Brothel Offers Free Gas With Services

Nevada prostitutes are going the extra mile to draw clients to their establishments by offering to pay for their gas to get there.

The Shady Lady Ranch on Highway 95, 31 miles north of Beatty, Nevada, has posted on its Web site that as of July 1 customers who spend $300 for 1 hour of services will receive a free $50 gas card.

Read the app.com stroy.

Smile of the Week

In the spirit of Gay Pride Week...

Denver Optometrist Not Sure Why He Has Gay Cult Following

Gene Podrewski, a Denver-area optometrist and father of two, expressed befuddlement Monday over his status as a gay camp icon.

"I'm not exactly sure why I have this huge gay following," Podrewski said. "I'm a likable enough guy, but I've never been particularly glamorous or charismatic. I'm not in showbiz, and I don't act or sing. But, for some reason, gay men put me up there with Judy Garland and Cher."
Over the past several years, Podrewski, 44, has cultivated a large and devoted following among gay men nationwide, and the whirlwind of attention and adoration perplexes him.

Read the Onion story.

R.I.P George Carlin

Legendary comedian George Carlin passed away on Sunday, June 22 in Santa Monica, Calif.

Inspiring generations of comics, Carlin's jokes constantly pushed accepted boundaries of comedy and language, particularly with his routine on the "Seven Words" - all of which are more or taboo on broadcast TV and radio to this day.

George Carlin was 71.

Read the Associated Press story

The Toronto Star's 10 Things We Learned This Week

In the U.S, Sunday, June 23 is National Chocolate Éclair Day and June 26 is National Chocolate Pudding Day.


Some migratory birds choose nesting sites where they hear more mature birds of the same species singing to their young – a cue the place is safe and conducive to reproductive success.


The top three countries in terms of those who said they have sex at least weekly in a survey of 26 countries commissioned by the condom and sex aid manufacturer Durex: Greece (87 per cent), Brazil (82) and Russia (80). Lowest: Japan (34 per cent).


Read the Full story

Turkey, Germany, Russia make Euro 2008 Final Four

Turkey once again came from behind with big goals late, as they beat Croatia 3-1 in penalties.
Striker Semih Senturk scored a 120th-minute equalizer Friday for a 1-1 draw after extra time. One minute earlier, Ivan Klasnic gave Croatia the lead at Ernst Happel Stadium, in Vienna.

Goalkeeper Rustu Recber then saved Mladen Petric's spot kick for the Turks to win the ensuing penalty shootout 3-1 and complete their third rallying victory at Euro 2008. Turkey had come from behind to beat Switzerland 2-1 and then scored two goals in the final three minutes to beat the Czech Republic 3-2.

Meanwhile, on Saturday, June 20, Germany marched into the final four of Euro 2008 after Portugal pressed the self-destruct button in a five-goal thriller of a quarter-final on Saturday to earn a berth in the semi-finals against Turkey

A brilliant 3-1 defeat of the Netherlands has taken Russia into the Euro 2008 semi-finals in the biggest game of their modern history. They will face the winner of Sunday June 22 game between Spain and Italy.

Read the iht.com story

Read the sportsline.com story

Read the russiatoday.ru story

You Learn Something New Every Day

The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.

Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.

The yo-yo originated in the Philippines, where it was used as a weapon in hunting.

If a family had 2 servants or less in the U.S. in 1900, census takers recorded it as "lower middle-class."

CBS News Correspondent Doesn't Watch U.S News

CBS News chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Tuesday, June 17 and stated that she'd "blow her brains out" if she had to watch American television news.

A great and honest perspective on the American media.

Toronto Drivers: Don't Pay Your Parking Tickets

Anyone who receives a $30 Toronto parking ticket can almost certainly dodge the fine by applying for a court date.

Since the start of 2006, figures provided by Toronto's court services show it accepted about 250,000 requests from drivers to contest a $30 parking ticket, but trial dates were issued for only about 4,300. In 2008, drivers have so far requested more than 37,000 trials for $30 parking tickets, but no court dates have been issued.

This doesn't help me in my crusade to eliminate cars from the road, however it is an interesting item nonetheless.

Read the Toronto Star story

Israel-Hamas Truce Takes Effect in Gaza

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began Thursday, June 19 in the Gaza Strip, following a year of violence that has killed more than 400 Palestinians and seven Israelis since the militant group seized control of the coastal territory.

Read the CBC Story

Boston Celtics wins 17th NBA Championship

Game 6 between the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers was basically over at halftime as the Celtics cruised to a 131-92 win to clinch their 17th NBA Championship in Franchise history.

The win gives the 'Big Three' of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen their first Championship rings.

Garnett scored 26 points with 14 rebounds, Allen scored 26 and Pierce, the finals MVP, added 17.

Read the USA Today story.

