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All You Can Eat
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Ever wondered what inspires those people you see pigging out on television in competitive eating contests or a cash prize or 15, minutes of fame? For some reason, they actually consider it a "sport", though, in many circles, it just boils down to basic gluttony.
But, to each his own!
Perhaps, however, the gentleman who participated in one recent pancake eating contest, during his hometown's celebration of Pancake Week, should have been a little less competitive.
38-year-old Russian Boris food lover Isayev pleased the enthusiastic crowd of onlookers and fans, who watched as he stuffed himself with 43 calorie-laden pancakes, all filled with mounds of thick banana and cream,
All seemed to be going well for a moment, as Isayev feasted on the delicious treats, until something went terribly wrong.
According to witnesses, the competitor began to foam at the mouth and then passed out, collapsing on the stage where the contest was being held. When they realized that Isayev was clearly in trouble, attempts were made to revive him, all, unfortunately, unsuccessful.
He died on the site of his last eating competition, allegedly by choking on some of the pancakes he was scarfing down.
Death by food is not cool.
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Rihanna Considering Reconciliation?
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The entertainment world is still buzzing about the recent incident involving popular 21-year-old R&B songstress Rihanna and her boyfriend, equally popular R&B star- 19-year-old Chris Brown. He allegedly beat her up, after an argument, causing injuries to her face. Although Rihanna has been mum so far, letting her publicists make statements on her behalf, a police lab photo of her surfaced on an online gossip website, showing how extensive her injuries were.
Rumors are that the beautiful young music artist is pining for her violent boyfriend and might even be considering trying to reconcile with him, despite the understandable protests from her friends and family members.
One has to wonder if this attack was only a one time deal or if there have been other attacks in the past that weren't disclosed. Even if it was Brown's first time doing this, it is one time too many. Though he has apologized publicly, chances are this abuser's career will take a nosedive.
Rihanna should learn from Tina Turner, who put up with ex-spouse Ike's physical abuse for years. After finally having the courage to escape from him,Turner emerged triumphant.
Let's hope Rihanna gets out of this toxic relationship while she's still young! |
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Odd Relationship Leads to Tragedy
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People love their pets,but some folks go overboard.
A good example of this is the recent story about a woman's pet chimpanzee who nearly killed her friend.
Travis the chimp had been raised by owner Sandra Herold as though he were a human being. She allowed him to eat at the table with her, served him wine, took him on car rides, bathed with him and treated him like her soulmate. She even let him sleep in the same bed with her.
Herold obviously didn't bargain on the fact that Travis still had,within him, the nature of a wild beast, which surfaced with tragic consequences.
When a friend of Herold's came to visit, the woman inadvertently agitated the creature by arriving with a new haircut and waving a toy animal in his face.,
He attacked her and the cops had to end up shooting him.
I don't think most people would blame the chimp, as much as they would his owner, for raising him, without any realistic acknowledgment of his natural tendencies. To bring this wild animal up, as though he were a human, was totally irresponsible on her part and now both he and her friend have paid a terrible price. |
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More Octu-Mom Craziness
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As if the octuplet-bearing mom story from sunny California wasn't nutty enough, the sage just continues to get crazier and crazier, as more details become known about 33-year-old Nadya Suleman.
Far from being the media darling she supposed she would be, due to her multiple birth delivery, she has been roundly criticized, as I said in my earlier post on this subject. Even her own mother has publicly dissed her.
Although she implied that she has never been on welfare during the Curry interview, Suleman has, in fact, received food stamps and receives disability payments for three of the six kids she already had, which probably will increase, since the eight babies she recently had are likely to have challenges.
The single mom is presently unemployed and owes over 50 grand in student loans, plus over $1 million for the costs of her recent medical costs.
And guess what? She is now asking for your donations to "help" pay off her bills.
Okay, sure, but only if it goes towards getting her tubes tied! |
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My Teacher Did What?
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Lots of folks are having to take second jobs nowadays, due to the present economic situation. One Bellefontaine, Ohio educator decided that she, too, needed a sideline to help make a little extra cash.
So, what was it? Grocery cashier? Wal-Mart greeter? Tutor?
Nope!
It seems that the respected 4th grade teacher was earning money on the side by prostituting, a fact that might not have been revealed, had she not been busted by the local cops in a sting operation.
Apparently, she booked most of her "dates" on Craigslist, even using her school's computer to set up her "special" meetings with clients and even left work before the end of the school day to do her alternate business.
Unfortunately for her, the Bellefontaine authorities had been informed about her ads on Craigslist and that's when they set up their sting, netting the teacher when her "date" turned out to be an undercover cop.
Not surprisingly, this has stunned her colleagues, students and community, especially since she was, from all appearances, agreeable and law-abiding.
She was booked and charged with prostitution and for improper use of school property.
I'm just wondering how the whole thing was explained to her 4th grade class!
