Archive for April, 2007
The Fruits of Nature
Thursday, April 26th, 2007
Border Control Gone Wrong
Thursday, April 26th, 2007Man Accused of Dental Work in Garage
Thursday, April 26th, 2007WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A man was held Wednesday on charges that he performed dental work on customers without a license in his “filthy” garage, authorities said. Roger Bean, 60, was arrested Tuesday and held on $6,000 bond.
Bean performed denture fittings and made false teeth in his garage, charging just $200 for a full set of dentures, a procedure that typically costs more than $2,000, authorities said. But he was not licensed to practice in Florida.
Palm Beach County Sheriff’s detective Don Zumpano said there were “health risks with operating this type of facility outside of your house,” adding that Bean’s workspace was “filthy.”
Neighbors and clients, however, praised Bean for saving them thousands of dollars.
Ron St. Mary, 73, head of the neighborhood crime watch, said Bean is no criminal.
“He’s helping the old people who don’t have a few dollars,” he said. “I think the world of him.”
It was not immediately clear if Bean had an attorney.
via Yahoo
Boy Expelled from School for Being “asian and quiet”
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007via SomethingAwful.com:
My 16 year old, half Japanese brother, Joshua, was just expelled from high school in a small Arkansas town.
Apparently, someone took offense to a shirt he wore before the VT killings with “4 out of the 5 voices in my head tell me to go for it” on the front, and complained to the office about him being “asian and quiet”. Exact words.
Well, it’s good to see that we’re progressing towards being a safer society.
Toyota Overtakes GM in Global Vehicle Sales
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007Extra Daylight = Global Warming
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007Wow…
From the Arkansas Daily Gazette:
You may have noticed that March of this year was particularly hot. As a matter of fact, I understand that it was the hottest March since the beginning of the last century. All of the trees were fully leafed out and legions of bugs and snakes were crawling around during a time in Arkansas when, on a normal year, we might see a snowflake or two. This should come as no surprise to any reasonable person. As you know, Daylight Saving Time started almost a month early this year. You would think that members of Congress would have considered the warming effect that an extra hour of daylight would have on our climate. Or did they ? Perhaps this is another plot by a liberal Congress to make us believe that global warming is a real threat. Perhaps next time there should be serious studies performed before Congress passes laws with such far-reaching effects.
CONNIE M. MESKIMEN / Hot Springs
I scoffed at this initially, but now that I have thought about it some, I agree with Ms. Meskimen. Our government has no right to mess with our planet to the degree that it does. We mine, dredge, dump, and drill to keep us fat and happy. Now we take it a step too far and make more daylight so we can burn up the planet faster. And did anyone ever consider how that extra hour of light messes up the animals that live in nature, especially birds? They don’t know when they are coming or going. And since they don’t have calendars like us they have to adjust on their own, which may take them years.
Finally, a scan of the newspaper. Click for full size view:
Amazing Pong Tricks
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007Vote Sanjaya!
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007Streeter Bombs: Hilarious Prank Caught on Tape
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007Best of luck, Streeter. This is a perfectly executed joke.
