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Monday, March 29, 2010

Lunatic Fringe

Lunatic Fringe

The face of insanity

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Typical Wingnut

Another one flying over the Coo Koo's Nest

William K. Wolfrum tells us angry bird craps on blogger’s car – so democrats can just shut up about “death threats” -

In an attempt to show that Democratic politicians aren’t the only ones dealing with threats and violence, wingnut blogger William K. Wolfrum today admitted that a bird crapped on his car, which he called an “obvious attempt to shut me up.”

“You know, democrats are whining and complaining about receiving death threats and whatnot, but really, I’m the victim here,” said Wolfrum, formerly a back-up singer with the band A-ha. “But do you hear me complaining about it? No, death threats and bird crappings are par for the course in today’s world.”

The incident, which happened last march after Wolfrum published a damning column titled “Birds, Fuck ‘em,” cannot be verified by authorities, but Wolfrum insists he was the victim of an attack, despite the fact that he wasn’t actually in the car at the time of the crapping.

They claimed to have video proving no one spit on the congressman but couldn't show it to anyone because it dosen't exist.

However ...

Video of black congressman being spat on by white teabagger

Teabaggers spitting on Democratic Congressman Emanuel Cleaver.

FAUX's Sean Handjob tried to pretend that it didn't happen.

Huffington Post now has video.

It's nauseating.

And listen to the crowd - these people are fucking insane.

But they're also typical repugicans.

If you don't do exactly as they say, even when they massively lose an election, you're a socialist dictator who must be stopped.

Listen to the crowd.

You wouldn't know that they controlled Congress for 14 years, and controlled the White House for 8 years, just until 14 months ago.

Now it's suddenly the end of world.

Nothing but Drama Queens.

And the world despises Drama Queens.

It's The Economy Stupid

Just how good are your finances?

One of the best barometers for figuring out your financial health is also easy to calculate.

More ways to know

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Costly job-hunt errors you can't afford

Today's economy has turned these common job-seeker flaws into deal breakers.

Should you hide your age?

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Adding jobs in a bad economy

There's a growing demand for nurses, mechanics, and physical therapists.

How to best position yourself

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Scientific Minds Want To Know

Scientific Minds Want To Know

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Scientists unearth secret life of truffles

The black truffle of Perigord, the cynosure of every foodie's dreams, is about to yield its most intimate secrets to a team of French and Italian researchers who have decoded its genome.

From Treehugger:

Photo via Flickr

As anyone who has ever left an open can of soda out too long knows, some things are just better with a little fizz, and the world's oceans may be no exception. One physicist from Harvard University thinks that he's found a solution that may help curb the rate of global warming--and it comes in the form of tiny bubbles pumped into our planets water sources. Such microscopic bubbles, says the scientist, act as "mirrors made of air," reflecting sunlight from the water, generating a cooling effect that could be quite dramatic. Although computer models show the method would be effective, implementing it may be another story, so don't crack the champagne just yet--it may go flat before you see it happen.

Scientist Says Blowing Bubbles Could Cool the Earth

Amphibious Hyposmocoma larvae on silk line underwater by Patrick Schmitz, Rubinoff Lab

Scientists at the University of Hawaii have discovered the first truly amphibious insect. Daniel Rubinoff and Patrick Schmitz observed larvae from the endemic moth genus Hyposmocoma surviving for weeks in fast moving streams across the Hawaiian archipelago - without coming up for air. Rubinoff and Schmitz say that at least 12 out of 400 species in the genus have the ability to live underwater or on dry land during the insect's larval stage.

We think that's pretty cool, but their research uncovered something else.

Amphibious Hawaiian Caterpillar Proves Evolution is Cool

photo: Karunakar Rayker via flickr.

In the wake of this year's reassessment of the speed with which Himalayan glaciers are melting, and what year most of them might be gone, the Indian Space Research Organisation has released some new data showing that the region's glaciers have retreated 16% in the past 50 years.

Himalayan Glaciers Shrank 16% in Past 50 Years: Indian Space Research Org.

In Matters Of Health

In Matters Of Health

A different way to shape up for spring

A move called Swimming Dragon can help speed up metabolism and reduce appetite.

Slow, deliberate exercises

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Too much fatty food raises the threshold for feelings of satisfaction, just like addictive drugs, sparking a cycle of compulsive overeating.

Junk-fed rats have 'drug addict' brains

Errol Flynn's son 'remains found'

Forensic tests are to be carried out on what two searchers believe are the remains of photographer Sean Flynn, son of Hollywood star Errol Flynn, who disappeared during the Cambodian War 40 years ago, the US Embassy has said.

Full Story

Man sentenced to six years for cooking dog in oven

Should have been death and by the same method!

