• It's All Greek To Me
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    Taco Bell is rolling out a breakfast item that is the quintessential south-of-the-border desayuno especialidad: Cap'n Crunch Crunch Berries coated doughnut holes. So autenticamente Mexicana! This is where Yum Brands begins to take a licking. On the question of elevating humanity or lowering it, this menu-item eatrocity is actually a pretty tempting target.
  • Boycott This
    So the advertisers have abandoned TLC's "19 Kids and Counting" en masse following revelations that no more than 18 of the super-Christian offspring managed to get through childhood without committing sex crimes. Good for you, Allstate, Choice Hotels, Sherwin-Williams, Pizza Hut and the rest, for bravely taking a stand against molestation.
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