Consumers everywhere can now put down their Siphilum divining rods, the Food and Drug Administration gave thumbs up for a next-day pregnancy prevention pill without prescription.
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Dell Has Something Important to Tell The Consumerist About Blazing Batteries
By 8.24.06
Seems our lil ol blog has finally raised the ire of Dell. A day that will go down in history. John Q. Pope, acting as media relator for Dell, wants to correct a post of ours, “Dell Battery Recall May Not End Explosions.”
Dell Battery Recall May Not End Explosions
By 8.24.06
Even if you sent your Dell battery back before it could explode and tear off half your face, you still may not be in the clear. Some computer engineers are pointing out that computer architecture might have just as much to do with the exploding Dell laptop.
Gel Bras OK’d For Takeoff
By 8.23.06
Flat chested travelers, rejoice! Gel bras are now allowed on flights! Squish, squish, hooray! Keep those tips up, etc!
HOWTO: Blow Up Airplanes With Liquids
By 8.18.06
How feasible was it for terrorists to mix together a few common chemicals into a big sky kablooie? People far smarter than us investigate. (Thanks to Caitlin!)
Federal Judge Orders NSA Spy Program Stopped
By 8.17.06
U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit today found the NSA domestic spying program “without warrant” and violated the First and Fourth Amendments. She ordered it stopped.
AOL Digs For Bars of Golds in Spammer’s Backyard
By 8.16.06
It’s official: AOL is koo-koo for cracko puffs.
UPDATE: RIAA Sucks Own Loogie Off File-Sharer’s Grave
By 8.15.06
Apparently mortified by the negative publicity they have received for suing the children of a dead man who is accused of file infringement (and obviously in no position to defend himself), the RIAA has declared a “temporary suspension” of the “productive settlement discussions” they were having with the grieving.
The Ubiquity of Broken Electronics Pilfering by the TSA
By 8.15.06
An anonymous reader sent us a curious little email yesterday evening. She claims that she has found an easy and environmentally safe way to discard of broken electronics, doo-dads and gizmos: pack them in her check-in luggage and wait for TSA monkeys to steal them.
Operation FTB: Taco Bell Sauce Dumping Video
By 8.14.06
I officially hate these Taco Bell jackasses now. Pedestrian rhetoric and wooting in the Taco Bell parking lot leads to storming a busy Taco Bell and disrupting everyone’s meal as they just completely trash the place by dropping 400 pounds worth of garbage on the floor. They claim that they “returned the sauce out of kindness” after rejecting the idea of using it as a prank, but come on… this was the prank.
Sierra Mist Ad Develops New Meaning Post 8/10
By 8.11.06
Jonathan Cowperthwait points us to a Sierra Mist commercial set in an airport security line. Our wild guesstimate is that it won’t be seen on TV anymore, strange prescience aside.
Oxymoronically, H&R Block Teaches Tax Classes
By 8.11.06
With $174 and 11 weeks, H&R Block will teach you to fuck up tax returns like the pros.
Terrorists! Apply Directly to the Forehead!
By 8.11.06
Sometimes an issue is too big for words, so then if a picture is worth a thousand of ’em, this image by reader Matt is worth like a million bucks.
US Threatens to Sue if Maine Probes Verizon’s Phone Record Gift to NSA
By 8.8.06
Verizon customers in Maine asked the Public Utilities Commission to investigate whether the cellphone company handed over their phone records to the NSA. A July 28th letter from the DOJ to the PUC asked them to demure, and intimated at possible legal action.
