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I don't know if this is a national commercial or local, but I always laugh at it. The man begins by mentioning his 11 grandkids. At the end, he's dressed in rain gear, to protect himself against the water gun assault by all of those rugrats. However, his claim of "I know a few things about protection" kinda rings hollow when you consider the litter he begat. I saw an ad the other night for a drug called Repatha. I couldn't help but wonder if Lieutenant Van Buren from Law & Order were the spokesperson, would they call it R. Epatha? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUUFUoR3iXk

DEAR ABBY: Please help settle a debate my wife and I are having. When making the bed, I always place the top sheet between the fitted sheet and comforter with the finished side facing up. It seems logical. She insists the finished side should face down so that when you fold the top back near the pillows you see the finished side of the sheet. I get her point, but I just don't think that's right. Which way should it go? -- SLEEPLESS IN RHODE ISLAND DEAR SLEEPLESS: If the sheet has attractive trim, why on Earth wouldn't you want to display it? I'm voting with your wife. If you are "Sleepless" because you are arguing over which way the top sheet should face, thank your lucky stars it's not a pitched battle over something more serious. My solution would be: Whoever makes the bed gets to decide which way the sheet faces.

http://www.foxnews.com/content/dam/fox-news/images/2018/05/24/fat%20sign.jpg Attracting attention is a difficult beast. Some believe that it doesn't matter how you do it, as long as people are talking about you. Others worry that there's such a thing as the wrong sort of attention. What was Scott Campbell thinking when he put up a sign outside his Pell City Fitness gym that read: "Tired of Being Fat and Ugly? Just Be Ugly!"? Surely he thought it was noticeable. After all, Pell City in Alabama -- a little east of Birmingham -- couldn't have seen a sign quite like this before. And surely Campbell wasn't entirely surprised when the local Sign Enforcement Officer told him to take it down. But why? It seems it may have had nothing to do with fat-shaming. Or even ugly-shaming. Instead, the city that the sign was put up without a permit. But of course. What else could it have been? He told WVTM that he's had signs up before -- presumably permitless -- and no one had a problem with them. Now, he's been told all his signs have to come down. Then again, we're talking about marketing here, so Campbell is presenting himself as the put-upon barbell facing the mighty muscle of local government. In a Facebook video, Campbell insisted: "I'm not mean-spirited at all." He explained he's a former state trooper and currently in the military. Of the sign he said: "It's supposed to be a playful jab. It's supposed to an attention-grabber." That, it is. But so is, well, headbutting a priest in a strip club, some might mutter. Campbell said that he has his own history with obesity. When he began to work out, he weighed 300 lbs. Moreover, the city manager told the Washington Post: "The City does not object to the content of the sign." Campbell says he's now been given an extension, and hopes the matter will be resolved. Still, he's started a GoFundMe page, in which he's trying to crowdsource the paying of any fine that might descend. He's aiming for $1,000. At the time of writing, he's raised $245. Yet, some would say, the core of advertising is knowing your audience. Time will tell if Campbell knows his.

Everyone's favorite Washingtonian, Rachel Dolezal, who legally changed her name to Nkechi Diallo in 2016, was charged this week with theft by welfare fraud, perjury and false verification for public assistance. Court documents say she illegally received $8,747 in food assistance and $100 in child care assistance from August 2015 through November 2017. An investigation started in March 2017 when a state investigator received information that she had written a book. Documents say she had deposited nearly $84,000 into her bank account without reporting it. They say the former activist told investigators she “fully disclosed her information” and declined to answer further questions.

Two McDonald’s customers in Florida are suing the fast-food giant for a hefty sum of $5 million because they say they’re being unfairly charged for cheese they don’t want on their burgers. Cynthia Kissner and Leonard Werner argue that hamburgers and cheeseburgers are different prices on the McDonald’s menu, but when they order a Quarter Pounder without the extra dairy, they’re still forced to pay the same amount. According to the lawsuit, filed May 8 in Fort Lauderdale seeking class-action status, McDonald’s used to sell four different Quarter Pounder options, two of which came without cheese and cost between 30 to 90 cents less, the Miami Heraldreports. But “at some point,” the lawsuit claims, the restaurant stopped “separately displaying these products for purchase on menus, and currently lists the availability of Quarter Pounder with Cheese and Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese.” Since this change, “customers have been forced, and continue to be overcharged for these products, by being forced to pay for two slices of cheese, which they do not want, order, or receive, to be able to purchase their desired product,” the lawsuit claims, according to the Herald. “McDonald’s is being unjustly enriched by these practices because it receives payment for cheese it does not deliver to its customers,” the lawsuit states. The lawsuit claims the plaintiffs “have suffered injury as a result of their purchases because they were overcharged, and were required to pay for cheese, which is not a component of either a Quarter Pounder or a Double Quarter Pounder, that they did not want and did not receive,” the Herald reports. McDonald’s lists the ingredients of the Quarter Pounder with Cheese on its website, which include a quarter-pound 100 percent beef patty, sesame seed bun, pasteurized process American cheese, ketchup, pickle slices and onions. It also lists nutritional info for a Quarter Pounder without Cheese, though it doesn’t specify prices for the two. A McDonald’s spokesperson told USA Today the company does “not believe the claims in this lawsuit have legal merit. The advertised Quarter Pounder burger comes with cheese. We try to accommodate our customers’ requests by allowing them to customize their orders, such as a Quarter Pounder with no cheese.” The spokesperson also noted that individual franchisees set their menu prices based on their respective markets.

