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July 08, 2008

Catholics Worldwide are Outraged! Webster Cook walks out of Church Holding a Eucharist! He Is Now Getting Death Threats!

YPhoto_servlet ou don't mess with religion. You don't mess with the Catholic Church....and that is what Webster Cook a University of Central Florida student did when he attended mass, and received communion, and the priest put the Eucharist on his tongue. But Cook didn't ingest the religious wafer. He walked out of Church and showed his friends what it was, and what it was like to be Catholic.

From the MyFoxOrlando Story: “We don’t know 100% what Mr. Cooks motivation was,” said Susan Fani a spokesperson with the local Catholic diocese.  “However, if anything were to qualify as a hate crime, to us this seems like this might be it.” We just expect the University to take this seriously,” she added “To send a message to not just Mr. Cook but the whole community that this kind of really complete sacrilege will not be tolerated.”

Cook just wants everything to go away, and the death threats to stop. Perhaps he should have thought about that when he removed the Eucharist from the Church????

MyFoxOrlando Story

Dr. Christopher Thompson Road Rage Against Two Bicyclists (He Slams on His Breaks!) Lands Him In Jail!

Thumb Dr. Christopher Thompson is in deep shit. KFI640's John and Ken talked with one of the victims of his road rage stunt he pulled on 2 bicyclists travelling Mandeville Canyon in Pacific Palisades. And Fark picked up the KFI Story...BOOM! Hits and comments galore.  The Emergency Room Doctor lives on Mandeville Canyon and obviously has a problem with bicycists using the canyon road. He was arrested and is out on $30,000 bail. The KFI story has some gruesome pics of the 2 victims in the hospital....

KFI640 Story on Road Rage Against Bicyclists

Gory Pictures from KFI

AP Story- San Jose Mercury

Former Stripper Candice Houlihan Admits Affair With A-Rod! Gee! I Wonder Why She is Speaking Out?

Sarodstripperlarge Ex-Stripper, Candice Houlihan admits to having an affair with Yankee slugger Alex Rodriquez.  Houlihan is an Ex-Centerfolds "dancer". Houlihan has said that A-Rod's wife Cindy filing for divorce was probably the right thing to do, and that - get this quote- "a leopard doesn't change its spots".  Houlihan is now a hairdresser in Reading. According to the Boston Herald the "affair" lasted two nights. I call it a "fling" or "infatuation"- but an affair suggests a longer term. Houlihan met A-Rod at a game, & says he never knew she was a stripper. Why she is coming forward at this time is a question that the article doesn't answer.

Picture from Huffington Post

I had sex with A-Rod- Boston Herald

Centerfolds Boston Web Site

Other Info on Candice Houlihan-

Haunted Robert the Doll that taunts Children - to Make a Rare Appearance at Atlantic Paranormal Society Convention in Clearwater August 19 & 20

RobertdollA straw-filled Doll was given to young boy Robert Eugene Otto when he was a young child in the early 1900's given to him by a Bahamian Maid who practiced Voodoo. As the story goes, residents in the home heard the boy  conversing with Robert the doll.....and the doll answering back in a distinctly different voice (goosebumps as I write this).... The doll went everywhere with him, and when he died- the doll was relegated to the attic, because it frightened the home's residents. The story does not end there- From the attic the doll would taunt children walking by. The doll is now in a museum in Key West, and his powers are said to be dying as his "soul" grows old.(doll pic from CBS story)

The Robert Doll will make a rare appearance in Clearwater, FL at the  Atlantic Paranormal Society Convention  August 19 & 20.

Robert Doll Story CBS4.com

Atlantic Paranormal Society

Youtube Video from Travel Channel

Fla. "Sex Teacher" Stephanie Ragusa's Tattoo's are Now Evidence! Pictures!

Ragusa05 This Stephanie Ragusa story keeps getting stranger and stranger. The teacher was arrested for having sex with two of her students. Prosecutors said she had sex with one of the students after her arrest while out on bond. So the strange part is Hillsborough County State Attorney has released photos of Tattoo's on body areas only an intimate friend or doctor might see. The State Attorney said there are more pictures, but they could not be released. The media requested release of the tattoo pics.

Stephanie Ragusa's Tattoo's and other pics

MyFoxTampaBay Story on Tattoo's

Original Stephanie Ragusa Post

Post on Ragusa writing to Hulk Hogan's son in jail

Chicago TV Reporter Amy Jacobson Humiliated - Sues TV Station for Airing Bikini Video of her at Missing Woman's Home!

