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Louisiana was trying to help another company keep open the old Pilgrim Pride chicken processing plant. P.E.T.A. opted for a different solution. They tried to get the state to open a “Chicken Empathy Museum.” They wanted the museum to include a playground for kids, that would include cage-like  playscapes.

“I guess the whole thing would be a chicken wing, right?” said Ashley Byrne, campaign coordinator for PETA. “Actually, we did plan to serve faux chickens, vegetarian chickens made from healthy plant protein in the museum restaurant, along with an array of other tasty vegetarian food. As a gift from PETA, part of our proposal was that each visitor 12 years old and younger would have a plush chicken toy with a tag reading, ‘I am not a nugget,’ ” Ashley said.

60 Ft. Do It Yourself Dong

Andy and Clare McInnes thought that April Fools came early when a news company contacted them about a phallic design that graced their newly finished roof. They were delighted that the building crew had just finished with the flat roof on their £1million house.

Their son Rory, 18, decided that he would make his house stand out after watching a documentary on Google Earth. For over the next year only Rory knew of the stand out design, until a helicopter pilot spotted it and hovered over the house so passengers could take photos of it.

Andy said, “It’s an April Fool’s joke, right? There’s no way there’s a 60ft phallus on top of my house.”

When Andy pressed on the kids trying to figure out which made the design, Rory was in Brazil as part of a gap years travel, he could be heard saying, “Oh, you’ve found it then!” (laughing the entire time).

Skateboard Ramp + Dispute = Fire

Welcome to Orange City, Florida. Lewis Smith, 45, repeatedly asked neighborhood man to remove a skateboard ramp from the road near his home. Lewis, neighbors, and the man that build the ramps were found by Orange City Deputies arguing over the ramps.

Sheriff’s spokesman Gary Davidson said that Lewis was arrested and charged with criminal mischief on Sunday, because Lewis decided that the best way to resolve the ramp issue was to set them on fire. He was released from the Volusia County Branch Jail on his own recognizance.

Paying taxes on sex?

Meet Democratic Senator Bob Coffin from Las Vegas. He has proposed to have a new tax added onto prostitution. He states that the new tax would raise around $2 million a year for the state.

He wants the patrons of both legal and illegal prostitutes to pay an extra $5 per sessionunder the new bill he created. A lobbyist for the state’s legal brothels volunteered to be taxed, in an effort to guarantee their survival.

“I think we will support it,” George Flint, a spokesman for the state’s brothel industry, said of Coffin’s bill. In rural counties of Nevada there are eight major brothels and 17 smaller houses of prostitution, said Flint.

When Coffin was asked about how the state would collect the tax from the independent street walkers, he replied that when the business tax was first implemented, it wasn’t collected from all those required to pay it.

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Aww...now where's the strawberries

So it’s the day after Valentines and it either was stellar or you suffered with the Valentine’s Flat line. The flat line is the lack of having a Valentine or doing something so bad that you lost the Valentine. So for today’s post I found 4 stories that caught my eye, as always links at the bottom to the full story.

Sin Taxes? 200% tax increase on Beer. Wine’s looking good now.

Lawmakers in Eugene, Oregon are considering passing a bill that would raise taxes on beer. Currently oregonians are paying roughly $2.60 in taxes on a barrel of beer. The new law would increase the tax to be over $49.00 a barrel. Now the money made would go to agencies that handle treatment and recovery programs.A poll taken last year showed that 66% of Oregonians are willing to pay a higher “Sin Tax” on tobacco, beer, and wine.

“Oregonians drink more craft beer than anyone else in the country, and it’s a reason why it’s been such a strong industry, and it would be unfortunate if it were to be hampered by something like this,” said Nikos Ridge, co-owner of Ninkasi Brewing Company.

The world without chocolate, is a world filled with sad fattys.

The Nature Conservation Research Center are looking into the future and say that in 20 years that chocolate will cost as much as caviar. The major reason that they see a decline in the production is due to climatic changes and the farming of cacao, the cocoa plant.

Howard Shapiro, global director for plant science and external research for confectionery manufacturing Mars Inc. says, “If nothing was done, and the temperature was to rise, and the rainfalls were to change and drought became more prevalent … without looking into new farming practices, then there should be a problem, and there might likely be a problem.”

No really I love you…open the Door! OMG its the Police

Operation Tough Love was a success on Valentines Day. 72 people were arrested by Sheriff’s who showed up at their home with arrest warrents. of the 72, only 17 were deadbeat parents, the others had arrest warrants for Drugs and other reasons. The top 15 deadbeat parents together owe more than 1 million dollars to their kids. Sheriff Joe Arpaio says, “”The bottom line is they should have respect and surrender.”

Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places

Sheila Langman is facing charges for a “sexual relationship” with a boy age 15, when sheriff’s deputies caught her reuniting with the same kid on Friday night. The 38 year old woman was already placed under GPS monitoring by the Santa Rosa Count Sheriff’s Department, from the 1st incident.

She was arrested again, after the GPS alarm went off on Friday night, because she went near the boy’s home. Deputies were able to track her down by about a mile away from her home…with the boy in her car. She was jailed without bond Friday on charges of violating her release conditions.

Links
Your Beer and Your Government
Valentines without Chocolate
Love is being a deadbeat parent
Love is a battlefield

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Monday arrives and leaves a bevy of news available to be read. One of the most shocking stories is that the Super Bowl performers used recorded tracks to sing. Apparently a week before the Super Bowl they recorded tracks and got the NFL’s approval. I’m curious to know who is really shocked by this news, because it is not like it hasn’t been done before. Today I’ll give you 3 wonderful stories from around the world.

Story 1: Cash 4 Gold sounds like a scam and now a former employee comes out with a lot of the “behind the scenes” information. They do offer a 100% money back guarantee, but there is a catch (of course). You have to contact them on or before the 10^th day your check is dated. If you want to know and how to save older people of making a mistake and getting scammed, just click on the link at the bottom.

Story 2: Well we are on the verge of destruction with some grim news coming out of IBM today. IBM is working on a massive computer system that will “manage” our countries nuclear arsenal. The code name for the project is “Sequoia,” because the name “Skynet” would send a massive tidal wave of panic down people’s spines. To read more on this amazing supercomputer, click the link below.

Story 3: This story was a tossup between Britney Spears and the purple pimp David B Johnson. Since I figured Britney will get covered by Perez Hilton, let me share a little on the “Purple Pimp.”

Mr. Johnson was charged for driving on a suspended license for the 13th time and was ordered to appear before Judge C. Donelly on the 23rd of January. Mr. Johnson appeared in his purple coat, purple shoes, and even a purple Fedora. He even drove his purple Cadillac to the courthouse. The judge warned him not to drive his car and sentenced him to 10 days in the clink. Now this popping purple player must have not heard the judge’s orders, because he was back in the court house 22 minutes later with the same judge. Unfortunately this time he was thrown into jail on $10,000 bail.

Links:

NY Times Super Bowl Tracks

Cash 4 Gold…here’s $20, go away

Conspiracy Theorists Unite

Come on Judge playa…I got to get my pimpin on

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