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A business owner in New Jersey is catching a lot of shit lately over a display in front of his store that depicts President Barack Obama as a witch doctor.

The display -- in front of the Skuby & Co. Lifestyle Clothing company in Spring Lake --  shows the president's face superimposed on the body of a witch doctor. Underneath the image is the word "ObamaCare."

It also includes a tombstone with a picture of Obama holding a stethoscope with the words, "I Told You I Was Sick" written on it. There's also a mannequin wearing a hat with the acronym "F.Y.B.O.," presumably meaning "fuck you, Barack Obama."

Some people like the display, while others find it offensive -- some even say it's racist.

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A bill proposed in the New Jersey State Legislature that would require animals to wear seat belts in the car has the support of the majority of voters, according to a recent poll conducted by Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind.

According to the poll, conducted earlier this month, 45 percent of voters actually support the idea of making dogs and cats wear seat belts, while only 40 percent oppose the bill.

The bill was introduced by Assemblywoman Grace Spencer in July. The proposed law would give law enforcement the authority to issue a $20 ticket to anyone caught driving around with his or her dog unharnessed. Additionally, the offender could be hit with animal-cruelty charges.

As we mentioned in prior posts, there is some logic behind forcing animals to wear seat belts (none of which was used by Spencer in explaining her bill).

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This is how you "smile" in New Jersey

Since January, smiling in your driver's license photo has been banned in New Jersey -- and nobody seemed to notice (or care) until now.

In New Jersey, there's not a whole lot to smile about -- the brown water, the West Nile, Snooki. All of these things can lead to a perpetual frown.

Regardless, a Sicklerville woman was all smiles when she went to have her driver's license photo taken on Tuesday, but was told by the manager of the Motor Vehicles Commission office in Cherry Hill to wipe the smile off her face -- and now she's pissed.

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"Tan Mom" Patricia Krentcil takes to Youtube to show you how to properly care for your skin.

We just watched all four minutes of a new skin-care infomercial starring New Jersey "Tan Mom" Patricia Krentcil, and we've come to one conclusion: Krentcil is either in a perpetual state of drunkenness, or she just acts like she's in a perpetual state of drunkenness.

Either way, the infomercial -- which you can see below -- is pretty tough to watch; a spacey Krentcil acts like a confused schoolgirl when it's explained to her that she needs to occasionally wash her face.

Krentcil, as you might recall, was arrested earlier this year after authorities say she stuffed her five-year-old daughter into a tanning bed. She denies the allegations.

To her credit, the latest video is a step up from the last time Krentcil appeared on YouTube -- when she got hammered at a drag show and was thrown out of a bar.

See Krentcil's infomercial below.

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New Jersey is having a tough week on the PR front; in addition to the brown water coming out of the taps at Newark International Airport, there are now seven new cases of West Nile Virus, authorities confirmed today.

The new reports put the total number of cases of the virus in New Jersey at 22 in 15 counties. Essex and Ocean counties lead the tally with three cases each.

Of the 22 reported cases, only one has been fatal -- a 77-year-old Willingboro man died from the illness last week, which is the first West Nile-related death in New Jersey since 2010.

West Nile is a pretty nasty disease that pops up in North American cities around this time every year. This year has been particularly brutal -- 2012 has seen the highest reported cases of the disease in U.S. history.

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This was found scribbled on a fence in Manalapan last week.

A New Jersey town currently has a problem that isn't directly related to it's simply being located in New Jersey: swastikas.

Last week, residents of Manalapan woke up to find at least a dozen swastikas and other hateful symbols scribbled on the sides of residential fences and buildings on one of the town's main drags.

In one case, the words "Kille the Jews" was spray-painted on the side of a fence.

Considering Manalapan is home to tens of thousands of Jewish families, the graffiti hasn't been well received.

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New Jersey is gross. Fact.

When you travel overseas, it's often advised that you only drink bottled water, don't get ice in your drinks and avoid drinking water while brushing your teeth or showering because foreign water -- in many cases -- is disgusting. It's become painfully clear that the same warning should apply to anyone who travels over the Hudson River -- because the water in New Jersey is disgusting...again.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey issued an alert this afternoon that travelers at Newark International Airport avoid drinking any water at the airport because...(wait for it) the water coming out of the taps is currently brown.

The Port Authority offers no explanation for the brown water -- and none is needed other than the obvious: it's New Jersey.

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Trenton Mayor Tony Mack was arrested this morning after authorities say he solicited bribes in exchange for a city-funded contract to build a parking garage. We've read the entire 31-page indictment -- and it's hilarious.

With a bevy of aliases like "The Fat Man," "The Little Guy," "Honey Fitz," and "JoJo," the  indictment reads more like a script for the Sopranos than something that actually could happen in real life -- or outside of New Jersey.

"Uncle Remus" is code for the money Mack and his co-defendant -- convicted pervert/enormous fatso Joseph Giorgianni -- solicit from a private contractor, and he uses analogies like "an empty garbage bag can't stand up unless you put garbage in it" to secretly explain that bribes are expected.

It's terrific in that "Seriously, New Jersey? Seriously?" sort of way. 

Read the entire complaint below.    

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"Tan Mom" Patricia Krentcil's 15 minutes of infamy apparently are not yet up.

Has it been 15 minutes yet?

Patricia Krentcil, who apparently is still quasi-infamous for a variety of reasons -- namely being orange, taking her 5-year-old daughter to a tanning salon earlier this year, and then calling critics "fat and ugly" -- was the sideshow at a drag show called "Tan Mom at Hot Mess," at the XL Club on West 42nd Street last night.

As if anything less was to be expected, "Tan Mom" got wasted and made a complete ass of herself -- and it was all caught on video.

Krentcil apparently was falling all over the red carpet on her way into the venue, and then tried to attack one of the drag queens. She was then thrown out -- but not before declaring her innocence to the room full of queens.

"I didn't put my kid in a tanning bed," she slurred when asked if she wanted a drink.

See the video after the jump -- seems about par for the course for a woman currently facing child endangerment charges for allegedly stuffing her 5-year-old in a tanning bed.

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Bawar Aksal allegedly shoved his hand down the pants of a sleeping woman on an airplane earlier this week. The charges against him are slightly more serious than "bad manners."

Over the weekend, a British member of parliament made the argument that having sex with a woman as she sleeps isn't rape. He concedes, however, that it is "bad manners."

Well, we've got some news for MP George Galloway: sex with a sleeping woman is still a sex crime -- and we have proof.

A Turkish man living in New Jersey was arrested earlier this week for allegedly feeling up a female passenger on a flight from Phoenix to Newark as she slept in the seat next to him.

According to federal prosecutors, Bawar Aksal was arrested Monday after he allegedly sexually assaulted the woman.

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