Amazing Stories And Urban Legends

(Giraffe/59520) Conspiracy theory:

Giraffe@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:49:00 -0500

Conspiracy theory:
http://xkcd.com/966/

(Falcon/59519) It's Obama Fried Chicken! OFC pops up in China... but can the Pr...

Falcon@rss.iscabbs.com — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 13:48:00 -0500

It's Obama Fried Chicken! OFC pops up in China... but can the President also
match the secret recipe of Colonel Sanders?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2044016/Obama-Fried-Chicken-Is-Presiden
t-giving-Colonel-Sanders-run-money.html?ITO=1490
But in Beijing, China, a restaurant is actually calling itself OFC with a logo
that looks alarmingly like the President dressed in the colonel's clothes.

(Giraffe/59518) And they thoughtfully provide grave markers for those members wh...

Giraffe@rss.iscabbs.com — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:26:00 -0500

And they thoughtfully provide grave markers for those members who want to keep
the irony going into eternity.
http://tinyurl.com/3rf3s23

(Giraffe/59517) The name of the organization is actually American Bikers Aimed T...

Giraffe@rss.iscabbs.com — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:21:00 -0500

The name of the organization is actually American Bikers Aimed Toward
Education, but the irony remains.

(King Action/59516) i am wondering if there is a typo in that article. it says he wa...

King Action@rss.iscabbs.com — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 11:25:00 -0500


i am wondering if there is a typo in that article. it says he was riding with
ABATE (American Bikers Aiming for Education)

(Giraffe/59515) NOT from The Onion:

Giraffe@rss.iscabbs.com — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 10:22:00 -0500

NOT from The Onion:

Biker Protesting Helmet Law Dies of Head Injury

http://tinyurl.com/6czxn4z

(King Action/59514) I am assuming... that I am not supposed to find this hilarious...

King Action@rss.iscabbs.com — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 14:20:00 -0500


I am assuming... that I am *not* supposed to find this hilarious...

(KAM/59513) Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/24/funeral_de...

KAM@rss.iscabbs.com — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 14:12:00 -0500


Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/24/funeral_death/
Woman dies of heart attack at own funeral

Shock of resurrection proves fatal

By Lester Haines

Posted in Bootnotes, 24th June 2011 12:30 GMT

A Russian woman died of a heart attack at her own funeral, after waking up to
find praying mourners filing past her coffin.

According [1] to the Daily Mail, Fagilyu Mukhametzyanov, 49, had been declared
dead after suffering chest pains and collapsing at home in Kazan, capital of
Tatarstan.

Doctors had failed to spot she was actually very much alive, and Mrs
Mukhametzyanov unsuprisingly began screaming when she regained consciousness to
find she was being prematurely dispatched to the hereafter.

Her husband, 51-year-old Fagili Mukhametzyanov, said: "Her eyes fluttered and
we immediately rushed her back to the hospital but she only lived for another
12 minutes in intensive care before she died again, this time for good."

He added: "I am very angry and want answers. She wasnt dead when they said she
was and they could have saved her."

Hospital spokesman Minsalih Sahapov assured an investigation into the matter
was under way.
Links

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2007356/Woman-dies-heart-attack-cau
sed-shock-waking-OWN-funeral.html

(Aightball/59512) I didn't watch the entire video...I got bored as soon as he star...

Aightball@rss.iscabbs.com — Tue, 17 May 2011 11:16:00 -0500

I didn't watch the entire video...I got bored as soon as he started talking.
What a nutjob! I hope he doesn't do something stupid on the 21st, to prove some
sort of "rapture" bullshit. Although, if he did do something stupid, we'd have
a few less idiots to deal with on this planet.

(Volvo Guy/59511) And if you think the whiteboard is bad, you should see the power...

Volvo Guy@rss.iscabbs.com — Tue, 17 May 2011 10:58:00 -0500

And if you think the whiteboard is bad, you should see the powerpoint
presentations!

(Giraffe/59510) Back in the day, Jesus told parables and healed the sick. Now, h...

Giraffe@rss.iscabbs.com — Tue, 17 May 2011 10:40:00 -0500

Back in the day, Jesus told parables and healed the sick. Now, he's doing
self-help seminars on a white board. How far the mighty have fallen!

(Aightball/59509) What a dumb dumb! This guy and his wife claim to be "Jesus and M...

Aightball@rss.iscabbs.com — Tue, 17 May 2011 10:30:00 -0500

What a dumb dumb! This guy and his wife claim to be "Jesus and Mary". *shakes
head* I don't care what your beliefs are...these guys are wackos!

http://weirdnews.aol.com/2011/05/16/alan-john-miller-mary-suzanne-luck-jesus-
mary-magdalene_n_862384.html?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl1|sec3_lnk3|63478

(Ozzy/59507) We haven't discussed anything in here, period, in a long long ti...

Ozzy@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:00:00 -0500

We haven't discussed anything in here, period, in a long long time.
I'd actually forgotten this forum even existed.

(Gwynn/59506) You know what? We haven't discussed any pure, high-grade crazy i...

Gwynn@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:56:00 -0500

You know what? We haven't discussed any pure, high-grade crazy in here in a
long long time. Enjoy!

http://copulins.freeservers.com/

(Xenos/59505) There's no easy way. You can link directly to Facebook pictures...

Xenos@rss.iscabbs.com — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:57:00 -0500

There's no easy way.  You can link directly to Facebook pictures, but not
video.  You need to persuade him to upload it to YouTube.  Or email it to you
and you do it :-)

I'm sure he thought he was alone, and I'm equally sure he actually wasn't.
It's the simplest explanation.  What's more likely, ghosts or someone else in
the building and funny accoustics?

(Another Yossarian/59504) No, he swears he was totally alone in the place. His wife was s...

Another Yossarian@rss.iscabbs.com — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:35:00 -0500

No, he swears he was totally alone in the place.  His wife was standing
outside, it's not a huge touristy place, theirs was the only car there.  He
knew he was alone.  He has it on his Facebook page.  Anyone know of a way to
link to it?

(Sraosa/59503) AY> Any possibility you could share a url where this is posted, ...

Sraosa@rss.iscabbs.com — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 12:58:00 -0500

AY> Any possibility you could share a url where this is posted, if it's online
somewhere?  Sounds interesting.

(Xenos/59502) Well obviously he wasn't alone.

Xenos@rss.iscabbs.com — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 07:26:00 -0500

Well obviously he wasn't alone.
Castles can have funny accoustics, I bet there was someone in some corridor
somewhere (probably a Polish cleaner) nattering away and the sound somehow
travelled and got picked up by his recording device.

(Another Yossarian/59501) A friend of mine (older gentleman) posted a video he took at som...

Another Yossarian@rss.iscabbs.com — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 00:41:00 -0500

A friend of mine (older gentleman) posted a video he took at some pirate
queen's castle in Ireland.  At a certain point, he pauses in his narration and
you can clearly hear a man's voice in the background.  Not English, but could
be Gaelic or some other language.  He says he knows he was alone in the castle
and didn't even hear the voice until after he got home and watched his
recording.  Kinda creepy.  Anyone speak Gaelic?

(Xenos/59500) This is brilliant, well, if you're not the couple invovled. I e...

Xenos@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:49:00 -0500

This is brilliant, well, if you're not the couple invovled.  I expect they're
quite upset about it!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/maldives/8095705
/You-are-swine-and-infidels-.-.-.-secret-insults-at-wedding-blessing-in-
paradise.html  or  http://bit.ly/bD1ZhT

Basically a couple had their marriage vows renewed in the Maldives.  Only, what
they thought was a beautiful ceremony in the native langauge turned out to be,
er, not.  A few years ago of course they would have been none the wiser, but
not in these days of the internet; the whole thing was recorded and put on
YouTube, and someone translated it.

(Xenos/59499) Of course, it might have been a mobile phone, but what about the...

Xenos@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:47:00 -0500

Of course, it might have been a mobile phone, but what about the phone network,
huh, HUH?  See, I proved it wasn't true! ;-)

And on that theme...
http://newsarse.com/2010/10/29/no-one-touched-their-face-in-1920s-insists-
chaplin-time-travel-theorist/  or  http://bit.ly/aNwLhz

(The Outlaw/59498) Well the whole thing doesn't even look like a cell phone or that...

The Outlaw@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:28:00 -0500

  Well the whole thing doesn't even look like a cell phone or that the person
is even talking into something...

(Giraffe/59497) Why go to all the trouble to make a fake-1928 movie with such un...

Giraffe@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:51:00 -0500

Why go to all the trouble to make a fake-1928 movie with such unconvincing
evidence of time travel?  It probably is an authentic c. 1928 clip, but the
interpretation is rather strained, that's all.

(Aightball/59496) I saw that video, too, and if nothing else, the quality should g...