Smile of the Week

The Onion reports that Chris Osgood, goaltender for the recently crowned Stanley Cup Champions, has admitted that he has gotten to third base with the the illustrious trophy.

That's damn funny!

Read the complete story.

The Toronto Star's 10 Things We Learned This Week

Careerbuilder.com says: "More than a third of working dads (37 per cent) said they would leave their job if their spouse or significant other's income could comfortably support the entire family."






Mr. Clean has a first name: Veritably.




As measured by heart rate, people watching a live feed of a nature scene on a 50-inch, high-definition plasma TV found it no more soothing than staring at a blank wall.


Read the Full story.

Football Culture Okay With Smoking

Despite footballers being some of the hardest working athletes in the world, stats show that quite a few European national footballers smoke cigarettes.

Don't believe it?

Read the Toronto Star story.

You Learn Something New Everyday

The term "the Big Apple" came into common usage in the 1930s when touring jazz musicians referred to a town or city as an apple, making New York the Big Apple.

The phrase "Often a bridesmaid, but never a bride," actually originates from an advertisement for Listerine mouthwash from 1924.

TIME magazine's Man of the Year for 1982 was the computer

Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

Metallica Pointing Fingers at Management Company

Metallica has issued a statement that questions the actions of their management company regarding the censoring of blogs that posted negative reviews of the bands latest rough tracks.

The band stated that "...after a few weeks on tour in Europe, we were informed that someone at Q Prime (our managers) had made the error of asking a few publications to take down reviews of the rough mixes from the new record that were posted on their sites. Our response was 'WHY?!!' "

According to the Globe and Mail's Mathew Ingram: the band (or rather, its management) set up a "listening party" with prominent music bloggers, including the staff of UK music site The Quietus, and played them early versions of tracks from the upcoming album (expected in September). Not surprisingly, some of these bloggers wrote up their impressions of what they heard -- at which point they got nasty phone calls from Metallica's management, asking that they remove the commentary.

Now the band, who infamously sued digital music trader Napster back a few years ago, must know the answer to why their management company told those bloggers to take those negative reviews off their sites: it's because the band must have wanted that way. And now that they got negative feedback for it, they are directing blame to their management.

Boneheads...the lot of them!

Read the arstechnica.com story

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Statement of Apology

Here are excerpts from the text of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's statement of apology on Wednesday, June 11, as released by the Prime Minister's Office. French sections, which repeat the English text, have been excluded:

Mr. Speaker, I stand before you today to offer an apology to former students of Indian residential schools. The treatment of children in Indian residential schools is a sad chapter in our history.

In the 1870's, the federal government, partly in order to meet its obligation to educate aboriginal children, began to play a role in the development and administration of these schools.

Two primary objectives of the residential schools system were to remove and isolate children from the influence of their homes, families, traditions and cultures, and to assimilate them into the dominant culture.

These objectives were based on the assumption aboriginal cultures and spiritual beliefs were inferior and unequal.

Indeed, some sought, as it was infamously said, "to kill the Indian in the child."

Today, we recognize that this policy of assimilation was wrong, has caused great harm, and has no place in our country.

Most schools were operated as "joint ventures" with Anglican, Catholic, Presbyterian or United churches.

The government of Canada built an educational system in which very young children were often forcibly removed from their homes, often taken far from their communities.

Many were inadequately fed, clothed and housed.

All were deprived of the care and nurturing of their parents, grandparents and communities.

First Nations, Inuit and Métis languages and cultural practices were prohibited in these schools.

Tragically, some of these children died while attending residential schools and others never returned home.

The government now recognizes that the consequences of the Indian residential schools policy were profoundly negative and that this policy has had a lasting and damaging impact on aboriginal culture, heritage and language.

While some former students have spoken positively about their experiences at residential schools, these stories are far overshadowed by tragic accounts of the emotional, physical and sexual abuse and neglect of helpless children, and their separation from powerless families and communities.

The legacy of Indian residential schools has contributed to social problems that continue to exist in many communities today. It has taken extraordinary courage for the thousands of survivors that have come forward to speak publicly about the abuse they suffered.

It is a testament to their resilience as individuals and to the strength of their cultures.

Regrettably, many former students are not with us today and died never having received a full apology from the government of Canada.

The government recognizes that the absence of an apology has been an impediment to healing and reconciliation.

Therefore, on behalf of the government of Canada and all Canadians, I stand before you, in this chamber so central to our life as a country, to apologize to aboriginal peoples for Canada's role in the Indian residential schools system.

To the approximately 80,000 living former students, and all family members and communities, the government of Canada now recognizes that it was wrong to forcibly remove children from their homes and we apologize for having done this.

We now recognize that it was wrong to separate children from rich and vibrant cultures and traditions, that it created a void in many lives and communities, and we apologize for having done this.

We now recognize that, in separating children from their families, we undermined the ability of many to adequately parent their own children and sowed the seeds for generations to follow, and we apologize for having done this.

