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Whatever happened to the hole in the ozone layer ?
..& why isn't Al Gore all over this shit ?

Whatever Happened to the Hole in the Ozone Layer?

livescience.com – Thu May 6, 8:50 am ET

Three British scientists shocked the world when they revealed on May 16th, 1985 - 25 years ago -that aerosol chemicals, among other factors, had torn a hole in the ozone layer over the South Pole. The ozone layer, which protects life on Earth from damaging solar radiation, became an overnight sensation. And the hole in the ozone layer became the poster-child for mankind's impact on the planet.


Today, the ozone hole - actually a region of thinned ozone, not actually a pure hole - doesn't make headlines like it used to. The size of the hole has stabilized, thanks to decades of aerosol-banning legislation. But, scientists warn, some danger still remains.


First, the good news: Since the 1989 Montreal Protocol banned the use of ozone-depleting chemicals worldwide, the ozone hole has stopped growing. Additionally, the ozone layer is blocking more cancer-causing radiation than any time in a decade because its average thickness has increased, according to a 2006 United Nations report. Atmospheric levels of ozone-depleting chemicals have reached their lowest levels since peaking in the 1990s, and the hole has begun to shrink.


Now the bad news: The ozone layer has also thinned over the North Pole. This thinning is predicted to continue for the next 15 years due to weather-related phenomena that scientists still cannot fully explain, according to the same UN report . And, repairing the ozone hole over the South Pole will take longer than previously expected, and won't finish until between 2060 and 2075. Scientists now understand that the size of the ozone hole varies dramatically from year to year, which complicates attempts to accurately predict the hole's future size.


Interestingly, recent studies have shown that the size of the ozone hole affects the global temperature. Closing the ozone hole actually speeds up the melting of the polar ice caps, according to a 2009 study from Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research.


So even though environmentally friendly laws have successfully reversed the trend of ozone depletion, the lingering effects of aerosol use, and the link between the ozone hole and global warming, virtually ensure that this problem will persist until the end of the century.
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J...doesn't give a fvck as long as Al stays off the media !

Don't blame the messenger...just another
"installment" from weirdasianews.com

Eels Devours Man’s Bowels

Friends can do some pretty mean things when one of their own passes out drunk. A common college prank is to draw all over the inebriated individual with a permanent marker, while others may take it to the extreme and shave various parts of the body. My personal favorite is seeing how much you can stack on top of the passed out drunk before A) he wakes up, or B) everything falls over.

For others, however, this is mere child’s play. Why simply humiliate your friend when you can cause him irreparable damage with a high risk of death?



A 59-year old chef in the Sichuan province of China passed out around the wrong group of friends, who decided it would be a great idea to insert a live eel measuring 50 cm in length into the man’s rectum. Let that sink in for a second. A group of friends, presumably too drunk to realize sea creature and anus are not supposed to go together, take a live eel (where they got it is anyone’s guess) and forcibly insert into the bowels of a man they considered to be a friend while he was passed out drunk.

Not content with resting comfortably with the man’s colon until he woke up, our friend the eel went to town on his bowels. Not surprisingly the man died, with medics stating that the eel literally “devoured his bowels.” One source identified the eel as an Asian swamp eel, which I suppose is a better alternative than a moray eel. Either way you have an eel in your butt, so I don’t think there’s a real need to quibble over which type you’d rather have inside you.
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J...with friends like these, who needs enemas (enemies) !

Is this a new criminal defense ? Or is...
this guy just fvckkin' nuts ?

Police: Wii Rage Triggers Bizarre Crime Spree
Suspect Was Arguing Over Wii Game
Deb Stanley, 7NEWS Producer

POSTED: 10:29 am MDT May 7, 2010

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Colorado Springs police officers are investigating a bizarre crime spree that started after a man reportedly got mad over a Wii game.

Witnesses told police a man went after several people in the Meadows Mobile Home Park with a bat, bit his mother on the ankle, intentionally rammed several cars, and hit a pedestrian and a tree.

When the victims followed the driver, after a short distance he stopped, got out of his car and allegedly used a BB gun to break out the rear window of a vehicle, according to the police report.


