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Among the weird findings: Pulling a tick off the wrong way can lead to meat allergy. An Australian doctor found the link while studying rising cases of the allergy among people who live on Sydney's tick-prone northern beaches. "I now tell everybody I see who lives anywhere near ticks to use `Aerostart' (spray-on engine cleaner) or another high-alcohol substance," said Dr Sheryl van Nunen. "Stun the tick before you scrape it out and it can't inject what it injects." The first US case of "cannabinoid hyperemesis" was recorded in the medical literature. The syndrome was first described in 2004 in...

WASHINGTON – Democratic Sen. Al Franken has taken the unusual step of shutting down Sen. Joe Lieberman on the Senate floor. Lieberman, a Connecticut independent, currently is the target of liberal wrath over his opposition to a government-run insurance plan in the health care bill. Franken was presiding over the Senate Thursday afternoon as Lieberman spoke about amendments he planned to offer to the bill. Lieberman asked for an additional 30 seconds to finish — a routine request — but Franken refused to grant the time.

“Gold Finger - A New Take On Operation Grand Slam With A Tungsten Twist” I’ve already reported on irregular physical gold settlements which occurred in London, England back in the first week of October, 2009. Specifically, these settlements involved the intermediation of at least one Central Bank [The Bank of England] to resolve allocated settlements on behalf of J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank – who DID NOT have the gold bullion that they had sold short and were contracted to deliver. At the same time I reported on two other unusual occurrences: 1] - irregularities in the publication of the...

We can probably engineer Earth's climate to cool the planet, scientists say, but are we willing to live with the downsides? Those could include creating more droughts, more ozone holes and, oh yeah, a thin cloud layer that obscures blue skies and gives astronomers fits. With potential negatives like that it's no wonder that "geoengineering," as the technique is called, has few hardcore advocates. Instead, a growing cadre of scientists is asking whether it should be a "Plan B" in case emissions of greenhouse gases aren't reduced in time to head off major consequences. Story continues below ↓advertisement | your...

As Alaskans know too well, when Halloween comes around, it usually means we've entered into winter - with nights that are cold, streets that are slippery, and snow that is piling up. That is why this Halloween, Organizing for America is asking every Alaskan who supports President Obama's Health Reform Plan - whether you live in Sitka, Wasilla, North Pole, or Barrow - to join with other Alaskans in a Healthy Halloween Reverse Canvass! Instead of going door-to-door, simply let the people come to you! * Give trick-or-treaters a flier about President Obama's Health Reform Plan and a “Health Reform...

Considering the name of this blog, we took great concern with the left Eye of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, which appeared puffy on Wednesday while she testified to a Senate committee.

Ted Williams' frozen head for batting practice at cryogenics lab: book BY Nathaniel Vinton DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Updated Friday, October 2nd 2009, 10:44 AM Head of Ted Williams was abused by employees at Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale, Ariz., whistleblower says. AP Ted Williams, who spent his entire career with the Red Sox, died in 2002 at the age of 83. 'Frozen,' by former Alcor exec Larry Johnson, makes shocking claims about how employees treated Ted Williams' frozen head. Take our PollCryonics: Critical or near-criminal? In "Frozen," Larry Johnson, a former exec at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation...

To all you would-be politicians hoping to jump start a career in the public spotlight at the local level, be fore-warned: Local politics can be a pretty cut-throat business. And you'd be well served to not provide your political opponents with any ammunition to help them bring you down East Cleveland Mayor Eric Brewer blasted a local television station Thursday, one day after it aired photographs that purported to show the mayor wearing a wig and lingerie. The news conference came less than a week before voters decide if he should be re-elected. You see, that guy didn't think ahead....

They were planning to start a new life in a new country but Rowan Trezise, age 33, has been told by the government of New Zealand that she and her husband may have to look elsewhere for a place to live, because she is too fat to be allowed into the country. Although both husband and wife were too fat for admittance when they first applied Mr. Trezise, a submarine cable specialist who was once a member of the British Army, has managed to shed two inches from his waistline thereby meeting the standards set for a work visa. Mrs....

