Image via WikipediaThe New Plymouth prison is surrounded by a large stone wall topped with razor wire –– designed to keep people in.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Criminals break into prison
Image via WikipediaThe New Plymouth prison is surrounded by a large stone wall topped with razor wire –– designed to keep people in.
Priest's drunken rant after DUI arrest – offers to be 'sexual slave'
After being arrested for drunk driving, Ohio priest Father Ignatius Kury was handcuffed to a cinder-block in his cell. For twenty minutes, Kury ranted, screamed and raged .... guess the devil made him do it!
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Pirated copy of ‘The Hurt Locker’ airs on national TV
During the leadup to the Oscars, Belarus’ National State Television decided to show its views some previous Oscar winning films. One of them was The Hurt Locker, which won last years's best picture award. Problem is the version they showed had been downloaded from the BitTorrent site Interfilm.ru –– essentially a priated copy. Interfilm was raided by police in 2009 and it is now involved in a $1.25 billion copyright infringement claim.
The smoking gun is a female voice-over during the film that says, "“This release is created exclusively for interfilm.ru.” This was apparently commonly inserted into movies obtained by Interfilm.
A spokeswoman for Belarus’ National State television said that proper licenses for the film were acquired. The phrase mentioning Interfilm.ru could be a “technical error”, she noted. While you might expect this from college kids, it's pretty wild that a state TV station even in Belarus, would stoop to this ... or should I say have this type of "technical error". Read more on TorrentFreak.
Hurt Locker Clip with the voice-over
15 vintage products that are trying to kill you
Video: Army exercise fails to deliver
I guess this is called a failure to deliver. Watch this quick video of an army exercise (don't ask me which army!) that goes off with a dud.
Plans for May 21? Forget it. This group of travelling "ambassadors" says the world will end on that day
What do you do when you are convinced that Jesus is coming on May 21, 2011 and the world will end on that day? Well, it seems you hit the road with your fellow wackos and spread the bad news. It's unclear (to me at least) why May 21 is the appropriate date for the world to end, but then again why not. These people left there families and jobs to spread the word, so why not give them the courtesy of listening – before we laugh.
From CNN: "They're wearing sweatshirts and other clothing announcing the "Awesome News," that Judgment Day is coming on May 21. On that day, people who will be saved will be raptured up to heaven. The rest will endure exactly 153 days of death and horror before the world ends on October 21. That message is splashed across their five sleek, vinyl-wrapped RVs, bearing this promise: "The Bible guarantees it!"
They're wearing sweatshirts and other clothing announcing the "Awesome News," that Judgment Day is coming on May 21. On that day, people who will be saved will be raptured up to heaven. The rest will endure exactly 153 days of death and horror before the world ends on October 21. That message is splashed across their five sleek, vinyl-wrapped RVs, bearing this promise: "The Bible guarantees it!""
The Disney movie you missed: "The Story Of Menstruation"
Study says its healthy for men to stare at women's breasts
I'm filing this in my every-growing "Useless Studies" folder. News flash: Staring at women's breast's is healthy for men.That is, until the slap comes. The study claims to have a control group of men who did not get to stare at women's breasts. They failed to mention that blind men were used for the control group. Watch this useless FOX NEWS report on the study, filled with ... lots of breasts!
News: It's Healthy To Stare At Women's Chests - Watch more Funny Videos
Perhaps the nerdiest thing for a high school student to do this summer
Image via Wikipedia
Video: Banned University of Lincoln commercial
A student tried to show his university in a more modern light. He makes a video ....
89 million condoms to be given out at Brazil's carnival
Image via WikipediaThere is a good reason for this. According to health officials in Brazil, 630,000 people in Brazil are infected with the AIDS virus. Fair enough. Party on!
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Economist compares Chinese provinces to countries
This is a fascinating look at the provinces of China, and how they rank when compared to various countries in the worldfrom the Economist. China as a whole, has the second largest economy in the world, behind the U.S. , but it's interesting to see just how strong some of the component economies are. From their report:
"Guangdong's GDP (at market exchange rates) is almost as big as Indonesia's; the output of both Jiangsu and Shandong exceeds Switzerland’s."
" Guangdong exports as much as South Korea, Jiangsu as much as Taiwan. Shanghai’s GDP per person is as high as Saudi Arabia’s"
Click on the graphic to go to the Economist's interactive graphic. It's worth looking at.
They have also compared stated in the U.S. to countries of the world. From the report:
"California on its own would rank as one of the biggest economies of the world. These days, it would rank eighth, falling between Italy and Brazil on a nominal exchange-rate basis."
"Who would have thought that, despite years of auto-industry hardship, the economy of Michigan is still the same size as Taiwan's?"
Click on the map to go to the Economist's interactive map.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Video: House lifted by balloons to 10,000 feet
The real life "Up"! Watch this house being lifted by 300 helium balloons in southern California to a height of 10,000 feet. The stunt will be part of the upcoming National Geographic series "How Hard Can it Be" :
World's largest shark jaw up for auction
Here's part of the description about the jaw: "The ferocious Megalodon was the largest predaceous shark ever to have swum the oceans of our planet; completely dominating the marine food chain for almost twenty million years. That it could reach the length of two city buses is immediately apparent from this tremendous, astonishing jaw, containing 182 first-class fossil teeth, each with superb enamel coverage, coloring, serrations, and measuring up to 7 5/8 inches along the diagonal, amongst the largest Megalodon teeth ever discovered."
Care to place your bid? Click here.
Lady Gaga suing human breast milk ice cream maker
Image by Jazmin Million via FlickrCount me among the "turned off". Good luck to you Lady Gaga.
Video: The 1st annual "Crackhead Tossing Competition"
No typo here. As billed. I'm sure the Olympic committee is looking into this for the upcoming Stupidity Games.
Crashed plane in Google Maps images
Somewhere over Alameda, CA this plane crash was picked up in a Google Maps image:
School apoligizes for mock slave auction
Image via WikipediaThe class was divided into slaves and masters. Students who were playing the role of master were told to feel the students playing slaves to see if they were worth buying, according to Burton. "They got to look in your mouth and feel your legs and stuff and see if you're strong and stuff."
A school district spokeswoman said the slave auction was part of state required curriculum and that it was a one-time lesson.
This leaves me wondering if they have been using old issues of the National Lampoon for lesson plans.
Video: Testing jetpack on skis @47mph - awesome (sort of)
Dare devil and sometime stuntman Troy Hartman is shown here testing out his new jetpack on skis. He had this to say about it: "50% throttle yielded a speed of 47 mph. A second set of test runs demonstrated ascents of black diamond rated slopes. More details to follow at troyhartman.com ."
Testing New Jetpack on Skis - Troy Hartman from Troy Hartman on Vimeo.
Christchurch earthquake rock that destroyed house up for auction
The owner of a large boulder that destroyed his house in Christchurch, New Zealand during the recent earthquake has put the offending boulder –– nicknamed "Rocky" –– up for auction. The current bidding is up to $8,150.00. Proceeds are going to the Christchurch Earthquake Relief Fund.
"For sale 1 owner 25 - 30 tonne landscape feature (answers to the name Rocky) ...
He is in pristine condition (just a little bit of concrete dust). Suitable for garden feature, or as in our case a magnificent addition to your living area.
Rocky will enhance your "indoor outdoor" flow considerably, especially if you load him in through the garage roof like we did.
Sorry, but we are unable to deliver Rocky but would be happy for you to pick him up and roll him away (please mind our neighbours when you do) :-)
Highest bid (should there be one) gets personalised photo with Rocky (when cordon lifts) and of course a wonderful addition to your home."
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