Link25 (147) – The Fourth Of July Edition

Loving America is awesome and fun and it’s proof you’re not a filthy commie, sure, but why is it that the people who tend to love it the loudest are the people we’d most like to keep quiet? With the connectivity of Facebook you can now tarnish the image of Americans faster than ever! Here are some (click on the title to read the full article)

Dear Donald,

You’ve said some pretty offensive things about Latino immigrants recently, and I think they’re worth addressing. Because, you know, this is the United States of America, where I have a right to speak up even if I’m not a billionaire. Isn’t that awesome?

Anyway, I heard what you said about the kind of people you think Latino immigrants are — people with problems, who bring drugs, crime and (click the title to read the full article)

Kombucha, the fermented tea that’s garnered more unsubstantiated health claims than eating an apple a day, has been pushing its way into the American mainstream – leaving behind health stores for supermarket shelves. Like any good trend, the beverage has seen its fair share of controversy – in part because (Click on the title to read the full article)

“They’re bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime, they’re rapists,” Donald Trump said when describing Mexican immigrants during the launch of his presidential campaign June 16. These remarks were not received well. They prompted NBC, Univision and Macy’s to terminate contracts Trump, along with others, and induced public outrage.

But amid the furor, one Mexican laborer had the perfect response. The man was approached while he was working. “Hi, can I ask you something?” the interviewer says. “What do you think about that guy?”

The laborer looks up (click on the title to read the full article)

ORANGE, Mass. — Once weighing 980 pounds and a contender for the dismaying title of world’s fattest man, Paul Mason lost an astonishing 650 pounds after gastric bypass surgery five years ago. But he was left with a cruel, perpetual reminder of the person he had once been: 100 or so pounds of loose skin that enveloped him like a living shroud.

It is still everywhere: hanging from his (click on the title to read the full article)