Police said when they arrived Thursday at 5 p.m. the suspect, James Williams, ran at a police cruiser and jumped on the hood.

The police report said when Williams jumped off the cruiser, Officer Erwin Paladino used his Taser on Williams, then arrested him.

The police report didn't go into detail about what happened during the Wii game or what game he was playing.
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J...one man's reality is another's...................!
(fill in the blank)

Huh ?

Push for Florida bestiality law goes 'back to square one'

BY CRISTINA SILVA
Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau

TALLAHASSEE -- From every angle, a ban on bestiality, long pushed by state prosecutors and animal rights activists, seemed poised to finally become law this year, with Republicans and Democrats in both chambers of the Florida Legislature joining forces to push it through.

Yet it failed.

The inability to outlaw something so repugnant reveals how difficult it can be to get even the most carefully crafted, widely supported bill passed in the Florida Legislature.

Its advocates say that in the political stew of a legislative session, the very outrageousness of the topic worked against it.

Lawmakers said they did not want to be accused of wasting time addressing a rare crime when Floridians needed them to help create jobs. They also did not want to debate the icky subject in public meetings occasionally frequented by children.

``The whole thing just kind of collapsed, unfortunately, and so we are back to square one,'' said Nan Rich, the Senate's incoming minority leader, who has tried since 2008 to close this loophole in the law.

House Majority Leader Adam Hasner said he had hoped for a different outcome.

``I made a personal commitment last year to make sure the House would criminalize that type of disgusting, barbaric behavior,'' he said.

News reports of Floridians having sex with animals are infrequent, but draw fierce outrage all the same.

There was the Panhandle man who sexually battered and asphyxiated a pregnant goat in 2008. In West Palm Beach, there was a man who molested his neighbor's dog in 2004. Leon County has the story of a man who sexually battered his guide dog in 2005.

``While it is not something that we think is a widespread problem, Florida ought to be able to prosecute these cases when they do happen,'' said Jennifer Hobgood, Florida State Director for the Humane Society of the United States.


Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/07/1 ... z0nTkjv4ld

Old dogs, young dogs, big dogs, little dogs, but...
...GAY dogs are not allowed to be guide dogs !

Gay dogs not welcome, diner in South Australia told

By Sarah Mennie From: Sunday Mail (SA) April 25, 2010 2:42AM

A RESTAURANT in a northwest suburb of Adelaide that refused a blind man entry because it thought his guide dog was "gay" was ordered by the Equal Opportunity Tribunal to pay him $1500.

The (Adelaide) Sunday Mail said Ian Jolly, 57, was barred from dining at the Thai Spice restaurant in May 2009 after a staff member mistook his guide dog Nudge for a "gay dog," a tribunal heard this week.

A statement given by restaurant owners Hong Hoa Thi To and Anh Hoang Le said one of the restaurant's waiters said that Mr Jolly's partner Ms Chris Lawrence stated "she wanted to bring a gay dog into the restaurant."

Mr Jolly and Ms Lawrence were refused entry to the restaurant - which displays a "guide dogs welcome" sign - even after providing staff with a guide dogs fact card.

At an Equal Opportunity Tribunal conciliation hearing on Friday, the restaurant agreed to provide Mr Jolly with a written apology and attend an Equal Opportunity education course, in addition to paying him $1500.


"The staff genuinely believed that Nudge was an ordinary pet dog which had been desexed to become a gay dog," a statement from the hearing said.

Mr Jolly said while he was happy with the result, the embarrassing incident had dampened his enthusiasm for eating out at restaurants. "It gives you some comfort that Equal Opportunity is there," he said.

"But I always have that fear now, when I go out.

"I just want to be like everybody else and be able to go out for dinner, to be left alone and just enjoy a meal."

Thai Spice refused to speak to the Sunday Mail when contacted for comment.

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J...once had a dog who was afraid of his shadow, but never had a gay dog !?!

As if the Brits weren't weird enough...
..this looney wins the prize !

British man banned for drunk-driving in toy Barbie car
By staff writers at The Sun in London From: NewsCore April 20, 2010 9:45AM

Man caught drunk behind the wheel of toy car
Driver 'surprised' by three-year ban
Barbie jeep drives at top speed of 6km/h

A BRITISH man was banned from driving for three years after getting behind the wheel of a pink toy Barbie car when drunk.