Strong winds blowing in from the north-west have blanketed Sydney and much of NSW in high levels of dust. ... read more Sydneysiders awoke to discover the sky was turned a hellish red in the extremely rare weather event. Ferries have been cancelled and flights to Sydney airport have been diverted as visibility has been severely reduced. Motorists have been urged to drive with their lights on and to adjust to the conditions as several roads, including Sydney Harbour Tunnel were closed

OK, so we're sitting out by the East River, just taking in the beautiful evening atmosphere, looking east, and we see what appears to be a police-chopper type spotlight a bit to the south and east. But it was really big, aiming down, and the cone of light appeared to grow, reaching downward and outward [I was saying to my friend (the actress) "the aliens are coming to get us." I was, of course, kidding]. It looked like the source of the light was obscured behing a cloud, only there were no clouds. It almost looked like a rocket taking...

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One can measure the failures of the film American Beauty in so many ways, but perhaps the best is to realize that the screenwriter was so unsure of his audience’s ability to spot a creep that he had to make Kevin Spacey’s next-door neighbor not just a sadist and a closet case but also a collector of Nazi memorabilia. I bring this up because a fetish for the baubles of fascism is generally thought to be a good way of alienating civilized company. The auction house Christie’s refuses to sell the stuff. And whatever the interpretative fallacies of the late...

This amazing image on Google Earth could be the elusive proof that the Loch Ness Monster exists. Sun reader Jason Cooke spotted "Nessie" while browsing the Web site's satellite photos. The shape seen on the surface of the 22-mile Scottish loch is 65ft long and appears to have an oval body, a tail and four legs or flippers.

New Message on Illinois Tuesday, August 11, 2009 9:55:12 AM SERKIT How about starting the Center for Righteous Fearmongering (CFR). All it takes is a FAX machine, some cardboard, magic markers......some quotes directly from HB3200 and maybe a website which would have a link to directly send emails to flag@whitehouse.gov Attention: Snitch B!tch. More Announcements / Options Forum: News/ActivismArticlesActivityCommentsBrevity: « Headers » | Text

Man escapes charges for barbecuing pet dog By Saeed Ahmed CNN (CNN) -- A man who roasted his pet dog to enjoy as a meal with his family and friends escaped prosecution after authorities in New Zealand determined the animal was killed humanely. "We were in a dilemma at seeing something we were fairly upset about -- but being in a position of being able to do absolutely nothing about it," said Garth Halliday, of the Auckland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, on Monday. The SPCA -- which investigates acts of animal cruelty and presses charges --...

Sightings of strange creatures abound. The images included in this article are thought by some to be some form of Pacu or Snapper. According to experts, Pacu are a South American fresh-water fish that have been sold in North American fish stores. They grow too large too quickly, soon outgrowing their tanks to be released surreptitiously by their owners in lakes, streams and rivers. Snappers are marine fish, found typically in the world's oceans and seas, but their teeth are generally sharp and their fins farther back along the spinal region. There are many images of Pacu and Snappers online....

Mermaid fever sweeps Israel beach town of Krivat Yam as many report sightings of fabled creature BY Issie Lapowsky DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Wednesday, August 12th 2009 Are mermaids real? Dozens of people in Israel have reported sightings of the mythical half-woman, half-fish. Take our Poll Mermaid sightings? What do you think people are really seeing in the ocean in Israel? A dolphin or some kind of fish A woman dressed up as a mermaid Nothing, their eyes are playing tricks on them. A mermaid. If all those people say they've seen one, it must be true! Related News Articles...

Michael Jackson's brain has been returned to his family in a move that could finally see him buried. The organ was removed from the 50-year-old singer's body following his death on June 25. Pathologists then carried out tests in an attempt to discover what killed him.

The Girl from 'Impeenema' A TV ad campaign in Brazil urges folks to urinate in the shower to conserve water ... and save the rain forests. No matter how long we stay in or what kind of showerhead we use, we all have unique shower routines and rituals, some more complex than others. The Brazilian environmental group SOS Mata Altantica, via a cute, kid-oriented TV ad campaign called "Xixi no Banho," suggests that citizens add one more task to their soaping-up, shampooing, conditioning and shaving routines — peeing. The group believes that by adding a yellow stream to the morning's...

