Or, at least, is the 7th-ranked city mentioned due to a lack of freely-flowing shit:

Dannon's new yogurt, Activa, contains a special bacterial culture known as Bifidus Regularis that helps to regulate the digestive tract. To help promote their new product, and perhaps to locate potential markets for this breakfast-food-come-Milk of Magnesia-competitor, Dannon commissioned a survey to determine the most irregular cities in America. The survey defined irregularity as not going to the bathroom for two or more days and found that the ten most irregular cities are:

1. Orlando, FL
2. Memphis, TN


3. Greenville, NC
4. Tampa, FL
5. Raleigh-Durham, NC
6. San Antonio, TX
7. Oklahoma City, OK
8. Jacksonville, MI
9. Miami/Fort Lauderdale, FL
10. Philadelphia, PA

Activa, apparently, can help to relieve people of their irregularity problems. Thanks for the information, Dannon, but this is best left to be distributed by the medical field, not as part of the advertising campaign of yogurt. Besides, everyone already knew that Orlando was a little strange - even if we didn't know that it could be cured with a 4-oz. serving of Activa.

I know, you're probably just as shocked as I am.

(Via Slashfood.)

Redd writes today, speaking of Republicans overtly trying to get church directories because they think churchgoers are their best voters:

I must say, I'm not exactly surprised, given that Republicans brought you such disgusting tactics as sending out a mass-mailing in WV and AR to say that Democrats were out to ban the Bible (nothing like a little lie between the faithful, eh?) during the 2004 Presidential election.

I hope that, after having been burned by this once, every state Democratic party is prepared to pull the trigger on the ultimate response. Here's a theoretical news story:

Responding to GOP charges of a "war on Christianity," the state Democratic Party today announced that it would supply free Bibles and religious texts to anyone who asked while supplies last.

The party, in cooperation with the American Bible Society and other groups, is making available copies of the Bible, the Torah, the Koran, or any other religious text that a person may want to read.

"Faith is an important part of the lives of millions of citizens of our state," said John Doe, state party chairman. "We certainly encourage everyone to sit down and actually read their holy scriptures. Unlike some political movements that are scared to death of people actually reading the Bible or Koran, we think people should discover these great works for themselves, rather than relying on multimillionaire televangelists to continually interpret them in favor of a specific political party."

People interested in the free books can come by Democratic Party Headquarters and pick them up, limited to one per person. Alternately, they can call 555-5555 and provide their address to have a Democratic Party staffer bring a book to them, limited to one book per household, along with voter registration information and a guide to getting to the right precinct on election day. Eligible citizens can also register to vote at the party headquarters.

State GOP officials did not return repeated calls requesting comment.

Wouldn't that be fun? (Via firedoglake.)