Posts Tagged ‘Fig’

NBC News fights judge’s order to include Kucinich in debate

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

MSNBC told Dennis Kucinich he could participate in the debate before the Nevada primary election, then they said he couldn’t. Dennis and a Nevada Supreme Court Judge disagreed with MSNBC, and now he can participate. MSNBC is still trying to ban him from the debate, which makes no sense. Just let him participate, it’s not like it’ll make a difference in the voting anyway.

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New York firefighters to oppose Giuliani

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

A group of American firefighters opposed to Rudy Giuliani, the Republican front-runner in the 2008 presidential race, are planning to run damaging adverts expressing scepticism about his 9/11 leadership.

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Another Tazer Death Today.

Monday, November 19th, 2007

Yes, another.

“A 20-year-old man died this morning after a sheriff’s deputy used a taser on him to break up a fight, the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office reports.
The man was identified as Jarrel Gray of Ladd Circle by his mother, Tanya Thomas, who spoke to a News-Post reporter.”

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Safeway Select: A Tale of Mold

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Mmm… Safeway brand fig newtons…

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So my friend went to the local Safeway on 11/5/07 to buy some snacks…

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It was a good deal. They were only $2.50.

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She gets home. Eats one. Then looks at them more carefully. You too should look at them carefully.

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She takes a closer a look at the expiration date, and scared the cat.

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Yes, it does actually say 12/27/06. Safeway actually kept an item on the shelves almost ONE YEAR after the “best by” date, which is actually the date that it should be eaten, not sold. Those Fig Newtons most likely had been on the shelves since July 2006.

Anybody want to go to Safeway?

Welcome to Figment’s Imagination!

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

Yes! Finally!

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