Vintage Toys: I remember my first Chemcraft Lab - There sure wasn't any Atomic Energy in it...if there was... a lot of homes would've been blown up!

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Back in the 1920s they invented extreme badminton!

This photo was taken long before Photo Shop, so what you see is what you get.

Source: American Memory Project, Vintage Photo

Florida Courthouse is invaded by rampaging rodents!

FROM USA TODAY WE HAVE MICE INVADING A COURT HOUSE!

"There are so many mice in one Florida county courthouse that they've been seen falling from ceiling tiles.

One judge at the Palm Beach County Courthouse told The Palm Beach Post newspaper that it's an infestation. Some staffers say they check their handbags for stowaways before leaving the building each day.

Court employees and lawyers say the rodents scuttle down corridors, munch legal papers and scratch behind the walls. Last week, one mouse ran around a courtroom floor for an hour during a burglary trial."

For the rest of the story go to : http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-02-20-mice-courthouse_N.htm?csp=34

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Can You Say Oink Oink? Burtha and PMA Group Can...

FROM CQ POLITICS WE HAVE A STORY OF PORK SPENDING AND THE PERSON LEADING THE WAY...

More than 100 House members secured earmarks in a major spending bill for clients of a single lobbying firm — The PMA Group — known for its close ties to John P. Murtha , the congressman in charge of Pentagon appropriations.

Read the whole story yourself and see what you think.

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Don't Get Froggy with These Guys if you Value your Life!

The most poisonous animal is not a snake or a spider. It's a beautiful little frog!

"Most frogs produce skin toxins, but the dart poison frogs from Central and South America are the most potent of all.

The golden poison frog, called terribilis (the terrible), is so toxic that even touching it can be dangerous. A single terribilis contains enough poison to kill 20,000 mice or 10 people. It is probably the most poisonous animal on Earth." (source)

Images sources: Zoltan Takacs.

 

Phyllobates terribilis, shown below, has enough poison to kill 100 humans (source)

Their poison contains toxins that dull the nerves and produce heart and repiratory (sic.) failure. The skin of an adult P. terribilis has enough batrachotoxin to kill 20,000 mice, or 100 adult humans. Two-tenths of a microgram of batrachotoxin is lethal in the human blood stream and each adult P. terribilis contains nearly 200 micrograms.

When Paint Jobs Aren't Enough: Try This 'Type' of car!

Some car owners can deal with a standard, metal-bodied car only if it's been suitably disguised. For a whole slew of weird cars click here. This car is made of computer keys. Where the keys came from, I don't know and the owner isn't saying. One thing is certain though - it has to be the only car of its, er, type!

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Man shoots himself inside the Crystal Cathedral after handing notes to two ushers!

ACCORDING TO AN ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT THIS MORNING...

"A man shot himself to death in front of a cross inside televangelist Robert H. Schuller’s Crystal Cathedral on Wednesday as a group of visitors was being told about the church’s suicide - prevention program.
  The man entered about 9:45 a.m., handed a note and his driver’s license to two ushers, walked to the cross and then shot himself in the head as he appeared to be praying, said Senior Pastor Juan Carlos Ortiz.
  The man used a semiauto­matic handgun, said police Lt. Dennis Ellsworth.
  The Orange County coro­ner’s office identified the man as Steve Smick, 48. No home­town was given."

THE IRONY OF THIS MAN'S SUICIDE TAKING PLACE IN FRONT OF A GROUP OF TOURISTS WHO WERE BEING TOLD ABOUT THE CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL'S SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM, IS ENORMOUS. WHY DID HE CHOOSE TO GO THERE AND KILL HIMSELF OF ALL PLACES? WE MAY NEVER KNOW.

Beck falsely claimed average UAW worker makes $154 per hour

What's Glenn Beck's reason for lying about how much UAW workers get paid?

Is he letting his anti-union sentiments come to the surface?

Is this his way of staying in good standing with the exclusive "Poor-Losers, Conservative/Republican Boy's & Girl's Club?" Media Matters for America has caught him being a liar... liar... liar again.

Read the whole article today here at Media Matters for America. 

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Cell phone texting gets student suspended from school

I never cease to be amazed at the misuse of texting with cell phones. The guy who wrecked that train in California - which resulted in 22 deaths - was busy texting.

I see people every day staring down at their lap while driving. I suspect most are texting or dialing a number. I really can't see the sense in texting. It's so much easier to just talk on the phone. But the younger generation seems enamored of punching in letters to send a misspelled message to someone.

A 14-year-old Wisconsin girl who refused to stop texting during a high school math class was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, according to police.

Check out this mornings Smoking Gun and read the rest of the story here.

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Racist attitudes still prevail as cartoonist goes over the top

This cartoon image provided by the New York Post appeared in the Post's Page Six Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009.

The cartoon, which refers to Travis the chimp, who was shot to death by police in Stamford, Conn. on Monday after it mauled a friend of its owner, drew criticism Wednesday on media Web sites and from civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton.

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Scientists say humans are related to this stressed-out looking animal called an Aye Aye

   One of the most endangered in the world is the... Aye-Aye a large nocturnal primate from the Strepsirrhini family - the ones that have "wet noses".

Aye-ayes can be found only on the island of Madagascar. These rare animals may not look like primates at first glance, but they are related to chimpanzees, apes, and humans." They tap on trees with their long middle fingers and listen for the insects and bugs that might inhabit its depths.

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