I'm still surprised that there can be a successful chain of underwear stores. That's what Victoria's Secret sells, right? They're in EVERY mall. Underwear.
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - About 40 tons of cow intestines and bones spilled onto a major highway after a truck driver became distracted by his digital music player and his semitrailer tipped over, officials said.
Authorities closed parts of Interstate 43 for about two hours Thursday while the beef byproduct was cleaned up, said sheriff's Sgt. Blaine Spicer.
The accident happened in the town of Mosel when 25-year-old Ryan Engle's truck veered off the road as he adjusted his MP3 player, Spicer said.
Engle, of Kenosha, was cited for inattentive driving and taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Spicer said.
The truck had to be towed from the scene. It is owned by Birchwood Transport of Kenosha.
Too long, didn't read. John, stop this. You're just asking for trouble now. I might have to ban you FOR REALS.
Ok, maybe not. but knock it off.
EDIT OF:
1) Beef is delicious, and a lot of the stuff in it can be considered delicious, too.
2) Cow intestines make the world beautiful. Anything that promotes beauty is good.
3) Barring all of that, they were still Bos taurus. Do you realize how fragile and amazingly complex ALL life is? To see any amount of it go, especially that which was a cow, so closely related to yourself, should be an immensely sobering experience.
That sounds fantastic for the road workers. I hope this doesn't have any ripple effect for Mp3 Players.
It's really not much different than a cell phone in theory: you have to distract yourself from the road to change songs or whatnot, just like talking on a cell phone. Set up the player before you put the car in gear, then leave it alone.
And damn, that's a pretty stupid thing to get arrested for. Seems if you're willing to call 911 for that, you should have been outgoing enough to ask for his number in the first place.
SAN DIEGO — Dozens of dolphins and sea lions trained to detect and apprehend waterborne attackers could be sent to patrol a military base in Washington state, the Navy said Monday.
In a notice published in this week's Federal Register, the Navy said it needs to bolster security at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, on the Puget Sound close to Seattle.
The base is home to submarines, ships and laboratories and is potentially vulnerable to attack by terrorist swimmers and scuba divers, the notice states.
Several options are under consideration, but the preferred plan would be to send as many as 30 California sea lions and Atlantic Bottlenose dolphins from the Navy's Marine Mammal Program, based in San Diego.
"These animals have the capabilities for what needs to be done for this particular mission," said Tom LaPuzza, a spokesman for the Marine Mammal Program.
LaPuzza said that because of their astonishing sonar abilities, dolphins are excellent at patrolling for swimmers and divers. When a Navy dolphin detects a person in the water, it drops a beacon. This tells a human interception team where to find the suspicious swimmer.
Dolphins also are trained to detect underwater mines; they were sent to do this in the Iraqi harbor of Umm Qasr in 2003. The last time the animals were used operationally in San Diego was in 1996, when they patrolled the bay during the Republican National Convention.
Sea lions can carry in their mouths special cuffs attached to long ropes. If the animal finds a rogue swimmer, it can clamp the cuff around the person's leg. The individual can then be reeled in for questioning.
The Navy is seeking public comment for an environmental impact statement on the proposal.
The Navy wanted to deploy marine animals to the Northwest in 1989, LaPuzza said, but a federal judge sided with animal-rights activists concerned about the effects of cooler water, as well as how the creatures would affect the environment. Water in the Puget Sound is about 10 degrees cooler than in San Diego Harbor, which has an average temperature of about 58 degrees, LaPuzza said.
Since then, the Navy has taken the dolphins and sea lions to cold-water places like Alaska and Scandinavia to see how they cope.
"They did very well," LaPuzza said. If the animals are sent to Washington, the dolphins would be housed in heated enclosures and would patrol the bay only for periods of about two hours.
Stephanie Boyles, a marine biologist and spokeswoman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said that sea mammals do not provide a reliable defense system, and that they should not be kept in small enclosures.
"We believe the United States' citizens deserve the very best defense possible, and this just isn't it," Boyles said, adding that dolphins are easily distracted once in open water. "They don't understand the consequences of what will happen if they don't carry out the mission."
Dolphins can live as long as 30 years. LaPuzza said the Navy occasionally gives its retired animals to marine parks but generally keeps them until they die of old age.
The Navy has been training marine mammals since the 1960s and keeps about 100 dolphins and sea lions. Most are in San Diego, but about 20 are deployed at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga.
