Saturday, May 25, 2013

What's a GMO?

A protest was held in Los Angeles on Saturday calling for "proper" labelling of "Genetically Modified Organisms" and taking issue with Monsanto's continuing marketing of such products.

The L.A. County Board of Supervisors did not hold a vote to terminate the county's relationship with Teens Happy Homes, a foster care agency under fire because of allegations of financial malfeasance and child abuse.  Two of the five supervisors want to stop sending foster children to the agency's foster homes, but they couldn't find a third vote.

Ever wonder what 1,850 pounds of pot looks like?  http://t.co/DsyWnPk5hj
There's a photo of that much pot in a panga that ran around in Manhattan Beach.

A federal judge has ruled that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio violated the 4th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution in how he was using racial profiling in ordering his cops to detain people they suspected of being in the U.S. illegally.

Have members of the elite SWAT and SIS units of the Los Angeles Police Department been illegally re-selling guns for profit?  The FBI is investigating the allegations.

Larry Page, CEO of Google described people in the computer science industry as "...nerdy curmudgeons" in a recent interview.  He was talking about an upcoming film, "The Internship" starring Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson.  Most of the film involves Google.

Prosopagnosia.  Sounds horrible.  But it is simply the technical name for a condition in which people cannot remember the faces of people they meet.  Brad Pitt thinks he might suffer from it because he has trouble remembering people.

Another celebrity is dissing Justin Bieber.  This time it is SNL's Bill Hader, who was discussing various SNL guest-hosts with Howard Stern on his Sirius XM radio show.

A still working 1976 Apple computer was just auctioned off for almost $700,000. 

In Dagestan, a woman blew herself and injured 18 others in a so-called "suicide bombing".  Dagestan was once home to the Boston Marathon bombers.

Transgender MMA fighter Fallon Fox has won her third fight, but this one wasn't nearly as easy for her as the first two were.  When she steps up in competition level, she is not going to do well unless she improves her skills.

Elisabeth Moss doesn't hold back or mince words.  When asked why her former co-star Jeremy Piven left the production of "Speed The Plow", her response was that he was " being highly unprofessional"  Then when asked about Jon Hamm's manhood she smirked and mentioned that we've all seen the pictures.

If you've seen any photos of Scott Thorson from the last few years, you were probably surprised by how much he now resembles his former lover, Liberace.  As revealed in his book about the singer, that is now a made for HBO movie that premieres tomorrow night, that's because Liberace had his own plastic surgeon make Thorson over to look like him.

Amanda Bynes is now accusing the cops who busted her for tossing a bong out her window of sexual assault.  Her allegations are being investigated.

Someone needs to let TMZ.com know that 5150 is only proper code for an involuntary psychiatric hold in California, not in New York City.  They made reference to it in a story about Amanda Bynes.