Archive for the 'News' Tag

Mother Nature recently failed in her attempt to murder 34-year-old Meera Thangarajah by afflicting her with an ectopic pregnancy inside her ovary. Despite the fact that the ectopic pregnancy was discovered at the last possible minute, with the ovary walls stretched so paper-thin that the obstetrician could see the baby’s hair, doctors were able to [...]

BBC: Aussie straps in beer, not child
Constable Wayne Burnett said: “I haven’t ever seen something like this before.
“This is the first time that the beer has taken priority over a child… The child was sitting in the lump in the centre, unrestrained.”
When Constable Burnett handed over the fine he said the driver “just looked at [...]

Yahoo: Happy Mother’s Day: Woman pregnant with 18th child
The Duggars have announced that Duggar Spawn #18 is due at New Year’s.
“We’ve had three in January, three in December. Those two months are a busy time for us,” she said, laughing.
Oh dear god.

Wut, u thot it was ownlee for kittehs?
CNN: Custom wetsuit protects patchy penguin
Pierre, a venerable 25 years old, was going bald, which left him with an embarrassingly exposed, pale pink behind.
Unlike marine mammals, which have a layer of blubber to keep them warm, penguins rely on their waterproof feathers. Without them, Pierre was unwilling [...]

You know why? ‘Cause Mecca is the “center of the Earth!” Yeah, even though it’s, in fact, no where near the actual center of the planet (that would be the molten core in the middle, guys).
BBC: Muslim call to adopt Mecca time
One geologist argued that unlike other longitudes, Mecca’s was in perfect alignment to [...]

Via Londonist, Salon, and others, London BNP leader Nick Eriksen blogged (back in 2005, apparently) that, since women enjoy sex, being raped is just like being force-fed chocolate cake. He has deleted the post from his blog (after the public uproar started, presumably), but Google knows all:
Rape is simply sex (I am talking about ‘husband-rape’ [...]

From Friendly Atheist via Spazeboy, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann has named bigoted wanna-be fascist Rep. Davis tonight’s “worst person in the world”.

Preach it, brother! It’s great to see this hit the mainstream media. We may get some justice after all.

It was just another day at polar bear Knut’s enclosure at the Berlin Zoo. The bear handlers fed Knut his usual lunch of tossed garden salad and a tofu burger. But then… something happened to Knut. He got a strange, frightening look in his eyes. A… feral look. He walked over to the “Friends of [...]

When Wendy Petherick was attacked by a crocodile in Litchfield National Park, something extraordinary… something supernatural happened. Her husband, Norm, felt himself filled with the bemulletted spirit of Steve Irwin.
“I don’t know what came over me,” says Norm. “I just yelled, ‘Crikey! I’ll save you!’ and then I jumped on the croc and wrestled [...]

Ich habe schon jetzt von dem Spiegel gehört, dass LiveLeak den Film “Fitna” von ihren Servern entfernen musste. Zwar ist es ein trauriger Tag für die Menschenrechte im Internet.
For those who don’t speak German, here’s an article auf englisch.
During the day that the film was available, it prompted widespread condemnation. On Friday, United Nations Secretary-General [...]