Archive for October, 2004

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Thursday, October 7, 2004

 

Robertson: If Bush ‘touches’ Jerusalem, we’ll form 3rd party

`Influential American evangelist Pat Robertson said Monday that Evangelical Christians feel so deeply about Jerusalem, that if President George W. Bush were to “touch” Jerusalem, Evangelicals would abandon their traditional Republican leanings and form a third party.

Evangelical Christians – estimated at tens of millions of Americans – overwhelmingly support Bush for his pro-Israel policies [..]’


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Israeli soldier shot school girl 20 times

`Eyewitnesses said 12-year-old Iman al Hums and two other girls were wearing school uniforms when Israeli troops opened fire on them in Rafah at the southern edge of the Gaza Strip.

An Israeli army spokesman said the girl entered a closed area and had to be killed.

The same spokesman said soldiers thought the girl was carrying a bomb on her back, prompting them to shoot and kill here.’


Leech found in Salem County may be scientific breakthrough

`[..] But it was nothing like the leeches she used to pull off her legs after swimming in the local pond.

One difference was its size. When stretched out, it was about a foot long, with a sucker on one end and a pointy head on the other.

And unlike other leeches, it didn’t like water.’

Giant Land Leeches of Doom.. 🙂


Death at hospital ruled a homicide

‘A coroner ruled the death of a Western Slope man a homicide on Monday after determining two hospitals improperly decided the man was brain dead to allow the removal of his organs.

Montrose County Coroner Mark Young said Montrose Memorial Hospital and St. Mary’s Hospital did not follow “accepted medical standards” last month in determining William Rardin, 36, brain dead after shooting himself.’

also here.


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P2P Traffic Analysis

`Traffic analysis conduct[ed] as part of a European Tier 1 Service Provider field trial has shown that P2P traffic volumes are atleast double that of http during the peak evening periods and as much as tenfold at other times’


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Runaway Car Races Along French Highways

‘A motorist in France went a little faster than he wanted when he claimed his cruise control got stuck, leaving him barreling down a busy highway at 120 mph and forcing police to help clear a route.

[..] He couldn’t cut the ignition, he said, because his car has a magnetic card instead of a key.’


New Pope Book Says Communism Was ‘Necessary Evil’

`Communism was a “necessary evil” that God allowed to happen in the 20th century in order to create opportunities for good after its demise, Pope John Paul says in his new book.’


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He’s off his trolley

`It’s the ultimate trolley dash. Wacky Andy Tyler sits in a 50mph shopping cart after fitting a jet engine.

Its metal glows red hot at temperatures up to 600°C, so he has to sit with his back to a heat shield.’

with pictures.


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Parents of rape and suicide victim threaten self-immolation

`Helpless, tormented parents of Dhandevi, who had hanged herself to death on September 24, after being raped, have declared to commit suicide on October 15, in front of the DM office, to protest the working (read the lack of it) of the Hariyawa police.’


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No one shot, murdered in Chicago Monday

`For the first time since 1999, serious crime took a holiday Monday in Chicago.

Police Superintendent Phil Cline says none of the city’s nearly three (m) million citizens got shot. And nobody was murdered.

Cline says he was amazed to wake up yesterday and find no news of any overnight shootings or killings.’


Surgeon messes up penis op

‘A Romanian surgeon has been suspended after allegedly cutting a patient’s penis into several pieces.

He was supposed to be operating on the man to lower a testicle into his scrotum when he accidentally cut the urinary channel.

It’s reported the surgeon then lost his temper and cut the man’s penis into several pieces.’
Italics are mine. Never piss off a surgeon, I s’pose. 🙂


First-Grader Arrested, Handcuffed After Fight

`Police handcuffed and arrested an 8-year-old boy after a fight and charged him with misdemeanor battery and criminal mischief.

First grader Isaac Sutton was arrested Monday by a Tallahassee police officer after a fight with a 10-year-old boy in his neighborhood. A police report says Isaac punched and slapped the other boy during an argument. The victim’s mother called police.’


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Tuesday, October 5, 2004

 

Baby’s name sounds rude

`A Bedford couple named their baby son Drew Peacock before realising it sounded rude.

The baby’s father Russell said he only twigged it when he put it in an internet search engine looking for famous namesakes, and was asked: Do you mean Droopy Cock?’


