Cygnia Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 Mo'ne Davis becomes first Little Leaguer to make the cover of Sports Illustrated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/505354.html Moscow wants Bulgarians to stop turning their statues into American Superheroes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 This one is truly tragic. Yosemite climber falls to death hours after proposing to girlfriend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/505354.html Moscow wants Bulgarians to stop turning their statues into American Superheroes. Fools! Santa Claus is not a superhero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 Besides, Santa Claus is based on St. Nicholas who is, IIRC, the patron saint of Russia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Kurdish women volunteer for combat duty Russia, and other countries, discovered during World War II that women, in general, made better snipers. I am wondering about this one. I know that women have an advantage shooting off hand due to a lower center of gravity, but can't think of any other advantages they may have that apply to being a sniper. Since snipers don't shoot off hand, I can't think of any advantage. It's true enough that women are just as capable, as history shows, but I just can't think of any other advantages than low center of gravity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 I'm a bit ... agitated?... today. Here's why: http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2014/08/2-men-killed-outside-kent-gas-station/ This gas station/Wendy's is right around the corner from my house. I've been going there to get snacks, lottery tickets, or artery-hardening food almost every day since we moved to our current apartment in 2009. This is a relatively quiet, nice area, but close to the highway. Today, I go to get lunch, and the car radio has a story about a shooting at a Kent Shell and Wendy's, right as I pull out onto the main road at the bottom of our hill. Sure enough, I get to it, and it's my Shell station. Whoever the two employees were that were killed, I knew. I didn't know their names, but whichever two lives were taken were people I spoke with, passed pleasantries with, did business with every day since either I moved up here or they started working there. We weren't friends. Acquaintance may even be too strong a term, really. These were simply congenial people I did business with as part of my day to day routine. But I'm still super, super agitated. And angry. I hope the scum that did this are rounded up quickly, and if possible, painfully. Insert various strong profanity throughout the above paragraphs as you read them, to really capture my mood at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Sorry to hear that, Pattern Ghost. I hope those guys are caught quickly as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2014 Oldest metal object unearthed to date in the Middle East death tribble 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Chef killed by severed snake head https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/24793651/chef-killed-by-severed-snake-head/ A snake came back from the dead to deliver a deadly bite to a chef, 20 minutes after he had chopped its head off. The chef was preparing a dish from cobra flesh when the snake’s head bit him, reports The Mirror. Victim Peng Fan had chopped off the head of the Indochinese spitting cobra, a rare delicacy in Asia, to prepare for making the special dish. But when he went to throw the severed snake head into the bin it bit him on the hand, injecting him with fast-acting, deadly venom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 More reason to fear Australia... City Spiders Are Bigger, More Fertile Than Country Cousins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 More reason to fear Australia... City Spiders Are Bigger, More Fertile Than Country Cousins Lucky i don't live in Sydney, just visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 There are people with ambition, and then there's this one: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/23/female-jidahist-khadijah-dare_n_5702966.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Town Sues All Its Citizens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Man pelted to death with oranges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 In case you haven't heard by now, California got hit by a 6.0 magnitude earthquake. I was still awake at the time. No damage done to my home, but my cats were freaked out. It took a while to calm them down. Most of the damage seems to be in the Napa Valley region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 In case you haven't heard by now, California got hit by a 6.0 magnitude earthquake. I was still awake at the time. No damage done to my home, but my cats were freaked out. It took a while to calm them down. Most of the damage seems to be in the Napa Valley region. There will be a lot of people waking up and whining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 I think almost everybody got up when it hit.There were a few fires and some structural damage to several buildings. No reported deaths so far, but a few people were badly injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 The earthquake wasn't the only thing that happened in California. Man killed with bow and arrow death tribble 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 Monkey’s selfie cannot be copyrighted, US regulators say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 Monkey’s selfie cannot be copyrighted, US regulators say EXCELLENT! Sorry, at this stage of things, anything that sides with Public Domain has my favor. IP laws have just been too abused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 Poland has embraced American Football. Interesting article. I like the fact that among the 3 dozen or so teams at varying levels there's at least one all-women's team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 Poland has embraced American Football. Interesting article. I like the fact that among the 3 dozen or so teams at varying levels there's at least one all-women's team If I had the money, I'd love to visit Poland. Bazza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Cops cameraman killed during filming a robbery at a fast food restaurant CES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Cops cameraman killed by cops (accidentally, I assume) during filming a robbery at a fast food restaurant ftfy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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