Aightball@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:49:00 -0500

I saw that video, too, and if nothing else, the quality should give it away as
being a fake. I've seen movie type footage from the 20s, and it's grainy as
hell. This was cearly a production done on a digital camera or something. Or,
as stated, just a hearing aid user. Didn't they use "ear trumpets" or something
back then?

(Copper Lethe/59495) The device is probably not a cell phone at all, but a hearing ai...

Copper Lethe@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:36:00 -0500


The device is probably not a cell phone at all, but a hearing aid.
Since, you know, cell phones didn't exist.

(Giraffe/59494) That's one ugly Doctor.

Giraffe@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:08:00 -0500

That's one ugly Doctor.

(LizPhairFan/59493) Giraffe>>>

LizPhairFan@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:05:00 -0500

Giraffe>>>
He/she was getting good reception from the TARDIS!!!
Yeah, it is crazy, but still funny.

(Giraffe/59492) "The only conclusion that I can come to. . . it's a time travell...

Giraffe@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:51:00 -0500

"The only conclusion that I can come to. . . it's a time traveller."

I can come to a few other possibilities, such as a crazy old lady talking to
herself and holding a hand up to her face.  Now which is more likely, that in
1928 Los Angeles there was a schizophrenic old lady (or even man in a dress) or
a time traveller using a cell phone in a city without a cell network?  Take
your pick.

(LizPhairFan/59491) Woman on a cell phone in 1928?

LizPhairFan@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:42:00 -0500

Woman on a cell phone in 1928?
You make the call!

http://consumerist.com/2010/10/woman-uses-cell-phone-in-1928.html

(skip to around 2:50 in the video to skip this guy's talking)

(Giraffe/59490) Hitler was buried (and eventually cremated) by Russians who woul...

Giraffe@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:21:00 -0500

Hitler was buried (and eventually cremated) by Russians who would have taken
any weapon found on his body.

(Xenos/59489) I read something about Hitler and the Nazis in a book on famous ...

Xenos@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:23:00 -0500

I read something about Hitler and the Nazis in a book on famous people that
I've since misplaced.  The gist was that there was some sort of weapon that
Hitler had that supposedly gave him power, and was buried with his remains.

Now I think about it, the author MIGHT have lifted that straight out of the
plot of the Omen....

(LizPhairFan/59488) What is this holocaust you are all talking about?

LizPhairFan@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:58:00 -0500

What is this holocaust you are all talking about?
I've heard of Halloween...is the Holocaust Halloween in Germany or someting?

(Faunus/59487) The real question is whether Ahmedinijad believes in Nazi UFOs!

Faunus@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:50:00 -0500

The real question is whether Ahmedinijad believes in Nazi UFOs!

(Lammam P Yrruf/59486) I just don't think the "easy test" is as simple as all that. Th...

Lammam P Yrruf@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:46:00 -0500

I just don't think the "easy test" is as simple as all that.  There are
rhetorical tools of analysis which are far preferable and more reliable than ad
hominem, even when directed at Ahmedinejad.

(Faunus/59485) I missed the "when it comes to the Holocaust..." part. My apolo...

Faunus@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:45:00 -0500

I missed the "when it comes to the Holocaust..." part.  My apologies.

(WORF/59484) Of course my original post was specific about his comments.

WORF@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:37:00 -0500


Of course my original post was specific about his comments.

I confined my criticism (and post) only to his comments about the Holocaust.

If you're gonna nitpick, don't use a strawman.  ;)

(Lammam P Yrruf/59483) It's what it has to do with "If Ahmedinejad says it..."

Lammam P Yrruf@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:31:00 -0500

It's what it has to do with "If Ahmedinejad says it..."

(WORF/59482) I got that, but I'm not sure what relevancy the CIA mucking abou...

WORF@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:30:00 -0500


I got that, but I'm not sure what relevancy the CIA mucking about in Iran has
to do with the Holocaust.

(Faunus/59481) The "That's a fact, Jack" was my own assertion, not an indirect ...

Faunus@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:29:00 -0500

The "That's a fact, Jack" was my own assertion, not an indirect quote from
Ahmedinijad. :)

(WORF/59480) And that has what to do with my statement? ;)

WORF@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:28:00 -0500


And that has what to do with my statement?  ;)

(Faunus/59479) I dunno, man. I'm pretty sure he would claim the CIA installed ...

Faunus@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:24:00 -0500

I dunno, man.  I'm pretty sure he would claim the CIA installed and supported a
corrupt monarch in Iran in 1953....  And that's a fact, Jack.

(WORF/59478) When it comes to the Holocaust, there is an easy test for truthf...

WORF@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:06:00 -0500


When it comes to the Holocaust, there is an easy test for truthfulness.

1) Does Iran's president claim it as a fact?

A) If yes, then you know it is false.

B) If no, then you know it is true.

(Faunus/59477) Yep, if you didn't want people to just give you links, asking fo...

Faunus@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:59:00 -0500

Yep, if you didn't want people to just give you links, asking for links might
not have been the best course of action.

Not occultism but UFOs:

There's a conspiracy theory that UFOs were actually flying disc planes invented
as a secret weapon by Nazis, with the technology confiscated under Operation
Paperclip.

There's almost certainly nothing to this theory, but one prominent holocaust
denier is on record as encouraging it, because it could be used as a kind of
wedge to drive forward doubt as to the official history of WWII, which a
holocaust denier could use as an excuse to slip in innocuous-seeming factoids
which ultimately support the denier agenda.

(Sraosa/59476) Oh, good lord. The last post in here was in July. I was attemp...

Sraosa@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:13:00 -0500

Oh, good lord.  The last post in here was in July.  I was attempting to not
only seek information, but start conversation.  I know how to read Wikipedia
and click on the fancy underlined words to get to other pages.  I was hoping
for actual discussion and exchange of ideas.  Perhaps I phrased my initial
question incorrectly; I know where to turn first - I was merely hoping that
something could get rolling in here, while learning more about a subject with
many nuances and a ton of information available on the web that can be
difficult to navigate (ie, reading the same information over and over again).

(Giraffe/59475) And Wikipedia lists lots of source material. Have you read any o...

Giraffe@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:10:00 -0500

And Wikipedia lists lots of source material. Have you read any of that?

(Sraosa/59474) Yes. I read that. I was looking for something besides Wikipedi...

Sraosa@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:04:00 -0500

Yes.  I read that.  I was looking for something besides Wikipedia.  I'm not a
moron.

(Giraffe/59473) And of course http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_occultism

Giraffe@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:53:00 -0500

And of course http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_occultism
Always do the easy stuff first.

(Giraffe/59472) Have you watched Indiana Jones?

Giraffe@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:52:00 -0500

Have you watched Indiana Jones?

(Sraosa/59471) Anyone have any stories or interesting links on occultism in the...

Sraosa@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:50:00 -0500

Anyone have any stories or interesting links on occultism in the Nazi regime?
There's a boatload of information out there, and I don't know where to turn
first.

(Coppertop/59470) They had an episode about the "ghost car" on Fact Or Faked on Sy...

Coppertop@rss.iscabbs.com — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:02:00 -0500


They had an episode about the "ghost car" on Fact Or Faked on Syfy.  I believe
it was the premiere episode.

http://www.syfy.com/factorfaked/episodes.php?seasonid=1&episodeid=101

(King Action/59469) LPF> Thanks. I hadn't actually read the comments. However, the c...

King Action@rss.iscabbs.com — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:13:00 -0500


LPF> Thanks. I hadn't actually read the comments. However, the comments don't
say that that's what happened, it just says that that's the most logical
explanation.

It is indeed the most logical, I just didn't know if folks knew more than what
was on the video.

Thanks,

(Lammam P Yrruf/59468) ...and if you turn the volume up, you can hear the car's horn pl...

Lammam P Yrruf@rss.iscabbs.com — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:15:00 -0500

...and if you turn the volume up, you can hear the car's horn playing Dixie
while the policeman exlaims 'DEWT!'

(LizPhairFan/59467) King Actio0n>>>

LizPhairFan@rss.iscabbs.com — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:12:00 -0500

King Actio0n>>>
Read the comments on the video. Apparently, thje fence wasn't fastened on the
bottom and the car drove through/under the fence.
When the cop car camera comes back around, you can see the fence shaking some.

(King Action/59466) Does anybody have any more info on this?

King Action@rss.iscabbs.com — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:48:00 -0500


Does anybody have any more info on this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSLBtm__aKw

It's something called the Garden City Ghost Car where police are chasing a car
when the car seems to mysteriously vanish through a fence... or something.

