Archive for February, 2009

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Barnes & Noble Issues Apology for Obama/Monkey Book Display

Friday, February 27th, 2009

A Barnes & Noble spokesperson claims a customer placed a book about monkeys in a window where Barack Obama books were on display.
Yeah, sure. Blame it on the customers. It makes you wonder how long it took Barnes & Noble employees to figure out why people were outside snapping pictures of their window display.
Barnes […]

Posted in Barack Obama, Books/magazines, Business, Controversy | 6 Comments »


Taliban Beheads Man As ‘Gift’ To Obama

Friday, February 27th, 2009

I wonder why we don’t read about these atrocities in the mainstream media?
Taliban militants beheaded an Afghan in Pakistan’s lawless tribal region after accusing him of spying for the United States, local police said today
The 35-year-old man was kidnapped one week ago and his body found today in Razmak some 65km south of Miranshah, the […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Barack Obama, Dearly departed, Politics, World News/Events | Comments Off


Man Arrested For Mailing HIV-Infected Blood To Obama

Friday, February 27th, 2009

From Fox News:
A man from President Obama’s hometown of Chicago has been arrested for allegedly sending Obama and his staff envelopes containing HIV-infected blood, in the hopes of killing or harming them.
In the weeks leading up to Obama’s inauguration, Saad Hussein, an Ethiopian refugee in his late 20’s, sent an envelope addressed to “Barack […]

Posted in Barack Obama, Crime, Health & Medicine, Law and Order | 10 Comments »


Nurses Fired For Taking Cell Phone Pics of Patient

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Two Wisconsin nurses have been terminated from their jobs for taking cell phone pictures of a patient’s X-ray. [LINK]
The x-ray showed a sex toy lodged in the rectum of a male patient.
Photos of the x-rays were then posted on a Facebook page belonging to one of the nurses. The nurse denies posting the photos on […]

Posted in Health & Medicine, Jobs/Occupations | 16 Comments »


Mayor Resigns Over Watermelon Email Flap

Friday, February 27th, 2009

What is this country coming to when people can’t send amusing emails to friends without losing their livelihoods?
We posted this same watermelon photo back in November [LINK], and no one was offended. Some people can’t take a joke. Everything isn’t about racism.
The mayor of a small Southern California city says he will resign after being […]

Posted in Business women, Controversy, Politics | 33 Comments »


Reality Bites for ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Child Star

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Little Azharuddin Mohammed rose swiftly from the slums of India to the bright lights of Hollywood after starring in the Oscar-winning film “Slumdog Millionaire.”
But no sooner did he return to the slums than reality was slapping him in the face.
His own father slapped and kicked the child as horrified fans looked on.

The ten-year-old boy who […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Awards/Accolades, Movie news, Special events | 16 Comments »


FanMAIL: Mike Vick

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Mike Vick is expected to be released from prison on July 20 and placed on home confinement. He was sentenced to 23 months in prison on federal dog fighting charges in August 2007.
Vick was scheduled to be released to a halfway house, but luckily for him there was no room. […]

Posted in Celebrity Justice, Celebrity Seed, Fan Mail, Law and Order, Sports | 12 Comments »


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