Archive | November, 2011

“Poo tattoo story” a hoax

30 Nov

Too good to be true. Hats off to the hoaxers.

Revenge story was too good to be true.

That Viral Story About The Poor Woman Stuck With The Poop Tattoo? Sorry, It’s Totally Full Of Crap.
November 29, 2011 | thesmokinggun.com

That viral story about the Ohio man who purportedly tattooed a pile of excrement on the back of his wayward girlfriend?

Fake. Fake. Fake

As the fable goes, “Rossie Brovent” was expecting her boyfriend, “Ryan L. Fitzjerald,” to ink a scene from “Narnia” on her back. Instead, having found out that “Rossie” had cheated on him, a vindictive “Fitzjerald” retaliated by delivering a tattoo of a steaming, swirly pile of excrement encircled by several flies.

“Rossie” claimed “Fitzgerald” tricked her into drinking a bottle of “cheap wine” and tequila shots, which incapacitated her for most of the time it took him to ink the tattoo.

According to the story–which is accompanied by a photo of the purported tattoo–“Brovent” this month filed a $100,000 civil lawsuit against “Fitzjerald.” The former couple are described as “trailer park residents” from Dayton in the story.

As seen above, the photo appears legitimate. In fact, it first surfaced online about 18 months ago as part of a “Worst Tattoo of the Day” post on the blog I Am Bored.

The image reappeared this week–complete with a backstory about the fractured love of “Rossie” and “Ryan”–on a sketchy “weird news” web site that appears to be dedicated to ginning up its Googe AdSense impressions.

A review of court indices, of course, shows no such civil complaint has ever been filed (either in federal or state court) by “Brovent.” James Druber, administrator of the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court (where Dayton residents file their six-figure complaints), said that he had heard nothing about the purported tattoo lawsuit.

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Zebras on the loose in the burbs

29 Nov

Oh the dangers of living in a Mc Mansion near a petting zoo.

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Zebras roam Leesburg neighborhood
By Autria Godfrey | November 29, 2011 | www.wjla.com

A pair of zebras went galloping through a Loudoun County neighborhood Tuesday.

Neighbors in Leesburg were shocked when they saw the wild animals on their street.

“I think I’ve had too much coffee today, I think I’m seeing zebras in front of the house,” Dianne Murphy posted on Facebook when she awoke to the graceful animals grazing in front of her yard.

“It was just a little chaotic and surprising and they’re very beautiful animals but you’re kinda thinking where are they going to go?” Murphy said.

The two zebras had roamed less than a mile from the Leesburg animal zoo when a maintenance worker accidentally left a gate open.

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Tear gas defense

28 Nov

The autumn of 2011 is a tough time to encounter America’s police, pepper spraying cops, Frosty face down and arrested next to a holiday parade. What the hell do you do if you encounter tear gas?  Turns out Maalox is a good addition to one’s holiday shopping tool chest. I believe the following info is also helpful with pepper spray, too.

 

Holiday season starts with Frosty’s arrest

27 Nov

Now that Thanksgiving is out of the way, let the Christmas season begin! Is this excessive force? Was a canine unit really needed at a holiday parade?

In this Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, photo, Kevin Walsh is seen dressed as Frosty the Snowman during the celebration of the arrival of Santa Claus at Fountain Park in Chestertown, Md. Walsh was arrested Saturday during the annual Christmas parade in Chestertown, on Maryland's Eastern Shore. He's accused of scuffling with police and kicking at a police dog. (AP Photo/The Star-Democrat, Kevin Hemstock)

Happier days... Frosty the Snowman pilots his small boat down the Potomac River on Christmas Eve December 24, 2010, at Maryland's National Harbor. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)

Frosty's Mug shot. Image thesmokinggun.com

Inside the Frosty meltdown in Chestertown
Arrest is the fifth this year for longtime parade participant
By Tricia Bishop | The Baltimore Sun | November 28, 2011

Joan Zellers says her granddaughters will forever remember this year’s Christmas parade as the one when “Frosty got busted.”

