Following the Swine flu epidemic on TV is pretty intense. Way better than Bird Flu, and a contender with the economic recession. Today, I saw a couple people on the New York City streets sporting surgical masks. If this trend continues soon New York is going to look like China. I didn’t want to be left out…

And next they will probably try to pee in your coke. In a decidedly uncool move, the defending Olympic Men’s B-Ball champs, Spain, has chosen racism as there method for making a funny. Apparently, the Spanish Basketball Federation had the team pose for a group photo, which would be used as a good luck advertisement to be posted in different publication… Click to read more

Yeah, you read that right. Chinese authorities have secretly demanded bars deny service to black people and other “social undesirables” in bars surrounding the Olympic Games grounds in Beijing next month. Bar owners told were told by the Public Security Bureau that they are required to deny service to black people and Mongolians.… Click to read more

In a fit of fear inspired by terrorism and Internet crime, former privacy-is-sacred country Sweden has decided to change their laws regarding digital privacy. This week, a law will be voted on that would give Swedish government and police forces the ability to fully monitor phone, email, and Internet traffic going into and out of the country.
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Tom Cruise asks the eternal question: “Who farted?” (AZ Central)
UK fitness levels for women are “At an all-time low.” Who cares? I say let it all hang out, ladies – oh, you are? Gross. Pack it back in. (Sky News)
Irony alert: candy given away by a teenager at an “alternative school” presumably laced with drugs. T… Click to read more

Why are foreign people so damn weird? I’ve never been abroad to China, very Eastern Europe, South America or Africa but after looking at the photos in this gallery I can tell you I won’t be visiting anytime soon.
Just before you pass out drunk tonight remember to thank your lucky stars that:
#1 You will never have to carry around a bushel of hay with a… Click to read more

Last night three rescue workers were killed in Utah as they were searching for the six miners trapped from a cave in over 10 days ago. This most recent tragedy only adds to the laundry list of terrible events that have made the last week pretty rough.
To keep you up to date on the impending apocalypse I will break down all the other things that went down this week.… Click to read more