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Selling Mislabelled Sushi is Common – Bait and Switch

by Riyad Kalla on 06. Nov, 2008 in Life & World

Kevin Mahaffey sent in a 1-off but damn interesting find by New York high school students Kate Stoeckle and Louisa Strauss: 25% of sushi you buy is not what you ordered (it’s usually something cheaper).
The NYT covered the story in which the girls got 60 different samples of sushi from around New York, then using [...]

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New DNA Testing Clears JonBenet's Family from Guilt

New DNA Testing Clears JonBenet's Family from Guilt

by Riyad Kalla on 09. Jul, 2008 in Entertainment

Holy Christ-on-crackers… after 12 years of assumed guilt for killing their daughter, JonBenet Ramsey, the Ramsey family’s name has finally been cleared of all shadows of doubt over their daughter’s death due to new “Touch DNA” testing.
“Touch”? More like “About Fucking Time” testing… or “Pig-Raping Hell, Where Was This 12 Years Ago” testing…
Can you even [...]

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Bush Signs the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

Bush Signs the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

by Riyad Kalla on 26. May, 2008 in Life & World

In an effort to go down in history as the second worst and not the worst president in US history, Bush has signed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) which would make it illegal for health care companies or employers to discriminate against people based on their generic information (e.g. Bob has a gene that [...]

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