From FindaGrave.com:
Maine (June 10) - Two brothers were killed in separate highway crashes in this coastal town just hours apart.
Adrian Basford, 52, of Winterport, died Saturday afternoon when his motorcycle went out of control on U.S. 1A, crossed a driveway and struck an embankment. State police said Basford was traveling too fast while rounding […]
It used to be the CEO’s (or perhaps sales executives) that were the big horndogs, now one of America’s top chief financial officers turns out to be the biggest one of all.***
In another example of “don’t judge a book by it’s cover” (or perhaps with money you can buy anything) let’s look at […]
Holly ““The Trash Can Killer” Ashcraft
From the KCBS News coverage of Holly’s legal wrangling: “Her attorney contends the 23-year old did nothing wrong.”
Ashcraft’s attorney Mark Geragos “There is no evidence that there was any kind of abuse…. Nothing was done to harm the infant.”
We beg to differ.
Holly has admitted to getting knocked up yet again, […]
I think we are the only blog in America that has been up for more than a week and hadn’t published at least one photo of cats looking cute. We apologize and without further delay, here you go:
What a couple of cute little kitties
Many of our readers, especially those from Texas, were probably expecting something […]
Outrage expressed over lack of credibility
Former swimsuit model, WWE Diva, and Barker’s Beauty, Lauren Jones is scheduled to begin hosting the local news in Tyler, TX as part of the new Fox reality show “Anchorwoman”. Predictably people are too stupid to recognize a good thing when they see it:
NEW YORK — An upcoming Fox […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)Online humor magazine The Onion has an RSS feed so there is absolutely no reason to miss one of their stories or images…
Study: Many Americans Too Fat To Commit Suicide
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)For those of you not familiar with Twitter, it is a way to tell everyone you know what you are doing at all times (and I mean all times). Of course you friends are all doing the same thing leading to a big custer f*ck of messaging going back and forth all about nothing […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)From Reuters:
A Singapore radio station was fined for organizing a contest in which women were asked to remove their bra as quickly as possible from under their clothes.
Singapore’s Media Development Authority said state-owned MediaCorp Radio would be fined S$15,000 ($9,800) for broadcasting “exploitative and inappropriate content” in its program “No Bra Days with the Muttons” […]
In an effort to reduce prostitution the government of New South Wales has given local authorities more leeway to act against illegal brothels including turning off their power and water.
There’ll be no red light over the door and it’ll be no showers and candle light at illegal brothels in NSW with the State Government planning […]
Wie’s woes continue…
Michelle Wie: Even her looks can’t bail her out
Michelle Wie has had a difficult past year, all of which she has brought upon herself. First she goes from being a darn good female golfer to the worst mail golfer ever. Next is the rule bending. Credibility is important in golf, or at least […]
You’ve all heard the story of the boy who kills his parents and then asks for leniency since he’s an orphan. Well it’s happening for real. A lifelong criminal and gang member from Los Angeles is arguing against being deported to his native Guatemala because they don’t like gang members in Guatemala and his life […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)From LA Observed:
“Former School Me blogger and Current editor Bob Sipchen is believed to be on the [buy-out] list and said to be headed for a post with the Sierra Club.”
Bob Sipchen was in the process of doing more than any single individual for reforming LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District). No disrespect for […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)King/Drew supporter Maxine Waters
Two years ago we wrote about the fiscal and medical disaster called King/Drew hospital:
In the latest inspection of the hospital, federal officials cited several major medical errors, including a patient who waited to be seen in King/Drew’s emergency room for more than 13 hours without a medical screening. He later died of […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)The Times they are a-changing…
Employing the ‘if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” strategy against blogs, The Los Angeles Times published a Front Page story on Allison Stokke with photos.
Allison Stokke
It’s hard to imagine this happening prior to the Tribune takeover but in the midst of declining revenues, who can blame them? People aren’t exactly […]
