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Pat Robertson owns a race horse

Wednesday, June 16, 2021 (3 posts)
Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson says he sees no contradiction between his condemnation of gambling and his ownership of racehorse Mr. Pat. "I ...

Quote - Apple Computers promote Godless Darwinism and Communism

Saturday, November 17, 2018 (3 posts)
according to Dr. Richard Paley, Fellowship University... "The real operating system hiding under the newest version of the Macintosh operating system ...

Japanese Whale Research

Monday, April 22, 2002 (1 post)
Japan stopped commercial whaling back in 1986, now they only engage in whale research. Five ships from the Institute of Cetacean Research just returned ...

Separated at birth?

Robert Picardo (Star Trek Voyager) and David Lee Roth... [IMAGE] ...

This one isn't funny...

Friday, August 30, 2024 (9 posts)
MSNBC reports that as much as half of the chocolate in the world comes from cocoa beans harvested by slave labor. http://msnbc.com/news/717348.asp? ...

New Action Figures

[IMAGE] Really, the company is herobuilders.com

"Skank" not a libelous term

Friday, April 19, 2002 (1 post)
According to Rueters, a California state appeals court has ruled it is not libel to call someone a "skank" or even a "big skank" on the radio - describing the ...

Weirdness from Connecticut

Thursday, April 18, 2002 (1 post)
DURHAM, CT - They were naked, and there was a cop in the parking lot. So instead of a late-night streak through DB Mart on Monday, the three teenage boys ...

...and they call Americans stupid?

from Reuters - Japanese tourists Yuji Nakano, left, and Mina Takahashi sit in the destroyed town square of Bethlehem's Old City Wednesday April 17, 2002. ...

The difference between David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar...

Wednesday, April 17, 2002 (1 post)
According to Reuters, the two appeared at a press conference to annouce they were going on tour together... "The flashy Roth, dressed in black nylon ...

Didn't I see this on "Hogan's Heroes"?

Wednesday, April 17, 2002 (1 post)
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Puzzled federal agents tried Tuesday to discover who dug an 85-foot- (26-meter) long tunnel that started in Mexico, ran directly underneath ...

PETA objects to pig racing

Monday, April 15, 2002 (1 post)
Fearing a PETA demonstration, the township of North Brunswick, NJ gave in to PETA and banned pig racing at their Youth Sports Festival. Wait a minute... ...

A rare double irony...

Saturday, April 13, 2002 (1 post)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A woman who climbed 150 feet up a tree to protest a timber sale fell and died from her injures before rescuers could reach her. ...

special interests in the big "penny" debate

Wednesday, May 8, 2019 (4 posts)
A recent CNN article on the ongoing debate about the US penny (should we keep it, should we get rid of it) points out the basic weirdness of the situation. ...

Ferret News

Thursday, April 11, 2002 (1 post)
The BBC reports today that "the image of the typical ferret owner as a northern man in a flat cap with a ferret or two in his trouser pockets is long gone." ...

Don't steal cigarettes in Pinellas County

Okay, here's the story. This man stole a pack of cigaretts from a liquor store. Store worker got the license plate and called the cops. ...

They have heated shoes in China?

Wednesday, April 10, 2002 (1 post)
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An airline passenger with battery-powered shoes caused a brief scare at San Francisco airport on Wednesday, forcing officials to ...

Which is more embarrassing?

Wednesday, April 10, 2002 (1 post)
Bloomberg admitting he smoked pot? or Dick Gephardt admitting he listened to Barry Manilow? "We used to listen to BARRY MANILOW in the 1970s. ...

Did they not think this would attract cops?

Wednesday, April 10, 2002 (1 post)
SLIDELL, Louisiana (Reuters) - Two people left a 15-mile-long- trail of doughnuts after they took a Krispy Kreme truck from a parking lot and fled, police said ...

axis of evil

Tuesday, April 9, 2002 (1 post)
Iraq is blocking oil shipments. Iran says they will too, but only if "other nations" cooperate with the embargo. I guess they are waiting for N. ...

MGM/UA gives in - says new Austin Power's film can be called "Goldmember"

Tuesday, April 9, 2002 (1 post)
According to Variety, they finally came to an agreement. New Line Cinema already had several other possibilities, had they not reached an agreement, ...

PETA objects to 'Cow Patty Bingo'

Friday, November 12, 2004 (4 posts)
CONNELLSVILLE, Pa. — A Connellsville Area High School fundraiser will go on despite objections from an animal rights group. For $10, players can claim one ...

quote

Tuesday, April 9, 2002 (3 posts)
"Whether there was drinking going on or not, you simply can't light people on fire and simply can't call that a joke," - Otsego County (Michigan) ...

Ohio gets tough with escaped cows

Tuesday, April 9, 2002 (3 posts)
Remember the cow that escaped in Cincinnati and hid in the woods eluding police for over a week? We'll it's happened again. Sort of... ...