(Giraffe/59465) Police barred from penis enlargement

Giraffe@rss.iscabbs.com — Sun, 02 May 2010 06:51:00 -0500

Police barred from penis enlargement
Fri, Apr 23 2010

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Forget about getting a job as a police officer in
Indonesia's Papua if you have had your penis enlarged. You won't get it,
according to local media reports citing the Papua police chief.

An applicant "will be asked whether or not his vital organ has been enlarged,"
said Papua police chief Bekto Suprapto, quoted on local website Kompas.com.

"If he has, he will be considered unfit to join the police or the military."

The ban was applied since the unnatural size causes "hindrance during
training," said police spokesman Zainuri Lubis in Jakarta, quoted by news
portal Detik.com.

Indonesia's remote easternmost province is home to Papuan tribes, many of whom
are known for wearing penis gourds.

A low-level separatist insurgency has waged in the resources-rich part of
Indonesia for decades and there is a heavy police and military presence there.

Papuans use a local technique to achieve the enlargement, according to a
sexologist quoted by local newspaper Jakarta Globe, wrapping the penis with
leaves from the "gatal-gatal" (itchy) tree so that it swells up "like it has
been stung by a bee," the expert said.

(Giraffe/59464) That's in the Charlie Daniels Codicil.

Giraffe@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:57:00 -0500

That's in the Charlie Daniels Codicil.

(Xenos/59463) And also, isn't there some sort of golden fiddle clause?

Xenos@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:53:00 -0500

And also, isn't there some sort of golden fiddle clause?

(Sheik Yerbouti/59462) They didn't sign in blood, so it's not valid. nods

Sheik Yerbouti@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:48:00 -0500


They didn't sign in blood, so it's not valid. *nods*

(Xenos/59461) The British comedian Eddie Izzard did a funny skit on terms and ...

Xenos@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:41:00 -0500

The British comedian Eddie Izzard did a funny skit on terms and conditions on
websites in his last tour.  He suggest that even the people that write the
terms and conditions don't read the terms and conditions.  I'd quote it but I'd
never do it justice, it's so much funnier to watch him (about 1 min 40 secs
in),
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2jO0PthDtk

Also funny is the top comment on that page:
'I actually have read the terms and conditions on a few website.
On one website, about halfway through the terms it said "Congratulations for
bothering to read this, if you quote this line with your purchase, we will
give? you a 10% discount"  Which I thought was pretty cool =)'

Makes you think you should read them huh?

(Giraffe/59460) Jon Stewart had a funny bit about the selling of souls:

Giraffe@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:43:00 -0500

Jon Stewart had a funny bit about the selling of souls:
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/scarce/say-anything  [nn/ws]

(Xenos/59459) Allow me, anything's better than marking ;-) (It's that pesky p...

Xenos@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:37:00 -0500

Allow me, anything's better than marking ;-)  (It's that pesky pounds sterling
sign I think...)

7,500 Online Shoppers Unknowingly Sold Their Souls

A computer game retailer revealed that it legally owns the souls of thousands
of online shoppers, thanks to a clause in the terms and conditions agreed to by
online shoppers.

A computer game retailer revealed that it legally owns the souls of thousands
of online shoppers, thanks to a clause in the terms and conditions agreed to by
online shoppers.

The retailer, British firm GameStation, added the "immortal soul clause" to the
contract signed before making any online purchases earlier this month. It
states that customers grant the company the right to claim their soul.

"By placing an order via this Web site on the first day of the fourth month of
the year 2010 Anno Domini, you agree to grant Us a non transferable option to
claim, for now and for ever more, your immortal soul. Should We wish to
exercise this option, you agree to surrender your immortal soul, and any claim
you may have on it, within 5 (five) working days of receiving written
notification from gamesation.co.uk or one of its duly authorised minions."

GameStation's form also points out that "we reserve the right to serve such
notice in 6 (six) foot high letters of fire, however we can accept no liability
for any loss or damage caused by such an act. If you a) do not believe you have
an immortal soul, b) have already given it to another party, or c) do not wish
to grant Us such a license, please click the link below to nullify this sub-
clause and proceed with your transaction."

The terms of service were updated on April Fool's Day as a gag, but the
retailer did so to make a very real point: No one reads the online terms and
conditions of shopping, and companies are free to insert whatever language they
want into the documents.

While all shoppers during the test were given a simple tick box option to opt
out, very few did this, which would have also rewarded them with a 5 pound
voucher, according to news:lite. Due to the number of people who ticked the
box, GameStation claims believes as many as 88 percent of people do not read
the terms and conditions of a Web site before they make a purchase.

The company noted that it would not be enforcing the ownership rights, and
planned to e-mail customers nullifying any claim on their soul.

(DC Ten/59458) SFTD and getting off from the current topic, but I read this and...

DC Ten@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:21:00 -0500


SFTD and getting off from the current topic, but I read this and I found it to
be pretty hilarious and a great gag... by the way, was Bleys wasn't a gamer was
he? ;)

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/15/online-shoppers-unknowingly-sold-soul
s/?test=latestnews

or:

http://tinyurl.com/y58djlc

I'd paste it here but I'm getting invalid character messages and I don't have
the patience to figure out where it is.

(DC Ten/59457) I quite well remembering him do that. Very, very sad news... his...

DC Ten@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:09:00 -0500

I quite well remembering him do that. Very, very sad news... his death, not him
not getting the ring. Yeah, I say that should file a posthumous lawsuit on his
behalf.

(Xenos/59456) Let's all sue on his behalf!

Xenos@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:42:00 -0500

Let's all sue on his behalf!

(DesCartes/59455) Sounds like grounds for a lawsuit.

DesCartes@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:08:00 -0500

Sounds like grounds for a lawsuit.

(Egregious/59454) this is gonna feel weird. :(

Egregious@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:06:00 -0500

this is gonna feel weird. :(

Wasn't Bleys the one who was trying to get immortality rings from Alex Chiu?
He kept us updated in here on his progress, and although he was promised to
get them, Alex never shipped them.

Thought about that just now. :(

(Matrix/59453) Oh go drown in your own fluids!

Matrix@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:37:00 -0500


Oh go drown in your own fluids!

(DesCartes/59452) Wow, I wouldn't have believed this forum to be idle for almost 3...

DesCartes@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:06:00 -0500

Wow, I wouldn't have believed this forum to be idle for almost 3 months. 
Amazing!

(Egregious/59451) URBANE!

Egregious@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:32:00 -0500

URBANE!

(Vlad Tepes/59450) On March 19, 2009, several buildings in Shoreditch, East London,...

Vlad Tepes@rss.iscabbs.com — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:41:00 -0600

On March 19, 2009, several buildings in Shoreditch, East London, were evacuated
after water company workers discovered a replica of the Holy Hand Grenade under
a fire hydrant cover.[2] The workers reported the suspicious object but the
bomb squad determined there was no danger and after about 45 minutes they
declared the area to be safe.

(Xenos/59448) After a bit of digging (hohoho) I found the online newspaper art...

Xenos@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:27:00 -0500

After a bit of digging (hohoho) I found the online newspaper article which
inspired the blog:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/picturesoftheday/6466917/Pictu
res-of-the-day-30-October-2009.html OR http://bit.ly/41frOq

Seems it's fleeceflower, or Chinese knotweed.  There's another weird one here
which, if anything, is even more amazing:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-510502/Shall-just-veg-darling.html

(Aightball/59447) That has to be created...I can't believe anything would grow lik...

Aightball@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:53:00 -0500

That has to be created...I can't believe anything would grow like that!

(Xenos/59446) Photoshopped, soil mold, or real? You decide! ;-)

Xenos@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:40:00 -0500

Photoshopped, soil mold, or real?  You decide! ;-)
http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/10/friday-fun-funny-vegetable/

(Xenos/59445) These always used to find there way here, didn't they...

Xenos@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:38:00 -0500

These always used to find there way here, didn't they...
The top 12 Internet Scams of the 2000s:
http://www.billshrink.com/blog/internet-scams/

(Matrix/59444) Based on the mythbusters experiment I can tell you that it would...

Matrix@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:47:00 -0500


Based on the mythbusters experiment I can tell you that it would be a LOT of
balloons anyway. :)

(The Guru/59443) How big a balloon would it take to actually haul up a kid? Pret...

The Guru@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:38:00 -0500


How big a balloon would it take to actually haul up a kid?  Pretty big I'll
bet.

(Matrix/59442) No way that thing could have held a kid, none. If they put more ...

Matrix@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:11:00 -0500


No way that thing could have held a kid, none. If they put more than 20lbs in
the bottom part of the balloon it would have ripped right off of the disc part
in seconds.

I'm pretty sure the 'experiment' the family was working on was to see if they
could get on the news.

(MoonToad/59441) The bottom was plywood, I believe, not sure how thick and how m...

MoonToad@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:46:00 -0500

The bottom was plywood, I  believe, not sure how thick and how much weight it
could support.

