Month: May 2010

  • Trooper kills a kitten- loses job- wants job back

    Trooper kills a kitten- loses job- wants job back A state trooper who wanted to stop animals from climbing on his vehicles trapped his neighbor's 5-month-old kitten and shot it to death.

  • Falling Off the $1 Trillion Cliff

    Falling Off the $1 Trillion Cliff We fell off an ugly cliff this Sunday. At 10 a.m. on May 30- all of those little cost of war counters that have been furiously spinning away on countless websites crossed the $1 trillion mark. No alarm sounded. …

  • Are Teenage Boys Hitting Each Other In the Balls Harder Than They Used to?

    Today's teens are sterilizing each other more successfully than generations past. Are Teenage Boys Hitting Each Other In the Balls Harder Than They Used to? "Sack tapping" is the new painful craze sweeping the nation's teen boys. That is: punching each other in the balls. One child had his right ball amputated because he was […]

  • help me get my fat cat slim | Ask MetaFilter

    Great Metafilter comment on cats and weight loss: "Cats unlike dogs are true carnivores- originating in desert countries and surviving on a diet that is a small volume- high protein- high water content meal (that is a mouse)… That is difficult to do when almost all dry cat foods are too high in carbohydrates. " […]

  • Soldier in Iraq Loses Home Over $800 Debt

    "But while he was fighting for his country- a different kind of battle was brewing on the home front. Last September- [Army Reserve Captain] Michael returned to Frisco- Texas- to find that his homeowners' association had foreclosed on his $300-000 house–and sold it for $3-500." Soldier in Iraq Loses Home Over $800 Debt Capt. Michael […]

  • Christian Groups: Biblical Armageddon Must Be Taught Alongside Global Warming

    Be sure to watch the news crawl at the bottom and captions. Christian Groups: Biblical Armageddon Must Be Taught Alongside Global Warming Constitutional debate continues over whether public schools should include biblical Armageddon alongside global warming in end-of-world curriculum.

  • Rare Cases of Liver Damage Tied to Weight-Loss Drug – Yahoo! News

    You can't shit yourself thin: Rare Cases of Liver Damage Tied to Weight-Loss Drug – Yahoo! News WEDNESDAY- May 26 (HealthDay News) — Responding to reports of rare but sometimes severe cases of liver damage- U.S. health officials on Wednesday announced revised labels for a widely used weight-loss drug.

  • BofA- Citi Incorrectly Hid Billions in Repo Debt: Report – CNBC

    Incorrectly. Accidentally. Yeah. BofA- Citi Incorrectly Hid Billions in Repo Debt: Report – CNBC Bank of America and Citigroup incorrectly accounted for billions of dollars of debt over the past three years- according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.

  • NC Lawmaker Wants AZ-Style Immigration Law

    Well this will be f*ckin' great. NC Lawmaker Wants AZ-Style Immigration Law Unconstitutional or long overdue? That's the immigration debate raging across the country and now- in North Carolina. The Tar Heel state joins 18 others- including South Carolina- to potentially follow the lead of Arizona. FOX Charlotte's Morgan Fogarty reports.

  • Daley's Got a Gun

    Daley's Got a Gun Chicago Mayor Richard Daley- stood in front of a table of seized guns yesterday- was asked by a reporter how effective his city's gun policy was. He picked up a rifle. And suggested he insert in the reporter's anus.