There are so many “major medical breakthroughs” nowadays that I hardly pay attention anymore, but if this one works like they’re saying it does, talk about a game changer! A team of researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital has developed injectable microparticles that it says can oxygenate the blood of people who aren’t breathing, keeping them …
Monthly Archives: June 2012
German Court Cuts Off Religious Circumcisions
I’m not entirely sure how I should feel about this. A German court has ruled that circumcising young boys on religious grounds amounts to bodily harm even if parents consent to the procedure. Cologne state court said the child’s right to physical integrity trumps freedom of religion and parents’ rights, German news agency dapd reported …
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LeaveMyDamnSettingsAlone@Facebook.com
I don’t use Facebook, but since a lot of you do and you may not have noticed what Facebook just did to you, now you know. Never say I’m not helpful. Most of Facebook’s 900 million members probably haven’t noticed yet, but over the weekend the social networking giant changed the default email address of …
Fools Argue Over Kool-Aid Just Like Moms Depend On It
There really ought to be some sort of IQ requirement attached to gun ownership. A quick test to weed out the type of people who would use their firearms for downright ridiculous purposes, such as settling arguments over who makes the best Kool-Aid. The two suspects were in front of an abandoned school on Tuesday …
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On Your Mark, Get Set, Honk!
Oh United Kingdom, you can be so, so sad. It’s the traditional sound which has greeted the start of children’s sack races, sprints and egg and spoon challenges for generations. And when Gartocharn Primary School in Dunbartonshire secured the services of the London Olympics chief starter for their own sports day, the school must have …
Get Hard. Fly Upright
And now, Leonard Sawyerr shows us how to go from being a lawyer to a former lawyer, based on this account of a recent airplane ride. Sawyerr insisted the arm rest between he and [a] woman remain raised to eliminate any physical barrier and…during the flight he continuously asked her personal questions. When efforts to …
Hot Like Wasabi When I Bust…You In The Face With Your Jeans
You really can make a weapon out of just about anything. In this case, we’re dealing in wasabi covered designer pants. A 22-year-old college student was arrested for attacking his girlfriend with her $200 designer jeans that he covered with wasabi sauce. John McGuinness, a student at Springfield College in Massachusetts, doused his girlfriend’s jeans …
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I Just Unlocked The Best Idea Ever Badge
I’m not the type to brag, but sometimes I’m pretty sure I’m a freakin genius. If nothing else you can mark me down as being good for tossing a solid idea or two out there now and then. Here’s one of those, and I think it may be up there with the best I’ve ever …
What Time Is It? I Don’t Know, But It’s Not Time To Take That Police Station Clock
One thing about master criminals, or any criminals really. they never know when enough is enough. Take Dennis W. Baugham and Michael A. Marquez, for example. The pair made off with a shopping cart and a whack of new camping gear from a nearby store, but forgot the don’t draw attention to yourself rule that …
When Ya Gotta Go, Ya Gotta Go Quietly
After a night on the town, a young woman brought a new friend home for a late-night drink. “You can’t make any noise,” she warned him. “My parents are upstairs and if they find out they’ll kill us.” Things started getting heated on the sofa, but after a while alcohol got the better of the …
