From Pirate Ballerina comes word that if you lied to get your teaching position, plagiarized while on the job, and pretty much have no place on a campus, that with a great deal of effort and legal fees (probably in the millions), you can actually lose your job.
CU Interim Chancellor Phil DiStefano:
I have carefully reviewed […]
Story labeled “not newsworthy” by newly-sensitive faction within I.S.
If you are interested in the story about the former handyman who won more than $400,000 in a lawsuit over a penile implant that gave him a 10-year erection you’ll just have to click to the Jammy. Sorry, we are simply not able to talk about the […]
“Clapton’s “Unplugged” LP is particularly appropriate for a country that has almost no electricity” say experts!
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il’s son and heir apparent, Kim Jong-Chol, toured Germany earlier this month to see four concerts in Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Leipzig, and Berlin by rock star Eric Clapton. He is a known die-hard Clapton fan.
Experts said the […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)I always thought these guys looked a lot more alike than they do when I put them side-by-side. Just the same, given a choice between the two I’d rather have The Shield’s Vic Macky as CEO of my company that Dennis Kozlowski.
While on the subject of The Shield, here are some memorable quotes from Macky:
Good […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)In case you are unfamiliar with him, here is some of what Richard Ramirez was up to in the 80’s (note the ages of some of his rape/murder victims):
June 28, 1984—Jennie Vincow, 79, Glassell Park. Her throat was slashed. Murder, Burglary
March 17, 1985–Dayle Okazaki, 34, and Maria Hernandez, 20, Rosemead. Dayle was shot to death. […]
The FBI announced last night they had indicted seven Miami area men for a terrorist plot to blow up the Sears Tower as well as several government buildings.
The seven would be jihadis were apparently living in a warehouse and were described by neighbors as seemingly brainwashed and militaristic but non-threatening, although one neighbor […]
Dog for calling 911:
Kevin Weaver from Florida suffers from diabetes. He had a seizure and collapsed. Belle, his beagle, bit into his cell phone, hitting the 911 auto dial button, and saved her master. Belle has been honored with a medal at a ceremony in Washington.
Dogs used as a blunt object:
Less lucky was a […]
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h/t: Fark
Perhaps this is why subcontractors work so slow
From “Wired” News (aptly named for this story):
For the fifth time in a week, a stash of drugs was found in a cabinet at a Home Depot store in Massachusetts or discovered after the fixture was brought home.
A plumber in Southwick discovered 40 pounds of marijuana and […]
“The Last Supper”
An individual by the name of Rev. Brendan Powell Smith has recreated numerous stories out of the bible using Lego characters. He calls it The Brick Testament and says that its goal is to give people an increased knowledge of the contents of The Bible in a way that is fun and compelling […]
Two proposals which would raise the federal minimum wage were defeated in the US Senate yesterday. The first sponsored by Democrats including Teddy Kennedy would have raised the minimum wage to $7.25 over a period of about 2 years. The second sponsored by Republican Mike Enzi would have raised the minimum wage to […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)Chalk one up for “Napoleon Dynomite”, “Ligers“are real:
If, like me, you thought “hybrids” were limited to Prius’s with fading “Kerry/Edwards” bumper stickers then check out this mix of lion and tiger (”liger”). The photograph below shows the hybrid liger and its trainer Dr. Bhagavan Antle at a Renaissance Festival in Massachusetts, USA, October 2005.
Ligers are […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)The United States faces a do-or-die game this morning at the World Cup, and Southern California’s newspaper of record offers local fans … a wire service preview.
Of course, the LAT also did this on Saturday before the Italy game. And then their staffer wrote an insipid piece seemingly lifted from quote sheets that ignored the […]
The Los Angeles Times’ Peter Wallsten on Tennessee Rep. Harold Ford, who hopes to become the first black Senator from the old Confederacy since Reconstruction:
Ford and his strategists have been laying plans should race — or the kinds of racial codes that marked other campaigns, including charges of being too liberal — emerge in the […]
Following the tragic deaths of Stanislav Ionov and Scott Bleifer last year, a number of parties have been working on making Pacific Coast Highway safer for cyclists. Step one is a very small step–placing “Share the Road” signs along the more dangerous stretches of the highway. While some may scoff that drunk drivers and speeders […]
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