Attention all: I will gladly turn my back on my long-held faith traditions, stop going to Church, burn my Christmas tree, and join up with the radical, secular, homosexual agenda’s War on Christmas if it means I never, ever have to hear that song “Last Christmas” again.
Or any song played in the grocery store this time of year.

Let’s say you’re the Governor of a state which has, historically, had a somewhat loose relationship to political ethics. For the past couple years, you’ve been under investigation, an investigation that has even led to the indictment of a few of your colleagues. In fact, there’s a good chance that many of your conversations are being taped, and you’ve even dared the Attorney General to do so. Due to a recent event, there’s a great deal more national attention being paid to you then before.
Given all this, do …

Honestly, it was only a matter of time:
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said today that federal authorities arrested Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich today because the governor went on “a political corruption crime spree” that needed to be stopped.
Fitzgerald said secret tape recordings showed Blagojevich was attempting “to sell the U.S. Senate seat” that President-elect Barack Obama recently vacated. The governor has the sole power to pick Obama’s replacement under the state constitution.
It wasn’t just the Senate seat; it was also the alleged attempt to financially pressure the Chicago Tribune into more …

My family has a habit of purchasing plastic items of food to sit around as decorations. This annoys me to no end because if I see a donut, I want a donut and if the only donut on hand happens to be made of solid plastic….that’s going to make for a very chewy donut eating experience 
But for whatever reason (hypocrisy?) food shaped soaps appeal to me. That- and the shop’s name- made Dirty Ass Soaps today’s Indie Retailer. (The soap’s are also vegan, although the food that it’s based on …