.Friday, April 24, 2009
Tisdale - Land of Rape
.This is Tisdale, Saskatchewan and no the sign is not photoshopped. Tisdale is known as the "Land of Rape and Honey" due to its significance in producing both rapeseed (canola) and honey.
Due to its possible multiple meanings, industrial metal band Ministry named their 1988 album The Land of Rape and Honey after seeing the motto on a Tisdale souvenir mug.
Due to its possible multiple meanings, industrial metal band Ministry named their 1988 album The Land of Rape and Honey after seeing the motto on a Tisdale souvenir mug.
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Small Bits of News You Didn’t Know you Needed
California father forced his 7-year-old son to get his gang tattoo
Fresno, California police are searching for the father of a 7-year-old boy who reportedly was forced to get a gang tattoo.
Police are looking for 26-year-old Enrique Gonzales, a member of the "Bulldog" street gang.
Investigators say Gonzales held down his son while a tattoo artist, also a Bulldog gang member, tattooed a dog paw on the boy’s stomach.
The tattoo artist, 20-year-old Travis Gorman, has been arrested and is facing several felony charges.
The boy’s father is wanted on several charges and is believed to be hiding in Fresno.
Fresno Police spokesperson Jeff Cardinale says that even the police department’s gang task force, which has made more than 9,000 gang-related arrests, was shocked by this incident.
A gang expert says the incident is part of a gang’s desire to show that it owns the family of its members, and is also trying to recruit new members at a much younger age.
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A teenager suspected of car burglary was so surprised when he opened a car door to find a police officer sitting inside that he messed his pants, police said.
It happened about 1 a.m. Saturday as Salt Lake County sheriff's deputy Chad Taylor was returning to his Centerville home from working a shift.
"I was in my personal vehicle, but I was in uniform," Taylor told the Deseret News Monday. "I'd pulled in my driveway and was on the phone with another deputy when I looked in the rear-view mirror and saw this guy trying to get into my wife's car."
Taylor watched the teen then move up toward his car.
"Right as his hand goes to check my handle, I kick the door open," Taylor said. "I said, 'You'd better stop right there! Police!' I'm not kidding, it was quiet as can be, and I heard …"
The 16-year-old boy turned and ran, chased by Taylor, who called 911 as he ran after the teen through the neighborhood. The boy was scrambling so fast, Taylor said, he lost his shoes. Centerville police responded to help catch the teen.
The boy dashed into a friend's house, where a party was going on, police said. Officers were let into the house where they found him — and discovered that he had soiled himself, Child said. "You could smell him," Taylor said. "He told us, 'Yeah, I crapped my pants.'"
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Sickest girl in Britain
A dog was filmed being beaten and kicked in a sickening attack — by a girl aged 12.
The schoolgirl was seen kneeing, slapping and stamping on stunned springer spaniel Jasper in the 13-minute film.
She whipped him with his lead, then stood on his tail with one leg while kicking him with the other.
The girl is seen kicking the pup 14 times, kneeing it 26 times and hitting it with its lead eight times. She slaps it 17 times and stamps on it ten times.
Last night Jasper’s owner Ray Green, in his 60s, choked back tears after seeing the horrific film. Mr Green, who uses a mobility scooter, had let the girl — the daughter of a close pal — take the 18-month-old dog for walks.
VIDEO, SLIDESHOW and More of the horrific attack
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Cost of Ice Cubes Rising Too, At Least at Morton's Steakhouse
We've gleefully chronicled such gilded age menu items as the $25,000 dessert and the $81 hamburger, but former NY Mag dining critic Gael Greene is reporting what may be the most hubristic example of restaurant chicanery yet. She has it that Morton's The Steakhouse recently tried to charge financial columnist Dan Dorfman $2.50 extra for ordering a cocktail on the rocks. His beverage was served with five of the sublime little frozen delicacies, translating to 50 cents per ice cube. He objected after noticing the charge on his bill, and Greene writes, "If you know Dorfman you know his protest was not pretty." Morton's ultimately waived the fee, but Dorfman says, "I bet they get away with it more often than not since that's a place that attracts a fair-sized Wall Street crowd and I'm sure many of them say nothing."
