Chuck’s Hand-Picked Overnight Weird News for Monday
Georgia channels Texas justice
Tomorrow's the day that Troy Davis will be meeting his maker in Georgia, for a 1989 murder, even though 7 of the 9 "witnesses" against him at trial admitted later that they didn't witness any such thing. The U.S. Supreme Court is so concerned that they've scheduled a hearing on Davis's petition, for, er, a week from today. Seriously. New York Times
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News you can use (to get rid of that pesky stuffy nose)
An article in the Journal of Medical Hypotheses (which seems like a serious publisher of science out of the mainstream) suggests an alternative to Sudafed, which works by "stimulating [your] adrenergic receptors." What also does that: "the emission phase of ejaculation" (for dudes, anyway; author S. Zarrintan isn't so sure about a comparable female effect). ScienceBlogs.com
Comments 'sudafed_masturbation'
The Pope says he's just about had it up to here with these sightings of Mary 'n' Jesus, but then . . .
Just last week, Jesus made a stopover on the drywall of a house under construction in Gulf Shores, Ala., and then the Archbishop of Naples (Italy) announced that the dried blood of Saint Gennaro in the city's main cathedral has liquified again, right on schedule, as it does twice yearly. Last week, the Pope announced a commission to set down standards for these things and what priests are supposed to say when somebody comes up to them in tears. WKRG-TV (Mobile, Ala.) // Reuters via Yahoo // The Times (London)
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It's good to be a Long Island Rail Road worker
The NY Times pretty much slam-dunk-busted a massive rip-off of the federal gov't by LIRR retirees, who routinely exploit something called the Railroad Retirement Board to ask for disability when they leave the work force. The Board almost never says no (97 percent acceptance one year), no matter how soft the job and irrespective of the absence of any hint of disability while on active duty. Of course, the timing is good for the Board because nobody cares about this scam, what with the entire economy getting bailed out at taxpayer risk and this amounting only to $250m over 8 yrs. New York Times
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Viable gov't for Israel depends on an Ultra-Orthodox guy who thinks women are sorta like donkeys
The prospective prime minister [and what's not to like about a head of state named "Zippy"?] needs the 12 parliamentary seats of the Shas in order to have a majority, but they're hard-core, and the party's spiritual leader is a Pat-Robertson-like guy who thinks Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for the wickedness in N'awlins (and who said, famously, that "walking between two women is like walking between two donkeys." Associated Press via Yahoo
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Can't Possibly Be True: No police sketch artist would draw up something like this
Even though it's a teenager-kidnaping case, which always gets the community all upset, it can't be true that this drawing of the alleged perp will be any help at all in finding him.. KSDK-TV (St. Louis)
Comments 'police_sketch'
Your Daily Jury Duty
[no fair examining the evidence; verdict must be based on mugshot only]
Richard Housman and his sweetie, Vickey Housman, have been charged with selling dope in North Platte, Neb., and the question is presented: Can we legitimately draw an inference of criminal guilt based on Vickey's zits? [NOTE: Richard and Vickey are the 2nd and 3rd photos on the page, not the first] North Platte Bulletin
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More Things to Worry About on Monday
Not sure what the guy was drinking, but whatever it was, it worked because he was so drunk that he said he didn't feel much pain at all when he tried to leap that iron fence and got impaled by a spike up his butt (Bonus: for two hours!) (Bonus: Not-Safe-For-Stomachs photos here] [link from Arbroath] . . . . . Damn thugs: Two Czech entomologists were convicted of hunting butterflies, and a Darjeeling, India, judge sent one of 'em away for three months . . . . . It says here in the North Bay (Ontario) Nugget that Amber Dibartolomeo, 23, has been banned from the Wal-Mart after using it as a mobile place of business for selling cocaine (Bonus: She carried around a digital scale in her bag, and her inventory in a, um, personal space) . . . . . Wisconsin inmate Reggie Townsend (reckless homicide) was awarded $295k by a jury in his lawsuit against the prison for making him sleep on a moldy, putrid mattress for two months ($295k / 60 nights / $4,900 a night). Today's Newsrangers: Richard Gould, Paul Music, John Elliott, Mark Neunder, Emory Kimbrough, Steve Wettlaufer, Candy Clouston
Comments 'worry_080922'
Editor's Note
As I wrote on Saturday, I'm having a bout of parathesia, which I've had before and have every reason to believe is temporary, but better I had it in the toes than the fingers because it's slowed my typing speed a whole lot. (On the other hand, it's great for masturbation because it feels like another person is working on me, bada bada bing!) Lo, the struggles I endure for you, the reader!
