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High Fructose Corn Syrup Linked to Liver Damage, Cancer

2012-05-27T12:58:00.001-05:00

Research by the Duke University Medical Center has connected High Fructose Corn Syrup to liver scarring, damage, and cancer.

“We found that increased consumption of high fructose corn syrup was associated with scarring in the liver, or fibrosis, among patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD),” said Manal Abdelmalek, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology at Duke University Medical Center.

High Fructose Corn Syrup is the main sweetener in thousands of food and beverages in the United States, including most non-diet versions of soda (Coke, Pepsi, etc.). It is also in ice cream, ice cream toppings, frozen foods, processed foods, and much more. Unlike sugar, HFCS is metabolized by the liver, not by insulin released by the pancreas.

“Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is present in 30 percent of adults in the United States,” Abdelmalek said. “Although only a minority of patients progress to cirrhosis, such patients are at increased risk for liver failure, liver cancer, and the need for liver transplant,” she explained.

“Our findings suggest that we may need to go back to healthier diets that are more holistic,” Abdelmalek said. “High fructose corn syrup, which is predominately in soft-drinks and processed foods, may not be as benign as we previously thought.”

The consumption of fructose has increased exponentially since the early 1970s, and with this rise, an increase in obesity and complications of obesity have been observed, Abdelmalek said.

“There is an increasing amount of data that suggests high fructose corn syrup is fueling the fire of the obesity epidemic, but until now no one has ever suggested that it contributes to liver disease and/or liver injury.” Abdelmalek said the next step is more studies looking at the mechanisms of liver injury.

“We need to do formal studies that evaluate the influence of limiting or completely discontinuing high fructose corn syrup from one’s diet and see if there are health benefits from doing so,” she said.

For the full findings, go to Phys.org

Chicago Cubs Owner To Smear Obama With Dirty Ads

2012-05-17T13:01:00.000-05:00

Joe Ricketts (in probably the only time he's been far left), with his children and wife.

Joe Ricketts, the billionaire owner of the Chicago Cubs, is planning on spending millions of dollars to run dirty ads against President Obama this fall.

The ads, which according to a SuperPAC playbook acquired by the New York Times, will include TV Commercials, full page newspaper ads, billboards, and aerial banners.

The ads will try to paint Obama as being influenced by Anti-Americans and having a secret agenda. They will try to paint Obama's pastor as being pro-911.

The playbook also includes a suggestion to hire an “extremely literate conservative African-American” who can argue that Mr. Obama misled the nation by presenting himself as what the proposal calls a “metrosexual, black Abe Lincoln.”

So a bunch of rich white guys will slander our black President, then try to hide behind a black guy they hired to defend themselves.

I suggest the Cubs change the marquee outside Wrigley Field to read, "This just in...Obama is black??!!"

Read the article for yourself at the New York Times.

What is most amazing is that the Cubs are in a predominantly Democrat supporting city, Chicago. That's a very smart move to alienate the majority of their paying customers.

I'm done as a Cubs fan. They'll never get another penny from me. Any business that lies and outright slanders the President of The United States can be crossed off my list of companies to patronize. I don't care what party the President is, you don't call him un-American and lie about him and think that's good business.

UPDATE: The NY Times has posted the storyboard for the 5 minute anti-Obama film Ricketts wants to produce. The best part is that after calling Obama every horrible thing one could imagine, Ricketts ends the 5 minute GOP propaganda-fest by saying it is brought to you by Character Matters PAC. Character Matters!

That's like saying "Obama eats white babies every day for dinner." Brought to you by We Don't Lie OR Eat White Babies PAC.

UPDATE II: The reaction has been extremely strong about this, from the Chicago Cubs being pounded with thousands of emails and phone calls from irate fans, to Democrats and Republicans both denouncing it, to Mitt Romney publicly denouncing it, the White House spokesman criticizing the plan's racist attacks, Chicago Mayor Emmanuel refusing to talk to the Ricketts and telling insiders that any plans to renovate Wrigley Field using taxpayer money is now finished, and Joe Ricketts claiming he never approved the SuperPAC, despite founding and funding it, and funding the creation of the plan's playbook. Amazing what a little push-back can accomplish.

