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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Derek Jeter's baseball card has a couple special guests
t's hard to Topps this one: The card company has issued a Derek Jeter baseball card with a smiling President Bush in the stands.

But there's something very wrong with that picture: Bush wasn't really at the game that day. A not-so-careful analysis of the card makes it clear that Bush was digitally superimposed - his right arm extended in a waving motion and his left arm seemingly missing.

The mischievous elves at Topps then played another version of Where's Waldo - sticking a picture of Mickey Mantle in the dugout. The Mick is depicted in uniform, holding a bat as though he were back from the dead and preparing to pinch hit.

Image at the link.
Posted by: Mike || 02/27/2007 12:06 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


Uncle's orgy shame

WARSAW: A pensioner is suing the organisers of a world-record sex session after they reneged on a promise to pixellate his face in the video they made of the orgy. Leszek Szwerowski, 61, took part in a group-sex event during which three women had sex with as many men as they could over the space of several hours.

He was subsequently embarrassed when his nephew watched a DVD of the event in which he was clearly shown waiting in line to take his turn. The nephew told the rest of the family.
Could have been worse, could have been Grandma.
Posted by: anonymous5089 || 02/27/2007 11:41 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
The Ancient Girl With the Golden Eye: 5,000 Year Old Priestess Found
Posted by: anonymous5089 || 02/27/2007 12:39 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  A 5,000-year old Bond Girl?
Posted by: Mike || 02/27/2007 13:02 Comments || Top||


Caribbean-Latin America
Mexico border sewage deal hits the rocks
Posted by: anonymous5089 || 02/27/2007 12:44 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  when I first saw this headline a vision of a moat with sewage, like the S*** demon in Jay and Silent Bob's movie came to mind.
Sorry for the ugly visual heh.
Posted by: Jan from work || 02/27/2007 18:16 Comments || Top||

#2  IMPERIAL BEACH, Calif. - When it rains along the border, millions of gallons of sewage and industrial waste from Mexican slums and factories flow down the Tijuana River into the United States and end up in the Pacific Ocean — a mess that closed the beach here to swimmers and surfers a total of 198 days last year.

fucking lovely, illegal immigrants and illegal toxic sewerage. Thanks for nothing Mexico, you are no amigo of mine in fact who needs enemies with friends like Mexico! jeebus does that country ever need a Revolution, Big Time!

Hell we should ship every decent Mexican all guns and ammo needed so they can over-throw the 20 Klepto families who Rule Mexico.

They use any black art needed to stay in Power. Usually they just use plain old garden variety bribes to corrupt the system, but if murder is needed no sweat, there are legions of doom for hire down Mexico way.

Left to its own devices it is very unlikely that Mexico will reform. It is quite rational to expect then, that until a Revolution ignites in Mexico, the River of Illegals and the River of Toxic Shit will continue to pour into our Nation.
Posted by: RD || 02/27/2007 18:51 Comments || Top||

#3  #2: "20 Klepto families who Rule Mexico"

I believe that's 40 klepto families, RD.

Accuracy is so important. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut || 02/27/2007 19:12 Comments || Top||

#4  thanks Barb, $20 + $20 USD = 445.90 Pesos

;-)
Posted by: RD || 02/27/2007 20:09 Comments || Top||


Down Under
Young Muslims turn to drugs, think about suicide, get all gloomy, brood, to cope with ostracism
Posted by: anonymous5089 || 02/27/2007 11:38 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Dump islam, you will feel much better.
Posted by: JohnQC || 02/27/2007 12:00 Comments || Top||

#2  Lebanese Hash, Afghan smack, welcome to the (7)60's.
Posted by: rhodesiafever || 02/27/2007 13:53 Comments || Top||

#3  And this is different from your normal, everyday, garden-variety Mk. 1 Mod 0 teenage goth-emo . . . how, exactly?
Posted by: Mike || 02/27/2007 14:23 Comments || Top||

#4  Lol, Mike, I could only watch about 10 seconds of that shite.

Maybe we should just make LSD free for Mossies.

(BTW, Funny vid here:
http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=/watch%3Fv%3D_BZokNnCZj4

Chill, bros.
Posted by: rhodesiafever || 02/27/2007 14:35 Comments || Top||

#5  I can see it now . . . the Arabic language version: Fatima is Emo
Posted by: Mike || 02/27/2007 14:39 Comments || Top||

#6  Linky thing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BZokNnCZj4
Posted by: rhodesiafever || 02/27/2007 14:46 Comments || Top||

#7  Do it, Muzzies! Off yourselves! Do it now--before you get shipped back to Leb or SA or some other Muzzy hellhole. You'll be doing yourselves and the rest of us a favor. Just do it! Hey! Here's an idea! Instead of the tired old theme of seeing Muzzies behead infidels, let's see if one of you can succeed in videoing a Muzzy beheading him/her self! Extra points for doing it wearing a hijab!
Posted by: mac || 02/27/2007 17:49 Comments || Top||

#8  The culture is fatalist.
Posted by: gorb || 02/27/2007 19:45 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
FBI Joint Terrorism Strike Task Force raid on Bloomington, Minnesota home
Jim Wright, owner of Crocodile Productions (gun shows) seems to think this is a non-factor raid on a legal gun show dealer.

