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

Faux's Glenn Beck sounds just like a militia leader from the 1990s: A 'new world order' of 'global governance' is coming!. 

Demented and Delusional is no way to go through life.

Faux's Glenn Beck caps two weeks of violent fear mongering about progressives by warning that eventually "they just start shooting people". 

That'd be the mindless dolts who listen to you, you douche bag and they won't be 'eventually' starting to shoot people, they already have.

Sean Hannity and Faux News laughingly try to give credibility to conspiracy theory accusing the Left of working with Muslims to instate Sharia Law and sabotage America. 

Oh, stop it ... my sides ache from the laughter!

Faux's Glenn Beck says Obama administration and environmentalists "don't have a real problem" with Gulf oil disaster. 

Wrong, that would be you and your ilk there asshole.

Wingnut Michael Berry says he hopes mosque is "blown up, and I mean that". 

 And you wonder why the world views Americans with suspicion? Nut case in point.

 Arizona: the Whitest state in the nation!

Bad Cops

Bad Cops

Pennsylvania police officer arrested in Delaware, charged with sexually abusing three girls repeatedly over nine years

New York cop arrested after allegedly breaking wife's nose

Two New York police officers are arrested in unrelated domestic violence incidents

Mother claims Texas police officer, who's been arrested for terrorist threats, also assaulted her teenage son

Virginia cases in jeopardy after convicted felon is fired from sheriff's office

Florida cops like to handcuff/confine prisoners before administering beatings

New York cop in SUV accidentally runs over sunbather

Just the News

Just the News

Two Arrested For Abusing 3-Month-Old

A man and woman were both charged with attempted murder and placed on a $10 million bond each.

Onlookers try in vain to help burning woman

Horrified onlookers have spoken about how they tried in vain to save a woman who was set on fire at a Melbourne petrol station this morning but were prevented from doing so by a man wielding a knife.

The woman is in a critical condition in hospital with burns to 100 per cent of her body ...

 Full Story

She has since died.

Non Sequitur

In Matters Of Health

In Matters Of Health

Attacking cancer

Genetic research paves way to new approach

Douche Bag or Colostomy Bag

Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) is blocking the nomination of Donald Berwick to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. Berwick is not at all a controversial nominee, which is why you never heard of him before this paragraph and once he's confirmed or rejected you'll never hear of him again.

But he once described America's health care sort-of system as — brace yourself — a means of rationing health care. Of course, that's what it is, what virtually any system would be. Our current health care system makes sure that some people get top-quality health care, others get far lesser-quality health care, and millions get no health care at all. That's rationing, and Berwick's saying so (once, long ago) is what's earned him Roberts' wrath.

Two very obvious observations, plain to anyone who's discussing politics with any honesty or integrity:
First, while the recent health insurance reform that dripped out of DC will, slowly, eventually, make the American rationing of health care noticeably less vulgar, cruel, and inhuman, the problems are far from solved and it's irresponsible and disingenuous to suggest that there's no rationing of health care.
And second, an even less debatable point, Senator Roberts is a colossal douche bag or maybe a humongous colostomy bag - whichever you prefer.

Full Story

Four fun moves to achieve flatter abs

Add these effective exercises to your workouts and say goodbye to the jiggle. 

How tummy tamer, core cincher help 

Also: 

• Arm-sculpting exercises
• Beating workout excuses
• 12 mental exercises

Using light to heal wounds

In the near future, wounds may be treated with a flash of light. A process called photochemical tissue bonding can replace conventional stitches, staples and glues in repairing skin wounds and even reconnecting nerves and blood vessels.

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, working with funds from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, recently completed a pilot study to determine the effectiveness of light bonding compared to traditional stitches. The study involved patients who had skin lesions removed and needed stitches.

Full Story

Things They Won't Tell You

Things They Won't Tell You

Louisiana fishermen, drafted to help fight back the oil, are being sickened by the toxins in BP's chemical dispersants. 

NewsFlash: If exposure to the dispersants causes short-term sickness, it's almost certainly doing long-term damage too.

Full Story

US Justice Department Launches Criminal Investigation of BP Oil Spill

From Treehugger:

BREAKING NEWS

photo: banspy via flickr

I can here the collective cry of 'Right on!' and 'About effing time!' rising up from the TreeHugger readership... CNN is reporting that US Attorney General Eric Holder has announced that the Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the Gulf Gusher. We'll have more as it emerges, but this is what we know so far:

Article continues: BREAKING: US Justice Department Launches Criminal Investigation of BP Oil Spill

Pot Kettle Black

Hypocrisy in action ... thus proving once again the rule: when dealing with wingnuts - if they accuse someone of something, then they are already guilty of it!

