Florida police say a man arrested for repeatedly calling 911 looking for sex claimed it was the only number he could dial after running out of cell phone minutes. Tampa police said 29-year-old Joshua Basso made sexual comments to the 911 dispatcher and asked if he could come to her house. Investigators say she hung [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Man Arrested for Calling 911, Asking for Sex
Posted: 16th November 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Crime, Fifs, Oddly EnoughTags: 9/11, Sex
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Kenya Recruiting Children to Fight in Somalia
Posted: 16th November 2009 by Sus Scrofa in PoliticsTags: army, Kenya, recruiting, Somalia, war
The recruits assembled by moonlight at a watering hole. Hundreds of boys and young Kenyan men were herded onto trucks, which were covered with heavy canvas and driven through the night. It was so hot inside they could hardly breathe. One recruit, Salad Dahir, said they banged the sides of the truck for water but [...]
Man Breaks Record for Pulling Bus with his Hair
Posted: 12th November 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Oddly Enough, RandomnessTags: bus, hair, World Record
A British man broke the world record for pulling a double-decker bus with his hair. Manjit Singh broke the Guinness World Record on Thursday by pulling the bus weighing 8.5 British tons for 21.2 meters (69.55 feet) across Battersea Park in London with ribbons attached to his hair.
Math Student Questions Iran’s Supreme Leader to His Face
Posted: 12th November 2009 by Veritas in PoliticsTags: ahmadinejad, ayatollah, criticism, Iran, khamenei, student
An unassuming college math student has become an unlikely hero to many in Iran for daring to criticize the country’s most powerful man to his face. Mahmoud Vahidnia has received an outpouring of support from government opponents for the challenge – unprecedented in a country where insulting supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is a crime [...]
Want $68k a Year as Greatful Dead Archivist?
Posted: 12th November 2009 by Veritas in Economy | FinanceTags: California, greatful dead, job, Music, santa cruz, school, univeristy
The University Library of the University of California, Santa Cruz, seeks an enterprising, creative, and service-oriented archivist to join the staff of Special Collections & Archives (SC&A) as Archivist for the Grateful Dead Archive. This is a potential career status position.
Is Blackface OK for White People?
Posted: 12th November 2009 by Veritas in Entertainment, LifestyleTags: blackface, face, models, paint, race, racism, tyra
Oscar the Grouch Trashes Fox News
Posted: 12th November 2009 by Veritas in Entertainment, PoliticsTags: children, education, fox news, Politics, sesame street
‘Call of Duty’ Game Sells $310M in 24 hours
Posted: 12th November 2009 by Sus Scrofa in EntertainmentTags: Call of Duty, PS3, video game, xbox
First-day sales of Activision Blizzard Inc.’s “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2″ broke records, raking in an estimated $310 million in North America and the United Kingdom alone. The video game went on sale all over the world on Tuesday, but Activision provided figures Thursday only for North America and Britain. The company estimates that [...]
Las Vegas Introduces the ‘Stripper Mobile’ with Live Dancers
Posted: 12th November 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Entertainment, LifestyleTags: dancers, las vegas, mobile, stripper
Even the men who hand out “nude girls direct to your room” cards stopped their hawking long enough to do some gawking at the “stripper-mobile” as it rolled down the Strip on Monday night. It’s akin to a small U-Haul truck but with Plexiglas surrounding the brightly lit cargo area instead of walls. In the [...]
J.Lo Granted Restraining Order On Sex Video
Posted: 11th November 2009 by Sus Scrofa in EntertainmentTags: Jennifer lopez, jlo, Sex, sex tape, sex video
A California judge granted a temporary restraining order Tuesday barring Jennifer Lopez’s first husband and his manager from distributing 11 hours of home video footage the singer-actress claims includes sexual situations. Lopez claims ex-husband Ojani Noa is exploiting her private life with the footage and the proposed film, “The J.Lo and Ojani Noa Story.”