@tsarstepan,
That is so Dora the Explorer.
Fascinating Aida singing their (cough) homage to cheap flight airlines (cough) Ryan Air.
A little ditty of flying home to Kerry via Stanstead airport UK.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPyl2tOaKxM
http://gawker.com/5944581/woman-learns-her-late-husband-was-also-her-father
"This give me an idea for a play", I said to my Greek roommate, Sophocles, "What do you think?"
Joe(I think it's been done.)Nation
No humor to surround this oddity. A man has hung a chair from a rope. Part of his display is an American flag. Asked if the chair represents Eastwood's Obama, the questioner was told to go straight to hell. No link. Saw it on the TV machine.
Speaking o0f Eastwood:
Clint Eastwood may not think too highly of President Obama, as evidenced by his speech to an empty chair at the Republican National Convention, but the star of "Trouble With the Curve" does agree with the president on one issue. Appearing on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show on Tuesday, Eastwood clarified his stance on gay marriage.
"It's part of the libertarian idea of leave everybody alone," Eastwood told DeGeneres.
This guy sure looks a lot like Gingrich.
An odd thing is occurring right now. England are playing Afghanistan at cricket in the 20/20 World Cup in Sri Lanka.
@Joe Nation,
Quote:accepting a bag of shorn hair as well as disposable cameras used to record the victims' humiliation.
The Amish use cameras? Disposable cameras?
The Amish aren' t a monolith. The company i worked for for years bought metal fabrications from an Amish company. They had refrigerators in their houses, and they drove cars, trucks and vans. It seems obvious to me from Joe's story that these are Amish to who don't hew to the line assumed in stereotypes.
@Joe Nation,
I like this comment in that Amish story:
Quote:MauryCompson ...
They'll be fine in prison. Amish prison gangs are some of the fiercest out there. Motherf[...]ers can make a shiv out of anything. Badass. You remember the prison scenes in Tango & Cash? They were all filmed with Amish prisoners. And they can never f[...]ing escape. Last guy who tried to escape, Ichabod Bentwhistle, was caught a block away in the back of a horse and buggy. M13 is scared of them. Their prison tat is a pair of realistic looking suspenders that bear marks for every person they've killed. If you're ever in prison, join an Amish gang. They'll keep you alive.
By NBC News Beijing
BEIJING – With more than 100,000 pilgrims and visitors expected to attend the annual Xishan Wanshou Palace Temple Fair, authorities thought it would be a good idea to confine the local beggars in one spot.
So, more than 100 beggars from the town of Xishan, in China’s southern Jiangxi province, were placed in a 165-foot-long iron cage during the fair on Sept. 15.
But when pictures of the beggars in the cage were posted on Sina Weibo, China’s most-popular version of Twitter, there was an outpouring of criticism online. Most netizens were furious.
One micro blogger wrote, “It’s just like a zoo. This is trampling their dignity.”
Another blogger sarcastically chimed in, “Our government always boasts that China has the best record on human rights. Before I did not believe that, but today I am convinced. These officials are just too smart, treating people as dogs.”
Others thought the pictures are too ridiculous to be true.
So NBC News called the civil affairs office of Xinjian prefecture government, which oversees the annual fair at the Taoist temple in the town of Xishan, to verify the photos were real. Mr. Wan, head of the civil affairs office, acknowledged that the photos were in fact real and told NBC News that it was the best solution the government could find for the problem so far.
“We had to consider both sides: the pilgrims and the beggars. There are some fake beggars who just want to trick money from pilgrims. We did see the pilgrims were harassed by such beggars in the past. On the other hand, the temple fair is so crowded that beggars might be hit by cars or trampled by the crowd,” said Wan.
Cities and towns across China hold fairs in or near the local Taoist or Buddhist temple usually once a year, or in some instances monthly. In this case, the town of Wanshou was holding its annual fair, hence the preparation for big crowds.
Xinjian government also made a statement on its official Weibo account saying: “In order to avoid accidents, we provided this temporary rescue shelter whose two exits are open. All the beggars voluntarily entered it.”
No humor - But fits odd -
HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston police officer shot and killed a one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair Saturday inside a group home after police say the double amputee threatened the officer and aggressively waved a metal object that turned out to be a pen.
Police spokeswoman Jodi Silva said the man cornered the officer in his wheelchair and was making threats while trying to stab the officer with the pen. At the time, the officer did not know what the metal object was that the man was waving, Silva said.
She said the man came "within inches to a foot" of the officer and did not follow instructions to calm down and remain still.
"Fearing for his partner's safety and his own safety, he discharged his weapon," Silva told The Associated Press.
Police did not immediately release the name of the man who was killed. They had been called to the home after a caretaker there called and reported that the man in wheelchair was causing a disturbance.
The owner of the group home, John Garcia, told the Houston Chronicle that the man had a history of mental illness and had been living at the house about 18 months. Garcia said the man had told him that he lost a leg above the knee and all of one arm when he was hit by a train.
"He sometimes would go off a bit, but you just ignore it," Garcia told the newspaper.
@edgarblythe,
Quote:Police spokeswoman Jodi Silva said the man cornered the officer in his wheelchair and was making threats while trying to stab the officer with the pen. At the time, the officer did not know what the metal object was that the man was waving, Silva said.
She said the man came "within inches to a foot" of the officer ...
Had an overdose of donuts prevented this well trained policeman from moving away from a one armed one legged man while he assessed the situation?
