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Saturday, June 5, 2010
World Cup Soccer
With the World Cup about to begin you know the soccer posts are about to begin as well:
The father of Mexico's Javier Hernandez makes an incredible sacrifice to watch his son at World Cup.
Also: The singer, a renowned soccer fan, goes into action on behalf of his longtime favorite team.
Also: The World Cup will be played in structures very different from their U.S. counterparts.
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Clever animals cross road in hidden tunnel to avoid being flattened by traffic
Living by a busy road, these animals aren’t willing to take any chances when it comes to getting across safely.
Instead, a rabbit and a stoat are cleverly using an underground network of drains to make it to the other side. The cute animals scuttle from one side of the road to the other and pop out of drains in order to avoid being hit by traffic.
And a fluffy little owl also uses the same underground network as a home while waiting for its mother to bring food.
Amateur wildlife photographer Paul Bunyard captured the shots while driving on his way to work in Rugby, Warwickshire. The 38-year-old was able to grab a quick photo of the stoat before it popped back into the drain.
Instead, a rabbit and a stoat are cleverly using an underground network of drains to make it to the other side. The cute animals scuttle from one side of the road to the other and pop out of drains in order to avoid being hit by traffic.
And a fluffy little owl also uses the same underground network as a home while waiting for its mother to bring food.
Amateur wildlife photographer Paul Bunyard captured the shots while driving on his way to work in Rugby, Warwickshire. The 38-year-old was able to grab a quick photo of the stoat before it popped back into the drain.
You can see all of the photos here.
'Jaws' movie shark finally hunted down
Didn't know they were looking ... did you?!
Lost for years, a model shark created for the 1975 film turns up in a decidedly unglamorous location.
Also: This concert is for the dogs
A first-ever performance for canines draws hundreds to the steps of a famous landmark.
Also: Hidden dangers of flip-flops
Most flimsy slip-ons aren't made for daily wear, but certain designs are safer.
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Lush Dimbulb to wed this weekend?!
Just how stupid is the stupid bitch that's doing this insane shit?
The notoriously loudmouthed wingnut has been tight-lipped about his fourth wedding.
Also: Doesn't she know 'he' prefers 10-year-old Dominican boys? Not to mention the syphilis.
Stoner gets Comp
A Montana judge says it's not a worker's fault he got mauled by a grizzly bear at a tourist attraction, even if he smoked marijuana before trying to feed the animal.
Note to Stoners: remember that to a grizzly you are the munchie.
Now Glenn Beck loves American Nazi sympathizers
Promotes book by prominent Hitler advocate of the 1930s
David Neiwert posted this over at Crooks and Liars:
[Image from Media Matters]
Well, Glenn Beck has long had a predilection for promoting the work of far-right extremists like Cleon Skousen, as well as promoting a variety of ideas and theories that originated with the extremist right.
But his latest endorsement is simply beyond the pale. Media Matters has the whole scoop:
On his radio show today, Glenn Beck heralded and promoted the work of Nazi sympathizer Elizabeth Dilling, who spoke at rallies hosted by the leading American Nazi group and praised Hitler. Today, Dilling is heralded by White Supremacists and White Aryans who revere her "fearless" work against Jewish people.Simon Maloy has even more horrific details.
As Media Matters' Simon Maloy noted, Beck had kind words for Dilling's 1934 anti-communist book, The Red Network, saying: "This is a book -- and I'm a getting a ton of these -- from people who were doing what we're doing now. We now are documenting who all of these people are. Well, there were Americans in the first 50 years of this nation that took this seriously, and they documented it." Maloy noted that Dilling has a long history of rabid anti-Semitism, such as calling President Eisenhower "Ike the Kike" and labeling President Kennedy's New Frontier program the "Jew frontier."