Video: Cat Plays Shell Game

2012-03-01T13:05:00.002-06:00

Graphic Video: Cops Beat, Shoot, and Kill an Unarmed Protester

2012-02-28T20:48:00.001-06:00

South African police disrupt a peaceful protest march over the supply of drinking water, sewers, and garbage collection, then gang up on an unarmed man, beat him and shoot him twice (with a shotgun) right in front of the camera, killing him.

Jump to 47 seconds for the police to attack the man.

WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO.

The victim's name was Andries Tatane. The murder happened in April, 2011. Almost one year later, no police investigation was launched. No police officers were charged, neither were any officers fired, and not a single officer, including the one with the shotgun, was even reprimanded.

Mail & Guardian Online has this shocking statistic:

"Media coverage following the killing of Tatane has been quick to highlight the sharp rise in deaths in police custody in the past three years in South Africa. Gareth Newham of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) reported that the number of people shot dead by police has doubled since 2006. Overall deaths in police custody or resulting from police action, at 860 in the 2009-2010 year, are markedly higher than they were in the five-year period from 2003 to 2008, when they averaged 695 a year.

Not only has the number of people shot dead by police jumped from 281 in 2005-2006 to 521 in 2010, South Africa also has one of the highest recorded rates of homicides by police officers in the world. The United States (overall population of 311-million) had 439 arrest-related homicides by law enforcement personnel in 2006."

Let's repeat that: 860 people died in police custody in South Africa in 2009-10.

South African police shot and killed 521 people in 2010 in a nation of 50 million citizens. The United States, a nation of 311 million citizens (more 6 times the population of South Africa), had 439 homicides by police in 2006 (the last year full stats are available).

Amazing Video of a Snowboarding Crow

2012-02-20T19:14:00.000-06:00

Apple Siri Vs. Furby

2012-02-17T14:42:00.002-06:00

Talk To A Live Hologram - Star Wars Is Now Real

2012-02-10T14:41:00.000-06:00

Cisco has unveiled an amazing new technology that is light years beyond Princess Leia talking to Obi Won Kenobi. TelePresence was shown off in public for the first time recently:

Imagine how cool, yet creepy, this will be once we can make phone calls and the other party appears in front of you.

U.S. Used Nazi Salute During Pledge Of Allegiance Before WWII

2012-02-05T15:16:00.000-06:00

Today's Forgotten History: Americans used to salute the flag during the Pledge of Allegiance until 1942, when Congress banned the practice because it was too similar to the salutes used by Nazi's and fascists during WWII.

The salute was called the Bellamy salute, created by Francis Bellamy, who also created the Pledge of Allegiance. When the practice was banned in 1942, it was replaced by the hand over the heart gesture still in practice today.

Below is a picture of U.S. school children saluting the flag while reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.

Hitler Youth saluting:

American school children:

Hitler Youth:

Pelosi: Something In Gingrich Past Will Stop Presidency

2012-01-26T10:40:00.000-06:00

Nancy Pelosi claims to know "something" about Newt Gingrich's past that will prevent him from becoming president.

CBS News has more:

"The Democratic leader, who served on a four-person ethics committee that investigated Gingrich in the 1990s, has said in the past that "I know a lot about" Gingrich, and that "one of these days we'll have a conversation" about him. But when it was suggested that Pelosi was suggesting in those comments to the possibility of leaking private records from the ethics investigation, Hammill insisted she was referring to "information that is in the public record."

The committee looked into 84 counts of ethical wrongdoing against Gingrich, and ultimately, they voted to reprimand and fine him for wrongdoing involving breaches of tax law and making misrepresentations to Congress. It's unknown if Pelosi was privy to any confidential information surrounding the ethics investigation, but Gingrich himself has pointed to a 900 page report on the investigation that is available to the public.

In a response to Pelosi in an interview with the radio show "America's Morning News," Gingrich dismissed her comments as "hysterical" and "factually incorrect."

"As my campaign has gotten stronger, the attacks have become more hysterical and more factually incorrect," he said. "I have a simple challenge for speaker Pelosi: to speak up or shut up. I have no idea what she's talking about, I don't think she has any idea what she's talking about. But bring it on.""

What exactly Pelosi is talking about, no one knows or no one is willing to discuss it. One thing that could come up is Gingrich's hypocrisy of calling for the resignation and impeachment of President Bill Clinton for the Monica Lewinsky scandal, while at the same time Gingrich was cheating on his own wife with one of his staff.

Gingrich claimed he had an affair because his lust for America needed an outlet. I'm not kidding.

