Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Demerit Badges
Boy Scouts of America (BSA), under fire for a policy which prohibits membership for homosexuals, has come up with a jaw-dropping and breathless proposal they feel just might remedy the situation:
“No youth may be denied membership in the Boy Scouts of America on the basis of sexual orientation or preference alone.”
–Boy Scouts of America, excerpt of proposed resolution
Wow! That sounds pretty damn compelling, right? Finally! No more unfair and unfounded criticism for this piece of Americana organization which is a fine and upstanding part of our community and never does anything wrong. This will finally shut up those annoying critics.
Alas, as the rest of the internet has noticed, the proposal only applies to “youth.” Homosexuals are still prohibited from serving as scoutmasters and den mothers.
Oops.
However, something else about the line of text caught my eye. Do you see it, too? I may very well be the only son of a bitch in the universe to have caught on. Aren’t you lucky to know me? Membership has its privileges.
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There’s An 81% Chance That Turkey Burger Is Packed With Drug-Resistant Bacteria
For reasons that are patently and offensively obvious this is my pick for the blog you should click. It’s the Post Of The Week. I’ll meat you there!
This post is a veritable nugget of wisdom in so many ways, just like the layers of an onion. I sincerely hope you it all up gone gone. Nom nom!
#POTW
Here’s a story you’d probably like to know about:
87 percent of supermarket meat — including beef, pork, chicken, and turkey products — tests positive for normal and antibiotic-resistant forms of Enterococcus bacteria. Fifty percent of ground turkey contains resistant E. coli, 10 percent of chicken parts and ground turkey tests positive for resistant salmonella, and 26 percent of chicken parts come contaminated with resistant campylobacter. (Grist.com – emphasis mine)
The government released this information in February. So why are we just learning these astounding numbers now? The results of supermarket testing for contamination was buried deep in the FDA’s 2011 Retail Meat Report. It took additional analysis and calculations on the part of the Environmental Working Group (EWG) to uncover just how terrifying the data truly is. We’re not just talking about bacterial contamination, we’re talking about antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in:
We’ve all been warned about the over-use of antibiotics…
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