March 16, 2009
Mr. Madoff Goes To Jail
It's a sad state of affairs that there are people in the world who come to a point in their life where they think that the best thing they can do with their life is to strap a bunch of explosives to their torso and walk into a group of innocent civilians and blast them to smithereens. Most of the time, you just hear about it afterwards, but in this case, an (un)lucky photographer caught the blast in a series of photographs probably well before he or anyone at the religious procession knew what was going on. (From I heart chaos)
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Driving a Nuclear Submarine Through Britain's Roads, and other pictures of Submarine construction and decommissioning
Crack-heads and Prostitutes. These are pictures of crackheads in the alley behind my apartment. Go Seattle!
New Jersey to ban Brazilian Waxing
Photo above of Bernie Madoff is by Duncan Quirk
One story of many: Bernie Madoff screws leukemia patient
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October 20, 2008
BBC Hardcore
The BBC entered a new era this weekend with the launch of ‘BBC Hardcore’ – a free to air pornography channel intended to compete with the fastest growing area of digital broadcasting. ‘BBC 69’ as it will also be known will cater for those who are currently being attracted away from the corporation’s mainstream channels by programmes featuring large breasted women having sex with unlikely strangers at very little prompting. BBC Launches Pornography Channel
Also there, Investment Banks switch status to 'Casinos'
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What do Barack Obama, Joe Biden, John McCain and Sarah Palin equal? Find out with these pictograms what your fellow voters think of the candidates
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September 09, 2008
Kim Jong Ill
Kim Jong Il inspected a collective farm and found some cute little pigs. He decided to take a picture with those pigs. That evening, a North Korean newspaper editor was put in the awkward situation of writing a caption for that picture to go in the paper.
“Well… ‘Comrade Kim Jong Il among pigs..’”
“No, ‘The pigs are with Comrade Kim Jong Il.’”
“That doesn't work either.”
Finally, the paper was published the next day with the caption, ‘Comrade Kim Jong Il is third from the left.’
(From Metafilter)
Also, a small blog about Statues with sideburns
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Re-post from 2003: Space Shuttle Columbia Will Be Visible In San Francisco Area... Posted on Saturday, February 01, 2003 05:38:08
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July 04, 2008
Wisconsin Men
What Your Government Knows About Cannabis And Cancer - And Isn't Telling You. US Government Patents Medical Pot. (From NORML Blog)
Wisconsin Man found in basement covered in BBQ sauce. Another Wisconsin Man Runs Over, Eats Seven-Legged Transgendered Deer
World's Oldest Neurosurgeon Turns 100
Jesse Helms died on July 4, 2008, slitting his wrists in a washtub out back beneath the pecan tree and writing "I've been a bad boy" in his own blood. The skins of several children were found drying in his attic, swarms of horseflies going in and out of the eaves. His wife was quoted on CNN as saying "I always wondered about Jesse's collection of little shoes"…
90% Of Israeli Homes Have Solar Water Heaters
Deportation has become compulsory in Dubai for those who are found guilty of flashing their middle finger in public
A Chinese park has reportedly painted stripes on a horse and is charging people to have pictures taken with the ‘zebra’
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May 16, 2008
Were toads an omen of China’s earthquake?
My friend read on the Chinese internet wire: Days before China’s massive earthquake, hundreds of thousands of toads swarmed through a town near the epicentre, leading to a storm of speculation on whether there was a connection
Also this strange weather phenomena phenomenon was seen in the sky before the quake
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May 09, 2008
Inventive Bongs
Fingerprints for ID demanded from a woman without arms
Two Houston men and a juvenile are accused of digging up a corpse, decapitating the body and using the head to smoke marijuana, according to court documents
Many more Bizarre and Inventive Bongs (for Tobacco Use Only. Thank you, Chau)
Foreclosure Heat Maps on Hot Pads
Un-related: Watching a garter snake birth
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April 30, 2008
2008 Economic Stimulus Refund
I received an email from [email protected] at the IRS today! Yea! Here is what it says:
Over 130 million Americans will receive refunds as part of President Bush program to jumpstart the economy.
Our records indicate that you are qualified to receive the 2008 Economic Stimulus Refund.
The fastest and easiest way to receive your refund is by direct deposit to your checking/savings account.
Please click on the link and fill out the form and submit before May 01th, 2008 to ensure that your refund will be processed as soon as possible.
