SUE the pope!!?

Campaign Launched To Arrest Pope During U.K. Visit

Richard Dawkins, a famous atheist campaigner, along with Slate columnist Christopher Hitchens, have asked human rights lawyers to write up a case against Pope Benedict XVI that would have him arrested "for crimes against humanity." The plan is to charge the pope with covering up cases of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. Although his visit to England in September will officially be called a state visit, Hitchens and Dawkins say the pope wouldn't be able to claim diplomatic immunity because the Vatican doesn't meet the criteria to be classified as a state under international law.

Read more in the London Times

Clean Needles for Junkies Means Less HIV, lower taxes

This is such an persuasive and interesting point of view on providing clean needles for injectors. At first I think people are like, HELL NO, give needles to junkies?!?! But then when I hear how drastically it cuts down on the spread of HIV and other diseases, disease our tax dollars will have to pay for later and that put us in jeapordy, I'm like PLEASE, hook the junkies up!

The Pearl Brunch Delights Once Again!

Click to get a free entree coupon for Restaurant at the Pearl. Pearl Family, Rain, rain, go away. Blue sky’s are here, the weather is warm, and the pool heater is cranking! Here at The Pearl Hotel, we think the best way to welcome the summer season is by rolling out brand new menus and raising our glasses to months of sunshine and good vibes. See below for special messages from Executive Chef Spencer Johnston about his new menu and also from our F&B Manager John Resnick regarding our new cocktail menu. Upcoming at the Pearl is our Ballast Point Beer Brunch this Sunday, April 11th from 11AM-3PM. Read below for ticket info and the menu. Also, is the long awaited return of our Groove 24/7 $20 Brunch. Twenty bucks goes a long way at the Pearl, with an entrée and endless mimosas. Woohoo for summer and our new Dive-In schedule posted below! April 11th: Ballast Point Beer Brunch. Four stations with delicious pairings for only $30. 11-3PM. Come see why the Pearl and Ballast Point are a match made in heaven. To purchase tickets go tohttp://e2ma.net/go/8157736269/2711284/93343523/11827/goto:http://tiny.cc/ballastpoint or get your tickets at Restaurant at the Pearl from 5-11PM Monday through Saturday. For the menu and more info click here.

THREAD Fashion Event is Back!

If you have already RSVP'd for THREAD this weekend, we look forward to spending one of our favorite days of the year reveling in design heaven with you. If you haven't, well, what in the world are you waiting for? Follow this link and RSVP on our website to get into THREAD Show for only $8 this Sunday, April 11. Shopping aside, we've got a lot of cool stuff in store for you this weekend. Want to hear all about it? Click here for the 411.


THREAD PRE-PARTY - SATURDAY, APRIL 10
Want to get warmed up with us on Saturday evening? Join us at the W Hotel for a hosted SVEDKA bar from 9 to 10 p.m., Buddy Akai playing live in the Living Room and a THREAD preview fashion show. The icing on the cake? It's free. All you have to do is RSVP to get in the door with all your peeps. Email vip@tkent.com to RSVP.

Nothing Better to Do This Weekend? Busker Festival It Is

Seaport Village Spring Busker Festival, April 10 - 11, 2010, 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Ok the Busker Festival in Seaport Village was sorta gay last year but in a good way. The restaurants in Seaport Village may be ultra touristy and made me gag one particular afternoon but the scenery is top notch. The harbor walk looks over the bay and Coronado and winds into rolling green hills where people fly kites, hard to be cynical about mediocre street performers and muscians in that setting. Plus there is a Ben& Jerrys where you can get your ice cream on and the Busker Festival runs into night (with adult themed content!) where you can at $1 Beers if you Sign up with SD CityBeat!

The New 10 Commandments, FUNNY!

Chris Hitchens may look dour but he has a funny dry sense of humor and gives an eye opening take on the Christians top rules of how to live!

Squid on your Pizza Hut Pie? Lamb in your Big Mac?

