January 10, 2005
'Jesus' Event of the Week
Lately, it seems like every week brings us some terrifying spectre of nature that causes us to sit back in our chairs and gently cover our mouths as we whisper a collective, "Jesus."
Tonight, relentless storms in Southern California have triggered a massive landslide that has left one dead, twelve missing, houses smashed, and a massive rock in the middle of the road.
And it's our 'Jesus' event of the week.
Reuters photo by Robert Galbraith. Associated Press photos by Damian Davarganes, Steve Malone, and Nick Ut.
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Adobe Gone Wrong: In Excelsis Murdoch
Personally, I think Rupert Murdoch is Sauron to the world's ever-weakening fourth estate, and I realize that while many share this view, there are those that do not. Still, the
E-Commerce Times' graphics guy's totally ridiculous, Foxified, Photoshop job on the News Corp. poobah tips the scale of blatant asskissery.
Son of Jor-El, kneel before Rupert!
You know, now that I think of it, he does look a bit like Zeus in
Clash of the Titans, n'est-ce pas?
The graphic comes from [
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/News-Corp-Offers-To-Buy-Rest-of-Fox-Stock-39520.html]
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Lemoore ain't freaky!
CNN.com reports:
LEMOORE, California (AP) -- Fed up with students' racy moves, a principal has taken the unusual step of canceling the rest of this year's school dances.
Principal Jim Bennett of Lemoore Union High School said he warned students at a winter formal dance last month to either quit dirty dancing or face the possibility of not dancing at all.
But he said the students continued "freak dancing," a form of sexually suggestive dancing that involves grinding the hips and pelvic area.
The ban on dances includes the school's Sadie Hawkins dance in February and the junior and senior proms in the spring, but Bennett said they could be rescheduled if students modify their behavior.
"It's really up to the kids at this point. They have to take some responsibility," Bennett said.
As if there's anything
else to do in Lemoore. Let them grind the booty. At least it's not crank.
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