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Fresno, California police are searching for the father of a 7-year-old boy who reportedly was forced to get a gang tattoo.
Police are looking for 26-year-old Enrique Gonzales, a member of the "Bulldog" street gang.
Investigators say Gonzales held down his son while a tattoo artist, also a Bulldog gang member, tattooed a dog paw on the boy’s stomach.
The tattoo artist, 20-year-old Travis Gorman, has been arrested and is facing several felony charges.
The boy’s father is wanted on several charges and is believed to be hiding in Fresno.
Fresno Police spokesperson Jeff Cardinale says that even the police department’s gang task force, which has made more than 9,000 gang-related arrests, was shocked by this incident.
A gang expert says the incident is part of a gang’s desire to show that it owns the family of its members, and is also trying to recruit new members at a much younger age.
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Teen gets the shit scared out of him after deputy surprises him
A teenager suspected of car burglary was so surprised when he opened a car door to find a police officer sitting inside that he messed his pants, police said.
It happened about 1 a.m. Saturday as Salt Lake County sheriff's deputy Chad Taylor was returning to his Centerville home from working a shift.
"I was in my personal vehicle, but I was in uniform," Taylor told the Deseret News Monday. "I'd pulled in my driveway and was on the phone with another deputy when I looked in the rear-view mirror and saw this guy trying to get into my wife's car."
Taylor watched the teen then move up toward his car.
"Right as his hand goes to check my handle, I kick the door open," Taylor said. "I said, 'You'd better stop right there! Police!' I'm not kidding, it was quiet as can be, and I heard …"
The 16-year-old boy turned and ran, chased by Taylor, who called 911 as he ran after the teen through the neighborhood. The boy was scrambling so fast, Taylor said, he lost his shoes. Centerville police responded to help catch the teen.
The boy dashed into a friend's house, where a party was going on, police said. Officers were let into the house where they found him — and discovered that he had soiled himself, Child said. "You could smell him," Taylor said. "He told us, 'Yeah, I crapped my pants.'"
.
Sickest girl in Britain
A dog was filmed being beaten and kicked in a sickening attack — by a girl aged 12.
The schoolgirl was seen kneeing, slapping and stamping on stunned springer spaniel Jasper in the 13-minute film.
She whipped him with his lead, then stood on his tail with one leg while kicking him with the other.
The girl is seen kicking the pup 14 times, kneeing it 26 times and hitting it with its lead eight times. She slaps it 17 times and stamps on it ten times.
Last night Jasper’s owner Ray Green, in his 60s, choked back tears after seeing the horrific film. Mr Green, who uses a mobility scooter, had let the girl — the daughter of a close pal — take the 18-month-old dog for walks.
VIDEO, SLIDESHOW and More of the horrific attack
.
Cost of Ice Cubes Rising Too, At Least at Morton's Steakhouse
We've gleefully chronicled such gilded age menu items as the $25,000 dessert and the $81 hamburger, but former NY Mag dining critic Gael Greene is reporting what may be the most hubristic example of restaurant chicanery yet. She has it that Morton's The Steakhouse recently tried to charge financial columnist Dan Dorfman $2.50 extra for ordering a cocktail on the rocks. His beverage was served with five of the sublime little frozen delicacies, translating to 50 cents per ice cube. He objected after noticing the charge on his bill, and Greene writes, "If you know Dorfman you know his protest was not pretty." Morton's ultimately waived the fee, but Dorfman says, "I bet they get away with it more often than not since that's a place that attracts a fair-sized Wall Street crowd and I'm sure many of them say nothing."
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X-ray shows Chen Liu's nail gun death
A shocking X-ray shows how a man died with up to 30 nails fired into his skull by a high-powered nail gun.Sydney, Australia, homicide squad detectives have released the graphic image as they make a fresh appeal for information about Chen Liu's murder.
The decomposed body of the 27-year-old, also known as Anthony Liu, was found dumped in the Georges River last November, wrapped in a domestic rug.
He was bound with electrical wires and an extension cord and the carpet was neatly folded with each end tucked in and then bound with three strips of wire.
Officers with Strike Force Renfree, formed to investigate the murder, have revealed they believe he was shot dead elsewhere and driven to the river in his own blue 2005 Range Rover Sport 4WD.