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Presidential Brothers Gone Wild
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Not even the President of the United States is immune to having embarrassing relatives\, as recent headlines proved.
President Barack Obama's half- brother, who lives in Kenya, got in the headlines a few days back when he was arrested for marijuana possession by the Nairobi cops. He was also charged and put in the clinker for his attempt to resist arrest.
George Obama, of course, has denied doing anything wrong and some allege that the police zoomed in on him, only because he is related to Barack Obama, whom he hardly even knows and has only personally met face-to-face on one occasion.
Still, it must have made the new Prez gristle with embarrassment to see his half-sibling's name in the news for partaking in the illegal pleasures of smoking weed.
This isn't the first time,however, that an American president's brother has gotten some unwanted media attention. There was Billy Carter, brother of Jimmy Carter, who gained notoriety for his redneck, beer chuggin' ways and mind-boggling acts, such as urinating on an Air Force runway. Then there was Roger Clinton, brother of Bill, who got into various legal infractions during his sibling's Presidency.
So, even world leaders have nuts in the family!
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This Is Leadership?
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Remember back in your elementary school days, when you looked up to the principal as a role model whose authority you could trust?
Guess times have changed drastically, at least in some situations.
There was a recent news report about a shocking incident that occurred in a Minnesota elementary school, involving the principal and some alleged boneheaded actions on his part.
Sources say that parents of a 6-year-old student at the school went to the school district to complain that their son's principal supposedly used a severe form of "discipline" to punish him for clogging up the toilet in the boy's bathroom.
The kid told his folks that he was made to clean up the mess by having to stick his bare little hands into the commode. The child had mistakenly used paper towels, instead of toilet paper, which caused the clog and this, allegedly, was why he was reprimanded.
Come on! I know principals have to deal with misbehaving kids, but this boy was only 6-years-old and probably too young to know paper towels can stop up a toilet.
Makes you wonder who in the world is hiring the people who are supposed to be looking out for our kids! |
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Eight Is Enough...Or Maybe Not
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Some parents have trouble taking care of one kid, but imagine being suddenly confronted with having to care for and raise eight kids!
A California woman made headlines recently when she gave birth to octuplets, an extremely rare event, since all survived and are, thus far, fairly healthy.
Reports are that she was given fertility treatments, which obviously kicked in bigtim,e and she was, at first, projected to be pregnant with 7 babies. The Whittier woman refused her doctor's recommendation of reducing the number of fetuses to remove risk to her life. Still, everyone was pleased and surprised when, during the delivery process, an additional baby came out.
Hooray, right?
This might have been one of those "feel-good" stories of the year had not additional information been discovered that probably means that the young mom is not likely to be asked to pose for a Good Housekeeping Magazine cover anytime soon.
It seems that she has...uh... a few other kids.
SIX OF 'EM!
Giving birth is a beautiful thing, but you have to wonder why somebody who already had 6 children that she needed her parent's help to care for would have fertility treatments to have 8 more she can't take care of.
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You Go, Girlfriend!
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Certainly, anybody would admit that former "Three's Company" actress Suzanne Somers looks might darned good for a babe of 62.
While one has to admire her sense of discipline, I don't know if most women would be up to the almost fanatic daily regimen required to keep her looking so great..
As though Oprah's show wasn't boring enough, Somers appeared as a guest on a recent segment, in which she outlined the everyday routine involved in staving off menopausal symptoms.
Unfortunately, we got to see the tedious steps she takes to maintain her AARP pin-up gal looks.
With cameras filming, she described, in more detail than we cared to know, how she gives herself daily hormone injections in her--er---"nether regions", and showed how she gulps down a boatload of supplements- 60 in total- each and every day.
The still beautiful sitcom actress says that she hopes these extreme treatments will keep her going strong until at least age of 110.
Somers has her critics, of course, as they consider her alternative methods to be questionable.
Still, the proof is in the pudding and, while her detractors look like Roseann Barr, Suzanne Somers is still gorgeous.
Hm...
Think maybe they're jealous? |
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Avoid This New, Over-the-Top Email Hoax
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Just when you thought you were properly schooled in knowing how to decipher those aggravating email scams and hoaxes, yet another one has been making the rounds to the inboxes of several individuals.
The problem is that, instead of some bogus Nigerian begging for money for a new kidney or telling you that you just won millions in some foreign lottery, the email in questions tells you something designed to frighten you out of your wits and money.
The email sender writes that he is a hired hitman who will carry out the plan to off you, if thousands of dollars are not sent to him to stop it. He then goes on to warn you, with even greater threats, not to get in touch with the cops or other authorities or he will follow through on the "hit."
Another email is then sent later from a second sender who claims to be from the FBI and declaring that the "hitman" has been caught with your information. As you've probably guessed, the "agent" then asks for "verification" or proof of your identity, obviously in an attempt to get your personal information.