The Navy hopes eventually to downsize its marine mammal program and replace the animals with machines.
"But the technology just isn't there yet," LaPuzza said. "The value of the marine mammals is we've been doing this for 35 years, and we've ironed out all the kinks."
HAHAHA! Way to make Aqua man feel even more inferior.
Navy Sea Mammal Guy: "So what do you do?"
Aquaman: "I telepathically communicate with sea animals to get them to do my bidding."
NSMG: "Huh, I kinda do the same thing, but without the telepathy. I just throw them some food when they do what I want. Works great."
(Aquaman starts crying)
NSMG:"Er, well, the telepathy would be a lot cooler though? I suppose it'd be easier, anyhow..."
Aquaman: "...It takes a supreme effort of will and concentration. It's the hardest thing you could ever do."
NSMG: "Um...well...yeah. I gotta go."
(Navy guy whistles and dolphins arrive. He grabs onto them and they swim away)
What X'o'Lore fails to mention that it was a double-agent dolphin, who delivered him to a terrorist faction, where he was brutally murdered. Aquaman was thus filled with merriment.
What X'o'Lore fails to mention that it was a double-agent dolphin, who delivered him to a terrorist faction, where he was brutally murdered. Aquaman was thus filled with merriment.
"It has lots of graphics." ~ Small boy right at the start.
Oh man, that made me laugh. Thanks Behemoth! And I love how their "gaming guru" is actually the big man, Reggie. And then they pull a range of 65 feet out of their asses. That's nice, except Nintendo lists a 30-100 foot range (9.14 to 30.48 meters) on their official website. At least they finally admit it's due to parental negligence that strangers might chat with their kids. And honestly: who actually uses PictoChat that much anyway? "A molester might see your kid in the backseat and start messaging them." Yeah right. Because kids want this for PictoChat in the first place.
SOUTHBURY, Conn. (AP) -- A Danbury man's plans to bail himself out after a drug bust went more than a bit awry over the weekend. State police said that a small safe that Nakia Davis, 32, had his aunt bring in to the Southbury barracks not only contained $5,000 in cash for bail, but also drug paraphernalia and 16 grams of cocaine, leading to more charges.
Davis had been pulled over for speeding on Interstate 84 in Southbury. With the help of a police dog, marijuana was seized from the car, and police found 43 baggies of cocaine weighing 48 grams when they patted Davis down, police said.
Davis arranged for his aunt to bring a small safe which Davis claimed contained money for his bail.
State police said when Davis' aunt opened the safe in front of a state police trooper, inside was the cash, but also drug paraphernalia and 16 grams of cocaine.
Additional drug charges were filed against Davis and his bond was increased to $125,000. He was later bailed out by another relative.
Davis was charged with possession of narcotics with intent to sell, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana and speeding.
(AP) A house painter accused of taking a $7,000 diamond engagement ring from the condo he was working at apparently swallowed the evidence during a break from questioning at the police station _ and it was caught on tape, police said Tuesday.
Kenny Narron, 44, of Richlands, N.C., was charged with theft and falsifying evidence. Doctors had to perform emergency surgery to get the 1.2-carat ring out. Narron was arraigned from his hospital bed.
Police say the ring had been hidden under a mattress in a condo in Merrimack that Narron had been hired to paint last month. The owner said he was hiding the ring for his brother, so his brother's girlfriend wouldn't see it until the time was right.
But the owner said one day, his 16-year-old son came home to find Narron coming out of the master bedroom, according to a police affidavit.
"The ring was kept under his mattress along with the paperwork ... he discovered his mattress askew and when he checked for the ring, he found it missing," the affdavit said.
Narron was questioned at the Hollis Police Department. When investigators left the room for a few minutes to make a few calls, a security camera in the room showed Narron swallowing the ring and putting a white jewelry box in a drawer. Police also said they came across torn up paperwork for the diamond.
"I'm not sure what goes through people's minds when you're in public and there's cameras everywhere, but yeah, it is on tape," Lt. James Sartell said.
And honestly: who actually uses PictoChat that much anyway?
Never, ever use pictochat with Behemoth. Your DS will turn into a carrier for hairy penises. Always. Ignore the lies he perpetuates, that "this time there will be no penises."
Especially in a classroom setting, don't trust him. Before you know it, BAM! Sudden hairy penis for all your neighboring classmates to see.
