Products we can live without: In a banner week for new-product development—Beer without aftertaste? Bust-boosting bubblegum?—the most curious may come from Peru: former president, Alberto Fujimori (who was run out of town in 2000 under allegations of torture and corruption), wants to "quench the thirst of popular discontent." With what? His soon-to-be-released line of Fuji-Cola, of course. (Via AgendaInc.)

And: NowToronto ponders whether American Apparel's sweatshop-free values outweigh its kiddie-porn advertising aesthetic.