Archive | June, 2010

Student moons and throws puppy at Hell’s Angels, escapes on bulldozer

18 Jun

Great story, it makes me feel like a real underachiever though. Thanks to “Charge” for alerting me to this fine fine story.


Man moons and throws puppy at Hells Angels bikers
Published: 14 Jun 10 | www.thelocal.de

A young man in Bavaria who reportedly forgot to take his medication taunted a group of Hells Angels at their clubhouse over the weekend by dropping his pants, throwing a puppy at the bikers, and then making his getaway in a stolen front loader.

The 26-year-old drove onto the biker clubhouse grounds on Sunday afternoon in Allershausen, a town just north of Munich, daily tz reported on Monday.

There the Munich student pulled down his Bermuda shorts, mooning a group of bikers before throwing a puppy at them, the paper said.

Then the man fled the scene, stopping at an autobahn construction site to steal a front loader, which he attempted to drive to Munich.

But his slow pace caused a 5-kilometre traffic jam, the paper reported.

After making it just one kilometre along the highway, the 26-year-old hitched a ride with a truck, which let him off in Eching, not far from Munich.

Police lost track of him for a while there, but they quickly located him again, finding out that he had neglected to take his medication for depression.

He was checked into a psychiatric clinic for treatment. Meanwhile the puppy he tossed at the bikers is being cared for by a Freising animal shelter.

The Local (news@thelocal.de)

‘My love handles saved my life’

17 Jun

Now THAT’S a headline! Get well soon Ms Frazier.

Samantha Lynn Frazier, 35, of Florida, talks about a gunshot that hit her in the abdomen at the Egg Harbor Township home where she is staying Monday evening February 22, 2010. Frazier was shot while entering an Atlantic City bar to get a drink early Saturday morning. Image Press of Atlantic City.

‘My love handles saved my life,’ says bystander shot in Atlantic City
By LYNDA COHEN Staff Writer | Posted: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 | www.pressofatlanticcity.com

ATLANTIC CITY – Samantha Lynn Frazier wanted to lose weight. But the extra pounds do not bother her now.

“My love handles saved my life,” she said Monday, two days after she was shot inside an Atlantic City bar.

The Florida woman’s family had treated her to a trip to Atlantic City. But the gift to come visit her relatives and stay at a casino was ruined shortly after it began.

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More giant flaming Jesus pictures

16 Jun

This is the story that just keeps giving! Rev. Dr. D.J. Booger X just pointed out to me he was alerted to the close proximity of the giant Jesus to a Hustler Superstore, which in case you didn’t know is a giant pornography and sex toy store. The Hustler Superstore suffered no damage in the recent storm. Apparently Ohio loves porno, and there’s ANOTHER Hustler Superstore a few miles up the road.

Apparently an adjacent amphitheater at the church was also damaged in the fire. Prelim estimates are for over $700,000 in damages.

Google map showing location of Hustler Hollywood 1038 Lebanon Street, Monroe, OH and the Solid Rock Church at 904 North Union Rd, Monroe, OH


Giant Jesus catches fire

16 Jun

Sources have referred to this 62 foot tall work as Touchdown Jesus, Big Butter Jesus, Help I’ve fallen and can’t get up Jesus and the Jesus of the Black Lagoon. Since it had a metal core it was recently struck by lightning the wood and foam covering it’s metal core burned brilliantly and from the photos beautifully.

In 2004 it cost $250,00 to build the immense statue where it could easily be seen from the interstate highway. This is a huge loss to the church in front of which it stood and burned. I’m certain that church would welcome your cash donation so they can create an even larger, more expensive Jesus.

Insert joke/comment here about how graven images are outright forbidden in the 10 Commandments.

Thanks for Rev. Dr. D.J. Booger X for giving me this tip.

Click an image to view it larger.



6-story Jesus statue in Ohio struck by lightning
AP| June 15, 2010

MONROE, Ohio – A six-story-tall statue of Jesus Christ with his arms raised along a highway was struck by lightning in a thunderstorm Monday night and burned to the ground, police said.

The “King of Kings” statue, one of southwest Ohio’s most familiar landmarks, had stood since 2004 at the evangelical Solid Rock Church along Interstate 75 in Monroe, just north of Cincinnati.

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Alvin M. Greene the unlikely candidate for Senator

15 Jun

He’s black, he’s unemployed, he’s endorsed by Howard Stern and he was selected by voters in South Carolina’s Democratic primary election to be their candidate for Senator in the upcoming general election.

But there are quite a few questions about Alvin M. Greene’s background and motivation. His soft spoken, casual and disorganized demeanor stands in stark contrast to the polished and posh pitchmen who usually end up running for US Senate seats.

Who paid the $10, 000 filing fee for Greene to run for the seat? Is he legally the Democratic candidate? Is Greene mentally competent? Is Greene really a war veteran? Is the G.O.P. and their dirty machine at work again in S.C.?