Mitt Romney Lost Iowa, Hiding Millions Offshore

2012-01-19T00:45:00.004-06:00

Mitt Romney's fortune just went from the presumed clear cut GOP presidential nominee to potential footnote in history if Wednesday night's news reports have teeth.

First, ABC News reported Mitt Romney is "hiding" up to $33 million in offshore Caribbean accounts, and rumors immediately circulated it was to avoid paying U.S. taxes on the princely sum. Romney's campaign claimed he had paid taxes on all of the money, but Romney continues to refuse to release his tax returns. This latest development could force him to release those returns before he is comfortable, with him citing he would "likely" release the tax information in April, which would be after he has sewn up the GOP nomination and too late for competitors to do anything with the material.

However, the report by ABC News is quickly sprouting legs, with other news agencies and political blogs picking up on it, and the possibility that Romney has been avoiding paying U.S. taxes on the income. Reuters reports Romney also has funds in Ireland, Bermuda, and Hong Kong.

The IRS claims over $100 billion in taxes goes unpaid and unreported every year from money hidden in offshore accounts. To many Americans, the idea of keeping millions of dollars in offshore banks sounds seedy and gives the impression something dishonest is going on. I would bet good money, perhaps the $10,000 Romney offered to bet Rick Perry during one debate, that the Super PAC's will jump on this story and have new commercials attacking Romney as a tax cheat and a fraud airing on South Carolina Television stations by Thursday afternoon. One word we haven't heard yet: Criminal.

The other big news rumored to be announced on Thursday has been brewing for weeks. Recounts and certification of the Iowa caucus results show Mitt Romney did NOT win Iowa. Original results had Romney winning by 8 votes, but the recounts have reportedly found Romney was credited with 22 votes at the Garret Memorial Library when the recount shows he actually had 2. Subtracting 20 votes from Romney's results means Rick Santorum won Iowa by 12 votes. However, the New York Times is reporting late Wednesday night that instead of announce that Santorum won Iowa, the GOP will do the all-American thing and will void the entire election and throw out all results. Iowa will not count and not get to vote in the GOP primaries. The "reasoning" is that the GOP cannot certify the results in their own required time line. I find it fascinating that as Romney has appeared to have the nomination completely sewn up, Santorum appears to have picked up many delegates in Iowa and been given a second chance, only to find those votes will just disappear. So much for the illusion of democracy. Lawsuits will surely follow.

But the Iowa story is likely to be buried by the damning revelations about Romney and his millions hiding in offshore banks.

One GOP consultant told the NY Daily News the truth about Romney is irrelevant, “This will be wrapped around his neck in the fall. It fits perfectly into Obama’s theme that Romney is another Republican robber baron getting rich at the expense of the poor middle class.”

It also fits into the theme that the richest people in the world always find a way to cheat the system, avoid paying their share, and then spin the truth, what we poor people call "lying."

UPDATE: The GOP did announce Santorum won Iowa but the state's results cannot be certified because they have lost 8 precincts votes.

1967 Interview with MLK

2012-01-16T20:10:00.000-06:00

This is a fascinating clip of Martin Luther King Jr. on the Mike Douglas show in November, 1967.

I'm almost embarrassed to say that I've never seen any clips of MLK being interviewed before. I've watched his famous "I have a dream" speech, but I have never seen a clip of him in an interview. I can see why people were attracted to him, he sounds move level-headed than any public figure of today.

New Ron Paul Ad Reveals Gingrich Hypocrisy

2011-12-05T17:04:00.001-06:00

The GOP presidential nomination appears to be wide open, with Mitt Romney leading the pack but Newt Gingrich of all people starting to gain in the polls. Herman Cain, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Jon Huntsman, and Michelle Bachmann all have either dropped out or seen their support dwindle to single digits.

But there is a third candidate who is still a force in the polls, despite getting the shaft from major media, and that is Ron Paul.

While I do not agree with everything Ron Paul believes, he still strikes a chord for speaking like an actual human being and not a robot candidate. One senses that Romney and Gingrich will both say and do anything to get elected (which is probably no different than 99.9% of politicians anywhere), but Ron Paul's viewpoints have stayed the same for years.

The first caucuses begin in one month, and today Ron Paul released a 2 1/2 minute web ad pointing out just a few of Newt Gingrich's hypocrisy. People need to remember that Gingrich left Washington in shame, and has a history of questionable, to say the least, personal behavior that for me would rule out ever voting for him.

