The Armageddon Flow Chart
It’s all here, from Yahtzee and Yeltsin and the Hoardes of Hell, to Jerry Fallwell and Jack Chick getting left behind.
somewhat politically incorrect
nsfw due to some small bits of language
from Linkfilter
Grave Robber Sentenced
A Morrisville teenager who broke into a tomb and used a hacksaw to cut the head off of a corpse was sentenced Wednesday afternoon to 1 to 7 years in prison.
On April 8, 2005, Buckalew went to a cemetery on the Washington highway in Morrisville and broke into an above-ground tomb, opened the lid of a casket and cut off the head of a corpse. He wrapped the head in plastic bags and took it home. He also stole eyeglasses and a bow tie from the corpse.
Superman eschews longtime patriot act
Superman eschews longtime patriot act
Ever since artist Joe Shuster and writer Jerry Siegel created the granddaddy of all comic book icons in 1932, Superman has fought valiantly to preserve “truth, justice and the American way.” Whether kicking Nazi ass on the radio in the ’40s or wrapping himself in the Stars and Stripes on TV during the Cold War or even rescuing the White House’s flag as his final feat in “Superman II,” the Krypton-born, Smallville-raised Ubermensch always has been steeped in unmistakable U.S. symbolism.
But in the latest film incarnation, scribes Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris sought to downplay Superman’s long-standing patriot act. With one brief line uttered by actor Frank Langella, the caped superhero’s mission transformed from “truth, justice and the American way” to “truth, justice and all that stuff.”
“We were always hesitant to include the term ‘American way’ because the meaning of that today is somewhat uncertain,” Ohio native Dougherty explains. “The ideal hasn’t changed. I think when people say ‘American way,’ they’re actually talking about what the ‘American way’ meant back in the ’40s and ’50s, which was something more noble and idealistic.”
Amish Farmer Says Milk Law Opposes Beliefs
Amish Farmer Says Milk Law Opposes Beliefs
Arlie Stutzman was busted in a rare sting when an undercover agent bought raw milk from the Amish dairy farmer in an unlabeled container.
Now, Stutzman is fighting the law that forbids the sale of raw milk, saying he believes it violates his religious beliefs because it prohibits him from sharing the milk he produces with others.
“While I can and I have food, I’ll share it,” said Stutzman, who is due in Holmes County Common Pleas Court on Friday to tell a judge his views. “Do unto others what you would have others do unto you.”
Visit to strip club costly for priest
Visit to strip club costly for priest
Police in Romania say they have caught a thief who stole money from a priest’s car while he was in a strip club.
The 43-year-old priest was allegedly spotted by the thief in a club called No Problem in Suceava town, reports Evenimentul Zilei newspaper.
Witnesses say he was being free with his money, hiring all of the dancers to perform for him and his friends.
Police say the thief found out which was the priest’s car and broke into it, stealing £4,000 he found in a suitcase.
But officers managed to track him down and recover the money, after studying CCTV footage from the club’s carpark.
Church authorities said they will start their own investigation into the priest’s moral qualifications for his job.
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from Ananova
Uganda police ban playing pool in the daytime
Uganda police ban playing pool in the daytime
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Ugandan police have banned people from playing pool during the daytime because it encourages crime, local media said Wednesday.
The game is very popular in the east African nation, where pool tables sit under canopies outside thousands of small bars.
But Kampala police chief Grace Turyagumanawe said youths often played while drinking illegal spirits and smoking drugs.
“They also use this as a meeting place to make plans of robbing people of their property at night,” he told the Daily Monitor newspaper. “We are not banning the sport, but we are stopping people from playing it during the day.”
Bar owners like pool tables because they earn income but use no electricity. Uganda has suffered power cuts for months.
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from My Way
Device records smells to play back later
Device records smells to play back later
Imagine being able to record a smell and play it back later, just as you can with sounds or images.
Engineers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan are building an odour recorder capable of doing just that. Simply point the gadget at a freshly baked cookie, for example, and it will analyse its odour and reproduce it for you using a host of non-toxic chemicals.