The video below may be the ultimate malfunction for an Olympic athlete. For all of us who have had open zipper moments or torn pants, this may make you feel a little better. UK bobsled competitor Gillian Cooke become an overnight YouTube sensation.
Category: Bizarre
The Chinese government has joined the line of those who would like to see Avatar sent to a distant planet. We have already seen the Vatican, the Marines, and even a Chicago Alderman pan the movie, here. The Chinese officials have a particular gripe with the movie. The heartless corporation supported by the military looks a lot like them and could lead to civil unrest.
ABC has a truly bizarre and disturbing story. Brian Ross reports that a military contractor has encoded hidden New Testament Bible passages on high-powered rifle sites. The contractor is Trijicon, which apparently confirmed the practice.
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This video purportedly shows a Jets fan being arrested for rooting too loudly in the Jets-Chargers game. The arrest of New York native Bill Carroll came in the third quarter, so he missed the Jets whip the Chargers.
“When you’re a Jet,
You’re the swingin’est thing:
Little boy, you’re a man;
Little man, you’re a king! “
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Cordaro Hardin, 21, has brought new meaning to the expressions of trying to “beat the rap.” Before being sentenced for murder, Hardin decided to try to rap himself to a lighter sentence with a song entitled “Where Do I Go From Here?” The court supplied the answer and sentenced him to two life sentences in prison. On the other hand, he could have gone to death row.
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This is an interesting video where witnesses say that police arrested a man in New Hampshire by claiming that he assaulted an officer. The alleged assault takes place around 3:20 on the tape.
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There was an impressive victory for forensic science in England this week. Rosanne England, 21, wanted to be a rape victim. She only needed a rapist. England was arrested after forensic investigators showed that she had made up her story of a rape that led to the wrongful arrest of Derek Cummings, 59, a father of two teenage daughters.
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There is an interesting controversy brewing over the current version of the health care bill in which Amish families are exempted from the mandatory coverage. Other groups may also receive exemptions.
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We have yet another example of abuse by Sharia authorities. In Indonesia, three members of the Sharia police arrested a 20-year-old student who was accused of immoral relations with her boyfriend. They allegedly took the woman to the police station and took turns raping her until she was hospitalized with internal bleeding.
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez yesterday accused the United States of seeking to occupy Haiti by sending troops to the island. That’s right, you got us. We want to occupy one of the poorest nations on Earth in the midst of a complete breakdown of services and society. That is because our work in Iraq and Afghanistan are going so well. He really caught us on this one.
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Best wishes to everyone on Martin Luther King Day! The messages today, however, appear a bit confused with the holiday . . .
Gaspar Llamazares of the Spanish United Left party has an interesting claim of appropriation of name or likeness against the FBI. When the FBI was trying to come up with a picture of an aging Osama Bin Laden, they reportedly decided the easiest thing to do was to use Llamazares’ picture as the basis for the widely distributed poster.
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We recently saw how a single interview is viewed as ending the New York Senate run of Harold Ford Jr. just as it was beginning. Now, an interview with Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is being cited as a possible fatal mistake in the close race to replace the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy against Republican Scott Brown. While she did not discuss pedicures and limo rides like Ford, she may have committed a greater political sin in Boston: she called the Red Sox Icon Curt Schilling a Yankee fan.
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This Valentine’s Day why promise your loved one a diamond when you can promise her an ocean of diamonds. Scientists now believe that Neptune and Uranus may have diamond icebergs floating on seas of liquid diamond.
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Even though dolphin are now considered the second most intelligent species on Earth, dolphin teenagers like their human counterparts are often . . . well . . . bums. Take Moko. New Zealand police are dealing with repeated cases of Moko stealing surfboards, beach balls, overturning kayaks, and tipping over water skiers. It does little to cry “Get a Pod” or “Grow up.” Mojo is an incorrigible beach bum.
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