Paul Hutton, 40, leaped into the seat of the tiny electric car, which has a top speed of just over 6km/h, when he was over the UK legal limit, The Sun reports.

But a police patrol car spotted Hutton crammed behind the steering wheel crawling along the road near his home in Essex, southeastern England, and pulled him over.

Hutton admitted being a "complete twit" after he ended up in front of Colchester Magistrates' Court, in Essex, charged with drunk-driving.

Speaking after the hearing, he said: "You have to be a contortionist to get in, and then you can't get out.

"I was very surprised to get done for drink-driving but I was a twit to say the least.

I know, I know, this story needs some pics....
we'll just have to imagine...lol !

Topless woman saves apartments from fire

05:30 AEST Tue May 11 2010
By ninemsn staffVIEWS:

A Darwin woman who used a hose to save a burning apartment building was so caught up in the moment she didn't realise she was topless.

Tash Bennett was sunbaking by the pool at the Alatai Apartments in Darwin on Thursday when she noticed specks of ash falling on her, the NT News reports.

When Ms Bennett looked up, she saw a nearby palm tree on fire.

Ms Bennett rushed to the reception for help before arming herself with a fire hose and returning to the tree.

It was only after the fire was out she realised she had no bikini top on.

"I was sunbaking. I wasn't exactly prepared ... but you've got to put out the fire before you deal with that," Ms Bennett was quoted as saying.

Her husband Daniel McNamee said the flames could have taken out the building. He was proud of his wife, he said.
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Is that a ferret in your pants ?...or...never mind,
you're just another frakkin' insane Englishman !

Animal welfare groups hopping mad over ferret trouser contest
A retired headmaster has come up with a novel idea for fund-raising by resurrecting a sport in which ferrets are placed down competitors' trousers.

By Jonathan Wynne-Jones
Published: 8:00PM BST 15 May 2010

Frank Bartlett, 67, insists the charity "ferret legging" event is a light-hearted test of endurance but animal welfare groups have been left hopping mad.

The National Ferret School said that the contest, being held in Whittington, Staffordshire, would subject the animals to unnecessary stress and discomfort. It has asked the RSPCA to investigate whether the event would breach the Animal Welfare Act.

The current ferret legging world record is thought to be more than five hours, set in the 1980s.

James McKay, the director of the Derbyshire-based National Ferret School, believes the contest will subject the animals to unnecessary stress and discomfort and has lodged an official complaint with the RSPCA.

However, Mr Bartlett insisted the "light-hearted" competition, which aims to raise around £1,000 for the local community first responder group, would cause no harm to his ferrets, which would probably go to sleep.

"The event is being undertaken by people who have been involved in ferret care and welfare for many years," he said.

"We would never dream of doing anything that resulted in distress to any animal."

Mr Bartlett describes the ferret he will use in the test of endurance as extremely docile and says there is "ample room" for the animal in the baggy trousers he intends to wear.

"The idea of forcing it to do anything is absolutely ludicrous," he added. "They are like any animal – if they are handled properly from a youngster, they become tame and friendly."

Speaking on BBC WM, Mr McKay questioned whether legging breaches the 2006 Animal Welfare Act.

He told the radio station: "Ferret legging involves putting ferrets down the trousers of the male participants in the competition, and this is extremely stressful to the ferrets.

"It just beggars belief that in the 21st century, anyone could even dream of doing such a stupid event.

"Traditionally, ferret legging was played by Yorkshiremen who thought they were big and tough and would try and prove they were big and tough by doing something that no sane person would dream of doing.

"We fear that if this 'contest' is allowed to go ahead, it will set back ferret welfare by over 20 years."

J...can honestly say I have never thought of putting a ferret in my pants !

Beer, not just a breakfast drink anymore...
..it can also be used as a weapon !

Men allegedly use case of beer as weapon in heist

Mon May 17, 3:38 pm ET

PUEBLO, Colo.(AP) – Bud Light may not be advertising these two as "Real Men of Genius." Two men are accused of using an 18-pack case of Bud Light as a weapon while stealing beer at a Loaf 'N Jug convenience store.

