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An interesting way of interpreting the statistics about single parent households and how they influence children. Apparently, by allowing gays to marry we are encouraging poor black women to be single parents and this is leading directly to young...
The buzz is that Bret is about 50/50 on whether or not to become engaged to his long-time girlfriend. They've been together on and off for 16 years, and have two kids together. Forgive me, but I kinda laughed. After 16 years, and two kids,...
Obviously, for this woman, the situation was very serious, frightening and tense. It seems to me she responded about as well as she could, once her calls for assistance left her with the impression that she'd have to deal with the rattler on her...
Those wacky folks at 4chan have been at it again, uploading porn disguised as children's favourites to Youtube, and perverting the minds of the unwary. Story here. The thread title was allegedly the response of one disturbed Youtube viewer after...
From the Seattle Times: Pieper said Kohnert didn't offer much of an explanation for the yellow banana costume. "All we know is he was drinking earlier in the day, but he didn't really have a reason for the costume," Pieper told the Daily News.
"Original Greek statues were brightly painted, but after thousands of years, those paints have worn away. Find out how shining a light on the statues can be all that's required to see them as they were thousands of years ago. Although it seems...
The study of online dating, by the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC), found men and women are still rather traditional when it comes to searching for their ideal partner. Women generally seek an older and, therefore hopefully,...
Following her last statement about women no longer requiring men, you would think she would be be slightly more careful about what she was going to say live on TV. Nope, she decides to offend people by calling herself a retard. Although it seems...
Y'all remember this one, right? A black lady called Dr. Laura, upset by what she took as a racist undertone to comments made by her white husband's white friends. We may never know if the men were being racist or just ignorant of the lady's...
Whern making rude gestures to your co-presenters who are on-screen, make sure you get your timing right. Otherwise everyone is going to see you making rude gestures when they cut to you. I'm not sure what's more amusing, the fact he made the...
An infant girl in Clayton County was attacked by a full grown Pit Bull of her great uncle and was in extreme critical condition Friday afternoon. Officials say the attack happened while she was visiting relatives. According to police the dog bit...
Roman buildings, unknown to historians, detected by Cardiff University students learning to use mapping equipment As someone on another message board said, "Archaeology continues to FUCK SHIT UP WITH AWESOMENESS." Archaeology students...
http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/110348/the-popularity-issue Never posted a news article before, but this one caught my fancy.
For those who haven't heard about this yet: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20013842-504083.html?tag=latest CARTERVILLE, Ill. (CBS) It seems Tila Tequila wasn't the only performer targeted by fans at an Insane Clown Posse music festival...
Apparently there is new evidence that our ancestors started using tools earlier than previously thought. Starting millions of years ago, the evolutionary ancestors of humans figured out how to use primitive stone tools in a systematic way. ...
Or at least that's what one blogger who was quoted in this article had to say. :roll: Obama throws support behind controversial Islamic center Washington (CNN) -- President Obama threw his support behind a controversial proposal to build an...
Since last year our foreign minister has been Guido Westerwelle, chairman of the libertarian-ish FDP. He is also gay. So far his partner has accompanied him on his official trips. Now has decided that he doesn't really want to be so in-your-face...
Female infants in China who have been fed formula have been growing breasts. The story. According to the official Chinese Daily newspaper, medical tests performed on the babies found levels of estrogens circulating in their bloodstreams that...
A kid bragged about speeding on an internet forum (100kph over on a residential street) directly leading to an investigation and conviction. Sweet! :D Bragging: http://forums.5series.net/topic/95495-going-140-kmh-on-a-40-zone Pretending he...
And thank God. My loved ones were dropping like flies. And my personal congratulations to the folks at the Institute for Casual Use of Scary Words (ICUSW). Pandemic was second last year only to Radical among overused fear-striking words. ...
Just how stupid do you have to be to pull up and take photographs of two teen girls flashing their tits to cars, when there's s sheriff's car already there? I'm voting for very, very stupid, but that's just what this yahoo did. I don't...
Someone has obviously slowed the Sun down or is playing silly buggers with the Mayan Calendar. It looks as though the sun is coming out of a quiet phase in 2013 and is due for massive solar flares that will knock out electrical grids and...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jul/01/hollyoaks-transgender-teenagers This article was in the Guardian today. I thought some or other of you might be interested in reading it. There's a soap opera for teens in the UK called Hollyoaks...
Yup, they have genetically engineered a malaria proof mosquito. It's incapable of transmitting the disease to people and if they manage to get it interbreeding with the existing mosquito population could have a dramatic effect. Genetic mucking...
That is the situation implied by the website http://www.ifitwasmyhome.com/ , which automatically transposes constantly updated NOAA spill data to the location of your home or office. At some point in the past, without you quite realizing how, BP...
In the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Mikado one of the characters is Pooh-Bah. I shall allow Pooh-Bah to introduce himself: POOH-BAH I am, in point of fact, a particularly haughty and exclusive person, of pre-Adamite ancestral descent....
Monday the story broke that the front running Democratic Party candidate for retiring Senator Chris Dodd (D) from Connecticutt, Dick Blumenthal has been claiming to be a Vietnam veteran, when his service record shows that he never left the US during...
Pagans within the police force in the UK will now have the right to take their festivals as official holidays. Each of the 8 days will be given the same respect as Christmas, Ramadan or Passover depending on your religion. These festivals will...
Bishop Blames Jews for Child Molestation Scandal. As soon as I saw the headline, I knew I was going to compose a Dome thread for the topic. As I continued to read, I realized that I was struck dumb by what I saw and so must rely on smilies. ...
How not to do Public Relations 101.A bill in Connecticut's legislature that would remove the statute of limitations on child sexual abuse cases has sparked a fervent response from the state's Roman Catholic bishops, who released a letter to...
Basically, for reasons of my own health, and sanity, I'm looking to stop reading Jim Romensko's Obscure Store & Reading Room. But I don't want to give up my daily dose of WTF news stories. Does anyone have such a site that focuses only on the...
This feels like a pretty big deal. Anyone else feel like this? I don't mean the reform itself, but the process, the incredible politicing, and the boost Obama (or the right, who knows?) may get from this. The media coverage has been insane. ...
You know, it's amazing what you can find in those sleepy little English villages. There were a lot of strange noises coming from a detached house in a sleepy village in Devon and so the police paid them a visit. When they investigated, they found...
This is what happens when you drink alcohol and purchase "scratch cards". Angry Ryanair passenger eats his winning scratchcard
After the fun and games of United Airlines and United Breaks Guitars, it seems that SouthWest Airlines decided that the fat guy in the seat should be ejected from the plane on the grounds he was a safety hazard. Now Kevin Smith may be slightly on...
This is in reference to today's news that Elizabeth Edwards is separating from that scoundrel husband of hers, John. I feel terribly sorry for what Elizabeth Edwards has been through over the last few years. It's none of my business what she...
Taken away in handcuffs for writing some girly nonsense in erasable marker. A spokesman for the City Education Department, and the police spokesman have said the arrest was a mistake. But how on earth could it have happened in the first place?
What do you get when you cross an impoverished Carribean country with a 7.0 earthquake? Rubble! Someone musta shaken a monstrous big Voodoo doll. Here's to hoping it doesn't get too bad, but it sounds like the place is hammered anyway.
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