Simply Dumb

What made them think to do this study?  It’s so random…I wonder if the same is true for kosher meat?

U.S. women who eat a lot of beef while pregnant give birth to sons who grow up to have low sperm counts, researchers reported Tuesday.
They believe pesticides, hormones or contaminants in cattle feed may be to blame. Chemicals can build up in the fat of animals that eat contaminated feed or grass, and cattle were and are routinely given hormones to boost their growth.
"In sons of ‘high beef consumers’ (more than seven beef meals/week), sperm concentration was 24.3 percent lower," the …read more

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This is just strange…I hope they were clean at least!

A man was charged with theft and burglary after police said they found 93 pounds of women’s panties, brassieres and other underwear at his home.
Investigators believe Garth M. Flaherty, 24, took as many as 1,500 undergarments from apartment complex laundry rooms before he was caught, police Cmdr. Chris Tennant said.
A man was seen taking underwear from two laundry rooms Saturday, a witness recorded his license number, and Flaherty was identified from photographs, Tennant said.
Police found enough underwear in his bedroom to fill five garbage bags, Tennant said.
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I can’t say that I’m surprised by this, but for anyone who still sympathizes with the self-proclaimed cause of these "insurgents", consider their tactics:

Al Qaeda in Iraq is using kidnapped children to pick up weapons dropped in battle zones, get past checkpoints and die in car bombs, according to U.S. officials and Iraqis in Baghdad.
"Al Qaeda is using children to pick up weapons and ammunition knowing that U.S. troops will not shoot against children," said one U.S. military official, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
There has also been a reported incident in which children were used to drive safely past …read more

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Didn’t anyone ever tell this guy that monkeys bite? They’re called wild animals for a reason.

A man was convicted of stealing a rare monkey from a British zoo based on blood spilled during a unified attack by the animal’s fellow primates.
Marlon Brown was convicted Friday of stealing "SpongeBob" the monkey from the Chessington World of Adventures. Police linked his blood to that of the robber’s found at the scene of the crime, The Independent reported.
Others are thought to have also been involved in the theft.
While the 23-year-old offered several reasons for his blood being found at the zoo, a jury …read more

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Don’t get me wrong.  I’m as much a supporter of egalitarianism as much as the next person, but this just seems like political correctness gone horribly wrong.  Who really cares if its an "Easter" Bunny or a Spring Bunny anyhow.  Read all about it below:

It’s been nearly five years since Walnut Creek, Calif., renamed its Easter Bunny the "Spring Bunny," but the name change became news in early March after a resident wrote a letter to the editor protesting it.
City spokesman Brad Rovanpera said he was surprised by the media buzz and TV news trucks outside City Hall, attracted by …read more

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It’s simply dumb to drive drunk but even dumber to do it when you’re a celebrity!

Vivica A. Fox was released from jail early Wednesday after she was arrested for investigation of driving under the influence, authorities said.
The 42-year-old actress was pulled over late Tuesday after her vehicle passed a patrol car on the Hollywood Freeway at 80 mph, California Highway Patrol Officer Leland Tang said.
Fox was arrested after failing a field sobriety test, he said. Breathalyzer tests also indicated her blood-alcohol level was greater than .08 percent, the legal limit, Tang said.
A woman who answered the phone at the office …read more

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Why would anyone eat dog food?

An Ottawa woman is recovering after becoming violently ill after eating some of her dog’s food, in a case likely related to the tainted pet food that has killed several dogs and cats and sickened dozens more across North America.
In this case, a canine and its master wound up in hospital — Missy at the Alta Vista Animal Hospital and Elaine Larabie at an after-hours emergency room.
"I thought I caught a virus, but then I realized I ate the food, and put two and two together," Ms. Larabie said.
For three days, she suffered a range …read more

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I’ve heard of lost kid’s pictures on milk cartons but this is a little weird:

Customers at some suburban pizza parlors are getting something extra with their pepperoni and mushrooms — wanted posters for parents accused of failing to pay child support.
The idea came to Cynthia Brown, executive director of the Butler County Child Enforcement Agency, while she was ordering pizza.
"It suddenly dawned on me that most people running from the law don’t eat out, they order pizza," said Brown, whose county is north of Cincinnati.
Enforcement agencies across the country use a variety of methods to locate support scofflaws and collect …read more

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Do you think someone should have to show picture ID when voting?  What if you wear a full Burka that covers your facial features completely?  What does such a woman’s ID even look like?  And should she have to show her face when voting or getting a drivers license?  In Afghanistan during the reign of the Taliban these weren’t issues because, well, women weren’t allowed to drive or vote, but what about when said women are living in Canada?

Parti Quebecois Leader Andre Boisclair said Quebec’s chief electoral officer has gone too far in allowing women to vote with their faces …read more

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That’s one smart and strong mouse…but why does that mouse want dentures so badly?

Never underestimate a mouse’s determination. There’s a mouse in Bill Exner’s house that he says he has captured three times. Each time, the mouse escaped, and the last time the rodent made off with his lower dentures.
Exner, 68, said he and his wife Shirley scoured his bedroom after the dentures disappeared from his night stand.
"We moved the bed, moved the dressers and the night stand and tore the closet apart," he said. "I said, ‘I knew that little stinker stole my teeth’ — I just knew it."
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