It looks like this could be filed under, "waste of time". I put up the google news link with the hope fresh news might come in.
Posted by: Icerigger || 02/27/2007 11:01 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The FBI doing some meaningfull work again I see. And for one fleeting moment the FBI thought they had uncovered the next Oky bomber. This reminds me of the old Cheech and Chong movie where the hollywood hotel get raided, only to find a couple stoners.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 02/27/2007 12:55 Comments || Top||


5 INVESTIGATES: Have Muslim cab drivers changed their ways?
At least someone is looking into this. Reminder, this all started with a fatwa issued by local mullahs link

A previous 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS investigation found that some airport drivers refused service to passengers with guide dogs and people under the influence of alcohol.

Monday, we went undercover again to see if drivers have changed their ways.

For our investigation we implored the help of Deb Swenson.
Swenson counts on her guide dog Kudo to help her travel safely everywhere she goes.

Swenson told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS more often than not, drivers have refused to give her a ride because of Kudo, which is a violation of state and federal law.

"They say they don't have to take the dog because it is against their religion," Swenson said.

Currently in Minnesota, if a driver refuses to take a passenger from the airport they have to go all the way to back of the line and wait hours for their next fare. A harsh punishment, but nowhere near as harsh as what the Metropolitan Commission is considering.

The MAC will issue a 30-day suspension for a driver's first offense; a second offense would mean the loss of their license altogether.

For our investigation Swenson attempted to catch a cab at the airport. In most cases, drivers were more than accommodating.

Press play to watch our investigation…

It should be noted that the local Somali leader referred to at the end of the piece supported the Muslim cab drivers refusal. Contrary to what the KSTP anchor reported. Some of the other Burgers in Minnesota will remember his name and who he is.

In the past five years, 5,400 would-be taxi passengers at the airport were refused service for this very reason, said the Metropolitan Airport Commission, or MAC. Last May, passenger Bob Dildine says he waited for 20 minutes, and five cab drivers would not give him and his daughter a ride. He was carrying wine he bought on vacation. Regardless the airport has decided to give the Islamics their own pray room.
Posted by: Icerigger || 02/27/2007 10:41 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Loved the reference to the furry blonde in the report, but a bit further on the cab driver shifts the blame to the Met Airport Authority for not making the rules clear. Apparently, Mossies have no need to know about State or Federal Law. Seems like a case of them seeing how they can push it, and they never heard that "Ignorance of the Law" is no excuse.

Taqiya, after the fact. And why give them all these chances? They only want the kaffir money, anyway, tell them one chance was enough, bye.
Posted by: rhodesiafever || 02/27/2007 13:30 Comments || Top||

#2  "Have Muslim cab drivers changed their ways?"

That would be a big fat NO.

Why would you bother to ask?
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut || 02/27/2007 15:55 Comments || Top||

#3  Isn't there a big conversation w/the airlines today in MN?
Posted by: anonymous2u || 02/27/2007 16:30 Comments || Top||

#4  The MAC will issue a 30-day suspension for a driver's first offense; a second offense would mean the loss of their license altogether.

This would be a good law. While it would be difficult to enforce, it sends the message that mosques don't make the laws. Just like equal opportunity rules, it doesn't mean discrimination won't occur, it just makes it clear that such activity is illegal.
Posted by: Thromoger Thrumble5163 || 02/27/2007 17:06 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
JI leader has occupied our house: professor
A retired professor and his wife have accused a Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leader of illegally occupying their house in Model Town. In a press statement, Prof Khalid Ikram Mehmood and his wife Yasmeen Khalid said that they had been living at the house number 119-F-III in Model Town. “The ownership of the house was transferred to our sons Dr Ayaz Mehmood and Babar Khalid, both currently living abroad, by the late Justice Qurban Sadiq (the brother of Prof Khalid),” they added.

They alleged that on January 27, some scoundrels sent by MPA Ehsan Ullah Waqas barged into the house and pushed them out. They said that they were threaded with dire consequence, if they dared contact court or the media. They said police had failed to provide them with justice. Prof Khalid said that he had been the Pakistan Movement worker and his wife was a retired college principal.

