This Wednesday, October 10th is a big day!

At the Brighton Bar, on Brighton Ave in beautiful Long Branch, NJ, Patrick Veil (of the Sex Zombies and Fabric Staircase Magazine) will perform an acoustic set of humorous, topical and fearless tunes. Come watch acoustic become dangerous weaponry in the hands of a madman. Patrick is in the middle of a tour with the increasingly popular Sex Zombies, and this special acoustic performance guarantees to entertain.

Speaking of Madmen, singer/songwriter Lonnnie (of Sunshine Flipside) makes his return to the Brighton stage with a set of new tunes that have to be heard to be believed! A genius tunesmith with a penchant for aching melodies, insightful (occasionally hilarious) lyrics, and potent performances.

Also performing are The Hip Shop, Nick Gere and Eddie Bodeen. For more info, check http://www.thebrightonbar.com

Don't miss this show...unless you are already playing a gig somewhere else. No other excuses will cut the mustard!

Patrick Veil and Lonnnie to perform at Brighton Bar!!!

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Charges have been dropped against a Texas woman who was accused of giving her husband a sherry enema that killed him, the prosecutor in the case said on Wednesday.
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Charges dismissed in sherry enema death - Yahoo! News

They surrounded a monastery on Weiza Yandar Street. All the roughly 200 monks living there were forced to stand in a row and the security forces beat their heads against a brick wall. When they were all covered in blood and lay moaning on the ground, they were thrown into a truck and taken away.

If you've been planning that vacation to burma, you might want to go to disney land instead. It's much more entertaining to watch people dressed as giant animals beat people.

Burma's Brutal Crackdown Continues: 'They Come at Night and Murder the Monks' - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News

Of the many fascinating theoretical applications of DARPA's "cyborg insect" research, the most creative could be using sex-starved moths to follow bank robbers. A new article in EE Times goes into detail on HI-MEMS, and quotes a science fiction writer whose book inspired the DARPA program:

"Moths are extraordinarily sensitive to sex attractants, so instead of giving bank robbers money treated with dye, they could use sex attractants instead," said [science fiction writer Thomas] Easton. "Then, a moth-based HI-MEMS could find the robber by following the scent.

DARPA's Sex Slave Insects on Danger Room

The government has told head teachers to lighten up after one British school told children in the dinner queue that if they didn't give their fingerprints they wouldn't get any food.

The Department for Education and Skills said this week in a statement to the BBC Radio 4 Programme You and Yours that schools who refused school dinners to kids who won't scan their fingerprints might be in breach of the law, contrasting with the long-overdue guidance note it issued on school fingerprinting in the summer.

If they don't give their finger prints they should send the little bastards right to Guantanamo.

Schools chief pushes Big Brother out of dinner line | The Register

The most interesting part, however, was this video showing the way Wal-Mart has spread across the country like a microbe culture in a petri dish.

Video of Wal-Mart's spreading across USA like germ culture - Boing Boing

SCHENECTADY -- In what one officer called one of the most despicable acts he can recall, a Saratoga County woman is accused of prostituting herself and then snorting cocaine from the stomach of her newborn son while breast-feeding him.

Wow...

I wonder if the baby was sucking the cocaine out of her? When your mom uses you for paraphernalia before you're one year old, you know your life is probably going to be interesting.

Kids in car during sex, drug bust -- Page 1 -- Times Union - Albany NY

"What happens when the FBI team decides to go visit the crime scene? Blackwater is going to have to take them there," the senior U.S. official told The News.

You'd think the FBI would be able to get official soldiers. This is a clever form of coercion though.

TPMmuckraker | Talking Points Memo | Blackwater to Guard G-Men Investigating Blackwater

Chomsky on the Pot...

YouTube - Chomsky talks about Marijuana

A county sheriff in Arizona is now field-testing a CDEX METH GUN, which is a $500 device that can spot even tiny quantities of methamphetamine residue on clothing and other surfaces using ultraviolet light. The gun goes into production later this year. Future improvements will detect other drugs, according to the company. Every evangelical church should have one!

I wonder if this was just some miscommunication. Someone asks for a Death Ray, and through word of mouth you end up with a Meth Ray.

The Raw Feed: Drug-Spotting 'Meth Gun' Now Being Tested