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Parents in Rhode Island are being warned that their children could succumb to horrifying infestations of nasal maggots worming in their noses, internal bleeding and lung infections if they continue snorting Smarties candies. The skin-crawling consequences of the unusual trend which seeks to imitate cocaine users seen on television, are caused by a condition called nasal myiasis—which occurs when flies lay larvae eggs inside the nose—attracted by the rotting candy rammed up inside the lining. According to officials in Portsmouth Middle School, the trend is a “widespread phenomenon” that has been sweeping YouTube in recent years and has involved over...

A school in Forest Hills, Michigan has a new policy: no Smarties and no Pixy Stix under any conditions. According to Principal Nancy Susterka, she was walking around the middle school and noticed Smarties wrappers on the ground. She then heard a rumor that kids are "smoking" them. Putting her facts together, she quickly banned Smarties and then Pixy Stix for good measure. As she put it: “In short, we have seen huge numbers of Smartie wrappers throughout the building and heard some rumblings about kids smoking it.” Ms. Susterka further explained in an email possible health hazards of smoking...

Church anti-Semitic Jesus had something to say about such hypocrisy By Ezra Levant Calagary Sun Mon, July 3, 2006 I accuse a segment of the United Church of Canada of anti-Semitism. This is not an accusation to be made lightly. Last week, the UCC's Toronto Conference proposed an anti-Semitic resolution to be debated at the UCC's big convention next month. The resolution demonizes the Jewish state as the cause of the problems in the Middle East, and calls for the church not to buy or invest with Israeli Jews. No punishments are proposed for any Arab terrorist groups. The...