They had appealed to President General Pervez Musharraf and Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi to provide them with justice. Talking to Daily Times, MPA Waqas denied the allegations. He said that his son-in-law, Majid Ikram, was the owner of the house. “Majid is the adopted son of Justice Qurban who had declared him the inheritor of the house in his will,” he added. He denied sending anybody to take the procession of the house.
Posted by: Fred || 02/27/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The Thing That Wouldn't Leave.
Hey, what's on TV tonight? I think I broke your DVD player. Ya got any beer?
Posted by: tu3031 || 02/27/2007 8:50 Comments || Top||


Case against husband for selling wife's kidney
MULTAN: The wife of a farmer from Bahawalpur has registered a case against her husband, accusing him of selling her kidney without her consent to purchase a tractor, police said on Monday. District Police Officer (DPO) Bahawlapur Arif Nawaz said that police had registered a case against farmer Shakeel Ahmed following the written complaint of his wife, Safia, “in the light of a medical report indicating that (her) husband had unlawfully sold one of her kidneys”.

Safia moved an application to the Noshera Jadeed station house officer (SHO), stating that her husband, whom she married in 2004, had beaten her when she was three-months’ pregnant, causing her to miscarry. She said that her husband then took her to Bahawal Victoria Hospital, on the pretext of seeking medical treatment. She accused doctors of removing one of her kidneys during a surgical procedure, claiming that they had acted in collusion with her husband and had failed to secure her consent before removing the organ.

Safia said that she only came to know about her ordeal when she later contracted a urinary tract infection and sought medical treatment. She also pointed out that that her husband then confessed what had happened, admitting that he had sold her kidney and used the money from the transaction to buy a tractor. Noshera Jadeed police said that they had registered a case against Ahmed, adding that investigations into the alleged crime were still continuing.
Posted by: Fred || 02/27/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  heh he's Scott free, he's allowed to.. the wife is his property and so rightfully he can sell her parts! Shria Law 24/7/365 learn it & love it!
Posted by: RD || 02/27/2007 1:05 Comments || Top||

#2  works the same for Sharia law too!
Posted by: RD || 02/27/2007 1:06 Comments || Top||

#3  It's hard to judge the story without knowing the details of the tractor he bought.
Posted by: Penguin || 02/27/2007 1:33 Comments || Top||

#4  LMAO Penguin, way funny snark!
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Hope your new liver is doing well Penguin. mine is quivering right along, it has the routine down pat. >::

;-)
Posted by: RD || 02/27/2007 2:57 Comments || Top||

#5  RD-
My liver is doing fine. Thanks for asking!
Posted by: Penguin || 02/27/2007 10:18 Comments || Top||

#6  That's very good news Penguin,

we can both thank God for the timely tissue match, the donor & donor's family, the fantastic support from all the Nurses, Drs, Surgeons, Nurses assistants, Radiology techs, Blood techs, Kidney dialysis techs, Orderlies, Hospital staff who run the hospitals, families etc.
Posted by: RD || 02/27/2007 20:24 Comments || Top||


Iraq
The Other Face Of Iraq (Pictorial)
Posted by: Anonymoose || 02/27/2007 20:23 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


Science & Technology
Strange Sea Creatures Found in Antarctica
Nize Cthulu! Good boy! Go fetch!
Posted by: anonymous5089 || 02/27/2007 12:51 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "Strange Sea Creatures Found in Antarctica"

I thought The Whale™ Ted Kennedy was in Washington.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut || 02/27/2007 15:47 Comments || Top||

#2  And I thought George Galloway was wallowing in self pity , not Antarctica..
whadda we know eh TW ?
:)
Posted by: MacNails || 02/27/2007 16:08 Comments || Top||

#3  Nice pic, but I doubt they found Chtulu. Hastur, maybe.
Posted by: mojo || 02/27/2007 17:31 Comments || Top||

#4  Strange Sea Creatures Found in Antarctica

Wow far out man a psychedelic Octopussy!

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fyi, Rantburg has it's own lovely Sea Creature
Posted by: RD || 02/27/2007 18:06 Comments || Top||



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Tue 2007-02-27
  Taliboomer tries for Cheney
Mon 2007-02-26
  3 French nationals murdered in Soddy ministry
Sun 2007-02-25
  Boomer tries for Abdul Aziz al-Hakim
Sat 2007-02-24
  3 Pak bad boyz dead when their package blows up
Fri 2007-02-23
  U.S. bangs five bad boyz in Iraq gunfight
Thu 2007-02-22
  Another poison gas attack in Iraq
Wed 2007-02-21
  Brits to begin withdrawing troops
Tue 2007-02-20
  USS Stennis Now On Station
Mon 2007-02-19
  64 killed in Delhi-Lahore train boom
Sun 2007-02-18
  Iraqi, Coalition forces detain 21 suspected terrs
Sat 2007-02-17
  Algeria: Police kill 26 bad boyz, arrest 35 after attacks
Fri 2007-02-16
  Attempt to hijack Maretanian plane painfully foiled
Thu 2007-02-15
  Al-Masri said wounded, aide killed
Wed 2007-02-14
  Bombs kill nine on buses in Lebanon
Tue 2007-02-13
  Tater bugs out

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