They were standing Saturday morning on High Street in Chestertown, watching the annual holiday parade march by, when the big fluffy snowman came their way. Lilly, 9, and Maddie, 11, dutifully posed as Grandma snapped a photo — one of the last taken of Frosty as a free man.

Within minutes, two police officers had the so-called jolly, happy soul face down on the sidewalk in front of the Compleat Bookseller, raising a ruckus as his hands were cuffed behind his back. The round, white head lay forlornly at his feet, top hat and carrot nose still in place.

The image was “very unsettling” for the girls, Zellers said Monday. “They’ll be talking about this parade for a long time.”

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Wild turkey crashes into PA restaurant

26 Nov

A turkey flies into a restaurant on Thanksgiving Day….no seriously.

The turkey did not survive his Thanksgiving Day adventure.

 

A death most fowl: Turkey crashes into Pa. eatery
6abc.com | 2011.11.25

A wild turkey smashed through a plate glass window at an empty western Pennsylvania restaurant and ended up where millions of its fellow gobblers did on Thanksgiving: a dining room.

Penn Hills police Officer Bernard Sestili tells the WTAE-TV the feathered fowl didn’t survive impact when it barreled into the dining room of the Eat’n Park in Penn Hills on Thursday afternoon. The restaurant was closed at the time.

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Odd Thanksgiving Sports

25 Nov

Whether you camped out for a weeks for a Black Friday Deal today or are celebrating BUY NOTHING DAY you can still enjoy some of these fine sports.

Weird Turkey and Thanksgiving Sports
By Maryam Louise | Yahoo! | 11/22/11

Are you and your family or friends looking for a new way to celebrate Thanksgiving that doesn’t involve shopping for Black Friday deals? If you want to go beyond the annual shirts versus skins backyard football game, consider using the turkey as the object of your sport. It will not only encourage others to get up off of the couch, but weird turkey-related sports are a good way to show the kids who the real black sheep of the family is.

 

Historic weird Turkey Day sports

For over a century, Thanksgiving has been a time of sports traditions. Of course, we are all familiar with the football related history of Thanksgiving Day, but few are aware of all of the games related to the fourth Thursday in November throughout time. For example, an 1922 article from the Miami News tells a tale of sports related to Thanksgiving at the State College for Women in Tallahassee.

In 1922, it was common to stay on campus during Thanksgiving rather than commute back to your hometown. For this reason, having a day off meant an opportunity for participating in bizarre sports. These ladies were mimicking the already well-established tradition of Thanksgiving football games by dividing the student body into Evens and Odds. The two teams commenced to participate in a variety of competitive events including football, singing, color rushing, and a pajama and lantern parade. However, none of those sports included using a turkey as the sporting object.

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A Thanksgiving Prayer, from William S. Burroughs

24 Nov

Happy Thanksgiving from a dark man with light skin.

PA Turnpike covered in sticky car crippling goo on busy travel day

23 Nov

Thanksgiving is one of the biggest travel holidays in the United States and this year AAA predicts more people will be traveling than in years. Alas, for some drivers on the venerable Pennsylvania Turnpike things took a turn for odd and awful thanks to a leaky tanker truck.



A rental car sits in the parking lot of the Fairfield Inn in Cranberry. Hotel staff spent the morning cleaning up a tar-like substance from the parking lot, hotel carpet, floors and more following a chemical spill last night on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Tom Fontaine | Tribune-Review

A car with its wheels covered in driveway sealant sits in a parking lot in Harmar, Pa., after exiting the Pennsylvania Turnpike Tuesday night, Nov. 22, 2011. A flood of the gooey material dropped from a tanker truck disabled more than 100 cars and damaged an unknown number of other vehicles along a nearly 40-mile stretch of the Turnpike, officials said. (AP Photo/Valley News Dispatch, Erica Hilliard) PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE OUT; BUTLER EAGLE OUT