(CNN) -- After thousands of years of civilization, finally India has Crunchwraps.
In March, a Taco Bell opened in Bangalore, the first Indian outpost of the chain.
About 2,500 people a day have been lining up to try burritos and quesadillas, helped out by employees hired to explain what, exactly, burritos and quesadillas are, according to reports.
But Indian customers aren't just ordering the Tex-Mex treats known in the U.S. Yum Foods, Taco Bell's parent company, came up with a bunch of special menu items designed for local palates: crunchy potato tacos and extra-spicy burritos filled with paneer, the rubbery, fresh Indian cheese.
This move is what people in the trade call product localization: customizing what you're selling to the people you're selling it to. It's a crucial strategy in the global fast-food business. American chains are bringing burgers and pizza and chimichangas to Asia, but they are also adapting to their new homes, coming up with hybrid foods that the folks back home don't hear about.
This is nothing new, of course. McDonald's, which has branches in more than 119 countries, has been customizing its menus for years.

Read The Rest of these zany Fast Food Creations the US is pooping on the world on CNN

Bristol Palin: Wrong Fucking Angle

Nerve Blog Got this Right:

Apr 7th, 2010
Bristol Palin’s New Abstinence PSA Has Some Problems
Posted by James Brady Ryan
For instance, its basic message seems to be that well-off teens can fuck around to their hearts’ content, but if you’re poor? Get your goodies back into your off-brand jeans, dumbass.


Just so we’re clear:

- Going all the way in the back of your dad’s Lexus? YES.

- A quickie on your break from one of your three part-time jobs? NO.

- Getting busy at your parents’ beach house in East Hampton? SOUNDS HOT.

- Sliding into home with your high-school-dropout boyfriend? WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?

This is not to say that there aren’t real and significant differences that economic status plays in the lives of teen parents. But methinks that this message is not going to go over as well as the minds behind this ad had planned.

Also: isn’t that just the cutest little life-ruining mistake she’s holding?! Just absolutely precious.

The Atrocious Double Down from KFC

"The bun-free ("so meaty, there's no room") sandwich features two pieces of bacon, two slices of melted cheese and "Colonel's Sauce" - which KFC officials said is a "zesty mayonnaise" -- slathered between two chicken filets"....
"Response from around the Internet ranges from Consumerist.com's "mysteriously tempting (and potentially lethal)" and the Huffington Post's "going too far" to the Lincoln Journal Star's "fast-food-related crimes against humanity"......

This really just saddens me. Way over 1/2 of Americans are overweight or obese, our kids are fucking dying due to overeating and unhealthy eating. Oh also, all while people are staving in other counties. Companies purposefully make their food addictive and high fat and for what? Money. Knowingly killing a nation for money. Sickening, really.

Read the Rest of the Article on CNN

This Won't Help Keep that Double Down Down....

And if you plan on eating a Double Down and you haven't already seen this infamous expose then maybe you'll think twice....

This is from a chain e-mail my uncle sent me, still gross!
WATCH WHAT YOU BUY
ESPECIALLY HIGHLINER FISH PRODUCTS; all come from China , even though the box says ' product of Canada ', it is from China and'processed' in Canada , that is, the coating is added and packaged in Canada only! The fish are raised in pens using chemicals that are banned here in Canada as cancer causing but legal in China . This was exposed on CBC TV's Marketplace .
This one will make you think before buying anything from China .

Well, are you enjoying seeing Chinese food popping up in your supermarket left and right? Have you noticed you can't buy a single package of fish that isn't made in China (or Vietnam )? Do you think your food from China is processed in a sanitary manner, and thus safe to eat? Take a look at this!!
THINK ABOUT IT. These undercover enclosed pictures speak a thousand words. Avoid buying all processed food packaged in China. Anything goes! We just don't know what else is in those packages. Unlike in the US And CANADA , China does not have laws regulating food processing.

Basically, do not buy any processed food from China , also Hong Kong , too. MANY companies are using a Hong Kong address to avoid this type of image reputation.

Early dawn, starts the day by riding around to collect dead chickens.


Asking around for dead chickens.


Total of 5 riders are hired by the boss to ride to farms to buy dead chickens.



A dead chicken cost 1 RMB and would be sold at 9 RMB after processing.
Storage for the dead chickens in the court yard.


Carcasses are thrown everywhere.


And on the floor....
Four employees start de-feathering the dead fowl after soaking in boiling water from a rusty wok.




Enduring the pungent odor, but sometime,
it gets so terrible that even the most experienced of the workers would puke.


Workers rushing to get the chickens de-feathered.


A discarded bath tub being used to soak the bare skin dead chickens....The contaminated water would have accelerated the decomposition process.


Wearing slippers walking among the chickens before the coloring processing.



