Archive for August, 2007

Millions For Trouble

Leona Helmsley apparently cared more for her dog than she did her grandkids, leaving $12 to the dog, $5 million each to two grandkids and nothing to two others.
Helmsley, aka “The Queen of Mean” or as some might call her “The Bitch of the Rich”, left the vast majority of her estate, reportedly worth billions [...]

Premature Conflagration

Paul Addis, 35, a “performance artist” from San Francisco (where else?) has been declared a suspected arsonist by authorities after he allegedly experienced a premature conflagration by burning the “Burning Man”.

This apparent dip shit was busted on suspicion of arson, illegal possession of fireworks, destruction of property and resisting a public officer. After being [...]

Not Drunk - Just Nutty

NASA has not had a lot of “good news” lately, so the news that a report to NASA by NASA indicates that there is no evidence of ’shit faced’ astronauts flying in space was probably a welcome relief.
It’s always refreshing when one gets to investigate themselves versus having an independent agency do the investigation.
The downside [...]

Senator Craig sez’ I Ain’t Gay

US Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho) is pretty much consumed right about now telling anyone that will listen “I am not gay, I have never been gay”.
This after being busted on allegations he solicited homo-sex from an undercover police officer in a public restroom at the Minneapolis airport back in June.
Craig pleaded guilty earlier this month [...]

Pay To Ride the School Bus

Lawrence, Mass. high school students are going to have to pay $1 per-day to ride the school bus to their new school, located on the outskirts of town.
They didn’t have to pay to ride the school bus to their old centrally located school.
But that was then and this is now and School Superintendent [...]

Dress Codes Again

Austin Perkins, 17, a senior at Golden Gate High School, in Naples, Florida wore a jacket and tie to school Wednesday in an act of defiance that sent him to in-school suspension.
His offense?
Over-dressed for school.
It seems that at Golden Gate High School, jackets and ties are verboten as violating the school dress code.
Perkins says [...]