Stupid things you read in the news...
#46
06-13-2013, 12:59 PM
#47
07-09-2013, 03:59 PM
Federal agency spent $3 million fighting non-existent malware
Federal agency spent $3 million fighting non-existent malware - Jul. 9, 2013
Federal agency spent $3 million fighting non-existent malware - Jul. 9, 2013
A Commerce Department agency spent nearly $3 million and more than a year fighting off a non-existent malware infection, going so far as to trash $170,000 worth of computers and other equipment in what an auditor cast as a wild overreaction to a misunderstood threat.
#48
07-09-2013, 10:02 PM
#49
07-10-2013, 06:13 PM
Illinois city wants ambulance to hold 700-pound patients
Illinois city wants ambulance to hold 700-pound patients : Stltoday
ELGIN, Ill. • The Elgin City Council plans to consider upgrading an ambulance so it can transport patients who weigh up to 700 pounds.
Fire Chief John Fahy tells The Courier-News that patients weighing 500 pounds or more are becoming more common. The city council in this Chicago surburb will discuss the issue on Wednesday.
Councilman Richard Dunne retired last year after 25 years with the Elgin Fire Department. He says an ambulance was called at least once a week to transport a patient weighing about 500 pounds.
Illinois city wants ambulance to hold 700-pound patients : Stltoday
ELGIN, Ill. • The Elgin City Council plans to consider upgrading an ambulance so it can transport patients who weigh up to 700 pounds.
Fire Chief John Fahy tells The Courier-News that patients weighing 500 pounds or more are becoming more common. The city council in this Chicago surburb will discuss the issue on Wednesday.
Councilman Richard Dunne retired last year after 25 years with the Elgin Fire Department. He says an ambulance was called at least once a week to transport a patient weighing about 500 pounds.
#51
07-13-2013, 06:43 AM
When reached for comment the couch cushions expressed outrage and jealousy!
#52
07-13-2013, 02:13 PM
Man killed by a 1.5tonne cow after it crashes through his corrugated iron roof as he slept
Man killed by a 1.5tonne cow after it crashes through his corrugated iron roof as he slept | Mail Online
A Brazilian man died after a cow crashed through the roof of his home and landed on top of him as he lay sleeping in his bed.
Joao Maria de Souza, 45, had been in bed with his wife Leni when the animal suddenly fell through the ceiling of their home in Caratinga, south east Brazil.
The cow is believed to have escaped from a nearby farm and climbed onto the roof of the couple's house, which backs onto a steep hill.
Man killed by a 1.5tonne cow after it crashes through his corrugated iron roof as he slept | Mail Online
A Brazilian man died after a cow crashed through the roof of his home and landed on top of him as he lay sleeping in his bed.
Joao Maria de Souza, 45, had been in bed with his wife Leni when the animal suddenly fell through the ceiling of their home in Caratinga, south east Brazil.
The cow is believed to have escaped from a nearby farm and climbed onto the roof of the couple's house, which backs onto a steep hill.
#53
07-15-2013, 11:44 AM
Lead Driver
This isn't so much stupid, it's WTF. Our world is in trouble.
W. Pa. man charged with burning 7-year-old boy
W. Pa. man charged with burning 7-year-old boy
#54
07-15-2013, 05:08 PM
#55
07-29-2013, 05:29 PM
GAO: Dead farmers might be reaping millions in subsidies
GAO: Dead farmers might be reaping millions in subsidies - The Hill's On The Money
The Agriculture Department might be sending millions of dollars in subsidies to dead farmers, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) said Monday.
The agency looked at crop insurance data from 2008 to 2012 and “found that $22 million in subsidies and allowances may have been provided on behalf of an estimated 3,434 program policyholders two or more years after death.”
GAO: Dead farmers might be reaping millions in subsidies - The Hill's On The Money
The Agriculture Department might be sending millions of dollars in subsidies to dead farmers, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) said Monday.
The agency looked at crop insurance data from 2008 to 2012 and “found that $22 million in subsidies and allowances may have been provided on behalf of an estimated 3,434 program policyholders two or more years after death.”
#56
07-30-2013, 08:09 PM
Paralyzed Man Wakes to Find His Dog Bit Off His ********
An Arkansas man paralyzed from the waist down told police he awoke Monday morning to a "burning pain," only to find his dog chewing on a ball. His ball, that is.
