Ritalin and Aderall lead to Harder Drugs

Posted on March 26, 2008
Filed Under Bizarre News, Entertainment, Movie News | 1 Comment

Dennis Hopper True Romance clip scene Sicilian Liars and Truth
Picture Dennis Hopper in the scene from the Quentin Tarantino movie True Romance,” yea, it’s a fact, hey… now I’m quoting history here…”

Wasn’t it a few years back we were all hearing how Marijuana and alcohol use leads to harder drugs? –and by harder drugs it was usually understood

they meant heroin? Er wait, not Alcohol, that just leads to peculiar bumps in the female anatomy and liver disease in both sexes. Maybe the first part explains why it is still legal, but we digress.

The new word on the street is that Attention deficit drugs like Ritalin and Aderall are leading people to experiment with Read more

Prison Terms for Eye Exams

Posted on March 26, 2008
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theFutonPoncho may be gear to wear when your head is in the air, but it might also be something you put on to shield you from the outrageousness of everyday life in America. Everywhere you turn, laws are being enacted to “protect us” from the outside world. Has anyone thought to take into account how are they going to enforce all these laws?

Illinois legislature recently passed a law requiring parents to have their children pass an eye exam before they are allowed to attend school. The wording on the street is that optometrists are “worried” about Read more

Elliot Spitzer Naked Pictures

Posted on March 20, 2008
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Ashley Dupree and Elliot Spitzer collage

All you need to do is see the 1996 movie The People vs. Larry Flynt where Woody Harrelson plays Hustler Magazines Boss Larry Claxton Flynt Jr. and you’ll understand why Larry is probably hands down one of the best examples of a true fit for an all time futonponcho award. Most people know that Larry offered Ashley Alexandra Dupre one million dollars to appear in his magazine, but get this:

Playgirl “Mangazine” is offering one million dollars to Elliot Spitzer to pose for them. Who says Larry doesn’t still have what it takes to be a first mover.Playgirl, playing on the fact that Elliot will likely need Read more

Businessman Sues for Lapdance Injury

Posted on March 18, 2008
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Photo from the HotLapDance.com Website Oh Baby -thank you Stephen Chang. You just helped us identify another possible recipient for theFutonPoncho award! Mr. Chang was at Hot Lap Dance Club near Madison Square Garden when the stripper swiveled and smacked him in the face with the heel of her shoe. The Associated Press contacted the manager of the Hot Lap Dance Club who said he was unaware of the accident or the lawsuit.

That stripper might have mis-stepped but where was this guy’s head anyway?

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Visa IPO Price Set

Posted on March 18, 2008
Filed Under Business, Economy News | 2 Comments

Picture of the Visa Credit Card Logo About $44 per share, and 17.9 billion dollars in market capital. It’s just the natural course of things. Create a company that is based upon building up debt. Get the debt up to record levels! Just as it looks as though major defaults may be around the corner, spin the company off in an IPO! That way, when all the Visa credit card users are up to their hats in debt and start a massive round of defaults, have the investors of the shiny new Visa IPO pick up the tab. And did you read that the Investment houses like J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs made sure they had their best clients buy up the stock to thwart a rapid sell off ala Blackstone? It seems more like they were dumping it off to the ones more likely to be able to afford living with a dog with fleas. Who says they don’t have a heart?

And it was a big day on Wall Street. The Dow was up, the NASDAQ closed up over 4% It’s been a few years since they had that kind of gain, of course don’t forget that Read more