Are There A Lot Of Kidnappings In Spain Or Is This Guy Just An Idiot?

Woman “kidnaps” son four times for ransom MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish woman staged fake kidnappings of her son four times and got his father to pay her more than a million euros ($1.26 million) in ransom money, newspaper El Mundo reported Friday. Police in the southern Spanish city of Seville arrested the woman and …

Pet Look-Alike? How About Pet-Think-Alike!

Steve sent me this story a few days ago, but I’ve either been too busy, too tired or not here at all so it didn’t get posted until now, which is a tragedy! Ok, let’s start roasting! Owners sue LA agency for not turning pets into stars LOS ANGELES (AP) – Stage mothers for a …

Is Evolution Eliminating our Spines?

Wow. If this crap continues, there is no hope for us. My comments are in bold. Ban ‘evil’ Harry Potter, board told Oct. 4, 2006. 09:02 AMASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA – A suburban county that sparked a public outcry when its libraries temporarily eliminated funding for Spanish-language fiction is now being asked to ban Harry Potter …

Uh, the Helmet was the problem?

Just read this and let it settle in. Nude motorcyclist ticketed for wearing wrong helmet GUELPH (Oct 4, 2006) A motorcyclist wearing nothing but a football helmet was ticketed Monday evening after Guelph Police received several calls about the nude rider. Sergeant Cate Welsh said police got a number of calls about the bareback rider …

They got Sick! Real Quick!

Ok, this just pisses me off because I thought people knew better. Taken from the story in Google News A five-year-old boy needed a liver transplant after he and his family were severely poisoned by wild mushrooms they picked in Waterloo and ate for dinner last week. Ok, how did a whole family miss the …

What’s Next? Thought Police?

This has been bugging me since I heard about it and I’ve been meaning to write a post about it, so here goes. Sometimes, news reporters can be so dumb. After the Dawson College shooting incident, somebody found the shooter’s blog, and oh what a blog. It was full of dark pictures, guns, messages of …