Amy Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman's Scorn.  Amy Jacobsen former WMAQ reporter for NBC's Channel 5 in Chicago is suing the local CBS station, WBBM in Chicago after a CBS 2 exclusive video aired showing her in a bathing suit and at the home of the husband of a missing woman. Many unanswered questions are surrounding this story, but the what I'd like to know is "What was a reporter covering a story doing in a Bikini at the home of a missing woman, she was reporting on?

Amy Jacobson is suing WBBM Channel 2 because in the year since the video aired, she has been unable to find work in the market. The suit claims  defamation, invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress, among other counts.

Ray Richmond- Chicago Tribune story on Humiliated Amy

Former Reporter suing station for airing Bikini Video - Chicago Sun-Times

Fox News Story

Amy Jacobson- Wikipedia

Here's how it was reported on YouTube

Scrabble is going Legit on Facebook! What does that mean for Scrabulous?

Since Scrabulous, an unauthorized version of Scrabble turned up as a Facebook game, Scrabble's owners have unsuccessfully tried to shut down the widely used word game on the site. But if you can't beat 'em- join 'em. Now Electronics Arts will be introducing its own Scrabble Facebook game- hoping to steal some of the Scrabulous users over to the real game. The Facebook Scrabble will be a two player game and  only be available for US and Canadian Facebook users. Hasbro and Mattel were unsuccessful in shutting down Scrabulous initially through legal channels. Perhaps they feel releasing an authorized verison will do what the courts couldn't.

FYI -Scrabble is a Trademarked Brand for a Word Game

Scrabble is coming to Facebook

Weddings in Outer Space- Coming Soon! and so is Sex (if it hasn't happened already!)

It was only a matter of time before an article was written about the future of the use of outer space. Fox News is highlighting an article noting, The Japanese firm First Advantage and the U.S.-based private spaceflight firm Rocketplane Global, Inc., announced last week they will host weddings in space   for about $2.3 million (240 million yen) apiece. On that note, I hope my daughter isn't reading this post, as I wouldn't want to be the father of the bride paying for this nuptial.

But the article goes on to discuss of course the inevitable "Sex in Space", but once again the article says:
For all we know, sex in space has already taken place. But NASA officials aren't talking about that much.   Doesn't that leave you with a sense...that sex has taken place. But was it Bill Clinton Sex or Real Sex?  The article goes on to discuss the pro's and con's of pregnancy in space.....but the fantasy still exists....a Playboy Pictorial shoot in Space?  Those who are the "first" to have "Sex" in space will surely become overnight personalities.

Weddings and Sex in Outer Space.....Fox News

MMA Blue Collar Brawl w/1.00 Beers in Texarkana turns out to be a "Bruno" Stunt- 1500 Spectators NOT Happy!

0708081bruno1 Sightings for Sasha Baron Cohen's upcoming Bruno( the gay Austrian Fashion reporter) feature have been popping up everywhere. The latest was a "Blue Collar Brawl" at the Four States Fairgrounds in Arkansas. Deceived were 1,500 fans who came to see MMA cage matches, but were treated to a match between two men stripping down to their underwear, embracing, and then locking lips according to the AP story. It took police 45 minutes to quell the beer throwing patrons.  It sounds like Cohen's next feature is basically a Borat type movie with Bruno Flair.

Baron Cohen's Blue Collar Brawl

Smoking Gun Report

Buzzfeed Bruno Reports

July 07, 2008

Own a Handheld Portable TV? Come Feb. 2009 You May Be Outta Luck! Digital Signals Won't Play on Analog TV's

In Feb. 2009 when Broadcasters switch to all digital signals, hand-held portable TV owners may be watching a dark screen. It appears manufacturers aren't making digital coverters for the small units, and have no plans to market a digital tuner. I guess I better put up the Watchman's I have up on eBay quickly

The LA Times Story on Hand Held TV's go dark in Feb 2009

Tamala Sims - Stuck for 3 Hours in Hospital Elevator going to Intensive Care- Dies!

From Mid-Iowa News. Tamala Sims, 34, was admitted to Mary Greely Medical Center on Saturday Night and was being transported by Hospital Personnel to Intensive care when the elevator got stuck between floors for 3 hours. But the community relations director of the hospital said ... she reached the ICU in stable condition, dying only after reaching the unit. Sims weighed in excess of 500 pounds when she died and her mother believes Tamala's weight and the weight of the hospital staff may have overloaded the elevator.

