery; but since that time, he has only been out of prison for a total of four months and nine days – all but four years have been served in solitary confinement.  While in prison, he’s also been involved in more than a dozen hostage-taking situations, and numerous altercations with both prison guards and other convicts.  He is serving a discretionary life sentence, and much to Bronson’s dismay, his most recent appeal for freedom was denied.  So, how did he respond?  Let’s just say it involves treating his body as if it were a piece of corn on the cob and fighting 12 prison guards. [Mirror UK]

My harsh feelings toward the growing crop of unrealistic reality TV shows is well-documented.  But as I’ve also stated before, there are a few good ones that actually show real life people in compelling situations – ie The First 48, Swamp People, and The Deadliest Catch.  After hearing that the Investigation Discovery channel would soon be coming out with a new three-part documentary series titled Hookers: Saved on the Strip, I initially imagined a pretty entertaining show that combined the idea for TLC’s Paramedics with HBO’s Hookers At The Point. But it turns out this three-part show is actually all about a former Vegas prostitute who now runs a faith-based mission called “Hookers For Jesus.”  I definitely like my idea better. [New York Post]

Unlike members of the insane asylum that is the Westboro Baptist Church, I don’t believe that “God Hates Fags” or that anyone should “Pray for More Dead Soldiers.”  I actually don’t believe in God in the traditional Christian sense of the word, but after what happened to the church’s group following one of their protests at a funeral in Tulsa recently, I still definitely believe in karma. [Tulsa World]

There are times when I see/read something involving a food product or a method of food processing, and end up wishing I would have never known the truth because it ends up ruining that particular thing for me.  I used to love lickin’ my fingers after partaking in the Colonel’s blend of 11 herbs and spices, that is until one of my hippie co-workers decided to email me a video titled “Kentucky Fried Cruelty.”  Now I can’t even be tempted by the franchise’s advertisements, because they immediately conjure up images of hairless chickens in tower-like cages, crapping all over each other.  This list of “12 Fascinating Food Facts” might teach you some things you hadn’t known previously, but it won’t cause you to vomit in your mouth every time you see a commercial for Ritz Crackers. [Today I Found Out]

If you consider yourself a criminal, I imagine it’s kind of a disappointing or embarrassing moment when someone catches you in the act of breaking a law, which eventually leads to your arrest.  I imagine this feeling would have to be even stronger if your masked crime spree was foiled by an 88 year-old granny, whose only defense was a well-placed kick to the most sensitive of man regions.  [Digital Journal]

Even though leaving on a jet plane is often the fastest and most preferred method of reaching a given destination for travelers, it is not without its share of drawbacks either.  Whether it’s merely a minor nuisance under the guise of safety precautions (like jumping through X-Ray hoops for airport security, and answering questions about whether you were the one who packed the various accoutrement in your suitcase), or something major like your flight being cancelled, it can be a stressful time for many people.  But then there are other instances when the worst part of the experience takes place on the plane itself, like when you realize you’ll be spending the next few hours in close proximity to one of “The 7 Most Annoying People You’ll See on an Airplane.” [Guyism]

“Girl you thought he was a man, but he was a muffin.  He hung around till you found that he didn’t know nuthin.  Girl you thought he was a man, but he only was a-puffin.  No cries are heard in the night, as a result of him stuffin’.”  Those are lyrics from a Frank Zappa tune called “Muffin Man”, and like most of his other songs, they don’t seem to make a whole lot of sense.  But given the context of this story, it sounds like that line could be used to console this “battered” woman from San Antonio. [My SA News]

I don’t know a whole lot about raccoons besides the fact that they are mammals, omnivores, and were once the choice of headwear for frontiersman like Davy Crockett and Jebediah Springfield.  After reading the following linked article, I can now add two more things to that short list – 1) Some people own raccoons and raise them as domesticated pets, and 2) They are not a pet you should own if you have small children in the house. [Right Juris]

It’s Monday, and today’s links involve a few different news stories from the U.S. that would even make Lee Greenwood a little embarrassed to call this place home.

Three years ago, Jennifer Mee made headlines and appeared on several different TV shows after she began hiccuping uncontrollably for a period of nearly six weeks.  Mee, now 19, is in the news once again, but instead of Good Morning America, her next request for a TV appearance will probably come courtesy of TruTV. [St. Petersburg Times]

Back in 1998, Robert Redford made a movie called The Horse Whisperer, which was about a man who had an uncanny ability to understand and train horses.  There’s no word yet if Redford will accept the role of Marian Wegiel in the highly-anticipated and controversial sequel, The Horse Fingerer. [Connecticut Post]

I have heard all of the stereotypes about everyone from Kentucky being uneducated, Second Amendment-lovin’, spouse- and bible-beatin’ rednecks who think a dent-ist is someone you go see after smashing into your ex-wife/cousin’s trailer with your Iroc-Z.  While I still maintain that these types of people exist in virtually every state, the following story definitely doesn’t do much to help my argument. [Daily Record]

