Sunday, September 29, 2013
Drug 'Molly' is popular on electronic music scene in US
Molly is the street name for a drug that is pushed as the pure powder form of a banned substance known as MDMA, the main chemical in ecstasy. NEW YORK – Artist and therapy student Anna and her friends...
Time for yet another soothing story about Christianity courtesy of the Bible.
Source Well great, whose going to rock me to sleep now?And here I thought Stephen King books were terrifying.Source...
The barely bearded one, Joe Miller, who don't need nothing from no stinking "gubmint," is begging for donations on Facebook to pay for the birth of his grandson. Oh and a vehicle to transport his surfboard.
Courtesy of the Alaska Dispatch:The Facebook page of Joe Miller, who is seeking the GOP nomination for Senate after a failed 2010 Senate run as the Republican nominee, has shared a plea for financial help from his daughter,...
Can you find yourself in a sea of 1.2 billion Facebook profile pics?
Check out all the Faces of Facebook. It's a site that visualizes more than 1.2 billion Facebook users on a single page, compiling their profile pictures like the world's craziest patchwork quilt. When you first click on the site, the...
Miss Philippines Megan Young crowned Miss World 2013 in Bali
The 2013 Miss World pageant has been won by Miss Philippines, Megan Young, on the Indonesian island of Bali. US-born Ms Young, 23, beat 126 other contestants and pledged to be "the best Miss World ever". ...
Half of British pilots fall asleep in cockpit
More than half of British pilots admit to falling asleep in the cockpit, and nearly a third of those say they have woken up to find the co-pilot asleep, too. LONDON — More than half of British airline...
Gingerbread Man is employed to catch crosswalk violators
The Riverside, Calif., sheriff's department may employ the Brothers Grimm as consultants, as their most recent operation to increase traffic safety involved a 7-foot tall Gingerbread Man. The large...
Kansas group claims science is religion and sues to keep it from being taught in public schools. Wait, what?
Courtesy of Right Wing Watch: A Kansas-based group that “promotes the religious rights of parents, children, and taxpayers” is challenging the state’s science standards because they include the teaching of evolution, which...
'Soldier' has more fun playing kick the can than you ever did
The title of this little YouTube amusement is "When Lithuanian Soldiers Are Bored," and the resulting exhibition suggests the national army has a lot of down time. Possibly they spend it perfecting this entertaining form of kick-the-can...
In the category of more bad news for the Conservatives, the UN's climate panel says "Yep it's hot, and it's all our fault."
Courtesy of BBC: A landmark report says scientists are 95% certain that humans are the "dominant cause" of global warming since the 1950s. The report by the UN's climate panel details the physical evidence behind climate...
Roman Polanski and the sin of simplification
Samantha Geimer, whose book The Girl, deals with her assault by Roman Polanski. Photograph: Tim Knox for the Guardian Samantha Geimer, the girl in the Roman Polanski rape case, has published what might be the most important...
The Heritage Foundation has another article written for Sarah Palin to claim as her own. Don't worry they made it folksier with hunting metaphors.
"Wait how far is it to the nearest bathroom?" Courtesy of some defunct blog left behind by a dead guy: A simple fact is missing...
Bored with your yacht? Take the plunge on a luxury submarine
A soak in the Jacuzzi, a quick game in the squash court and skeet off the aft deck — cruising on their giant yachts is getting to be a giant bore for the super-rich. New toys are always needed. And so the hottest booths at the Monaco...
'Rubber Duck' debuts in America
A giant rubber duck approaches Pittsburgh A 40-foot-high and 30-foot-wide inflatable rubber duck, created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, thrills spectators in Pittsburgh. ...
