~ Gaylord Nelson, date unknown
Thursday, April 22, 2010
change is slow...
happy earth day
~ Gaylord Nelson, founder of Earth Day
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
word of the day - apr 21 10
scapegrace
noun
a reckless, unprincipled person; one who is wild and reckless; a rascal; a scoundrel.
noun
a reckless, unprincipled person; one who is wild and reckless; a rascal; a scoundrel.
cruel and unusual punishment
quick, name 3 legal offenses that you think might get you sentenced to a year in jail...
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got 'em?
what do you mean 'no'?
ok, i'll wait...
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alright, did any of your ideas include 'flag desecration'?
i'm going to go ahead and say no.
but it can TOTALLY get your ass thrown in jail. well, at least in the US where i think some people have more love and respect for the flag better than their own mothers!
Olympic flag flap may land Canadians in U.S. court
LA QUINTA, CALIF.— Police in California say two Canadians who took down an American flag and replaced it with a Canadian following Sidney Crosby’s golden goal at the Olympics could face charges of vandalism and flag desecration.
Police in La Quinta, Calif., have identified the two suspects as Ryan Smith, 25, of Bermuda Dunes, Calif., and 26-year-old Matt Siefert of Palm Desert, Calif., both Canadian citizens.
The La Quinta Police Department has submitted a complaint to the district attorney’s office requesting state misdemeanour charges of vandalism and flag desecration for both Smith and Siefert, police said in a news release Monday.
Local media have reported that the incident happened during the evening of Feb. 28, 2010, following Canada’s victory in the men’s hockey final against the United States.
The U.S. flag, which had been displayed on a mountain top and maintained by a private citizen “in honour of the September 11, 2001 victims”, was replaced by a Canadian flag, police said. The American flag was found damaged.
If convicted, the men could face up to a year in jail.
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got 'em?
what do you mean 'no'?
ok, i'll wait...
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alright, did any of your ideas include 'flag desecration'?
i'm going to go ahead and say no.
but it can TOTALLY get your ass thrown in jail. well, at least in the US where i think some people have more love and respect for the flag better than their own mothers!
Olympic flag flap may land Canadians in U.S. court
LA QUINTA, CALIF.— Police in California say two Canadians who took down an American flag and replaced it with a Canadian following Sidney Crosby’s golden goal at the Olympics could face charges of vandalism and flag desecration.
Police in La Quinta, Calif., have identified the two suspects as Ryan Smith, 25, of Bermuda Dunes, Calif., and 26-year-old Matt Siefert of Palm Desert, Calif., both Canadian citizens.
The La Quinta Police Department has submitted a complaint to the district attorney’s office requesting state misdemeanour charges of vandalism and flag desecration for both Smith and Siefert, police said in a news release Monday.
Local media have reported that the incident happened during the evening of Feb. 28, 2010, following Canada’s victory in the men’s hockey final against the United States.
The U.S. flag, which had been displayed on a mountain top and maintained by a private citizen “in honour of the September 11, 2001 victims”, was replaced by a Canadian flag, police said. The American flag was found damaged.
If convicted, the men could face up to a year in jail.
idiot of the week
not to be confused with the darwin award candidate from yesterday, this guy doesn't necessarily deserve to be removed from the gene pool; this guy is just a idiot. but to his credit, he IS a pretty clever guy for being such a dumbass...
Burglary suspect got stuck in air duct
A would-be burglar was caught early Wednesday after he got stuck in the ventilation system of a Maryland convenience store, police said.
Shane Morgan Hall, 21, of the first block of Mahogany Drive in North East, Md., told Cecil County sheriff's deputies he was playing hide and seek.
Hall was arrested at 7:14 a.m. when deputies and firefighters answered a call about a man stuck in the ventilation system at the BP Station in the 2300 block of W. Pulaski Highway.
Lt. Bernard Chiominto said when the owner arrived to open the store, he spotted a pair of feet dangling from the the duct.
Deputies said Hall had removed the ventilation cover, crawled through the vent, got stuck and set off a fire extinguisher that sprayed powder all over the store, Chiominto said.
Deputies freed Hall and took him to Union Hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries.
Hall, who allegedly gave police two false names, was charged with two counts of submitting false information to a police officer, and one count each of second- and fourth-degree burglary and malicious destruction of property.
He also was wanted for failing to appear for a drug count.
Hall told deputies he was playing hide and seek on the roof with some other adults and decided to hide in the ventilation system.
When no one guessed where he was, the other players gave up looking, Hall told police.
Hall was being held in the Cecil County jail on $30,000 bail.
Burglary suspect got stuck in air duct
A would-be burglar was caught early Wednesday after he got stuck in the ventilation system of a Maryland convenience store, police said.
Shane Morgan Hall, 21, of the first block of Mahogany Drive in North East, Md., told Cecil County sheriff's deputies he was playing hide and seek.