It's Only The Environment After All

It's Only The Environment After All

Oil could threaten Mississippi, Alabama

Weather forecasts predict the oil may spread north to unscathed areas this week.  

Leak may last until August 

Also: 

• What happens this summer
• Photos from the spill
• World's worst spills

Man repeatedly calls 911 after mom takes his beer

32-year old Charles Dennison of Pasco, Florida was charged $150 after repeatedly calling 911 because his mother stole his beer.

Now that's just Bizarre

Now that's just Bizarre

And the Stupid-i-fication begins ...

Creationism to be taught in Queensland.

Creationism and intelligent design will be taught in Queensland state schools for the first time as part of the new national curriculum.

Creationists dismiss the science of evolution, instead believing that living things are best explained by an intelligent being or God, rather than an undirected process such as natural selection.

In Queensland schools, creationism will be offered for discussion in the subject of ancient history, under the topic of "controversies".

Full Story

Mozart has billions and billions more fans than we thought

Image via hoasm

It looks like Mozart has billions and billions more fans than we thought -- and much smaller ones, too. Evidently, sewage-eating microbes are major appreciators of the Austrian composer. One pioneering waste treatment plant in Germany has taken to playing Mozart on an expensive stereo to the microorganisms that break down sewage -- and it found that it greatly increased their speed and efficiency, and could save the plant thousands of dollars a year.

Article continues: Mozart Makes Microbes Eat Sewage Faster

Woman sweetening coffee drives into river

 Idiot of the Day Award winner:

An Oregon woman lost control of her SUV and plunged into the Santiam River on Saturday morning.

State police said 42-year-old Trena Fiels was trying to put sugar in a cup of coffee when her SUV left Highway 22 just west of Big Cliff Dam and Detroit Lake.

Fiels' SUV drifted off the road and she overcorrected to the left, swerving across the highway and a large shoulder turnout before plunging down a 40-foot embankment, troopers said.

Police said Fiels' vehicle came to rest partially submerged in the Santiam River. Fiels lives in Detroit. She was taken to a hospital by an ambulance to be treated for minor injuries

Odds and Sods

Odds and Sods

Hiker kills grizzly bear

Full story

A backpacker shot and killed a grizzly bear with his handgun in Alaska's Denali National Park, officials said.
Even with a .45cal handgun you'd have to be what the old Western Serials called a "Dead-Dyed Dick" to bring down a grizzly with a handgun (although this "dead-eyed dick" must suffer from astigmatism because it took him nine rounds to do it.)

The Daily Drift

The Daily Drift

Today's horoscope says:
Some big-time changes are coming your way.
Thankfully, right now you're actually able to appreciate what's going on -- or at least the outcome.
The path along the way might not be all that much fun, especially if you have to say goodbye rather abruptly to someone or something, but the ends definitely justify the means.
You've never been afraid of change, though you do prefer to stick with what you know when possible.

Some of our readers today have been in:

Calcutta, West Bengal, India

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

London, Ontario, Canada

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Bolton, England, United Kingdom

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina

Paris, Ile-De-France, France

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Almere, Flevoland, Netherlands

Molde, More Og Romsdal, Norway

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

London, England, United Kingdom

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany

Quebec, Quebec, Canada

Coffs Harbor, New South Wales, Australia

Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belguim

Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

as well as Singapore, and the United States in such cities as Murfreesboro, Bridgewater, Orland Park, Chippewa Falls, Van Nuys, Moyock and more

Today is Monday, May 31, the 151st day of 2010.

There are 214 days left in the year.

Today's unusual holiday or celebration is:

What You Think Upon Grows Day

Local Hospitality

Local Hospitality

King Coal and Big Oil are in Big Trouble.

The true cost of fossil fuels is getting harder to ignore. It's time to level the playing field for cleaner energy by redirecting federal energy subsidies away from coal and oil and toward renewable energy.

Rampaging Agatha

Tropical storm kills 83 in Central America

Landslides and flooding from Agatha lead to deaths in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.

Rivers keep rising 

Also: 

• Tropical Storm Agatha
• Photos of devastation
• Predictions for the U.S.