Detective Inspector Mark Newham said yesterday that post-mortem examination results had showed Liu was shot repeatedly in the head up to 30 times with a high-powered nail gun.
"Similar types of nail guns can fire nails up to 85 millimeters = 3.35 inches," Insp Newham said.
Detectives said the nail gun used in the murder was a standard cordless, framing, gas-charged gun, widely available for sale.
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
Small Bits of News You Didn’t Know you Needed
Mens Push-up Pants Fly Off Shelves
We've got guys who'd like to look bigger -- especially at the beach.
These push-up pants are designed to make the most of modest manhoods.
Similar in design to the Wonderbra, the briefs have a special pocket inside that thrusts the contents up and out.
Designer Roland Lodoli said they have been flying off the shelves since he launched them at his shop in Zagreb, Croatia.
He said: "Now I’m working on some swimwear for men for the summer so they never have to feel ashamed on the beach again — no matter how cold the water."
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Shoplifter hides brillo pads in his pants
A 51-year-old Niceville man was charged with theft after store employees watched him put a bottle of Castor Oil and a box of brillo pads into the front of his pants.
He was stopped by employees as he attempted to leave the store with the Chore Boy Stainless Steel Scrubbers and the Castor Oil still concealed there.
He did not have the $4.18 to pay for the items, but said he would go to a nearby store where his wife worked and get the money.
He was arrested.
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Tobacco spit leads police to suspects
Police in Wisconsin say a trail of chewing tobacco spit led them to two men accused of stealing a safe from a bar.
The pair have been charged with stealing a safe containing $3,000 in cash and beer tokens from a bar in the island town of Campbell.
The heavy safe, which had been bolted to a kitchen work top, was carried off but the nearby key was left untouched.
Police officers investigating the burglary were able to collect chewing tobacco spit that led away from the tavern.
DNA from the spit matched a 21-year-old man, from nearby La Crosse, who was promptly arrested.
From the La Crosse County Jail, he called a woman and asked that she get rid of the safe, which he thought was still in the trunk of the car she was storing for him.
A search of the car produced a receipt to another La Crosse man, also 21, from the day after the burglary for a hotel room about 30 miles from where the safe had been abandoned.
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We've got guys who'd like to look bigger -- especially at the beach.
These push-up pants are designed to make the most of modest manhoods.
Similar in design to the Wonderbra, the briefs have a special pocket inside that thrusts the contents up and out.
Designer Roland Lodoli said they have been flying off the shelves since he launched them at his shop in Zagreb, Croatia.
He said: "Now I’m working on some swimwear for men for the summer so they never have to feel ashamed on the beach again — no matter how cold the water."
.
Shoplifter hides brillo pads in his pants
A 51-year-old Niceville man was charged with theft after store employees watched him put a bottle of Castor Oil and a box of brillo pads into the front of his pants.
He was stopped by employees as he attempted to leave the store with the Chore Boy Stainless Steel Scrubbers and the Castor Oil still concealed there.
He did not have the $4.18 to pay for the items, but said he would go to a nearby store where his wife worked and get the money.
He was arrested.
.
Tobacco spit leads police to suspects
Police in Wisconsin say a trail of chewing tobacco spit led them to two men accused of stealing a safe from a bar.
The pair have been charged with stealing a safe containing $3,000 in cash and beer tokens from a bar in the island town of Campbell.
The heavy safe, which had been bolted to a kitchen work top, was carried off but the nearby key was left untouched.
Police officers investigating the burglary were able to collect chewing tobacco spit that led away from the tavern.
DNA from the spit matched a 21-year-old man, from nearby La Crosse, who was promptly arrested.
From the La Crosse County Jail, he called a woman and asked that she get rid of the safe, which he thought was still in the trunk of the car she was storing for him.
A search of the car produced a receipt to another La Crosse man, also 21, from the day after the burglary for a hotel room about 30 miles from where the safe had been abandoned.
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Snack Wrap Mac: Big Mac In Tortilla
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"McDonald’s might have to come up with a new ‘two all-beef patties’ jingle for its newest product. The chain is testing the Snack Wrap Mac, which puts a new spin on the old classic: half a beef patty, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions — wrapped in a flour tortilla."
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