Mid-Iowa News Web Site story on the death of Tamala Sims

Jack Russell Terrier Playing With Gun Shoots itself- According to Friend of Dog's Owner Ryan Hayes!

Jackrussell Amazingly enough, the Denver Police don't believe Ryan Hayes when he told officers,  Patches, a Mixed Jack Russell terrier was playing with his gun when the dog shot itself. Patches, owned by Haye's next across-the-street neighbor Marlys Duggan visited a couple times a week, and She felt Hayes like Patches. Duggan said Hayes had been drinking prior to the shooting. When they took the dog to the Vet, the Vet called the police....and Hayes was arrested.

The Denver Channel- Dog Shoots itself accidentally

The Earth is Round! Lindsay Lohan sorta Confirms Lesbian Relationship! Samantha Ronson 15 Minutes Begins Now.....tick...tick

Not alot happening on this Monday Night.....

The UK Sun's Gordon Smart and MTV UK are reporting that Lindsay Lohan has finally admitted her Lesbian relationship with Samantha Ronson. This news will elevate Ronson to a D Lister!  Congratulations Samantha.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article1390283.ece

http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/07072008/428572/lindsay_lohan_admits_lesbian_love

Dr. Drew's Next Project for VH1- Sober Living Reality Program- a step up from Celebrity Rehab! What happened to Smashing the EGO?

If you have ever been in rehab, or no someone who has. Rehab is a great place to learn about sobriety, but taking the 12 steps into "real life" is the key. Dr. Drew Pinsky is readying a program for VH1 evolving around celebrities who have gone thru recovery, and live in a sober recovery environment. The NY Post calls it a cross between "Surreal Life" and "The Real World" and would put Celebrity Rehab alumni in a Beverly Hills Mansion- and the program will follow participants thru 30 days of sober living. Writing from experience- I don't know if this is going to be a good thing....as in rehab, you are supposed to leave your ego at the door. Being on TV is just the opposite.  But perhaps "washed-up" stars as the Post suggests in their story, have already had their egos smashed.

NY Post - VH1 Sober Living Program Story

President Bush Tours America to Review His Disasterous Presidency! The Onion News Network Report!

Nothing more needs to be said or written.....

Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency

St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital won't Accept it's Employee's Health Insurance!!

From the Irony Dept.

St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital, of Newburgh, NY has stopped taking SEIU (Union) 1199’s National Benefit Fund health insurance just before the hospital’s 800 or so service and tech employees were scheduled to switch to it, even though the change had been negotiated into the 2004 contract, union officials said. According to a recordonline.com story. One worker said “It’s insulting to work at a hospital you can’t get sick in!"

The hospital stopped accepting the plan, accessed through Group Health Inc., because payments are chronically late and service is poor.

Gee...aren't all Health insurance Payments slow. Not to mention subscribers always receiving an incorrect EOB, and having to call a centralized location; then speak with someone who doesn't have all the information at hand; only to get off the phone knowing it will take months to solve this issue- hopefully before your bill is turned over to collection!


Hospital stops taking it's own employee's health insurance

St. Lukes Cornwall Hospital- Quality Care- Web Site

It's that Time of Year! Merriam-Webster Adds New Words To Dictionary!! Mondegreen Getting the Most Play

You can always tell the first day after the 4th of July. That's the day that Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary releases its list of new words for the upcoming edition. Now I don't really know if the first Monday after the 4th is always the day...but it sounded good. In trying to get a complete list of the new words, I spoke with a Senior Publicist from M-W, who told me they don't release the complete list, as many are arcane and business oriented. They only release the ones that are newsworthy!

In other dictionary news- Fox's Ask.com purchased Dictionary.com.

Here are some of the words- as reported by AP/Yahoo.
Texas Hold-em
prosecco
soju
inifinity pool
edamame
dirty bomb
air quotes
Norovirus
mondegreen ( this is a good one-  a word mistaken for other words - ie "kiss the sky")
and alot more....

AP/Yahoo New Words Story

Ask.com purchases Dictionary.com

Merriam-Webster Asks Public to Submit Mondegreen's

Can you Imagine that the End of the Internet is Near? A Good Headline eh?

Most of the world are conditioned to think that the Internet is unlimited. But that is not the case according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. They are reporting that within 3 years the Internet will run out of available URL's. These aren't the normal web addresses but the underlying addresses that IP addresses that are numbers. As the shortage grows, so does the speed of the internet slows.

