Dumbing Down America


Urban Outfitters pulls "Voting" tee off shelves. Under pressure from voting organizations, a group of Harvard professors and others, including hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, the chain pulled a retro-style tee sporting the slogan "Voting Is for Old People" from its 57 stores in North America


This woman tried to use a fake $1 million bill at a Georgia Wal-Mart store to pay for $1,672 worth of goods and asked for change. "It was green, but you could tell it was not a real bill," Mr Turner added. Alice Pike had three of the $1m bills when she was arrested at the store in Covington on Tuesday, police said. The US Treasury does not make $1m bills, which only go as high as $100. In 1969, the Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve System discontinued banknotes in denominations of $500, $1,000 and $10,000 due to lack of use.

The U.S. has given weapons-grade uranium to 43 countries including Pakistan since the 1950s under the Atoms for Peace program. The Department of Energy said in a report that among the countries which have refused to return the material are Pakistan , Iran, Israel, Mexico, Jamaica and South Africa. Why would they return the material when the U.S. is charging these countries $5,000 kilogram to get it back?

A judge in Panama City, Fl. ruled that Girls Gone Wild video series is NOT porn. Joe Francis, 30, and several of his employees were arrested at Panama City Beach while filming during spring break last April. Bay County sheriff's deputies charged Francis with racketeering related to prostitution and other crimes, based largely on videotapes of girls under 18. Many of the 43 counts he faces hinge on what conduct is considered illegal or pornographic. More reasons to validate your current collection, eh?

This is either stupidity or sheer brilliance: A Rikers Island inmate wants the Queens judge and prosecutor handling his drug case to pay him $500,000 any time either one uses his name without permission. James Walker is one of many state and federal inmates nationwide who are copyrighting their names and filing substantial liens against the judges and lawyers involved in their cases.


The girls over at DailyCandy jumps on the TV on the Radio bandwagon. Who went to last night's show at Southpaw? How was it? We actually stayed home on a Tuesday night and watched America's Next Top Model. We've missed so much. Like how did Shandi end up being in the top four?? And next week she has the sex with a person who is not her boyfriend. Oh the drama!!


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