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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
NASA scrambling to fix space station failure
A weekend malfunction knocked out half of the space station's cooling system.
Also: It's Only The Environment After All
It's Only The Environment After All
New estimates of the disaster's scope are 10-12 times higher than what officials initially thought.
Also: It's Not Like We Don't Have Another One
New credit-card traps
Card companies have a creative way around restrictions on jacking up rates at will.
Also: Repugicans seek to deny citizenship to citizens
Repugicans push to reconsider the law that automatically grants citizenship to those born in the U.S.
Also: Lunatic Fringe
Lunatic Fringe
When dealing with wingnuts ... Remember the rule:
If they accuse someone of something, then they're already guilty of it.
Liars and Fools
Notice a pattern?
Un-American Anti-Family Assholes spokesman Bryan Fischer against warns of "civil unrest" in response to federal "tyranny".Sedition.
Faux's Glenn Beck is still trying to prove that "we" are "executing" the Weather Underground "plan".
The drugs are wearing off ...
Faux's Glenn Beck stands behind his lies about otherwise un-noted charity, lies which inspired would-be murderer in California.
Lies upon lies ... they never change.
Faux's Glenn Beck suggests that a Weather Underground plan leading to "world communism" and a "dictator" has been initiated.
It was! ... in 2001, but it failed when we ousted the pretender in 2008
Faux's Glenn Beck inanely lies that "We are on the verge of losing freedom of religion".
Again 18th century vernacular and parlance - the word 'of' means 'from' as we use the words today and he's correct ... we are on the verge of losing our freedom from religion if he and any of his mindless mendicants have anything to do with it.
Zach Wamp (reptile-Tennessee): If you love God, vote for me.
If you love anything don't vote for him
Wingnut hate radio squawker Mark Levin lies: America is "not a representative republic anymore. It is a soft tyranny".
It is a representative republic again and the wingnuts don't like it now that their corporate overlords have less say in how the nation is governed. (even though they still have far too much say as it is!)
Police Arrested Teen for Sharing "Federally Free" Chicken Nugget at Lunch
Sharing your chicken nuggets during school lunchtime? I’ve got two words for you: LAW BREAKER!Adam was accused of stealing chicken nuggets from a $2.60 meal. Those are the nuggets his friend, Gakaree Garner, gave to him. Garner says, "Although that month I was fasting so I couldn’t eat meat, and we had chicken nuggets that day."
Garner gave the nuggets to Adam, who got in the lunch line to get some sauce for them. According to Garner and the police report the cafeteria cashier told the Assistant Principal Adam stole the chicken nuggets. The Assistant Principal then told the police officer in the school, who called a squad car. Garner says, "They actually put him in handcuffs, and actually tried to force him into the car."
Ava Hernandez says, "They were like, ‘Well do you know that friend receives federally free lunch?’, and I said, ‘I do now.’, and they said, ‘Well, it’s illegal to share a free lunch so either way Adam was breaking the law’."
Guns Drawn, Police Raided ... a Raw Food Grocery
Guns drawn, four police officers raided a building in Venice, California. A terrorist cell take-down? Closing in on an evildoer? Closing down a dangerous criminal enterprise?Well, let’s just say they’re protecting the public from the dangers of … raw food:
With no warning one weekday morning, investigators entered an organic grocery with a search warrant and ordered the hemp-clad workers to put down their buckets of mashed coconut cream and to step away from the nuts.
Then, guns drawn, four officers fanned out across Rawesome Foods in Venice. Skirting past the arugula and peering under crates of zucchini, they found the raid’s target inside a walk-in refrigerator: unmarked jugs of raw milk.
"I still can’t believe they took our yogurt," said Rawesome volunteer Sea J. Jones, a few days after the raid. "There’s a medical marijuana shop a couple miles away, and they’re raiding us because we’re selling raw dairy products?"
Nine killed in Connecticut workplace shooting
An employee asked to resign from his job instead goes on a rampage in Hartford.
Also: Woman shoots two TVs then her husband
A 71-year-old Dingman Township woman has been charged with shooting her husband and then threatening to shoot her daughter following a domestic dispute late on Saturday night.
Jacqueline Grogan of 223 Wild Meadow Drive in Sunrise Lakes retrieved a .25 caliber pistol from her bedroom and fired two shots at two separate television sets in the living room before shooting her 57-year-old husband once in the arm at about 11:30 p.m., according to state police at Blooming Grove. She then threatened to shoot her 45-year-old daughter, police said.
Her husband was taken to Community Medical Center in Scranton, where he was treated for injuries that were not life threatening. Police did not release the names of either the husband or daughter.