After the color dye, its creepy to find that they are quite tenderized.



And now presenting the mouth watering Charcoal Roasted Chicken!


YUUUUUUUUMMM. Ugh. NOT. Barforoni.

Crafty businessmen know that consumers do not prefer products 'made in china', so they don't show from which country it is made.

However, you may now refer to the barcode, remember if the first 3 digits is 690 to 695, then it is Made in China .
OTHER BARCODES:

00 ~ 13 USA & CANADA
30 ~ 37 FRANCE
40 ~ 44 GERMANY
49 ~ JAPAN
50 ~ UK
57 ~ Denmark
64 ~ Finland
76 ~ Switzerland and Lienchtenstein
628 ~ Saudi-Arabien
629 ~ United Arab Emirates
740 ~ 745 - Central America
All 480 Codes are Made in the Philippines.

Jenny McCartthy and Jim Carrey Split after 5 years

I gotta say, I'm pretty bummed about this one. He was so good with her autistic son and she with his adult daughter....It always seemed like they were having a blast together, I mean you can imagine right?! Welp, that life, not just Hollywood. We change cell phones, cars, jobs, houses, shirts, airlines, bars, restaurants constantly. What makes us think our friends and relationships won't be subject to variety either???

Read More about the break up HERE

Phillipines Got Talent’s Horse Lady

Wow. Wow. Wow. I'm freaked. I'm amazed. I'm.....wow.

The Toilet Paper Debate You Didn't Care About Is Over

Cottonelle held a nationwide poll on whether people think you should put the toilet paper roll on rolling over or under. Hotels roll it over so I supposed that was the proper way to do it but I like mine rolling under and no debate is gonna change the way I hang my hiney wipes! Over won by a landslide, 72% to 28%.

Check out the Cottonelle Rollover Debate Results HERE

Used Panties Anyone??

What do Victoria Secrets, Macys, Gap, Blooming Dale, and Nordstrom's have in common?

All of these stores sell used Panties. Great......

They take back panties that their customers return and put them back on the rack to sell as new.

If Victoria Secrets gets panties back that are wet or that have an odor they hang them in the back until they dry and them put them back on the rack.

This incredibly revolting and it makes me want to go commando all the time. Ugh, that's not gonna work, I love my panties. Guess you just gotta wash before you wear people!!

Watch the hidden camera expose on The Today Show!!

Erykah Badu Bears it All to Speak out Against Group Think

Erykah's Badu's latest video "Window Seat" has been under huge controversy that marketers can only dream of. The top read story on CNN for day's was about Erykah being cited for public nudity in the filming of "Window Seat." Check out the video below and also check out Wanda Skykes spoof on it!! Oh by the way? The song is dope and the album doper. Check out Amerykah and buy it today!!

Watch Erykah Badu's Video HERE!!



"Window Seat" Spoof on Wanda Sykes Show:

Single Lady Get's Fired

This poor sweet little boy has his dreams of being a Diva bashed by his Father!

A Butt Loan

The other day my friend tried to text me "Butt Load" (as in, I have a butt load of stuff to get done) but typed in "Butt Loan" instead. I dunno why but I almost died laughing, it just sounded so funny! Then it made me sad. Because I love great butts and I wish there was some system I could have one loaned to me, it only for a short time to use as my own butt. I knew a damn butt loan!


Nike Likes Big Butts Too!!!:

Breast-Feeding Could Save Hundreds of Babies, Billions of Dollars

Breast-feeding helps to prevent certain illnesses in infants, including ear infections, juvenile diabetes, childhood leukemia, stomach viruses, and more. It's also cheaper than baby formula. A new study published in the journal Pediatrics on Monday claims that breast-feeding in the United States for the six months of a child's life would save billions of dollars and about 900 babies annually. "Those startling results ... are only an estimate," the Associated Press reported. "But several experts who reviewed the analysis said the methods and conclusions seem sound." The study on breast-feeding, whose lead author, Melissa Bartick, calls a public health issue as opposed to a lifestyle choice, estimates that annual savings would be $13 billion. Some of that total is based on lost potential lifetime earnings—$10.56 million per individual—for unnecessary infant deaths.

MOST APPALLING:
Currently, only about 43 percent of women in the United States breast-feed their children with only 12 percent doing so for a full six months.

Hilarious Easter Eggs!!