A few months back, I posted an excerpt from George Carlin’s book about his thoughts on the new tattoo craze that is seemingly sweeping the globe.  One of the first drawbacks the comedian points out about getting getting inked is that, “A tattoo is positive identification.  No one should ever do anything to help the police.  In any way.  Especially when you may be the object of their interest.”  I’d say this phone thief out of Florida would agree with the validity of Carlin’s statement.  Or at the very least, he could’ve gotten one that read, “I’m not the guy.” [AOL News]

I never thought there would come a time when this statement would be true – or more fittingly, called for – but I would rather be forced to ride around with Brendan Fraser in the passenger seat of my car nonstop for 10 months than deal with this. [Los Angeles Times]

Since I am not employed as a bank teller or government employee, I am stuck having to work on this holiday that honors an explorer who reached charted lands in the late 15th century.  So to honor him, I am going to do what Christoforo Colombo once did, and just act like I discovered these links – but you won’t have to worry about me giving you syphilis, that is, unless you want it.

The only thing I really remember from my grade school history days about Columbus was that he “sailed the ocean blue in 1492″ with three boats that were probably named after some Spanish hookers he once explored.  I know it’s hard to believe, but it turns out a lot of the stuff in those history books wasn’t entirely accurate.  I know, I am just as stunned as you are. [Carnaval]

It turns out Dr. Martin Luther King and Rush Limbaugh have more in common than one would have ever thought.  Dr. King once said that he had a dream that “the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.”  It turns out Limbaugh also has a dream that involves slaves…well, his was probably more like a booze and OxyContin-induced haze than an actual dream. [Raw Story]

I don’t see myself as being the macho type, but If you’ve been to a bar, club, or watched an episode of Jersey Shore lately, you’ve probably noticed that a lot of guys who consider themselves to be “manly” look more effeminate than James Franco in drag.  I call it estrogentrification, which is “an influx of neatly manicured, overly groomed girly men that have displaced the population of sweaty, hard-working males.”  There is no end in sight either, but at least one site has stepped up to the plate in an attempt to “revive the Art of Manliness.”  [Art of Manliness]

If you work as a teacher, there are two benefits that I can think of which you rarely get at other jobs – summers off, and the feeling of gratification you get from helping someone learn.  The major downside that comes to mind?  Dealing with ungrateful, annoying, snot-nosed punks whose only mission is to make your life a living hell as they push you towards a nervous breakdown.  Exhibit A [Mediaite]

Saturday Night Live has been caught in a freefall of unfunny comedy for a while now, and I doubt it will ever recover from the irrevocable damage that has been done (Thanks, Jimmy Fallon).  But the one thing that has remained consistently funny over the years are the show’s commercial parodies, and ads featuring fake products.  The episode from this past weekend had another good one with the introduction of the “Damn it, My Mom is on Facebook” filter.

Talk show host and comedian Bill Maher is a man with strong opinions, and typically one of those people who you either love or hate.  Before I really knew anything about him, I was one of those who thought Maher was an arrogant jerk who likes to hear himself talk.  I based this assumption solely on his appearance, because for whatever reason, the guy just looks like an asshole.  Now, I’m not saying he’s not since I don’t know Bill personally, but even if he is, I’ve discovered he’s at least a pretty smart and funny asshole whose opinions are similar to my own in many respects.  This past Friday, an article he wrote titled “New Rule: Rich People Who Complain About Being Vilified Should Be Vilified” was featured on The Huffington Post’s website, and the premise is something with which I couldn’t agree more.  Statistics from the most recent Census show that the income gap between the rich and the poor in America is at an all-time high, and there are more people living below the poverty line than there has ever been before.  While the rich have apparently gotten richer, they also seem to be getting bitchier, too.  One of the things that is being discussed most among those in the highest tax bracket is a proposed increase that would raise taxes by 3.6% for anyone who makes more than $250K per year.  Maher is obviously both amused and angered by the upper class’s newfound “woe is me” attitude, and I think he does a pretty good job of putting their perceived plight into perspective:

It’s so hard for one person to tell another person what constitutes being “rich”, or what tax rate is “too much.” But I’ve done some math that indicates that, considering the hole this country is in, if you are earning more than a million dollars a year and are complaining about a 3.6% tax increase, then you are by definition a greedy asshole.

Now, this week we got some horrible news: that one in seven Americans are now living below the poverty line. But I want to point you to an American who is truly suffering: Ben Stein. You know Ben Stein, the guy who got rich because when he talks it sounds so boring it’s actually funny. He had a game show on Comedy Central, does eye drop commercials, doesn’t believe in evolution? Yeah, that asshole. I kid Ben — so, the other day Ben wrote an article about his struggle. His struggle as a wealthy person facing the prospect of a slightly higher marginal tax rate. Specifically, Ben said that when he was finished paying taxes and his agents, he was left with only 35 cents for every dollar he earned. Which is shocking, Ben Stein has an agent?

