A pterodactyl, or, as it was once suggested here before, Abdominal Snowman in an hang glider? You decide. Washington man in audacious dino-defence
A 29-year-old Washington driver who last Thursday night drifted into the oncoming lane before crashing into a light pole failed to convince police officers that flying dinosaurs were to blame, HeraldNet reports.
The 29-year-old Wenatchee man apparently wandered off course "for less than a block" while oncoming traffic obligingly stopped to let him pass en route to said pole. Wenatchee police Sgt. Cherie Smith said that a breathalyzer test showed "a minimal amount of alcohol", although officers' queries as to what had caused the prang were met with the single-word answer "pterodactyl".
The man was treated in hospital and later released. He has been charged with first-degree negligent driving.
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Don't make fun of this fellow. Low flying pterodactyls can be a serious road hazard. The driver sacrificed his car so that the rare pterodactyl would live. Very heroic gesture.
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LAHORE: The first honour killing of 2008 took place in Kahna early Tuesday morning. Unidentified assailant(s) shot dead a couple that eloped. Kahna police said Muhammad Nadeem (25) from Kasur had an affair with Nasreen (22) from Dhoop Sari village in Kahna. The couples families did not agree to their marriage and they ran away and married in secret.
They did not inform their families about their whereabouts and started living in a rented house in Nawab Shakoor Town, Kahna. Their neighbours heard gunshots early Tuesday morning and informed the police. The police found the couples bodies in their bedroom. What happens in Nawab Shakoor stays in Nawab Shakoor.
The police said there were no witnesses. Investigators believe the girls family had the couple killed. The police have sent the bodies for autopsy and are investigating after registering a case on the complaint of Nadeems brother, Saleem. However, the investigation is expected to take some time due to the current backlog of Un-Islamic DVD Store investigations.
TWO British oil workers have been sacked after simulating sex with sheep due to be slaughtered for a Muslim festival.
The animals were being killed for 30 foreign workers to celebrate Eid Al Adhha in the Algerian oil town Hassi Messaoud.
The men, who have not been named, were reported by stunned restaurant workers and guards then sacked by their employer, US industrial giant Schlumberger. They were accused of sheep violation. "Puttin' the move on my squeeze! I kill you, I kill you!"- Achmed the Dead Terrorist
A spokesman for the company which provides services to oil firms said: The individuals have been dismissed because their behaviour was totally unacceptable. Services? No, won't go there.
Meanwhile a police spokesman warned that local Muslims saw the sacrificing of sheep at Eid as something very sacred. "Not as good as blowing up a pizza parlor, mind you, but still pretty sacred."
One ex-pat living in Algeria told The Sun: If you relate this to teacher Gillian Gibbons they can thank their lucky stars.
All she did was name a teddy bear Mohammed. What a maroon. Anyone knows that defiling the name of the Prophet is much worse than defiling a sheep, unless, of course, it is betrothed to a member of one's own clan.
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Yeah, nobody likes sloppy seconds. Especially when it's an infidel that gets in there first...
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The individuals have been dismissed because their behaviour was totally unacceptable.
Wake up jackass. This is normal behavior for muzz. The sheep were about to have their throats slit anyway, so what's the harm ? Why the shock, dummy ? Don't you know where you are ? Mebbe you better get one of those metal bands for your own neck, eh ?
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I don't see any 'cultural problems' here. As long as the sheep are sold in a different village there is no violation of Islamic traditions and teachings - in fact it'll be in complete conformance with the teaching (and practices) of the Prophet.
In fact it'll show we have the utmost respect for their culture.
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Another one of those strange contradictions in Islam. Sex simulation with sheep results in less penalties for the perpetrators than naming a Teddy bear Mohammed that can result in a caning.
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Take "Muslim" out of it for a second or two, and consider this:
two of your employees are caught, well, you know--
You'd fire them immediately, too. You'd have them frog-marched off the premises, and you'd issue rubber gloves to whoever got detailed to clean out their desks.