What is a kakistocracy? How about the perfect description of Obambi's regime? kakistocracy (plural kakistocracies) 1. Government under the control of a nation's worst or least-qualified citizens. And from World Wide Words: KAKISTOCRACY/kækɪˈstɒkrəsɪ/Help with IPA The government of a state by its most unprincipled citizens. Writers down the years have found this to be an appropriate word with which to belabour either their political system or other people’s. The American poet James Russell Lowell wrote in a letter in 1876: What fills me with doubt and dismay is the degradation of the moral tone. Is it or is it not...

A 35-year-old man who had been seen masturbating near the entrance of a Willy’s grocery store on more than one occasion was arrested on Friday by police in Örebro. The man was first seen on Thursday night pleasuring himself at the Willy’s store entrance, the Nerikes Allehanda newspaper reports. Described by witnesses as sporting a deep sun tan and masturbating shamelessly, the man was reported to police shortly after 8pm. But by the time police arrived on the scene, the mystery masturbator had vanished on a bicycle. While store personnel reportedly considered the incident inappropriate, they opted not to file...

State agency's new logo has an anarchist ring to it By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel Posted: July 2, 2009 Madison — As the state agency charged with running elections, the Government Accountability Board can't show favor for Republicans or Democrats. But is it biased toward anarchists? The board recently launched a new logo - an A inside a circle - that looks similar to the traditional symbol for anarchy. "It being an anarchy sign and the government - there's definitely irony there," said Madison's Ear Wax Record Shop owner Rob Cleveland, who is familiar with the anarchy symbol...

This past Saturday, an entire apartment building in Shanghai collapsed. To be fair, the building was under construction and thus unoccupied, but it's still a minor miracle that there was only one fatality. Sounds like there was a problem with some nearby flood prevention walls at the Dianpu River, but there's no hard evidence as to why this huge building simply fell over. Anyway, here are some sweet pictures of the architectural carnage.

Doctors in China found more than 100 needles in a patient's body after the man went to the hospital complaining of shooting pains. When doctors examined him, they say they found needles in every part of his body except for his head. Scans and x-rays reportedly showed he had 38 needles in his stomach alone. Doctors say the man told them he used to play with needles as a child but that the man doesn't remember putting the needles into his body. "It's a miracle they've been there so long without becoming infected," a hospital spokesperson says. Surgeons will now...

These choppy clouds over Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in an undated picture could be examples of the first new type of cloud to be recognized since 1951. Or so hopes Gavin Pretor-Pinney, founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society. The British cloud enthusiast said he began getting photos of "dramatic" and "weird" clouds (including the above) in 2005 that he didn't know how to define. A few months ago he began preparing to propose the odd formations as a new cloud variety to the UN's World Meteorological Organization, which classifies cloud types. Pretor-Pinney jokingly calls it the "Jacques Cousteau cloud," after its...

SEATTLE — Mary Kay Letourneau and her former sixth-grade student — the father of her two youngest children — are hosting a "Hot for Teacher" night at a Seattle nightclub. Letourneau, now 47, served 7 1/2 years in prison after she was convicted of raping Vili Fualaau, now 26. They were married four years ago this week. The bar's owner said Letourneau has served her sentence, she's married her former student, and it's OK for them to have some fun on a Saturday night.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Two seasonal Yellowstone National Park concession workers have been fired after a live webcam caught them urinating into the Old Faithful geyser. Park spokesman Al Nash says a 23-year-old man was fined $750 and placed on three years of unsupervised probation for urinating, being off-trail in a restricted area and taking items from the area. The man also was banned from Yellowstone for two years. The second employee’s case is pending. The park’s dispatch centre was called after someone watching a webcam on the geyser saw six employees leaving the trail and walking on Old Faithful on...

Tennessee (ChattahBox) – Have a weird genetic flaw? Perhaps an ear bigger then the other, or bulging eyes? Well, as it turns out, this may save your life one day. Tests performed on blue jays and salamanders has shown that predators are less likely to attack any form of their natural prey that is seen as somehow different. In an interview with LiveScience, Dr, Benjamin Fitzpatrick explained: “If one form has an advantage, such as being harder to spot, it should replace all others. Likewise, random drift [genetic change that occurs by chance] alone will eventually result in loss of...

