This was a topic we previously discussed on the Cafe.  A friend saw this article and forwarded it.  If Fairey only ran the photo through a digital filter, then yeah, I think it’s more like infringement.  However, if he did this by hand and even with help of digital, I think that it’s valid on [...]

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INCREDIBLE – it’s like one hand has no idea what the other one is doing.
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FEMA food kits may contain tainted peanut butter
(CNN) — Food kits recently distributed as part of a disaster relief effort in Kentucky and Arkansas may contain peanut butter contaminated with salmonella linked to a nationwide outbreak, the Federal Emergency Management Agency [...]

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My box is hit by new recall after new recall from the FDA regarding peanuts.  Folks, the list contains everything from dog biscuits and frozen dinners to cookies and ice cream.  Nearly every house in America has to have purchased or knows somebody who purchased these items.  I told my daughter not to buy any [...]

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Massive Theft of Credit Card Numbers Reported (PC World)

Posted on Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:02PM EST

- A payment processor responsible for handling about 100 million credit card transactions every month disclosed today that thieves had used malicious software in its network in 2008 to steal an unknown number of credit card numbers.
The company’s information [...]

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Jade has allergies.  Adding antihistimines to a tired teenager sort of compounds the “sleepy teenager” issues.
Has anybody tried Sinupret?

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NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Evenflo Recalls Majestic™ High Chairs Due to Fall and Choking Hazards
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: [...]

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What To Look For
Material
Plastics
Look for plastics made without PVC (see The Backstory). It’s usually identifiable by the number 3, the letters “PVC” or the word “vinyl” often found next to the three-arrow recycling symbol. You can also use the “smell test”; plastics made with vinyl usually have a plasticky smell, similar to that of a [...]

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Nuclear energy worries me a bit.  I know, it’s supposed to be safe and wonderful and clean and is a source that can keep up with demand. I’ve heard the cheers.  But, this morning The China Syndrome is on and I am reminded of Karen Silkwood and what it could mean if nuclear power became [...]

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Black Friday and Consumerism, White Privilege and Buy Nothing Day
by Eugene Cho 11-20-2008

All of you who have a pulse know that the Friday after Thanksgiving is the single most crazy shopping day in the United States.  It is simply called “Black Friday,” and the lines to get into most places are ridunkulous.  And is it just [...]

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It’s time for the Hardy-Barlett household to look around at our cell phone options.  I don’t want Derek Zoolander’s teeny-tiny phone.  I like a phone with a little heft.  I actually upgraded a smidge early because my phone was on the fritz and got the LG-eNV.  Already they aren’t selling the type I got.  Anyway [...]

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