Professor Glen Jeansonne and writer David Luhrssen note in the encyclopedia Women and War that Dilling wasn't only anti-Semitic, but a sympathizer and supporter of the Nazis and Hitler:
When World War II began in 1939, Dilling was part of the national network of anti-Semitics, anti-Communists, and Nazi sympathizers such as Father Charles Coughlin, Reverend Gerald L. K. Smith, Reverend Gerald Winrod, and William Dudley Pelley. Material generated by Nazi organizations in Germany to inspire race hated and exploit dissatisfaction in the United States found its way into Dilling's publications. She spoke at rallies hosted by the leading U.S. Nazi organization, the German-American Bund, and had traveled to Germany, pronouncing the country as flourishing under Hitler.So Dilling "spoke at rallies hosted by the leading U.S. Nazi organization, the German-American Bund." Who's the German-American Bund? Let Glenn Beck, Elizabeth Dilling fan, tell you:
Dilling called for appeasing Germany; she blamed the war on Jews and Communists and accused the Roosevelt administration of being controlled by Jewish Communists. ... After Pearl Harbor, Dilling resisted wartime rationing and denounced the Allies.
BECK: The Bund gathered socially and ran Nazi camps. The camps were advertised as summer retreats where you could escape the city, celebrate German heritage, dance, drink, at places like Camp Nordlund in New Jersey and Camp Siegfried in Long Island. The camps hidden as pro-German/pro- American were attended by adults and families.British Professors Christopher Partridge and Ron Geaves wrote that Dilling was a "pro-Nazi anti-Semite" who disseminated Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion. The ADL describes Protocols as "a classic in paranoid, racist literature. Taken by the gullible as the confidential minutes of a Jewish conclave convened in the last years of the nineteenth century, it has been heralded by anti-Semites as proof that Jews are plotting to take over the world."
On the outside, they looked like any other camp. But the children were indoctrinated in the ideals of Nazism, breeding young Americans to become full-fledged Nazis. They marched, performed drills in Nazi uniforms. And they were taught about their racial superiority, their potential as Aryan youth.
As media scrutiny of the Bund increase, so did anti-Nazi protests, including other Americans who hated the Nazi image and Jewish-American veterans. Instead of quieting down, Bund leader Fritz Kuhn decided to hold the largest rally in their history, Madison Square Garden. These American Nazis showed their true colors, beating a Jewish protester who rushed the stage. Kuhn and other speeches were nothing more than anti-Semitic rants wrapped in the American flag protected by the First Amendment. [Glenn Beck, March 11]
Dilling's Nazi sympathies have made her a cult hero among Aryan groups and White Nationalists/Supremacists. For instance, the group Women for Aryan Unity features Dilling in a publication whose purpose is "to honour Aryan Women past and Present."
This isn't just beyond the pale -- it's probably the most significant major-media endorsement of American fascist ideology since the 1930s.
Now, we know that Beck bought whole into Jonah Goldberg's fraudulent Liberal Fascism thesis, and therefore probably believes that these American Nazis were evil "progressives" at heart. So it's likely he had a huge blind spot about the fact that American fascists of the 1930s were far-right ideologues whose favorite pastime was Red-baiting. People like Elizabeth Dilling.
But at least someone on his staff had to be aware of her background. Most likely it was pointed out to Beck and he ignored it.
At the minimum, Beck needs to renounce his endorsement and apologize for making it. If he refuses, Fox must fire him.
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Seeing as how he is a NAZI himself this is hardly surprising. One question, though, when are we going to lock this maniac away?
Arizona Artists Told to "Lighten" The Faces of Black/Latino Children on School Mural
A group of artists has been 'asked' to lighten the faces of children depicted in a giant public mural at a Prescott school.The project's leader says he was ordered to lighten the skin tone after complaints about the children's ethnicity. But the school's principal says the request was only to fix shading and had nothing to do with political pressure.
Fake Tan - No Seatbelt - Not Funny
A woman driver stopped by police claimed she was not wearing her seat belt because it might ruin her fake tan.
