[News] Chuck’s Links for Monday, April 13, 2009
For a test, a Wisconsin engineering professor is gonna need some women to try to stick their heads in a toilet, but it's for a good cause, maybe. Associated Press via Appleton Post-Crescent
Orland Park, Ill., police said that Ms. Nour Hadid confessed to beating her 2-yr-old niece to death, but still, her husband said, the real issue here is that the cops insulted Islam by making her take off her hajib for the mug shot. Southtown Star
Serious absent-mindedness: British opera singer Bren Terfel forgot to get dressed before heading off to the show that night (wearing shorts) and had to borrow a fan's pants. Agence France-Presse via Yahoo
The Way The World Works: A 2004 federal tax provision allowed 800 companies to keep about $100 billion away from IRS, with Big Pharma and Big Finance getting about a $220-to$1 bang for their lobbying expenses. Washington Post
The head of the Mobile (Ala.) police underage-drinking task force resigned after being caught drinking with one of the underage entrappers who work for her. Mobile Press-Register
New Hampshire's House of Representatives Wednesday approved (by 1 vote!) a transgender-rights bill. (Bonus: Wednesday was Tartan Day, when Scottish-descent hetero legislators wore kilts to work.) Concord Monitor (Wednesday) /// Concord Monitor (Thursday)
Granny was killed when she tried to break up a fight between her grandson and her brother-in-law (Bonus: a sword fight!). Associated Press via MSNBC
ABC News has just discovered our old friend Mrs. Eiffel (who is married to the Eiffel Tower after realizing she has a sorta heavy-metal fetish). Both Alex and I have been all over this subgroup of weirdos, but if you're new to the concept, here it is. ABC News
I haven't checked all of these out, but London's Mirror has the 10 weirdest Eastertime traditions, and they don't even include the Filipinos who volunteer to get nailed to a cross. The Mirror /// Reuters via ABS-CBN (Quezon City, Philippines)
[Jury Duty] Cops need to stop picking on Jennifer Wills, 30, Gresham, Ore. They've arrested her for luring teenagers over for sex even though she's in a wheelchair from a recent auto accident! KATU-TV (Portland)
Today's Newsrangers: Jenny Aus, Jennifer Filipski, Michelle Jensen, Emory Kimbrough, Bob Seidman
Orland Park, Ill., police said that Ms. Nour Hadid confessed to beating her 2-yr-old niece to death, but still, her husband said, the real issue here is that the cops insulted Islam by making her take off her hajib for the mug shot. Southtown Star
Serious absent-mindedness: British opera singer Bren Terfel forgot to get dressed before heading off to the show that night (wearing shorts) and had to borrow a fan's pants. Agence France-Presse via Yahoo
The Way The World Works: A 2004 federal tax provision allowed 800 companies to keep about $100 billion away from IRS, with Big Pharma and Big Finance getting about a $220-to$1 bang for their lobbying expenses. Washington Post
The head of the Mobile (Ala.) police underage-drinking task force resigned after being caught drinking with one of the underage entrappers who work for her. Mobile Press-Register
New Hampshire's House of Representatives Wednesday approved (by 1 vote!) a transgender-rights bill. (Bonus: Wednesday was Tartan Day, when Scottish-descent hetero legislators wore kilts to work.) Concord Monitor (Wednesday) /// Concord Monitor (Thursday)
Granny was killed when she tried to break up a fight between her grandson and her brother-in-law (Bonus: a sword fight!). Associated Press via MSNBC
ABC News has just discovered our old friend Mrs. Eiffel (who is married to the Eiffel Tower after realizing she has a sorta heavy-metal fetish). Both Alex and I have been all over this subgroup of weirdos, but if you're new to the concept, here it is. ABC News
I haven't checked all of these out, but London's Mirror has the 10 weirdest Eastertime traditions, and they don't even include the Filipinos who volunteer to get nailed to a cross. The Mirror /// Reuters via ABS-CBN (Quezon City, Philippines)
[Jury Duty] Cops need to stop picking on Jennifer Wills, 30, Gresham, Ore. They've arrested her for luring teenagers over for sex even though she's in a wheelchair from a recent auto accident! KATU-TV (Portland)
Today's Newsrangers: Jenny Aus, Jennifer Filipski, Michelle Jensen, Emory Kimbrough, Bob Seidman
Comments
Head in the toilet The prosecutor blew it the 1st time so throw double jeopardy out the window and try again.
