The real answer is that he was never really in it. Down 8 to 1 to Jerry Brown in fundraising and 20 points behind in the polls, Newsom never had a chance. Citing family obligations in his decision to pull out, the only role these [...]
At the time of the alleged assaults, Ms. Williams was staying at a ramshackle trailer owned by Bobby Brewster and his mother, Frankie Brewster, in Logan County, about 50 miles from Charleston. Mr. Brewster had killed his stepfather at the trailer when he was 12, the authorities said, and served [...]
I like to run and I like to run listening to music. I used to carry an iPod but last year replaced that with an iPhone. That means I always have a camera with me. Thus, when I come across a find specimen like this, I can capture it. (Location: [...]
British bride-to-be Haylie Hocking, 27, was set for her dream wedding until…
a friend spotted her other half, personal trainer Jason Brake, 30, in a porn movie.
The friend is said to have been looking for a male stripper online for Miss Hocking’s hen night when [...]
Browsing the UCLA extension catalog I found a course on Lactation Education Training. Doesn’t lactation occur kind of naturally? Do women really have to be taught how to lactate?
Oh well just one more thing I don’t understand about the modern world.
(I am thinking about signing up for the course. First [...]
and his mom knew and approved of the relationship because she thought the teacher was a good influence.
God must really like this kid.
Maria Guzman Hernandez, 32, was a sixth-grade teacher at Our Lady of Charity in Hialeah. She was charged with sexual battery on a teenager [...]
Let me start out by saying I am not a Trek purist. I don’t engage in the who was the better Captain wars (although it was Kirk), I am not fanatical about Rodenberry’s vision of the future, I just liked the show. Next generation not so much, Voyager had potential [...]
I don’t like to laugh at other people’s misery but the guy posted it on YouTube so presumably he doesn’t mind:
Many things to like about this but my favorite is “Dad, what the F**K is going on?”.
Update: If this guy (Casy Nunez) is still alive and not arrested perhaps he’ll [...]
That title has been claimed by Madame Bovary and Anna Karenina, but that was before the awesomeness that is
Shatnerquake
t’s the first ShatnerCon with William Shatner as the guest of honor! But after a failed terrorist attack by Campbellians, a crazy terrorist cult that worships Bruce Campbell, all of [...]
SINGAPORE — After starting the day with prayers and songs in honor of the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, the students at the Madrasa Al Irsyad Al Islamiah here in Singapore turned to the secular. An all-girls chemistry class grappled with compounds and acids while other students focused on English, math and [...]
Exhibit A: Simola Halep
No, she is not a product of the Women’s U.S. Collegiate System but if we are going to grow our own versions then we need to insure proper funding. For that you [...]
Apparently when you try and pay a credit card off you can’t unless you specifically call the credit card company and tell them you want to pay it off.
The reason - Daily accrued interest. The amount that is reported on your statement and when you call in to make [...]
How are we supposed to judge her qualifications?
AKRON, Ohio - A 52-year-old woman was attacked on her first day as an exotic dancer by a jealous co-worker wielding a stiletto heel, police said.
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The woman was treated at a hospital and received seven staples. She has declined to press charges against [...]
One of Rush’s main talking points is that the GOP only wins when they become more conservative not less. That sounds good on radio but is it true? Last night I came across a snippet of information about a guy named Anthony Downs who supposedly used game theory to prove [...]
From today’s LA Times - Ethanol demand may raise food costs for needy - Law of unintended consequences baby! coupled with Global warming endangers US corn production maybe ethanol isn’t the answer to our energy problems, unless by answer you mean starving the poverty stricken to death thereby [...]
Stuart Varney has the answer:
My answer: The government wants to control the banks, just as it now controls GM and Chrysler, and will surely control the health industry in the not-too-distant future. Keeping them TARP-stuffed is the key to control. And for this intensely political president, mere influence is not [...]
For years (1908 - 1994) the idea of faster than light travel was considered impossible under the strictures of E=MC^2. Then some superbrain figured out that while General Relativity prevents an object [...]
A U-8 soccer coach who blasted political correctness and encouraged competition is now out of a job.
Michael Kinahan of Scituate, Mass., wrote in an email to parents of his new team:
… Some say soccer at this age is about fun and I completely agree. However, I believe winning is [...]
What is the optimal distance to walk up a flight of stairs behind a beautiful woman?
If X = your height, y = the height of the girl, and z = slope of the stairs, then the ideal distance (z’) = [the square of (.5 * [...]