Not sure what to make of this video...I have never seen anything like it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch2dhuoCbIw

http://dissectleft.blogspot.com/2008/10/naughty-obama-mamma-its-amazing-what.html It's amazing what there is on the internet. A geneological researcher has emailed me with three pictures of Obama's mother in the nude. That would be of trivial interest except for the setting in which the picures were taken. They were clearly taken in a sophisticated mid-century apartment and my correspondent suggests that the apartment details could be used to identify the photographer. He feels that the photographer is the Communist "Frank" whom Obama mentions as his mentor. That Frank was so intimate with Obama's mother would support the contention that Frank was in fact Obama's father. Various bloggers...

Russian media has reported that a man who complained to doctors of severe chest pains was told he had a fir tree growing inside his lung.

A hairdresser from the small Russian town of Meshchovsk has subdued a man who tried to rob her shop, and then raped him for three days in the utility room, Life.ru reports. The incident occurred on Saturday, March 14. The working day was coming to an end at a small hairdressers, when a man armed with a gun rushed in and demanded the day’s earnings. The frightened employees and customers agreed to fulfill his demand, but when the shop’s owner, 28-year-old Olga, was handing the money to the robber, she suddenly knocked him down on the floor and then tied...

Spend your wedding night in Saddam's bed for 150 pounds! Looking for an exotic honeymoon destination? Well, try out war-ravaged Iraq where you can have sex in Saddam Hussein's bed for just 150 pounds per night. Yes, it may sound a little awkward, but Iraq is offering newlyweds the chance to spend their wedding night in the former dictator's bedroom in his palatial boudoir in the town of Hillah, some 60 miles south of capital Baghdad. "We hope that many people will visit," leading British newspaper 'The Sunday Times' quoted a tourism official in the battle-scarred town as saying. With...

What's Up with the Government "Crypt Fields" ?? Tomorrow night's program features a new Evil Conservative Contributor, Michelle D'Allocroce. You might know her from her frequent appearances on Neil Cavuto's Fox News television program, oftentimes delivering the stories about life on the Mexico border that will make your skin crawl. Michelle has been doing some investigating, and we'll be getting a report on this mysterious project in the Arizona desert tomorrow night on Evil Conservative Radio (7pm edt on WVOX-AM 1460 in NYC, streaming live here on this site. Call-in number 914-636-0110). Why is the government pre-building 30,000 graves in...

Why is the government pre-building 30,000 graves in the Arizona National Veterans Cemetery? ECR contributor Michelle D'Allacroce questions the workers and gets some video of this creepy initiative in the Arizona desert.

This is an actual sweepstakes and, if you are the grand prize winner, we will fly you and a companion to New York where you will receive a free colonoscopy. You will also be given three nights' accommodation in a suite at the luxurious Loews Regency Hotel, which will include the night before you are "awarded" the colonoscopy. What should you expect if you are the lucky winner? The hardest part is the preparation the night before when you drink a laxative. This laxative is well known for declaring itself at the very moment you have called a relative or...

A pink baby elephant has been caught on camera in Botswana. A wildlife cameraman took pictures of the calf when he spotted it among a herd of about 80 elephants in the Okavango Delta. Experts believe it is probably an albino, which is an extremely rare phenomenon in African elephants. They are unsure of its chances of long-term survival - the blazing African sunlight may cause blindness and skin problems for the calf. Mike Holding, who spotted the baby while filming for a BBC wildlife programme, said: "We only saw it for a couple of minutes as the herd crossed...

The world of fragrance is about to boldly go where few have ventured before: the Trekosphere. Hoping to profit from the May 8 release of J.J. Abrams' new Star Trek film, chronicling the beginnings of Capt. James T. Kirk and the USS Enterprise, Maryland-based Genki Wear will release three Star Trek-themed scents on April 24. John McGonigle, president of Genki, said the two men's colognes and one women's perfume will retail for about $30.

PETA President Ingrid Newkirk went on Fox's Red Eye to pitch PETA's latest idea - human-flavored tofu. It seems they've come across a towel drenched with Clooney sweat. While most of us would see that as a perfectly good opportunity to wash or dispose of the towel, the PETA people have other ideas.

