...And in other news!

Biggins

DONG!!!!

Jungle woman flees to forest!

Rochom P’ngieng disappeared into the jungles of Cambodia in 1989 when she was a child and came back to society in 2007. A man claiming to be her father, Sal Lou, took her as family. She can now speak a few words and can clothe herself.
On Thursday, P´ngieng stripped off all her cloths and disappeared back into the forest. A Vietnamese fortune teller told Lou that a mountain spirit had stolen his daughter away and to get her back he needed to pay an ox, a pig and 4 jugs of wine.
Lou, unable to afford the high price of the fortune teller, is now asking government officials and NGOs for help finding his alleged daughter.

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2010052839352/National-news/jungle-girl-of-rkiri-flees-to-forest-father.html

DONG!!!

Scorsese Inspiration Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal Dead at 79

De Niro played him in Casino. Stone as Ginger played his drug-addict girl friend, Geraldine McGee. He actually had a TV show in Vegas with guests such as Frank Sinatra. He actually survived a car bombing. He was banned due to reputed mob ties.
Frank Rosenthal died in his Miami Beach home of a heart attack. At various points in his life Frank ran the Fremont, the Stardust, the Hacienda and the Marina Casinos in Las Vegas. After leaving Vegas, he went to Miami Beach to run Web gambling.
He acquired the nickname "Lefty" by refusing to answer questions at a hearing, including whether he was left-handed.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Frank-Left-Rosenthal-Gambling-Executive-Who-Inspired-Martin-Scorcese-Film-Casino-Dies-Aged-79/Article/200810315121962?lpos=World_News_Article_Related_Content_Region_4&lid=ARTICLE_15121962_Frank_Left_Rosenthal%2C

DONG!!!

Chinese Workers Sickened by Chemicals Used in Making iPhones


"People should know what we do to create these products and what cost we pay," said Bai Bing from her hospital bed in eastern China. She is among dozens of Suzhou factory workers exposed to n-hexane as she puts together iPhones.
Another worker, Wu Mei (all used their nicknames for the source article), has suffered weakness, fatigue, numbness and loss of balance. She thought it was from her long hours working at Wintek. The Wintek manager has since stopped using n-hexane.
The factory manager used n-hexane, a chemical whose risks are well known in industry, because it dries faster than alcohol, but did not provide adequate ventilation. Over-exposure to the chemical can lead to paralysis.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/07/chinese-workers-sickness-hexane-apple-iphone

DONG!!!

German robbers destroy bank but fail to get cash - DOH!!!

Would-be robbers in Germany had to flee empty handed after blowing up everything in a bank except for where the money was, police said on Wednesday.
Photos in German media showed a scene of devastation in the northeastern village of Malliss, with the bank reduced to a pile of rubble and its roof completely obliterated. Amid the wreckage, only the cash machine could be seen intact.
"The explosion was so big, they had to run away without the money," said local police spokesman Niels Borgmann. "Something evidently didn't work the way the robbers wanted it to."
Cars and buildings in a radius of up to 100 meters were damaged in the night time explosion, though no one was injured.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100526/od_nm/us_germany_robbery_odd;_ylt=AsJ.E2ixKJHRaOnMis52CpLtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJyMmVxM2lwBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMTAwNTI2L3VzX2dlcm1hbnlfcm9iYmVyeV9vZGQEcG9zAzUEc2VjA3luX2FydGljbGVfc3VtbWFyeV9saXN0BHNsawNnZXJtYW5yb2JiZXI-

KeithM89_old

Thank you Trevor McDonald

In other news:
Subway finally agrees to put the cheese on properly
http://gawker.com/5551263/subway-finally-agrees-to-tessellate-cheese

Biggins

Keithm89 wrote: »

Thank you Trevor McDonald

starbelgrade

Keithm89 wrote: »

Thank you Trevor McDonald

:D:D

Sorry Biggins, hate to (treble) laugh at your expense, but THAT was brilliant!!!

EDIT - missed your single laugh that got in before mine!!

Biggins

starbelgrade wrote: »

:D:D

Sorry Biggins, hate to (treble) laugh at your expense, but THAT was brilliant!!!

EDIT - missed your single laugh that got in before mine!!

Thats ok, I was expecting it.
Now I have to get the shoe polish off my face!

starbelgrade

Biggins wrote: »

Thats ok, I was expecting it.
Now I have to get the shoe polish off my face!

Maaa-haaaam-mmmy!

Biggins

starbelgrade wrote: »

Maaa-haaaam-mmmy!

I can hear ya callin' mammy!

skelliser

We'll be right back.......

starbelgrade

Mild or warm at times over the next 3 days with a lot of dry, bright weather for Wednesday and Thursday with sunshine at times but some rain in places on Friday.

Biggins

"Coming up next, news from your local area"

m@cc@

Keithm89 wrote: »

Thank you Trevor McDonald

In other news:
Subway finally agrees to put the cheese on properly
http://gawker.com/5551263/subway-finally-agrees-to-tessellate-cheese

Word of the day - tessellate

tes·sel·late (tes′ə lāt′; for adj., -lit, -lāt′)
transitive verb tessellated -·lat′ed, tessellating -·lat′·ing
to lay out, inlay, or pave in a mosaic pattern of small, square blocks
Origin: < L tessellatus < tessella, little square stone, dim. of tessera, a square: see tessera

adjective
arranged in a mosaic pattern; tessellated

starbelgrade

In news from my local village, a pub was broken into over the weekend - some drink was taken (but not in the robbery.. boom, boom!) and huge (I mean humongous.. the size of a small bedroom) bags of mulch can be bought from the Tidy Towns commitee via the shop, for 35 euros.

skelliser

Tonight on UTV live!

