A painting depicting Canada's Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper in the nude on display at a public library drew condemnation and snickers in the halls of power on Friday.
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Nude of Canadian PM gets mixed response
Posted by Pernicious (#4) 14 hours ago (http://ca.news.yahoo.com)
A painting depicting Canada's Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper in the nude on display at a public library drew condemnation and snickers in the halls of power on Friday.
200-year-old shipwreck found in Gulf of Mexico
Posted by Pernicious (#4) 12 hours ago (http://www.foxnews.com)
NEW ORLEANS – An oil company exploration crew's chance discovery of a 200-year-old shipwreck in a little-charted stretch of the Gulf of Mexico is yielding a trove of new information to scientists who say it's one of the most well-preserved old wrecks ever found in the Gulf.
"When we saw it we were all just astonished because it was beautifully preserved, and by that I mean for a 200-year-old shipwreck," said Jack Irion, maritime archaeologist with the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in New Orleans.
Video shows muskets and gin bottles littering the Gulf bottom, along with sea life mingling in the wreck.
Scientists say the ship is about 200 miles off the northern Gulf coast and about 4,000 feet deep. The depth has kept it largely undisturbed during two centuries of storms and hurricanes. And although most of the ship's wood dissolved long ago, the copper hull and its contents remain in place.
"The wood is deteriorated. It's largely been eaten away by marine organisms, but what is left is a copper shell which would have been the lower part of the hull which was sheathed in copper to protect it," Irion said.
Little Known Facts
Posted by Pernicious (#4) 10 hours ago (Editorial)
It takes your food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.
One human hair can support 6.6 pounds.
The average man's penis is two times the length of his thumb.
Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.
A woman's heart beats faster than a man's.
There are about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet.
Women blink twice as often as men.
The average person's skin weighs twice as much as the brain.
Your body uses 300 muscles to balance itself when you are standing still.
If saliva cannot dissolve something, you cannot taste it.
Women will be finished reading this by now.
Men are still busy checking their thumbs.
Critics of the legislation, dubbed the "Expatriation Prevention by Abolishing Tax-Related Incentives for Offshore Tenancy" Act, mocked the lawmakers and even the idea as “petty,” saying it would likely be unconstitutional, too. However, other analysts warned that U.S. policy makers were embarrassing the nation as well as traveling a dangerous path toward totalitarianism and even “banana-republic” status. And it should be halted immediately before the situation spirals completely out of control, critics said.
“What comes after Banana Republic? Because America is it,” wrote a popular analyst with the financial site ZeroHedge. “One wonders just how much taxpayer money was spent to pay naming consultants to come up with this witty acronym for a law that can only be classified as utter idiocy. Here is our suggestion for the follow up law: The ‘GULAG’ Act: Get Ur Laughable A$$es Gone.”
India Parliament looks into local brew
Posted by gbudavid (#5) 7 hours ago (http://www.koinlocal6.com)
Now, the Indian Express news in New Delhi reports on Parliamentary member Ravi Shankar Prasad calling for parliament to "summon [the] US Ambassador to India … and make him apologize for this."
Lesbian Couple Charged With Staging Hate Crime
Posted by Pernicious (#4) 7 hours ago (http://news.yahoo.com)
A lesbian couple who claimed they were victims of a hate crime have been arrested after police determined they staged the incidents.
On Oct. 28, Aimee Whitchurch, 37, and Christel Conklin, 29, called police and reported the words "Kill the Gay" were scrawled in red spray paint on the garage door of their Parker, Colo., home.
The next day, the couple told deputies they found a noose hanging on the handle of their front door.
The women told officers they believed the incidents were retaliation from their neighbors and homeowner's association, who had complained the couple did not pick up after their dogs.
Due to the nature of the crimes, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office worked in tandem with the FBI to investigate. After reviewing witness statements, authorities determined Whitchurch and Conklin had staged the incidents.
Both women are charged with criminal mischief and false reporting. Whitchurch faces an additional charge of forgery.
Yes, that really is an eagle wielding a knife
Posted by MountainDweller (#48) 4 hours ago (http://io9.com)
I salute our men and women who serve our country!
Posted by Pernicious (#4) 10 hours ago (http://www.youtube.com)
Today, May 19th, 2012 is Armed Forces Day. On this day, I honor the men and women who have served our great nation and fought to protect our values of liberty and democracy. Please take the time to thank them for their service, as well as those who are now overseas fighting for our freedoms.
Man who fathered 30 kids says he needs a break—on child support
Posted by Pernicious (#4) 13 hours ago (http://news.yahoo.com)
And you thought Octomom had her hands full—a Tennessee man who has fathered 30 children is asking the courts for a break on child support.
Desmond Hatchett, 33, of Knoxville has children with 11 different women, reports WREG-TV.
The state already takes half his paycheck and divides it up, which doesn't amount to much when Hatchett is making only minimum wage. Some of the moms receive as little as $1.49 a month. The oldest child is 14 years old.
Hatchett explains how he reached such a critical mass: He had four kids in the same year. Twice.
Look who else confused about Obama birthplace
Posted by Pernicious (#4) 14 hours ago (http://www.wnd.com)
President Obama’s literary agent is not the only one who was confused over the politician’s birthplace.
