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Poor People In America Smoke More Cigarettes Than Others

Stats are a wonderful thing; they always tell us how it is with no room for argument or worthless opinions. Stats are just like Jennifer Lopez's hips... they don't lie. The numbers are in, thanks to the CDC, and the biggest conclusion that can be drawn from the data collected is: poor people in America smoke more cigarettes than others.

The CDC didn't break down the number of people who smoke by income levels, but the following graphs show proof that poor people in America make up the majority of smokers.

You see how I deduced what I deduced? If you do, congratulations. 57 percent of American people who smoke cigarettes either have no health insurance or they are on Medicaid. If you have no health insurance or you're on Medicaid, you're poor. And, education is also a good indicator of wealth. Poor people don't bother graduating high school because they decide at an early age that their life isn't such a wonderful thing. And, if you don't value life very highly, you're less likely to take care of your health. 

While it is a key fact that poor people smoke more cigarettes than other Americans, another important statistic to mention is that Americans are smoking at a lower rate than ever. In 1965, 42.5 percent of American adults smoked cigarettes. In 2014, only 16.8 percent of adults in the good ole U.S. of A smoked right-handed cigarettes.

So, there it is and there you will continue to have it and keep it for as long as you wish.

via: The Washington Post 
and CDC

Kickstarter Crowdfunding For Mystery Science Theater 3000:

The creator and host of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Joel Hodgson, has turned to cyber begging, I mean, crowdfunding, to create new episodes of his cult classic TV show. 

MST3K first aired on a local television channel on Thanksgiving Day 1988 in Minneapolis. The television show was cancelled in 1999 after 197 episodes and a feature film.

With 29 days left of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, Mr. Hodgson has received pledges totaling nearly $1.5 million out of the $2 million goal.

The show is very popular and has many fans, myself included, that would like to see the show return with some new material. At this point it seems very likely that it will happen.

Mystery Science Theater 3000 Kickstarter Page   

Police Looking For Twerkers For Sexually Assaulting Man

I can hear John Walsh from America's Most Wanted now: "These two sexual deviants need to be taken off the streets now before they claim another victim, and we need your help."

Two women, who obviously never had a father when they were growing up, are wanted for twerking upon a man against his will and for grabbing his genitals in a convenience store. Police are currently looking for the twerkers in the Washington, D.C. area.

If you recognize these two sexual predators, please call the D.C. police at (202)727-9099. These women need to be arrested and put on the sexual predators website immediately.

via: HUFFINGTON POST

 

Vivica A. Fox Implies That 50 Cent Is Gay

While Vivica A. Fox was on a television show (I can't remember the name of the awful talk show) when she implied that 50 Cent is gay. 50 Cent was the subject of the conversation because of his claims that the ratings for the TV show Empire were declining due to the gay subject matter during recent episodes. I don't know. I don't watch terrible TV shows like that, so I don't know what kind of homosexual activities are going on there.

For years I have been saying that 50 Cent is gay (not that there's anything wrong with that), but people just assume I'm saying it because he's a crap rapper. But, I say he is gay because he appears to be gay. Again, not that like there is anything wrong with that. So, I think that if "Three Dimes and a Nickel" likes laying down with men, he should just come out of the closet and stop fighting it.

 

American Pharoah Retired In Style

After becoming the first horse ever to win the "Grand Slam" of American horse racing, American Pharoah has retired in style to his plush new homestead. The greatest racing horse of all time is such a celebrity that when he was brought to his new home in Kentucky he was given a police escort. American Pharoah was born and raised in Kentucky, so he is feeling right at home, no doubt.

American Pharoah will continue to earn big money when he is "put out to stud" in Spring, 2016. Ahmed Zayat, American Pharoah's owner, sold the breeding rights of the horse to Coolmore Stud Farm, an Ireland-based company that has farms throughout the world. The owner of Coolmore Stud Farms said that there is a waiting list of mares that want to do the hanky-panky with the champion. And, for each female that he bangs, he will earn $200,000. It is estimated that American Pharoah will do his thing with 100 mares in just his first year alone. That is a lot of money waiting to be had. Do the math, Mr. Wizard. Nevermind, I'll do it for you... it's $20 million! Cha-ching! American Pharoah earned $8,288,800 for running on the ovals in 2015. It appears that the horse's retirement income will exceed his career earnings by a wide margin.

After American Pharoah came in second place in the Travers Stakes at my hometown racetrack in Saratoga, New York, I spoke to the clearly upset thoroughbred. 

Me: After leading the race from the wire, Frosted came up to challenge you around the third turn. But you pulled ahead of him and retook the lead. Did you have any idea that Keen Ice was coming up on the outside so fast on the backstretch.

American Pharoah: No, I had no idea. I thought I was going to win and beat the curse at "the Graveyard of Champions," but it looks like it got me, too.

Me: It appears that Frosted made you pick up your pace sooner than you wanted to, and that is what made it possible for Keen Ice to make that great sprint finish and pass you just a few lengths from the finish.

American Pharoah: Perhaps I should've maintained my pace and waited to see if Frosted would maybe lose steam and start falling back. But, I didn't. I made a mistake. I'm only a horse. I'm not perfect. I put my shoes on one hoof at a time.
 



 

"Scarface" Mansion Sold For Less Than It Cost the Owner

The Scarface mansion has been sold, and it went for less than what it cost the owner to obtain the property in 2008.

The Russian financier Sergey Grishin paid $20 million for the property and put it on the market for $35 million last May. Perhaps he was thinking that he could overprice the estate and that a dumb rapper with more money than brains would pay the absurd asking price. He was wrong. Mr. Grishin lowered the price of the Scarface mansion to $17.9 million shortly thereafter, but still, there were no takers. 

When the property finally did sell recently, for $12.26 million, the Russian financier took a loss of $7.74 million based on what he paid for the mansion. Hopefully, for his sake, he got a million dollars worth of use out of the property for every year that he owned the place. And that isn't taking into account the fact that $20 million in 2008 was worth a lot more than it is today. It is a wonderful coincidence that Sergey Grishin bought the mansion in 2008, the year the housing bubble burst.

And, in case you're wondering, "El Fureidis" means "little paradise" or "tropical paradise," depending on what Google page you ask.

350 Languages Are Spoken In USA

Have you ever asked someone where they are from or what language they are speaking, only to have them shoot you a dirty look before giving you a snotty answer? Doesn't that grind your gears? It does mine. Now, when a Euro tourist dork or whomever responds with something like, "Psh, why you don't know what language it is? You Americans know nothing," you can answer back: "There are over 350 languages spoken in the USA and you expect me to know every single language in the world?" And then you can slap them in the face (or punch them) because we're American, and that's what we do.