FDA recall : Stiff Nights is getting yanked again

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One of the most commented posts so far is the one where I listed an FDA recall from November 2009 about a product called “Stiff Nights”.

Back then, the FDA said “Stiff Nights, a product marketed as a dietary supplement for sexual enhancement, contains an ingredient that can dangerously lower blood pressure and is illegal.”

Stiff Nights got yanked pretty quickly, and everyone was upset how fast it was pulled. Well here we are in August of 2010, and guess what? Stiff Nights is now getting yanked with a bunch of others at the same time. (Would you believe me if I said no pun intended?)

Junior high humor aside, today the company that makes all these products said they are… “conducting a voluntary nationwide recall of products sold under the following names: Stiff Nights, Aziffa, Size Matters, Erex, Mojo, Hard Drive, Eyeful, Red Magic, Straight Up, Zotrex, Monster Excyte, WOW, Xaitrex, Verect, Prolatis, Xytamax, Maxyte, Libidinal, OMG, OMG45, and Zilex (with Golden Spear).”

Mojo? Isn’t that a cartoon character? And OMG? Why not LOL while you’re at it?

Anyhow, apparently, all of these products have sulfoaildenafil.

Sulfoaildenafil!

DUN DUN DUUUNNNN!!!

Sulfoaildenafil is basically sildenafil, a Viagra knockoff. And since this ingredient isn’t listed on the products, and that “the undeclared ingredient may interact with nitrates found in some prescription drugs such as nitroglycerin and may lower blood pressure to dangerous levels”, the FDA says they all gotta’ go!

All of the products listed “with manufacture or distribution dates prior to June 17, 2010 are being recalled” even though “no illnesses or adverse effects have been reported to the company to date in connection with these products.”

Here’s the link to the official FDA recall article.

Strange red spider [PHOTO]

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I’ve only seen a few of these red spiders in our yard and on our garage door, but they’re a color and texture I’ve never seen before.

Click and check out the original size to see it larger…

Red Spider

A reddish-orange abdomen with a bright yellow pattern down the center line, a faint pink cephalothorax that actually looks “raw”, and over-bristled legs. (This fellow apparently lost one on his left side.)

Maybe he just molted? Regardless, I’ve got bug-spray-the-yard duty this weekend.

First Alert Carbon Monoxide detector – from $22.99 to .25 cents!

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I found this at the local HEB not too long ago and had to share. (For those of ya’ll that don’t know, HEB is a big giant supermarket chain that’s mostly in south Texas)

A big First Alert Carbon Monoxide detector marked down from $22.99 to .25 cents.

Carbon Monoxide Detector for .25 cents

When they mark stuff down for clearance, they ain’t fooling around!

Monday Morning Music : 08/09/10

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Every Monday I like to post some music to start the week off on the right foot.

This week….

Desperate Union – Don’t Forget Me (Angel)



Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me



Eurythmics – Would I Lie To You?



John Mellencamp – Authority Song



and finally, Aerosmith – Rag Doll

News stories the mainstream media missed : 08/07/10**

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Here are some news stories from this week that I think the mainstream media completely missed out on. All links are from legitimate news sources and not the fringe / wacko sites.

* The triceratops never existed? What? WHAT?! Dammit! So now who is gonna’ pimp slap around the T-Rex? What are little kids gonna’ pretend to have the big Jurassic smackdown with? [GIZMODO]

* File this under “highly suspicious.” Remember back in 2009 there was a woman who was shot and killed by the Iranian military for having the balls to protest against them? And it was caught on video and put all over the internet? Weeeellll as it turns out Neda Agha-Soltan is really alive. Except her name is Zahra Soltani. She fled Iran, but she wants the world to know she’s not really dead. Uh huh. [NEW YORK TIMES]

* Jailbreaking and ripping DVDs are now legal!! Now somebody needs tell the MPAA to stop putting those STUPID commercials before every movie because the answer is YES WE CAN! [NEOWIN]

* A ginormous asteroid might collide with earth in…. 2182. That’s only, what, 172 years left to go?! Everybody panic! [TECHVERT]

* Your kindergarten teacher affects your whole life? Dude! So howcome I can’t remember who it was? Then again, not remembering who it was might explain a few things. [NEW YORK TIMES]

* Now for a bit of grim news… Sabreen Haq, a dying 12 year old girl, had one wish. To have a home, not an apartment, to live in before she died. The community and local schools all got together and raised $120,000 for her to buy a home with. Awesome! So Sabreen’s mother, Maysoon Haq, gave her own cousin, Hamza Abuhamdeh, every penny to go buy a home for them. Abuhamdeh bought a home alright, but he never let anyone move in. “Instead, he rented out the house to another family. Police said he also put the home in his name and not Maysoon’s. Police said they tried to get him to either give the money back or let Maysoon’s family move into the home, but Abuhamdeh only came up with $30,000.” Make a Wish foundation did the best they could and sent Sabreen to Disnayland, but the little girl died right after the trip. Abuhamdeh? He’s “currently out of jail on bond.”  Seriously, I wonder how long it took Abuhamdeh to file down his horns and paint them over. [NEWSNET5]

* Things in Iraq? Still war-a-riffic, thanks! [BOSTON.COM]

* Want to see some bling bling on the bang bang? Here’s some photos of some Mexican cartel pistols that have been waaaay over accessorized. [TELEGRAPH.CO.UK]

* Finally, lots of serious food allergies are on the rise, and the doctors have no idea why. I think I do. <1989 Batman voice on> The doctors have it wrong. They’re looking for one product. The Joker has tainted hundreds of chemicals at the source. The poison only works when the components are mixed. Hairspray won’t do it alone, but hairspray mixed with lipstick and perfume would be toxic. And untraceable. Take that to the press. </1989 Batman voice off> [CNN]

That’s all I got this week! Back Monday.

