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Cripes

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Chinese TV May Have Used Top Gun Footage as Real-Life Air Force Footage

http://www.geekosystem.com/chinese-tv-top-gun-footage/


               Chinese TV                                             Top Gun             

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Chinese TV May Have Used Top Gun Footage as Real-Life Air Force Footage

http://www.geekosystem.com/chinese-tv-top-gun-footage/


               Chinese TV                                             Top Gun             

[Krandall]

pretty interesting read:

Cracking the Scratch Lottery Code
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/01/ff_lottery/

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fail!

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http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Displaced-fans-will-receive-free-Super-Bowl-tick?urn=nfl-317924

Displaced fans will receive free Super Bowl tickets next year

The 400 Super Bowl ticket holders who lost their seats at Cowboys Stadium because a temporary seating structure wasn't approved by a fire marshal will be guests at next year's Super Bowl, the NFL announced on Monday. Displaced fans will also receive $2,400, triple the face value of the $800 tickets that went to waste.

The move was the league's initial attempt at damage control from the embarrassing incident, which they admitted to knowing about early last week. It's a fine effort but makes the mistake of presuming that more tickets and money can replace the experience of watching your favorite team in the Super Bowl.

"It's not the money. It's the whole issue. We came here for the memories and it's not happening," said Wayne Rusch, a Green Bay Packers fan told CNN on Sunday.

League spokesman Brian McCarthy wrote on his Twitter account:



What, no coupon book? I get that the NFL wants to make a nice overture toward the displaced fans, but how are a few hot dogs and Pepsis going to make up for the fact that some people traveled for days and incurred huge costs to watch their favorite team play in the Super Bowl, only to arrive at the game and find out they didn't have a seat. The $2,400 (which is triple the face value of the $800 ticket) is a fair amount, but I doubt it covers what some people spent on airfare, hotel, car rental, meals and lost time at work. Some of those 400 fans may have bought tickets on the secondary market, where the average ticket was going for around $3,500. One man told Fox40 News in Dallas that he paid a total of $9,000 to attend the Super Bowl.

The cost is only one concern. Folks were understandably livid on Sunday night when they discovered their section was closed. A foam finger wasn't going to calm them down:

The reality of the situation is that the NFL can't make up for what happened. Getting tickets to Super Bowl XLVI only matters if the Packers or Steelers are in that game. What interest would a Green Bay fan have in seeing the Patriots and Falcons play in next year's title game? And who's paying for them to get to Indianapolis for the game? Or to stay in a hotel? Or pay taxes on the cost of the reimbursement package, which the IRS will certainly consider a gift? The NFL should step up and pay those costs too. (And that's assuming there even is a Super Bowl next year with labor strife looming.)

The league is making the best of a bad situation, but the bad situation was completely of its own doing. It wasn't an unforseen circumstance that led to these folks getting kicked out of the stadium. It was a baffling oversight by whoever was in charge of getting the seats ready.

A police officer told a reporter that the ice storm which paralyzed Dallas earlier in the week played a role in the delay of the construction of the seating structure. You're telling me that Ines Sainz and that guy from "The Tonight Show" could get to the stadium on media day, but construction workers couldn't? The Cowboys' last home game was before Christmas! The Cotton Bowl was played in the stadium on Jan. 11! Surely there was enough time to put up some stands and get them approved.

Jerry Jones and the NFL blew it. They were so concerned with party plazas and attendance records that they ignored 400 football fans who spent time and money to come see their favorite time in the Super Bowl. Empty gestures can't solve that.

They say everything is bigger in Texas. Even the debacles, it seems.

[Krandall]

lady steals this guys shovel in the chi-town blilzzard. He snowblos her car.

http://news.yahoo.com/video/chicagocbs2-15750637/snow-revenge-caught-on-video-24111655

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REasons to not get circumcised

http://www.wlky.com/r/26729209/detail.html

LOUISVILLE, KY. -- A Fairdale man faces charges after Louisville Metro Corrections officers said they discovered suspected crack cocaine in the foreskin of his penis.

According to the arrest report, officers asked Antoine Banks if he had any drugs, weapons or contraband on him as he entered Metro Corrections after his arrest. He told them he didn’t, police said.

During a clothed pat-down, officers said they found a small bag of suspected cocaine tied to the waistband of Banks’ boxers.

After that bag was found, a strip search was ordered, according to the arrest report. During the strip search, another small bag was in the foreskin of his penis, police said.

Police said Banks was originally arrested after a traffic stop led to the discovery of a bag of salvia and liquid codeine. Banks arrested on charges of second-degree possession of a controlled substance first offense and possession of synthetic cannabinoid agonists or piperazines.

Banks is now facing additional charges of trafficking a controlled substance and promoting contraband.

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REasons to not get circumcised!

http://www.wlky.com/r/26729209/detail.html

LOUISVILLE, KY. -- A Fairdale man faces charges after Louisville Metro Corrections officers said they discovered suspected crack cocaine in the foreskin of his penis.

According to the arrest report, officers asked Antoine Banks if he had any drugs, weapons or contraband on him as he entered Metro Corrections after his arrest. He told them he didn’t, police said.

During a clothed pat-down, officers said they found a small bag of suspected cocaine tied to the waistband of Banks’ boxers.

After that bag was found, a strip search was ordered, according to the arrest report. During the strip search, another small bag was in the foreskin of his penis, police said.

