Shoe Bomb Joke Causes Man To Miss Wedding
A Missouri man missed his own wedding after joking about a bomb onboard a plane.
Michael Shafermeyer, 30, was on a United Express flight from Lambert International in St. Louis to Washington on Saturday, when the flight attendant asked if he needed anything.
“He said, ‘No, I’m fine. I’ve got my shoe bomb — I’m good.’
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(memo to the fiance’ - think this through really carefully)
Malaysian Muslims to boycott US goods
KUALA LUMPUR: More than 2,000 Muslim restaurants in Malaysia will remove Coca-Cola from their menus as part of a boycott of American products in protest against Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, officials said yesterday. American companies are being targeted because of the US government’s support of Israel, which is carrying out a military offensive on Gaza that is says is aimed at stopping rocket attacks from the Hamas-controlled territory. The nationwide boycott will be launched Friday by several Muslim grou
ps after they seek God’s blessings at Friday prayers, said Ma’mor Osman, secretary-general of the Malaysian Muslim Consumers Association which is leading the campaign. In addition to Coca-Cola, he said they have identified some 100 other products ranging from food to beauty and clothing such as Starbucks, Colgate, McDonald’s and Maybelline.....
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