Here'a an excerpt and a sample: Vanity Fair: Miss “Cable Queen,” as Vogue calls you, do you suffer from any paraphilia? Maddow: Paraphilia? Vanity Fair: Listen to this saucy pedant. Paraphilia is having a rare erotic fetish. Perhaps you may indulge in eproctophilia?
 Maddow: Duh? Vanity Fair: Darling! Eproctophiliacs are those sexually turned on by farts and farting! Maddow: That word actually exists?

I stumbled across this raw video of a restaurant in Hong Kong.. I suspect CNN is going to do a piece on this bizarre eatery... maybe a review? I wonder if the toilet seats at the tables work?

he economy is not the only thing in trouble. Our very souls and being are at risk. The technofascists are at it again because they are the most IGNORANT species on the planet .This time on Facebook. The David Horowitz Freedom Center is calling upon all supporters of freedom of speech and of Israel to join in its protest against Facebook, the Internet social networking site. Facebook has allowed a group of hackers who openly support the terrorist group Hizballah to take over and destroy what was once the largest pro-Israel site on Facebook. In a blunt act of internet...

"There's poop everywhere! Y-u-c-k," says 6-year-old Jordan Lien as he and his family dine at the Modern Toilet, a popular Taiwanese restaurant chain that's expanding into China and other parts of Asia. The boy was looking at the poop-shaped lights and dish covers and the curry on toilet-shaped plates. Diarrhea for dinner? That's the point. "It's supposed to shock and confuse the senses," says Modern Toilet manager Chen Min-kuang. But as Jennifer Finch, an American who was dining there, described it, "They do it tastefully. It's all very clean."

FALMOUTH – What’s in your wallet? A Walmart customer shopping around for a new wallet found 10 human teeth while looking through a wallet he was about to buy on Saturday night, police said. More Times Breaking News Police said the man was shopping in the Teaticket Highway store at 9:58 p.m., when he unzipped one of the wallet’s compartments and discovered what police have identified as 10 human teeth. One tooth – which police said are from an adult – had a filling, police said. The male customer turned the wallet and the teeth over to Walmart employees, but...

The world's only pink Bottlenose dolphin which was discovered in an inland lake in Louisiana, USA, has become such an attraction that conservationists have warned tourists to leave it alone. Charter boat captain Erik Rue, 42, photographed the animal, which is actually an albino, when he began studying it after the mammal first surfaced in Lake Calcasieu, an inland saltwater estuary, north of the Gulf of Mexico in southwestern USA. Capt Rue originally saw the dolphin, which also has reddish eyes, swimming with a pod of four other dolphins, with one appearing to be its mother which never left its...

Signs of the Times by: Deborah Lambert, February 12, 2009 How you can tell if the country is still in a recession? Here are some clues: (1) Colleges are still biting the bullet and lowering tuition costs; (2) Fewer teens are playing playing pricey video games; and (3) Your next-door neighbors aren’t getting boob jobs for their teenage daughters. How times have changed. In 2007, “the American Society of Plastic Surgeons reported that American consumers spent more than $12 billion on cosmetic surgery,” said Maura Moynihan in The Daily Beast. But the 2008 profit plunge took a toll on boob...

This video has been all over the internet this week due to the fact that The Preakness has now decided it is no longer BYOB (Is there any other reason to go to The Preakness?) Anyway, how is this not an Olympic sport? The guy in this video is clearly an amateur, as you can tell when a drunk sounding sorority girl can be heard saying "I can do better than that." Ouch. Olympians doing this would be must see TV. Winner replaces Phelps on Frosted Flakes.

We conservatives have known that thinking too much about things is a thoroughly unpopular pastime. Now science has weighed in on the issue. Just in time for the Obama administration, researchers from Northwestern University and Radboud University (The Netherlands) have come to the conclusion that thinking about decisions is counterproductive.

NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - Wedding bells meant Taco Bell for Paul and Caragh Brooks. Customers inside a Normal outlet of the fast-food restaurant continued to order tacos and burritos as the couple married yesterday in 1 of its booths. Thirty-year-old groom Paul Brooks said he and his bride have an off-beat relationship and thought an off-beat setting would be appropriate. Employees displayed hot sauce packets labeled with the words "Will you marry me?" Twenty-1-year-old Caragh Brooks wore a $15 hot pink dress for the $200 wedding.