Linn State Technical College, a two-year college in Missouri, is the first to mandate that all incoming students be drug tested in order to prepare them for the drug-free environments of the corporate world. I’d be interested to see how many transfer applications were filed in the wake of this. Citing high schools’ increasing use […]
Read MoreAt 9:30 AM this past Monday a bold and fearless rat chomped down on a subway rider’s foot as she was standing on the platform at the Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall stop in Lower Manhattan. Rats are a commonplace resident of any underground transportation system, so knowledge of rats existing and thriving in these caves is […]
Read MoreAired on Syrian-based Al-Rai tv, Qaddafi’s audio message vows to fight on, that he will not leave Libya and his enemies are all cowards. Basically, everything you expect to hear from a dictator facing the gallows. Earlier rumors that Qaddafi had taken refuge in neighboring Niger are refuted in the tape, and although no one […]
Read MoreMichael Arrington fired from TechCrunch, conflict of interests at crux of dispute..
Read MoreTimes are tough. So tough, in fact, that beloved claymation figure Gumby has been forced to rob a San Diego 7-11 store to survive this past Labor Day. Gumby tried to hold up the convenience store for some cash and cigarettes but struggled to get out his gun, instead spilling .27 cents onto the floor. […]
Read MoreI’m quite sure Harry Potter could hold his own, but this woman’s attempts at the Imperius Curse may give him pause. Watch this if you don’t want to sleep for a while. The above is part of the documentary “Jesus Camp” which follows Becky Fischer, the founder of Kids in Ministry International. What is contained […]
Read More(in tonnes – due to the wild fluctuation of the price of gold) 1. US 8,133.5 2. Germany 3,401.0 3. The IMF 2,846.7 4. Italy 2,451.8 5. France 2,435.4 6. China, 1,054.1 7. Switzerland 1,040.1 8. Russia 775.2 9. Japan 765.2 10. Netherlands 615.5 With the value of gold skyrocketing due to economic uncertainties surrounding […]
Read MoreWho knows what is going on in this bizarre story out of Philadelphia, courtesy of FoxNews. Apparently, SCC Realty, the real estate management firm owned by Jay-Z aka Shawn Corey Carter, is attempting to evict rent-paying tenants from a building owned by Jay-Z in Philadelphia. Local real estate agents surmise this is because Jay-Z wants […]
Read MoreLaunched atop a Black Arrow Rocket on the 28th of October 1971, the Prospero satellite was the first and last ever to be launched atop a British developed rocket. In spite of funding being cut, the scientists who had worked on the satellite and rocket decided to launch it anyway, and it is still up […]
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