If you’re looking to lose a little weight, there’s nothing like a short cut to make the job easier. Americans in particular seem to love the idea of a get-thin-quick scheme. There’s everything from fad banana diets to the use of pills as weight loss helpers. The truly desperate turn to surgery, but it looks […]
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Orioles and White Sox To Play In Empty Stadium
Posted 4/28/2015 7:42 pm by Ron HoganAnother day, another troublesome situation. This time it’s on the sporting field, rather than in the middle of the rioting, fiery streets. The Baltimore Orioles aren’t known for a lot of on-field success; indeed, the words ‘middling’ or ‘woeful’ is often used to describe the team from a historical standpoint. Now the Orioles are going […]
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Baltimore Explodes In Looting And Riots
Posted 4/27/2015 8:32 pm by Ron HoganIn the best of times, Baltimore, Maryland, is not the best city in the world to live in. There are nice places to be sure, but the rest of the city is notorious for violence, chaos, and a general post-apocalyptic environment that would put any zombie movie to shame. It’s a troubled place, and police […]
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Starbucks Gives Away Thousands Of Free Items
Posted 4/25/2015 6:37 am by Ron HoganDid you get a chance to go by Starbucks last night? If you did, then you probably came away with a surprisingly large amount of money. No, Starbucks wasn’t giving cash away, but they weren’t taking cash away either. Last night, the Starbucks point of sale system went down and the company had no way […]
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Brittney Griner And Fiancee Arrested For Assault
Posted 4/23/2015 6:11 pm by Ron HoganUsually when you hear about giant WNBA star Brittney Griner, the 6’8 center is dominating the competition on the court, or at worst, punching her opponents in the face during the course of a game. However, it’s an off-court altercation Griner had with another WNBA player that’s getting her in trouble. That player also happened […]
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Church Botulism Outbreak Kills 1, Sickens 23
Posted 4/22/2015 7:39 pm by Ron HoganThere’s nothing like a good potluck. I love it. Everyone shows up with a big plate or bowl or crock pot of something great and everyone shares and eats too much and then eats more, because there’s so much stuff left over. The epicenter of potlucks in the South is usually the local church, but […]
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Netflix Is Bringing Back “Full House”
Posted 4/21/2015 7:08 pm by Ron HoganNetflix is really climbing into the original content game with both feet now. Not only are they bringing in great original content like Marvel’s Daredevil, they’re also making sequels to hit movies like Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon II. Now they’re combining their worlds, making sequels to hit television shows from decades previous. Netflix is making […]
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The “Batman v Superman” Trailer Lives!
Posted 4/17/2015 9:26 pm by Ron HoganEarlier today, the trailer for the upcoming Batman/Superman adventure from Warner Brothers and DC leaked online. DC made the rounds and got it pulled down wherever possible, but the bat is out of the bag and no amount of takedowns can make us all unsee that. The best thing about leaked trailers is that they […]
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Adrian Peterson Is Coming Back Next Year
Posted 4/16/2015 8:02 pm by Ron HoganIn 2011, Adrian Peterson blew out his left knee, tearing his ACL and MCL. The next year, he came back and just missed breaking the NFL single-season rushing record by 9 scant yards. In that spectacular year, he scored both the MVP and the Offensive Player of the Year awards in a masterful season running behind […]
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Mailman Lands Gyrocopter On US Capitol Lawn
Posted 4/15/2015 8:51 pm by Ron HoganCampaign finance reform is a big issue facing the United States. Increasingly, it seems like the side with the most money wins the races, or at least both sides have to spend millions of dollars to win anything. That’s why people who support campaign finance reform tend to be a little more animated about it […]
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Google Doodle’s Pony Express Game
Posted 4/14/2015 5:07 pm by Ron HoganGoogle loves any excuse to make a game, and it seems like a Google Doodle event is a great excuse to also create some sort of Doodle-based game. They’ve done them for entertainment properties like the Google Whodle game, and for existing video games, like Google Pac-Man. However, it’s not often that they do a […]
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Hillary Clinton To Launch Presidential Bid Sunday
Posted 4/10/2015 6:36 pm by Ron HoganShe’s already lived in the White House for eight years, and now she wants to go back. Senator, Secretary of State, and now President? Since her primary loss to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton has had her eyes on the big chair, and all the other stuff she’s done has simply been to add to her […]
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Seven Kentucky Underclassmen Declare For NBA Draft
Posted 4/09/2015 6:21 pm by Ron HoganNo college basketball coach has won as many games in a single season as John Calipari. He’s got three 38-win seasons to his name, and given his prowess at recruiting, that number looks to grow as he racks up wins and NBA draft picks, in that order. It’s a credit to his ability to coach […]
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Crack A Cold One For National Beer Day
Posted 4/07/2015 7:10 pm by Ron HoganAround the world, there’s one thing that reaches across all races, creeds, and cultures, and that’s the allure of a nice, cold, frosty beer in hand. In Europe, tipple a Belgian Ale or an English Stout. In South America, beer powers the fun of Carnivale. In Africa, Guinness is the beer of choice. North America […]
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Easter Bunny Stuffed With Meth
Posted 4/06/2015 5:43 pm by Ron HoganDrug dealers will do anything to move their product without people paying them any attention. Anything can be used to smuggle drugs, and nothing is sacred. Not pregnant women, not kid’s fashions, and definitely not toys. Even toys related to one of the most adorable holidays on the holiday book aren’t going to escape manipulation. […]
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Welcome The Blood Moon
Posted 4/03/2015 8:53 pm by Ron HoganIt seems that every time something interesting is happening in the night sky, I dutifully drag myself out of bed, go out into the chill of the night, and watch the skies. Among my favorite events is the blood moon, a lunar eclipse in which the moon turns a lovely shade of red. I was […]
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A Gallon Of Tea A Day Can Kill Your Kidneys
Posted 4/02/2015 8:37 pm by Ron HoganThere’s something very satisfying about a nice helping of tea. Iced tea on a hot day, hot tea on a cold day, tea is pretty much satisfying in any context. Certainly a man from Little Rock, Arkansas, would agree, or he would have before a very weird, very horrible accident. An Arkansas man who drank […]
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