** Actually posted late late Sunday because my internet connection was all Smurfed up this weekend.

So! Busy! It’s! Not! Funny!

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I haven’t posted anything this week because I’ve had an insane deluge of “urgent” projects at work. From Monday afternoon all the way through to this morning was chankla-riffic.

Fortunately, it wasn’t nothin’ a ton of coffee and some good music couldn’t help with.

Back soon.

The FDA says don’t drink “Miracle Mineral Solution” because it’s mostly bleach

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The FDA issued a warning late Friday for everyone “…not to take Miracle Mineral Solution, an oral liquid also known as “Miracle Mineral Supplement” or “MMS.””

The good news is that, for once, an FDA “warning” item isn’t about a product that’s trying to sneak some Viagra through the retail channel! The bad news? “The product, when used as directed, produces an industrial bleach that can cause serious harm to health.”

Not just regular bleach. Industrial bleach. For people to drink.

Damn.

The loophole appears to be that it’s not bleachy as it shipps in the Miracle Mineral Solution bottle, but only becomes bleachified when you follow the Solution’s directions on how to mix it at home.

The FDA says… “the product instructs consumers to mix the 28 percent sodium chlorite solution with an acid such as citrus juice. This mixture produces chlorine dioxide, a potent bleach used for stripping textiles and industrial water treatment. High oral doses of this bleach, such as those recommended in the labeling, can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and symptoms of severe dehydration.”

Damn damn.

But wait! It gets better! This “Miracle Solution” does all this bleachicanification because it claims it will treat “…HIV, hepatitis, the H1N1 flu virus, common colds, acne, cancer, and other conditions.”

Damn damn damn.

Here’s the link to the official FDA recall/warning notice.

Monday Morning Music : 08/02/10

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Every Monday I like to post some music to start the week off on the right foot.

This week….

Dancing Pigeons – Ritalin

Dancing Pigeons – Ritalin from Blink on Vimeo.



Van Halen – Panama



Foo Fighters – Monkey Wrench



…and finally, Johnny Cash – God’s Gonna Cut You Down (NOTE: This is not the actual music video, but a custom video on YouTube.)

News stories the mainstream media missed : 07/31/10

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Here are some news stories from this week that I think the mainstream media completely missed out on. All links are from legitimate news sources and not the fringe / wacko sites.

* The UK is being all twirly-mustache evil this week, as “U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron announced plans to use “hundreds of millions of pounds” from dormant bank accounts to fund community projects”. OK, first of all, “dormant” bank accounts? Also known as savings and checking accounts that belong to someone or someone’s heirs? And since when does government do anything “to fund community projects”? [BLOOMBERG]

* A UK website called “The Times” got tired of giving away all their high-quality hard-hitting reporting for free, so they started charging users to read their website online. About three weeks later, their readership fell 90%. Causation? Correlation? Karma? Who? What? When? Where? Why? What? Somebody get on this story! And Olsen, stop calling me chief! [GUARDIAN.CO.UK]

* The federal government is seizing high-end shower heads? And fining companies that make them? Get outta’ here! Apparently, “a 1992 federal law says a showerhead can deliver no more than 2.5 gallons per minute at a flowing water pressure of 80 pounds per square inch”, so now the Feds are going around to companies that make “illegal” shower heads and delivering the pain. Why the hell does the federal government get to say what I put in my own shower in my own home when I pay for the water I use? If I want to be so stupid as to bathe with a firehose, it’s my right to do so! [WALL STREET JOURNAL]

* BP is doctoring photos and people are shocked? This is the same company that nuked the Gulf of Mexico! A little photo manipulation and forgery is what their interns do after they get the morning coffee and donuts! [CNN]

* The pentagon has nooooo idea where $9.1 billion in Iraq reconstruction money went in Iraq. Let me put that in a “real” perspective… based on the July 2009 US population, that’s $30 cash money they could have given every single individual that lives in the United States. That’s a lot of money. [YAHOO]

* I saw something by the AP I wanted to post here, but I gotta’ be careful about using quotes from their articles as they apparently have lawyers that donkey punch great white sharks for breakfast just to get in the right mood for the day. So all I’m going to do is post the headline : “Obama’s message to voters: Things could be worse.” Yowza! [AP]

* This story wins the “No way! Can they do that?” award for the week. A man swallowed a USB drive as he was getting arrested that apparently contained “credit and debit card numbers from ATMs” he stole. He thought destroying the evidence would get him off the hook. But the authorities got a warrant to have a surgeon go in and get the USB drive out from his intestines. Dude! You can warrant a surgery? Yes he was a bad guy and yes he was trying to destroy evidence, but you can warrant a surgery? [UPI]

* So this guy robs a bank, and all anyone can remember is that he wore “a woman’s blond wig, fake breasts under a sweater and clown pants.” I just can’t add anything funnier to that. [MSNBC]

That’s all I got. Back Monday!!

A giant storm is rolling across the Atlantic. And I mean a giant giant storm.

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I was checking NOAA just now (Insomnia!!! Whoo Hoo!!!) and saw there’s a giant bohonkus storm that’s rolling across the Atlantic. It’s the one on the lower right in the next photo.

Gulf Sized Storm 01

It doesn’t look too bad over the ocean, but using my Photoshop ninja skills, I put it over the Gulf of Mexico…

Gulf Sized Storm 02

… and, as it is right now, the storm would take up the entire Gulf of Mexico. So how big is it over land?

Gulf Sized Storm 03

Offhand, it looks like the storm would completely cover Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi. Five states underneath one storm.

That’s a big damn storm.

And don’t storms gather strength and cohesion as they travel across the ocean during this time of year?