THE POWER OF PRAYER A 28-year-old woman, unnamed in news reports, veered off the road and into a house in the Florida panhandle town of Mary Esther on July 7. She apparently was free of drug or alcohol influence, but readily explained to police that she must have gone through a stop sign and left the road when she closed her eyes to pray as she drove. (The house was damaged, … [Read more...] about NOTW: TSA revenue, the power of prayer and one really big telemarketing fine
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NOTW: Brown fingerprints, handgun follies and a ‘tortured’ Playboy Playmate
JAIL IS ALL HELL The eye-catching Vietnamese model and Playboy (Venezuela edition) Playmate Angie Vu complained to the New York Daily News in April that her five-plus months in jail in Brooklyn have been “torture” and “cruel” because of her lack of access to beauty care. Vu is fighting extradition to France for taking her nine-year-old daughter in violation of the father’s … [Read more...] about NOTW: Brown fingerprints, handgun follies and a ‘tortured’ Playboy Playmate
NOTW: Absurd creatures, naked performance art and secret divorces
INTELLIGENT DESIGN Wired.com’s most recent “Absurd Creature” feature shows a toad devouring a larva of a much-smaller beetle, but the “absurdity” is that the larva is in charge and that the toad will soon be beetle food. The larva’s Darwinian advantage is that, inside the toad, it bites the hapless “predator” with its hooked jaws and then secretes enzymes to begin decomposing … [Read more...] about NOTW: Absurd creatures, naked performance art and secret divorces
NOTW: Unique sex shops and diverse gangs
MARITAL ENHANCEMENT Saudi Arabia’s very first sex accessory shop (in the holy city of Mecca) should be opening soon, according to news reports–operated by a Moroccan Muslim, backed by the German adult mega-retailer Beate Uhse, and supposedly fully compliant with Islamic law. Owner Abdelaziz Aouragh told Agence France-Presse he would stock 18 different Islam-appropriate toys … [Read more...] about NOTW: Unique sex shops and diverse gangs
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Eh TSA agents in Kahului: thanks for teaming up with the state and the county to make me miss my flight to Oahu. Really, good job! Well done! I, a disabled veteran, had to stand outside of the line at your lowly I.D. checkpoint for 20 minutes, because you couldn’t figure out what to do. See, my drivers license expired on my birthday. I got a new license, but they issued me a … [Read more...] about Eh TSA Agents