Hurricane season looms over oil spill

Hurricane season looms over oil spill

Tropical storms may save marsh wildlife from the gulf oil spill — or make things much, much worse. 

'Untreaded water' 

Also: 

• Anger after fix fails
• BP disputes scientists
• Find: Toxic dispersants

Big Oil's other spill zone disaster: Nigeria

Being outside of the media spotlight for the rich countries, Nigeria doesn't receive the same media attention.  The ExxonMobil example is only one of many.

On May first of this year a ruptured ExxonMobil pipeline in the state of Akwa Ibom spilled more than a million gallons into the delta over seven days before the leak was stopped. Local people demonstrated against the company but say they were attacked by security guards. Community leaders are now demanding $1bn in compensation for the illness and loss of livelihood they suffered. Few expect they will succeed. In the meantime, thick balls of tar are being washed up along the coast.

Within days of the Ibeno spill, thousands of barrels of oil were spilled when the nearby Shell Trans Niger pipeline was attacked by rebels. A few days after that, a large oil slick was found floating on Lake Adibawa in Bayelsa state and another in Ogoniland. "We are faced with incessant oil spills from rusty pipes, some of which are 40 years old," said Bonny Otavie, a Bayelsa MP.

This point was backed by Williams Mkpa, a community leader in Ibeno: "Oil companies do not value our life; they want us to all die. In the past two years, we have experienced 10 oil spills and fishermen can no longer sustain their families. It is not tolerable."

In Matters Of Health

In Matters Of Health

Enlarged Prostate: Surgery Better Than Drug Therapy  

Surgery works best for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), or enlarged prostate.

Scientists encouraged by breast cancer vaccine

This would be wonderful news if the vaccine turns out to be as successful as they believe it will be.

American scientists say they have developed a vaccine which has prevented breast cancer from developing in mice.

The researchers - whose findings are published in the journal, Nature - are now planning to conduct trials of the drug in humans.

But they warn that it could be some years before the vaccine is widely available.

On The Job

On The Job

Five careers that are making a comeback

In the post-recession economy, you could land a job that pays as much as $94,520.

Bachelor's degree you'll need 

Also: 

• Jobs in social networking
• Highest starting salaries
• Stand out in the job hunt

Call #%@&! Centers

A challenge to international call centers

A new bill would make companies tell customers when calls are transferred out of the U.S.  

Where most calls go 

Also: 

• Reasons for outsourcing
• Pakistan YouTube block
• Rewriting Telecom Act

Wizard of Id

Latvian blonds hold festival to beat recession blues

Hundreds of blond Latvian women have been marching through the capital Riga to try to bolster the national spirit in time of recession. Most of the participants dressed in pink and wore high heels.

The blond parade began last year and was planned as a one-off but it is back by popular demand and is now a two-day festival.

Latvia has been hit badly by recession. Its economy shrank by 18% in 2009 and it has Europe's highest unemployment. Marika Gederte, president of the Latvian Association of Blonds, said the idea came out of the economic gloom.

"I was so tired, you know, every day opening the computer and reading the newspapers and just reading about problems. We decided... let's do something nice. And I asked myself the question: what can I do for my country? And this is what I did... We are very proud to be blond."

B.C.

Stay connected despite a busy life

How to stay connected despite a busy life

Planning a weekly movie night or daily meal with friends can give your life more meaning.  

10 invigorating rituals 

Also: 

• Beating stress symptoms
• Unplug for better health
• Making gratitude lists

Video Boot Camp

Navy considers video games for fitness

A new generation of less active recruits may need the Wii Fit, says the Navy's surgeon general.  

Injuries a factor 

Also: 

• More on his remarks
• A child-rearing Wii game
• 'Extreme gamers' defined

You retiring?

Get a bargain on a retirement hot spot now

A retirement town with year-round fun — mountain biking, skiing, and fishing — is cheaper than usual.  

Top 10 deals 

Also: 

• Retirement risks
• Time to adjust 401(k)?
• Saving for retirement

Crow only attacks blond joggers

Women joggers are under attack from a vicious crow with a long memory and a grudge against blonds. Five runners in the space of ten days have fallen victim to the bird which has been diving down from the heavens to peck at their heads. But Colin Jerwood, who runs the cafe and clubroom at Eltham Park South where the crow lives, claims it only has an eye for blond females, attacking just one brunette so far.