A man is recovering from a punishment beating in *insert anywhere in belfast*.
Police are investigating a house fire on *insert anywhere in belfast* road.

Police have been involved in clashes with youths in *insert anywhere in belfast, derry, newry whereever*.

A suspect device has been made safe by the army in *insert anywhere in belfast, derry, newry whereever*.

*Nationalist politican A* accused *Unionist Politician B* of *something* in the interface area of *insert anywhere in belfast*.







Repeat ad nauseam for years and years!

bonzodog2

Thanks Dave, now it's over to our Special Correspondent in Tel Aviv for some breaking news ...

javaboy

starbelgrade wrote: »

Maaa-haaaam-mmmy!

Showing your age there.

Biggins

javaboy wrote: »

Showing your age there.

That or his love for his mother knows no limits!

JONJO THE MISER

And now over to our showbiz correspondent Karen Walsh Bovine.
Thanks Dave... in the latest twist to the Twink saga it is now being reported that she was taken up squatting in Pat Kenny's Garden.

CrazyRabbit

In and other news....some sick %^&%^& are going around Ballymun stealing kids pet animals, torturing them and then dismembering or impaling them.

efb

Now the weather, sponsored by Powergen, then an ad for Hughes Insurance Brokers

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Biggins you clearly have waaay too much free time.

Biggins

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Biggins you clearly have waaay too much free time.

What I do at 2.25am in the morning is my business!
I'm at me best at night, ya should see me go...
Kizza kiss ya big luv. :pac:

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Biggins wrote: »

What I do at 2.25am in the morning is my business!
Kizza kiss ya big luv. :pac:

Ah schucks... if you're already married... and a woman... with nice boobies...

ejmaztec

Is this where the network goes over to Rob.TV, where you have to guess the number of triangles wedged into some gobby minger's pants?

Taco Corp

Accidental discharge destroys mans testicles

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011994648_accident31m.html

starbelgrade

Surley wrote: »

Accidental discharge destroys mans testicles

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011994648_accident31m.html

Why was I was expecting a story about a man destroying his testicles by having a wet dream?

Taco Corp

starbelgrade wrote: »

Why was I was expecting a story about a man destroying his testicles by having a wet dream?

I really don't know. Maybe it because it has happened to lots of guys you know?

Biggins

This one might make you genuinely mad - honest:

15 year old raped then forced to say sorry for getting pregnant, made give up child and then live with another pastor.

Speaking of religious leaders who turn a blind eye to rape -- we now bring you to the tale of the Trinity Baptist Church in Concord, New Hampshire.
This story begins in 1997, when 15-year-old Tina Anderson was brutally raped by a fellow churchgoer named Ernest Willis.

However, when Anderson reported the incident to pastor -- it wasn't Willis who was punished, but Anderson, because she became pregnant by her attacker.

Anderson was forced by her pastor, Chuck Phelps, to stand in front of the congregation of Trinity Baptist Church and apologize for becoming pregnant before Phelps and her mother had her shipped off to Colorado, where she was forced to live with another pastor and give up her child for adoption.
Concord police said they were never able to formally press charges against Willis in 1997 because the victim had disappeared and neither Phelps or her mother or any fellow congregants would tell them of her whereabouts.

It wasn't until this year, thanks to a series of online posts left by friends, that Anderson, now 28, was finally found living in Arizona and her case was reopened.
As soon as Anderson came forward earlier this month, 51-year-old Willis was finally arrested on rape charges.

But despite Anderson's story of being forced into hiding by Phelps, the former pastor has denied any wrongdoing, claiming that it was the police who dropped the ball on their investigation and never once tried to contact him about Anderson's new residence.
Authorities in Concord are currently investigating Phelps' involvement, but have yet to charge him with any crime.

Source: http://www.truecrimereport.com/2010/06/what_wouldnt_jesus_do_4.php

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Apple rumored to begin paying Foxconn employees direct wages

Chinese website Zol -- which is owned by CBS Interactive -- is reporting that Apple may be moving toward a model of paying Foxconn employees direct subsidies, in the form of small percentages of the profits from whatever product line they work on. It's also interesting to note that the report claims that Apple has looked into the situation, and found that the general unhappiness of the workers and the recent spate of suicides could be attributed to low wages.

Continues: http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/apple-rumored-to-begin-paying-foxconn-employees-direct-wages/

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Google Dumps Microsoft Windows Company-Wide -- Blames Windows For China Hacking Attack

Google has banned Microsoft Windows from internal use. Employees will be given the choice between Apple's Mac OS and Linux. Adding insult to injury, Google is also publicly citing Windows security problems for the decision and blaming Windows vulnerabilities for the China hacking incident.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/05/31/businessinsider-henry-blodget-google-dumping-microsoft-windows-company-wide-blames-windows-for-china-hacking-attack-2010-5.DTL#ixzz0pdO4Narn

Overheal

News and Media is That way

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Biggins

Overheal wrote: »

News and Media is That way

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