From the "Like, we care" department:
Why Sanford didn't stand by her man
The wife of Mark Sanford opens up to Barbara Walters about her husband's infidelity.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Boy's forgotten WWII story comes to light
Boy's forgotten WWII story comes to light
A 14-year-old who lied about his age to get into the service gets a long-overdue acknowledgment.
Military Humor
A general noticed one of his soldiers behaving oddly.
The soldier would pick up any piece of paper he found, frown and say, "That's not it," and put it down again.
This went on for some time, until the general arranged to have the soldier psychologically tested.
The psychologist concluded that the soldier was mentally disturbed, and wrote out his discharge from the army.
The soldier picked it up, smiled and said, "That's it."?
The soldier would pick up any piece of paper he found, frown and say, "That's not it," and put it down again.
This went on for some time, until the general arranged to have the soldier psychologically tested.
The psychologist concluded that the soldier was mentally disturbed, and wrote out his discharge from the army.
The soldier picked it up, smiled and said, "That's it."?
New Urban Dictionary
... defines liquidity as "the act of looking at your retirement funds and wetting your pants."
Latvia to auction town
From HuffPo, news that the Baltic nation of Latvia will auction off a Soviet ghost town abandoned after the Russian military departed.
The town, Skrunda-1 (map), centered around a now-abandoned radar base that was part of the Soviet early warning system.
Auction starts today, starting bid $300,000.
If one is not mistaken, this is a Flickr set of images from this place.
The town, Skrunda-1 (map), centered around a now-abandoned radar base that was part of the Soviet early warning system.
Auction starts today, starting bid $300,000.
If one is not mistaken, this is a Flickr set of images from this place.
Smart dust could give early warning of space storms
Tiny spacecraft could improve our ability to detect sun storms, adding valuable minutes to the time we have to act.Smart dust could give early warning of space storms
Earth's billion-year struggle for oxygen
What happened in the eons between the first whiff of the gas from bacteria and air we could breathe?A frozen globe and stinking oceans, for starters.
First Breath
Cop News
In Cop News
Former New York cop indicted for murder
Miami Beach cops arrest people for recording police misconduct
Florida police officers charged with filing false report
Fired Utah cop faces burglary, theft charges
No charges will be filed against Illinois cop who issues dozens of false DUIs
Maine prison guard accused of trafficking in drugs
Man shot by Illinois cop wants to know why
Former New York cop indicted for murder
Miami Beach cops arrest people for recording police misconduct
Florida police officers charged with filing false report
Fired Utah cop faces burglary, theft charges
No charges will be filed against Illinois cop who issues dozens of false DUIs
Maine prison guard accused of trafficking in drugs
Man shot by Illinois cop wants to know why
Liars and Fools
Liars and Fools today are:
Tom Tancredo lies saying we have a" committed socialist ideologue in the White House — Barack Hussein Obama".
Again a wingnut shows everyone just how stupid they are - here's a hint: learn what the term socialist means before swallowing your own feet up to the knees.
Faux's Glen Brick breaks down the president's un-American, African name.
Imagine our joy when we read the first five words in the sentence above - imagine our sorrow when we read the remainder of the sentence. What a fucking idiot!
Tom Tancredo lies saying we have a" committed socialist ideologue in the White House — Barack Hussein Obama".
Again a wingnut shows everyone just how stupid they are - here's a hint: learn what the term socialist means before swallowing your own feet up to the knees.
Faux's Glen Brick breaks down the president's un-American, African name.
Imagine our joy when we read the first five words in the sentence above - imagine our sorrow when we read the remainder of the sentence. What a fucking idiot!
China Taps "Mom Jury" to Surf for Online Porn
China unveiled its new secret weapon in the country's all-out war against Internet pornography - mom.The Chinese government tapped sixty mothers to form a "Mom jury" tasked with surfing the Web for porn sites that are deemed indecent for young Internet users, the China Daily reported.
Their task will be to ferret out the sites that are potentially offensive and accessible for children - and alert government watchdog agencies to take further action. A pool of 200 more mothers is said to be waiting in the wings to join the indecency hunt.
The move is part of the Chinese government's campaign to "purify the social environment," which has led to the shut down and blocking of 15,000 Web sites, the country's official state news agency, Xinhua, reported.
The campaign, launched on Dec. 8, is expected to be wrapped up by May.