A Wisconsin man will spend six years in prison for killing his former girlfriend's five-month-old puppy, Hulk, by cooking it in an oven. Terry Kleiman was found guilty in February on two felony counts.

They both worked at the Oval Office Gentlemen's Club and one night Kleiman decided to sneak away early.

He broke into former girlfriend Alex Rouse's apartment and decided to get back at her the best way he knew: by cooking her 5-month-old Pekingese poodle in the oven.

When she arrived home that night, she found her house filled with smoke and the dog dead in the oven.

11-year-old girl arrested for throwing toy gun at dad

A father tried to give his 11-year-old daughter a time-out, but she ended up getting charged with a misdemeanor.

At around 9:30 p.m. on March 24, the girl and her 7-year-old brother got into a fight over who got to sit in a certain chair, according to an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrest report. The father ended up escorting the girl to her room.

The man stood in the hallway watching her, making sure she wouldn’t try to run away out her bedroom window, the report said. The girl grabbed a toy gun and threw it, striking her father in the head and causing him to bleed from a laceration on his scalp.

The girl was charged with domestic battery and is due in juvenile court May 5.

Interesting In General

Interesting In General

Do's and don'ts of loading a dishwasher

Putting large items in the wrong spot can block both the water and detergent.

Improve cleaning, avoid dish damage

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Vacation getaways of the ultrarich

See where billionaires like Oprah Winfrey and Bill Gates go to relax.

Exclusive and secluded spots

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Dog saves owner from certain death twice

The heartening tale of Lakota the Akita, who saved sixty-year-old Carol Drymon from a fast-flowing river and then led her to safety.

As for Lakota, instead of hamburger, he gets steak every day now. "He is my hero. He saved me twice that day, and he deserves the best", says Carol.

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Irish thieves dumped priceless artifacts in trash

A 29-year-old Dublin man who stole what turned out to be priceless golden jewelery from a pharmacy in Co Roscommon has been given a three-year suspended prison sentence. Robert Dempsey of Earl Court, Rueben Street, Dublin, pleaded guilty to the burglary of Sheehan's Pharmacy, Strokestown, on 27 March 2009.

After breaking into the premises at 4am, Dempsey took an envelope from the safe, which included a lunula neck-piece and two gold discs believed to date from 2000 BC.

A second man, 35-year-old Anthony Dowling of Fortlawn Drive, Blanchardstown Drive, who pleaded guilty to possession of stolen goods, was given a two-year suspended prison sentence. Dowling had acted as a lookout at the front door of the pharmacy on the night of the robbery.

Detective Sergeant John Costello of Roscommon gardaí told the court the defendants had no idea of the value of the items within the envelope, but when gardaí informed them of their national significance, they fully assisted them in locating the artifacts.

When gardaí realized the artifacts had been placed in rubbish bins at the flats on Rueben Street, immediate protection was put on all skips on the street as they were due to be collected the following day.

All the rubbish was taken to Kilmainham Garda Station and the stolen artifacts were recovered. Sgt Costello told the court that Dempsey has since traveled to the National Museum to view the artifacts and that both men were full of remorse for what they had done.

Odds and Sods

Odds and Sods

In Cop News

Tennessee cop indicted for making up shooting story

Minnesota cop gets six months for first degree burglary

Arkansas cop quits amid allegations of beating

British police force nominates itself for award over case of schoolgirl killed by officer

Washington police officer may face murder charge over shooting

Why the beard is no longer weird

As Shakespeare wrote, 'He that hath no beard is less than a man.' The Bard had a beard, so he was biased, but growing numbers seem to be on the same wavelength.

From Treehugger:

Naked cyclist Nick Lowe wears a helmet photo

Image: Craig Simonox, Dominion Post and TVNZ

Nick Lowe, of Johnsonville, New Zealand, pulls on bike shorts and a t-shirt when he climbs on to pedal away through the city. But as soon as he hits the open road, a "change of clothes" is on the agenda. The t-shirt graces Lowe's handlebars. The bike shorts he carefully arranges on the saddle so that the chamois seat pad still performs as point of contact. "The majority of the public has no issues with it," Lowe told TV New Zealand.

But one person did take offense. And took Lowe to court. Lowe explains the philosophy behind his fight in a YouTube video. And we look at the verdict: does it mean a free-for-all for nudists in New Zealand?

Article continues: Kiwi Biker Wins Right to Bicycle Naked

Sunday, March 28, 2010

The Daily Drift

The Daily Drift

Today's horoscope says:
Those unforeseen obstacles are still on the menu.
But if you can successfully navigate your way through today (which might be tricky, especially if a dear one's jealousy or resentfulness rears its ugly little head) and tomorrow (when you'll be working while you'd much rather be playing), you'll be golden.
Oh, just grin and bear it.
Let the others be as cranky as they like.
You don't have to encourage them.

