Sunday, July 20, 2008
He was young, gay, out and murdered...
At 15, Lawrence King was small—5 feet 1 inch—but very hard to miss. In January, he started to show up for class at Oxnard, Calif.'s E. O. Green Junior High School decked out in women's accessories. On some days, he would slick up his curly hair in a Prince-like bouffant. Sometimes he'd paint his fingernails hot pink and dab glitter or white foundation on his cheeks. "He wore makeup better than I did," says Marissa Moreno, 13, one of his classmates. He bought a pair of stilettos at Target, and he couldn't have been prouder if he had on a varsity football jersey. He thought nothing of chasing the boys around the school in them, teetering as he ran.
But on the morning of Feb. 12, Larry left his glitter and his heels at home. He came to school dressed like any other boy: tennis shoes, baggy pants, a loose sweater over a collared shirt. He seemed unhappy about something. He hadn't slept much the night before, and he told one school employee that he threw up his breakfast that morning, which he sometimes did because he obsessed over his weight. But this was different. One student noticed that as Larry walked across the quad, he kept looking back nervously over his shoulder before he slipped into his first-period English class.
Read Newsweek story here
The News at Six - Weird and probably true...
The News at Six...
Weird and probably true:
East German dictator Erich Honecker boasted of his hunting prowess by being photographed with game he'd killed - but his quarry was actually shot by Marx-men lackeys, his cook says in a tell-all book.
"While Honecker and his guests were wading through the woods, most of the hares had already been caught and strung up by professional hunters," wrote Jurgen Krause.
Some of the game was even frozen in advance - "many had not even been defrosted," Krause said.
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In Malaysia, vanity has a high price.
A businessman there paid $54,300 for a license plate bearing his name, the highest price ever paid for a plate in the country.
The plate, which read simply, "TAN," went to a man identified as, well, Tan, The Star newspaper reported.
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A small white terrier is back with his family after a mysterious 1,400-mile trip when a microchip implanted in his neck helped identify his owners.
The dog, Kobe, vanished from his Bellflower, Calif., home and was found by a stranger in Denton, Tex.
AVID, the California company that made the chip, flew Kobe from Texas to California and on Thursday he was reunited with his owners, the Ontiveros family.
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The Taliban have gone to pot.
Canadian troops fighting the terrorists in Afghanistan have stumbled across an unexpected and potent enemy - almost impenetrable forests of 10-foot marijuana plants.
General Rick Hillier, chief of the Canadian force, said Taliban fighters were using the forests as cover.
The Canadians did them one better - they covered an armored car with the herb as camouflage.
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An 88-year-old grandma from Magnolia, Del., lost her lawsuit against the Postal Service over a clerk who accused her of being a terrorist.
When Lucille Greene tried to mail 30 fruitcakes as Christmas gifts in 2002, the clerk asked her: "What kind of explosives do you have in here?"
Greene was so flustered, she tripped outside, breaking her glasses and chipping a tooth.
The judge said the clerk was likely "less than courteous."
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Monday, July 14, 2008
Gay tourism ad causes uproar in South Carolina...
Gay tourism ad causes uproar in South Carolina...
A state employee has resigned and officials have disavowed an international advertising campaign that led to calls for an investigation of tourism posters proclaiming “South Carolina is so gay.”
The campaign, which plastered the London subway with posters advertising the charms of South Carolina and five major U.S. cities to gay European tourists, landed with a resounding thud in South Carolina, where the issue of gay rights has long been a political flashpoint.
A state employee has resigned and officials have disavowed an international advertising campaign that led to calls for an investigation of tourism posters proclaiming “South Carolina is so gay.”
The campaign, which plastered the London subway with posters advertising the charms of South Carolina and five major U.S. cities to gay European tourists, landed with a resounding thud in South Carolina, where the issue of gay rights has long been a political flashpoint.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Humour is the spice of life...
Humour is the spice of life...
First published at Qassia:
1/ Sunday Edition:
The irate customer calling the local newspaper office loudly demanded to know where the 'Sunday edition' was?
"Excuse me ma'am." the receptionist interrupted,"today is Saturday. The Sunday paper is not delivered until Sunday."
The was a long pause on the other end of the phone, followed by a ray of recognition. "So thats why nobody was in church today."
2/Freezer control:
While working as a sales rep for a large ice cream company, Tom was standing on a stepladder in a supermarket putting up advertising signs, when he overbalanced and fell into an open freezer.
Dazed but unhurt, Tom was trying to climb out when an elderly lady stopped, looked into the freezer and politely asked, "Excuse me dear, could you pass me that packet of peas." Tom did so and she thanked him before calmly walking away.
3/ Fatal attraction:
A garden centre customer picked up a can of insecticide and asked,"Is this good for ants?"
"No," said the store owner."It'll kill them!"
Have you visited Qassia yet?
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
The real American ID Act - your opinion is required...
As a non- American I really know nothing about this impending policy. I throw it open for your discussion:
"The Real ID Act and How to Take Action Against It & Say No!"
This video ( link below)discusses the The Real ID and what it will mean for every American Citizen in our nation. Most Americans have always wondered why nazi germany was so tyrannical during World War II. Well there's no need to wait. Because effective MAY 11TH 2008 all states must adopt the Real ID program that will force citizens with drivers licenses to be put into national databases with all of their information. This step is closer to the World ID Card program for One World Government in the New World Order globalization plan to track & trace it's population. Without your National ID card you will not be able to travel. Get on transportation services and more restrictions. ... SAY NO TO THE REAL ID & NATIONAL ID CARD! ... It's your responsibility as citizens t
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