(Sheik Yerbouti/59440) They didn't say that he got stuck IN a helium balloon. The ballo...

Sheik Yerbouti@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:01:00 -0500


They didn't say that he got stuck IN a helium balloon. The balloon had a box of
sorts attached to the bottom of it. It was supposed to be a weather balloon of
sorts, so the box would hold various gear to measure atmospheric pressure,
yadda yadda.

However, considering the thing was made out of cardboard, it's unlikely that
such a balloon would rise to 10K feet and sink to the ground, swinging around
like it was, with a 6 year old child on board and still maintain its structural
integrity.

(Lammam P Yrruf/59439) They thought he did, but he was hiding in the attic because he k...

Lammam P Yrruf@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:58:00 -0500

They thought he did, but he was hiding in the attic because he knew his dad
would be PISSED that he was playing with the balloon.

(Faunus/59438) He didn't.

Faunus@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:40:00 -0500

He didn't.

(Xenos/59437) So is this balloon boy thing for real? How can a kid get trappe...

Xenos@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:07:00 -0500

So is this balloon boy thing for real?  How can a kid get trapped IN a helium
balloon?  Very, very bizarre...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8309818.stm

(Xenos/59436) That's what I meant, obviously, sorry :-)

Xenos@rss.iscabbs.com — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:58:00 -0500

That's what I meant, obviously, sorry :-)

(Faunus/59435) Telepathy is the ability to perceive another's thoughts. Teleki...

Faunus@rss.iscabbs.com — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:40:00 -0500

Telepathy is the ability to perceive another's thoughts.  Telekinesis, aka
psychokinesis, would be the term for moving a piece of paper with one's mind.

(Xenos/59434) Gwynn, that's just a comment IN AN INTERVIEW with the host. It'...

Xenos@rss.iscabbs.com — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:49:00 -0500

Gwynn, that's just a comment IN AN INTERVIEW with the host.  It's not a theme
of the site. He was SPECIFICALLY asked the question "Have you ever had a real
belief in something ... and then had to change your way of thinking?", and he
was simply answering that question honestly.

You have jumped on that one answer to question and decided to deride the whole
site for it.  Very balanced of you.

(Gwynn/59432) From the home page:

Gwynn@rss.iscabbs.com — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:00:00 -0500

From the home page:

I used to believe in God, until I realised that I was just continuing another
circular belief. I couldn't honestly see what distinguished it from something
I could just be fooling myself about. All the real-world evidence I had been
told about (like the reliability of the Bible as a historical document), I
found out just didn't hold up at all. Once I saw that, it just started to seem
silly, and no different from a belief in psychic powers or unicorns. So
I realised I couldn't defend it intellectually.

Yeah.  It's difficult to see what the connection is, it being right there on
the main page of the site and all that.

(WORF/59431) Hey, I liked it.

WORF@rss.iscabbs.com — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:51:00 -0500


Hey, I liked it.

And one of the hosts is a girl with a Brit accent.

Always hot. :)

(Xenos/59430) Can I just point out that the http://www.scienceofscams.com/ is ...

Xenos@rss.iscabbs.com — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:27:00 -0500

Can I just point out that the http://www.scienceofscams.com/ is nothing to do
with religion.  I have no idea where that's come from, really.

The website is about how scams, such as psychic ability, can be explained
scientifically.  The first video shows a girl apparently using telepathy to
move a piece of paper, and then goes on to explain how this is caused by
convection.

They have 'hidden' several similar videos on YouTube and are challenging
readers to try to find them and explain how it was done.

Since this forum tends to deal with scams I thought people in here might be
interested.

(Gwynn/59429) Xenos:

Gwynn@rss.iscabbs.com — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:01:00 -0500

Xenos:

I respond in Atheism, where this is waaaaay more on topic.

(Peccavimus/59428) If Jesus Then Aliens: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Mai...

Peccavimus@rss.iscabbs.com — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:46:00 -0500

If Jesus Then Aliens:  http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IfJesusThenAl
iens

ahem

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IfJesusThenAliens

(Xenos/59427) Well, how can you possibly be a sceptic about the paranormal and...

Xenos@rss.iscabbs.com — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:12:00 -0500

Well, how can you possibly be a sceptic about the paranormal and then, in the
same breath, claim to believe that some bloke a couple of thosand years ago
walked on water, turned water into wine and healed the sick with a touch?

Religion and scepticism are not, let's be honest, very compatible.

(Disco Dave/59426) Well, see, quite clearly the person who did that YouTube video i...

Disco Dave@rss.iscabbs.com — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:55:00 -0500

Well, see, quite clearly the person who did that YouTube video is wrong because
*this* is the best optical illusion of all times!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mS5RK0Yo6w

(Gwynn/59425) Wow. Atheists and skeptics. Amazing! Oh wait, no it's not, I ...

Gwynn@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:53:00 -0500

Wow.  Atheists and skeptics.  Amazing!  Oh wait, no it's not, I lied!  What
would have been amazing is if it actually dealt with, you know, scams, rather
than going "hey God was just me fooling myself too kiddies!", right on the
front page.  Well OK, since we're posting amazing skeptic stupidity, here's my
entry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk6ILZAaAMI

Hey skeptic dork on youtube, look up the definition of optical illusion first!
Hint:  I don't think that word means what you think it means.

(Xenos/59424) http://www.scienceofscams.com/

Xenos@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:21:00 -0500

http://www.scienceofscams.com/
Common scams exposed, very interesting site :-)

(Bleys/59423) It always works! ;)

Bleys@rss.iscabbs.com — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:35:00 -0500

It always works!  ;)

(Moab/59422) Damnit, Bleys, you got me again!

Moab@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:39:00 -0500

Damnit, Bleys, you got me again!

(Bleys/59420) To add, Yahoo! picked this up.

Bleys@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:59:00 -0500

To add, Yahoo! picked this up.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/yd4ddz2
[trust me, no rickroll]

(Bleys/59419) THINK OF THE INTERPRETERS!

Bleys@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:42:00 -0500

THINK OF THE INTERPRETERS!


'I can't take it!' cried Kadhafi interpreter: report
Sep 25 03:42 PM US/Eastern

If Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's rambling, podium-hogging speech at the
United Nations tried the patience of many UN delegates, spare a thought
for his simultaneous interpreter.

The Libyan's interpreter managed to hang on for the first 75 minutes of
Wednesday's epic before crying: "I just can't take it anymore!" reported
the New York Post daily.

Spotting the emergency, the UN's Arabic section chief, Rasha Ajalyaqeen,
took over for the final 20 minutes.

"His interpreter just collapsed," a colleague was quoted as saying by
the Post. "This is the first time I have seen this in 25 years."

Speeches by heads of state to the UN during the annual, week-long
General Assembly are meant to last a quarter hour maximum.


http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.556b3e55286f494182185371da122e99.
6c1&show_article=1
        or
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ycfflkc

(Xenos/59418) This website suggests it is/was a pitbull:

Xenos@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:06:00 -0500

This website suggests it is/was a pitbull:
http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/3951/locals-react-in-shock-to-almost-
perfect-pit-bull-monster/ OR http://preview.tinyurl.com/mh6o82

It's quite tongue in cheek though ;-)

(Matrix/59417) I'm kind of down with that philosophy really - it's what helped ...

Matrix@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:37:00 -0500


I'm kind of down with that philosophy really - it's what helped your
semi-monkey grandpappies evolve into somethign that can spend hours the
internet jerking off to foobies.com

Well maybe I'm wrong. I know if I were a parent and something came shuffling
out of a cave looking like a freak of nature, I would want to blow it's head
off before it could hurt anyone. Some people may want o shake hands with it and
offer it a nice buttered scone.

Again, those people would usually be the first mauled by whatever creature of
nature wasn't afriad of humans (You see how NATRUAL it is to hate shit that
isn't part of your species?) and was mental enough to approach them.

Anyway, it does look like a sloth to me.

(Moab/59416) My thoughts exactly, Hroswitha.

Moab@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:11:00 -0500

My thoughts exactly, Hroswitha.

(Hroswitha/59415) Isn't that just so human. Don't know what something is? LET'S ...

Hroswitha@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:39:00 -0500


Isn't that just so human.  Don't know what something is?  LET'S KILL IT!

(Bleys/59414) "A slimey, glob-like creature dubbed Gollum has terrified childr...

Bleys@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:17:00 -0500

"A slimey, glob-like creature dubbed Gollum has terrified children after it
slithered out of a lake and clamboured over the rocks towards them."
 
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Gollum-like_monste
r_emerges_from_Pana
ma_lake&in_article_id=739578&in_page_id=2
        or
http://preview.tinyurl.com/lklmfc
[WS, pictures!]

