shamwhat ?

Allllright ... I'm only posting this because up until last night I had never even heard of the Shamwow ... I don't know how I got so lucky. I was at a party last night and since we're generally nerdy, a heated debate on the economy erupted amongst the smokers on the back porch. We were discussing China's recent proposal to adopt a new monetary standard/currency not tied to one country (ie the USA) ... in the midst of this someone joked that the "the Shamwow should be the new standard" ... everyone laughed, but me who asked "Shamwhat?" ... So yes, even the fellow non-TV owners knew of him. Somehow I have been able to completely avoid this ubiquitous TV entity hocking his shlep-wears ... I still don't know exactly what it is ... a fancy towel ? Why is this a thing?

Anyway, the synchronicity seemed too perfect cause for the first time in years I pulled up The Smoking Gun and found this ... ShamWow Guy In Slap, Chop Bust: TV pitchman battered hooker in South Beach hotel room brawl

All I can think is that he shoulda covered his fists in the ShamWows as to avoid leaving a mark. And his name is for real "Vince Shlomi". You go ShamWow Dude!

Best Quote Ever

Let me just sum up what the article is about: Nebraska's Supreme Court held that the electric chair was cruel and unusual (i.e. an unconstitutional and thus illegal form of capital punishment). Nebraska law only provides for a person to be sentenced to death by electrocution which it can't do now because of the Supreme Court holding. So the big question is what to do with all the inmates sentenced to death? Right now there's no law on the books in Nebraska allowing for an alternate form of execution and even if there were, some of the inmates were specifically sentenced to "death by electrocution". And now the best quote ever:

"If someone tells you with confidence that they know how this will come out, you should get an ounce of what they're smoking," said Bob Schopp, a law professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln who specializes in criminal law and capital punishment.

Outcome: Nebraska kills them with lethal injection. Now who wants a lid for $450?

And apparently Bush is totally down with sex tourism:

CNN News Nuggets

Jungle Fever

Dead hookers

Dead ducks

Hawaii for Hawaiians

'Very excitable virgins' dominate town (That's the real headline, for realsy)

Cafferty: How can the GOP attract young voters? (Ask Congressman Foley, though what do you expect from the party who had Jack A. Boehner as their House Majority Leader)

Not even LSD can make this pig fly

And speaking of LSD

I am the Walrus (who wants to dose Nixon)

all children in minnesota now graffers

hoodie + backpack = TAGGER!



and i know this is old-ish news already, but when BBC news on NPR says "motor sports chairman alleged of nazi-style sex" ... i have to look it up (with pics + video)

OH NOES TEH PROTITUTE!