23/6 - Health

Did someone at CNN contract a sexually transmitted disease?

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:00:36 -0400

Since 2004, a free Web site, inSPOT.org, has been helping the sexually promiscuous deliver bad news about sexually transmitted diseases without the embarrassment or common decency of face-to-face interaction. The site allows users to send e-cards, info

Perez Hilton covers the Olympics opening ceremony

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:42:48 -0400

From The Room: The Beijing Olympics: Masking the Problem

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:55:40 -0400

Okaaaay. Let me see if I've got this straight. Everyone agrees the air quality in Beijing is so bad it may inhibit the Olympic athletes, not only during their performance, but in the days before their events. Everyone also agrees that one reasonable response to this situation is for the athletes

KFC opens in Iraq—and by that we mean a bunch of Iraqis painted a KFC sign and sold fried puppy

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:16:11 -0400

In hopes of masking the Iraq clusterfuck, "Fox & Friends" reported on Monday that a KFC had opened up in the town of Fallujah. Steve Doocy, Brian Kilmeade, and Martha MacCallum were beaming with pride (USA! USA!) when they asked re

Westboro Baptist Church burns down—police questioning 301,843,528 suspects

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:17:57 -0400

Early Saturday morning a fire raged through the Westboro Baptist Church, known colloquially as the "God Hates Fags" church. After the (all-heterosexual) fire department got the blaze under control, the leader of the chur

How fat does Obama have to be to get your vote?

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:26:17 -0400

The Wall Street Journal reports that 66 percent of America's voters are overweight. That fact might be hurting Obama's presidential chances, as his lean physique is being seen by some as "elite."

A housewife from Corpus Christi told the WSJ that Obama, "needs to put some meat on his bones."

"I won

From The Feed: "John McCain's Health Clinic" - Brave New Films' latest exercise in subtlety

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:18:01 -0400

Here is Brave New Film's ad campaign for future women's clinic under John McCain's presidency. It looks is more George Orwell than Aldous Huxley (wasn't that guy all ABOUT people having sex in the future?) but we'll let it sli

Poll: How has the 44-pound housecat affected your opinion of the presidential candidates?

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:33:22 -0400

Things are heating up as we enter the final hundred days before the presidential election. As the two candidates launch their most aggressive attacks yet, one news item has managed to drown them both out: a cat that weighs 44 pounds!

Surely no one at either campaign was prepared for this kind of c

From The Room: O'Reilly-Size Me: Study Proves O'Reilly a Health Risk

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:08:58 -0400

(A forthcoming Steve Young documentary soon* to be released to theaters near you?)

As part of my media-culture thesis at the University of Levittown, I wanted to determine how much, if any, heavy doses of p

From The Room: You Conceived Him At "Hello"

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:49:54 -0400

Good news, folks! The Bush Administration wants to define contraception--stuff like condoms, the pill... I don't know, the rhythm method, I suppose--as "abortion." That's right--contraceptives kill the bab

John McCain doesn't want orphans to celebrate Father's Day twice

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:39:46 -0400

John McCain says there should be no federal ban on gay adoption, but that states have the right to decide. But Sunday, McCain had said that gays should not be allowed to adopt, claiming "both parents are important in the success of a family so, no, I don't believe in gay adoption."

Why is

AMA reinforces conventional wisdom that being black in the 20th century sucked

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:22:32 -0400

The American Medical Association is apologizing to African-Americans for discriminatory practices during the last century. In the July 16 issue of JAMA, former president Ronald M. Davis writes, "The medical profession, which is based on a boundless respect for human life, had an obligation to lead s

From The Room: Do a Push-Up, Go to Jail

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:53:04 -0400

After reading this, you should never step out of the shower, look at yourself in the mirror, and be disappointed by what you see. If somebody teases you about not being in great physical shape, I've got something you can tell them. And the next time you're with someone whose eyes drift over to look

23/6 Video: "60 Minutes" in One Minute

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:53:30 -0400

It's so good to not be 1000 years old.

Posted by: Kevin Allocca

Finally, a drug store that's not teeming with sluts

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:43:58 -0400

There's a new kind of drug store in town. And they don't sell birth control pills, or the morning after pill, or condoms, or anything else that makes Jesus cry. They're called DMC Pharmacy, a Christian d