Here is the new Ron Paul ad:

Now go read an article I wrote 4 years ago that explained a few reasons the media love to paint Ron Paul as a crazy candidate nobody with a sane mind would vote for (when they do actually decide to mention his name): Why The Media Hates Ron Paul And Dennis Kucinich

Microsoft's Siri Competitor Could Get You Arrested

2011-11-26T12:34:00.001-06:00

Microsoft claims Apple's revolutionary voice technology, Siri, is no big deal. Microsoft says they've had their own version of a Siri-like service for a year, called TellMe, and that Apple is getting unjustified publicity.

Is that accurate?

Jason from TechAU did a short video comparison of Microsoft's voice technology vs. Siri, with each doing relatively simple (for Siri) tasks...

Bottom line: Microsoft's voice technology works "great," if you want to get arrested for searching for teen anal, or ruin your marriage if your wife finds out what you've been searching.

Cable TV's Excuse For No Ala Carte Channels Is A Farce

2011-10-09T00:27:00.000-05:00

We're told we can't just subscribe to only the cable TV channels we actually want because we would only choose channels, and all of the other channels that fewer viewers watch would go out of business.

That reasoning is a farce.

No other industry is allowed to behave like that. We don't have to subscribe to 87 magazines we'll never read just to get the one car magazine we want to read. We don't have to buy 20 different frozen foods just to get the one pizza we want. Nobody forces me to buy 12 pairs of shoes just to get the one I actually want.

Premium cable channels still offer free preview weekends to allow viewers to sample what they offer and decide if they want to subscribe. That should be the business model of all television networks.

Businesses succeed or fail based on their own merits, not some b.s. forced on us with the sole purpose of making and keeping huge conglomerates rich. If a TV network can't stay in business because they don't offer anything people want to watch, it's not our responsibility to pay them anyway. If a person does not watch sports, they shouldn't have to pay for 12 different sports channels in their cable package. The same goes for sports fans who will never watch TLC, NatGeo, Smithsonian, and other informational networks but have to shell out monthly for them anyway.

The cable companies argue that if they were forced to offer ala carte subscriptions, that it would end up costing the consumer more money. Not true.

"The average cable customer watches only 12 to 15 channels on a regular bases, but cable companies bundle 50 to 75 channels in the expanded basic package, and upward of 200 in digital cable packages." (source)

Even if the price passed down to consumers for each individual TV channel tripled or quadrupled, it would still be less expensive to pay for only the 12-15 channels the average viewer watches instead of a huge bundle. The average cable TV channel charge cable companies .50 - $1.00 per viewer. A handful of channels charge more than $1.00 per viewer, for example, ESPN charges an average of $4.69 per viewer for their main channel alone. However, many channels charge nothing or a very small fee of far less than .50 per viewer. Even if the cable companies averaged that out to charging viewers $2-3 per channel, and even charging more for ESPN to over actual costs, it would still be cheaper for 99 percent of viewers to purchase channels ala carte.

It's also not the American people's responsibility to subsidize the destruction of forests and printing and delivery of piles of junk mail just so postal workers and the direct mail industries can survive.

If nobody wants a product, the company offering it should adapt or go out of business, period. That's how it is in the real world, except the world of cable television.

Steve Jobs, 1955-2011

2011-10-05T21:14:00.003-05:00

At a 2005 commencement address at Stanford University, Steve Jobs shared the philosophy that drove him.

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life,” Jobs said. “Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”

Mitt Romney Explains Why You Shouldn't Vote For Him

2011-08-16T13:22:00.000-05:00

Turn Off Lion OS X Restore For Individual Apps

2011-07-22T18:04:00.000-05:00

Apple OS X Lion is out and a (mostly) huge hit among early adopters. One feature though that some users are not happy with is Restore, which opens windows and websites that were open when an App was last closed. This is a great feature for most users, but some users either prefer a fresh slate when they open an App or do not want their browser to re-open the last websites they were visiting.

There is an easy fix.

You could just turn off Restore in the System Preferences, under the General section. Simply uncheck the box that says, "Restore Windows when quitting and re-opening apps." That will keep Lion from doing that with every app.

If you like Restore and only want to tell it to stop working on specific apps, you can use a Terminal command to stop this on any specific app.

