A classic tale. Man posts $5000 bond as bail for second man. Second man doesn’t pay back quickly enough. First man beats second man with claw hammer. First man goes to jail on $350,000 bond. Inexplicably, somewhere in the middle, three shots are fired by a third man. The first man, Lanell “Mook” Weeks has…
Rep. Steve King, an Iowa Republican believes that calls for Rep. Todd Akin to withdraw from the Missouri Senate race are “petty, personal attacks substituting for strong policy.” Akin, he says, is “a strong Christian man, with a wonderful family”. No doubt, these qualifications make Akin a “legitimate candidate”. Akin, of course, recently came under…
Uber, an incredibly fast growing car service/taxi alternative, has hit a pothole in Cambridge, MA. The service allows users to request a car from a smartphone app, track the driver’s progress to their location, pay the driver from their smartphone, and have the receipt emailed to them. Drivers sign up with the service, are vetted,…
We don’t know if Seth Horvitz enjoys action movies, but his recent attempt to purchase a new television online left him with more action than he bargained for. Horvitz opened the package he received, and was shocked to discover not his flat panel television, but an assault rifle. Horvitz called police who took the weapon,…
Sung Hwang, a 46 year old New Haven attorney and President-elect of the New Haven County Bar Association. By all accounts, he is an upstanding citizen. He is also a licensed gun owner. When Mr. Hwang went to a local movie theater, he took his gun along, wearing it visibly, as he is legally allowed…
We must be doing something wrong. Whenever we see a new follower show up on our twitter account(@givinguptheship) with a suggestive photograph and an explicit web address, we block it and report as spam. Apparently, celebrities will pay $18 for 1000 of these! Jason Feifer of Fast Company reports in a fascinating article in which…
We know you try to protect your child from all harm. We know you would never knowingly expose them to danger of any kind. But what you may not know could hurt them. A common household item was recently deemed so dangerous by Britain’s National Health Service in Manchester that they have prohibited adult employees…
Men can reach speeds of up to 72 kilometers per hour on the X-treme Faser water slide at Galaxy Rutschenparadies, which is part of the Therme Erding sauna complex near Munich. Women can watch from the ground and take pictures. Park officials say they moved to ban women from the ride after “six women had…
With the Olympics in full swing, The Huffington Post, bastion of fine investigative journalism, answers today’s most burning question: “Do Olympic Swimmers Pee In The Pool?” The answer, apparently, is a resounding yes, though not in the middle of races. Some even pee on the pool deck. No wonder Michael Phelps is retiring. We look…
Six Flags Great Adventure is one of the world’s best amusement parks, and its Kingda Ka roller coaster is one of the world’s best, with a height of 45 stories and top speeds of 128 miles per hour. When you’re zooming around at that speed you expect thrills, but not a bird in the face.…