The King of All Brunch Sundays: Easter Sunday

I don't believe that we live forever and ever with a ghost in the sky and all the people who went to church every Sunday. But you crazy Christians do have one thing right, you tie your holidays in with BOMB MEALS and chocolate and gifts!! So here comes Easter Sunday, and the delicious brunch that follows. I know Hillcrest, Land of Brunch and Booze (among other things hehe), is going to have some wonderful specials for the gay and straight masses that flock, hungover, to Hillcrest to enjoy all you can eat buffets and more importantly, bottomless mimosas and bloody marys. Check out Baja Betty's deal below and then hop on Yelp! to find more places to give thanks for ham, potatoes and Champagne before noon!!

Beiber Fever has hit America!!

I KNOW I'm not the only one who thinks Justin Beiber is just fucking adorable. Well I know most girls under 16 agree with me but some adults like him to. He's got this high pitched soulful voice, cute face and Ludicrous has made it ok to like him by rapping in one of his songs. Check out the video and see for yourself, is he not irresistible? Or am I a total creep...

Watch Out, It's April Fool's Day!

TOP APRIL FOOLS DAY PRANKS: (Even Google's Home Page today is in on the action!)

Will your April Fool's Day prank become history? Pranksters will have to dupe the masses and do it with style if they want to make the Museum of Hoaxes website.

Here's a sample of what are considered some of the best pranks of all time:

In 1957, a BBC news show broadcast an in depth piece about Swiss spaghetti farmers that showed workers harvesting strands of pasta from trees. Plenty of intrigued viewers called the station, asking how they could get their hands on a spaghetti tree.
BBC employees told callers it was easy, just throw a piece of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope it works out.

"Sports Illustrated" caused an April 1st frenzy in 1985 when the magazine published an exclusive report about Sid Finch, a major league prospect who could hurl a baseball 168-miles-an-hour with perfect accuracy. The article claimed the made-up player honed his craft in a Tibetan monastery under the guidance of a renowned poet-saint.

The Taco Bell Corporation sparked a 1996 uproar when the company announced it had purchased the Liberty Bell and renamed it the "Taco Liberty Bell." When asked about the sale at a White House press briefing, then-secretary Mike McCurry reportedly announced that the Lincoln Memorial had also been sold and renamed the "Ford Lincoln Memorial."

A grass-roots prank printed in a small newsletter went national when readers were shocked to learn state legislators in Alabama had voted to change the mathematical constant pi 1/8 1/8 pie 3/8 3/8 to the "Biblical value." The small "New Mexicans for Science and Reason" newsletter quickly gained national attention. The authors drafted the article in 1998 to poke fun at legislators pushing to make teaching evolution optional in public schools.

In 1999 Burger King announced the new left-handed Whopper. The company took out a full page ad in "USA Today" highlighting the first ever burger designed for 32-million left-handed Americans. The company issued a release detailing the hoax after thousands of customers either ordered a left-handed burger or made it a point to mention they wanted to stick with the classic, right-handed version.

CHECK OUT THE TOP 100 APRIL FOOL'S DAY HOAXES OF ALL TIME!!

CHECK OUT ABC's APRIL FOOLS SHOWS

A Home For Aged Sex-Workers, Some Still Work

The Vice Magazine Website has tons of cool stuff on their website. Just checked this mini documentary on a home in Mexico that house senior citizen sex workers who have nowhere to go. Some of these women are even still working! Check out Part 1 one below, click here to view Part 2

Funny Old Spice Commercial

Hilarious Gaga Chatroulette VId!!

Polaroid Film Is Back!

IMPOSSIBLE'S FIRST BRAND NEW INSTANT FILM
After 31.536.000 nerve-wracking seconds of excitement and hope, joy and exhaustion, devastating setbacks and auspicious progress, The Impossible Project is proud to present its own child: the newly developed Instant Film - the PX 100 Silver Shade, optimized for all SX70 cameras and ready to be purchased and inhaled in a first limited First Flush Edition now!

As the production capacities at our factory in Enschede are currently running at full throttle in order to manufacture the first batches of PX 100 film, we aim to start production of the PX 600 Silver Shade designed for 600 cameras once the demand for PX 100 is fulfilled in approximately 3 weeks.

