If you think that truck across the street looks sort of normal…maybe you should peek in the back…just because you’re paranoid doensn’t mean they aren’t watching you…..cd Link from Boing Boing
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It's good to be Santa!!!
Surrounded by young female Santa Claus assistants, a Swedish Santa takes a swim during the annual Santa Claus World Congress in Copenhagen(AFP/SCANPIX)
Pilgrims try to catch 'miracle' on mobiles
ROME (Reuters) – Thousands of Italians have flocked to a small town outside Naples armed with mobile phones in the hopes of filming a statue of the Virgin Mary that residents say has miraculously moved her legs. Parishioners at St. Peter’s church in Acerra said they had witnessed the plaster statue’s legs turn flesh colored…
Amorous couple sparks rescue drama –
LONDON (Reuters) – A British couple who headed out to sea in a dinghy for an amorous liaison sparked a major rescue operation when their cries of passion were mistaken for someone in trouble, British police said Tuesday. A passer-by raised the alarm after hearing strange noises coming from the waters near a beach in…
Boing Boing: Shanghai Suicide
Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things Fourteen ways to die in Shanghai English translation of a controversial, internet-propagated map that lists places and methods for bumping yourself off in Shanghai. # Huichunji pharmacy sells sleeping pills. # Suzhou Creek is uncovered. # The #57 bus goes directly to the zoo. You can jump into…
The Perils of China's Growth to the Chinese
STUFF : WORLD NEWS – STORY : New Zealand’s leading news and information website China facing epidemic of suicide, depression 26 July 2005 BEIJING: Suicide is the number one cause of death among people aged 20 to 35 in China, where an estimated quarter of a million people a year – or 685 a day…
eBay: Sponsor the Fukn podcast at www.fukn.us …Advertise!!!
Here it is, your chance to sponsor the fukn podcast! Better get over to ebay and bid! eBay: Sponsor the Fukn podcast at www.fukn.us …Advertise!!! (item 5601241809 end time Aug-01-05 22:23:48 PDT)
Spoof of Bush Wins Faux Faulkner Contest
ACKSON, Miss. – A scathing parody that likens President Bush to the “idiot” in William Faulkner’s novel “The Sound and the Fury” has won this year’s Faulkner write-alike contest — and touched off a literary spat. Organizers of the Faux Faulkner competition are accusing Hemispheres, the United Airlines magazine that has sponsored the contest for…
Library leader questions Patriot Act -Kafka-esque
Books by Kafka, Orwell, Camus, etc… WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The president of the American Library Association has one word for the USA Patriot Act’s so-called library clause — “Kafkaesque.” “It’s very reminiscent of the ’50s and the ‘red scare’ where people showed up at libraries trying to find which political books professors had read, because…
Canada Wins Award for Stupidest Country
National Post NATIONAL POST canada.com Entertainment Canada wins dumbest government at World Stupidity Awards; Bush wins one award Canadian Press Saturday, July 23, 2005 MONTREAL (CP) – The Canadian government secured a surprise win Friday, beating out such luminaries as Iran, North Korea and the United States, for the dumbest government of the year at…