"The flooding lewd information online has seriously harmed the growth of minors, undermined social morality and resulted in crimes," the Chinese Supreme People's Court said in a statement released Thursday.
China recently has become more aggressive with its Internet policing policies, and is being accused of backing last month's hacker attacks on Google's Chinese-language search engine, which the company says targeted the email accounts of human rights activists. Google is threatening to pull its offices from the country over the cyber-attacks and Web censorship issues.
"Google sets a strong example in standing up to the Chinese government's continued failure to respect the fundamental human rights of free expression and privacy," Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin said Wednesday.
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi tried to calm international criticism over China's Internet policies during a visit to Paris.
"The Internet in China is completely open and China is one of the most dynamic markets in the field of Internet," Jiechi told reporters on Wednesday.
Meatball marijuana? Ex-cop claims wife secretly fed him pot
From the "Yeah, right" Department:
Ex-cop claims wife secretly fed him pot
Ex-cop claims wife secretly fed him pot
A former New York City counterterrorism detective who says he was unfairly fired as a result of a failed drug test he blamed on his wife's marijuana-spiked meatballs has lost a court bid to get his job back.
Full StoryAnd if you believe that I have some property just three miles east of Miami I'd be willing to sell you cheap, too.
Shanghai's Crackdown on ... Pajamas
As Beijing restricts online dissent and Urumqi clamps down on separatists, Shanghai is cracking down on... (wait for it)... pajama-wearing in public.The wearing of colorful, boldly-printed pajamas in public has been popular in the city for years, and well-documented on Flickr as well as National Geographic.
But with the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai just three months away, city officials have launched a public etiquette clampdown targeting the unseemly practice.
The South China Morning Post reports that the city's Qiba neigborhood "has mobilized neighborhood committee officials and volunteers since July to talk people out of the habit of wearing pajamas in public."
The article also consults Chinese sociologist Zhang Jiehai, who says pajama-wearing in public began "as a matter of practicality because people lived in cramped conditions with no clear line between public space and private place."
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Although not the biggest fans of pajamas in the first place, this smacks of being a little instability mentally on the part of the would be no-pajama wearers for seeking to ban others from doing so.Repugican "holds" America hostage ...
... until his demands for earmarks are granted. Curious, I was under the impression repugicans hated earmarks ... it was my understanding that repugicans wanted up or down votes on nominations ...
Richard Shelby (reptile-Al) has put an extraordinary "blanket hold" on at least 70 nominations President Obama has sent to the senate, according to multiple reports this evening. The hold means no nominations can move forward unless senate Democrats can secure a 60-member cloture vote to break it, or until Shelby lifts the hold.
... according to the reports, Shelby is holding Obama's nominees hostage until a pair of lucrative programs that would send billions in taxpayer dollars to his home state get back on track. - TPM
They aren't the usual "run of the mill" nominees either, the positions that are not being filled, due to a Shelby's pork addiction, deal with "homeland" security.
Democrats are accusing repugicans of threatening national security by blocking votes on nominees to be the top intelligence officers at the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security as well as the number three civilian at the Pentagon. - The Note
“We’ve got a huge backlog of folks who are unanimously viewed as well qualified — nobody has a specific objection to them — but end up having a hold on them because of some completely unrelated piece of business,” said President Obama on Wednesday. “that’s an example … of the kind of stuff that Americans just don’t understand.” - Think Progress
The question that we should be asking Richard Shelby (retard-Al) is why he is a flip-flopper and why does he hate America ... OK, so we know the answer to that last part - he's a repugican.
Cancer Cure
READY REMEDY: Fruit of the native blushwood. Picture: Brian Cassey
Cancer patients are offering themselves as human guinea pigs as researchers investigate a possible cure for cancer found in north Queensland rainforests.
Scientists have identified a compound in the fruit of the native blushwood shrub that appears to "liquefy and destroy cancer with no side-effects", according to latest research.
Found deep in the remnants of a 130 million-year-old rainforest, the fruit extract may yet hold the secret antidote ...
Full Story
If this holds true it will be the best thing since sliced bread!
Scientists have identified a compound in the fruit of the native blushwood shrub that appears to "liquefy and destroy cancer with no side-effects", according to latest research.
Found deep in the remnants of a 130 million-year-old rainforest, the fruit extract may yet hold the secret antidote ...
