From The Consumerist.

I use ginger all the time - and often it use it raw as a garnish.  What’s more, most of the time I don’t know where it comes from, because the little arms or whatever don’t have stickers.  I know that because the mexican guy at safeway always looks at the ginger for a long time trying to figure out what it is, then he has to look in his little book to find the code.  See, no sticker = long mexican ginger book lookup time.

Anyway, the California Department of Health is warning consumers about ginger from China that may be laced with a dangerous pesticide.  Great China, first you kill our pets, then us?  You’re lucky you make everything we use on a daily basis (it’s crazy, I just did a quick check on my desk - everything, from iPhone to keyboard to calculator -made in China)…or else.

How do you know if your ginger is poisoned?  Well, eat it, and if you experience:  “flu-like symptoms such as nausea, headache and blurred vision,” then that’s a bad sigh.  The CDPH also reports that, “Higher levels of poisoning also can cause dizziness, excessive sweating and salivation, vomiting, diarrhea, breathing problems, and muscle stiffness and twitching.”

Or, just throw what you have out, and buy some organic stuff.

Alright China, that’s it OK, this is your last chance.  Cut it with the unsafe imported products already.  Oh, and get Ji to sign too.  I know, it’s Milwaukee, but for people that sneak over in the bowels of boats only to be enslaved in whore houses or chinese restaurants, you’re being a bit picky, no?

The thing about our local team, the Oakland Raiders, is that they’re very very terrible.  Last year, they won only two games while scoring only 168 points - both marks the worst in the league.  To put this in perspective, the second lowest scoring team was the Tampa Bay Bucs, who scored 211 points…that’s 25% more points.  Not only that, but the Buc’s starting QB’s spleen exploded and they played most of the season with a rookie backup.

So yeah, it was a tough season to watch - particularly because my fantasy team, ’Raider Nation’ was appropriately loaded with Raider players.

The reason I’m brining up the raiders is that they got the #1 pick this year, and took JaMarcus Russell - the hyped 263, 6′6″ QB out of LSU.

But today, the Raiders also picked up Miami scrub Daunte Culpepper.  You remember Daunte - he reached fantasy superstardom in 2004, throwing for 39 TDs (second only to Manning) and 4717 yards.  Then, he dropped off the map and eventually wound up in Miami, where he played only 4 games, throwing for 2 TDs and 3 INTs, and was eventually sidelined by injury and replaced by…sigh…Joey Harrington.

Now the Raider’s QB roster includes Russel, Josh McCown, Andrew Walter and Culpepper…what a mess.  And guess who’s not signed…you got it, #1 draft pick Russel.

Still, Culpepper is an upgrade from last year’s import Aaron Brooks - who threw for 8 interceptions in 8 games.  But he’s likely to be just a year long plug in Oakland’s QB revolving door that has frustrated fans since 2002.

From Gizmodo.  Kids like to see animals sing and dance around while dressed like humans.  Some kids…other kids like to see them fight to the death, but that’s a whole different story.

Anyway, what happens if you replace the tracks at Chuck E Cheese with something a bit more contemporary?  Watch for yourself below.