Police said Banks was originally arrested after a traffic stop led to the discovery of a bag of salvia and liquid codeine. Banks arrested on charges of second-degree possession of a controlled substance first offense and possession of synthetic cannabinoid agonists or piperazines.

Banks is now facing additional charges of trafficking a controlled substance and promoting contraband.

ladies and gentlemen...we have a new winner....

I take my hat off to this guy.
  

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110224/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_britain_breastmilk_icecream;_ylt=Anreu4MswR9wN_.kFv_X6grtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTM5djk3M2ViBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMTEwMjI0L291a29lX3VrX2JyaXRhaW5fYnJlYXN0bWlsa19pY2VjcmVhbQRwb3MDOQRzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA2xvbmRvbnNob3B0bw--

LONDON (Reuters) – A specialist ice cream parlour plans to serve up breast milk ice cream and says people should think of it as an organic, free-range treat.

The breast milk concoction, called the "Baby Gaga," will be available from Friday at the Icecreamists restaurant in London's Covent Garden.

Icecreamists founder Matt O'Connor was confident his take on the "miracle of motherhood" and priced at a hefty 14 pounds ($23) a serving will go down a treat with the paying public.

The breast milk was provided by mothers who answered an advertisement on online mothers' forum Mumsnet.

Victoria Hiley, 35, from London was one of 15 women who donated milk to the restaurant after seeing the advert.

Hiley works with women who have problems breast-feeding their babies. She said she believes that if adults realised how tasty breast milk actually is, then new mothers would be more willing to breast-feed their own newborns.

"What could be more natural than fresh, free-range mother's milk in an ice cream? And for me it's a recession beater too -- what's the harm in using my assets for a bit of extra cash," Hiley said in a statement.

"I tried the product for the first time today -- it's very nice, it really melts in the mouth."

The Baby Gaga recipe blends breast milk with Madagascan vanilla pods and lemon zest, which is then churned into ice cream.

O'Connor said the Baby Gaga was just one of a dozen radical new flavours at the shop.

"Some people will hear about it and go, 'yuck' but actually it's pure, organic, free-range and totally natural," he said. "I had a Baby Gaga just this morning and I feel great."

(Reporting by Paul Casciato; Editing by Steve Addison)

[Peelz]

*SLUUUURP*

yummy with a sugar cone

for dinner they had placenta burgers too 

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/8350593/Tourist-arrested-for-giving-Heil-Hitler-salute-in-holiday-photo-outside-Reichstag.html

Tourist arrested for giving Heil Hitler! salute in holiday photo outside Reichstag
A tourist who thought it was amusing to have himself photographed outside the Reichstag in Berlin giving the Heil Hitler! salute has been arrested.

The 30-year-old Canadian was standing on the steps of the German parliament building with his right arm raised as his girlfriend, 29, photographed him in the forbidden pose.

Police arrived within seconds, handcuffed him and took the memory card of the camera.

He risked being formally charged with making a forbidden gesture, an offence for which he could have been jailed for up to six months.

But it is understood he will be let off with a fine and a warning. He was freed after several hours in police custody on Saturday after paying bail money.

Hundreds of tourists every year make the mistake of thinking that Monty Pythonesque jokes about Hitler and his henchmen – including giving his famous raised-arm salute – are acceptable when visiting Germany. But any gestures of the old Nazi regime, or the displaying of any of its symbols, is a s serious crime in modern-day Germany. Three years ago a British businessman at Cologne airport gave the salute to a car hire official – and was arrested immediately.

[Peelz]

wow freedom isnt really all that free now is it? 

[Krandall]

Sulphur, OK (KWTV) -- A puppy in Oklahoma came back from the dead after being euthanized at a Sulphur animal shelter.

The puppy has been named Wall-E after the Pixar movie character who was the only one left of his kind.

In this case, Wall-E and five other dogs were all put to sleep at the same time.

Three month old Wall-E is very much alive and well, despite the fact that he was euthanized and declared dead about a week and a half ago.

"Might say he's an angel dog," said Scott Prall, who found the dog inside a cage with the other puppies outside the Sulphur Animal Shelter Friday evening. Since they were very thin and appeared to be sick, Prall couldn't put them in the animal shelter with the other strays, so he called the vet and had them euthanized.

"Each one was pronounced dead witha stethascope and everything," said Prall. The dogs were disposed of in a dumpter that was supposed to be unloaded later that night. But for some reason, it wasn't. And the next morning, Prall looked inside and found Wall-E.

"He was just as healthy as he could be," Prall said.

The Arbuckle Veterinary clinic took Wall-E in and checked him out.

"Listened to his heart," Prall said, "He's fine." Thanks to the Internet and Facebook, Wall-E's story has gone viral. And the clinic has been inundated with people from across the country and even Canada who want to give this dog's tale a happy ending.

"He needs a really special home, because he's really special," Prall said.

Amanda at the vet clinic says she will look through all those who want to adopt Wall-E Tuesday and decide who will get to take him home. But still she says there's a whole shelter full of dogs, who also need a home.

Both the Vet clinic and the Animal control officer say Wall-E and the others may not have been put to sleep at all.

Animal control officials say Sulfer and Davis clinics are small and inadequate, and a local group is is trying to raise enough money to build a new county shelter.