Schizo America

Eco-shaped water bottle, gimmick?

Schizo America — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:10:39 +0000

Eco-Shaped Bottles
What a selling point, but what does it mean? There is an indent half way up the bottle
Arrowhead says they have made TWO big changes, 30% less plastic per bottle and the label is 1/3 smaller.
30% less plastic could come from the indent, which is also sold as a positive for the buyer because ‘its easier to hold!’
So the manufacturer uses 30% less plastic, puts in the same or less water and charges the same or more than older style bottles. It’s a win-win for the bottled water company.
I suspect that people have no idea how much money they spend on liquids that they put into their bodies, so they think they’re ‘doing good’ when they buy the eco-shape bottle and recycle it, not knowing that they could have money in the bank and one container refilled from taps at home and work.
No bottle at all would be best for the environment, no recycling, no chemicals leaching into the water from the plastic bottles. Most places in America have – gasp, how uncool – tap water that can be put into reusable containers and carried around.

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Bush vs Obama, WTF?

Schizo America — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:09:52 +0000

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Its Summertime, be sure to wear high heels when you’re motorcycling in the mountains, LOLZ

Schizo America — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:00:39 +0000

High heels, golden pants, two belts, khaki shirt, Indiana Jones hat and classic motorcycle. Yep, a typical American woman heading off on summer vacay?
Anywhoooooo, I’ll be driving a big SUV, with beach towels, boogie boards, and multiple kids! Like most American moms lucky enough to get some time away this summer.

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Purse Power, um, can’t women get power any other way?

Schizo America — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:23:23 +0000

Um, is that like Super Spidey senses?
A purse does not give you power.
Carrying a $15,000 purse does not give you power.
It just means you have $15,000 less in your bank account, or you’ve charged $15,000 on a credit card.

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Racist shooting game? Shoot women immigrants as they cross the border

Schizo America — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:43:20 +0000

I just came across a post at Sociological Images about an outrageously racist flash video game called Border Patrol. They note that in the game, “you try to keep three types of Mexicans from crossing the border: drug dealers, Mexican nationalists, and ‘breeders.’” Video game site Kotaku — which thankfully also calls the video game racist — gives a highly similar description. As you’ll notice in the image above, which is of a heavily pregnant and barefoot caricatured woman crossing the border, she is also on her way to the welfare office.

But you may also notice something else. Looking at the image, there are bullet holes in the sign that says “Welcome to the United States” (with a picture of a flag that seems to indicate an anti-Semitic message that the country is run by Jews — am I missing something?). The woman in the game also looks like her head is in the cross hairs of a gun.

That’s right, in this game we’re not “stopping” Mexican immigrants from crossing the border without documentation by, oh, calling the police. Or by using another horrific and degrading option like catching them in a net to send them back over the border.

No, players are shooting them dead.

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What’s in your cigarettes

Schizo America — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:53:46 +0000

YUMMY

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4th of July, lets remember when the US didn’t do it right

Schizo America — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:02:33 +0000

This is a statue in Dallas’ Freedmans Cemetary, of two slaves, with whip marks on their backs. Its Independence Day for all, equality for all.

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Accidental racism on 4th of July??

Schizo America — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:25:12 +0000

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Martha Stewart went to jail for insider trading, so should Congressmen who bought/sold bank stocks as banks tanked.

Schizo America — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:42:16 +0000

Members of U.S. House Financial Services Committee snapped up or dumped bank stocks as bottom fell out of market
Posted by Stephen Koff and Sabrina Eaton/Plain Dealer Reporters June 25, 2009 22:29PM

• Members of Congress were chasing profits while making policy
WASHINGTON — As financial markets tumbled and the government worked to stave off panic by pumping billions of dollars into banks last fall, several members of Congress who oversee the banking industry were grabbing up or dumping bank stocks.

Anticipating bargains or profits or just trying to unload before the bottom fell out, these members of the House Financial Services Committee or brokers on their behalf were buying and selling stocks including Bank of America and Citigroup — some of the very corporations their committee would later rap for greed, a Plain Dealer examination of congressional stock market transactions shows.

Financial disclosure records show that some of these Financial Services Committee members, including Ohio Rep. Charlie Wilson, made bank stock trades on the same day the banks were getting a government bailout from a program Congress approved. The transactions may not have been illegal or against congressional rules, but securities attorneys and congressional watchdog groups say they raise flags about the appearance of conflicts of interest.

“I don’t think that any of these people should be owning these types of financial instruments,” said Brian Biggins, a Cleveland securities lawyer and former stock brokerage manager. “I’m not saying they shouldn’t be in the stock market. But if they’re on the banking committee and trading in these kinds of stocks, I don’t think that’s right.”

For example, Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, a Florida Republican, bought Citigroup stock valued between $1,001 and $15,000 on Oct. 2, the day before the House passed the financial rescue bill and President George W. Bush signed it into law, records show. She opposed the bill.

Eleven days later, she bought $1,001 to $15,000 worth of Bank of America stock. It was on the same day that then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told leading banks that he expected them to accept billions in bailout money to prevent a financial meltdown.

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Sexist baby toys

Schizo America — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:57:56 +0000

Fisher-Price thinks baby girls should play with lipstick and purses…

While little boys play with work bags and tools.

HMMMM….

Looks sexist…

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