Submitting your form on May 01th, 2008 or later means that your refund will be delayed due to the volume of requests we anticipate for the Economic Stimulus Refund.
© Copyright 2008, Internal Revenue Service U.S.A. All rights reserved.
To access Economic Stimulus Refund, please click here. (I would link to it, but there's some suspicious phishing activity associated with it, according to my browser, so I'll pass)...
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March 07, 2008
What a way to resolve disputes!
The leaders of four Latin American nations embroiled in a diplomatic crisis over a Colombian military raid in Ecuador ended the dispute on Friday with handshakes and warm embraces - “With the commitment of never attacking a brother country again and by asking forgiveness, we can consider this very serious incident resolved”
Samantha Power apologizes for the Monster remark. I find it heartfelt, truthful & reflective of the spirit of the Obama campaign. The Video feed here
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February 11, 2008
Breaking News: Jesus is held for ransom!
For some reason, this is the funniest thing I’ve seen in the last two and a half weeks - -
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October 21, 2007
The Great Omani
They have put the Great Omani in a box
They're using nails instead of locks
But at the funeral, do not despair
There's still a chance Omani won't be there
Ron Cunningham, who died on Monday aged 92, was an escapologist and end-of the-pier artiste specialising in feats such as eating light bulbs and removing a straitjacket while hanging upside down with his trousers on fire
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July 11, 2007
Extra, Extra, Read All About It
Another $282 Million Stolen from Baghdad Bank
Surgery was performed on Sunday to remove a coconut from the body of a man who was sodomized with the fruit during an attack by a gang of men
A newspaper where all the negative news articles have been carefully cut out
Compassion overload not only affects the public but also the media that keep it informed. Why you will never see a front page like this
All online data has been lost after the Internet crashed and was forced to restart
A splendid collection of old fishing books. (From Ramage)
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December 16, 2006
Kenny's Big Adventure
Kenny's Big Adventure - A local barber and amateur painter, miffed that an out-of-state artist is painting Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn's official portrait, is home from an odd odyssey — stops in all state capitols to photograph his own rejected Guinn painting above urinals. (From the wires)
A man has suffered severe internal injuries after trying to launch a powerful firework from his bottom on bonfire night, it emerged today
A young man who does not shake hands with women was recently elected to the New Hampshire state Legislature: First Orthodox Jew in NH to legislature
The boss who fell asleep on a railway track
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September 11, 2006
5 years later
September 11th tattoos have become so prevalent that there’s now a distinct category for them in American tattoo competitions and conventions
Many more
Re-post: Bill Biggart's final exposures
62,006 - the number killed in the 'war on terror'. If estimates of other, unquantified, deaths - of insurgents, the Iraq military during the 2003 invasion, those not recorded individually by Western media, and those dying from wounds - are included, then the toll could reach as high as 180,000
(Photo above from Politiken)
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August 05, 2006
Lawnmower Men
Breaking news: Hippo eats dwarf
It takes large ones to write a story like this about Albert the Bull. (From The Platypus Society)
The 81-year-old father of U.S. Senator cited for lewd conduct and indecent exposure. “The Senator has often referred to his father, a veteran of the Normandy invasion and the Battle of the Bulge and a former businessman, as one of his personal heroes.”
Mysterious Mower Carves Out huge ‘420’ sign on hills. An Omaha man mowed two bad words into his lawn in protest
Tourist Police round-up Ladyboys on Pattaya Beach in response to Tourist complaints
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June 28, 2006
News of the weirdo
Dick Pound takes over. The Canadian Medical Association has named Dick Pound to replace former Supreme Court chief justice Antonio Lamer as head of a panel mandated to recommend a new governance structure for the embattled Canadian Medical Association Journal
"The Onion" Site Folds? Is it real or is it Onion News?
"Ronald MacDonald charged in Wendy's theft"
For immediate release! San Diego trash collector wins Trash driver of the year award for the forth time.
This is not a joke even though it reads like one: Befuddled motorist goes wrong way
Friedrich Nietzsche’s Diet Book. Apart from my own Beyond Good and Evil Flapjacks and Will to Power Salad Dressing, of the truly great recipes that have changed Western ideas Hegel’s Chicken Pot Pie was the first to employ leftovers with meaningful political implications. Spinoza’s Stir-Fried Shrimp and Vegetables can be enjoyed by atheists and agnostics alike, while a little-known recipe of Hobbes’s for Barbecued Baby-Back Ribs remains an intellectual conundrum
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