If you receive one of these fake emails, DO NOT REPLY/ |
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Carjacker Commits the Unthinkable
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Unfortunately, as the economy goes down, crime often go up. Criminals are even bolder than usual nowadays, as they attempt to enrich themselves at the expense of the innocent. Despite this, you'd hope that even law-breaking scum had a small bit of humanity left in their souls.
Apparently, one South Florida carjacker did not.
While a 29-year-old mother of four sat outside in her car with her kids, waiting for her husband to return from picking up some items in a local drugstore, a 37-year-old carjacker attempted to force his way into the Mitsubishi van to steal it, to the horror of the vehicle's inhabitants.
The brave mom did her best to fight the evil thief off, but the villainous crook persisted in his despicable endeavor. What makes this story even worse to stomach is that he punched her in the face and also punched her 18-month old baby in the face. The courageous mother's struggle finally won out and the frustrated ran off, since her cries were drawing some attention.
I'm glad to say that this piece of walking garbage was caught and arrested for attempted kidnapping and attempted carjacking.
Hope the judge doesn't let this creep get off! |
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No "Fatties" for Japan
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If you get annoyed just watching Jenny Craig commercials or hearing Richard Simmons whine about the obesity epidemic, you definitely do not want to move to Japan.
The country, which has universal healthcare for all of its citizens, is focusing in on people who are over the age of 40-years-old, forcing them to have their waistlines measured, to see if they are too...er..."expansive." If it is decided that somebody is overweight, by their standards, that individual is commanded to get diet counseling. If they fail to slim down sufficiently, things could get worse.
Certainly, people should strive to improve their health by getting down to a decent weight, but forcing them to do it smacks a bit of "dictatorial control."
The Japanese government defends its Big Brother-like actions by declaring that it has the right to enforce lifestyle choices on folks, especially since they are footing the bill
Although you could reason that this is for the good of fat people in Japan, it could backfire on them, since people typically tend to rebel against being told what they "have" to do.
Get ready for a black market, where calorie-laden goodies are sold to corpulent Japanese with a taste for somethin' naughty! |
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Attention, Walmart Shoppers!
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It appears, once again, that some of the customers frequenting the world's largest discount store are actin' up again.
This time around, a mind-boggling incident occurred at an Indiana Walmart, in a customer service area. Of course, none of us likes the idea of standing in long lines, especially when they move slower than molasses. But, it's one of those things in life you have to endure, right?
Well, one antsy 26-year-old patron decided that he would boldly walk right in front of another customer in the line, without batting an eyelash. When the customer told the rude dude that he needed to wait his turn and get back in line, the oaf refused to budge. Making things worse was the idiot's dad, who promptly joined in by telling the affronted customer to lay off and even, allegedly, threatened to plant his foot in the man's backside.
The dumb duo discovered, however, that they were messing with an off-duty cop, who quickly called in some on-duty heat to come help.
Father and son tried to leave the scene and, when the off-duty policeman tried to stop them, a fracas broke out.
When the cops finally arrived, they arrested the pair of dopes.
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When Bad Neighbors Get Worse
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We usually can't choose the kind of human beings who end up being our neighbors, but we do harbor the hope that, whoever they are, they will at least be mentally stable and reasonable.
Of course, as most of us know, that is often not the case and some of the folks who live nearby to us are...well..just a little bit on the nutty side.
Take what happened recently to one Scranton, Pennsylvania dude who got the surprise of his life when the guy who lived in a house across the street knocked on his front door.
The 34-year-old "knocker" apparently wasn't stopping by to ask for a cup of sugar or to shoot the breeze about the latest pro football game. The reason the angry screw-ball in question was pounding on the door was because he was ticked off because his neighbor's friend had parked his car in front of his house.
When the wisely cautious fellow refused to open the door, the other man used a chain saw to get inside.
YES, A CHAIN SAW!
Fortunately, nobody got hurt, but the "Leatherface"-wanna-be was arrested for criminal trespass and attempted murder and now faces 47 years in the slammer. |
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Give You Back Your What?
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Divorce can be a long, drawn-out, bitter process, but there are instances when it can also be amazingly weird.
Take a recent case, in which a perturbed husband, who is also a surgeon from Long Island, New York, made an unusual demand from his soon-to-be-former spouse.
According to the supremely ticked-off hubby, he proved his love for his attractive, 44-year-old wife in 2001, when he donated one of his own kidneys to her for a transplant. This guy possibly put his own life at risk to help save the woman he loved.
Pretty brave, romantic thing to do, huh?
Well, yeah, except that, according to the 49-year-old doc, his "better half" repaid his act of noble sacrifice by cheating on him. When she got a knee injury in 2003, her "sessions" with her physical therapist turned into an affair. She then filed for divorce from her stunned husband, who was served the papers while in the middle of performing surgery.
Tacky!
He is now suing his ungrateful wife and demanding that she either fork over one million bucks or give him his kidney back.
Guess you have to be mighty careful these days who you hand out your major organs to! |
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