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True, Mike, and ewe know that there probably disparaging remarks made as well that the Sun couldn't comment on (illegal in the EUK) else the writer would be on the lamb. They were not getting wild and wooly but was a baahd decision on their part and it is time fold tent to hoof it out of town anyways chop chop since they were spindling veiled threats cc the bear and probably mint it. That whole deal should have rammed it home that this behavior would lanolin the pen. The shear insulting behavior of it offending the scrapie locals is now gettting milked for its worth, Schlumberger will now have to wether the actions of these mutton heads.
WE Americans live in a society awash in historical celebrations. The last few years have witnessed commemorations of the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase (2003) and the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II (2005). Looming on the horizon are the bicentennial of Abraham Lincolns birth (2009) and the sesquicentennial of the outbreak of the Civil War (2011). But one significant milestone has gone strangely unnoticed: the 200th anniversary of Jan. 1, 1808, when the importation of slaves into the United States was prohibited. . . . Jan. 1, 1808, is worth commemorating not only for what it directly accomplished, but for helping to save the United States from a history even more terrible than the Civil War that eventually rid our country of slavery.
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BRISBANE, Australia - A snake has been saved by surgery after mistaking four golf balls for a meal of chicken eggs, a veterinarian said Wednesday.
A couple had placed the balls in their chicken coop at Nobbys Creek in New South Wales state to encourage their hen to nest, Australian Associated Press reported. They found the balls missing last month and a lumpy carpet python nearby.
Easy mistake to make.
They took the 32-inch non-venomous snake to the nearby Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, where senior veterinarian Michael Pyne operated to remove the balls from the snake's intestine.
Pyne said Wednesday the snake was making a speedy recovery. "Those golf balls weren't moving any further; they were stuck where they were," Pyne said. "If it hadn't been found, it would have died for sure," he added.
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"I would like to emphasise I did not make the tape myself, otherwise I would have had a slow zoom-in from the 10:00 position to show the effectiveness of the condoms demonstrating the high-quality material used conveying that I had the public's safety in mind. Plus, maybe have 'handle me with care' or 'la bamba' playing in the background." he added.
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So, Bambi, how are those sex education classes going?
Gee, I don't know, Mr. Malaysian Minister of Health. They're just so...hard.
You mean hard...like this?
Oooooh, Mr. Malaysian Health Mnister!
(Cue the thumpy bass...)
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At least he isn't going to jail. Remember former PM Mahathir getting his deputy PM and rival Anwar Ibrahim tossed into gaol in 2000 for sodomy? (Yes, I know that was probably a put-up job.)
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A large pair of knickers saved the day in northern England after they were used to smother a household kitchen fire.
photo of the panties fire blanket at link
Jenny Marsey's size 18-20 cotton briefs were used to put out a frying pan fire, which started when an extractor fan fell on the cooker while her son and nephew were frying some bread at the house in Hartlepool. Her son John, 18, at first made the blaze worse by throwing water over the flames, but her nephew, Darren Lines, saved the day by grabbing his aunt's knickers from the washing pile and using them like a fire blanket.
Lines, 23, said: "I just grabbed the knickers, put them under the tap to dampen them and then used them to put the fire out. "The extractor fan had fallen on top of the oven and then all the flames went up. The electricity had gone off and we couldn't see. It was just the first thing I picked up."
Marsey, 53, a baker, was out for a pub meal when the accident happened on Sunday afternoon. "I think it's funny now but at the time I was just shell-shocked," she said. "I couldn't believe it when I found out how they stopped it." Maresy said the blue cotton knickers were from Marks & Spencer, and were a few years old.
"I call them my emergency ones," said the mother of four. "They're the ones you wear when you've run out of all your others!"
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I guess there are times when you do want to get your knickers in a twist, and this was one of those times.
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Men want the biggest everything except their woman.... ;)
A British woman jailed after her students in Sudan nicknamed a teddy bear Mohamed said she plans to continue teaching abroad -- this time in China. Gillian Gibbons, who was released early from her 15-day jail sentence after two British Muslim colleagues intervened, said she now plans to take up teaching in China, The Times of London reported Tuesday.