Sticky mess: A vehicle's tyre is covered in a black substance on Wednesday near Oakmont, Pennsylvania, after a flood of gooey black muck dropped from a tanker truck disabling about 150 cars

Leak: Corporal Mike Corna, of the state police barracks that patrols the pike near Pittsburgh, said the truck driver will be cited for not properly securing his load

Pa. Turnpike estimates hundreds of cars damaged by sticky mess
By Myles Snyder | Nov 23, 2011 | www.abc27.com

 

PITTSBURGH -The holiday rush home came to a sticky stop Tuesday evening in western Pennsylvania after a tanker truck leaked driveway sealant on 39 miles of the Turnpike from New Castle to the Allegheny Valley Exit.

Turnpike officials said they estimate the sticky muck damaged hundreds of cars when the tar-like substance covered their tires and wheels.

Drivers told WTAE-TV that they couldn’t see the substance on the eastbound lanes because it was dark when the spill occurred at around 7 p.m.

“We got on the Turnpike and we noticed all these cars pulled over,” Lynn Snitzer said. “Our car was driving rough and it was like it was going in to a flat.”

“It’s been a long day for me,” Bruce Kephart said. “I’m a little frustrated and I wish I was home with my kids, but I’m sitting here in the rain looking at tar on my tires.”

Turnpike spokesman Carl DeFebo said maintenance crews used snow plows along with sand, salt and cinders to clean the substance from the lanes.

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Casual brutality with pepper spray births a meme

22 Nov

The Occupy Wall Street movement has found a defining image in the pepper spraying cop meme you’ve probably seen floating on the intertubes lately. The casual, nonchalant use of pepper spray against seated and silent protesters at UC Davis is referenced in dozens of images where unlikely and similarly peaceful targets also get pepper sprayed.

If you haven’t, please take a moment to view the original video of the protest and police response. It is shocking.

To help flesh out the backstory below are definitions of meme and a blurb of what happened on the UC Davis campus.

Wikipedia – The term Internet meme (meem)[1] is used to describe a concept that spreads via the Internet.[2] The term is a reference to the concept of memes, although the latter concept refers to a much broader category of cultural information.

dictionary-meme |mēm| noun Biology
an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, esp. imitation.

FACTS & FIGURES-from presstv.com
On November 18, UC Davis campus police used pepper spray against students protesting social inequality and tuition hikes at the University of California, Davis. wsws.org

The sticker price of studying and living on campus at the average public university has risen 5.4 percent for in-state students, or about $1,100, to $21,447 this fall, the College Board estimated. Tuition at the average public university has jumped 8.3 percent to $8,244. Chicago Tribune

The Occupy Wall Street movement that started in New York City on September 17 is protesting the income gap between Americans with the highest incomes and those with lower incomes and criticizes the greed of the nation’s wealthiest people. Occupytogether.org

 

 

Below are a few of the dozens of images of the pepper spraying cop meme that have been culled from random sources. Click to embiggen.

 

Fake doctor behind butt injections of cement and fix-a-flat busted

21 Nov

This amazing story was sent to me by the erudite Judith Schaechter.

Oneal Ron Morris' mugshot.

Oneal Ron Morris' mugshot.

Oneal Ron Morris' mugshot.

 

 

Man Arrested for Boosting Butts With Cement, Fix-A-Flat
abcnews.go.com | Nov 18, 2011

Florida police on Friday arrested a man suspected of administering dangerous and illegal butt-boosting shots – injecting at least one woman with a cocktail of substances including cement, glue and tire sealant.

And, believe it or not, that man is the person pictured above.

The man is 30-year-old Oneal Ron Morris.

Police could not release an official report on the incident, noting that the case is still under investigation. However, Sgt. William Bamford of the Miami Gardens, Fla., Police Department said that the procedure took place in May 2010, after the as-yet-unidentified victim met with Morris to discuss the procedure.