There is a solution- a system called IPv6 was agreed upon over a decade ago that will add additional billions of available internet devices, and increase the speed of email, web surfing and help deter spam. 

Why then do we need the headlines that the End of the Internet is Near?  if there is this solution?  To get web hits perhaps for Foxnews?

FoxNews- The end of the Internet is near

Did Any of You Notice The New NBC Tagline? "Chime In"

Last January, NBC reintroduced in G-E-C musical cue to promotional announcements, and just recently, the Peacock network has intro'd a "Chime In" tagline next to the peacock. TV Week reports that the "Chime In" Tag is only located on the broadcast promo's, and there is no mention of the tag on the web site or other marketing. Then again, the "chime in' promo's may be part of a bigger marketing campaign. 

Does "chime in" suggest watching NBC?  Perhaps NBC is readying some chimes to sell at the NBC Web store?
Or does this have to do with a Brightcove Video the TV Week article mention, but I couldn't locate.

Chime In- New NBC Tagline???

Toyota Prius to Add Solar Panels! What's Next? Wings? Steam?

Toyota's best selling Hybrid Prius is set to offer a model with solar panels in 2009. Reports indicate that the panel will be used for running he air-conditioning system.  Toyota is keeping quiet about this development, and the Fox News stories suggests the 3 generation Prius models featuring solar panels will be introduced in May 2009.

Solar Panels for the Prius

Will Lipitor Be Advertising on SpongeBob Squarepants? Cholestoral Drugs recommended for those as Young as 8!

Imagine watching Nickelodeon, ABC Family, or Disney Channel, and seeing commercials for Lipitor-Youth, or Zocor-Minis, or even Pravachol kids. That could be the case, as a doctors group is now recommending cholesterol drugs for children as young as 8. According to the CNN story "the new advice is based on mounting evidence showing that damage leading to heart disease, the nation's leading killer, begins early in life."  Screening for Cholesterol is recommended starting at 2 - according to the article....

Really now- is that why Time Magazine had a cover story on Children and Health?  Habits begin early in life, and over the last decades with fast food, junk food, latchkey kids- children aren't eating healthy. Now kids will be paying the price. And hopefully- the FCC will rethink a policy to ban drug companies from advertising youth oriented adult drugs on program that appeal to youth. It's going to be bad enough seeing them on Nighttime shows....

Imagine this-

Is your child fat?  Is his cholesterol too high?  Kidchol is the choice of Family practitioners - and they come in 8 kids flavors.  See your Doctor today- for Kidschol....

Cholesterol drugs for children- CNN

July 06, 2008

They're Baaaack! Sharon, Ozzy, Kelly and Jack- The Osbourne's Unnamed Variety Show on Fox!

Fox has ordered six episodes of The Osbourne's Variety show, set to debut in 2009 on The Fox Network. A throwback to the 70's variety shows like Sonny and Cher Variety Hour, The Osbournes show will feature music, skits, and man-on-the-street segments. The Osbourne Family created the Family reality show genre on MTV back in 2002, winning an Emmy and paving the way for the multitude of imitation shows on the air today.. Having worked with Sharon and knowing her prowess for success- this show will have alot going for it when it debuts.  The show will be produced by Fremantle North America.

Variety- The Osbourne's Variety Show

Wikipedia- The Osbourne's

FremantleMedia- Wikipedia

Weather + NBC = The Weather Channel! NBCU will own Weather Media Content!

Weather When you watch Sports on the ABC Network, it's always branded ESPN. Today NBC bought The Weather Channel and its Web Site, and expect to see The Weather Channel brand in local and national newscasts on stories dealing with the weather and weather forecasts.  NBC paid 3.5 billion dollars for the cable outlet, and they will leverage the brand for whatever they can with the NBC Network, local NBC stations, and NBC Owned Cable Stations. Why once the deal is signed...we may even see a theme exhibit for the Weather Channel at Universal Theme Park. The headline says it all... NBC owns the Weather.....when you think of Weather- You will think of the Weather Channel!  Not Fox, Not HBO, Not Tribune, Not Reuters, Not AP.....The Weather Channel will be elevated to a new level now.  A Great move not only for revenue, but for the brand itself.  Also look for personalities and programming to change when NBC takes over.  Just as an aside, there is no mention of this deal on the front pages or Business Front pages of FoxNews.com, CBSNews.com, and ABCNews.com as of 7:23 pacific.