Full Story
If this holds true it will be the best thing since sliced bread!
Today is ...
Today is Friday, February 5, the 36th day of 2010.
There are 329 days left in the year.
Today In History February 5
Today's unusual holidays and celebrations are:
Wear Red Day
World Nutella Day
and
Bubble Gum Day
There are 329 days left in the year.
Today In History February 5
Today's unusual holidays and celebrations are:
Wear Red Day
World Nutella Day
and
Bubble Gum Day
Our Readers
Some of our readers today have been in:
Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands
Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
London, England, United Kingdom
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Delhi, Delhi, India
Ancona, Marche, Italy
Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
as well as Scotland, and the United States
Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands
Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
London, England, United Kingdom
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Delhi, Delhi, India
Ancona, Marche, Italy
Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
as well as Scotland, and the United States
Daily Horoscope
Today's horoscope says:
You may not realize it yet, but someone's secret jealousy is taking on a life of its own -- and you may well be at the heart of it.
Don't feel guilty about it.
You're only in control of your own actions and can't be expected to worry about someone else's.
So, when and if something unexpected or unseemly emerges, sit tight.
No one says you have to offer any comment before you're ready.
Can do.
You may not realize it yet, but someone's secret jealousy is taking on a life of its own -- and you may well be at the heart of it.
Don't feel guilty about it.
You're only in control of your own actions and can't be expected to worry about someone else's.
So, when and if something unexpected or unseemly emerges, sit tight.
No one says you have to offer any comment before you're ready.
Can do.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Residents prepare for flooding, ice
From the "just what we need" Department:
Residents in Charlotte's low-lying neighborhoods are preparing for flooding as a large storm system heads our way.
Some areas could get 1.5 inches of rain.
Residents living in a floodplain on Dunlavin Way in east Charlotte are still cleaning up from flooding two weeks ago. Now, they're bracing for more.
Ice storm threatens northern counties
Meanwhile, in counties to the north of Charlotte, residents are likely to get freezing rain and ice.
Catawba County emergency officials say residents should prepare to be without power.
"Be prepared to shelter in place and stay off the roads for at least two to three days," said Karyn Yaussy, Catawba County's emergency management coordinator.
Emergency officials in Caldwell County are comparing this storm to the ice storm that left 30,000 homes without power over Christmas.
Residents there are also cleaning up from several inches of snow that fell last weekend.
"Last week was light, fluffy snow and that does not pose a threat to the power lines," said Renee Whitner with Blue Ridge Electric. "This storm, however, we see ice accumulation -- up to as much as 1/2-inch is what's predicted. That can pose a hazard to power lines. It can weigh those lines down. It can weigh down tree limbs and trees."
Line technicians with Blue Ridge Electric have been told to top off their fuel supplies and check their safety equipment. All employees are on high alert and ready to respond if outages occur.
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True this storm is more of problem because of the icing ... but com'on enough with the liquid sunshine is all it's varieties all ready.
Residents in Charlotte's low-lying neighborhoods are preparing for flooding as a large storm system heads our way.
Some areas could get 1.5 inches of rain.
Residents living in a floodplain on Dunlavin Way in east Charlotte are still cleaning up from flooding two weeks ago. Now, they're bracing for more.
Ice storm threatens northern counties
Meanwhile, in counties to the north of Charlotte, residents are likely to get freezing rain and ice.
Catawba County emergency officials say residents should prepare to be without power.
"Be prepared to shelter in place and stay off the roads for at least two to three days," said Karyn Yaussy, Catawba County's emergency management coordinator.
Emergency officials in Caldwell County are comparing this storm to the ice storm that left 30,000 homes without power over Christmas.
Residents there are also cleaning up from several inches of snow that fell last weekend.
"Last week was light, fluffy snow and that does not pose a threat to the power lines," said Renee Whitner with Blue Ridge Electric. "This storm, however, we see ice accumulation -- up to as much as 1/2-inch is what's predicted. That can pose a hazard to power lines. It can weigh those lines down. It can weigh down tree limbs and trees."
Line technicians with Blue Ridge Electric have been told to top off their fuel supplies and check their safety equipment. All employees are on high alert and ready to respond if outages occur.
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True this storm is more of problem because of the icing ... but com'on enough with the liquid sunshine is all it's varieties all ready.
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