Sometimes we forget that even with all our technology and high-techery and the like, still a huge amount of our consumer goods arrive in the United States through plain old ships.   In fact, a whopping 40% of our goods arrive through the ports of Long Beach, Oakland, and Los Angeles.   And now, it looks like California legislators are close to imposing a $60 fee on every container coming through these ports, expecting to raise $400 million a year.   Some of this money, say the legislators, would go towards fighting pollution.

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V2O nightclub in Long Beach has been holding a “Spring Break Breast Augmentation Contest Series” where six finalists go head-to-head in an apple-bobbing battle royal dubbed “Bobbing for Boobs.” The winner will receive a free breast augmentation from plastic surgeon Dr. Karl Nguyen.

The promoter explained “We just thought that the No. 1 reason people come to the club is, of course, girls,” he says. “So how would we attract that demographic? Plastic surgery. It’s what they’re into.” [LA Times]

OMG, that’s totes right! Girls are like sooooo into plastic surgery. And of course money, ice cream, boy bands, kittens, shiny objects and US Weekly.

And now for more heart-waring quotes from the article…

“One, a tiny young woman named Tracy Boi who accompanied her spirited limbo techniques with gracious kisses blown to the audience, seemed particularly excited. “It’s always nice to get free boobies,” she gushed before being whisked onto the dance floor by her friends.” Another, who would identify herself only as “Lanle” and who appeared to have something nearing a C cup, explained her reason for joining the competition. “To get boobs. More self-esteem,” she said. [LA Times]

Here’s the thing (and apologies in advance if I am going completely against all I learned in my feminist theory classes here) I understand the fascination with

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