Some of our readers today have been in:

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Rio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany

Seoul, Kyonggi-Do, Korea

Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Lima, Lima, Peru

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Como, Lombardia, Italy

Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany

London, England, United Kingdom

Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

as well as Hong Kong, France, and the United States in such cities as Marshfield, Fishers, Castle Rock, Norwood, Hickory and more.

Today is Sunday, March 28, the 87th day of 2010.

There are 278 days left in the year.

Today In History March 28

Today's unusual holiday or celebrations is:

Weed Appreciation Day

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As The World Turns

As The World Turns

16 Victims Of Human Trafficking Flee From Immigration Depot

Sixteen foreign nationals -- 12 Afghan and four Burmese -- have fled from the KL International Airport immigration detention depot where they have been sheltered as victims of human trafficking, Director-General of Immigration Datuk Abdul Rahman Othman said on Sunday.

They're kidding, right?!

Belgium bills ex-husband of child killer for court costs

The father of five children murdered by their mother has been stuck with the bill for her trial and conviction.

A Belgian court sentenced Genevieve Lhermitte to life in prison last year for killing her son and four daughters, aged three to 14, in 2007, while her then husband was on a trip to Morocco.

As Lhermitte is in jail and insolvent, the Belgian state has sought to recover court expenses and collect fines from Bouchaib Moqadem.

"I don't know what to say. I am disgusted and revolted that I, who was wrongly deprived of my children, am being asked to pay for the trial of my ex-wife, who was convicted of murdering my five children by cruelly slitting their throats," Mr Moqadem said.

The bill appears to conform with Belgian law, with the state seeking funds due to have been shared from the sale of their house under their divorce agreement.

However, Mr Moqadem's lawyer, in a letter to Finance Minister Didier Reynders, called for "administrative requirements to be balanced by decency" given the nature of the tragedy.

Teacher to go on trial for hitting pupil's thumb with Pritt Stick

An art teacher is accused of assaulting a special needs pupil with a tube of Pritt Stick, a court has heard. Lynda May, from Ty Segur in Neath, south Wales, has denied the charge of causing actual bodily harm and a lesser offence of common assault.

The court heard that the child, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has learning and emotional difficulties. May, 54, is accused of hitting the boy with the glue stick on September 14.

He is said to have sustained an injury to his thumb as a result of the alleged incident. Lisa McCarthy, prosecuting, said of the allegations: "The injuries are moderately minor."

May elected for her case to be heard at Swansea Crown Court, where a three day trial will be held from May 17. Judge Huw Davies granted the teacher bail.

Parents can be cruel when naming their kids or they can be just plain stupid ... not sure which one the following is just yet?!

Russian child named BOCh RVF 26062002 refused birth certificate

Moscow authorities have refused to issue a birth certificate to a six-year-old boy, whose parents named him BOCh RVF 26062002.

Registration officials refused to register the boy's name, which translates into a Russian acronym for Biological Human Object of the Voronin-Frolov Genus (DoB) June 6, 2002, to "protect the boy's own interests." The parents have insisted on registering the name.

"This case has been reviewed by several judicial agencies; however, the parents have been denied the right to register the child with that name," Tatyana Ushakova said. "This was done to protect the interests of the boy. His parents need to think about the boy and how he can live with a name like that and not think about their own ambitions."

Ushakova said that there is no legislation in Russia against giving children odd names. She also said that the parents referred their case to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg; however, the complaint was turned down. In 2008, a number of other odd names were registered in Russia, including the English equivalent of North, Dolphin, Wind, and Moon. In 2005 the names Leaf Salad, Aviation Dispatcher, Russia, Privatization, Cool, Viagra and Simply a Hero were registered.

The State Of The Nation

The State Of The Nation

Girl, 2, shoots herself with gun at home

A 2-year-old Port Richey girl is in critical condition after accidentally shooting herself with a .380 caliber semi-automatic handgun, and the boyfriend of her mother is under arrest, according to investigators.

McKenzie Smith was wounded at about 10:30 on Friday morning after finding a gun on the nightstand next to her mother's bed. Jessica Smith, 22, was home at the time. The owner of the weapon, 22-year old Ralph Ronzino, was at a nearby store.

Ronzino was arrested and charged with child neglect by culpable negligence. He is also charged with possession of marijuana. Both are 2nd degree felonies.

Pasco sheriff's spokesman Kevin Doll said Ronzino "left the handgun on the nightstand" after hearing a gun shot outside the house on Thursday night.

"It looks like the bullet went in through the abdomen and came out, a clean-through shot, they call it," Doll said.

Deputies said they confiscated two other handguns and an AK-47 from the home, which they say were also "easily accessible" to the child.

