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'You Want Fries with That?

I don't have a thing for fat asses, but if I want fries with that, should I have to pay a sin tax for them? Red light cameras are intrusive and outrageous enough. And although "Food,INC" grossed me out and makes me think about what passes my lips, do I need some self appointed food cops to tell me what I should and shouldn't eat? What's next, stepping on a scale before I order from "In 'n Out"? Find out about the BS behind FAST FOOD , on Thursday, June 17 at 10 P on Showtime. (It will repeat a bunch of times after that showing). http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1873832296?bctid=91168920001

PTBS! is back for Season 8 starting June 10!

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8 TH SEASON OF “PENN & TELLER: BULLSHIT!” PREMIERES THURSDAY, JUNE 10 th at 10 PM ET/PT America ’s favorite muckrackers return for an 8 th season of PENN & TELLER: BULLSHIT! on Thursday, June 10 th at 10 PM ET/PT. The notoriously outspoken pair continue their crusade to expose the inherent hypocrisy (translation: bullshit) of many of the popular beliefs and sacred institutions in our culture. Episode descriptions of all 10 episodes are below: CHEERLEADERS (June 10 th ) Cheerleading is as American as apple pie, but it is also responsible for 65% of all catastrophic female sport injuries. It is one of the most dangerous high school activities due to competitive coaches, fanatic parents, and a multi-million dollar industry concerned with its bottom line. FAST FOOD (June 17 th ) Hold on to your cheeseburger! Public Health agencies, food activists and special interest groups have launched an all-out war against fast food restaurants. Should t

GOLF BALLS n' DOG HAIR

So, we are experiencing the worst oil spill in modern North American history. This disaster calls for the highest of high tech solutions. BP is on it. They're trying to plug the mile deep well with mud, rocks, and ground up golf balls. And how many ground-up golf balls will it take to plug a mile deep tunnel? Are there enough golf balls available in the whole-wide-world to grind up that will fill that opening? (And has anyone priced a six or a twelve pack of golf balls lately?) On the surface, the proposed solution: panty hose stuffed with dog hair to mop up a spill of hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil... Dog hair in panty hose is supposed to keep millions of barrels of oil out of the marshes and off of the beaches? Time to buy some stock in L'eggs, I guess. Golf balls and dog hair, huh? The spill IS in the Deep South. What about using some locally available resources - like shooting a bunch of biscuits and gravy down that hole? It does wonders on