Weather Channel Sold to NBCUniversal- NY Times

Wikipedia- The Weather Channel

Weather.com - Weather Channel Web Site

A Silver Dollar that Costs $11! The Blind have their First Braille Coin!

117108620080703071744 The US Mint will begin minting a Silver Dollar with the Likeness of Louis Braille on one side- and the letters BRL in Braille. The minting will mark the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of the creator of the alphabet for the blind. The coin will be available for $1 with a premium tacked on of $10.00 to help programs for the blind. 

A Ten dollar premium for a 1.00 coin?.....I would say that's taking advantage of those purchasing the coins. I am off base with this?  I understand the American Disability Act, but wouldn't it be better if they just printed money with ink and braille raised lettering?'

Time Magzine- First Braille Coin to be Minted

Burger King to Offer Kraft's Macaroni & Cheese as a Healthy Kids Meal Alternative! Also introducing Burger King's Son Little King!

Mac Burger King doesn't like playing second fiddle to McDonalds, so their ad agency and corporate kitchen came up with a new advertising campaign featuring the Burger King's son, Little King, promoting healthy kids meals at the Fast Food Hamburger joint. The centerpiece of the program will be a new kids meal featuring a four-ounce serving of Kraft macaroni and cheese, lowfat milk and the company's "Fresh Apple Fries" ( fresh cut apples that look like French Fries). The campaign is meant to woo Mom's to Burger King....but Macaroni and Cheese- it that dish fattening and high in cholesterol??

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=111&sid=1431413

July 05, 2008

ATTENTION: NASCAR Coke Zero 400 Fans - Coke Zero is Free at My Coke Rewards

After the NASCAR Race tonite I decided to go to the Coke Zero Web site to see how Coca-Cola was going to handle their drivers not winning......

So I went to the Coke Zero Nascar Website and clicked on the "Click Here to Claim Your Prize at My Coke Rewards.com"  Since I already am signed up for MCR- I clicked- and lo and behold- I was offered a Free Coke Zero Coupon for a 20 Ounce Bottle for 0 Points. Then I noticed the Coke Zero Website was offering a free Coke Zero to "Celebrate" the First Coke Zero 400 at Daytona. Originally the promotion called for a free Coke Zero if one of the 13 sponsored Coca-Cola drivers won.  If Tony Stewart, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton, Denny Hamlin, Mark Martin, Greg Biffle, Elliott Sadler, Jamie McMurray, Bobby Labonte, Michael Waltrip, Clint Bowyer, David Ragan or Terry Labonte took the checkered flag....We would have been able to download a Coke Zero coupon. Since Kyle Busch won- I guess Coca-Cola got enough play on Coke Zero to offer it free to consumers- IF- and it's an IF, if they register at My Coke Rewards.com. A great promotion by Coke, Everyone is a winner 

Enjoy the Coke Zero Spot- It's a Classic!

http://www.cocacolazero.com/home.jsp

Hebrew Stone Tablet rekindles Debate on Resurrection and The Messiah!

If you want a light story, this is not one of them. It is a story that is deep, thought provoking, and like religion thru the ages, will have scholars debating the validity for centuries to come. Resurrection

It seems that a 3 foot tall tablet with 87 lines of Hebrew suggests that the Messiah will rise from the dead after 3 days. The fact that this tablet was written decades before the birth of Jesus means that it was part of Hebrew tradition.  According to the International Herald Tribune Story:

Given the highly charged atmosphere surrounding all Jesus-era artifacts and writings, both in the general public and in the fractured and fiercely competitive scholarly community, as well as the concern over forgery and charlatanism, it will probably be some time before the tablet's contribution is fully assessed. It has been around 60 years since the Dead Sea Scrolls were uncovered, and they continue to generate enormous controversy regarding their authors and meaning.

International Herald Story - Hebrew Tablet

The "Godfather of Gospel", Rev Timothy Wright Injured in Car Crash, His Wife Betty Wife and Grandson were Killed!

Since working with Al Kooper who turned me on to Gospel via the Swan Silvertones, I have had a special liking to Gospel music. It saddens me that Gospel Singer Reverend Timothy Wright's wife Betty and their grandson D.J. Wright were killed in a traffic accident July 5, and the Reverend was critically injured. Wright is associated with Grace Tabernacle Christian Center. The accident was caused by a wrong-way driver who was also killed. I know prayers are being said as we speak for Rev. Wright and his Grandson's recovery.

