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Billboard reports that Britain’s last national music retailer has declared bankruptcy. Ailing music and entertainment retailer HMV is to suspend the trading of its shares and enter administration, the U.K. equivalent of Chapter 11 bank protection, the company has confirmed. The troubled music company is the U.K.’s last major high street music retailer and has over 230 brick and mortar …

Alvia Shen writes at Think Progress: A smoothie shop in Vernal, Utah is sparking outrage over an unorthodox pricing structure that charges liberals an extra dollar. The shop, tellingly named the I Love Drilling Juice and Smoothie Bar, is owned by George Burnett, a pro-oil and gas activist. He donates the extra money to conservative organizations like the Heritage Foundation. …

Lifehacker tips us to Freshneck, a new website that it calls the “Netflix for neck ties.” If you put on a tie every day or the dress code at work is formal enough that you could use help keeping your wardrobe fresh, FreshNeck can help. It’s a subscription service that lets you select up to three ties, cufflinks, pocket squares …

From the sales materials: “Pussy packs a punch. Punch? Actually, it’s more like being gently placed on a huge velvet cushion then being carried around the whole night with a back rub and table service thrown in for good measure.” Pussy is grape flavored. So now you know. (Tipped by JMG reader Iain)

Embiggen for bargains advice. (Via Lifehacker)

Somebody call One Million Moms, because two homosexual men are featured in the latest Crate & Barrel campaign, where they can be seen shamelessly flaunting their perversion all over their artfully staged fauxtique home. (Tipped by JMG reader Diane)

On Friday the Bay Area Reporter discussed a Christmas Eve protest at Cliff’s Variety, which is arguably the most beloved retailer in the Castro. A small but spirited group of demonstrators held informational pickets outside Cliff’s Variety on Castro Street last week after some of them were forcibly removed by employees for loudly protesting inside the store on Christmas Eve. …

JMG reader Ben writes with the tip that Same Love, the viral hit by Macklemore & Lewis, is Starbucks’ pick single of the week.  Get the free download code at your local outlet or by using your Starbucks app.  The track has earned almost 11 million views on YouTube in just three months.

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One Million Moms is once again attacking Urban Outfitters because its holiday catalog includes items that have naughty words on them. Among those products is a “Merry Christmas, Bitches” coffee mug and a “Let’s Fucking Reminisce” scrapbook. “This really isn’t anything new for them,” said Monica Cole, director of the American Family Association’s One Million Moms division. “Their catalog has …

Via Reddit, where most of the members are arguing the merits of the oven, rather than the above method of quitting your job.

This just in from an outfit called Vice Merchants: Vice Merchants, the rebelliously luxe bedding company, announced today the release of “Cowpokes,” its first line of bedding geared specifically towards gay men. Made from 100% Egyptian cotton, 400 thread count, fine Sateen fabric, Cowpokes is the ultimate in edgy products that let you embrace a sexy twist in your everyday …

Forgiven Clothes just sent out a breathless email announcing that their “Who Killed Jesus?” t-shirts and hoodies are now on sale. Finish your holiday shopping early!

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Following up on last week’s “Naughty Or Nice” list of retailers who do or do not used the word “Christmas” in their advertising, today the American Family Association launched a boycott of those Satanists at all three GAP chains. But as Good As You blogger Jeremy Hooper again pointed out today, the AFA continues to ignore the pesky fact that …

The most predictable video of the year?

Walmart and Target are facing petitions and consumer backlash over their decision to open tomorrow.

Video by JMG reader Philip Davis.

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