Hall was arrested at 7:14 a.m. when deputies and firefighters answered a call about a man stuck in the ventilation system at the BP Station in the 2300 block of W. Pulaski Highway.
Lt. Bernard Chiominto said when the owner arrived to open the store, he spotted a pair of feet dangling from the the duct.
Deputies said Hall had removed the ventilation cover, crawled through the vent, got stuck and set off a fire extinguisher that sprayed powder all over the store, Chiominto said.
Deputies freed Hall and took him to Union Hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries.
Hall, who allegedly gave police two false names, was charged with two counts of submitting false information to a police officer, and one count each of second- and fourth-degree burglary and malicious destruction of property.
He also was wanted for failing to appear for a drug count.
Hall told deputies he was playing hide and seek on the roof with some other adults and decided to hide in the ventilation system.
When no one guessed where he was, the other players gave up looking, Hall told police.
Hall was being held in the Cecil County jail on $30,000 bail.
gotta get me one of these
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
a darwin award candidate
Man injured after using propane tank for target practice
LONDON, Ont. -- Police say a Shakespeare man was injured after a propane tank being used for target practice exploded.
Perth OPP were called to investigate the explosion after the man was taken to Stratford General Hospital Monday evening.
Police said two men in their mid-20s were at a residence northeast of Shakespeare when the tank exploded.
“They decided to take target practice and use a rifle to shoot at a propane cylinder,” said Const. Kees Wijnands.
“They took turns firing at the cylinder from a distance they thought was safe. After a number of shots, one of the rounds struck the tank, causing the cylinder to explode. Parts of the cylinder flew back, striking one of the males and injuring him.”
The man was treated and released at hospital.
The investigation is continuing.
LONDON, Ont. -- Police say a Shakespeare man was injured after a propane tank being used for target practice exploded.
Perth OPP were called to investigate the explosion after the man was taken to Stratford General Hospital Monday evening.
Police said two men in their mid-20s were at a residence northeast of Shakespeare when the tank exploded.
“They decided to take target practice and use a rifle to shoot at a propane cylinder,” said Const. Kees Wijnands.
“They took turns firing at the cylinder from a distance they thought was safe. After a number of shots, one of the rounds struck the tank, causing the cylinder to explode. Parts of the cylinder flew back, striking one of the males and injuring him.”
The man was treated and released at hospital.
The investigation is continuing.
word of the day - apr 20 10
stoned
adjective slang
1. drunk
2. intoxicated or dazed from drugs; high (sometimes fol. by out): to be stoned out on pot.
yeah, i hear kids these days get stoned out on pot all the time!
seriously, whose prudish grandfather wrote this definition?
happy 4/20 everyone!
adjective slang
1. drunk
2. intoxicated or dazed from drugs; high (sometimes fol. by out): to be stoned out on pot.
yeah, i hear kids these days get stoned out on pot all the time!
seriously, whose prudish grandfather wrote this definition?
happy 4/20 everyone!
oh is THAT what that is...
you can be curious and follow the link for yourself.
Monday, April 19, 2010
soylent green is people!
Penguin cookbook calls for 'freshly ground black people'
Publisher destroys 7,000 copies of The Pasta Bible after 'silly mistake' causes outrage
A recipe for tagliatelle with sardines and prosciutto has proved a little too spicy for Penguin Australia, after a misprint suggesting that the dish required "salt and freshly ground black people" has left the publisher reaching for the pulping machine, rather than the pepper grinder.
It's a one-word slip that only came to light after a member of the public got in touch, and which has sent all 7,000 copies of The Pasta Bible at Penguin's warehouse to be destroyed, an exercise which head of publishing, Robert Sessions, told the Sydney Morning Herald would cost $ 20,000.
There are, as yet, no plans to recall copies that have made it into stores, which according to Sessions would be "extremely hard". He was "mortified that this has become an issue of any kind", adding that "why anyone would be offended, we don't know".
Sessions defended proofreaders for letting through a misprint that he suggested came from a spell-check program, explaining that since almost every recipe in the book calls for black pepper at a on each page it was an error he considered "quite forgivable". He went on to attack those who might complain about what he called a "silly mistake" as "small minded".
Meanwhile, the clean-up operation continues, with the publisher releasing a rather more emollient statement on its website offering sincere apologies "for any offence this error may have caused readers", and suggesting that proofreaders "would have been concentrating on checking quantities, a common source of error in cookbooks". Penguin also offered to "willingly replace a copy of The Pasta Bible owned by anyone who feels uncomfortable about having a copy of the book in their possession".
Speaking to the Guardian this afternoon, Sessions was unwilling to add to his earlier remarks, explaining that he had "nothing further to say", and referring to the Penguin website.
Publisher destroys 7,000 copies of The Pasta Bible after 'silly mistake' causes outrage
A recipe for tagliatelle with sardines and prosciutto has proved a little too spicy for Penguin Australia, after a misprint suggesting that the dish required "salt and freshly ground black people" has left the publisher reaching for the pulping machine, rather than the pepper grinder.