A North Carolina woman is facing charges after she forced a cable repairman to let her perform a sex act on him, police said. Mildred Newsome, 47, of Fayetteville, was arrested Saturday after an investigation into the man’s accusations following an April 20 repair call at her apartment, Fayetteville police Sgt. Shawn Strepay told The Post. “The cable guy was there to work on her on box(!?!?!) and while waiting for it to reset as he was sitting on a couch, she came over, grabbed his hand and forcefully placed his hand on her own breast,” Strepay said. The unidentified technician, in his 30s, tried to resist Newsome’s “unwanted sexual advance,” but she persisted and performed oral sex on him, Strepay said. Newsome then told the man that she would “turn the story on him” if he reported the alleged assault to police, saying she would tell authorities that he was the aggressor, Strepay said. “When he was able to finally get out of the home, he did report it the same day, actually shortly after the event took place,” he said. Investigators have yet to determine a motive in the alleged attack. Newsome, who faces two felony counts of second-degree forcible sex offense and one misdemeanor count of sexual battery, has been released after posting bail, Strepay said. Attempts to reach Newsome early Thursday were unsuccessful. She works at a nursing and rehabilitation center.

Ronan Farrow, the 30-year-old journalist son of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen, defended his mother and reiterated his belief in sister Dylan Farrow’s childhood abuse allegations against Allen, after his brother Moses penned a scathing personal essay earlier this week. “Not worth saying much to dignify the repeated campaign to discredit my sister, often by attacking our mother,” Ronan Farrow wrote in a statementposted on social media on Thursday. “This happens every time Dylan speaks, so this is all I’ll offer: My mother did an extraordinary job raising us, and none of my siblings with whom I’ve spoken ever witnessed anything but love and care from a single mom who went through hell to keep her kids safe.” He continued, “Our brother Moses said the same thing in statements dating back many years. After relentless legal scrutiny of my mother’s parenting—and efforts to discredit her—she was granted sole custody to protect us from Woody Allen. We all grew up with offers from him to speak out against our mother in exchange for support. (He made helping to pay for my college education contingent on turning against her and lying. I declined.) … I believe my sister.” Moses, who was adopted by Mia from South Korea when he was 2 years old, claimed in an essay on Wednesday that he witnessed his mom physically abuse his siblings, including Allen’s now-wife, Soon-Yi Previn. Moses also defended Allen against 32-year-old Dylan’s claims that she was sexually abused as a child. Allen has vehemently denied the abuse allegations. A rep for Mia Farrow did not immediately return our request for comment when asked about Moses’ accusations. Moses, now 40, writes in the essay that he witnessed Mia coaching Dylan on what to say and that previously denouncing Allen “remains the biggest regret of my life.” On Wednesday afternoon, Dylan responded to Moses’ essay, writing on social media, “My brother is a troubled person. I’m so sorry he’s doing this.” Earlier this year, Ronan won a Pulitzer Prize for his exposé on Harvey Weinstein in the New Yorker.