A STEM cell therapy offering “natural” breast enlargement is to be made available to British women for the first time.
The treatment could boost cup size while reducing stomach fat. It involves extracting stem cells from spare fat on the stomach or thighs and growing them in a woman’s breasts. An [...]
Electric cars have been getting a lot of buzz lately, but a more immediately viable transportation fuel of the future could be liquid derived from coal. Scientists have devised a new way to transform coal into gas for your car using far less energy than the current process. The advance [...]
They will also be given “assistance” to return to society.
39 weeks unemployment
Job Retraining
Al-Qaeda has a health plan so I assume they will be eligible for COBRA.
Dennis Blair, the Director of National Intelligence, anticipates that many of those released will seek employment in crowded shopping malls and schools where [...]
No word on whether Sheyla Hershey will star.
Peacock has bought the rights to the muy successful Colombian telenovela “Sin tetas no hay paraiso” (”Without Breasts There is No Paradise”) and is developing it as a likely primetime project. Simulatenously, NBC sister net Telemundo will produce a Spanish-language version of [...]
Good Plan!!
Looking at the NY Times this morning and I see an article entitled “Administration Seeks Increase in Oversight of Executive Pay”.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will call for increased oversight of executive pay at all banks, Wall Street firms and possibly other companies as part of a [...]
Staff at a high school in the US state of Texas had students settle their differences by fighting inside a steel cage, a local newspaper has reported.
The Dallas Morning News says it has obtained a school board report that says two “cage fights” took place at South Oak Cliff High [...]
Meet Michelle Owen, 24. She’s a dog person…
Unfortunately Michelle had a bad idea and then followed it up with a series of bad decisions resulting in her arrest and ridicule.
Original bad idea: Concerned that an ex-boyfriend had used her laptop to search for [...]
AIG Vice Chairman and Chief Marketing Officer Robert G. Krebs suggested that Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT), Charles Grassley (D-IA) and Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) take a “Japanese approach” toward accepting responsibility for the collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac by resigning or killing themselves.
“In all candor, I don’t know [...]
Before deleting the latest spam from my filter, I actually read the subject lines. As marketing copy they leave a lot to be desired, but they do have entertainment value!
“Want to have meat python?”Isn’t that a lunch dish in India?
It isn’t often that a politician is this straightforward:
In his opening statement, Gregg politely called the administration’s budget forecast a lie.
“The argument that it cuts the debt in half in four years is, ahh, is truly spurious,” he told Geithner.
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He added pointedly, “I think we’re putting at risk not [...]
Aside from a financial meltdown that is?
Here’s one thing - In May 2008 34FFF Sheyla Hershey of Houston sought a ninth breast enlargement in pursuit of her goal of having the worlds largest breasts. Her request was denied because of an insane rule governing the size of implants [...]
OK neither one is a beauty pageant winner but still that has to help with the GPA.
Two Bountiful Junior High School teachers are accused of sexually assaulting the same 13-year-old student, after their separate relationships with him spiraled from personal conversations to the exchange of sexual text messages and [...]
Three flashbacks to the presidential campaign.
Obama assuring us that his vast executive experience running his campaign actually qualified him to be president, his ridiculing of John McCain for suspending his campaign to return to Washington to work on the TARP legislation, whereas Obama was [...]
Not satisfied with snubbing Prime Minister Gordon Brown professionally, refusing a full press conference, canceling a meeting because of snow, President and Mrs. Obama cheaped out on the gifts too. The British Press is in an uproar:
As he headed back home from Washington, Gordon Brown [...]
The Obama administration laid out the guidelines for it’s highly anticipated mortgage modification plan today.
As I read it this plan will force banks to take a loss on performing loans:
The Home Affordable Refinance program will be [...]
Back in October I posted about Credit Default Swaps and their role in bringing down the American economy.
Well meet David X. Li whose Gaussian Copula enabled the development of credit default swaps and the collateralized debt obligations that the CDS is supposed to protect.
Here is the story [...]
5pm on a Thursday finds the Los Angeles Times, Daily Breeze, and USA Today sold out at Coffee Bean. They were stocked this morning!
Have these papers cut back on print runs so far that they’re missing out on newsstand sales? Reading them on my iPhone isn’t quite [...]
Spotted in Venice (CA) — a car that shows a remarkable amount of cognitive dissonance, even for a neighborhood whose residents may not have all their wits about them.
The poster shows President Obama “saying”
“9/11 was an INSIDE JOB! The war on terror is a hoax! And [...]