A Mac Life article has the how to:

"First you’ll need to know exactly which app you want to kill this feature on -- we’ll use Preview as an example, since it may not be desirable to have it restore documents in most cases. Fire up Terminal again and use the following command without quotes: “defaults write com.apple.Preview NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -int 0”. For other applications, simply replace “Preview” with the name of the app -- when in doubt, visit your Preferences folder to confirm how the app name appears in the “com.apple.XXXX” file this is modifying."

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To see the exact way an app name appears (i.e. if Apple refers to the app in an uppercase letter or not), make sure the Finder is selected so the Finder menu appears, then up left near the Apple logo on the desktop bar click Go To, then Go To Folder, and type in ~/Library. Then in the window that opens, click on Preferences. You'll see a list of files, don't click on any. Just scroll down to the com.apple.XXXX area to see how the app you want to change appears. In this case, Safari is what one would expect, Safari with a capitol S.

So the command to type or copy and paste into Terminal for Safari is (without the quotation marks):

"defaults write com.apple.Safari NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -int 0"

Then hit enter.

Close and restart Safari, next time you restart the computer Safari (or whatever other App(s) you ran that on) should not resume automatically from the last saved state.

US Stamp Features Wrong Statue of Liberty

2011-07-17T14:34:00.000-05:00

Wrong Lady Liberty

The United States Postal Service printed up 3 billion new stamps featuring a closeup of the Statue of Liberty's face. A stamp collector recognized it's not the real Statue of Liberty on the stamps but a replica of the statue in Las Vegas that's in front of a hotel.

The USPS says they're sorry, but they have already printed 3 billion of the stamps and they're going to continue to sell them.

The Real Deal

The placement of "FOREVER" for the price of the stamp also makes the stamp seem kind of arrogant. (The Forever stamps do not have a set face value, they sell at the current first class stamp price but can be used forever, no matter what price first class postage is in the future, hence the name). Forever is crossed out in the photo so people can't print the photo and use it as a stamp, it's not crossed out on the actual stamps. USA FIRST CLASS FOREVER. Classy.

Joplin Tornado: Before and After Video

2011-07-14T19:25:00.000-05:00

Video comparison of 20th Street in Joplin, Missouri from August, 2010, and July, 2011.

Stay Classy, Vancouver

2011-06-16T18:39:00.000-05:00

From coverage of the riots in downtown Vancouver after the Canucks and Roberto Luongo choked away the Stanley Cup to Boston:

"Almost 150 people required hospital treatment and close to 100 were arrested after rioters swept through downtown Vancouver following a Canucks loss to the Boston Bruins in the decisive Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final.

Vancouver Coastal Health spokeswoman Anna Marie D’Angelo said Thursday that three stabbing victims had been admitted and an unidentified man was in critical condition with head injuries after a fall from a viaduct."

These are the same fans who talked crap all season about other teams, then cheered their team as they cheap shotted their way into the Stanley Cup before running into a more physical team in Boston who beat Vancouver with their own style of thuggery.

Vancouver police say these weren't just fans upset with losing the Stanley Cup...

"Police Chief Jim Chu said nine officers were injured, including one who required 14 stitches after being hit with a thrown brick. Chu said some officers suffered bite marks. He said 15 cars were burned, including two police cars.

He called those who incited the riot “criminals and anarchists” and said officers identified some in the crowd as the same people who smashed windows and caused trouble through the same streets the day after the 2010 Winter Olympics opened in 2010.

“These were people who came equipped with masks, goggles and gasoline,” he said. “They had a plan.”

Classy.

"Assistant Fire Chief Wade Pierlot said people had to be rescued from rooftops and bathrooms where they had hidden for safety."

Canuck Fans Show Their True Colors

Pics Prove Scott Cousins Ignored Home Plate To Demolish Buster Posey

2011-06-04T03:00:00.003-05:00

A week after Florida Marlin Scott Cousins destroyed San Francisco Giants' catcher Buster Posey's season and perhaps damaged his career, there is still debate over Cousins' intent and whether MLB should look at rule changes to protect catchers.

For me it has been clear from the first time I saw the play - Scott Cousins was not attempting to touch home plate, he went out of the baseline to intentionally hit Buster Posey. Furthermore, Cousins turned his body sideways to protect himself from the impact but deliver the most damaging blow possible to Posey.

Posey was in front of home plate and slightly up the first base line, as the pictures prove. The pictures also prove Cousins stepped inside the third baseline, away from home plate, towards first base, and dove into Posey, who was now in front of the plate and without the ball, after having dropped the throw from RF.

