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Beer Threat

By Stefan Sirucek May 24, 2013

Brewers have expressed concern that the practice of hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” in Germany could lead to the contamination of pristine drinking water which, much more ominously, could lead to inferior ingredients for beer-making purposes, destroying the German beer industry.read more

Bynes Arrested Again

Amanda Bynes Expands "Legal Problems" Section Of Her Wikipedia Page By Throwing Bong Out 36th Floor Window

By Jason Mustian
May 24, 2013


Adding at least a few lines and perhaps an entirely new paragraph with a bold header to the part of her Wikipedia entry detailing her brushes with the law, Amanda Bynes was arrested Thursday night after she threw a bong from the window of her 36th-floor Midtown Manhattan apartment.read more

No Gay Leaders

Boy Scouts Vote To Limit Colorful Scarf And Short-Shorts Wearing To Heterosexual Leaders Only

By Jason Mustian
May 24, 2013


The Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to end the ban on gay youth membership but reaffirmed its ban on letting homosexual adults don the organization's well-above-the-knee shorts, blouses festooned with flair, and, of course, the scarves held together by a shiny metal ring.read more

McDonald's

9-Year-Old Adorably Reminds McDonald's CEO His Company's Food Is Shitty

By Dave Kornfeld
May 24, 2013

Don Thompson, CEO of McDonald's Corp., found himself in the hot seat at the company's annual shareholder's meeting yesterday when a 9-year-old girl accused the fast food giant of trying to "trick kids" into eating its food, most of which is shitty and quite bad for them.read more

Politics

Anthony Weiner Impressively Makes It 48 Hours Into Campaign Without Embarrassing Gaffe

By Gist Staff
May 24, 2013

NYC mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner has defied the odds and lasted a respectable two full days into his campaign without doing something to remind the world of his sext-filled past, publishing a photo on his website that shows the skyline of Pittsburgh instead of the skyline of the city in which he's currently running for mayor— New York.