Topic: Technology
A team of British scientists have hit out against vitamin tablets, especially C and E caplets, claiming that they will harm you more than help you, possibly creating extra illnesses. Also, the amounts that people take have been proven to offer no extra help in real life and only work on much smaller cultures in test tubes and lab tests.
"You name it, if it's an anti-oxidant, we'll swallow it by the bucket-load. We have become anti-oxidant devotees. But are they doing us any good? Evidence gathered over the last few years shows that, at best, antioxidant supplements do little or nothing to benefit our health," noted New Science magazine.
Apparently an American team of scientists have also warned that multi-vitamins, such as Centrum Silver and the Wal-Mart off brand we use (anything to save 46 cents - ed.), can be very harmful if taken too much, as one could easily overdose on them, creating a higher possibility of organ failure.
This just goes to show you that George Burns was right; three dry martinis and cigars a day and you'll live to be 100.
Nearly 200 people were admitted to area hospitals Wednesday to receive treatment for spider bites by the Yellow Sac, which have the ability to transmit a horrible flesh-eating disease. Now, Vienna authorities have put a bounty on every spider that its citizens kill, with as much as a $250 reward for bringing in the evil little shits, which enjoy attacking people while they sleep.
A doberman guard dog that was supposed to have been protecting a plethora of rare teddy bears went on a massive killing spree in London, destroying multiple stuffed bears, including a $75,000 1909 Steif bear named Mabel that had been previously owned and prized by Elvis Presley.
The worst kind of prejudice in our minds is the stupid kind, and British theme park Alton Towers has just canceled their horribly prejudiced, sexist and retarded "National Muslim Fun Day." During this magical afternoon, the park would ban alcohol sales, music and gambling, and all of their popular rides and attractions would be segregated by sex.
For those of you that live in Montana, far away from the hustle, bustle and danger of the big cities and coasts, you now have something to fear besides an errant cow in the middle of your (dirt) road; alligators.
Chrysler/Jeep has issued a massive recall to all owners of a 2002-2006 Jeep Liberty, fearing that the 800,000+ vehicles on the road could have catastrophic steering failure, resulting in their small SUV flipping off the road and exploding in a ball of fire that would give hack-tastic director Brett Ratner an erection.
A phone survey of 1,100 Americans showed that the majority of those called claimed that they had healthy eating habits, proving that fat people do indeed lie to not only themselves, but others as well. Plus, 40 percent of obese people interviewed in the study claimed to "vigorously exercise" three times a week. Yeah right.
Thanks to the epic popularity of Myspace.com, Monster.com founder Jeff Taylor has launched Eons.com, a Myspace of sorts for the 50+ crowd, which tracks your friends and even alerts you when they've died.
In the aftermath of his drunken driving, Jew-bashing weekend in Malibu, Mel Gibson has already tried to correct his behavior in the midst of reports of his suicidal thoughts and anti-Semitic past. Now, Mad Mel has decided it's time to reach out to the Jewish community, but this time without reaching with a rope or flaming torch and instead with compassion.
We can understand the reasoning behind a minor wanting to use a stolen identification card; you can drink legally. But whenever you are over the age of 21 and pretending to be someone else, either everything is not quite right up there or you've got some serious criminal problems going on with your real self.
Six-year-old Lu Di of China performed 10,000 pushups in a row in three hours and twenty minutes, earning himself a 10-year scholarship to his kung fu school.
A woman flying from Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific Airlines was removed from the plane and promptly arrested after a heated argument during which she refused to stow her Gucci handbag either under the seat in front of her or in the overhead compartment.
Jared Kushner, the 25-year-old son of a recently jailed New Jersey developer, has just announced his $10 million takeover of the New York Observer. Even though this gives him majority control, Kushner did not mention exactly how much of the influential rag he purchased.
The Irish have always had the ability to shock and astound us with the measures of insane thinking that they have always reached. When Paddy Power (seriously, that's the guys goddamn name, not an Irish joke - ed.) was thinking of possible April Fools Day jokes, he thought of creating a fake tournament to get people excited and then simultaneously crush their spirits.
Congress is looking at approving a bill increasing minimum wage from the current $5.15 to $7.25 over the next two years, but only if tax breaks for heirs of millionaires are approved as well.
The Houston Chronicle reports today that San Antonio strip club Palace Men's Club is planning a trip to the popular river innertubing destination New Braunfels this Sunday as the city initiates a massive sweep of the normal drunken debauchery that usually occurs during trips down the river.
A Florida police DUI instructor was arrested for the second time on drunken driving charges. The kicker this time was that after nearly swerving into an oncoming police car at 90 MPH, she was stopped and found naked from the waist down with two dogs in the back of her car. She also said that she had no idea of the whereabouts of her pants.
We were so proud of American Floyd Landis for stepping out of Lance Armstrong's shadow and winning the Tour de France, repeating America's win streak for eight years. But Landis's team, Phonak, announced today that Floyd failed a doping test and that he had high amounts of testosterone in his "A" sample, which could either be a result of treatment for his hip injury, another established ailment or the use of steroids or banned substances.
Former NBA star and current NBA talking head Charles Barkley has decided that he might possibly in the future run for the Governorship of Alabama. But the big switch in his thinking is that he's going to run as a Democrat instead of a Republican, which he has identified himself as since he got into the NBA. Here's Sir Chuck's reasoning, which in true Charles Barkley fashion, makes barely an iota of sense.