Category: Out Of This World
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Judicial Misconduct
<a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22896877-601,00.html">Child rape sentence 'pathetic'</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Nine males who pleaded guilty last month to gang-raping a 10-year-old girl at the Aurukun Aboriginal community on Cape York have escaped a prison term, with the sentencing judge saying the child victim "probably agreed" to have sex with them.</blockquote><br />n<br />nNine men rape a 10 year old girl…
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Tough
Now I will be the first to admit, I hate turkey. I haven't touched the stuff in years. I can barley take the smell of it. Can you imagine though how tough <a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gQHs_tL9kLuqJ6usDjqcYTLiGkZAD8T363V80">this turkey was</a>?<br />n<br />n<blockquote>A Minnesota man basted a 72-pound turkey to trounce his sister in their annual sibling rivalry over who…
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Glasses
I really think somebody needs a pair of glasses.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071123/NEWS05/711230318/1001">Story of man mistaking cow for a coyote is confounding</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A man says he shot a neighbor's cow after mistaking it for a coyote. But authorities and the owner are skeptical.<br />n<br />nThe undersheriff in northern Michigan's Benzie County said he doesn't see…
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A Little to Far
<a href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22761386-2,00.html">Santa Claus outraged by 'ho ho ho' ban</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>HE is an unlikely revolutionary but this Christmas, Santa is a rebel with a claus.<br />n<br />nHe is having the last laugh on political correctness – and it's a great big fat belly laugh.<br />n<br />nSantas across Sydney are rebelling against attempts to ban their…
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A Little Power
This story just kills me. It appears that an employee at a McDonald's in Georgia was arrested and jailed for <a href="http://www.officer.com/online/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=37799">accidentally putting too much salt and pepper in a hamburger</a>. She informs her supervisor of what happens and is told to go ahead and make the burgers. Then, unbeknown to her a police officer…
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What’s Next
Here is a unique way to fix an ailing piece of mechanical equipment, <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6979292.stm">sacrifice a goat</a>. What's next, a virgin?<br />n<br />n<strong>If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married. Katharine Hepburn</strong>
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Comparison
<blockquote>Forty adults and kids as young as 7 get on their horses and head out to round up the cattle at the Weller Ranch north of Kadoka, S.D.<br />n<br />nThey bring the 100 cow/calf pairs down to a corral made of cattle panels. Five or six men on horseback sort the cows out and leave…
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Choices
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/05/13/opinion/gazette/60-upsdowns.txt">Ups and Downs</a> from the Billings Gazette.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>DOWN: Fuel economy stalls. While gas prices soar above $3 a gallon across America, the U.S. Senate's Commerce Committee is diluting legislation that would mandate the first significant increases in fuel efficiency in 22 years. Consumers need vehicles that get more miles per gallon to stretch…
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Endangered
Canadian MP Mike Lake has called for <a href="http://iafrica.com/news/worldnews/824548.htm">Bigfoot, of all critters, to be considered an endangered species</a> under Canadian law. Don't you sometimes wish stupidity was endangered? Mike Lake just proves it isn't.<br />n<br />n<strong>The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits. Albert Einstein </strong>