If Posey had been in the usual position, straddling the third base line and blocking the plate, and Cousins had collided with him in an attempt to score, I would have no problem with the play. Collisions at home plate happen regularly, and injuries also happen, it's part of the game. But it's not part of the game to go out of the baseline, ignore any attempt to score, and try to annihilate a defensive player, while attempting to shield yourself from injury.

Every other collision in baseball has been chest to chest, and the runner usually folds his arms in front of his chest and pushes them out as he collides with the defender and the ball in glove, hoping to knock the ball out of the glove. Cousins turned his body sideways to become a projectile. That alone should have gotten him called out.

Don't agree with me? Let's look at the pictures. Watch Posey's position in regards to the plate, and watch Cousins' feet before he hurls himself sideways into Posey. (Click on any photo for a larger view, use the browser's back button to get back.)

Cousins on outside of 3rd base line

Cousins begins to move inside 3rd base line to hit Posey

Cousins moves further inside 3rd base line and at Posey, not home plate

Posey in front of home plate, leaving room for Cousins to try and score, but Cousins moves further inside base line towards Posey (notice where Cousins' head is pointed, outside the umpires' right foot and up the 1st baseline)

Cousins has both feet inside 3rd base line, diving at Posey who is in front of home plate, side of plate is exposed. To touch home plate, Cousins should be aiming for the outside of the umpires' left foot, instead he is aiming for the outside of the umpire's right foot

Notice Posey is still in front of home plate as Cousins dives to Posey's right, not toward home plate

Cousins turns his body sideways, pointed towards 1st base dugout, and not towards home plate

Cousins' blow bends Posey backwards, breaking his leg and tearing ligaments

Brian Sabean, the San Francisco Giants' General Manager, ripped Cousins to the media this week, understandably so. The umpires should have called Cousins out for leaving the base path. Is it an attempt to injure? No one can presume an injury will happen, but baseball's rules do not allow runners sliding into second base to ignore the bag and launch themselves into the defender, even more so when the defender is giving the runner a clear path to the base. This was a cheap shot if there ever was one. Cousins went out of his way to hit Posey, ignoring the plate. If I were MLB, not only should the umpires have called Cousins out, but after watching him run inside the baseline to target Posey, then turn his body sideways as a projectile, I would have also suspended Cousins for the cheap shot. This type of behavior has no place in sports.

Most Useless Product Guarantee Ever

2011-05-27T17:34:00.001-05:00

I picked up some Soshine rechargeable batteries from Deal Extreme because they were highly rated. I've used many different brands of rechargeable batteries and haven't found any I would recommend, including the highly touted Sanyo Eneloops.

When the Soshine's arrived today I noticed the product guarantee on the package, so I snapped some pictures.

At face value Soshine's product guarantee sounds great:

"We guarantee that we will repair or replace, at our option, any device damaged by these Soshine Ni-Mh rechargeable batteries..."

Wow, they don't replace the batteries, they will repair or replace any device damaged by the batteries. That's fantastic.

Then notice the following sentence:

"Guarantee void if batteries are charged by user or device."

Do I have to point out that these are rechargeable batteries?

Maybe they come pre-charged, and Soshine can't guarantee how they will behave once a user recharges them in the countless number of battery chargers on the market. Only, they are not pre-charged, as the bottom section of the packaging tells consumers:

"CHARGE BEFORE USE."

In capitol letters, nonetheless.

So Soshine will repair or replace your device if their dead-as-a-doornail batteries that have never been charged damage your camera, toy, etc.?

That's one hell of a guarantee, Soshine.

Martin Short Gives Osama Bin Laden A Musical Sendoff

2011-05-18T01:13:00.003-05:00

Martin Short was on David Letterman last night, and at the end of his segment he gave Osama Bin Laden a musical sendoff, titled, "Bastard In The Sand."

$30 Oil Tester Tells You When To Change Motor Oil

2011-05-11T21:40:00.000-05:00

Kickstarter is a wonderful company that helps small startups get funding and launch products that otherwise might never get made.

One of the current projects they are working on is Lubricheck, a handheld oil tester that determines when your motor oil needs changing, and can also warn you if something is going wrong with your engine.

Head over to the project page for more information.

Dog Tries To Play Fetch With A Statue

2011-05-08T22:07:00.000-05:00