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If you are reading this post it’s already too late for you, but this study does give me a good excuse to post this:

More horrible - She gave birth to 7 kids.
Elisabeth told police her father began sexually abusing her when she was 11 and he locked her up in a room in the cellar on August 28, 1984.
During the 24 years that followed, she said she had six children by him.
The seventh child was a twin who […]

Warning: You might laugh yourself to death. Hello Rocky emailed me asking what these people look like today.

9/11 Conspiracy Theories ‘Ridiculous,’ Al Qaeda Says
In case you don’t understand the humor, this is The Onion’s way of saying that conspiracy theorists are indeed idiots (he uses the word “nut cases”). This opinion is not unique. Bill Maher feel the same thing:

As do Penn & Teller (who call them “f*cking crazy” and a “special […]

SAINI SUNPURA, India — A baby with two faces was born in a northern Indian village, where she is doing well and is being worshipped as the reincarnation of a Hindu goddess, her father said Tuesday.
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Rural India is deeply superstitious and the little girl is being hailed as a return of the Hindu goddess of […]

This is a first and probably a last but I actually agree with Paul Krugman’s conclusion in today’s NY Times Not every bit of it mind you but the overall conclusion:
The subsidized conversion of crops into fuel was supposed to promote energy independence and help limit global warming. But this promise was, as Time […]

A New York Times reporter shoots pictures of guys posting signs illegally, a misdemeanor, and one of the guys assaults him. The reporter writes about it and then states he isn’t going to press charges because the guy told him he was going to assault him.
I began photographing the poster operation. After about two […]

Today vs. Yesterday. Yikes!

47 years old and looking every bit of it.
h/t: FL Bill

This isn’t quite the headline you expect to see surfing the news sites in the morning:
Woman Goes for Leg Operation, Gets New Anus Instead
it could be worse I guess - she might have gone in for a nose job and ended up with a penis. Explain that one to your husband.
on the same page:
Is […]

Do this test and save a cyclist’s life.
h/t: Dr. Hoist

According to a pair of Harvard economists in the days following public calls for troop withdrawals or expressions of a lack of public will in continuing the fight in Iraq attacks by insurgents increase.
Big surprise, right?
The paper “Is There an ‘Emboldenment’ Effect in Iraq? Evidence From the Insurgency in Iraq” concludes the […]

I’m betting they can stick those stiletto heels in a bullseye at 400 yds.

Maybe we need a cage match between the women of the IDF, including their rumored elite stripper squads, the Femtroopers and the Ukrainian Supermodel Corps to determine who is hottest.
h/t Strategy page via Instapundit

Always being willing to beat a dead horse I am following up on the Serena Kozakura case with this highly informative video

Oh and in other less important news John McCain secured the Republican nomination last night, Mike Huckabee conceded, Hillary won Ohio, Texas, and Rhode Island and Barack is no longer the anointed one.
Serena Kozakura, […]

Japanese Pin-up Model says breasts got her off
For real.
TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese pin-up model says that her big breasts have not only boosted her career — they also helped her overturn a court verdict.
The bikini model, who goes by her professional name Serena Kozakura, was cleared after a court decided she was too well-endowed […]

In an otherwise slow news week, the world of sports dug deep to come up with a story perfect for Independent Sources. “We really need to thank the NFL”, stated Insider, a spokesperson for Independent Sources. This is not the first time that professional football has bailed Independent Sources out of a traffic nosedive. In […]