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The sacred narrative of Joe Paterno
Posted: 23rd January 2012 by Sus Scrofa in RandomnessTags: American Mythology, Best Intentions, Casual Relationship, fairy tale, Fictions, Folk Tale, Getty Images, Hyperbole, Joe Paterno, Moral Compromise, Mourning, Narrative, Obituary, Patrick Smith, Reflex, Sadness, Stage Management, Storytelling, Tangle, truth, Truth Cuts, Worth Remembering That
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Sex-Offending Singer Dies in Prison
Posted: 18th January 2012 by Sus Scrofa in Randomness, VideosTags: Medical Center, North Florida, Orange County Boy, Pretty Woman, probation, Sex, Sexual Battery, Videos, youtube
Edward Muscare died Sunday at an inmate medical center in North Florida. He was 79. Muscare was arrested in 2010 after posting videos of himself singing such songs as “Pretty Woman.”
Car ends on top of another in Mass. parking garage
Posted: 5th January 2012 by Sus Scrofa in Oddly Enough, Randomness, What the F*ck!Tags: Accelerator, Boston Parking, Cleary, failure, Lt, Luxury Sedan, Massachusetts Office, Morning Crash, Parking Garage, parking lot, Thursday Morning, Wellesley
Police say a driver coming to a stop at a Massachusetts office parking lot stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake, causing the car to jump over a curb and land inside a nearby parking garage on top of a luxury sedan. Lt. Marie Cleary says no one was injured in the Thursday morning [...]
A Review of 2011
Posted: 30th December 2011 by Sus Scrofa in Crime, Economy | Finance, Entertainment, Fifs, Funny News, Happy News, Hot Chicks, Lifestyle, Mother Nature, Oddly Enough, Politics, Randomness, Religion, Sad News, Science | Technology, Sports, Videos, What the F*ck!Cuban Man Brags About His 4 Extra Fingers and Toes
Posted: 27th August 2011 by Sus Scrofa in Mother Nature, Randomness, What the F*ck!Tags: Average Salary, Bonanza, Coconuts, Cuban City, extra digits, Fidel Castro, fingers and toes, Garrido, Girlfriend, Havana, insult, Nickname, Nicknames, Orthopedist, Palm Trees, Physical Traits, Popular Guy, Privilege, Term Of Endearment, Uniqueness
They call him “Twenty-Four.” Yoandri Hernandez Garrido’s nickname comes from the six perfectly formed fingers on each of his hands and the six impeccable toes on each foot. Hernandez is proud of his extra digits and calls them a blessing, saying they set him apart and enable him to make a living by scrambling up [...]
Al Capone’s Gun Sells for $110,000
Posted: 1st July 2011 by Veritas in RandomnessTags: American Gangster, Brother Ralph, Christie, Clash, Colt 38, gangs, Gangster Al Capone, London Auction, Madeleine, Personal Letter, pistol, Private Collector, Prohibition Era, Revolver, source article, Valentine Day, Valentine S Day
A revolver belonging to notorious American gangster Al Capone fetched 67,250 pounds ($110,000) at a London auction at Christie’s on Wednesday. It had been expected to sell for 50-70,000 pounds. The Colt .38 revolver was sold by a private collector, who provided an original personal letter from Madeleine Capone Morichetti, the widow of Al’s brother [...]
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 [...]
Need a condom? There’s an app for that…
Posted: 15th February 2011 by Veritas in Lifestyle, RandomnessTags: Address Input, Adolescents, android, Application Help, City Health Department, Condom Distribution, Distribution Program, Free Condoms, Health Commissioner, iPhone, Monica, new york city, New York City Health, parents, people, Safer Sex, Safest City In The World, source article, Valentine Day, Valentine S Day
The New York City Health Department on Monday unveiled a smartphone application that will help users locate the nearest place in the area giving out free condoms. “We want New York City to be the safest city in the world to have sex,” said Dr. Monica Sweeney, the city’s assistant health commissioner. “A lot of [...]
Poll Shows Russians to be Gullible
Posted: 14th February 2011 by Veritas in Oddly Enough, RandomnessTags: Colleagues, Dinosaurs, Earth, education, Fallacies, Margin Of Error, Olga, people, poll, Pollster, Radioactivity, Russia, Russians, solar system, source article, spokeswoman, Study Also Found That, sun
Does the sun revolve around the Earth? One in every three Russians thinks so, a spokeswoman for state pollster VsTIOM said on Friday. In a survey released this week, 32 percent of Russians believed the Earth was the center of the Solar system; 55 percent that all radioactivity is man-made; and 29 percent that the [...]
Another Dirty Politician…Former Republican House Leader Tom Delay Sentenced on Money Laundering & Conspiracy Charges
Posted: 10th January 2011 by Veritas in RandomnessTags: Appeals Process, Campaign Donations, Conspiracy Charges, Corporate Campaign, Corporate Contributions, County District Attorney, Dick Deguerin, Gary Cobb, Judge Pat Priest, Leader Tom, Lehmberg, Money Laundering, Pest Control Company, Probation Judge, Republican Candidates, Republican Leader, Republican Revolution, Senior Judge Pat Priest, Texas Legislature, Tom Delay, Travis County District Attorney, Vote Counter
Former House of Representatives Republican Leader Tom DeLay was sentenced to three years in prison on Monday after a jury found him guilty of money laundering and conspiracy. Senior Judge Pat Priest sentenced DeLay, 63, to a five-year sentence for money laundering and three years for conspiracy for a scheme to illegally funnel money to [...]