Archive for 2004

Sunday, October 3, 2004

 

Mount St. Helens could erupt within 24 hours

‘Scientists warn that Mount St. Helens could erupt within 24 hours, and with more force than previously expected.’

The more force the better, I figure. I’m on the other side of the world, afterall. 🙂 No doubt we’ll get some good webcam pictures.


How Berkeley Can You Be?

`Berkeley’s homegrown parade is a celebration of everything that makes Berkeley so proud of itself. Even the very title of the parade — “How Berkeley Can You Be?” — turns the name of the city into an adjective. To be “Berkeley” is, well — see for yourself [..]’

Lots of naked men with small penises, hippies and fat trekkies.


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An end to marijuana prohibition

`Never before have so many Americans supported decriminalizing and even legalizing marijuana. Seventy-two percent say that for simple marijuana possession, people should not be incarcerated but fined: the generally accepted definition of “decriminalization.”’


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Saturday, October 2, 2004

 

The Kingdom of Loathing

I am a level 2 Disco Bandit at the moment. 🙂


All’s Fair in Space War

`The American military has begun planning for combat in space, an Air Force report reveals. And commercial spacecraft, neutral countries’ launching pads — even weather satellites — are all on the potential target list.’


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Bride Attacked By Taser At Wedding Reception

`A south suburban Chicago wedding reception comes to a shocking end when cops responding to a call about loud noise allegedly attack the bride and her father with a taser gun.’


China’s Party Chief Tells Army to Be Ready for War

`Chinese Communist Party chief and President Hu Jintao has urged the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to prepare for a military struggle, but stopped short of singling out rival Taiwan as the target.’


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Alcohol Accidentally Served To Students

`Officials at Alexandria Country Day School are apologizing to parents after students were accidentally served margaritas during lunch.

[..] on the first day of school, the milk supply ran out after two lunch periods, so students were served what an employee thought was limeade. It turned out to be the leftover margaritas and was served to third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students.’


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Soccer team’s ‘gay hair’ ban

`[A government official said] ‘Don’t forget that in the developing world the braiding of hair and earrings have a sense of homosexuality.’

But not everyone agrees. One male spectator said: ‘I don’t see it as if these guys are gay. I see them portraying African culture in another perspective.”


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White Castle lawsuit has familiar ring

`If you thought White Castle’s Slyders are tough on your body, wait till you try the onion rings, according to a lawsuit that calls the rings “unreasonably dangerous.”‘


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White Power Groups Turn To Rock CDs To Entice Students

`”Operation Schoolyard USA” promises on its Web site that the campaign would be “coming to a school near you.”

“According to their Web site, their motto is, ‘We don’t just entertain racist kids. We create them,” DeBoskey said.

The target audience, according to Panzerfaust Records, is middle and high school children ages 13 to 19.’


Thief with Sticks Tries to Rob Stores

`Employees and customers at the store did not think the man was serious, so they laughed at him. The man then left, police said.

The aspiring thief then went to a beauty supply store down the street, and demanded money there. When a female employee said she did not have any money, the man started hitting the cash register with his sticks, officers said.’


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Chaotic..

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‘That politician stole my penis’

‘A mob in northeast Nigeria has beaten a government official to death after he was accused of causing a man’s penis to disappear, police said on Wednesday.’


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Armed Robbery – Gunman on crutches

`Police are looking for three suspects in an armed robbery. The man with the gun was on crutches. [..]

The robbers fled in a 1990 Gray Chevy Lumina with Nebraska license plates.’


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Staph Strain Infects More Healthy People

`Flesh-eating bacteria cases, fatal pneumonia and life-threatening heart infections suddenly are popping up around the country, striking healthy people and stunning their doctors. [..]

Until a few years ago, these drug-resistant infections were unheard of except in hospital patients, prison inmates and the chronically ill. Now, resistant strains are infecting healthy children, athletes and others with no connection to a hospital.’


Friday, October 1, 2004

 

ET can’t call ‘prophet’ – judge bans him from Internet use

`An Edmonton man facing a hate-crimes charge stemming from postings on his website claims he is linked with extraterrestrials seeking a new world economic order. Reinhard Mueller, 61 – charged with wilfully promoting hatred against Jewish people via the Internet – was in provincial court yesterday [..]

“Neglect to proceed and you will earn judgment from the Starfleet Commanders on your leadership heads!”‘


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Global climate treaty gets key boost from Russia

`After years of wavering, the Kremlin announced Thursday it will throw Russia’s decisive vote behind the 1997 Kyoto climate change treaty, making it likely that its tough curbs on carbon dioxide emissions – which the US has decried as a brake on economic growth – could become global law within months.’


Japanese scientists claim to have found new element

`Japanese scientists claim to have discovered a new element, and are considering naming it ‘japonium’, a researcher said yesterday.

The element, atomic number 113, would be the densest known to man if confirmed by international experts.’


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Monobrow: Hair Today – One Tomorrow

`Celebrating the unity of your eyebrows’

with pictures.


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Thursday, September 30, 2004

 

Parking Spots

Pretending to park toy cars in real car parking spaces. You’ll see what I mean.


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Tax authorities not kryptonite defeat Superman

`Swedish authorities have turned down a request by two parents to register Superman as a name for their child. [..]

The local tax authorities said ‘no’, arguing the name could lead to the boy being subjected to ridicule in later life.’


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BYU newspaper yanks T-shirt ad

`The ad campaign began at the start of the month and sparked a big stir over a T-shirt with a simple phrase — “I Can’t … I’m Mormon.”

Students, professors and administrators felt the slogan implied wearers wished they could drink, smoke or have casual sex but were prevented only because they are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.’


Skunks Invade Downtown Mich. Neighborhood

`”It sounds humorous, but it really isn’t,” [said] Bob Sniff, whose dog has been sprayed three times [..]’


Kids flee giant spider

`A giant spider shut down a school yesterday.

The speckled brown exotic creature — as big as a man’s palm — crawled from a set of drums brought in from Senegal for a music workshop.’


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SMS banned after death toll comp

`China has ordered television networks not to run unauthorised contests using mobile phone text messaging after a state-run station held a lottery to guess the death toll from the school siege tragedy in Beslan, Russia.’


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Fart Face

She doesn’t seem very impressed. Probably not safe for work.


Man accused of trying to sell plutonium

`A man was arrested for trying to sell plutonium in an undercover investigation, the Kyrgyz security agency said Tuesday amid rising worries of a growing black market trade in radioactive materials.

National Security Service agents posing as buyers arrested the man on Sept. 21 after confirming that he was in possession of plutonium-239 [..]’


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