Following several celebrity denouncements against Woody Allen in the recent months, Moses Farrow continues to support his adopted father and details alleged abuse from his adopted mother, Mia Farrow, in a new essay published Wednesday. “I’m a very private person and not at all interested in public attention,” Moses, 40, writes. “But, given the incredibly inaccurate and misleading attacks on my father, Woody Allen, I feel that I can no longer stay silent as he continues to be condemned for a crime he did not commit.” Moses was adopted from South Korea by Mia Farrow when he was 2 years old and was then co-adopted by Allen in 1992. Moses, who now works as a family therapist and photographer, says the “fatal dysfunction within my childhood home had nothing to do with Woody.” “It pains me to recall instances in which I witnessed siblings, some blind or physically disabled, dragged down a flight of stairs to be thrown into a bedroom or a closet, then having the door locked from the outside,” he wrote of Mia. “She even shut my brother Thaddeus, paraplegic from polio, in an outdoor shed overnight as punishment for a minor transgression.” Dylan Farrow wrote an open letter in The New York Times detailing alleged sexual assault at the hands of her adopted father, Woody Allen. She wrote in detail about a train set that was making a loop around the attic where the alleged assault took place. In his new essay, Moses details his version of Aug. 4, 1992, writing, “It’s a precise and compelling narrative, but there’s a major problem: there was no electric train set in that attic. There was, in fact, no way for kids to play up there, even if we had wanted to. It was an unfinished crawl space …” Moses has been publicly defending Allensince Dylan wrote the Times essay in 2014. He has been estranged from his adopted mother for many years. Toward the end of the essay he addresses both Dylan and Mia. To my sister Dylan: Like you, I believe in the power of speaking out. I have broken my silence about the abuse inflicted by our mother. My healing began only after getting away from her. And what she has done to you is unbearable. I wish you peace, and the wisdom to understand that devoting your life to helping our mother destroy our father’s reputation is unlikely to bring you closure in any kind of lasting way. Finally, to my mother: One thing you always said you appreciated about me was my ability to listen. I listened to you for years and held your truth above all others. You once said to me, “It’s not healthy to hold onto anger.” Yet here we are, 26 years later. I’m guessing your next step will be to launch a campaign to discredit me for speaking out. I know it comes with the territory. And it’s a burden I am willing to bear. But, after all this time, enough is enough. You and I both know the truth. And it’s time for this retribution to end. Dylan responded on Wednesday afternoon by saying, “As I said when he last made these claims, this is an attempt to deflect from a credible allegation made by an adult woman, by trying to impugn my mother who has only ever been supportive of me and my siblings. It’s easily disproven, contradicts years of his own statements, is beyond hurtful to me personally, and is part of a larger effort to discredit and distract from my assault. My brother is a troubled person. I’m so sorry he’s doing this.” A rep for Mia Farrow did not immediately return our request for comment.

A frisky couple had a devil-may-care attitude when they opted to have sex at a Jersey Shore church — and were caught mid-act by a priest, according to a report. Anthony Getchius and Noelle Smart were busted Tuesday afternoon getting down underneath a statue of the Virgin Mary at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Seaside Heights,the Asbury Park Press reported. The priest called cops, who witnessed the couple fully engaged in lovemaking around 12:30 p.m. Police said the unholy act occurred in a “sacred area” — a secluded garden — between the church and the rectory. The Roman Catholic church is located next to the Seaside Heights Police Department on Grant Avenue. Getchius, 43, of Newark, and Smart, 48, of Jersey City, were charged with lewdness, and Getchius was also hit with charges of creating a dangerous condition and obstructing the law. Both were jailed pending a bail hearing Wednesday. Gee, I hope they were in the missionary position, at least.

DEAR ABBY: What does it mean when your ex-wife leaves a frozen pie at your door but doesn't even acknowledge your invitation to stop by and have a slice when it is cooked? -- MIKE IN MONTANA DEAR MIKE: Consider the symbolism in a pie that is frozen. It probably means she wanted you to know that she thought of you, but you're still out in the cold. DEAR MIKE: Your ex is a complete psycho. If I were you, I'd lock the bathroom door, leave the shower curtain open, and keep a baseball with you from now on when you shower.

Very lazily & comfortably, thank you very much...

I've heard that about you. :D:rolleyes:

Identical twins from Queens are valedictorian & salutatorian of their graduating high school class Twin sisters from Fresh Meadows will take top honors at their upcoming graduation from an all-girls school in Jamaica Estates. Maya and Hannah Reyes have achieved valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, at The Mary Louis Academy. The private high school’s graduation ceremony will take place on June 3. Imagine how obnoxious THEIR parents must be! :D:rolleyes:

It depends on your plans... http://2sei0v2s93y31n9ndy1lrzmh.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/shutterstock_152582279.jpg Cops are searching for a pair of clowns who robbed a South Ozone Park pharmacy at gunpoint early this morning. According to police, at 5:35 a.m. on May 22, two unknown men clad in clown masks entered the Walgreens located at 119-02 Rockaway Blvd. Once inside, the suspects drew a firearm and made all of the employees go to the back of the store. The suspects then demanded that the employees hand over prescription medications. The NY Post reported that they took two duffle bags filled with morphine, Percocet, Adderall, Oxycodone and other drugs. The suspects then fled the location in a black BMW, which was operated by an unknown getaway driver. Officers from the 106th Precinct responded to the scene; there were no injuries. No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing.