Need a New Pandora Station? DIPLO

The East Coast hailing master of beats, Diplo, is probably best known as an MIA collaborator and past love interest. Diplo has some bad ass sounds that span a really wide range of sounds and samplings. Because of this when I put him on Pandora I found about 5 other artists I liked! A white guy who can spin beats is sexy! Buuuut....he is 5'6:(

If you don't know about Pandora, get out from under your rock and click HERE

Ricky Martin States the Somewhat Obvious

RIcky Martin is gay. I love it. Ok, moving on....

30th on 30th is going off TONIGHT!!

This event looks like a total blast for foodies, beer lovers and those who need a fun event that is easy on the wallet. 30th Avenue which runs through some of the best beer houses and restaurant areas is serving up their best to patrons all night long. Ride your back or take line 2 on the bus to experience what North Park to South Park has to offer!!

This month's 30th on 30th is on Tuesday, March 30th

Here's the program: on the 30th of each month, a bunch of restaurants and bars on and near 30th Street offer specials, such as a feature appetizer for $2. This makes it easy for you to go on a restaurant crawl and check out all the amazing places on the 30th Street Corridor. Most places start their specials between 5 and 6pm. So come on out.

The following places have told me they're doing something, I don't always know what yet. Some highlights this month: Urban Solace is rocking it with a patio station and complimentary appetizers just for the event; Alchemy is dim sum; Splash is half price wine all nite (I will be there, no doubt).

Alchemy: Our tour to the great neighborhoods of the world continues with a visit to China Town San Francisco: $2 Tasting pour of Plum Wine, $2 Beef and Ginger Gyoza ~ scallion / black sesame / soy mirin sauce, $3 Cantonese Spring Roll ~ pork / shrimp / mushroom / cabbage / spicy mango dipping sauce

The Station: $5 sautéed chicken or beef skewers.

The Whistle Stop: Extended happy hour prices: $1 off all drinks

Sea Rocket Bistro: $2 tapas menu, plus a bottle of Ballst Point Calico Ale & spicy ground beef Sloppy Joe for $8

Bluefoot Bar: $2 pints of Trumer Pils

Mosaic: $2 tastes of wine or local beer, and $2 tastes of pizza (2 slices for $2) all night.

The Linkery: $2 small plate of grassfed beef short rib, with an optional $2 half pour of 30th Street Pale Ale. Also, $2 half pour of Linkery's own blends of red or white wine.

Bar Pink: $3 Sneaky Tikis

True North: $3 shots: Washington Apples, Sex on the beach, Kamikaze, or Alabama Slammer

Urban Solace: (and I quote Matt) "We are going to do the patio station setup this month with a special cocktail 'Cherry Cola' Red Stag Cherry Bourbon, House Brandied Cherry Juice, Classic Cola $4.00; our Vin de Solace Wine tastes $2.00; and free tastes of special appetizers like Pork Belly Pie and Duck Tostadas with House Made Honeyed Ricotta Cheese -- 5:30 to 9:00 pm on the patio at Urban Solace"
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Heaven Sent Desserts: 30th Street Parfait for $3.25

West Coast Tavern: 30 cent wings!

Splash Wine Lounge: $2 white crunchy crostinis and, um, HALF PRICE WINE ALL NITE.

Toronado: $3 pints of 30th Street Pale Ale; $2 Hot Dogs / Veggie Dogs

Ritual Tavern: 30th Street Tacos (Niman Ranch Carnitas and Salsa Verde) 2 for $5, Alpine Nelson Rye IPA on cask

Sicilian Thing: $1 pizza slices from 8pm to close


Crazee Burger: $2.00 off any regularly priced burger or sandwich (1 per person)

Jayne's Gastropub: $5 Niman ranch ground beef sliders, with Vermont cheddar, house-pickled onions and garlic aioli. $3 Trumer Pilsner and Guinness.

Cantina Mayahuel: $2 street tacos and mini tortas, $2 beers, $5 select premium tequilas & margaritas.

The 30th Street Corridor, I propose, is the best culinary street in the nation. If I'm wrong about that (and I'm open to hearing about other streets), at the very least it's really fun and delicious and has hundreds of taps of local craft beer. See you on 30th!

Lovin the new Audi A3

Audi's are already the hottest car out right now. Mercedes, BMW, Lexus have all had their time, now it's Audi time and their new A3 model is a more compact version of their popular sedan. It has a hatchback and comes in 2 and 4 door models and also has a soft top convertible option!! I can't only imagine how much this machine hugs the road...