Grogan has been charged with aggravated assault, terrorist threats, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person. She was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Alan Cooper and placed in Pike County Prison on $50,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Shohola District Court.
Jacqueline Grogan of 223 Wild Meadow Drive in Sunrise Lakes retrieved a .25 caliber pistol from her bedroom and fired two shots at two separate television sets in the living room before shooting her 57-year-old husband once in the arm at about 11:30 p.m., according to state police at Blooming Grove. She then threatened to shoot her 45-year-old daughter, police said.
Her husband was taken to Community Medical Center in Scranton, where he was treated for injuries that were not life threatening. Police did not release the names of either the husband or daughter.
Grogan has been charged with aggravated assault, terrorist threats, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person. She was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Alan Cooper and placed in Pike County Prison on $50,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Shohola District Court.
Shoplifter left baby behind
A suspected shoplifter was charged with theft and child neglect after she reportedly left her baby behind at a West Palm Beach department store.
LA mortuary worker guilty of faking funerals
A former Los Angeles mortuary employee has been convicted of defrauding insurers by staging a fake funeral and attempting to cover it up by cremating a mannequin and cow parts she placed in the casket.
Large Beaver Attacks Man
Georgia wildlife officials said they are searching for a large beaver that bit a man on the leg and arm while he was fishing on Lake Lanier in Forsyth County.
'Miss Alphabet' changes name to include a word for each letter
A new mother, formerly known as Ceejay Epton, is believed to have the longest name in Europe after changing it by deed poll to include a word for each letter in the alphabet.
Ceejay A Apple B Boat C Cat D Dog E Elephant F Flower G Goat H House I Igloo J Jellyfish K Kite L Lion M Monkey N Nurse O Octopus P Penguin Q Queen R Robot S Sun T Tree U Umbrella V Violin W Whale X X-Ray Y Yo-Yo Z Zebra Terryn Feuji-Sharemi - better known as 'Mummy' to son Kian - says she made the change ‘for a bit of a laugh’ after her baby was born.
‘My friend wanted to be called “Pink”, so I thought I might as well change my name too,’ said the 22-year-old from Doncaster, South Yorkshire. ‘I’ve just had a baby, so I thought I would change it to help teach him the alphabet.’
The Legal Deed Poll Service charges just £10 to change your name. ‘We get people applying for all kinds of crazy name changes all the time but this one really is different, even for us,’ said LDPS chief executive Jamie Jackson. ‘We wish “Miss Alphabet” the best of luck and bet her little boy will know the entire alphabet in next to no time.’
Ceejay A Apple B Boat C Cat D Dog E Elephant F Flower G Goat H House I Igloo J Jellyfish K Kite L Lion M Monkey N Nurse O Octopus P Penguin Q Queen R Robot S Sun T Tree U Umbrella V Violin W Whale X X-Ray Y Yo-Yo Z Zebra Terryn Feuji-Sharemi - better known as 'Mummy' to son Kian - says she made the change ‘for a bit of a laugh’ after her baby was born.
Photo from SWNS.
‘My friend wanted to be called “Pink”, so I thought I might as well change my name too,’ said the 22-year-old from Doncaster, South Yorkshire. ‘I’ve just had a baby, so I thought I would change it to help teach him the alphabet.’
The Legal Deed Poll Service charges just £10 to change your name. ‘We get people applying for all kinds of crazy name changes all the time but this one really is different, even for us,’ said LDPS chief executive Jamie Jackson. ‘We wish “Miss Alphabet” the best of luck and bet her little boy will know the entire alphabet in next to no time.’
Clampers sue restaurant for warning off customers
A restaurant owner has spoken of his astonishment after a clamping firm tried to charge him for “loss of earnings” because he warned customers to avoid a private car park next door. Zak Hussein, 50, told customers they faced being clamped and fined £150 if they left their vehicles in the permit-only car park next to his Indian restaurant, The Chillies. But the warning so angered Whites Car Park Solutions it launched a legal action, claiming Mr Hussein’s actions were scaring away its own “customers” and depriving it of release fees. The Chillies’ kitchen door opens on to the car park and many customers leave their vehicles there when collecting takeaways because they believe it belongs to the restaurant. But they often return minutes later to find the clampers have sprung into action. Mr Hussein, who has owned the restaurant in Andover, Hants, for five years, said his business plummeted as victims refused to return.