According to the official police report, the 39-year-old Trumann resident regularly sleeps in the raw, and was fully nude when he woke up yesterday around 7:45 AM to discover his dog "had eaten one of his *********."
The unidentified owner had rescued the "small, white, fluffy" stray just three weeks ago, and had yet to take it in for a checkup.
Sadly, the dog's first visit to a vet was to be euthanized.
The Arkansas Department of Health will test the dog's remains for rabies.
Meanwhile, adding insult to injury, the man was transported to St. Bernards Regional Medical Center to be treated.
An Arkansas man paralyzed from the waist down told police he awoke Monday morning to a "burning pain," only to find his dog chewing on a ball. His ball, that is.
According to the official police report, the 39-year-old Trumann resident regularly sleeps in the raw, and was fully nude when he woke up yesterday around 7:45 AM to discover his dog "had eaten one of his *********."
The unidentified owner had rescued the "small, white, fluffy" stray just three weeks ago, and had yet to take it in for a checkup.
Sadly, the dog's first visit to a vet was to be euthanized.
The Arkansas Department of Health will test the dog's remains for rabies.
Meanwhile, adding insult to injury, the man was transported to St. Bernards Regional Medical Center to be treated.
#57
07-31-2013, 03:58 PM
American tourist killed in Thailand for 'refusing to stop singing' at bar
American tourist killed in Thailand for 'refusing to stop singing' at bar | Fox News
American tourist killed in Thailand for 'refusing to stop singing' at bar | Fox News
An American tourist was allegedly stabbed to death by three Thai musicians after he refused to stop singing at a bar in a popular tourist resort, police said Wednesday.
#58
07-31-2013, 04:18 PM
#59
08-02-2013, 05:45 PM
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57596699/nyc-spa-offers-bird-poop-facials-at-$180-a-pop/
NYC spa offers bird poop facials at $180 a pop
NEW YORK Bird poop for beauty?
That's what goes into facials at a luxury spa where the traditional Japanese treatment using imported Asian nightingale excrement mixed with rice bran goes for $180 a pop.
About 100 women and men go into the Shizuka New York skin care salon, just off Manhattan's Fifth Avenue, each month to get the treatment, which is promoted as a way to keep the face soft and smooth using an enzyme in the poop to gently exfoliate the skin.
Spa owner Shizuka Bernstein, a Tokyo native married to an American, has been offering what she calls the Geisha Facial for about five years.
"I try to bring Japanese beauty secrets to the United States," says Bernstein, who learned the treatment from her mother.
The Geisha Facial poop treatment, while relatively rare in the United States, is no secret in Japan, where it was first used in the 1600s by actors and geishas.
NYC spa offers bird poop facials at $180 a pop
NEW YORK Bird poop for beauty?
That's what goes into facials at a luxury spa where the traditional Japanese treatment using imported Asian nightingale excrement mixed with rice bran goes for $180 a pop.
About 100 women and men go into the Shizuka New York skin care salon, just off Manhattan's Fifth Avenue, each month to get the treatment, which is promoted as a way to keep the face soft and smooth using an enzyme in the poop to gently exfoliate the skin.
Spa owner Shizuka Bernstein, a Tokyo native married to an American, has been offering what she calls the Geisha Facial for about five years.
"I try to bring Japanese beauty secrets to the United States," says Bernstein, who learned the treatment from her mother.
The Geisha Facial poop treatment, while relatively rare in the United States, is no secret in Japan, where it was first used in the 1600s by actors and geishas.
#60
08-09-2013, 09:17 AM
An Indonesian passenger plane has skidded off a runway into a field after crashing into a cow.
BBC News - Indonesian plane crashes into cow and skids off runway
New word for the day: "Cowstrike"
BBC News - Indonesian plane crashes into cow and skids off runway
The Lion Air plane, with at least 110 passengers on board, hit the cow as it came into land at Jalaluddin airport on the island of Sulawesi.
No-one has been reported injured, but the cow was crushed to death under a plane wheel.
No-one has been reported injured, but the cow was crushed to death under a plane wheel.
New word for the day: "Cowstrike"