Tiananmen 20 years after
20 years on: Memories of Tiananmen
Hong Kong protest over Tiananmen
China's Tiananmen generation speaks
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Urinals Among Top Memorabilia Requests
An executive involved in the sale of pieces of the old Yankee Stadium says urinals are a hot commodity for those seeking New York Yankees mementos.
Urinals Among Top Memorabilia Requests
I have always said Yankees fans were strange (to be polite about it).
Urinals Among Top Memorabilia Requests
I have always said Yankees fans were strange (to be polite about it).
Texting While Driving is as Dangerous as Drunk Driving
This one of those 'Like, Duh!' stories:
A recent study found drivers who use their cell phones behind the wheel perform just as poorly as legally drunk drivers.
A recent study found drivers who use their cell phones behind the wheel perform just as poorly as legally drunk drivers.
Dying Man Bets on Own Life and Wins
The phrase "you bet your life" has taken on new meaning for 59-year-old Jon Matthews.
Dying Man Bets on Own Life and Wins
Dying Man Bets on Own Life and Wins
New passport rules begin Monday
Travel from the U.S. to Canada or Mexico will require more identification as tighter security measures take effect.
New passport rules
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Perks and pitfalls of taking a nap
As little as three minutes of snoozing can rejuvenate, but a chronic nap craving can signal a bigger sleep problem.Perks and pitfalls of taking a nap
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California lab unveils 'super laser'
A U.S. weapons lab, with the help of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, shows off a powerful new laser that can burn as hot as a star.
'Super laser'
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Interesting thing about Lobsters ...
A 1 & 1/4 pound Lobster is 7 to 9 years old.
If a Lobster looses an eye he grows a new one.
If a Lobster looses an eye he grows a new one.
Senior Bowlers Thwart Teen Thief
A teenage would-be thief who tried to swipe two women's purses got a surprise when he was thwarted by a group of senior citizen bowlers.
Terrorists struck in America this morning
The anti-abortionist lunatics have murdered an American based on their misguided and misbegotten extremist religious views.
George Tiller, the Wichita doctor at the center in the debate over abortion, was shot to death this morning as he walked into church services.More here
Policeman Fights Paramedics With Patient In Ambulance
Here's how our friends down under view this 'incident' (and I dare say so does most of the world - hold the same opinion as well that is).
IN America, they give the idiots - the really dangerous idiots - a gun and a brown shirt. Yeah just like the Nazis.
Oklahoma’s Tulsa World newspaper reports on a fight between a brown-shirted highway patrol officer, who has pulled over an ambulance that was racing a patient to hospital, and the paramedic.
The ambulance did not have a siren on. The copper did.
Having issued a “failure to yield” citation to the ambulance driver, the man in the brown shirt was further upset when he believed one of the paramedics flipped him the finger.
The brown shirt then insists one of the paramedics wait in his car. He then tries to handcuff the paramedic, which results in a fight.
The patient’s husband films it all. And then the man in the brown shirt lets the ambulance go.
And the really amazing thing is - get this - the coppers never shot the man in the face nor tasered him in the neck and heart. How’s that for restraint!
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One thing to point out - there is no legal standing for the police to issue a 'failure to yield' citation to an ambulance driver even if the police have their lights on. There is however a law that makes what the police did criminal because they 'hindered an emergency medical worker in the performance of his duties'.
All vehicles must yeild to emergency vehicles even other emergency vehicles - but there is a hiearchy to the yielding and the police are at the bottom of that hiearchy and therefore must yield to other emergency vehicles - especially ambulances.
Did you know ...
A watermelon is a vegetable and not a fruit.
A tomato is a fruit and not a vegetable.
A tomato is a fruit and not a vegetable.
Kindness works every time
This is a concept the repugicans will never know about - it runs contrary to the inner core nature.
It was the power of cookies - or rather the power of kindness behind the cookies that 'broke' torture victim Abu Jandal and yielded actual truthful and useful information about bin Laden.
Ali Soufan, a former fbi interrogator, says that Osama bin Laden's bodyguard, Abu Jandal, talked about the 9/11 attack only after he was given sugar free cookies. Jandal is diabetic and was unable to eat the regular cookies given to him with his tea. noticing this, Soufan offered the suspect sugar-free cookies at their next meeting. Soufan says it was this act of kindness, not rougher methods, that opened up a dialogue between the two. "we had showed him respect, and we had done this nice thing for him. so he started talking to us instead of giving us lectures," soufan said.
More here
Hooked On Facts
Today's six facts are:
Mushrooms are more closely related to humans and animals than they are to other plants.
A 100 pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
Fine-grained Volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpastes.
Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as a towel with which guest could wipe their hands and face after dinner.
A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes at least twenty minutes to stop.
Today's Bonus Fact:
Coca Cola's 'Super Pure' Dasani bottled water is just filled with filtered tap water.
Mushrooms are more closely related to humans and animals than they are to other plants.
A 100 pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
Fine-grained Volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpastes.
Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as a towel with which guest could wipe their hands and face after dinner.
A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes at least twenty minutes to stop.
Today's Bonus Fact:
Coca Cola's 'Super Pure' Dasani bottled water is just filled with filtered tap water.
Small dogs scare off cougar
A cougar picked the wrong little dogs for a fight. Chiquita the Chihuahua and Rosie the border terrier chased off the cougar.
Science News
In Science News:
- Scientists Reveal the Secret to Hockey’s Wrist Shot How professional hockey players get off that perfect wrist shot.
- Volcanic Eruption Implicated in Mass Extinction A study has found evidence in China that a volcanic eruption was responsible a mid-Permian mass extinction event.
Headlines
Headlines for today:
- Troops hunt Taliban as Pakistan says victory nears
- Majority of GM bondholders accept debt-for-equity swap offer
- GOP senators tone down racially charged criticism of Sotomayor
- Reports: Late-term abortion doctor Tiller shot at Kansas church
- Foreclosed homes add to U.S. hurricane hazards
- Some antidepressants may cut drug's effect on breast cancer
- Orangutan hospital on Malaysian island sparks controversy
- Muslims want tangible change on Mideast from Obama
- Trapped residents emerge, seek food in Swat town
- Tiananmen: A battle of remembering vs. forgetting
- US journalists' trial begins in NKorea this week
- 6 dead in battle between Hamas, Palestinian police
- UK Lawmakers should not decide their own salaries
- Myanmar defends trial of opposition leader Suu Kyi
Woman Fatally Stabs Father After Dinner Roll Argument
Prosecutors say a woman in a Detroit suburb has been accused of fatally stabbing her father after an argument over a dinner roll.
Oregon man, 92, promoted to admiral in Polish navy
He achieved the rank of lieutenant commander while serving 5 1/2 years during World War II, chasing German U-boats and protecting troops on D-Day in 1944.
Giant Hairy Cow-Eating Pig Shot In Australia
This is a picture of a 220kg giant feral pig shot on a Pilbara cattle station after it was spotted eating a cow.Ok, now you decide is this a hoax or not?
Where was Obama's 'Gramps' on D-Day?
Lituus
From BBC-Science:
New software has enabled researchers to recreate a long forgotten musical instrument called the Lituus.
Professor hopes to decipher ancient scrolls
A University of Kentucky scientist is attempting to read a 2,000-year-old scroll without even unrolling the fragile papyrus document found near Italy's Mount Vesuvius.
Ancient scrolls
Ancient scrolls
Daily Alamanac
Today is Sunday, May 31, the 151st day of 2009 with 214 to follow. The moon is waxing ...
The Almanac - May 31
The Almanac - May 31
Poison Sno-Cones Sicken Zoo Patrons
Blue sno-cones are out at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, KS. Why? A mistake having to do with a cleaning solution that looked just as blue as the blue sno-cone solution, with the result being that several people were sickened (and not just blue in the face).
Man Calls 911 Because Orange Juice Missing from McDonald's Order
"A day without orange juice is like a day without sunshine."Remember those old Anita Bryant Florida orange juice commercials? OK, OK, I know, but I do, and perhaps this Oregon McDonald's patron did too, and felt a missing OJ from his order was enough reason to call 911.
Serena WIlliams says opponent cheated
Williams accuses an opponent of not playing by the rules at the French Open — and TV replays seem to back her claims.
Serena WIlliams says opponent cheated
Obama's 'night on the town', oh how the repugicans hated it
President Obama takes his wife Michelle to New York, and the repugicans takes offense.
Obama's 'night on the town'
Hell, they're nothing more than just an offense against humanity themselves - not to mention pedophiles and otherwise assorted perverts - so who cares what they think, much less find 'offensive'!
10 things gas stations won't tell you
Using inaccurate pumps, imposing debit-card fees, and selling gas refined by the competition are among the hidden truths about gas stations.
10 things gas stations won't tell you
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Our Readers
Some of our readers today have been in:
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia
Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Medan, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
Vancouver, British, Columbia, Canada
Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Linkoping, Ostergotlands Lan, Sweden
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Karachi, Sindh, Pakisatn
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia
Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Medan, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
Vancouver, British, Columbia, Canada
Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Linkoping, Ostergotlands Lan, Sweden
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Karachi, Sindh, Pakisatn
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Today's horoscope says:
There are lots of small details to wrangle today, but you will flourish under the pressure and leave people impressed with your abilities!
It's an excellent day for planning and finding facts, so you might want to sit yourself in front of the computer for a while.
It's exciting knowing that all of the answers you need are right at your fingertips, and your brain is ready to soak them all in.
You'll have a blast and time will fly by.
Awesome!
There are lots of small details to wrangle today, but you will flourish under the pressure and leave people impressed with your abilities!
It's an excellent day for planning and finding facts, so you might want to sit yourself in front of the computer for a while.
It's exciting knowing that all of the answers you need are right at your fingertips, and your brain is ready to soak them all in.
You'll have a blast and time will fly by.
Awesome!
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