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Kickass Kid of the Day: As 9-year-old Josef Miles and his mother walked around Kansas’ Washburn University campus last weekend, he noticed a group of Westboro Baptist Church members picketing as people headed to graduation ceremonies.

Josef asked mom if he could create his own sign, and promptly staged a one-man protest. His sign, written in pencil on a tiny sketchpad, read simply, “God Hates No One.”

[augustachronicle]

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Single-Topic Tumblr of the Day: A Scottish artist named Michael decided to spice up the popular Pictionary-style game Draw Something by adding a simple self-imposed rule: always draw Hitler.

His Tumblr, “Ignore Hitler,” chronicles his attempts to communicate his assigned words while gratuitously sketching one of history’s worst villains and violating Godwin’s Law six ways from Sunday.

[happyplace.]

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Twitpic of the Day: Oh, possum.

[@hoppy_jnr / b3ta.]

Hahahahaha

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What The Kids Are Eating of the Day: Ruled not good enough by America’s largest fast-food chains, the so-called “pink slime” — meat and meat by-products treated with ammonia — is still A-OK by U.S. Department of Agriculture standards.

In fact, the USDA will reportedly purchase over 7 million pounds of the gunk to turn into hamburgers and tacos for cafeterias feeding America’s schoolchildren.

McDonald’s, Burger King, and Taco Bell were all persuaded to stop using ammonia-treated meat after the practice of rinsing dog-grade meat with ammonia to wash away harmful bacteria was brought to the attention of consumers by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver.

“We’re taking a product that would be sold in its cheaper form for dogs,” said Oliver on his TV show Food Revolution. “After this process, we can give it to humans.”

But a USDA spokesman said there were no plans to stop using pink slime as part of the national school lunch program.

“The U.S. Food and Drug Administration as well as the Food Safety and Inspection Service considers ammonium hydroxide as ‘generally recognized as safe,’” said the spokesman, Aaron Lavallee. “FSIS reviewed the suitability of Beef Products Inc.’s use of ammonium hydroxide in order to assess its effectiveness in performing the intended technical purpose of use, at lowest level necessary, and to ensure that the product is not adulterated or misleading to consumers.”

However, since ammonia beef falls outside the jurisdiction of federal labeling requirements, parents have no way of knowing what exactly is being served to their kids.

[thedaily.]

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Purrfect Prank of the Day: Redditor frackyou’s little cousin posted his phone number to Facebook along with a status update informing everyone that he was bored.

Cat Facts to the rescue.

[reddit.]

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So Much For That of the Day: Disney’s Joy Division-inspired Mickey tee is no more.

Despite tickling band co-founder Peter Hook’s compliment bone, the company decided to yank the questionable homage after their cool uncle told them what Joy Division actually is.

“As soon as we became aware there could be an issue, we pulled it from our shelves and our online store to review the situation further,” a rep is quoted as saying.

Not to worry, there are plenty of kind souls on eBay who will be more than happy to part ways with this suddenly limited tee for a measly $202.50 and counting.

[pitchfork.]

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Office Spinoff of the Day: Dwight Schrute may be getting his own show.

NBC is reportedly developing a spinoff series for the popular Office character. The project is in its infancy, but the network is setting its sights on a midseason 2013 launch date.

The show will be a family sitcom, based on a premise proposed by Schrute actor Rainn Wilson and Office showrunner Paul Lieberstein (who plays Toby). According to an early synopsis, the spinoff will be set at Dwight’s beet farm and B&B.

“Paul and Rainn have been joking for years about Dwight’s life on the farm, his family and how ill-suited he is to run a B&B,” a source told Deadline. “A while ago, it started to feel like a show to them. NBC agreed, it’s been further developed to include multiple generations, many cousins and neighbors. At its base it will be about a family farm struggling to survive and a family trying to stay together.” 

Office executive producers Ben Silverman and Howard Klein are also attached. Greg Daniels will reportedly sit this one out.

[deadline.]

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PSA of the Day: Drugs: They will drug you.

[arbroath.]

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Things That Are Real of the Day: An official, Disney-approved, Joy Division-inspired, Mickey Mouse-themed Waves tee “for Adults.” 

From the description:

Inspired by the iconic sleeve of Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures album, this Waves Mickey Mouse Tee incorporates Mickey’s image within the graphic of the pulse of a star. That’s appropriate given few stars have made bigger waves than Mickey!

Ian Curtis is rolling around in his noose.

[pitchfork / bwe.]

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Super Puppies of the Day: Are you ready for the some puppy football?? Meet the starting lineup of Puppy Bowl VIII — the only canine-based Super Bowl alternative worth watching — on the Animal Planet website.

The Puppy Bowl airs Sunday, February 5th @ 3 PM E/P.

[bwe.]

i need to see this!

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Pajama Pants Parish of the Day: Caddo Parish, Louisiana — sagging-pants-free since 2011 — is tackling its latest public eyesore: Pajama pants. Caddo Parish District 3 Commission Michael Williams is pushing for an ordinance that would officially ban the wearing of pajama pants outdoors.

He says he was offended by a young man he saw at Walmart whose private parts were showing through the fabric of his pajama pants.

“If you can’t (wear pajamas) at the Boardwalk or courthouse, why are you going to do it in a restaurant or in public?” Williams asked rhetorically. “Today it’s pajamas, tomorrow it’s underwear. Where does it stop?”

Some people in the city of Shreveport, which is located in Caddo Parish, have expressed their disapproval of the proposed ordinance.

“I wear my [Family Guy pajama] pants anywhere,” said resident Khiry Tisdem. “I’m an American, and I can wear my clothes anywhere I want. I’m a grown man. I pay my own bills, so I can wear my clothes the way I want. I don’t know why it’s an issue.”

What say you? Go home and sleep it off or don’t tread on my pajama pants?

[shreveporttimes / newsfeed / photo: flickr.]

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Photo Series of the Day: To promote her newly launched photo restoration business, Swedish artist Sanna Dullaway colorized a few of history’s more iconic photos.

Check out the rest here.

[petapixel.]