The men are accused of stealing three cases of Bud Light from the store early Saturday. According to police, one of the men used a case of the beer to hit a clerk during the theft. The clerk wasn't seriously hurt.

Police officers chased the suspects on foot. The affidavit said police found two cases of beer in a back yard, then went inside and found the men. The men are awaiting court appearances.

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Information from: The Pueblo Chieftain, http://www.chieftain.com

Cities are always looking for new revenue...
...this license is stretching it a little !!

City requires lingerie store to get food permit for edible undies

kens5.com

Posted on May 18, 2010 at 10:26 PM


Rosemary Benitez thought it was a joke at first. She was told her store was going to need a food permit in order to stay in business.

But Benitez doesn't own a restaurant. She owns the Shades of Love lingerie store on West Bitters road.

Shades of Love sells racy lingerie, high heel shoes, adult toys and items meant to enhance a couple's sex life. However, some of those items are edible. That's why the health department ruled the store needed a food permit.

The permit costs about $230 a year. It also means the store is subject to regular health inspections.

Beneitez says, "Everything is sold as novelty. Everything in the box says 'novelty item' only... It's not something you sit down and actually eat. It's more for licking and tasting. Edible? No. It's not going to fill you up."

San Antonio's Sanitarian Services Manager, Stephen Barschewski, told us, "Any facility in the city of San Antonio that sells edible substance requires a food establishment permit. One, it's the law. Two, in case there's a recall, we certainly want to know the source."

Beneitez countered back, "I don't think you would actually eat, lick, or taste enough of this that it would cause a big problem (as in food recalls). It's absurd to me."

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J...guesses a gay bath house would need a likker license !?!

The DMV is always right...well...
...cept where they are totally wrong...lol!

DMV Relocates Driver to Unfortunate Locale on License
Woman gets rude message on her new driver's license
By TODD WRIGHT
Updated 9:23 AM EDT, Thu, May 20, 2010

Renewing your driver's license can be a pain in the butt these days, but the task has caused quite a stir for one Florida woman.

Ashlee Lineberger of Englewood recently mailed in her $48 renewal fee for a new license and when she got her new state-issued ID back in the mail, she noticed that she was no longer from Englewood.

The license said she lived in "Eat Ass," Florida. We're still looking for it on the map.

"I only looked at it because I wondered what picture they would use," 31-year-old Lineberger said. "I thought I was a dreaming and I literally pinched myself. I was completely shocked."

The line that was supposed to display Lineberger's street address was replaced by the vulgar message and the state Department of Motor Vehicles has no clue how the mishap occurred.

Lineberger's husband, Charles, said after getting the run around on the phone with the state DMV, the couple went to the local DMV to get some answers. What they got was laughter and a quote for another fee if they wanted the license fixed.

"They thought it was hilarious like it was some kind of joke," he said. "Then they wanted us to pay for another license."

On Wednesday, state officials contacted Lineberger to apologize for the error and told her a new license - free of charge - would be in the mail. But she still doesn't have an answer to how she got the new address.

"It makes you wonder what these people are doing with all of this vital information if they can play around with a license like that," said Lineberger, who will be doing all her transactions in person from now on. "My view has changed that's for sure. You trust these people because they work for the government but somebody is obviously not doing their job."

But the Linebergers are not without a sense of humor. Ashlee said she plans on keeping the "Eat Ass" license even after she gets the real one.

"Imagine if I got pulled over by a cop and had to show this ID? I probably wouldn't be getting out of that ticket," she said. "That's priceless."

Man bites dog; no, dog bites man; NO...
Man bites man over some dogs ???

Man bites man in fight over dogs, NY officials say


May 24, 3:44 PM (ET)


NEW CITY, N.Y. (AP) - It wasn't quite man-bites-dog, but there were men and there were dogs and there was biting. A sheriff's office said Monday that one man bit another during a fight over a couple of dogs at a park in suburban New York City. Rockland County sheriff's Capt. William Barbera said two dog owners got into it Sunday night. One didn't like the way their pets were playing at a dog park in New City, about 30 miles north of New York.

