Archive for October, 2006
October 25th, 2006
From YahooNews:
Angry shopkeeper uses forklift on car
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - A shopkeeper got so angry about the way a man had parked his car that he climbed into a forklift, placed the fork under the car and lifted it off the ground, police said Wednesday.
Wasek Safrah, 51, of Ossining, also punched out both the offending car […]
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People, Machines, Crime, Road Rage | No Comments
October 25th, 2006
(The Political Ad)
From MSNBC.COM:
Limbaugh mocks Michael J. Fox political ad
Conservative talk show host accuses actor of faking Parkinson’s disease
Possibly worse than making fun of someone’s disability is saying that it’s imaginary. That is not to mock someone’s body, but to challenge a person’s guts, integrity, sanity.
To Rush Limbaugh on Monday, Michael J. Fox looked like […]
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Politics, Celebrities, Whacky Redtopia, Health | No Comments
October 25th, 2006
From YahooNews:
Toddler gets stuck in vending machine
ANTIGO, Wis. - Three-year-old Robert Moore went fishing for a stuffed replica of Sponge Bob and ended up trapped in a vending machine. The toddler’s adventure began with a Saturday evening shopping trip with his grandmother, Fredricka Bierdemann, and three siblings.
Bierdemann ended the trip by giving each child a […]
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Toys, Accomplishments, Kids, Crime | No Comments
October 24th, 2006
By Restless
Reading Jacob Sullum’s weekly column, syndicated in the neo-con daily, New York Post, I was surprised to see that both Nevada and Colorado are attempting to legalize marijuana by referendum this November. In Nevada, the group opposing this move is called The Committee to Keep Nevada Respectable, which is funny since gambling and prostitution […]
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Laws, Politics, On Location, Drugs, Never Ending War on Drugs | 5 Comments
October 24th, 2006
From MSNBC.COM:
Upset U.S. dad pulls gun on son’s football coach
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The father of a young football player pulled a gun on his son’s coach because he didn’t think the boy was getting enough playing time, Philadelphia police said on Monday.
Wayne Derkotch, 40, was charged with aggravated assault after getting in a fight with […]
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People, Kids, Sports, Crime | No Comments
October 24th, 2006
From MSNBC.COM:
Man separates from wife — and his ring finger
Austrian doesn’t regret presenting digit to his ex-wife after divorce
VIENNA - A Viennese man cut off his ring finger and presented the digit, still holding his wedding band, to his ex-wife after an acrimonious divorce, Austrian news agency APA reported Tuesday.
Charged with dangerous harassment and assault […]
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People, Love | No Comments
October 24th, 2006
Two Canadian guys named “Scotty” and “Fiddy” are tryng to hitch-hike across the entire USA (all 50 states) in 50 days. You can view their blog here, it even has a cool feature where you can see their location on a satelite map in real-time as they cross the country.
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People, Accomplishments, Cool Stuff | No Comments
October 23rd, 2006
Two new features in 24 hours, woo hoo!
On the right sidebar, you’ll now see a two new icons, each projecting the outcome of the 2006 congressional elections in two weeks, based upon polling data. Click on either icon to see more detailed state by state information.
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Politics, The Republican Nightmare | No Comments
October 23rd, 2006
Here’s a better video of the point I was trying to make yesterday.
To Recap…
Bush the Liar was on with George Stephanopolis last Sunday, when George asked him if there was a middle grown between “Stay the course” and “Cut and run” Bush replied “We’ve never been about ‘Stay the Course’”
Just more lies from a very […]
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Iraq, You Tube Video, Our Idiot President | No Comments
October 23rd, 2006
The Department of Homeland Security has come up with a new color-coded security level scheme.
Being the loyal patriots that we are here at Goofyblog, we’ve decided to embed their code in the sidebar to the right, so that way you ALWAYS know what the current terror level is.
If it ever gets to the dreaded ELMO […]
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Never Ending War on Terror | No Comments
October 23rd, 2006
From The Washington Times:
Fear of God
Gerhard Schroeder, the former German chancellor, has written in a new book that George W. Bush’s frequent references to God in their meetings before the Iraq war had made him wary of Mr. Bush’s political decisions. Mr. Schroeder also suggested that America’s Christian conservatives are not much different than Islamists […]
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Nations, Politics, Religion, Our Idiot President | No Comments
October 23rd, 2006
If you’re looking for a good site for polls of all kinds, check out Finepoll.com, our very own goofyblogger Dave has set this site up so people can create their own polls on everything from Art and Auto’s to Politics and TV.
You can vote and comment on polls, view poll results, vote on poll popularity, […]
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Cool Stuff | 6 Comments
October 23rd, 2006
From YahooNews:
Dutch army should take prostitutes abroad -mayor
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch mayor has raised eyebrows by backing the idea of sending prostitutes to accompany Dutch troops on foreign missions.
“The army must consider ways its soldiers can let off steam,” Annemarie Jorritsma, mayor of the town of Almere in central Netherlands and a member of […]
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Nations, Weird Sex, Sex | No Comments
October 23rd, 2006
The best Rap Video ever G!
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You Tube Video | 2 Comments