What are you gonna do, play with your prick for another 30 years? ... George Carlin
RE: With no new evidence, Fox continues to ask: Did al Qaeda burn California?
Topic: Current Events
3:27 pm EDT, Oct 26, 2007
Graham wrote:
For the second straight day, Fox News stood virtually alone in advancing thinly supported speculation to raise fears that the wildfires ravaging California are not the result of a confluence of arid heat and high winds but were set deliberately by al Qaeda terrorists bent on destroying America.
Well, Bin Laden does have a weather machine after all...
The Industrial Revolution wasn't all steam engines and textile mills. Beer production increased exponentially, as well. Fortunately, the good people of England were up to the challenge and drained kegs as fast as they were made. Brewery owners became known as "beer barons," and they spent their newfound wealth in an age-old manner -- by trying to party more than the next guy.
Case in point: In 1814, Meux's Horse Shoe Brewery in London constructed a brewing vat that was 22 feet tall and 60 feet in diameter, with an interior big enough to seat 200 for dinner -- which is exactly how its completion was celebrated. (Why 200? Because a rival had built a vat that seated 100, of course.)
After the dinner, the vat was filled to its 4,000-barrel capacity. Pretty impressive, given the grand scale of the project, but pretty unfortunate given that they overlooked a faulty supporting hoop. Yup, the vat ruptured, causing other vats to break, and the resulting commotion was heard up to 5 miles away.
A wall of 1.3 million gallons of dark beer washed down the street, caving in two buildings and killing nine people by means of "drowning, injury, poisoning by the porter fumes, or drunkenness."
The story gets even more unbelievable, though. Rescue attempts were blocked and delayed by the thousands who flocked to the area to drink directly off the road. And when survivors were finally brought to the hospital, the other patients became convinced from the smell that the hospital was serving beer to every ward except theirs. A riot broke out, and even more people were left injured.
Sadly, this incident was not deemed tragic enough at the time to merit an annual memorial service and/or reenactment.
This is a documentary about a boy (Ben Underwood) who has taught himself to use echo location to navigate around the world. Ben Underwood is blind, but has managed to do some truly extraordinary feats.
Sun October 28 (2:00 Start) J & A/ 35 3rd Ave. Booking Prod. Presents @Lousyland Studios 35 3rd Ave., Long Branch, N.J. Co. Jack Presents (In Conjunction w/CINECALL SOUNDTRACKS, THE IDIOM, . THE UNSUNG HEROES FOUNDATION. WOODEN SHOE BOOSTORE(Phil.,Pa.),WE ARE THE MIGHTY,. WALKING ENGLISH.com. ENCORE CONSULTANTS. & AM PROSOUNDS Multi-Media Halloween Party w/ 19TH ISSUE/OF FABRIC STAIRCASE/Release Party The Sex Zombies Charlie Don't Surf Recreational Arts & Pets Phasmida Xylophone of Wrench with special appearances by acoustics; LONNIE EDDIE BODEEN, OBOE YOU NOTHING poets; DAN & JARED WEEKS, PROF. VILE, LADY B, artwork by; Doug Z , Ken Bastard, Skull-a-boy, Megan Gale, ...and more * $10.00 Show 2:00 to 9:00 Show
@Brighton Bar (9:00 Start) Co. Jack Presents 'An Unautumnated Travelling Acoustic Circus Special w/ Eddie Bodeen The Hip Shots Chris Morrisy * $5.00 Show; FREE ADMISSION w/ MULTI-MEDIA TICKET
S y d ' S n o t S o S t a b l e M u l t i p l i c a t i o n S t a b l e - Towers Open Fire
Topic: Movies
1:05 pm EDT, Oct 23, 2007
And now for something completely (and I do mean COMPLETELY) different.. An obscure experimental short film written by and starring William S. Burroughs
Drug-Resistant Staph: What You Need to Know - Well - Tara Parker-Pope - Health - New York Times Blog
Topic: Health and Wellness
11:57 am EDT, Oct 23, 2007
For years health authorities have warned of the growing threat posed by drug-resistant bacteria, but most of us have been half-listening. Not anymore.
A virulent strain of bacteria that resists many antibiotics appears to be killing more people annually than AIDS, emphysema or homicide, taking an estimated 19,000 lives in 2005, according toa study published last week in The Journal of the American Medical Association. The recent death of a 17-year-old high school football payer in Virginia is a tragic reminder that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, can prey on otherwise healthy people.
Troops, key doctors to get first US bird flu shots | Reuters
Topic: Health and Wellness
11:55 am EDT, Oct 23, 2007
"Certain military personnel like deployed forces would get vaccinated before certain other military personnel," HHS science adviser William Raub said in a telephone interview.
Virtually all health experts agree that the world is overdue for a pandemic of some sort of influenza.
No one can predict when one might come, how bad it would be or which strain of influenza virus may be responsible. But the H5N1 bird flu virus that has infected 331 people since 2003, killing 203 of them, is the current chief candidate.