We now recognize that, far too often, these institutions gave rise to abuse or neglect and were inadequately controlled, and we apologize for failing to protect you.

Not only did you suffer these abuses as children, but as you became parents, you were powerless to protect your own children from suffering the same experience, and for this we are sorry.

The burden of this experience has been on your shoulders for far too long.

The burden is properly ours as a government, and as a country.

There is no place in Canada for the attitudes that inspired the Indian residential schools system to ever again prevail.

You have been working on recovering from this experience for a long time and in a very real sense, we are now joining you on this journey.

The government of Canada sincerely apologizes and asks the forgiveness of the aboriginal peoples of this country for failing them so profoundly.

We are sorry.

In moving towards healing, reconciliation and resolution of the sad legacy of Indian residential schools, implementation of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement agreement began on September 19, 2007.

Years of work by survivors, communities, and aboriginal organizations culminated in an agreement that gives us a new beginning and an opportunity to move forward together in partnership.

A cornerstone of the settlement agreement is the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

This commission presents a unique opportunity to educate all Canadians on the Indian residential schools system.

It will be a positive step in forging a new relationship between aboriginal peoples and other Canadians, a relationship based on the knowledge of our shared history, a respect for each other and a desire to move forward together with a renewed understanding that strong families, strong communities and vibrant cultures and traditions will contribute to a stronger Canada for all of us.

CTV saves the Hockey Theme

CTV Inc., together with Copyright Music & Visuals, today announced that CTV Inc. has acquired all rights to 'The Hockey Theme' in perpetuity, preserving the song's legacy and ensuring it will be heard on national television for years to come. 'The Hockey Theme' song will now live on CTV Inc. properties TSN, RDS and across Canada on CTV during coverage of the upcoming Vancouver 2010 Olympics

Read the TSN story.

Hockey Night in Canada Theme dropped

The theme song of CBC's Hockey Night in Canada has been dropped by the network.

The song's composer Dolores Claman and the CBC could not come to a rights agreement and ends 40 years of the popular piece of music, which has been become the nation's unofficial second national anthem.

The CBC, in conjunction with leading music producers Nettwerk Music Group, will conduct a nationwide search, inviting Canadians to write and record an original song for Hockey Night in Canada. Fans and a jury of experts will choose the best new composition and CBC will offer $100,000 for the winning song

Read the Fox Business story.
Read the National Post story.

Euro 2008 begins

The UEFA 2008 Euro Cup is being co-hosted by Austria/Switzerland, and the tournament opened on June 7th with the co-hosting Swiss falling to the Czech Republic 1-0 and Portugal beating Turkey 2-0.

Keep updated on Euro 2008 here.

Stanley Cup U.S ratings up

Compared to last year, the television coverage of the Stanley Cup finals was better received in the United States, and were not as high in Canada.

This year's finals between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Detroit Red Wings was televised in the U.S on NBC and in Canada on the CBC.

Read the Jam Canoe story.

Stabbing Rampage in Tokyo

A man who was "tired of life" drove into a crowd of people and then went on a stabbing rampage, killing at least seven people and injuring 10 in a busy shopping district of Tokyo.

The incident occurred at 12:35 pm local time on June 8th in the Akihabara district, a popular area for electronics and computers stores.

Arrested at the scene was Tomohiro Kato, 25 of Susono, Shizuoka prefecture.

Read the full Japan Times story.

In Memorium

In the past week or so, pop culture lost some notable people who just always seemed to be here, effecting or affecting the way we listened, laughed, watched and dressed.

Rest in Peace

Harvey Korman. Read the L.A Times obituary.

Bo Diddley. Read the New York Times obituary.

Yves Saint Laurent. Read the Guardian obituary.

Jim McKay. Read the Star-Telegram obituary.

The Toronto Star's 10 Things We Learned This Week

Some of the things we learned this week, according to the Toronto Star's weekly feature "10 Things We Learned This Week" includes:

The @ sign was very close to being eliminated from the standard keyboard until 1971, when Ray Tomlinson wrote it into the code used to send the first email.


There was once a pineapple-flavoured Mars bar. It was not a roaring success.


The full name of TV mom June Cleaver, of Leave It to Beaver, is June Evelyn Bronson Cleaver.




Read the full article here.

Clinton Bows Out

Hillary Rodham Clinton ended her historic campaign for the presidency on Saturday and told supporters to unite behind rival Barack Obama.

The former first lady, who as recently as Tuesday declared herself the strongest candidate, gave the Senetor from Illinois an unqualified endorsement and pivoted from her role as determined foe to absolute ally.

“Today as I suspend my campaign, I congratulate him on the victory he has won and the extraordinary race he has run. I endorse him and throw my full support behind him and I ask of you to join me in working as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me,” the New York senator said in a 28-minute address to her supporters at Washington's National Building Museum.

Read the Newsweek story.