He said: “At first I thought it was just a one off. But then it started attacking another blond girl who was just running along. The rest of the time it just sits there looking menacing.” So far the bird has only left one jogger with a minor scratch, but Mr Jerwood is concerned it could cause more harm.

He said: “It could really hurt you if it scratched your eyes.” Park staff been trying to lure the crow down from its tree by making bird noises but so far the tactic has failed. Mr Jerwood admitted: “It didn’t even bat an eyelid.”

Tim Webb from the RSPB charity said a recent American study shows crows have a long memory. He said: “If they’re disturbed or upset by any person they’ve encountered, the image will stay in their minds. “At some point in the past this crow may have had a bad experience with a blond female.” 

Midges ‘prefer big targets’

It may not rank among the world’s most illuminating discoveries but scientists have found that fat and tall people are more likely to be bitten by midges — because they present a bigger target. This less-than-sensational finding has come from a wide-ranging study into the feeding habits of the Highland midge. It follows similarly questionable scientific revelations, such as that men with body odor are less attractive to the opposite sex, and people with low self-control tend to be fatter.

The research, partly funded by the Scottish government, set out to identify those at greatest risk from the midges plaguing our countryside. Academics from Aberdeen University and Rothamsted Research in Hertfordshire asked 300 people in the Highlands how often they had been bitten, and information was also gathered about their health and lifestyle. All the women who were overweight or obese had been bitten. There was no such correlation between fat men and the frequency of bites.

Among men, height was the main factor. Of those who were taller than 6ft, 90% had been bitten, compared with just 70% of those under 5ft 8in. The study, published in the journal BioMed Central Public Health, concluded: “Midges are known to rest in trees after they have emerged from pupae and are found in greater numbers with increasing height. It is, therefore, possible that midges searching for a suitable host would be descending from above and would encounter taller people, within a group, first. Additionally, larger people would provide a more substantial visual target for host-seeking midges as well as greater amounts of heat, moisture and attractant chemicals such as carbon dioxide.”

While the findings may seem obvious to lay observers, the scientists behind the study believe it could help them develop an effective repellent for midges and mosquitoes. “This helps us understand how midges interact with us and gives us clues about how to find people who are naturally repellent,” said Dr James Logan, an honorary research fellow at Aberdeen University and lead author of the study. Contrary to popular belief, people who consume alcohol, garlic, chili or onions are no less likely to be bitten. Smoking, exercise and diet were also ruled out as factors.

Non Sequitur

Shark Egg "Window" Proves Even As Babies They're Scary

 

Photos via Galileu

In hopes of better understanding the stages of fetal development in sharks, researchers from Brazil's Guaruja Aquarium have literally opened a window into the once elusive world of shark eggs. For researchers, this new, un-obscured peek into the humble beginnings of sharks may offer insights into how best to preserve them, many of which are threatened with extinction. For the rest of us who may only be acquainted with full-grown version, it just goes to show that the ocean's most fearsome predator started out as, well, one mean-looking little shark baby.

Article continues: Shark Egg "Window" Proves Even As Babies They're Scary

No Third Runway But Here's an Architectural Bunker to Block It

Images from makeshift

Much to the joy of environmentalists, in its first week the new coalition government in the UK announced that the third runway at Heathrow Airport was being canceled.
Last autumn, unaware of this twist of fate, Greenpeace held an architectural competition asking architects to design an impregnable fortress to block the runway. Despite the fact that it won't be built, the winner has been announced: London architects Alastair Parvin and Lukas Barry.

Article continues: No Third Runway But Here's an Architectural Bunker to Block It

The Daily Drift

The Daily Drift

Today's horoscope says:
You may wake up with the feeling that you're going to be lucky -- though not in the monetary sense -- and you might also have the urge to spend some cash to grease the karmic wheels.
There's no talking you out of it!
Still, take a loved one with some common sense along for the ride.
They can convince you to think before whipping out the plastic at the drop of a hat!

Some of our readers today have been in:

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Tranbjerg, Arhus,  Denmark

Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Porvoo, Southern Finland, Finland

Paris, Ile-De-France, France

Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

Montreal, Quebec, Cnada

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

London, England, United Kingdom

Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt

Coffs Harbor, New South Wales, Australia

Toronto, Ontario Canada

Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland

Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Denmark

as well as Sweden, Scotland, and the United States in such cities as Gaffney, Norfolk, San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta and more

Today is Sunday, May 30, the 150th day of 2010.

There are 215 days left in the year.

