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Dying to Avoid Life

The birth control patch is dangerous, it would seem: > [A] dozen women, most in their late teens and early 20s . . . died last year from blood clots believed to be related to the birth control patch. Dozens more survived strokes and other clot-related problems, according to federal drug safety

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Is This Interrogation . . .

. . . or a fun night at a San Fransisco nightclub? > United States interrogators at Guantanamo Bay subjected a suspected terrorist to abusive and degrading treatment, forcing him to wear a bra, dance with another man and behave like a dog, military investigators said yesterday. Link [http://news.scotsman.com/international.

Brews You Can Use II

We learn something new everyday. Last night, we learned that July is beer month. Link [http://www.americanbeermonth.com/]. Note to new visitors: If the blog seems rather "top heavy" with drinking information today, that's because it's Friday. We feature "Brews You Can

If the T-Shirt Fits, Wear It

Maybe it's the six pack he quaffed at the Elks club, but Eric Scheske about shot beer out his nose when he saw this story from The Smoking Gun: > Since you usually can't anticipate an arrest for drunk driving, a motorist does not have the

Coprophiliac Strikes Starbucks!

Freaks: > Oregon cops are trying to figure out who stashed a wireless pinhole video camera inside a roll of toilet paper in a Starbucks bathroom. The camera, powered by a nine volt battery, was outfitted with a wireless transmitter that could have sent the video to a receiver up

Odd Consumer News

This article says more people are going to start eating goat. Link [http://www.deridderdailynews.com/articles/2005/07/13/news/news6.txt]. Excerpt: > "The population that eats goat meat is increasing in the United States," Hankins said, explaining one segment of that population are people of

Cooter Ain't Crazy . . .

. . . he just forgot that Hollywood doesn't know anything else: > If television's "Crazy Cooter" has his way, fans of the "Dukes of Hazzard" may be speeding away from a new movie version of the cornpone classic faster than the Duke boys running

Wait Until the Homo-Lesbian Crowd Hears This

A father kills his son in an effort to toughen him up . . . and to make sure the boy isn't gay: > Even though the boy would shake and wet himself, his father, Ronnie Paris Jr., would box with the 3-year-old, slapping him in the head until

With a Side of Fried Cat

Odd Consumer News: Restaurant owner David Kerr said Wednesday that he received lots of complaints and abusive phone calls after he started serving horse steaks [called "Mr. Ed is Dead"] at his eatery in Hamilton, North Island, as part of an annual event during which restaurateurs compete to