I have to say, that 100 foot range is still less than a third of what the reporters got out of it, but I have mixed feelings about the child molester stuff. Mostly that's a case of neglected parental common sense.
I like the idea that while chatting in the car, a child molester, who apparently goes around looking into the back seats of cars for kids pictochatting on their DS, will bust out his DS and start pictochatting with your kids while at the same time driving his car. I think that 3 to 4 armed child molesters are the big threat here.
How close do these child molesters have to be to see what your child is doing on his/her DS in your car to know that they're using PictoChat? These must be super molesters! I mean, really. Even if they notice a kid using a DS, the chances that the kid is using PictoChat to talk to another kid in another care are slim to none. They're probably, I dunno, playing a game on the damn thing.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- To an Arizona middle school, Batman! Three schools in the north Phoenix suburb of Cave Creek were on lockdown for about 45 minutes Wednesday morning after a student at Desert Arroyo Middle School reported seeing a person dressed as Batman run across campus, jump a fence and disappear into the desert, Scottsdale police Sgt. Mark Clark said.
The student described the person as 6 feet 3 inches tall and possibly male.
"We're assuming it was male, although they did have a mask on," Clark said.
Officers combed the desert around the middle school. A nearby elementary school and high school also were on lockdown as officers sought the caped crusader.
The result - no Batman.
"It's just one of those interesting little stories that we looked into but we couldn't find anyone," Clark said.
Nedda Shafir, a spokeswoman for the Cave Creek Unified School District, said putting all the schools on lockdown was a precautionary measure.
"We didn't want to take any chances," Shafir said. "We just don't want to put anyone at risk."
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Why were they transporting cow intestines?
John, stop this. You're just asking for trouble now. I might have to ban you FOR REALS.
Ok, maybe not. but knock it off.
EDIT OF:
1) Beef is delicious, and a lot of the stuff in it can be considered delicious, too.
2) Cow intestines make the world beautiful. Anything that promotes beauty is good.
3) Barring all of that, they were still Bos taurus. Do you realize how fragile and amazingly complex ALL life is? To see any amount of it go, especially that which was a cow, so closely related to yourself, should be an immensely sobering experience.
It's really not much different than a cell phone in theory: you have to distract yourself from the road to change songs or whatnot, just like talking on a cell phone. Set up the player before you put the car in gear, then leave it alone.
And damn, that's a pretty stupid thing to get arrested for. Seems if you're willing to call 911 for that, you should have been outgoing enough to ask for his number in the first place.
Navy Sea Mammal Guy: "So what do you do?"
Aquaman: "I telepathically communicate with sea animals to get them to do my bidding."
NSMG: "Huh, I kinda do the same thing, but without the telepathy. I just throw them some food when they do what I want. Works great."
(Aquaman starts crying)
NSMG:"Er, well, the telepathy would be a lot cooler though? I suppose it'd be easier, anyhow..."
Aquaman: "...It takes a supreme effort of will and concentration. It's the hardest thing you could ever do."
NSMG: "Um...well...yeah. I gotta go."
(Navy guy whistles and dolphins arrive. He grabs onto them and they swim away)
Nintendo is hiding the evil truth behind the DS
I'm a double-agent dolphin.
"It has lots of graphics." ~ Small boy right at the start.
Oh man, that made me laugh. Thanks Behemoth! And I love how their "gaming guru" is actually the big man, Reggie. And then they pull a range of 65 feet out of their asses. That's nice, except Nintendo lists a 30-100 foot range (9.14 to 30.48 meters) on their official website. At least they finally admit it's due to parental negligence that strangers might chat with their kids. And honestly: who actually uses PictoChat that much anyway? "A molester might see your kid in the backseat and start messaging them." Yeah right. Because kids want this for PictoChat in the first place.
Connecticut Man Busted Twice for Drugs
Painter Swallows Ring at Police Station
Never, ever use pictochat with Behemoth. Your DS will turn into a carrier for hairy penises. Always. Ignore the lies he perpetuates, that "this time there will be no penises."
Especially in a classroom setting, don't trust him. Before you know it, BAM! Sudden hairy penis for all your neighboring classmates to see.
Me too.
How close do these child molesters have to be to see what your child is doing on his/her DS in your car to know that they're using PictoChat? These must be super molesters! I mean, really. Even if they notice a kid using a DS, the chances that the kid is using PictoChat to talk to another kid in another care are slim to none. They're probably, I dunno, playing a game on the damn thing.