HONOLULU – Everyone thought the humuhumunukunukuapuaa was Hawaii’s state fish. As it turns out, the brightly colored fish with the excessively long name has been dethroned. The news shook the world of Rep. Blake Oshiro, who found out the designation was no longer official from Joel Itomura, a 6-year-old fish-loving son of a friend and…
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Burning Man = Giving Man
SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation — Burning Man contributes $100,000 to charities RENO, Nev. â Organizers of the annual Burning Man festival in northern Nevada’s Black Rock Desert announced nearly $100,000 in contributions Friday to a variety of charitable, art and service groups. The money is in addition to $35,000 Burning Man participants raised at…
Thailand's creepy couple to marry
Now that’s goth…… A Thai woman who set a world record by spending 32 days in a cage with 3,400 scorpions is to marry a man who holds a similarly creepy record for centipedes. The couple will marry on Valentine’s Day and plan to consummate their vows in a coffin, according to a sponsor. The…
Why the system is fucked…especially in Hawaii…Part I
Okay…for those of you who haven’t lived here… I would almost gaurantee that the alleged thief is the nephew, cousin, or son of someone in the Honolulu Police Department. This couple should be given a metal for taking care of business and having balls of steel….cd Police arrested a married couple after they allegedly tracked…
Update: Judge to Rule on Merit of Christ Case
Judge to Rule on Merit of Christ Case – Yahoo! News VITERBO, Italy – An Italian judge heard arguments Friday on whether a small-town parish priest should stand trial for asserting that Jesus Christ existed. The priest’s atheist accuser, Luigi Cascioli, says the Roman Catholic Church has been deceiving people for 2,000 years with a…
Hitler Youth Pope Visits Auschwitz on 61st Anniversary
Has everyone else forgotten that this Pope was a member of Bavarian Hitler Youth? They seem to approve of his anti gay, anti woman, semi racist policies. Is this offensive to anyone besides me? OSWIECIM, Poland (Reuters) – Survivors of the most infamous Nazi death camp, Auschwitz, on Friday marked the 61th anniversary of its…
Crossdressing Bank Robber Strikes Again
He’s done it again…I wish they would release a photo of this guy…it would be funny if he turned out to be a woman dressing as a man dressing as a woman…. cd A bank robber who disguises his appearance from surveillance cameras hit a Kalihi bank for the second time in a week. Police…
Smokers more likely to quit if decision is spontaneous
This story is about so much more than smoking…it’s about success. Think about it. cd LONDON (Reuters) – If you really want to give up smoking then do it. Research by British scientists shows that smokers who decide to quit immediately, without making plans about how or when, are more likely to succeed. “Contrary to…
Al Gore, Sundance's Leading Man
Watch out, Brad Pitt. Sarcasm aside, I really do want to see this. People are loving this movie. Why couldn’t someone have managed to portray a charming and charismatic Gore when he was running for president?? (Or maybe Gore isn’t the attraction – it might be those Katie Holmes nude scenes in the middle of…
Fantasy vs. Reality….Dead Animals put to good use.
Here’s a site I am posting just for Mink Hippie. The rest of you might find it amusing, disturbing, or otherwise too. The first link is to a gallery in New York and contains the following picture among many others…. Wake Up Teddy! is a giant stuffed toy whose fur is made from the real…