(SledgeHammer/59413) If it really was full of corn, then it probably wasn't a true re...

SledgeHammer@rss.iscabbs.com — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:50:00 -0500

If it really was full of corn, then it probably wasn't a true redbelly
(Serrasalmus nattereri). There are a bunch of similar species, many of which
are vegetarian. I remember years ago they pulled a "piranha" out of Lake Erie,
and they concluded it was one of the vegetarian species. That was years ago,
long before pacu were commonly seen as pets, but I bet it was a Colossoma
species or maybe another member of the Serrasalminae.

(Xenos/59412) Giant piranha found in Devon river

Xenos@rss.iscabbs.com — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:57:00 -0500

Giant piranha found in Devon river
Environment Agency workers shocked to find ferocious fish - believed to have
been a pet - floating in river Torridge
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/aug/28/piranha-devon-river


A giant piranha - the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world - has been
found in a Devon river, the Environment Agency said today.

Bathers in the UK's rivers and streams should be reassured that the fish was
dead and is thought to have been an abandoned pet. Its discovery will add,
however, to experts' anxieties about non-native wildlife being introduced to
the UK.

The fish, of a species more accustomed to the Amazon river basin, was
discovered in the river Torridge by Environment Agency workers conducting a
wildlife survey. Eddie Stevens, one of the three-man monitoring team, said they
were left open-mouthed by their discovery.

"What we actually came across was something which we would not expect to find
in our wildest dreams. We could hardly believe our eyes," he said.

Used to more temperate climes, the fish probably could not tolerate the cold
waters, the agency said. A closer examination revealed that its stomach was
full of sweetcorn - further evidence it may have been kept as a domestic pet.

At a length of 36cm (14in), the red-bellied piranha was a giant of its kind -
more than eight inches longer than an average specimen. The team first spotted
its tail sticking out of an undercut bank on the far side of the river.

"Our first thought was that a sea trout had become lodged in amongst the rocks
and debris collected under the bank," Stevens said. "But when it was removed
from the river we were speechless to find it was a piranha."

The introduction of non-native species poses a serious threat to native
wildlife, according to the agency. Mark Diamond, an ecology manager, said:
"Whilst piranhas can't survive the colder climates of the UK, this latest find
highlights a real issue - that releasing unwanted exotic pets or plants into
rivers can have serious consequences for native wildlife.

"Rather than dumping things in the wild, we would urge people to seek advice
about what to do with exotic species."

(Gespalder/59411) ttp://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE57N42D20090...

Gespalder@rss.iscabbs.com — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:24:00 -0500

ttp://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE57N42D20090824?feedType=RS
S&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&rpc=69

Factory workers bare all to save jobs
Mon Aug 24, 2009 2:20pm EDT
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PARIS (Reuters) - Workers at a crisis-hit boiler factory in France have
stripped off for a nude calendar in a bid to save 204 jobs slated for
redundancy.
Staff at the Chaffoteaux et Maury factory in Brittany will use the proceeds to
fund a trip to Italy where they plan to stage a protest at their parent
company, Ariston Thermo Group (ATG), which pulled the plug on the site earlier
this year.
"Our aim is to show there are workers here who will do anything to save their
jobs, even take their clothes off," said Brigitte Coadic, representative of the
CGT union at the site and the woman behind the calendar, which is due out in
the autumn.
The operation is the latest in a line of colorful protest stunts by French
workers after "bossnappings," threats to blow up factories or pollute the Seine
river, as well as the traditional dumping of agricultural produce by angry
farmers.
But Coadic insists that the Chaffoteaux action, in which 13 male workers pose
nude covered only with masks or helmets, is completely peaceful.
"We don't want to destroy anything," she said. "We want to show what we can do,
tell the management that, if they keep us, we can turn all this media attention
into something positive."
Coadic said she was inspired by the stylish "Gods of the Stadium" calendar in
which the muscular stars of Paris rugby club Stade Francais bare all in an
annual display of discreetly lit beefcake.
The project also carries echoes of Britain's Calendar Girls -- the ladies of
the Yorkshire Women's Institute who bared all for a charity calendar -- and the
stripping steel workers of the 1997 British film "The Full Monty."
Coadic said that workers had been prompted to action when ATG said at the start
of the summer that it would close production operations in northern France,
cutting 204 jobs out of a total of 250 at the site.
(Reporting by Vicky Buffery; Editing by Steve Addison)



B) Thomson Reuters 2009 All rights reserved

========
An employee works at a workshop of Changning Steel and Iron Factory in
Changzhi, Shanxi province January 15, 2009.

(Banshee/59409) Accused of cyberstalking and have the opportunity to clear your ...

Banshee@rss.iscabbs.com — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:20:00 -0500


Accused of cyberstalking and have the opportunity to clear your name on the
local news?  Informative video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FZOH0W49SU&feature=related

(Egregious/59408) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/18/12-babies-tunisian-p...

Egregious@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:02:00 -0500

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/18/12-babies-tunisian-pregnant

A Tunisian woman in her 30s is expecting 12 babies in what her family described
as an amazing miracle, but doctors have warned there is only a tiny chance that
any of them will survive.


I have my doubts as to whether this is real, but the Guardian is reporting
it, so there you go.

(Raccoon/59407) Xenos: And after 4 years, no less...

Raccoon@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:29:00 -0500

Xenos:  And after 4 years, no less...

(Gespalder/59406) http://www.wired.com/ threatlevel/2009/08/daniel/

Gespalder@rss.iscabbs.com — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:02:00 -0500

http://www.wired.com/ threatlevel/2009/08/daniel/

Luckless Predator Only Attracted to Undercover Cops

By Kevin Poulsen B August 14, 2009 B | B 2:51 pm B | B Categories:
Miscellaneous
It's official. There's nobody in the chat rooms but pedophiles and
undercover police.

On Thursday, a federal appeals court upheld the conviction of an
Indiana man whose online efforts to proposition underage girls led him
to not one, not two, but three undercover cops, none of whom
apparently knew about the others.

The case began in August 2006, when aspiring sexual predator James
Daniel started an online conversation with Amanda_13, a fake
13-year-old girl voiced by Sergeant Richard Howard of the Porter
County Sheriff's Department.

After several highly explicit chats, Daniel asked Amanda_13 to meet
him at a park in Valparaiso, Indiana, to have sex. When he showed up,
he was arrested for inducing an individual under 18 to engage in
criminal sexual activity.

When Secret Service agents searched Daniel's computer, they found logs
of chats with two other apparent minors, who described themselves as
13 and 15 years old, respectively. Federal prosecutors introduced the
chats at Daniel's trial as evidence of his perverted motives.

Supposedly, it was only after Daniel was convicted that the feds
realized that one of those girls, daisy13_Indiana, was also a cop
working the very same Secret Service operation. They informed Daniel's
attorney, who appealed on the grounds that the government improperly
withheld information that would have proven entrapment.

The case became even more bizarre when the three-judge appellate panel
reviewing the conviction saw the screen name of the third supposed
teenager, blonddt, and recognized it from an earlier case.

"To our surprise, the government was unaware until this panel told it
at oral argument that the other screen name, blonddt, was also an
officer from the Indiana operation," wrote Judge Diane Wood (.pdf) on
Thursday.

Despite the prosecutorial missteps, the panel upheld Daniel's
conviction, ruling that the additional chat logs still showed his
intent to commit a crime. Daniel is serving a sentence of
17-and-a-half years in prison, followed by supervised release for
life.

There's no evidence in the record that he ever succeeded in talking
with a real underage girl.

(Xenos/59405) Hmmm... thoughts on this one anyone? Snopes are sitting on the ...

Xenos@rss.iscabbs.com — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:47:00 -0500

Hmmm... thoughts on this one anyone?  Snopes are sitting on the fence at the
moment.

Dogs Used as Shark Bait on French Island
Live and dead dogs and cats are being used as shark bait by amateur fishers on
the French-controlled island of Reunion, according to animal-welfare
organizations and local authorities.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1019_051019_dogs_sharks.html

(Xenos/59404) This really IS amazing, check out this boy's paintings - they're...

Xenos@rss.iscabbs.com — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:49:00 -0500

This really IS amazing, check out this boy's paintings - they're so beautiful:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5940249/Six-year-old-
artist-exhibits-paintings-at-gallery.html OR http://tinyurl.com/n8z2zg

Six-year-old artist exhibits paintings at gallery

He may only be six years old, but Keiron Williamson is already exhibiting his
watercolour paintings at a professional gallery near his home.  The youngster
has shown remarkable artistic talent since he first asked for a pencil and pad
on holiday last year.  His eye for colour has been lauded by several artists,
as has his confidence when applying brush to canvas.