Man stabs meat in supermarket frenzy

A knife-wielding man was arrested earlier this week in what police called a meat massacre at a south-central Indiana supermarket. Several people called 911 on Wednesday morning to report a man with a knife in the Jay C Food Store. “We have a gentleman here cutting into the meat and throwing it onto the floor,” one caller said. "Got a man with a knife who's doing things,” another caller said.

When officers arrived, they found meat scattered everywhere in what Edinburgh police called one of the most bizarre cases they had ever investigated. Police said Anthony Coffman, 28, used a hunting knife to cut through meat packages, throwing open containers of raw beef on the floor. He then poured dog food over some of the meat in hopes of contaminating it so it couldn’t be sold, Edinburgh police Deputy Chief David Lutz said.

Coffman told police that he is a vegetarian and gets upset when others consume beef, telling the employee that God sent him to ruin the meat and that he was trying to save little girls from food he believes would make them “chubby.” "He thought if he could save one chubby girl, he's done his job," Lutz said.

Employees tackled Coffman outside the store and held him until police arrived. Coffman was taken to a hospital for a mental evaluation. He faces charges of criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.

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Upping the cute factor

Baby squirrel enjoys a tickle:

Nice.

In Matters Of Health

In Matters Of Health

10 ways health care reform will affect you

In four years, you won't ever be denied coverage under the law signed by President Obama.

Insurance required

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And I Quote

Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.

~ Mark Twain

Lunatic Fringe

Lunatic Fringe

Repugicans: 'Don't blame us for what we caused'

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Hi, boys and girls! As a public service, I've prepared the following statement for repugican leaders to use when some disgruntled opponent of health care reform injures somebody - or worse.

An OpEd piece:

The Rage Is Not About Health Care

Palin, Tea Party Agitators Rally Against Health Care Reform

She is a annoying buffoon with ZERO credibility. It is actually pathetic that some people don't have enough sense to recognize that fact.

Reminder: Repugicans Were For Obama's Health Insurance Rule Before They Were Against It

Repugicans were for President Barack Obama's requirement that Americans get health insurance before they were against it.
The obligation in the new health care law is a repugican idea that's been around at least two decades. It was once trumpeted as an alternative to Bill and Hillary Clinton's failed health care overhaul in the 1990s. These days, repugicans call it government overreach.
Mitt Romney, weighing another run for the repugican presidential nomination, signed such a requirement into law at the state level as Massachusetts governor in 2006.

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Liars and Fools

Eric Cantor (reptile-Virginia) is featured speaker on conference call from the S.T.O.P. Obama Tyranny National Coalition.

Perfect time - they'll all be in one place at the same time - the arrests will be easy

Referring, apparently, to cap and trade legislation, Faux's Glen Brick lies "It's 9/11 all over again except we didn't have the collapsing buildings".

Someone get him back on his Meds.

Fat blowhard Lush Dimbulb lies shouting health care reform a "death threat against the country".

Just leave asshole ... you promised you would - but then when has your word ever been good?!

Newt Gingrich (retard-Georgia), responding to wingnut threats of violence against Democrats, says "the Democratic leadership has to take some moral responsibility for having behaved with such arrogance, in such a hostile way, that the American people are deeply upset".

Hey, Newt we ain't upset, deeply or otherwise by the way the Democrats have behaved. repugicans, now ...

Devin Nunes (reject-California) compares Pelosi to Saddam Hussein and Robert Mugabe.

An idiot looking into the mirror again

Little boy lover Lush Dimbulb lies shouting beating the Democrats is "the only hope the country has".

Again, Leave! The NAZIS failed in Germany and they failed here get over it.

Sarah Palin (reptile-Alaska) publishes, and commits treason (yet again), a "reload" map with crosshairs targeted at House Democrats.

Put her behind bars where she belongs!

Michele Bachmann (retard-Minnesota) calls President Obama "Anti-American"... again.

This bitch is so batshit crazy she makes Glen Brick look sane!

No violence on the wingnutt's part, oh no

Letters, they get letters ... Threatening letters, that is!

From: The AP

U.S. Representative Vic Snyder of Arkansas says a letter saying he's a target for assassination was intercepted by U.S. Capitol police.

Snyder says he was told about the letter Tuesday by capitol police. it was postmarked in a western state - not Arkansas - and misspelled his name as "Vic Synder."

Snyder read from a copy of the original saying: "It is apparent that it will take a few assassinations to stop Obamacare. Militia central has selected you for assassination. If we cannot stalk and find you in Washington, D.C., we will get you in Little Rock."

At least 10 members of congress have reported similar threats.

Nice misspelling, baggers!
If it weren't so serious, we'd make a "Return to Synder" joke right about here.