S.C. is the state where during a primary between GWB and McCain propaganda was disseminated about John McCain fathering a mixed race (heavy hints it was half black) child.  According to a Vanity Fair article telephone boiler rooms (financed by shady people who can be traced back to Karl Rove) as well as undistributed  leaflets put on cars in malls and supermarkets carried this sick spin on McCain’s adoption of a Vietnamese girl. So there is a precedent of dirty pool in S.C..

Interesting and developing story.


Watchdog group questions mysterious S.C. candidate Alvin Greene
Posted by John Fritze  |  usatoday.com  |  Jun 15, 2010

Alvin Greene, the mysterious candidate who emerged as the Democratic nominee to take on Republican Sen. Jim DeMint in South Carolina, can’t quite shake suspicions that something is amiss about his campaign.

The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington is the latest to question Greene’s candidacy. The group today requested the South Carolina Attorney General to investigate how Greene came up with the $10,440 filing fee required to put his name on the ballot. Greene, an unemployed veteran, has repeatedly said he saved his own money over several years.

“The people of South Carolina have a right to fair, transparent and fraud-free elections,” the group’s executive director, Melanie Sloan, said in a statement.

Greene captured more than 100,00 votes in the June 8 primary, beating former state lawmaker Vic Rawl. A day later, the Associated Press reported that Greene faced a pending felony charge after an arrest last year. Police say Greene showed obscene Internet photos to a University of South Carolina student.

CREW filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleging Greene failed to file candidacy statements and campaign-finance reports.

Theft of political yard signs in SC leads to crash

15 Jun

SC politics are wooly, from small races to the big one. From Alvin Greene Democratic Senatorial Candidate to this race.

S.C. House candidates’ families trade accusations of sign theft; Signs set off car chase, crash
By Janelle Frost and Tonya Root  |  jfrost@thesunnews.com; troot@thesunnews.com  |  Fri, Jun. 04, 2010  |  thesunnews.com

Police are investigating allegations of stolen political signs and an altercation between the wife of an S.C. House candidate and the father of his opponent.

Police were called to Wachesaw East in Murrells Inlet about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday in response to a complaint from Tim Wilkes, father of candidate Mande Wilkes. He told police Martina Hardwick, the wife of S.C. Rep. Nelson Hardwick, had chased him and struck his vehicle, according to the incident report from the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office.

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French King’s mistress poisoned herself with golden youth elixir

14 Jun

One wonders how many products currently in our collective medicine chests we think are helping us stay well and look younger are actually killing us.

Takes a lot of scratch to poison oneself with gold though.  BUT if one is the cougar mistress of a lavish living King, I guess cash is not an issue.

Drop dead gorgeous: A portrait of Diane de Poitiers in her youth (above) by an unknown artist and the last portrait (below) showing how closely the skull from the dig fitted her image. Experts believe she died from gold poisoning .

Dying to look good: French king’s mistress killed by drinking gold elixir of youth
By Claire Bates  |  22nd December 2009  |  www.dailymail.co.uk

Miracle beauty products may be a staple on women’s dressing tables today, but they’re not a recent invention.

The mistress of the 16th-century French king, Henry II, drank gold in an effort to preserve her youth, according to a study published in the British medical journal.

Unfortunately the remedy eventually killed her.

Above: The lock of Diane's hair preserved at Anet Castle Below: Close up analysis revealed de Poitiers had gold in her thinning hair

When French experts dug up the remains of Diane de Poitiers last year, they found high levels of gold in her hair.

Since she was not a queen and did not wear a crown, scientists said it was hard to see how jewellery could have contaminated her hair and body.

Experts now say she probably consumed drinkable gold, believed at the time to preserve youth and treat a host of other ailments.

The French court believed gold harnessed the power of the Sun, which would be transferred to the drinker. Alchemists often acted as apothecaries and prescribed solutions made up of gold chloride and diethyl ether. These were popular at the French Court.

It is very likely Diane de Poitiers was killed by her desire to look young. Unusually she was 20 years older than her royal lover.

Diana de Poitiers was well-known for her athletic prowess and represented as Diana the Huntress (below) Her remains will be returned to her original tomb in Castle Anet.

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Man dressed in animal skin shot

13 Jun

Whoops!

Man dressed in animal skin shot dead during hunt

A Greek man dressed in animal hide was mistakenly shot dead while out hunting wild boar for a Christmas dinner.
By Paul Anast in Athens  |  20 Dec 2009 | www.telegraph.co.uk

Police said members of a shooting party made up of families opened fire when Christos Constantinou, 49, moved through the undergrowth.

They are thought to have been confused by the fact the victim was disguised in dark goat skins, which are used to camouflage and to mislead their prey.

The groups had fanned out in pairs of two to track down an animal for the traditional festive dinner when the accident happened.

Police in the northern Greek town of Nemea, Chalkidiki, said Mr Constantinou was pronounced dead upon arrival at hospital.

