Displaying all posts tagged as 'american'.
Good ol’ Dave Thomas, nobody could sell a hamburger at a Christmas party quite like him.
happy thanksgiving, ‘murica.
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Conglomer-ATE: The Consolidation of American Food
If you’ve been following the news, you know that Big Food successfully lobbied this week to have pizza sauce considered a vegetable under school lunch rules. The industry also managed to block most of the nutritional changes that to school lunches that doctors and dieticians had been recommending for years, virtually guaranteeing that America’s schools will continue to serve processed, unhealthy garbage to our children. If you didn’t know that Big Food wields disproportionate influence in America today, reading this infographic will be a great wakeup call.
Pat Robertson gaffe of the month: “Is mac & cheese a black thing?”
Happy Thanksgiving! We’re thankful that every couple of months, Pat Robertson drops another whopper on the world. This time? Robertson asks, in response to the fact that Condoleezza Rice plans to have macaroni and cheese at her Thanksgiving table, ”Is mac & cheese a black thing?” It’s like he thinks he’s talking in a vacuum, except he’s not. For what it’s worth: We’ve been at Thanksgiving celebrations where the main dish is baked ziti. Your move, Robertson. source
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This is one of the greatest things to happen in the history of Pastafarianism. The Cumberland County Courthouse lawn in Crossville, Tennessee now features an enormous statue of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Source.
AMSTERDAM — Pikuniku accounces its support for the religion of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or Pastafarianism. In 2005, Oregon physics graduate Bobby Henderson wrote an open letter about a “Flying Spaghetti Monster” as a satirical protest against the decision by Kansas State Board of Education to permit the teaching of “intelligent design” as an alternative to evolution in public schools. Source.