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Awful Plastic Surgery

`the good, bad, and ugly of celebrity plastic surgery’


Voyeur gets women to bare breasts for satellite

`Four women have contacted police after being persuaded to stand topless in their windows or balconies so that a satellite could give them a mammogram.

The women, aged between 19 and 45, living in the Algarve, southern Portugal, were all contacted by telephone by a woman claiming to be a doctor.’


Tom Cruise Movie or Gay Porno?

`Sure, Tom’s not gay, but see if you can tell which one of these movies stars Tom Cruise and which one is a gay porn movie. It’s harder than it should be.’


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How to Fuck With Two Cocks

‘So you’ve got two penises – all guys should be so lucky. Life is good. Or so the other guys think. But being biphallic – i.e., having two cocks – isn’t a piece of cake. You never have a free hand when jacking off. You go through condoms and lube twice as fast. And you have to take twice as much Viagra to get them up.’


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Zombie movie filming at Chernobyl

`Now, for the first time, a Hollywood feature film — the zombie movie “Return of the Living Dead 4: Necropolis” — has gained access to the infamous site.’


My Halloween Costume …

`… was composed completely of those glow-in-the-dark light sticks in various colors, sizes, and shapes — plus a couple of small plastic pumpkins (strategically placed) and a red, translucent, pen is-shaped rubber thingie to go in front of my thingie (and make me street legal).’

with pictures.


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Fourteen Characteristics of a Serial Killer

`Could you be raising a criminal? Acts of violence don’t come out of nowhere, and every parent should be aware of the clues along the way. For the most violent of criminals, there are warning signs that often start in childhood. Below is a list of the 14 most common traits of serial killers.’

brought to you by Dr Phil.


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This November, Your Vote Matters

`You decide whether I pull the trigger or not. Final decision will be determined after I get 10,000 votes.’


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Goatse Rescue Floppy

`Goatse Rescue Floppy is an useful tool to keep in your pocket at all times. You’ll be able to show the infamous hello.jpg on basically any IBM-PC compatible computer with a floppy drive (or, in extreme cases you can use the CD-ROM drive).’


Stockings, High Heels for Women Riot Police

`Surrounded by nearly 200 men in dark blue uniforms, matching caps and black military-style boots, the small female contingent stood out with their colorful headscarves, lipstick, silver fingernails and gold earrings dangling under headscarves.

“We have asked our American friends to give us boots and hats so we have proper uniforms,” Masouma told reporters during a break in training.’


Romanian mistakenly cuts off penis, dog eats it

`It said 67 year-old Constantin Mocanu, from a village near the southeastern town of Galati, rushed out into his yard in his underwear to kill a noisy chicken keeping him awake at night.

“I confused it with the chicken’s neck,” Mocanu, who was admitted to the emergency hospital in Galati, was quoted as saying. “I cut it … and the dog rushed and ate it.”‘


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Did you lose something at the Oktoberfest?

`They were 4 000 objects in the Lost and Found offices after the rowdy Munich festival, with lost property including underwear, secret government papers, a glass eye, prosthetic limbs, a set of false teeth with one tooth made of gold and a shop window dummy. [..]

The top secret papers related to a reform of legal laws in Bavaria – but officials gave no further details about the content.’


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Mom may face jail for drunken sex with sons

`A Kitchener woman pleaded guilty yesterday to having sexual intercourse with her two teenage sons on separate occasions. The 35-year-old woman can’t be named to protect the identities of her sons. She sobbed in Kitchener’s Ontario Court as the two incest charges were read out and the facts given.’


Page of Texas Constitution on display

`The first page of what a state archivist says is part of the original draft of the Republic of Texas Constitution is on display after years in a box labeled “miscellaneous 19th-century papers.”‘


Motherload

Mine resources, sell them.


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Air Force pursuing antimatter weapons

`The U.S. Air Force is quietly spending millions of dollars investigating ways to use a radical power source — antimatter, the eerie “mirror” of ordinary matter — in future weapons.’


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Monday, October 4, 2004

 

Scrotal Safety Commission

`When hygienically inspecting your scrotum, remember to treat your fleshy sack with kid gloves (or an equivalent glove of soft construction). Keeping your fingernails neatly trimmed will also help cut down on self-inflicted scrotal damage. [..]

Get a professional to “size” you for under-shorts. Many scrotal accidents could have been easily avoided by sporting proper fitting under garments.’