Two unidentified men, aged 25 and 28, were detained and were being questioned.

Diana’s debut dress sells for big bucks

11 Jun

The dress worn by the Late Princess Diana to her very first public event was recently sold for a pretty penny.  This sale is an appropriate time to look back at the very moment when 19 year old Lady Diana Spencer was first introduced to the press and public who was enthralled by her and hounded her for decades. Video footage of the event is especially distributing as it seems video cameras were only allowed on the ceiling and her cleavage is heavily featured.

Personally, these pictures make me sad. Imagine how nervous she was. How new and exciting flash bulbs and formal parties were. In 1981 all the players in this tragedy were so young, and a few short years away from heartache, misery and death detailed thru telephoto lenses and wire taps on front pages .

Now I feel guilty for further exploiting this poor dead Lady, too.

File photo dated 09/03/1981 of Lady Diana Spencer (later Diana, the Princess of Wales) and the Prince of Wales being driven from the Goldsmiths' Hall in the City of London, wearing a dress designed by Elizabeth and David Emanuel, which she wore a few weeks after becoming engaged, is to be auctioned, it was announced today. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday April 12, 2010. The auction will be held on June 8 at La Galleria in Pall Mall, central London. See PA story ROYAL Diana. Photo credit should read: PA/PA Wire

FILE - In this March 9, 1981 file photo, Lady Diana Spencer, then-fiancee of Britain's Prince Charles attends her first official engagement, a charity event at the Goldsmith's Hall, in London. The strapless silk taffeta dress worn by Lady Diana Spencer is expected to fetch between 30,000 pounds and 50,000 pounds ($36,000 to $61,000) at auction Tuesday, June 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Peter Skingley, pool, file)

In this Friday May 28, 2010 photo, designer Elizabeth Emanuel stands with two dresses and a blouse that she designed for Princess Diana, at an auction house in London. A racy black gown worn by Lady Diana Spencer on one of her first official engagements is up for sale in London. The strapless silk taffeta dress, by designers Elizabeth and David Emanuel, who also designed Diana's frothy wedding gown is expected to fetch between 30,000 pounds and 50,000 pounds ($36,000 to US$61,000) at an auction Tuesday, June 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Diana’s racy black dress bought by fashion museum
AP  |  June 8, 2010

LONDON — A racy black gown worn by Lady Diana Spencer on one of her first official engagements has been snapped up by a Chilean fashion museum for nearly 200,000 pounds (more than $275,000) — several times the original estimate.

The strapless silk taffeta dress’s revealing cut and striking black color caused a minor scandal when Diana was pictured stepping out of a limousine in the outfit in at a London charity event in 1981. But while some thought the dress was too daring for the 19-year-old royal bride-to-be, it helped turn Diana into an overnight fashion icon.

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Blind Granny catches record catfish

10 Jun

This Granny has very impaired vision but was able to land this whopper anyway. Way to go!

Sheila is a granny and has very poor vision.

Record fish catch for grandmother
Wednesday, 20 January 2010 | news.bbc.co.uk

A partially sighted grandmother has entered the record books for catching an enormous freshwater fish while on holiday in Spain.

Sheila Penfold, 56, was almost dragged into the river when the giant catfish took her bait of halibut pellets while swimming in the River Ebro.

Mrs Penfold from Wandsworth, south-west London struggled with the 8ft 2ins long fish for 30 minutes.

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Kid sent home for not supporting home team

9 Jun

Not exactly a NEW story but newsworthy  anyway. High school’s really do seem draconian these days.

Brandon Frost was sent home from Maurepas High School for wearing an Indianapolis Colts jersey.

Student sent home over Colts jersey reports apologies all around
By Jeff Adelson, The Times-Picayune  |  February 09, 2010  |  www.nola.com

The day after the Who Dats claimed victory in the Super Bowl, another confrontation involving the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts was brought to an amicable conclusion in Livingston Parish.

brandon-frost.JPGWBRZ-TV Brandon Frost was sent home from Maurepas High School for wearing an Indianapolis Colts jersey.

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Isreal admits to organ theft

8 Jun

Oh, and Israel admitted it. This is not good. It’s not a new story, but it’s still bad news.

Israel admits to organ thefts
Harvested organs were alleged to have been used by the military and in public hospitals
english.aljazeera.net | December 21, 2009

Israel has admitted that it harvested organs from the dead bodies of Palestinians and Israelis in the 1990s, without permission from their families.

The admission follows the release of an interview with Jehuda Hiss, the former head of Israel’s forensic institute, in which he said that workers at the institute had harvested skin, corneas, heart valves and bones from Israelis, Palestinians and foreign workers.

In the interview, which was conducted in 2000 when Hiss was head of Tel Aviv’s Abu Kabir forensic institute, he said: “We started to harvest corneas … Whatever was done was highly informal. No permission was asked from the family.”

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