Mr. Smithjones' Religious Experience

"Hulahoop Smithjones, devout Christian, experiences a crisis of faith upon questioning what's holding his hair in place."

10 Bizarre Sights in Google Street View

1. Someone apparently climbing over a fence in San Francisco 2. Borat peeking out of a window in San Jose, California 3. The already infamous 'Hot Babes' poster van driving alongside the Google truck in Las...

Bizarre New Deep-Sea Creatures Found Off Antarctica

"A treasure trove of more than 700 new species has been uncovered in the dark depths of oceans surrounding Antarctica, researchers report. (See a photo gallery of the finds.) Heart-shaped sea urchins, carnivorous...

The Bible: Indecent in Hong Kong?

An anonymous group of online petitioners is moving to classify the Bible as "obscene", apparently as a response to the uproar over a  sex column in the Chinese University's student news magazine."A debate...

Are Mobile Phones Killing the Bees?

Following up earlier posts, here is a new development in the honeybee die-off mystery. Scientists are positing that honeybees are refusing to return to hives when a mobile phone is nearby, leading to the mass abandonments that characterize Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD),...

Rugby star vs. toddler in brutal smackdown

New Zealand rugby forward David "Giant" Kidwell tripped as he tried to avoid crushing his two-year-old daughter at an Easter barbecue; he tore ligaments in his knee and will be out for the season. Quick, somebody...

Texas Drags Feet Investigating Sexual Abuse Of Juveniles By State Employees (...

The legendary law enforcement agency, the Texas Rangers investigated and substantiated allegations of the sexual abuse of juvenile males by employees and administrators of the Texas Youth Commission TWO YEARS AGO.The authorities who knew of this investigation reads like a...

Britney in rehab, again, left again, back in again

update (Thursday) TMZ Website is reporting she checked back in to rehab.Update: Yup, she checked out of rehab, again. Go figure."NEW YORK - Britney Spears entered rehab Tuesday after a bizarre weekend that...

U.S., Iran conduct bizarre dialogue

"THE INDEPENDENT The best that can be said of the latest exchanges between the United States and Iran is that a dialogue is being conducted -- albeit of a bizarre variety. On Sunday, U.S. officials presented what they said was proof that Iran was directly involved in...

Girl, 4, marries man, 45

This is a bizzarre way to settle a feud."Dera Ismail Khan - A four-year old girl was married to a 45-year-old man in a remote Pakistan town to settle a feud, leading to the arrest of 12 people from two families, police said on Friday. The bizarre marriage took place last...

Nugent Stomps Out Perry Tolerance Talk

After following the inauguration of Texas Governor Rick Perry, which was held in-doors due to the ice storm in Austin, I was surprised at the rhetoric coming from the Republicans camp.  And then I found this...

LA Coroner's Online Gift Shop

Say what?! The LA County Coroner's office has an online shop? I wouldn't even dare to think what's next . . .To The Gift Shop! 

Thief steals urinal from pub

"Police are on the hunt for a thief who stole a urinal from a pub in Hampshire. The man is thought to have spent 40 minutes removing the white toilet bowl after ordering half a pint at the Royal Oak pub in...

Most Outrageous Right Wing Comments of 2006

AlterNet  gives us their list of the eleven most outrageous right wing comments of 2006. Yes, Ann Coulter makes the short-list more than once. And Rush Limbaugh simultaneously blasts American compassion while...

Fiji's doublespeak battle for hearts and minds played out through press

Survivor Snafu?? - Last night (Sunday), during the Survivor Cook Islands Finale on CBS, Jeff Probst announced that the 14th season will be held in the Fijian Islands ... I wonder if they know what they are in for. This may really become a NEW type of "Survivor". Here, in this...

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