The U.S. government is on record questioning Obama’s citizenship status as early as when he was 5 years old, stating it lacked documentation to determine his citizenship.
Call for crackdown on black-on-white terror
Posted by Pernicious (#4) 14 hours ago (http://www.wnd.com)
A state lawmaker in Maryland, concerned about “black youths” who are “terrorizing” Baltimore’s upscale Inner Harbor, wants the governor to send in state troopers to make the area safe.
Pat McDonough, a member of the Maryland legislature, has been accused of launching a “racially tinged publicity stunt” but stands by his comments.
“The Inner Harbor is a dangerous place for residents and visitors,” said McDonough. “And it does us no good to avoid this hard truth: Black youth are responsible for a sustained and dangerous period of violence in one of Baltimore’s nicest neighborhoods.”
Bomb explosion at school in Brindisi, Italy
Posted by USMC_VET (#8) 14 hours ago (http://www.bbc.co.uk)
FTA: "A bomb has exploded in front of a school in the southern Italian city of Brindisi killing at least one girl and injuring six others.
The blast went off as students were arriving at the Francesca Morvillo Falcone vocational school at around 07:45 (05:45 GMT).
Although no-one has said they planted the device, the city's mayor has blamed local mafia.
Police are at the scene investigating the blast scene."
Canine Einstein
Posted by Chronic (#10) 21 hours ago (http://www.youtube.com)
Norman Rides A Bike
Posted by DrGlock (#27) 1 day 2 hours 33 minutes ago (http://www.youtube.com)
Meet Norman. He's a budding Hollywood star, and he's got mad skills on the scooter, skateboard and surfboard.
Oh yeah. He's also a dog. From surfing at the 2012 Rose Bowl to scooting and skateboarding around his neighborhood in South Carolina, Norman can do things that, well, your average American cannot. And now, he has a new trick -- riding a bike.
SST Towing Hot Line
Posted by Pernicious (#4) 1 day 2 hours 18 minutes ago (http://www.youtube.com)
As the bumper sticker in Forrest Gump says: "IT HAPPENS"!
Naked Shopping Spree Attracts The Eyes Of The Law
Posted by Pernicious (#4) 1 day 4 hours ago (http://www.huffingtonpost.com)
A nude woman who calmly walked into two New York businesses this week shocked employees and attracted the gaze of more than one startled shopper.
Temperatures may have only been in the 60s in Saratoga Springs on Tuesday, but that did not stop 49-year-old Barbara Lafleur from stripping down to her birthday suit while she went shopping along Route 67, authorities said.
20 weird reasons to quit your job
Posted by DrGlock (#27) 1 day 2 hours 10 minutes ago (http://management.fortune.cnn.com)
Leaving to take a better offer elsewhere is nice, but pretty dull compared to climbing Mount Everest, or joining the circus.
FORTUNE -- The number of people quitting their jobs has been climbing steadily since June 2009, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says, to 2.1 million in March (the latest month available). And where are all those people going, exactly? As you might expect, most quit for greener pastures at other companies. But then there are a few whose reasons for jumping ship are more, shall we say, unconventional. Staffing firm OfficeTeam recently surveyed 1,300 senior managers nationwide in a variety of industries. Here are some of the things they said about why workers were flying the coop:
"Someone left because her boss lost the dog she had given him."
"Our employee said he was joining the circus."
"A staff member left to climb Mount Everest."
"There was an individual who left to play the trombone."
"An employee wanted to enter a beauty contest."
"One worker left to become an apple farmer."
Feds: Woman hid man's body, stole his Social Security for 15 years
Posted by gbudavid (#5) 1 day 50 minutes ago (http://www.katu.com)
COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. - Carel June Cody cared for John Arnold at the end of his life - then buried his body, concealed his death and continued to collect his Social Security benefits for more than 15 years, according to federal prosectuors.
Why the American woman is about to break up with Obama
Posted by Pernicious (#4) 1 day 1 hour 29 minutes ago (http://www.foxnews.com)
For months, President Obama has been focused on courting the American woman. This week the latest CBS News/New York Times poll shows that she is not returning the love. In fact, it appears that she is seriously thinking about breaking up with him. In the last month, Romney has managed to close the gap with women voters and according to the CBS/New York Times poll now leads President Obama among women voters 46-44%.
While poll numbers will fluctuate through November, and the actual significance of the ballot question will start to be clearer after Labor Day, Romney’s growing strength with women voters is a reminder in just how a woman wants to be treated.
Romney’s strategy is to level with women on the serious nature of our economic collapse and what we need to do to pull ourselves out of this hole.
On the other hand, President Obama’s approach is to divide and conquer by slicing up the country into groups based on their income, gender, ethnicity and now sexual orientation. He hopes to entice women to vote for him by saying that the other guy will take away your rights and your access to “free” health care benefits.
Comcast to start charging heavy downloaders extra
Posted by gbudavid (#5) 1 day 5 hours ago (http://www.katu.com)
Comcast Corp., the country's largest Internet service provider, is going to start charging extra when customers go over a certain monthly data limit.
