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Kenya to deport man wearing dress
The story seems to be saying that this guy was arrested because he was suspicious because he looked *too good.* How else can one interpret….”Police say thieves in the capital, Nairobi, often dress up in their smartest clothes to commit crimes.” He does look damn good… A Burundian man taken into police custody in Kenya…
A cool reader writes in…
Got this letter a few days ago and am slowly exploring all the great links….thanks man…. cd Just wanted to take this time to introduce myself and to tip my proletarian sombrero to you. I am a pop culture dumpsters diver, freelance writer, author and broadcaster, as well as a former street person living with…
Woman Allegedly Hires Hit Man for Cheese
Okay…this story is really for MH, except she wouldn’t have cared about the cocaine…she really would have wanted the cheese…. cd MEMPHIS, Tenn. – In an unusual case of mistaken identity, a woman who thought a block of white cheese was cocaine is charged with trying to hire a hit man to rob and kill…
Iran's Ahmadinejad says Israel should be moved to Europe
I like this guy better and better. Don’t get me wrong, I’m no anti semite. I don’t think Isreal should be removed from the map. I think a peaceful solution to the entire middle east violence needs to be found….but I thouroughly enjoy the turnaround this guy is pulling. The whole…”Okay, you want to support…
Vanuatu Volcano Bursts Into Life
AMBAE ISLAND, Vanuatu – An erupting volcano on this remote South Pacific island burst into spectacular life Thursday — shooting steam and toxic gases 9,845 feet into the sky. Huge columns of dense white steam and muddy ash spewed above Ambae Island to reach the greatest height seen since the Mt. Manaro volcano began erupting…
Remembering Pearl Harbor Attack
I sometimes get to drive around survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor. It is amazing to hear their stories and imagine this land of aloha filled with smoke and death. Almost impossible to imagine. It happened though. It could happen again, and probably will. Visitors from ‘the heartland’ often express surprise and dismay at…
Knickers nicked at SA rape demo
OK, I thought this was going to be funny, but it is actually pretty sad. Good example of someone coming up with an interesting and creative concept to make a point (not all creative concepts are genius, but you have to give them points for trying), and failing to fully understand the context in which…
AK-47: the Sierra Leone child soldier
BBC’s The World Today has a great series in progress on the iconic AK-47, or Avtomat Kalashnikova model 1947. They were the weapon of choice in Sierra Leone’s bloody 10-year conflict. Here’s the story of one of the many child soldiers in Sierra Leone and his AK-47. During the three months I spent in Sierra…
A fukn band from Jersey – After Them
Another intro to some of the creative-types that bothered to write in to fukn.us….. “Afterthem is a New Jersey based band that does not play weddings or barmitzvahs.” From MH- Can’t help but think of the word “cacaphony.” Now, cacaphony can work (for proof see the evil-carnival-fabulousness of Mr. Bungle). But I have trouble putting…