“They agreed on the price of $700 for the procedure, which was intended for cosmetic purposes,” Bamford said.

What the woman got for her money was a series of injections containing a bizarre concoction of cement, super glue, mineral oil and Fix-A-Flat tire inflator and sealant, police said.

Bamford said that the procedure was conducted not in a clinic, but in a residential setting in Miami Gardens, and that shortly after the substance was injected into the woman’s body she developed what Bamford termed “severe complications.”

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James Van Doren, co-founder of Vans shoes, dies at 72

20 Nov

Little did the Van Doren’s realize what enduring arbiters of style they became when they created a shoe with their waffle iron.

The late James Van Doren.

Vintage Vans ad. Image thestyleraconteur.com

Sean Penn as Jeff Spicoli in the movie Fast Times at Ridgemnont High, shown with the Vans his character wore.

A 1984 file photo of Vans tennis shoes displayed in the Van Doren Rubber Company plant in Orange, California. James Van Doren, who ran the innovative shoe company from 1976 to 1984, died October 12, 2011. (Los Angeles Times/MCT)

James Van Doren dies at 72; co-founder of Vans shoes
November 03, 2011  |  By Valerie J. Nelson,  |  Los Angeles Times

Van Doren Rubber Co. owed some of its success to Southern California’s burgeoning skateboard culture and gained national recognition when Sean Penn wore Vans in ‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

James Van Doren and his older brother Paul had only sample sneakers to offer when they opened their first store, in Anaheim, in 1966. They took a dozen orders in the morning and delivered custom canvas deck shoes, made in their adjacent factory, in the afternoon.

Operating as the Van Doren Rubber Co., the brothers and two other co-founders planned to succeed by cutting out the middleman and selling their distinctive thick rubber-soled shoes directly to the public.

By the early 1970s, the company owed some of its success to Southern California’s burgeoning skateboard culture. The shoes were especially valued for the sticky rubber soles that helped skaters grip their boards — an innovation devised by Van Doren

From the start, the casual shoes were known by a single name: Vans.

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Penn State’s child sex abuse scandal

19 Nov

When one examines the time line carefully it certainly seems probable that Sandusky’s actions HAD to be known to someone. The true extent of the cover-up may never be known.

Artist Michael Pilato paints over the image of Jerry Sandusky in his mural, "Inspiration," in State College.

A mother of one of the young boys alleged preyed upon by Sandusky called the artist and requested he alter the mural.

A long history in Penn State child abuse case
By Kristina Cooke, Edith Honan and Ben Berkowitz | Reuters | Nov 13, 2011

STATE COLLEGE, Penn. (Reuters) – Until a few days ago, Jerry Sandusky’s face smiled down on students from a mural in downtown State College, the home of Penn State University, where football players and coaches are treated like royalty.

On Wednesday, the creator of the mural painted over Sandusky. The former assistant football coach was charged a few days earlier with sexually abusing eight boys over more than a decade.

“I got an email yesterday from one of the victim’s mothers saying simply, ‘Michael, can you please take Sandusky off the mural,’” said Michael Pilato, a local painter who created the “Inspiration” mural in 2001.

It will not be so easy to wipe out the stain on Penn State’s reputation from the alleged abuse and what critics see as a cover-up by university officials who were told that Sandusky was seen raping a young boy in a shower in 2002.

Sandusky, who played football at Penn State and then coached for 32 years at the school, has denied the charges and has been released on bail.

The case has drawn comparisons to the child abuse scandals that rocked the Catholic Church, whose top officials are also accused of covering up child abuse over decades.

In this tight-knit town where the university is everything, Sandusky was known as a church-going family man and a philanthropist. “Jerry was just held in very high regard. It’s definitely a shock to hear something like this. This has kind of blindsided everyone in town. He was the definition of Penn State,” said Nick Savereno, who grew up in the university town, attended Penn State and now owns a sandwich shop near campus.

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