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see ya, reader(s)
i’m sad to write that after a couple years and close to 1,200 posts today is the last day of delivering the news you can use here at sacred bird. while i’ve loved posting here about news you can use, 630 and i think it’s time to pack it in. from our first post, to [...]
you’ve got to be *&^% kidding me
here’s one from jolly old england that most likely would have celebrity chef gordon ramsay of kitchen nightmares cursing up a storm and saying ‘you’ve got to be *&^% kidding me.’ a pub chain in england is adding menu items to their repertoire–for dogs. butcher’s pet care is teaming up with brakspear to offer delectable [...]
now where’s that dingo?
of course i’m referring to that movie with meryl streep where she proclaimed “the dingo ate my baby” in the movie a cry in the dark about missing baby azaria chamberlain. american tourist jean barnard would have been happy to have had a dingo to whisk away the toddler that she claimed screamed so loud [...]
limiting the advancement of one colored person
the national association for the advancement of colored people (n.a.a.c.p.), the champion of civil rights can now take responsibility for the limiting of one colored person named shirley sherrod. ms. sherrod, up until yesterday, worked for the department of agriculture. she was forced to resign because a video of her giving a [...]
jessica simpson’s show won’t be sponsored by vaseline
not sure if anyone watched it, but jessica simpson had a show on vh1 called the price of beauty, a show designed to “explore how different cultures define beauty and the extraordinary lengths that women will go to in order to achieve it”. the show is being retooled, and is rumored to be yet another [...]
now you’re asking them to tell?
in an unprecendented move, the military is asking the forces what they think about gays in the military. they’re doing it by electronic survey distributed last week distributed to 400K active duty personnel. it’s unprecedented because they didn’t do this when, say, they were integrating the military or when they were including women and many [...]
last chance for beer with a smoke
this year will be the last year to grab a beer with a smoke at the world famous oktoberfest because bavaria is going smoke-free in 2011. 61% of the people of bavaria have voted to ban smoking in all bars, cafes, and restaurants starting in 2011. this is bavaria’s second go-round at the effort according to the [...]
