Daily Archives: October 29, 2007

Performance Artist Pyro At It Again

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Gaius

The same "performance artist" who faces charges for one arson has been caught again in San Francisco – this time trying to burn down a cathedral in San Francisco. Paul Addis was caught after setting fire to the effigy that is … Continue reading →

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Shuttle Mission Extended One Day

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Gaius

NASA has extended the current shuttle mission by one day to allow additional inspections of the malfunctioning rotary joint on the International Space Station. The work will delay Discovery's departure from the station to Monday from Sunday, a postponement that … Continue reading →

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Ah-OOOOOOH! Werewolves Of Cardiff!

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Gaius

Apparently, the neighbors in Cathays, Cardiff over in Britain aren't used to some things. For example, a half-naked man sitting 15 feet up in a tree howling like a wolf at 6:30 in the morning. A half-naked man sparked a … Continue reading →

Posted in Weird Stuff, World news | 2 Comments

Cute And Cuddly – With A Taste For Penguin Flesh

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Gaius

Photographer Paul Nicklen has managed to capture a series of images showing that all is not well in the ranks of the Animal Uprising™. It seems that the leopard seals have turned on the penguins. Oh, and they eat humans, … Continue reading →

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The Green Waldo

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Gaius

Well, I see he still is having a hissy fit. Today Greenwald is going off on the right wing blogosphere after Dread Pundit Bluto highlighted what got left out of Greenwald's original rant. In fact, I'd say that Greenwald exceeds … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogosphere, Foto Phun | 7 Comments

Dog Shoots Man!

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Gaius

Forget that man bites dog stuff. This is serious. An Iowa man has been shot, point blank, by a pack of dogs. No, really, he was. CHICAGO (AFP) – A pack of hunting dogs shot an Iowa man as he … Continue reading →

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World’s Oldest Clam Discovered

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Gaius

A clam found in Icelandic waters has caused great excitement at the Bangor University's School of Ocean Sciences. Scientists are convinced that the clam was about 400 years old when it was found. Can you imagine living for four centuries? … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Science | 4 Comments

Taking Bambi For A Ride

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Gaius

A woman from New Jersey was lucky enough to walk away from a collision with a deer that landed a six-point buck squarely in the front seat of her minivan. MONROE — A township woman escaped injury after a large … Continue reading →

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Pack Up Your Troubles

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Gaius

Or, if not your troubles, how about your friends? A 19-year old woman in Germany has escaped a detention center, packed up inside another inmate's suitcase. HANOVER, Germany (AFP) – A 19-year-old woman appears to have escaped from a juvenile detention … Continue reading →

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Things That Go Bump In Your Wallet

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Gaius

Benjamin Radford, LiveScience's very own bad science columnist, examines a new, relatively lucrative phenomenon: ghost tourism. He is, shall we say, less than complimentary. Ghost tourism has boomed over the past decade, propelled by the public's interest in the mysterious … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor | 4 Comments

Fighting Fire With Fire

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Gaius

The Washington Post looks at the fires in southern California, what caused them and what helped mitigate them in places. Frankly, they blame the history of fighting fires as one of the prime causes of the extensive damage that fires … Continue reading →

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Crazed Killer Cows KO Copper

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Gaius

An off-duty British police inspector took his dog for a walk on a footpath. A calm way to spend a bit of quality time with his pet turned into something completely different in a flash. A herd of cows decided … Continue reading →

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Traveling For Treatment

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Gaius

The Daily Mail reports that record numbers of Britons are traveling abroad for medical treatment. This despite the fact that those people pay taxes – and quite a lot of them – for "free" health care. Record numbers of Britons … Continue reading →

Posted in Medicine, World news | 1 Comment

The Role Of Norman Bates Will Be Played By Charlie Rangel

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Gaius

Kevin Hassett, writing for Bloomberg, invokes the Hitchcock classic Psycho to describe Charles Rangel's 'mother of all tax hikes'. For those of you wondering what the details of taxing the rich to pay for Democratic spending proposals might look like, … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Taxes | 10 Comments

The Foulness Doctrine

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Gaius

John Fund profiles an effort by Indiana's Representative Mike Pence to permanently ban the "fairness doctrine". The left is pushing to have that assault on free speech reinstated, Pence is trying to drive a stake through its black heart once … Continue reading →

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