New York City plans to capture pesky geese that threaten planes departing area airports and send them to Pennsylvania to be cooked for meals for the poor, city officials said. The plan is aimed at avoiding incidents like the forced landing of a U.S. Airways plane in the Hudson River in January 2009 after a [...]
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Airport Geese Captured & Fed to Homeless
Posted: 20th June 2011 by Veritas in Lifestyle, Oddly Enough, What the F*ck!Tags: airports, Angry Protests, animal rights activists, Canada Geese, City Officials, Department Of Environmental Protection, Flock, Food Banks, hudson river, Laguardia Airport, Landfills, National Transportation Safety, National Transportation Safety Board, Pennsylvania Banks, Pennsylvania Food, source article, spokesman, Suitable Locations, Takeoff, Transportation Safety Board, U S Airways
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Florida Streets Are Most Dangerous in Country
Posted: 10th June 2011 by Veritas in Lifestyle, RandomnessTags: Arterial Roads, Best Cities, Bicyclists, California Las Vegas, Cleveland New York, Common Factor, Dangerous Cities, Density Areas, Federal Transportation, Florida Streets, Last Decade, Low Density, Pedestrian Fatalities, Pedestrians, Racial Minorities, Reform Group, Riverside California, source article, Transportation Reform, Urban Sprawl, Walking Down The Street
Warning to pedestrians — Walking down the street in Florida could be hazardous to your health. Several major cities in the state — Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, Miami-Fort Lauderdale — took the top spots on a list of the most dangerous metropolitan areas for pedestrians published by a U.S. transportation reform group on Tuesday. The “Dangerous [...]
Marijuana Superstore Opens in Phoenix, Arizona
Posted: 2nd June 2011 by Sus Scrofa in LifestyleTags: Box Chains, Dennis Burke, Dhar, Eligible Patients, Federal Prosecution, Grow Marijuana, Home Depot, legalize, marijuana, marijuana for medical purposes, Marijuana Growing, Medical Approval, Medical Marijuana Act, Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, Medical Marijuana Law, megastore, Phoenix Arizona, Press Materials, Square Foot Store, State Health Department, State Health Officials, Superstore, Wags, wal-mart, weed
Some local wags are calling it the “Wal-Mart of Weed” or “Home DePot.” Seeking to capitalize on Arizona’s newly enacted medical marijuana law, a California-based company on Wednesday opened a superstore-sized garden center in Phoenix catering to those who want to grow their own cannabis.
Drug War Has Failed, Governments Explore Legalizing Marijuana
Posted: 2nd June 2011 by Sus Scrofa in Lifestyle, PoliticsTags: Carlos Fuentes, Crime Syndicates, Drug Policies, Federal Reserve Chairman, Former Presidents, General Kofi Annan, Global Commission, government, Kofi Annan, Legal Models, legalize, Legalizing Marijuana, marijuana, Mario Vargas Llosa, Paul Volcker, Prime Minister Of Greece, richard branson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Secretary General Kofi, Secretary General Kofi Annan, U S Presidents, war on drugs
The global war on drugs has failed and governments should explore legalizing marijuana and other controlled substances, according to a commission that includes former heads of state, a former U.N. secretary-general and a business mogul.
May 22, the Day after the Judgment Day that never happened
Posted: 22nd May 2011 by Sus Scrofa in Lifestyle, ReligionTags: apocolypse, Bible, end of the world, God, Jesus Christ, Judgement Day, rapture
Book about flies listed at $23.7 million on Amazon
Posted: 17th May 2011 by Sus Scrofa in Entertainment, Lifestyle, Oddly Enough, Science | TechnologyTags: amazon, Big Time, book, books, Developmental Biology, Evolutionary Biologist, Flies, Fly, Graduate Student, joke, Michael Eisen, million dollars, Peter Lawrence, shipping, shock, Uc Berkeley, used books, Whack
If you were shopping for a new copy of Peter Lawrence’s The Making of a Fly — a classic work on developmental biology — on Amazon recently, you might’ve gotten quite a shock. The book was priced at $23,698,655.93 (plus $3.99 shipping)! What happened? Michael Eisen, an evolutionary biologist at UC Berkeley, first noticed the [...]
Brazilian Woman, Legally Entitled To Masturbate At Work
Posted: 17th May 2011 by Sus Scrofa in Lifestyle, Oddly EnoughTags: All Sorts, Bezerra, Brazil, Brazilian Woman, Carol Queen, Chemical Imbalance, Cocktail, Dr Carol, Eyebrows, Female Accountant, Good Vibrations, Hypersexuality, legal, masterbate, News Story, pleasure, Severe Anxiety, Sex Toy Shop, Sexologist, source article, Tranquilizers, Work Computer, Work Situation
In a decision that can only be described as touchy, a Brazilian judge has reportedly ruled that a 36-year-old female accountant can legally masturbate at work and watch porn on her work computer. Ana Catarian Bezerra successfully argued that she suffers from a chemical imbalance that triggers severe anxiety and hypersexuality, according to a viral [...]
Experts Say $4 for a Gallon of Gas Won’t Decrease Demand
Posted: 4th May 2011 by Veritas in Economy | Finance, LifestyleTags: American Drivers, Behavior Expert, Commuters, Consumer Behavior, Economic Downturn, Fuel Costs, Fuel Demand, Gallon Of Gas, Gasoline Consumption, Gasoline Prices, Lars Perner, Light Vehicles, Market Shifts, New Car Sales, Oil Price, Rout, Sticker Shock, Tailspin, Tipping Point, University Of Southern California, World Oil Prices
When gasoline prices shot to $4 a gallon in 2008, sticker shock cut fuel demand and helped send world oil prices tumbling by more than $100 a barrel in just five months. Pump prices have returned to near those highs, averaging $3.95 a gallon after rising 36 percent in a year. Oil has also soared, [...]
One-Armed People Roam Maine with Switchblades
Posted: 12th April 2011 by Veritas in Lifestyle, Oddly EnoughTags: Amputees, Backers, blade, Circumstances, Couple Of Days, Emergencies, Folding Knives, Governor Paul, Lawmakers, maine, Moving, people, senate, source article, spokeswoman, Spring Action, Switchblades, teeth
Maine lawmakers on Wednesday approved legalizing switchblades for people with one arm, moving close to becoming the first state to make such an exception to laws that ban use of the spring-action knives. Backers of the measure say legalizing switchblades would eliminate a need for one-armed people to be forced to open folding knives with [...]
Hardcore Wrestling Legend Mick Foley Will Mow Your Lawn for Charity
Posted: 12th April 2011 by Sus Scrofa in Entertainment, LifestyleTags: charity, Hardcore Wrestling, lawn, Lawnmower, Mankind, Mick Foley, mow the lawn, wrestling, WWE, WWf