Robbers in clown masks swipe prescription drugs at gunpoint from South Ozone Park pharmacy http://2sei0v2s93y31n9ndy1lrzmh.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/shutterstock_152582279.jpg Cops are searching for a pair of clowns who robbed a South Ozone Park pharmacy at gunpoint early this morning. According to police, at 5:35 a.m. on May 22, two unknown men clad in clown masks entered the Walgreens located at 119-02 Rockaway Blvd. Once inside, the suspects drew a firearm and made all of the employees go to the back of the store. The suspects then demanded that the employees hand over prescription medications. The NY Post reported that they took two duffle bags filled with morphine, Percocet, Adderall, Oxycodone and other drugs. The suspects then fled the location in a black BMW, which was operated by an unknown getaway driver. Officers from the 106th Precinct responded to the scene; there were no injuries. No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing. The suspects then demanded that the employees hand over prescription medications. The NY Post reported that they took two duffel bags filled with morphine, Percocet, Adderall, Oxycodone and other drugs. The suspects then fled the location in a black BMW, which was operated by an unknown getaway driver. Officers from the 106th Precinct responded to the scene; there were no injuries. No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing.

Are you sure he wasn't expressing a yearning to have a (more) womanly figure? :D:)

A day to honor me?!?!? I'm flattered... but not surprised!

Obesity is becoming a health crisis across the globe — but are chemicals and dust in our homes partly to blame? Recent studies have suggested substances dubbed “obesogens” — found in household dust, packaging, plastics and furniture — can alter our hormones to build up fat in the body. The most recent report made a bold claim that “removing shoes when entering the house to avoid bringing in contaminants” like dust and “removing or minimizing carpet at home” could help people stay slim. The Portuguese study also suggests reducing the amount of plastics in the home, avoiding cleaning products where possible, frequently hoovering and buying fresh food over processed products will help banish obesogens from the home. Lead author Dr. Ana Catarina Sousa, of the Universities of Aveiro and Beira Interior, said: “Obesogens can be found almost everywhere and our diet is a main source of exposure, as some pesticides and artificial sweeteners are obesogens.” “Equally, they are present in plastics and home products, so completely reducing exposure is extremely difficult — but to significantly reduce it is not only feasible but also very simple.” So, what exactly are obesogens and are they making you fat? Chemicals that enter our body and alter the way our body stores fat are referred to as obesogens. They program our cells in two ways; first, they promote fat accumulation through increasing the number of fat cells, or they make it more difficult for us to lose weight by changing our ability to burn calories. told The Guardian: “For some medical reasons, such as protection against allergies, yes, it’s advised to keep a dust-free home and so, too, is removing shoes to avoid bringing in dirt from outside, but these things will not make you a healthy weight. Only a balanced diet and regular exercise will do that.” Richard Sharpe, a scientist at the Center for Reproductive Biology at the Queen’s Medical Research Institute in Edinburgh, added: “While it’s not possible to dismiss the hypothesis that certain environmental chemicals to which we are exposed could perturb [or] reset body regulatory systems so as to predispose to obesity, I remain unconvinced that obesogens are likely to be important players in the obesity epidemic.” Previous studies have also suggested exposure to household dust increases your chances of being fat. A study from Duke University in 2017 suggested dust from flame retardants in sofas and carpets, as well as phthalates, substances added to plastics to increase their flexibility, harbors hormone-disrupting chemicals that can trigger the body to store fat. Dr. Christopher Kassotis who led the research published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, said: “We were most surprised by how low the concentrations were that we saw as having an effect.” And in February a study from Harvard University found perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), chemicals used in non-stick pots and pans, mattresses, carpets and even clothes, caused weight gain. The study, published in the journal PLOS Medicine, found those with higher levels of the chemical in their blood tended to have slower metabolisms. People with a slower metabolism burn fewer calories during normal daily activities and may have to eat less to avoid becoming overweight. Senior author Qi Sun said: “Now, for the first time, our findings have revealed a novel pathway through which PFASs might interfere with human body weight regulation and thus contribute to the obesity epidemic.” Previous research has shown PFASs have contaminated drinking water near industrial sites, military bases and wastewater treatment plants. The chemicals can accumulate in drinking water and food chains and remain in the body for a long time. But of all the research, one thing is clear, you would have to have incredibly high levels of these chemicals in your body for them to be making you fat. It’s more likely that a poor diet and lack of exercise are causing the pounds to build up on your waistline.

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