Daily News- July 6 Story on Accident

GospelCity.com story and forum for prayers

Local Story on Rev. Timothy Wright

Pastor Wright's My Space Page

Body of Balloon Priest Father Adelir de Carli Found off the Brazilian Coast

News_2  The body of Father Adelir de Carli, the Brazilian Priest who launched himself into the sky with 1000 helium filled balloons in April has been found around 62 miles off the coast of Brazil. His Balloons were found floating in the water. Father de Carli, 42, was trying to promote religion, draw attention to his campaign to provide rest stops for long-distance truck drivers, and to enter Guinness World Records.  It's ironic that the Father's body was found on the same day that Kent Couch was taking a helium balloon voyage from Oregon to Idaho.

Bloomberg- Body of Father de Carli Found

MADONNA'S BROTHER'S TELL-ALL BOOK! IS THERE ANYTHING WE DON'T KNOW? DO WE CARE?

For the last couple decades we have witnessed many transformations of Madonna, from her "Like A Virgin" days to her Erotic "Sex" Hardback Pictorial. Madonna is a smart business woman and has reinvented and repackaged herself more times any other performer I can recall, other than, perhaps Joan Rivers. We have seen and heard about Madonna's Lesbian-style kisses ; her Hollywood Marriage to Sean Penn, her Marriage to Guy Ritchie, her love of Kaballah, her adoption of an African Refugee, the dismal showings of her latest records, and most recently signing for 10 years with Live Nation for $120 Million dollars for "whatever"!

.....and now her brother Chris Ciccone, is publShanghaiishing a tell-all book about his sister. Who cares that she kissed Gwyneth Paltrow? Who cares that her husband Guy Ritchie and her had Rows? What would you expect being married to her- June Cleaver?  She can't be the easiest person to live with, work with, or deal with. Yes she is a business woman- who knows the entertainment business....and this book- which isn't going to be flattering will keep her in the public eye, ironically for her US Tour this fall.  Madonna is an aging rock star- she loves the adulation....and so a tell-all book is coming out....big deal.....What's next?  Perhaps she will book herself a space flight to the Space Station for publicity.  Alot of aging rock stars realize they made a lot of money, and retire to a good life. Not Madonna- She needs attention...her name has said it from the beginning. Madonna will be 50 in August.... ( Shanghai Surprise Image from Collider.com)

Another reinvention 7/5/08- Madonna Wants Britney to join her at some 2008 Tour Dates

Sun Uk Article on Madonna's Brothers Book

Wikipedia- Madonna

Kent Couch Did It!- 150 Helium Filled Balloons - Sailing in A Lawn Chair - From Oregon To Iowa!

I dreamt of doing this years ago as a publicity stunt. I was working with an artist who created a lifesize clown- and we were going to market it. So I thought we would have the clown covered with Tarp- but above him- 175 or so helium filled balloons. When the tarp came off- we would have it weighted down...but the weights would give way...and alas- Mr. Clown would float upwards....But this story is:

0_62_070508_week2 About Kent Couch, who is trying for the third time to sail from Bend,Oregon to Iowa (230 miles) using 150 Helium Filled Balloons- and sitting in a lawn chair. Why do folks do crazy stuff like this over the 4th of July Holiday weekends?  Does it bring out all the stuff we are holding back all year long.... Kent accomplished his dream today July 5, 2008. Link- Fox News

You may recall the last story of a helium balloon voyage of the Brazilian Priest Father Adelir de Carli who got lost at sea...I have included the link below

Fox News- Kent Couch- Balloon Voyage

Father Adelir de Carli Tragic Story

Madame Tussad's Opens in Berlin! Within Minutes Man Rips Hitler's Head Off!

It was supposed to be a grand opening celebration for Madame Tussand's Wax Musuem in Berlin. But one exhibit was overshadow the whole grand opening- and that was Hitler sitting at a desk in his bunker near the end of the war. Signs stated no pictures of the exhibit "out of respect for the millions of people who died during World War Two"  Why in the world the museum would portray him in any setting is beyond me.

Well minutes after the exhibit was opened to the public, a protester got by two guards, and ripppppppped Hitler's Head off.  Enough Said

Protester Rips Hitlers Head off -

July 04, 2008

Did Bobby Kennedy in 1968 Say A Black Man Could Be President Within 40 Years?

According to Snopes.com- Yes he did, but Ken