Nour Hadid I agree. She should have kept the veil on.
Opera Singer It's singing in all those STRANGE languages that did it.
IRS That must by why they levied a $1 tax on a pack of smokes and are about to start taxing soda pop! Tea party anyone?
Mobile Cop If entrapment is illegal what in the @$##$@ are "entrappers" doing on the police force anyhow? And they're minors!
Granny Go get the sword there's a flea in Granny's ear. Way too late for a Darwin Award!
Mrs. Eiffel Wouldn't have anything to to with phallic symbol recognition would it?
Easter Traditions Sounds like most of them involve men getting to do all the fun stuff or miss out on the work. That's OK by me.
Jury Duty Luring doesn't cover it! At gun point would be a better fit.
Nour Hadid I agree. She should have kept the veil on.
Opera Singer It's singing in all those STRANGE languages that did it.
IRS That must by why they levied a $1 tax on a pack of smokes and are about to start taxing soda pop! Tea party anyone?
Mobile Cop If entrapment is illegal what in the @$##$@ are "entrappers" doing on the police force anyhow? And they're minors!
Granny Go get the sword there's a flea in Granny's ear. Way too late for a Darwin Award!
Mrs. Eiffel Wouldn't have anything to to with phallic symbol recognition would it?
Easter Traditions Sounds like most of them involve men getting to do all the fun stuff or miss out on the work. That's OK by me.
Jury Duty Luring doesn't cover it! At gun point would be a better fit.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 04/13/09 at 09:07 AM
Head in toilet "...the state Supreme Court flushed the conviction ..." ha ha, that reporter has a sense of humor!
Head scarf geez I am soooo tired of the claims of "insults" to their religion. It's almost like this "insult" is deemed worse by them then the murder of a 2-year old! And, yes, if it was a nun she would be expected to remove her habit for a mugshot, dumba@@.
Opera singer Well, at least he didn't show up naked. I always tend to show up naked in public places (well, at least in my dreams I show up naked in public places like all the time..and I usually have to take a test, too!)
Jury Duty She's 30?!?!? No way! She looks like she is in her 50s at least...sure would take a lot of pot to warm up that dish... :shut:
Head scarf geez I am soooo tired of the claims of "insults" to their religion. It's almost like this "insult" is deemed worse by them then the murder of a 2-year old! And, yes, if it was a nun she would be expected to remove her habit for a mugshot, dumba@@.
Opera singer Well, at least he didn't show up naked. I always tend to show up naked in public places (well, at least in my dreams I show up naked in public places like all the time..and I usually have to take a test, too!)
Jury Duty She's 30?!?!? No way! She looks like she is in her 50s at least...sure would take a lot of pot to warm up that dish... :shut:
Posted by vegas_girl in Vegas Baby!! on 04/13/09 at 01:12 PM
Don't see that many sword fights these days, do you?
Posted by kingmonkey in Athens, Ontario on 04/13/09 at 08:09 PM
Toilet - Completely Unrelated: I read an article awhile back that said water particles from a flushing toilet can land up to six feet away from the toilet, and every time you flush you're basically showering your bathroom with fecal matter, unless you close the lid, and that's why you should keep things like toothbrushes in a drawer, or medicine cabinet, or another part of the bathroom.
Jury Duty - Guilty. And she would have to bribe them with a huge amount of pot.
Jury Duty - Guilty. And she would have to bribe them with a huge amount of pot.
Posted by Nethie on 04/13/09 at 10:54 PM
Nethie - Mythbusters did a show on fecal matter getting on items in a bathroom and determined that even keeping a toothbrush in another room didn't help. Everything had fecal matter on it. I'll even go one step further. Anytime you smell something, your nose is being invaded by particles of what you are smelling. Odor is not just a smell but does consist of tiny particles. Think about that next time you enter a public bathroom and someone is dropping a deuce.
Posted by Madd Maxx on 04/14/09 at 01:10 PM
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