Keiron was deemed to be so good that a local art gallery in his home town of
Holt, in Norfolk, paid for him to attend a 12-week art adult class in January.
The primary school boy was taught in oils and watercolour and is now exhibiting
his work at a gallery, The Last Picture Show in Town, as part of a week-long
festival in the town.

(Faunus/59403) Oh, there are a BUNCH of haunted dolls this person has.

Faunus@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:04:00 -0500

Oh, there are a BUNCH of haunted dolls this person has.

The photos of Opal are nicely done, creepywise.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120446675256

(Faunus/59402) Your daily dose of creepy. Or else somebody had a hell of an id...

Faunus@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:57:00 -0500

Your daily dose of creepy.  Or else somebody had a hell of an idea on how to
spice up an auction.  Well, both.

http://bit.ly/YAAD3
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/HAUNTED-DOLL-JENNA-9-YRS-OLD-VERY-ACTIVE-SPIRIT-L-K_W0QQ
itemZ120444434105QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1c0b0c36b9&_trk
sid=p3286.m63.l1177&_trkparms=240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

========

Please do not buy any of the dolls I am listing to give to a
child...they are not toys! If you easily frightened or are not prepared
to handle any experiences you may have as a result of bringing these
dolls into your home, then you should not bid!!


My grandmother always collected dolls, and as a child I never knew why
I wasn't allowed playing with her "special" dolls, until they were
giving to me after her passing tHREE years ago. She called them
special each one having their own names and places they were
kept. Each of these dolls I will place on auction not because I don't
want them any longer, it is because they deserve someone who will give
them the attention and care I cannot give them. Since I have been
selling my grandmother's dolls, I have learned alot about hauntings
and spirits, so I have started doing EVP's (voice recordings that you
cannot hear with the naked ear) on my Grandmother's dolls. I have also
recorded them with my night vision video camera. The shots and
recordings I have gotten were amazing! I never knew that these dolls
were as active as they were. On many of the recordings I have heard
them talking among each other, laughing, crying, yelling, some where
easy to make out, some were very hard, and some I couldnt make out at
all.  This is one of the MANY dolls given to me by my Grandmother,her
name is JENNA. JENNA IS THE LOVING POSITIVE SPIRIT OF A 9 YEAR OLD
LITTLE GIRL. LITTLE JENNA HAD A ROUGH SHORT LIFE. HER FATHER RAPED,
AND BEAT HER ON A DAILY BASIS. AS A VICTIM OF HER FATHERS TORTURE SHE
HAD NO ONE TO TALK TO ABOUT IT. SHE WAS ALL ALONE, HER MOTHER PASSED
AWAY DURING HER BIRTH, AND LEFT JENNA WITH HER FATHER A MONSTER.  IF
JENNA DIDNT DO SOMETHING TO HER FATHERS LIKING LIKE CLEAN HER BEDROOM,
SHE KNEW WHAT AWAITED, SHE WOULD BE THRASHED SEVERLY THEN HANDCUFFED
IN HER BEDROOM CLOSET WITH NO RESTROOM PRIVALAGES, NO FOOD,
NOTHING. THE ABUSE BEGAN WHILE JENNA WAS ONLY 2 AND CONTINUED UNTIL
THE DAY SHE PASSED. JENNA WAS COURAGEOUS AND WAS AFFRAID TO ESCAPE,
HER FATHER WOULD TELL HER THAT SHE WOULD NOT BE BELIEVED AND THAT THEY
WOULD ONLY TAKE HER AWAY TO A PLACE MORE HORRIBLE THEN WHERE SHE
LIVED. JENNA BROKE DOWN, AND COULD NOT HANDLE THE ABUSE ANY LONGER. ON
THE DAY AFTER HER NINTH BIRTHDAY, SHE TOOK AN OVERDOSE OF PRESCRIPTION
MEDICINE HER FATHER HAD, SHE WENT TO SLEEP AND NEVER WOKE UP.~IF YOU
FEEL A CONNECTION TO JENNA THEN YOU SHOULD BID, YOU COULD BE THE ONE
DESTINED TO WATCH OVER HER AND KEEP HER SAFE FROM HARM!~ PHYSICAL
APPEARANCE: JENNA IS A PORCELAIN DOLL, HER HEAD, ARMS AND LEGS ARE
PORCELAIN, HER BODY IS CLOTHE. SHE MEASURES APPROX 16" TALL. ~
pAYMENT: I WILL ONLY ACCEPT PAYPAL NO EXCEPTIONS!!  iF YOU HAVE A
FEEDBACK OF LESS THAN TEN I WILL CANCEL YOUR BID, IF YOU BID AS THE
ITEM IS GOING OFF I WILL OFFER A SECOND CHANCE OFFER TO THE BACK UP
BIDDER OR RELIST THE ITEM! iF you have any questions feel free to
email me, and i will answer your questions as best as i can. *EMAILS
OF AN INAPPROPRIATE MANOR WILL BE IGNORED OR REPORTED TO EBAY, SO DONT
WASTE YOUR TIME OR MINE WRITING THEM!*These dolls and their spirit
hosts do not perform on command, they are the vessel of live spirits,
from someone who lived and attached their spirits with the doll for
some reason or another. I do not know ALL the life history of these
spirits that are attached to these dolls,(but I am slowly learning on
some) I only know a name my grandmother had given each of them, and my
person experience with each of them. I explain my experiences with
each of the dolls' spirits, that does not mean that you will
experience the same, it matters how you connect with the doll and
their spirits hosts.On some of my dolls I have my Aunt Celeste whose a
medium/clarovoyant read the dolls. My dolls are not "evil", some have
more attitude than others, they have their own unique personality,
because they were all living, breathing individuals at one time or
another. Due to the fact that paranormal item or items are involved in
this sale, I am "forced" by Ebay's rules and regulations to make the
following statement: this is for entertainment purposes only; we
cannot be responsible for any activity which may or may not be
associated with this sale. You must be 18 years old to bid. YOU HAVE
THE OPTION OF SHIPPING INSURANCE, HOWEVER I WILL NOT BE HELD
RESPONSIBLE FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE THROUGH THE POST OFFICE!  THANK YOU FOR
VISITING AND HAPPY BIDDING

(DC Ten/59401) Reposting:

DC Ten@rss.iscabbs.com — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:56:00 -0500


Reposting:

Somehow this made the Deseret News, but I believe it'd be a dream for some. :P

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705316665/Man-kidnapped-force-fed-beer.html


Man kidnapped, force-fed beer

Published: Monday, July 13, 2009 4:18 p.m. MDT

A possible case of mistaken identity got a man kidnapped, force-fed beer and
dumped on the side of the road, police said.

A passer-by found the man walking across Legacy Highway near Centerville about
9 a.m. Saturday. His hands were tied with hanger wire. He said he'd been
kidnapped three hours earlier, said Salt Lake Police Sgt. Dennis McGowan.

He told police he had parked his car about 6 a.m. at his home near 1700 West
and 400 North when two Spanish-speaking men dragged him out into the driveway.
Once he'd been thrown inside their red pickup truck, he said they pulled a bag
over his head, tied his hands and feet with coat hanger wire and put a gun to
his stomach.

"They told him this was their area and that he can't sell drugs here," McGowan
said. The man fervently denied that he has or sells any drugs.

The kidnappers force-fed him two cans of beer before kicking him out of the
truck and driving off, very likely to pass him off as a drunk whose kidnapping
story would be written off as nonsense, McGowan said. He had managed to kick
off his leg constraints and cross the highway looking for help when the
passer-by found him.

Officers found two empty beer cans and mangled wire hanger by the side of the
highway that seem to confirm the man's account, McGowan said.
Story continues below

The man, whose name and age were not available, was not seriously injured.

(DesCartes/59399) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6639521.ece

DesCartes@rss.iscabbs.com — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:37:00 -0500

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6639521.ece

Britain's MI6 chief is outed on facebook by his wife, who refered to him by his
code name, 'C' and published private photos.

(Ogre/59398) This just makes me think of the Enterouge scene with Johnny Dram...

Ogre@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:52:00 -0500

This just makes me think of the Enterouge scene with Johnny Drama- I still
can't believe that its not some made up spoof to make fun of geeks...

(Egregious/59397) The only thing that will end your career is being caught with a ...

Egregious@rss.iscabbs.com — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:09:00 -0500

The only thing that will end your career is being caught with a dead
girl or a live furry.

(Faunus/59396) http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09150/973907-455.stm

Faunus@rss.iscabbs.com — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:53:00 -0500

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09150/973907-455.stm

Orie aide accused of soliciting teen for 'furry' sex
State senator known for tough stance on sex crimes

Saturday, May 30, 2009 By Tracie Mauriello, Post-Gazette Harrisburg
Bureau Alan David Berlin

HARRISBURG -- An aide to a McCandless state senator known for her
tough stance on sex crimes was arrested late Thursday on accusations
he propositioned a 15-year-old over the Internet.