Today's unusual holidays or celebrations are:

Loomis Day

and

Hug your Cat Day

It is also the traditional day Memorial Day is held.

Memorial Wizard

The Perfect Game

Ace pitcher throws a perfect game

Philadelphia's Roy Halladay strikes out 11 Florida Marlins in the 20th perfect game in baseball history.

Details 

Also: 

• MLB perfect games
• A.L. All-Star tally
• Giants add two bats

Alabama Democrats may nominate 1st black for governor

Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala., announces his candidacy for governor during a press conference in front of the Archives and History Building in Montgomery, Ala.

Full story

You want to bet there is some hand-wringing going on in wingnut-land tonight!?

As The World Turns

As The World Turns

1st tropical storm of season kills 12 in Guatemala

The first tropical storm of the 2010 season hit the Pacific coastline of Guatemala and Mexico on Saturday, killing 12 people under landslides and rockfall triggered by torrential rains.

Jamaica cops release most of 980 detained in raid

All but a handful of the roughly 980 Jamaicans detained during raids by security forces in gang-heavy Kingston slums have been released in recent days, police said Saturday.

Full story

Penthouse Shanty

In South America the slums are attached to the outskirts of mega-cities such as Caracas and Mexico City like wasps’ nests on a cliff face. In a hilly island city like Hong Kong, however, living space is limited. Here you only see the laboriously constructed huts made of corrugated iron and planks of wood in which the poorest of the poor live if you look upwards – they occupy, to put it in cynical terms, a penthouse location.

The Level Up

Headlines

Headlines:

• Scrutiny of Personal Gene Tests Increases  Direct-to-consumer gene tests have long been controversial, with many bioethicists worried they could mislead people about their disease risks.
• Some Schizophrenia Symptoms Caused by Virus  Cold sore virus is partly responsible for cognitive impairment in schizophrenics.

Do Tell - Don't Care

It's The Economy Stupid

It's The Economy Stupid

Six financial strains on American families

As the economy recovers, shell-shocked consumers face more pressures on their money than ever.  

Rising taxes, more 

Also: 

• Consumers more cautious
• One way to boost wealth
• 2011 tax brackets

Poll finds debt-dogged Americans stressed out

The economy trudges ahead yet debt dogs many Americans, stressing them out even as they firm up their own financial foundations.

It's Only The Environment After All

It's Only The Environment After All

'Top kill' technique fails to stop spill

BP admits that its latest attempt to cap the Gulf of Mexico oil leak was unsuccessful. 

New plan 

Also: 

• Ways to contain spills
• Oil deep into marshlands
• Gulf spill images

Things They Won't Tell You

Things They Won't Tell You

Growing number of close calls in the air

During one near-collision, pilots had to ignore instructions from air traffic control.

More than half a dozen incidents 

Also: 

• Airplane safety
• Sleeper locked in plane
• Airline okay's texting

Broom Hilda

Haitian Farmers Refuse Monsanto's Seeds and Instead Commit to Burning Them

photo: J. Novak

Food Freedom recently reported that Chavannes Jean-Baptiste, peasant farmer leader of the Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP) called the entry of Monsanto seeds into Haiti "a very strong attack on small agriculture, on farmers, on biodiversity, on Creole seeds. Monsanto's seed donations were an unwelcomed gift to a country with vocal opposition to GMO seeds for fear they would ruin what little agriculture the country has left.

Article continues: Haitian Farmers Refuse Monsanto's Seeds and Instead Commit to Burning Them

The ancient Chinese secret of sticky rice mortar

Scientists have discovered the secret behind an ancient Chinese super-strong mortar made from sticky rice, the delicious “sweet rice” that is a modern mainstay in Asian dishes. They also concluded that the mortar ― a paste used to bind and fill gaps between bricks, stone blocks and other construction materials ― remains the best available material for restoring ancient buildings.

Full Story

China executes man who attacked 29 children

A state news agency says China has executed a man who attacked a kindergarten in eastern China last month, wounding 29 children and three teachers.The official Xinhua News Agency says Xu Yuyuan was executed Sunday after being convicted of attempted murder by the Taizhou Intermediate Court in the eastern province of Jiangsu.

China executes man who attacked 29 children

Wizard of Id

Ancient Mayor's 'Lost Tomb' Found South Of Cairo

Archaeologists have discovered the 3,300-year-old tomb of the ancient Egyptian capital's mayor, whose resting place had been lost under the desert sand since 19th century treasure hunters first carted off some of its decorative wall panels, officials announced Sunday.