Ben whines in his article about how he’s worked for every dollar he has — if by work you mean saying the word “Bueller” in a movie 25 years ago. Which doesn’t bother me in the slightest, it’s just that at a time when people in America are desperate and you’re raking in the bucks promoting some sleazy Free Credit Score dot-com… maybe you shouldn’t be asking us for sympathy. Instead, you should be down on your knees thanking God and/or Ronald Reagan that you were lucky enough to be born in a country where a useless schmuck who contributes absolutely nothing to society can somehow manage to find himself in the top marginal tax bracket.

Ben is hardly the only rich person these days crying like a baby who’s fallen off his bouncy seat. Last week Mayor Bloomberg of New York complained that all his wealthy friends are very upset with mean ol’ President Poopy-Pants: He said they all say the same thing: “I knew I was going to have to pay more taxes. But I didn’t expect to be vilified.” Poor billionaires — they just can’t catch a break.

And right now, while we run trillion dollar deficits, Republicans are holding America hostage to the cause of preserving the Bush tax cuts that benefit the wealthiest 1% of people, many of them dead. They say that we need to keep taxes on the rich low because they’re the job creators. They’re not. They’re much more likely to save money through mergers and outsourcing and cheap immigrant labor, and pass the unemployment along to you.

Another of my favorites, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann said, “I don’t know where they’re going to get all this money, because we’re running out of rich people in this country.” Actually, we have more billionaires here in the U.S. than all the other countries in the top ten combined, and their wealth grew 27% in the last year. Did yours? Truth is, there are only two things that the United States is not running out of: Rich people and bullshit. Here’s the truth: When you raise taxes slightly on the wealthy, it obviously doesn’t destroy the economy — we know this, because we just did it — remember the ’90′s? It wasn’t that long ago. You were probably listening to grunge music, or dabbling in witchcraft. Clinton moved the top marginal rate from 36 to 39% — and far from tanking, the economy did so well he had time to get his dick washed.

Steve Forbes said that Obama, quote “believes from his inner core that people… above a certain income have more than they should have and that many probably have gotten it from ill-gotten ways.” Which they have. Steve Forbes, of course, came by his fortune honestly: he inherited it from his gay egg-collecting, Elizabeth Taylor fag-hagging father, who inherited it from his father. Of course then they moan about the inheritance tax, how the government took 55% percent when Daddy died — which means you still got 45% for doing nothing more than starting out life as your father’s pecker-snot…We don’t hate rich people, but have a little humility about how you got it and stop complaining. (HuffPost)

I have always been of the opinion that a Segway is a stupid method of transportation designed for lazy people or yuppies, and was probably invented when its creator imagined what riding a motorized parking meter with a handlebar and wheels would be like.  But I would’ve thought the chairman who oversees, and represents the business side of the company that manufactures Segways would be a pretty smart guy.  Guess I was wrong. [AOL News]

You remember the one skit from Chappelle’s Show that was a parody of the PBS series Frontline, and detailed the story of a white supremacist named Clayton Bigsby who was blind, and black?  This article about a Polish couple’s eye opening discovery is eerily similar, and thanks to George Carlin, I recognize that this is as a perfect example of “irony writ large.” [CNN]

The more I use Facebook and read what people with whom I am “friends” blather about on a daily basis, the more I hate everything about it.  What started out as a site intended to help college students catch up with old acquaintances has now evolved into a narcissist’s paradise, that’s rife with marketers, spammers, and parents attempting to be “hip” – but they basically just want to keep tabs on everything their kids do and say.  The following story illustrates one of the few redeeming qualities that Facebook now possesses, which is inadvertently providing an easy way for the police to catch stupid criminals. [Daily Mail]

A story out of Florida: “William Tyler Black, 28, took a Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue to a North Port Walmart’s toy section, where he performed a lewd act and left the magazine on a toy shelf, then reportedly continued shopping — until he was stopped by police before leaving, according to police.”  His poor excuse for a motive?  He was “shopping for a toy for his daughter.”  Don’t act like you’ve never had impure thoughts while looking at a Barbie Doll or the Bratz before. [Sun Sentinel]

I don’t know if it’s because I grew up in the 80′s, but I prefer watching older films that fall under the category of “So bad, they’re good,” as opposed to these new, big budget, award-winning movies filled with high production values and good acting.  You can have your mind-blowing, computer generated imagery that’s found in movies like Transformers, and I’ll take the stop motion, clay animated goodness in the original Clash of the Titans over it any day.  This is especially true when it comes to older movies that they just don’t make anymore, like blaxploitation films from the 1970′s.  There are many great examples of films from this genre, but perhaps none better illustrate the best of the worst more than Dolemite. [Cracked]