In a series of instant messages and online chats, Alan David Berlin,
40, of Carlisle, discussed dressing up in animal costumes and engaging
in various sex acts with the boy, the state attorney general's office
said yesterday.

His boss, state Sen. Jane Orie, said she was "shocked and appalled"
Thursday when she learned of the charges and immediately suspended
Mr. Berlin without pay or benefits. She fired him yesterday.

According to the criminal complaint, Mr. Berlin proposed traveling to
the boy's home in Harrisburg, about 20 miles from Carlisle, and having
sex in the backyard and in a shed on his parents' property. He also
allegedly offered to arrange a meeting in a hotel room so Mr. Berlin
could take photos of the boy and another adult having sex.

The online communication took place on seven different days between
April 27 and May 25, according to the criminal
complaint. Investigators say some of the messages originated from a
Senate computer.

Investigators believe Mr. Berlin and the boy met on an Internet site
for "furries," an online community of people who adopt half-animal,
half-human personas.

In one message, according to the complaint, Mr. Berlin requested
pictures of the boy and wrote, "When will your folks be out?"

Other messages describe various sex acts in explicit detail and refer
to "yiffing," which is a "furry" term for having sex.

Mr. Berlin used the screen name "alan_panda_bear" in his messages. He
also used that name for an online personal ad that depicts cartoonish
panda bears, one wearing a diaper.

"I'm a Daddyfur and Caretaker and I am looking for a babyfur to be my
mate and my companion in a long-term committed relationship," the ad
says. "I am a hopeless romantic and very affectionate, freely giving
hugs, scritches, cuddles and kisses."

According to the ad, he wanted someone 20 to 25, who has a car and
would call him Daddy.

The victim and Mr. Berlin had planned to meet Tuesday night near the
boy's house, but Mr. Berlin never showed up, said Nils Fredricksen,
spokesman for Attorney General Tom Corbett.

Mr. Berlin had worked for the state Senate since 1993, most recently
as a $57,000-a-year aide to Ms. Orie, who has been the force behind
efforts to strengthen the state's sexual predator laws. One proposal
called for repeat offenders to wear tracking devices after they had
completed their sentences.

Mr. Berlin didn't work on crime legislation, but dealt with grants and
budgetary issues, said Mike Sarfert, the senator's chief counsel.

Mr. Sarfert said investigators confiscated a hard drive from the
Capitol office.

The investigation began Tuesday after the boy's parents discovered the
computer messages and contacted the Attorney General's Child Predator
Unit.

"These parents did the right thing," Mr. Fredriksen said. "They
monitored their kids' activity and when they saw something they were
concerned about they didn't hesitate to pick up the phone. Forty-eight
hours later [Mr. Berlin] was in handcuffs."

Investigators are looking at the contents of hard drives on
Mr. Berlin's home and work computers. Additional charges are possible,
Mr. Frederiksen said.

There are no indications other children were involved, he said.

Mr. Berlin is charged with unlawful contact with a minor related to
involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, a first-degree felony
punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a $25,000 fine. He also is
charged with three second-degree felonies and two third-degree
felonies.

He was arraigned yesterday before Harrisburg District Justice George
A. Zozos and placed in Dauphin County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bail.

A search of Pennsylvania criminal records turned up no prior arrests.

Mr. Corbett asked parents to monitor children's Internet use,
particularly in the coming months.

"Predators know that more young people will be online during the
summer and many will be home alone for long periods of time, so it is
important for parents to take steps now to be certain their kids are
prepared and protected," he said. "Internet safety is something that
should be regularly discussed by every family ... because predators
are online every day looking for kids who are lonely or vulnerable."

(The Outlaw/59395) Canadians driving to florida for the winter...

The Outlaw@rss.iscabbs.com — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:57:00 -0500

  Canadians driving to florida for the winter...

(WORF/59394) Who eats at a Denny's besides addicts and drunk frat boys anyway...

WORF@rss.iscabbs.com — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:50:00 -0500


Who eats at a Denny's besides addicts and drunk frat boys anyway?  :)

(Egregious/59393) Someone waiting 2 hours for a table?

Egregious@rss.iscabbs.com — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:18:00 -0500

Someone waiting 2 hours for a table?

(Zelie St Pierre/59392) Who shoots cocaine at Denny's anyway?

Zelie St Pierre@rss.iscabbs.com — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:10:00 -0500

Who shoots cocaine at Denny's anyway?

(Bleys/59391) I'm not sure whether this is a cautionary tale about injecting d...

Bleys@rss.iscabbs.com — Tue, 12 May 2009 11:34:00 -0500

I'm not sure whether this is a cautionary tale about injecting drugs or 
eating at Denny's, or both.

Man Attempts To Amputate Own Arm In Denny's

MODESTO - (CBS13/AP) - Modesto police say a local man who tried to cut 
off his own arm at a Denny's restaurant thought he had injected air into 
one of his veins while shooting cocaine and would die unless he took 
drastic action.

The man, identified by police as Michael Lasiter, 33, rushed into the 
restaurant on Friday night and started stabbing himself in the right arm 
with a butter knife he grabbed from a customer's table, police say. When 
that knife didn't work, Lasiter allegedly took a butcher knife from the 
kitchen and dug it into his arm.

Lasiter, who was subdued with a taser and taken to a local hospital with 
severe cuts, told officers he thought he needed to amputate his arm to 
keep himself from dying from the cocaine injection, says Modesto police 
Sgt. Brian Findlen.

The Denny's closed for the night after the incident.

http://cbs13.com/local/dennys.amputation.cocaine.2.807272.html

(Distant Horizon/59389) No word if Sarah Jessica Parker was among the deceased.

Distant Horizon@rss.iscabbs.com — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:28:00 -0500

No word if Sarah Jessica Parker was among the deceased.

(Egregious/59388) http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2009/04/mysterious-ill...

Egregious@rss.iscabbs.com — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:51:00 -0500

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2009/04/mysterious-illness-claims-21-
horses-at-us-open-polo-championship-tournament.html
http://preview.tinyurl.com/cuvv7e

Venezuela's polo team, Lechuza Caracas, is reeling today after a mysterious
illness claimed the lives of 21 of its horses at the U.S. Open Polo
Championship tournament in Wellington, Fla.

The team was scheduled to play a 3 p.m. match; two horses collapsed and others
began to seem dizzy and disoriented about 45 minutes before the match was to
begin.  Vets worked to save the fallen horses, administering intravenous fluids
and trying to aid their breathing while bystanders sprayed water mist over them
to help cool them.

But their efforts proved futile.  Fourteen of the horses died Sunday; another
seven have died since, according to Dr. Scott Swerdlin of the Palm Beach Equine
Club, a consulting veterinarian for the event.  "Some died right away,"
Swerdlin told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. "Others lasted about 45 minutes."

....

(Gespalder/59387) http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/04/06/Swedish-library-criticize...

Gespalder@rss.iscabbs.com — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:48:00 -0500

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/04/06/Swedish-library-criticized-for-child-por
n/UPI-44591239033516/

Swedish library criticized for child porn
Published: April 6, 2009 at 11:58 AM

STOCKHOLM, Sweden,  April 6 (UPI) -- The Swedish national library says it's
reviewing lending policies that allowed its collection of child pornography to
be easily accessed by the public.

A national law requires the library to archive a copy of everything printed in
Sweden, including child pornography which was legal to possess and distribute
until its ban in 1980, The Local reported Monday.

The library's collection, acquired between 1971 and 1980, first made headlines
last year when Valentin Bart, a writer, made it known the library's lending
section included pornography featuring children as young as 10-years-old.

"All I did was sign up to check out books and send a letter explaining my
reasons for wanting to view the material. Anyone could have done the same
thing," Bart told The Local.

The library is reviewing its policy for lending sensitive material, but that
isn't enough for child protection groups who plan to report the library for
possession and distribution of child pornography.

"We want the report to demonstrate that the same laws apply for all regardless
of whether it is a state institution," said Brigitta Holmberg, a spokeswoman
for the Association of Relatives to Sexually-abused Children.

B) 2009 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved

(Xenos/59385) Really cool pictures of a strage natural phenomena (which I'm as...

Xenos@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:22:00 -0500

Really cool pictures of a strage natural phenomena (which I'm assuming is not a
hoax...)
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/otx/photo_gallery/snow_rollers.php

(Gespalder/59384) Gee, you'd think that if they can do the US could do it

Gespalder@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:33:00 -0500

Gee, you'd think that if they can do the US could do it

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE53786J20090409?feedType=R
SS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&rpc=69

Congo forces politicians to pay their taxes

Thu Apr 9, 2009 9:44am EDT





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KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo has begun to collect at
source income taxes which even some of its top politicians were failing to pay,
to help combat a deepening fiscal crisis, the budget minister said on Tuesday.