Ancient Mayor's 'Lost Tomb' Found South Of Cairo

Helpful Hints

Helpful Hints

What to buy at club vs. big-box stores

You could save 25% more at one type of store, but it really depends on what you buy.

Comparison shopping 

Also: 

• Top-rated BBQ grills
• Cool kitchen gadgets
• Save on groceries

US woman develops Russian accent after falling down stairs

Some people fall on their heads and wake up with their memories wiped out. A few revive with their personalities totally changed. Others die. Robin Jenks Vanderlip fell down a stairwell, smacked her head and woke up speaking with a Russian accent.

Vanderlip has never been to Russia. She doesn't remember ever hearing a Russian accent. She lives in Fairfax County, was born in Pennsylvania and went to college on the Eastern Shore. Yet since that fall in May 2007, the first question she gets from strangers is: "Where are you from?" "They say your life can change in an instant," she said in what sounds like a thick Russian accent. "Mine did."

For 42 years, Vanderlip, whose case is being studied at the National Institutes of Health and the University of Maryland, spoke with what NIH neurologist Allen Braun called a typical mid-Atlantic American accent. But since the fall, her clipped way with consonants - dropping the final "s" from some plural words, saying "dis" and "dat" for "this" and "that" or "wiz" instead of "with" - and her formation of vowels - "home" sounds more like "herm," "well" sounds like "wuhl" - identify her more like a transplant from Moscow. The more fatigued she becomes, the thicker her accent grows.

What she has, Braun and other doctors say, is Foreign Accent Syndrome - a legitimate though rare and little understood medical condition that can follow a serious brain injury. "It does sound strange," Braun said. "It certainly does sound like someone has a foreign accent." The syndrome was first described by a neurologist in the closing days of World War II, when a Norwegian woman injured by a shrapnel hit to the head fell into a coma and woke up speaking - most unfortunately for her - with a German accent. (Fellow Norwegians ostracized her as a result, according to the medical literature.) Since then, fewer than 60 cases have been reported worldwide.

Full Story

Ziggy

Thousands march to protest Arizona immigration law

Thousands of people from around the country descended on the Phoenix area Saturday as supporters and opponents of Arizona's tough new crackdown on illegal immigration held separate rallies.

Full story

Caught on Camera

Real Time with Bill Maher

Lunatic Fringe

Lunatic Fringe

When dealing with wingnuts ... Remember the rule: 

If they accuse someone of something, then they're already guilty of it.

Beck Accuses Jewish Social Justice Worker Of Advocating A New Holocaust 

 This lunatic is dangerous, folks!

Nazis in Color

Life Magazine has the Nazis in color.

Just thought you'd like to know

In Spite of State Law, Maryland Law Enforcement Officials Still Arresting, Charging People for Recording Cops

Burqa is Banned

The French Parliament has voted unanimously to ban the burqa in public, becoming the second European country to do so after Belgium

Full Story

Indonesian Islamic police stage checkpoints and raids against jeans and tight skirts

Islamic police in Indonesia's Aceh province have been issued with 20,000 long skirts and ordered to cover up women deemed to have broken Muslim dress codes.

The province on Sumatra island has banned Muslim women from wearing figure-hugging clothing such as tight trousers, under Islamic by-laws that have outraged less conservative parts of the mainly Muslim archipelago.

Photo 

Vice and virtue officers in West Aceh district have been told that from yesterday they should ask women wearing the wrong clothes to put on the government-issue skirts on the spot.

" I will hand over some 20,000 skirts to the sharia police in West Aceh," West Aceh district chief Ramli Mansur said. "Female offenders can then immediately change their tight pants to the long, loose skirts if the sharia police catch them."

Non Sequitur

Beach Butts Scarier Than Sharks

 

Credit: Flickr via tata aka k.

Summer time is beach time, if you can find the time. And if you're not too frightened to show off your winter/spring body. It turns out more people are frightened of finding discarded bottles and cigarette butts than they are of being eaten by sharks at the beach. East Coast beaches also are better than West Coast beaches.

Article continues: Beach Butts Scarier Than Sharks, Survey Says

Interesting In General

Interesting In General

How was the term 'piggy bank' coined?

The lovable money holder wasn't originally in the shape of a barnyard animal.  

People reveal its origins 

Also: 

• Collectible piggy banks
• Spending to save money
• Tips on kids' allowances