"I've been to China on holiday before and loved it," Gibbons told Hello! magazine. "Besides which, I know I'm the most notorious teacher in the world at the moment, but I'm hoping that perhaps no one has heard of me there. I'm driven to follow my dream of teaching abroad again."
Gibbons said she hopes her teddy bear -- which she renamed "Barnaby" -- will be less controversial in China than it was in Sudan. "It's just a standard geography tool. He travels to different places that the children can learn about. The children take him home and write about him in a book. These bears are completely innocent; they're just make-believe classmates for the children," she said.
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I don't think she's the most notorious teacher in the world, but she seems to like teaching in dictatorships. If she had chosen Singapore as her next venue, her saga would have proceded to its logical conclusion.
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She's still got the bear? Whaddya ya think that'd fetch on EBay?
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As long as she stays out of the Uighar region of China, she can stay out of trouble with the Muslims.
I wouldn't call teaching in China exactly a step up. The Chinese government are equally viscious when it comes to Westerners, inappropriate public behavior or comments; or undesired private behavior in any event. Falun Gong, protesting in Tiannamen square, support for the Dalai Lama and Tibet and attending underground churches comes to mind. Open support for Taiwan in regards to the Chinese military buildup can be treacherous.
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Great, another failed human coming to China to teach English. The Chinese are going to be furious one day when they finally figure out the caliber of person that they get when they advertise for teachers at $500/month. But, the Chinese absolutely refuse to accept anything but basic instruction from a Chinese teacher - the foreigner is paramount.
Scrappleface Alert! Scott Ott on top of his game, as usual
To further demonstrate his commitment to a positive campaign strategy, Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee today showed reporters a Powerpoint presentation of opposition research that his staff has compiled against his top GOP rivals and announced he would not be using any of it in his effort to win his partys nomination.
The revelations come just a day after Mr. Huckabee held a news conference to unveil to reporters an attack ad against Mitt Romney that his campaign will not broadcast in the waning hours before Thursdays Iowa caucuses.
In todays 47-minute narrated presentation, the former Arkansas governor revealed the findings of private investigators, as well as leaks from Democrat operatives, and innuendo that we havent had time to confirm yet, all of which Mr. Huckabee said would never be released by his campaign, except to you people at this press conference, whom I have come to know and trust.
The collection of political ammunition, known to campaign insiders as the Huckabee dirt bag, includes potentially-damaging, allegations about Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson and John McCain, which could prove devastating, or even true, if we had time to do more research.
But what does it profit a man if he gain the whole world, and yet lose his own soul, said Mr. Huckabee, which is why Im not going take the traditional route of highlighting my opponents flaws and potential scandals, even though, as you can see, theres no shortage of material for that.
To prove his sincerity, Mr. Huckabees staffers gave copies of the Powerpoint presentation, along with 653 pages of supporting documentation, and dozens of audio and video clips to political reporters at the news conference.
If I didnt show this material to you, he said, youd probably think I didnt really have any dirt on Mitt, Fred and John, and so you would never realize how gracious I have been in refusing to use the kind of garbage that would virtually guarantee a Huckabee victory.
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Brilliant! Glorious Scrappleface!
Heard o'shucksonme quoted this morning, "If you are going to go vote for one of the other candidates, you might as well just stay home and watch the Orange Bowl." What a tool - guess what shuckster, big fan of both KU and Va Tech right here so kiss my jayhawking ass. Keep runing that Hog Wild formation out the cotton bowl and up your caucas.
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Huck has out flanked Slick Willy with this exposure of the dirt he is far too good to even consider making public. (except to you guys who will keep his lips above the shit line while trashing all the republicans opponents)
"I would never say that all my opponents still beat their wives, but that's what the data suggests."
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The state Dems, led by Steny Hoyer, kneecapped Kweisi Mfume, too. They marched in lockstep for the White Man's Candidate... and they got him. Good ol' Senator What's-is-name.
Of course that has zero bearing on the state income tax, but thanks for painting us with the broadest possible brush.
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I live in Md. Taxes are already high, partly because the counties piggyback their cut on the State. The WaPo actually endorsed the incumbent Republican (Robert Erlich) but the Dem won. It took only a few months before the new Dem Governor discovered he needed a big tax raise.