It's a one-word slip that only came to light after a member of the public got in touch, and which has sent all 7,000 copies of The Pasta Bible at Penguin's warehouse to be destroyed, an exercise which head of publishing, Robert Sessions, told the Sydney Morning Herald would cost $ 20,000.
There are, as yet, no plans to recall copies that have made it into stores, which according to Sessions would be "extremely hard". He was "mortified that this has become an issue of any kind", adding that "why anyone would be offended, we don't know".
Sessions defended proofreaders for letting through a misprint that he suggested came from a spell-check program, explaining that since almost every recipe in the book calls for black pepper at a on each page it was an error he considered "quite forgivable". He went on to attack those who might complain about what he called a "silly mistake" as "small minded".
Meanwhile, the clean-up operation continues, with the publisher releasing a rather more emollient statement on its website offering sincere apologies "for any offence this error may have caused readers", and suggesting that proofreaders "would have been concentrating on checking quantities, a common source of error in cookbooks". Penguin also offered to "willingly replace a copy of The Pasta Bible owned by anyone who feels uncomfortable about having a copy of the book in their possession".
Speaking to the Guardian this afternoon, Sessions was unwilling to add to his earlier remarks, explaining that he had "nothing further to say", and referring to the Penguin website.
word of the day - apr 19 10
hugger-mugger
noun
1. a disorderly jumble; muddle; confusion.
2. secrecy; concealment.
noun
1. a disorderly jumble; muddle; confusion.
2. secrecy; concealment.
keep it classy, washington!
Animal rights activists protest donkey basketball
SNOHOMISH, Wash. -- Donkey basketball -- is it clean fun, or simply cruel?
On Wednesday night, animal rights activists targeted Snohomish High School, where the popular annual family event took center court.
Simple advice and a pep talk paved the way for the tipoff, and a stampede of action on the court. Eight donkeys jumped into action with players on their backs.
The event was a fundraiser for a senior class graduation party with teachers and staff in black jerseys taking on the students in white.
But not everyone thinks it's fun and games. Animal rights activists quietly protested outside, saying it's simply cruel.
"The donkeys are pushed, kicked, shoved, and prodded to do something that is unnatural for them and confusing," said protester David Schirk.
Some say the event is bad enough, but having it at a school makes it worse.
"I think it sends a really bad message to children on how to raise them and cruelty to animals and to all beings, and what does that teach our children?" said protester Carol Guilbault.
But Bruce Wick, who owns the donkeys, says the animals are well-cared for, and really enjoy playing the game.
They're trained to follow the ball, and go up and down the court.
"When I back into the corral, they're all fighting to see who gets to go," said Wick of Donkey Sports.
To help ease the impact on the hardwood, the donkeys' hooves have rubber padding.
"They're pretty intelligent animals," Wick said. "And if they're sitting around in a small pen or stall all day, they're fighting boredom all that time."
Out on the court, they cut loose.
"It was pretty uncontrollable, but it was a lot of fun. They've got a mind of their own, definitely," said one rider.
"Everybody likes to see somebody look silly, and a lot of times, the donkeys will make the riders look silly," said Wick.
Wick says, overall, donkey basketball is fun and safe. But animal rights groups say event also comes with huge liabilities, because people can get hurt easily.
SNOHOMISH, Wash. -- Donkey basketball -- is it clean fun, or simply cruel?
On Wednesday night, animal rights activists targeted Snohomish High School, where the popular annual family event took center court.
Simple advice and a pep talk paved the way for the tipoff, and a stampede of action on the court. Eight donkeys jumped into action with players on their backs.
The event was a fundraiser for a senior class graduation party with teachers and staff in black jerseys taking on the students in white.
But not everyone thinks it's fun and games. Animal rights activists quietly protested outside, saying it's simply cruel.
"The donkeys are pushed, kicked, shoved, and prodded to do something that is unnatural for them and confusing," said protester David Schirk.
Some say the event is bad enough, but having it at a school makes it worse.
"I think it sends a really bad message to children on how to raise them and cruelty to animals and to all beings, and what does that teach our children?" said protester Carol Guilbault.
But Bruce Wick, who owns the donkeys, says the animals are well-cared for, and really enjoy playing the game.
They're trained to follow the ball, and go up and down the court.
"When I back into the corral, they're all fighting to see who gets to go," said Wick of Donkey Sports.
To help ease the impact on the hardwood, the donkeys' hooves have rubber padding.
"They're pretty intelligent animals," Wick said. "And if they're sitting around in a small pen or stall all day, they're fighting boredom all that time."
Out on the court, they cut loose.
"It was pretty uncontrollable, but it was a lot of fun. They've got a mind of their own, definitely," said one rider.
"Everybody likes to see somebody look silly, and a lot of times, the donkeys will make the riders look silly," said Wick.
Wick says, overall, donkey basketball is fun and safe. But animal rights groups say event also comes with huge liabilities, because people can get hurt easily.
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