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An Italian man hung up the phone on Pope Francis twice thinking he was being pranked, but later apologised to him for his error
A black Nebraska state senator... Nebraska’s longest serving senator... compared American police to Islamic terrorists and suggested he’d shoot a cop if only he had a weapon. … During an interview Tuesday, Chambers, who is no stranger to fiery rhetoric and controversy, back-pedaled a bit. …
"A new plan has been drawn up to build a tornado in downtown Tulsa." What could be wrong with that??
"Biden: Middle class ‘in worst shape since 1920s’, is currently ‘being killed’"
"Sunday was Bob’s birthday, so we held a little celebration." Feathered friends featured.
HBD, Bob!
The Poteau Runestone was found by schoolboys in 1967 near Poteau in Le Flore County, Oklahoma. [Another runestone with old language and some characters backward.]
The Heavener Runestone is an inscribed stone located in Heavener, Oklahoma… [I'm certainl no expert, but the reasons given for disbelieving its authenticity are 1) the language is older than the times of known Viking exploration of N. America; 2) the writer got a couple of letters backward; 3) No other signs of Vikings were found. Also, 4) other similar stones have been proven to be modern fakes. Hm. Other things being fakes proves nothing. If the language is older, the stone may be too, and whatever wanderer carved his name left no other obvious signs while passing through. And he was slightly dyslexic. I'm not saying it's authentic; I'm saying the reasoning is "we don't want to think it's real, so we'll make up reasons why it's probably not and state them as authoritative."]
That gem from outer space was found at the Lotus park where Brenda, her kids and her collie come to nearly every day.... Meteorites landed in California’s Gold Country several days ago, creating a modern day gold rush.... Geologists, treasure hunters and scientists all took a look at Brenda’s find. “As I opened my hand, there was a huge gasp,” she said. Scientists have told her what she had in her hands could be 4 to 6 billion years old.
The Drug Enforcement Administration issued an apology Wednesday to a California student who was picked up during a drug raid and left in a holding cell for several days without food, water or access to a toilet.... was never arrested, was not going to be charged with a crime and should have been released... drank his own urine to survive and that he bit into his glasses to break them and tried to use a shard to scratch “Sorry Mom” into his arm.... lights went off at one point and stayed off for several days.... [My crystal ball suggests this student has a rich lawsuit in his future.]
...officials with the 11th Judicial District Drug Task Force were sent to the 1500 block of Southeast Whitney Court in Bartlesville where a resident had gone into [his] room and discovered what appeared to be marijuana and a large amount of cash. The other residents being informed of the discovery called the Washington County Sheriff's Office.... [Um... not the most compatible roommate situation, I would say. Or someone got on someone's bad side.]
a student in UK has actually converted 0.01% of the Wikipedia encyclopedia into a printed book [um... huh?]
it's like taking a sip of the flat Coors Light you forgot to finish before bed last night. Burpless yeast water! [h/t Linked by somebody at Ace of Spades]
court documents offer a rare glimpse of the costs and operations of the controversial rendition program. ... The CIA declined to discuss the case. "The CIA does not, as a rule, comment on litigation, especially that to which we are not a party," said spokeswoman Marie E. Harf.
Gawker may have put it best: "As you'll see, his hips most definitely don't lie." During an appearance on Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show last night, Dem. Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) joined to talk about the economy. During that discussion, the almost unmistakeable sound of Frank passing gas... [video]
Dinsmoor's concrete sculptures soar over visitors' heads, silhouetted against the Kansas sky. From grieving widows to a conquering Goddess of Liberty, scoundrels and grafters of society to sweetly sentimental portraits....
Poor dude. For forthy-three years no one gives you sh*t about your name. Then some chick in Florida goes a screws everything up for you. Now you can't answer the phone or get on Facebook without some d-bag thinking you're that Casey Anthony
Al Gore: "One of the things we could do about [the absurd notion he's still pushing of human-induced global warming] is to change the technologies, to put out less of this pollution, to stabilize the population, and one of the principle ways of doing that is to empower and educate girls and women. You have to have ubiquitous availability of fertility management so women can choose how many children have, the spacing of the children. You have to lift child survival rates so that parents feel comfortable having small families and most important — you have to educate girls and empower women. And that's the most powerful leveraging factor, and when that happens, then the population begins to stabilize and societies begin to make better choices and more balanced choices." [Someone stick a fork in this blowhard. He's cooked to puffy perfection.]
Obviously Democrats will now be demanding his resignation.
In his commencement speech at Hamilton College on Sunday, former Vice President Al Gore told the graduates that global warming is "the most serious challenge our civilization has ever faced." But as an undergraduate at Harvard University in the late 1960s, Gore--one of the most prominent spokesmen on climate change today--earned a "D" in Natural Sciences.
Tom Edwards, the county attorney in rural Motley County east of Lubbock, said on Friday that the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives was responsible on Tuesday for sparking a fire that consumed 150 acres. "You can quote me on it: That bunch has a real corner on stupid," Edwards told Reuters. Tom Crowley, a spokesman with the federal agency, said bureau officials were assisting four local bomb squads -- at their request -- to destroy some explosives. Firefighters were on hand, he said. The wind picked up, but the explosives were too dangerous to move, so the officials went ahead and destroyed the explosives.
"I have always said, heard, that it would not be strange that there had been civilization on Mars, but maybe capitalism arrived there, imperialism arrived and finished off the planet," Chavez said in speech to mark World Water Day.
The country's smallest state has the longest official name: "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations." A push to drop "Providence Plantations" from that name advanced farther than ever on Thursday when House lawmakers voted 70-3 to let residents decide whether their home should simply be called the "State of Rhode Island." It's an encouraging sign for those who believe the formal name conjures up images of slavery, while opponents argue it's an unnecessary rewriting of history that ignores Rhode Island's tradition of religious liberty and tolerance.
...By the time he and the deputy got there, his 2,200-square-foot house and a barn, valued at $200,000, had been reduced to debris and dumped into four huge Dumpsters. The backhoe and crane were still in the yard... His grandmother's dining room set and china were in the house. So was the family Bible... "(He) said he was just given GP coordinates [!!!!!] and they lined up to my property..." the house intended for demolition is across the street and up the road about 150 yards....
In what a U.S. military official calls an "inadvertent encounter," a Chinese submarine hit an underwater sonar array being towed by the destroyer USS John McCain on Thursday.
An Oklahoma City filmmaker is apologizing for creating a scene of chaos near a busy highway... Upon closer inspection, police realized the torso in question was only a pair of pants that had been stuffed with soda bottles, chicken wire and lots of foam.... [film crew] accidentally left the fake torso behind...
A red-faced Jessica Alba is apologizing for plastering shark-conservation posters around Oklahoma City - a stunt that sparked a police investigation.
kept it on his boat for 10 days... very corroded... live and in a very unstable state.
Vice President Biden, on a conference call Monday with reporters, claimed that the planned Hudson River tunnel between New Jersey and Midtown Manhattan would provide a much-anticipated route for automobiles. Problem is, it's for trains.
"And so, next to Obama Beach, we join President Obama in paying particular tribute to the spectacular bravery of American soldiers," Brown said, oblivious to his Freudian slip.
his costume was too realistic, and someone thought a masked gunman was walking into the store
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