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Why should anyone be surprised at anything the People's Republic of Maryland does? They're no more concerned about their private-sector taxpayers than the People's Republic of Massachusetts.
Both states periodically elect someone with relatively conservative credentials to slow down the tax suction, but that person never has enough support to cut it back. Then, after one term of stasis, the Dems get to open the valve wide again. There's no misunderstanding the reason why competent, productive people are fleeing from both states.
I told my company that if they ever had any plans to transfer me north of Virginia, they should let me know immediately so I could give them notice of my resignation on the spot. North of Virginia (with the noble exception of NH), it's high tax rates and no gun rights. Who in their right mind would want to live in that kind of situation?
BHOPAL, India - Local authorities in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh face a perplexing problem. The authenticity of some of the area's eunuchs is in question, and officials claim they're powerless to resolve increasingly violent disputes between the rival - real and fake - factions. Authorities say problems started more than a year ago, but in recent months the situation has deteriorated into street clashes and murder.
In India eunuchs are commonly called hijras and estimates of their numbers range from 50,000 to 5 million. Most earn their livelihood by the age-old tradition of performing at weddings, baby showers and housewarmings. They are believed to possess supernatural powers and are called on to make blessings in exchange for cash. Today, however, unemployment and poverty have prompted many Indians to dress and act like eunuchs to earn a living. This has resulted in heated controversy between the authentic and the imposters.
The violence in Madhya Pradesh was sparked when fake eunuchs were seen begging on city streets. Shortly thereafter, the group was attacked by real eunuchs. Now and for the past months, fights between the real and fake eunuchs frequently require police intervention. The events culminated when a eunuch named "Rambai" was murdered in broad daylight by three fake eunuchs in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur town.
The issue hasn't gone unnoticed. Khairatilal Bhola, president of the All-India Hijra Kalyan Sabha, said, "I know that most of the eunuchs are fake. But neither the government nor the police are doing anything. Due to this the number of fake eunuchs is increasing."
Bhola wants police to take action against outlaw eunuchs so that the real eunuchs are not denied their rights. But even he concedes the job won't be easy. Overwhelmed officials in Madhya Pradesh are considering issuing licenses to distinguish between the real and the fake eunuchs, but progress is proving difficult.
"I think there is no harm in issuing license to the real eunuchs. For this the [municipality] must formulate some rules," said Makrand Deuskar, police superintendent of Jabalpur.
Surgeon Hitesh Agrawal of Jabalpur's Victoria Hospital says that his staff cannot give out identity cards and any medical tests would need to be done with consent. The district administration and the doctors are of the same view: How can anyone be pressured to have his or her sex organs examined?
Still, Jabalpur Municipal Commissioner O P Shrivastava said that the issuance of eunuch licenses is being considering for the "near future".
Former city official and eunuch advocate Heera Bai says the administrations should move now, as already one life has been lost. She claims that many genuine eunuchs are living in constant fear and unwilling to leave their homes.
But city administrators have another headache: How will the police be able to stop the fake eunuchs even after the issuance of licenses, and what action could they take against them? Police superintendent Deuskar said whether fake or genuine, no one will be allowed to extort money and such cases will be registered.
The role of some genuine eunuchs is also being questioned. Eunuchs divide themselves into colonies and wards. Some dissatisfied eunuchs have joined with fake eunuchs giving rise to quarrels. Eunuch Ashrafi Bai said that the emergence of fake eunuchs has caused many problems. Another eunuch, Khilona Bai, said if the administration does not take action quickly it will be difficult for the local eunuchs to survive.
Traditionally, eunuchs believe it is their right to accept money at weddings and childbirths, among other auspicious occasions. But many in Madhya Pradesh now claim the fake eunuchs are depriving them of their rights.
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At least the 'genuine guys' seem to have some cajones.
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Oops, I guess they don't.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
TWO British oil workers have been sacked after simulating sex with sheep due to be slaughtered for a Muslim festival.
BRISBANE, Australia - A snake has been saved by surgery after mistaking four golf balls for a meal of chicken eggs, a veterinarian said Wednesday. 