Resource-rich but impoverished Congo has seen income from mineral exports, its
primary foreign currency earner, plummet since mid-2008 as demand for its
copper and cobalt has dried up due to the global economic downturn.



Amid a growing budget shortfall, the government is under pressure to cut costs
and boost tax revenues.



Budget Minister Michel Lokola told Reuters that last month's decision to tax
government salaries at source, rather than rely on employees to pay taxes after
receiving their salaries, had already raised roughly $1 million.



"They just weren't paying. The government ministers we replaced, the MPs, the
senators, they didn't pay," said Lokola, who entered the government last
October in a cabinet shake-up that saw his predecessor Adolphe Muzito named
prime minister.



Lokola said the move was partly aimed at setting a good example, adding that
Congolese President Joseph Kabila's government salary was also subject to the
measure.



"He is aware of this, and he approves of it ... I don't see how we can expect
the private sector to pay their taxes if we don't pay ourselves," he said.



The decision was applauded by residents of Kinshasa, the country's sprawling
riverside capital.



"I think it's necessary. Everyone used to pay their taxes, but for a while now,
people don't pay anymore," said one government employee who asked not to be
named.



Tax evasion is rampant in Congo and is seen by many as vital to their economic
survival.



A convoluted tax system, used by employees of state agencies to help supplement
salaries often received months late if at all, has helped make Congo the
world's worst country in which to do business, according to a World Bank report
last September.



The study found that medium-sized businesses that fully complied with the
demands of state agencies would pay an average of 32 different taxes,
theoretically consuming around 230 percent of their profits.



(Editing by Daniel Magnowski and Andrew Roche)





B) Thomson Reuters 2009 All rights reserved

(Matrix/59383) "Also called the Bobbit Worm due to the fact that the female wor...

Matrix@rss.iscabbs.com — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:35:00 -0500


"Also called the Bobbit Worm due to the fact that the female worm attacks the
male penis and feeds it to her young after mating."

hehehehe

(Xenos/59382) Now THIS you couldn't make up, and if you did it wouldn't be as ...

Xenos@rss.iscabbs.com — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:32:00 -0500

Now THIS you couldn't make up, and if you did it wouldn't be as funny :-)
Teenager's 60ft painting of penis on parents' roof spotted in space
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2009/mar/24/penis-drawing-roof-google

(Xenos/59381) Giant 4 foot worm found in Cornwall, UK

Xenos@rss.iscabbs.com — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:30:00 -0500

Giant 4 foot worm found in Cornwall, UK
http://derrenbrownart.com/blog/?p=1260

(Xenos/59380) Brazilian wax ban in New Jersey is scrapped

Xenos@rss.iscabbs.com — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 07:57:00 -0500

Brazilian wax ban in New Jersey is scrapped

Garden State officials on Friday scrapped plans for a ban on "Brazilian" bikini
waxes.

The ban was being considered by the state's Board of Cosmetology and
Hairstyling because two women had been hospitalized in the last year for
infections following a bare-it-all Brazilian-style treatment.

But in a letter to the board on Friday, New Jersey Consumer Affairs Director
David Szuchman wrote: "I cannot agree to the complete prohibition ... banning
removal of hair in the genital area."

For the uninitiated, a Brazilian-style bikini wax involves the full removal of
hair from what can euphemistically be called the "bikini region." Jeannette
Abou-Mourad, owner of Sisters Skin Care and Waxing on Michigan Avenue,
explained that despite its South American name the practice began thousands of
years ago in the Middle East, a tradition considered routine and hygienic.

"It's pure cleanliness," she said. "It began in the Middle East, then traveled
to Brazil and around other parts of the world before it wound up in America."

Salon owners in New Jersey cried out when they heard about the potential ban,
fearing the economic impact it might have with bikini season on the horizon.

Szuchman, in his letter to the cosmetology board, wrote that he believes there
are "alternate means to address any public health issues" and he encouraged the
board to begin a review of the training needed to safely provide Brazilian
bikini waxes.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/custom/fashion/chi-talk-bikiniwax-
0321mar21,0,7981868.story

((Unknown ISCABBS User)/59378) Didn't Britney Spears have a similar thing happen recently in Ta...

(Unknown ISCABBS User)@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:00:00 -0500

Didn't Britney Spears have a similar thing happen recently in Tampa?

(Bleys/59377) Just a guess, but I suspect "hindsight" isn't too pretty at the ...

Bleys@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:33:00 -0500

Just a guess, but I suspect "hindsight" isn't too pretty at the moment.

(Brant/59373) Okay, the idea might be okay, but the implementation needs work.

Brant@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:21:00 -0500

Okay, the idea might be okay, but the implementation needs work.

(Egregious/59372) Amateurs should not try to build their own fucking machines.

Egregious@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:20:00 -0500

Amateurs should not try to build their own fucking machines.

(Bleys/59371) LEXINGTON PARK, Md. -- Some apparent sexual experimentation land...

Bleys@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:14:00 -0500

LEXINGTON PARK, Md. -- Some apparent sexual experimentation landed a 
southern Maryland woman in a hospital with injuries tough to imagine and 
even more difficult to forget.

Maryland State Police airlifted the 27-year-old woman to Prince George's 
County Hospital Center early Sunday morning after she was injured in an 
incident involving a sex toy attached to a saber saw blade, 
TheBayNet.com reported.

The man who called 911 about the incident admitted attaching the sex toy 
to the saw and then using the high-powered, homemade device on his 
partner, WUSA confirmed with St. Mary's County public safety sources.

The saw cut through the plastic toy and wounded the woman, according to 
TheBayNet.com. The injuries were severe enough for medevac, but the 
woman's condition at this time is unknown.

Whether the act was consensual or accidental likely will be investigated 
by the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office, WUSA reported

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Woman-Severely-Injured-in-Sex-Toy 
Power-Tool-Encounter.html

(Bleys/59369) Yeah, I was really hoping for something that looked like it came...

Bleys@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:50:00 -0600

Yeah, I was really hoping for something that looked like it came from the
Twilight Zone when I went looking.
 
If you're going to have a third eye, it ought to be big and bold.

(MoonToad/59368) Yeah, I saw that, it doesn't look that much different to me.

MoonToad@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:48:00 -0600

Yeah, I saw that, it doesn't look that much different to me.

(Bleys/59367) The third eye is really only visible when the tuatara is first b...

Bleys@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:09:00 -0600

The third eye is really only visible when the tuatara is first born.
 
Here's a shot.
http://www.schoolgen.co.nz/img/D1.solar.factsheet.6.jpg

(Paladin Grendel/59366) rom what I've read, the tuatara has a much more distinctly devel...

Paladin Grendel@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:34:00 -0600

rom what I've read, the tuatara has a much more distinctly developed pineal
eye. still can't find any pics of a tuatuara eye.

(MoonToad/59365) The third eye isn't like a normal eyeball. If you didn't know w...

MoonToad@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:40:00 -0600

The third eye isn't like a normal eyeball.  If you didn't know what you were
looking for, you'd just think that it was a scale that looked slightly
different.  http://www.greenigsociety.org/anatomy.htm   Scroll down and there's
a photo of the parietal eye, that's approximately what it looks like on all
reptiles that have it.

(Paladin Grendel/59364) http://www.smartbrief.com/news/opei/storyDetails.jsp?issueid=10D...

Paladin Grendel@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:25:00 -0600

http://www.smartbrief.com/news/opei/storyDetails.jsp?issueid=10DA98A2-1921-4113
-9EC5-1A972E5981F6&copyid=0B00DFBB-F2E2-4CC5-9B56-3BE61F2AB8A7

111-year-old reptile with cancer fathers 11 baby tuatara

I still haven't been able to get a pic of a baby tuatara with it's third eye
visible.

(Bleys/59363) Best News Retraction Ever.

Bleys@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:17:00 -0600

Best News Retraction Ever.
 
UPDATE: The Huffington Post has learned that the below video has been 
doctored.
We regret the error and apologize to Mr. Gibson. John Gibson never compared
Eric Holder to a monkey with a bright blue scrotum.

Rather, as seen in the unedited video below, Gibson played audio of Holder
saying "nation of cowards" -- so his full, unedited remarks were:

"We were talking about Eric Holder today on the radio and his comment that 
this
is a nation of cowards."

The video was doctored to include Trace Gallagher's voice saying, "bright blue
scrotum" where Gibson played Holder's "nation of cowards" remark. The
Huffington Post does not know the source of the video's doctoring . it was
picked up off TVNewser.

See the unedited video below:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/19/john-gibson-compares-
eric_n_168377.htm
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