He put up a sign and told every customer who came into the restaurant to park elsewhere but his warnings angered the clamping firm, which threatened legal action. In a letter to Mr Hussein, Jason White wrote: “If you carry on to warn people away from the car park causing me loss of earning I will have to issue a county court summons in the region of £150 for each day you do this.” Mr Hussein was stunned when he then received a letter from Northampton County Court saying Mr White had lodged a claim for £535. The clamper had demanded £500 “loss of earnings”, a £35 “court fee” and £150 per day until the court case. Mr Hussein said: “The clamping is destroying my business because customers that have been fined do not return – they eat elsewhere. They do not want to come and collect a £20 meal and leave with an additional £150 parking fine. Mr White does not like me warning people about his clamping because he says I am taking away his customers but he has no thought for mine. I have had to start a delivery service to try to make up for the lost business.
“Mr White phoned to complain about what I was doing, then sent me a letter. I was amazed when a court claim came through the post a few days later demanding I pay him over £500. It was outrageous.” Whites Car Park Solutions has put up a notice warning drivers of the £150 release fee. The car park has six spaces, two of which are rented by Mr Hussein for himself and his staff. They are issued with parking permits, which they can give to customers. However, Mr Hussein said: “The way the firm clamps is ferocious. My customers do not even have 20 seconds to come in and collect a permit before the clampers pounce.” At Southampton County Court District Judge Andrew Grand dismissed White’s claim, saying that Mr Hussein was allowed to warn customers.
He said: “It is ordered that the claim is struck out as disclosing no reasonable grounds for bringing proceedings. It is not tortious to warn people of vehicle clamping operating in a car park.” Mr Hussein welcomed the court’s decision and has complained to the car park owner about the clamping firm. He said: “The car park used to be monitored by a different clamping company who would always check with us before clamping any vehicles. They were very reasonable and didn’t clamp our customers. I have complained to the landowners and they assure me that when they renew their agreement with the clampers they will no longer police my spaces.”
He put up a sign and told every customer who came into the restaurant to park elsewhere but his warnings angered the clamping firm, which threatened legal action. In a letter to Mr Hussein, Jason White wrote: “If you carry on to warn people away from the car park causing me loss of earning I will have to issue a county court summons in the region of £150 for each day you do this.” Mr Hussein was stunned when he then received a letter from Northampton County Court saying Mr White had lodged a claim for £535. The clamper had demanded £500 “loss of earnings”, a £35 “court fee” and £150 per day until the court case. Mr Hussein said: “The clamping is destroying my business because customers that have been fined do not return – they eat elsewhere. They do not want to come and collect a £20 meal and leave with an additional £150 parking fine. Mr White does not like me warning people about his clamping because he says I am taking away his customers but he has no thought for mine. I have had to start a delivery service to try to make up for the lost business.
“Mr White phoned to complain about what I was doing, then sent me a letter. I was amazed when a court claim came through the post a few days later demanding I pay him over £500. It was outrageous.” Whites Car Park Solutions has put up a notice warning drivers of the £150 release fee. The car park has six spaces, two of which are rented by Mr Hussein for himself and his staff. They are issued with parking permits, which they can give to customers. However, Mr Hussein said: “The way the firm clamps is ferocious. My customers do not even have 20 seconds to come in and collect a permit before the clampers pounce.” At Southampton County Court District Judge Andrew Grand dismissed White’s claim, saying that Mr Hussein was allowed to warn customers.
He said: “It is ordered that the claim is struck out as disclosing no reasonable grounds for bringing proceedings. It is not tortious to warn people of vehicle clamping operating in a car park.” Mr Hussein welcomed the court’s decision and has complained to the car park owner about the clamping firm. He said: “The car park used to be monitored by a different clamping company who would always check with us before clamping any vehicles. They were very reasonable and didn’t clamp our customers. I have complained to the landowners and they assure me that when they renew their agreement with the clampers they will no longer police my spaces.”
The Deer Magnet
We’ve all had a string of bad luck – but Kacee Larson’s is quite unusual. The Iowa teen has earned the nickname "Deer Magnet" after hitting 5 deer in the past year:Seventeen-year-old Kacee Larson of Conrad said her string of bad luck began last July when she was driving home from her job at an ice cream shop. She saw the deer an instant before hitting it.
Larson’s second collision happened a few months later, while she was driving to church on a Sunday morning.
The streak continued. After Larson hit her fourth deer, her pastor’s wife advised her to start praying before she got into a vehicle.
Vatican condemns Sunday lunchtime football kickoffs
Priorities. The Vatican has some.
I guess it interferes with the destruction of lives and families by pedophile priests.
“I consider this a truly harmful development,” said Monsignor Carlo Mazza in Tuttosport.
“Putting people in front of the television screen at 12.30, when they are having lunch with their families, to me seems like a ‘pitch invasion’ on life.
“Family time is a very important institution and we cannot ‘sell it off’ to other events.”
I guess it interferes with the destruction of lives and families by pedophile priests.
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