Candidates love Veteran’s Day. It is hard to blow a speech about veterans, then again . . . Continue reading “Video of Falling Flags: Clinton’s Not-So-Good Veteran’s Day Photo Op”
Category: Bizarre
A jury found Douglas Hoffman, a 60-year old Ariz. man, was found guilty of cutting down or poisoning 546 trees from October 2004 until his arrest in November 2005. Continue reading “Man Convicted of Cutting and Poisoning 500 Trees for View in Nevada”
The South Dakota Supreme Court has overturned the indecent exposure conviction of a man who was caught having relations with a mannequin in the Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science in Sioux Falls. Continue reading “South Dakota Supreme Court Overturns Man-Mannequin Indecency Conviction”
In China, shoppers trampled three people to death and injured at least 31 in the rush to by discounted rapeseed oil. Continue reading “Bargain Shoppers Kill 3 and Injure Dozens”
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue has decided to take action on the Southeaster drought: he will lead a mass prayer for rain. Continue reading “Georgia Governor Takes Action on Drought: Organizes Mass Prayer for Rain”
Samina Malik is not likely to be a popular poet but it is unclear why she is a terrorist. Continue reading “British Convict “Lyrical Terrorist” — Muslim Who Merely Wrote About Beheadings”
Jose Antonio Mosqueda, 18, was sentenced to just 270 days in jail (with credit for 156 days already served and for good conduct) after he admitted to taking a pet tortoise from an autistic boy, slashing its legs and neck, stabbing it through the shell, and throwing it against a wall. Continue reading “Boy Who Brutally Tortured a Tortoise Gets Only 270 days”
In two different school district, children have been punished for hugging or holding hands against school rules. Continue reading “Educators Battle Affection: Punish Acts of Hugging Among Students”
In Georgia, Rachelle McIntosh has accused UPS of losing her mother’s ashes, which she mailed to New Jersey because she was unable to take the urn on the plane with her. Continue reading “Lost Ashes: How UPS May Have Turned a Bailment Case into a Defamation Case”
Dr. George Trusty (yes, that is his name) is a dentist who loves dancing, even when working on patients. Recently, while dancing to the tune fo Car Wash, Trusty is accused of snapping off a drill bit in her head — lodging it near her eye. Continue reading “Dancing Dentist Sued by Injured Patient”
A Virginia judge has been removed from the bench after deciding a custody matter with a flip of the coin and ordering another woman to drop her pants in open court. Continue reading “Va. Judge Thrown Off Bench After Deciding Custody Issue with Coin Flip and Having Another Woman Drop Her Pants in Open Court”
He has been called the Saudi Dr. Phil with a twist. Continue reading “Saudi Cleric and Television Celebrity Counsels on How to Beat One’s Wife”
The key to the claims over WMDs by the Bush Administration to justify the Iraq invasion was its source known only as “Curve Ball.” CBS Sixty Minutes now claims to know who he is and has revealed that he is an accused thief and not any sort of expert. Continue reading “Sixty Minutes Outs Curve Ball”
Japan has long been the focus of international condemnation for its killling of whales and dolphins. Like seal killers, however, these practices were only recently captured on camera to show the brutality of the process. This video captures the annual trapping and killing of dolphin for their meat, which happens is high in mercury but sold regardless of health warnings. For the video, click here
The state bar association has criticized has criticized a judge for dismissing sexual assault charges in a gang rape case because she considered the case “theft of services.” Continue reading “Judge Says Gang Rape of Prostitute Was Merely Theft”