Social/Cultural: February 2008 Archives

When the commercials first came out, I thought it was bullshit. When the product stuck around, though, I revised the thinking, maybe it was something you had to take for a year before you got any results. Looks like my first instinct was correct:

A federal court jury on Friday found the owner of a company that sells "male enhancement" tablets and other herbal supplements guilty of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, bank fraud and money laundering. Steve Warshak is founder and president of Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals, which distributes Enzyte and a number of products alleged to boost energy, manage weight, reduce memory loss and aid restful sleep.

I wonder, is this the first time a truly fraudulent product sponsored a NASCAR car/driver?

h/t to an LJ friend...

Isn't being without Teh Internetz punishment enough?

An American businesswoman was carted off to jail by religious police in Saudi Arabia for sitting with a male colleague at a Starbucks in Riyadh, the Times of London reported.
The woman, who spent a day behind bars, was strip-searched and forced to sign a false confession before being released, the newspaper said. The Times declined to publish her name at her request.

And we call these people our friends. Let's not forget that 19 Saudis were on the planes of 9/11.