It's amazing ... Everyone on TV reads the same newspaper
Everybody on TV and in movies reads the same newspaper, it seems.
And they've been reading that standard newspaper prop for decades.
Man, that news must be getting stale by now!
Chinese Organ Trafficking
China's black market for human organs is endlessly lucrative due to the fact that nearly 1.5 million people require organ transplants every year but according to the Health Ministry, only ten thousand can get what they need.
Miss Ellie has died
Miss Ellie, the former World's Ugliest Dog, has died aged 17.
The small, bug-eyed Chinese Crested Hairless dog whose pimples and lolling tongue helped her win Animal Planet's 'World's Ugliest Dog' contest in 2009, passed away in Colorado.
Miss Ellie only had a couple of back teeth, cataracts in both her eyes, several moles and pimples, and limited hair.
The small, bug-eyed Chinese Crested Hairless dog whose pimples and lolling tongue helped her win Animal Planet's 'World's Ugliest Dog' contest in 2009, passed away in Colorado.
Miss Ellie only had a couple of back teeth, cataracts in both her eyes, several moles and pimples, and limited hair.
Woman who fed baby sausage is jailed
A woman who fed a nine-month-old baby a piece of sausage, despite being told not to by the boy's mother, has been jailed after he choked to death. Patryk Bialek died at Westgate Crescent, Slough, Berkshire, after being given the piece of frankfurter by Stella Rekiec in May 2008. She was at a party at the house when the boy's mother went out.
When the mother returned her son was choking. Rekiec was convicted of manslaughter and jailed for 18 months. The 28-year-old, who used to reside at the address but now lives in New Malden, south-west London, was sentenced at Reading Crown Court.
Police said on the evening of Patryk's death, the four occupants of the house, including Rekiec and the boy's parents, held a small party in Rekiec's room. The boy's mother left to go to the shops but returned about 15 minutes later to find her son lying motionless on the bed and choking. She attempted to resuscitate him, but he died later in hospital.
Rekiec later admitted that she had fed Patryk the sausage, despite being previously warned not to by his mother. Det Sgt Emma Brown, of Thames Valley Police, said: "Any loss of life is sad, but the death of a young child in such circumstances is particularly tragic. Our thoughts remain with Patryk's parents."
When the mother returned her son was choking. Rekiec was convicted of manslaughter and jailed for 18 months. The 28-year-old, who used to reside at the address but now lives in New Malden, south-west London, was sentenced at Reading Crown Court.
Police said on the evening of Patryk's death, the four occupants of the house, including Rekiec and the boy's parents, held a small party in Rekiec's room. The boy's mother left to go to the shops but returned about 15 minutes later to find her son lying motionless on the bed and choking. She attempted to resuscitate him, but he died later in hospital.
Rekiec later admitted that she had fed Patryk the sausage, despite being previously warned not to by his mother. Det Sgt Emma Brown, of Thames Valley Police, said: "Any loss of life is sad, but the death of a young child in such circumstances is particularly tragic. Our thoughts remain with Patryk's parents."
Man chops off arms and a leg of sister's boyfriend
Police in India have arrested a 20-year-old youth for allegedly attacking a 23-year-old man with a chopper at Indira Nagar in Kurla West early on Thursday morning. They have launched a manhunt to find his two accomplices.
According to the police, the accused, Mohammed Dawood Khan, chopped off both the arms and one leg of the victim, Mohammed Wasim Khan. The accused reportedly committed the crime after learning that the victim planned to marry his 19-year-old sister. Investigators said that the accused was against the relationship and would frequently engage in fights with the victim over it. A week ago, he had warned the victim to stop meeting his sister. His sister, though, continued to see Wasim.
On Thursday, at around 2 am, Dawood asked his accomplices to call on Wasim who resides at Kasaiwada in Kurla East and ask Wasim to meet him. Wasim, in his complaint, said, “When I reached the spot, Dawood immediately started abusing me and and the next moment, he attacked me with a chopper and then fled from the spot.”
