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Say What? Man Pregnant with Second Child

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

I think this is perhaps the most bizarre story of 2008:  Thomas Beatie, known as “the pregnant man,” was interviewed Monday by CNN’s Larry King. Joining Thomas was his wife, Nancy. Thomas gave birth in July to the couple’s first child, Susan, and now they’re expecting again. Larry King: Thomas and Nancy, welcome. Congratulations. How is [...]

I’m With Stupid: Woman Sends $400K to Nigeria

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Ye gads: The scammers ran Spears through the whole program. They said President Bush and FBI Director “Robert Muller” (their spelling) were in on the deal and needed her help. They sent official-looking documents and certificates from the Bank of Nigeria and even from the United Nations. Her payment was “guaranteed.” Then the amount she [...]

Obama’s Inauguration to Stem Automaker Losses

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Here’s a bizarre sentiment expressed by Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm in calling for assistance to the Big Three automakers as part of the $700B bailout: “We’re in a situation where there’s a great unknown about what will happen,” said Sen. Debbie Stabenow, a Michigan Democrat. “And a great concern that at least one of the companies [...]

Religious Clash: Mormons Baptist Jewish Ancestors

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

This week’s second–and most–truly bizarre headline: Jewish Group Wants Mormons to Stop Proxy Baptisms: Holocaust survivors said Monday they are through trying to negotiate with the Mormon church over posthumous baptisms of Jews killed in Nazi concentration camps, saying the church has repeatedly violated a 13-year-old agreement barring the practice. Leaders of The Church of Jesus [...]

Monks Clash

Monday, November 10th, 2008

WWJD?: What’s Behind the Brawl at Jesus’s Tomb: Israeli police on Sunday rushed into one of Christianity’s holiest churches to break up a brawl between monks. Two clergymen were arrested in the clash between Armenian and Greek Orthodox monks in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, which is revered as the site of Jesus’s Crucifixion, burial, [...]

World’s Heaviest Man Gets Married

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Just goes to show, there’s someone for everyone: The world’s heaviest man has tied the knot. Manuel Uribe, who hasn’t left his bed in six years, married his longtime girlfriend Claudia Solis Sunday in northern Mexico. … Uribe tipped the scales in 2006 at 1,230 pounds (560 kilograms), earning him the Guinness World Record as [...]

The End is Near: Daily Kos Posts Positive Ayn Rand Reference

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Proof of the apocalypse: a poster at Daily Kos (!) has written positively about Ayn Rand (!) in support of Barack Obama (!). I suppose this unforeseen and unforeseeable occurrence qualifies as “good news,” of a sort, in that the random young or otherwise unformed mind might come across this reference and be steered in a better direction. [...]

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