Tomorrow's the day that Troy Davis will be meeting his maker in Georgia, for a 1989 murder, even though 7 of the 9 "witnesses" against him at trial admitted later that they didn't witness any such thing. The U.S. Supreme Court is so concerned that they've scheduled a hearing on Davis's petition, for, er, a week from today. Seriously. New York Times
Comments 'troy_davis'
News you can use (to get rid of that pesky stuffy nose)
An article in the Journal of Medical Hypotheses (which seems like a serious publisher of science out of the mainstream) suggests an alternative to Sudafed, which works by "stimulating [your] adrenergic receptors." What also does that: "the emission phase of ejaculation" (for dudes, anyway; author S. Zarrintan isn't so sure about a comparable female effect). ScienceBlogs.com
Comments 'sudafed_masturbation'
The Pope says he's just about had it up to here with these sightings of Mary 'n' Jesus, but then . . .
Just last week, Jesus made a stopover on the drywall of a house under construction in Gulf Shores, Ala., and then the Archbishop of Naples (Italy) announced that the dried blood of Saint Gennaro in the city's main cathedral has liquified again, right on schedule, as it does twice yearly. Last week, the Pope announced a commission to set down standards for these things and what priests are supposed to say when somebody comes up to them in tears. WKRG-TV (Mobile, Ala.) // Reuters via Yahoo // The Times (London)
Comments 'pope_crackdown'
It's good to be a Long Island Rail Road worker
The NY Times pretty much slam-dunk-busted a massive rip-off of the federal gov't by LIRR retirees, who routinely exploit something called the Railroad Retirement Board to ask for disability when they leave the work force. The Board almost never says no (97 percent acceptance one year), no matter how soft the job and irrespective of the absence of any hint of disability while on active duty. Of course, the timing is good for the Board because nobody cares about this scam, what with the entire economy getting bailed out at taxpayer risk and this amounting only to $250m over 8 yrs. New York Times
Comments 'lirr_disability'
Viable gov't for Israel depends on an Ultra-Orthodox guy who thinks women are sorta like donkeys
The prospective prime minister [and what's not to like about a head of state named "Zippy"?] needs the 12 parliamentary seats of the Shas in order to have a majority, but they're hard-core, and the party's spiritual leader is a Pat-Robertson-like guy who thinks Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for the wickedness in N'awlins (and who said, famously, that "walking between two women is like walking between two donkeys." Associated Press via Yahoo
Comments 'israeli_coalition'
Can't Possibly Be True: No police sketch artist would draw up something like this
Even though it's a teenager-kidnaping case, which always gets the community all upset, it can't be true that this drawing of the alleged perp will be any help at all in finding him.. KSDK-TV (St. Louis)
Comments 'police_sketch'
Your Daily Jury Duty
[no fair examining the evidence; verdict must be based on mugshot only]
Richard Housman and his sweetie, Vickey Housman, have been charged with selling dope in North Platte, Neb., and the question is presented: Can we legitimately draw an inference of criminal guilt based on Vickey's zits? [NOTE: Richard and Vickey are the 2nd and 3rd photos on the page, not the first] North Platte Bulletin
Comments 'richard_housman'
More Things to Worry About on Monday
Not sure what the guy was drinking, but whatever it was, it worked because he was so drunk that he said he didn't feel much pain at all when he tried to leap that iron fence and got impaled by a spike up his butt (Bonus: for two hours!) (Bonus: Not-Safe-For-Stomachs photos here] [link from Arbroath] . . . . . Damn thugs: Two Czech entomologists were convicted of hunting butterflies, and a Darjeeling, India, judge sent one of 'em away for three months . . . . . It says here in the North Bay (Ontario) Nugget that Amber Dibartolomeo, 23, has been banned from the Wal-Mart after using it as a mobile place of business for selling cocaine (Bonus: She carried around a digital scale in her bag, and her inventory in a, um, personal space) . . . . . Wisconsin inmate Reggie Townsend (reckless homicide) was awarded $295k by a jury in his lawsuit against the prison for making him sleep on a moldy, putrid mattress for two months ($295k / 60 nights / $4,900 a night). Today's Newsrangers: Richard Gould, Paul Music, John Elliott, Mark Neunder, Emory Kimbrough, Steve Wettlaufer, Candy Clouston
Comments 'worry_080922'
Editor's Note
As I wrote on Saturday, I'm having a bout of parathesia, which I've had before and have every reason to believe is temporary, but better I had it in the toes than the fingers because it's slowed my typing speed a whole lot. (On the other hand, it's great for masturbation because it feels like another person is working on me, bada bada bing!) Lo, the struggles I endure for you, the reader!
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