Neighbours who witnessed the crime rushed Wasim to Sion hospital where he is recuperating from the grievous injuries that he has sustained. “The accused has been booked for attempt to murder. The accused claimed that he had warned the victim in the past and since he did not obey him, he committed the offence,” said Kurla police senior inspector Vijay Bagwe.
According to the police, the accused, Mohammed Dawood Khan, chopped off both the arms and one leg of the victim, Mohammed Wasim Khan. The accused reportedly committed the crime after learning that the victim planned to marry his 19-year-old sister. Investigators said that the accused was against the relationship and would frequently engage in fights with the victim over it. A week ago, he had warned the victim to stop meeting his sister. His sister, though, continued to see Wasim.
On Thursday, at around 2 am, Dawood asked his accomplices to call on Wasim who resides at Kasaiwada in Kurla East and ask Wasim to meet him. Wasim, in his complaint, said, “When I reached the spot, Dawood immediately started abusing me and and the next moment, he attacked me with a chopper and then fled from the spot.”
Neighbours who witnessed the crime rushed Wasim to Sion hospital where he is recuperating from the grievous injuries that he has sustained. “The accused has been booked for attempt to murder. The accused claimed that he had warned the victim in the past and since he did not obey him, he committed the offence,” said Kurla police senior inspector Vijay Bagwe.
Gym tells woman she's too fat for workout equipment
An Oklahoma woman said a gym she joined told her to stop using certain equipment because she was too overweight. Five months ago Sandra Ruiz gave birth to her son but with that came some extra weight she wanted to get rid of. Ruiz said she weighs about 385 pounds. "I'm tired of being fat because when I go to the store, I can't find clothes that fit me. I haven't worn jeans in a year," Ruiz said.
Ruiz joined Mademoiselle Fitness Center in south Oklahoma City. During one of her visits, Ruiz said a worker approached her while she was on a stationary bike and told her to get off. "The lady said I couldn't get on the machines because we are overweight," Ruiz said. "Everybody was watching seeing what was going on, and I got very sad because I'm so emotional about my weight right now."
She said the gym told her she could instead use their aerobics room to walk in, but Ruiz said if she wanted to just walk she would do that outside for free. Ruiz said that's what she is now doing and why she wants out of her contract and doesn't feel she should have to pay their cancellation fee.
"If ya'll didn't want big people to get on your machine, ya'll would have told us, and if we would have known, we wouldn't have come here," Ruiz said. The owner of Mademoiselle Fitness Center said Ruiz had been informed from the start that there were certain pieces of equipment she couldn't use for her own safety, and also because of the equipment's weight limit. Ruiz said she was never told that.
Ruiz joined Mademoiselle Fitness Center in south Oklahoma City. During one of her visits, Ruiz said a worker approached her while she was on a stationary bike and told her to get off. "The lady said I couldn't get on the machines because we are overweight," Ruiz said. "Everybody was watching seeing what was going on, and I got very sad because I'm so emotional about my weight right now."
She said the gym told her she could instead use their aerobics room to walk in, but Ruiz said if she wanted to just walk she would do that outside for free. Ruiz said that's what she is now doing and why she wants out of her contract and doesn't feel she should have to pay their cancellation fee.
"If ya'll didn't want big people to get on your machine, ya'll would have told us, and if we would have known, we wouldn't have come here," Ruiz said. The owner of Mademoiselle Fitness Center said Ruiz had been informed from the start that there were certain pieces of equipment she couldn't use for her own safety, and also because of the equipment's weight limit. Ruiz said she was never told that.
Odds and Sods
Odds and Sods
Police said a naked man "yelling that he was Jesus" was the catalyst for a five-vehicle accident on I-95 North in Darien, Connecticut, that injured three and slowed traffic for around six hours.
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