Barbera said that a third man tried to break up the fight and that one of the combatants bit him on the wrist. He said that no one has been arrested but that the case is still being investigated.
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J...thinks there had to be alcohol involved somewhere !

Examples of why "welfare" doesn't work..

Maserati owner collected welfare benefits

Published: May 28, 2010 at 7:19 PM

LOS ANGELES, May 28 (UPI) -- A Cerritos, Calif., woman was charged with welfare fraud for receiving more than $60,000 in benefits while hiding assets including a Maserati, officials say.

Tangela Ridgeway, 35, was arrested with eight others this week in a massive welfare fraud sweep for receiving benefits while concealing ownership of a home, business, a Nissan SUV, the upscale 2006 sports car and other vehicles, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.

The Los Angeles County district attorney's office says she is charged with 16 counts of welfare fraud including aid by misrepresentation and perjury by false application for aid, and 14 counts of perjury by declaration.

In court Friday Ridgeway's bail was set at $395,000. If convicted, she faces a maximum term of 19 years in state prison, the Times said.
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I can see a true need for welfare, but cases like this make it harder for the needy to get benefits. From what I read & see, a person can't own a vehicle or other personal property worth over $3K to be elegible. This is a bit stupid, if a person is trying to do better, that $3K car ain't gonna hold up to get them to job interviews. In most rural states, one has to travel some distance to find a job. While this case is rediculous, the Fed requirements haven't kept up with reality, much less the "times"...lol

This is fvckin' weird...
...Gaydar may actually exist !!!

Study shows 'gaydar' may be real
May 29, 2010 at 12:22 PM

LEIDEN, Netherlands, May 29 (UPI) -- "Gaydar," the supposed innate ability of gay people to identify other gays even in a crowd, may actually exist, Dutch researchers say.

Dutch scientists said gay men and women in a study proved to be more detail-oriented and discerning than heterosexuals when focusing their attention on their environment, and this close attention to detail could help them detect the sexual preference of others, the New York Daily News reported Saturday.

"This is the first time that scientific proof has been found for the existence of a gaydar mechanism amongst homosexuals," researcher Dr. Lorenza Colzato of Leiden University in the Netherlands said. "This perceptual skill allows homosexuals to recognize other gay people faster and we think it's because they are much more analytic than heterosexuals."

More perceptive and detail-oriented people may be more likely to pick up on subtle clues in other people that they may be homosexual, the study found, which helps them search out gay friends and sexual partners.
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J...not that I would "know" about any of this !?!

...for your reading. how the "other" side lives...

India’s Transgendered Festival and the Crowning of Miss Koovagam

They have many names—cross dresser, drag queen, eunuch, transsexual, and transvestite, to name a few. They are often misunderstood, hated, and even persecuted all across the modern world, but even more so in the continent of South Asia, where traditional values and religious beliefs are still held above civil equality and liberty for all.

But opposers in India were ultimately unable to prevent this year’s annual transgendered celebration, aka the Koovagam Festival.

The Koovagam Festival is held for fifteen days during the Tamil month of Chitrai (April/May) every year at the Koothandavar temple in the Viluppuram district of Tamil Nadu, India.

The Koothandavar Temple is in fact the only temple in India designated strictly for transgendered people. In particular, the temple caters to eunuchs or hijra, who are men who had their penis, testicles and scrotum purposefully removed during childhood so they could be recruited into a transgendered, all-hijra community.

Although the Koovam Festival is meant exclusively for transgendered hijra, its roots are based entirely on religion. The Telegraph reports that according to the Mahabharata epics of ancient India, Prince Aravan of the Pandavas was chosen for sacrifice to ensure a prompt end to an ongoing war against the Kauravas. As a last wish, he asked that he be married, but nobody would honor his request.

Hindu deity Lord Krishna then appeared as a woman and went on to marry Lord Aravan, after which he was promptly sacrificed. Ergo, a makeshift wedding between two men is held every year the night before the anniversary of Aravan’s sacrifice. The hijra essential believe that “Krishna’s female avatar” was their first ancestor.

“The festival gives the transgender community acceptability in its own eyes. It feels there is a background to its lives that its members are not plain queer,” said Kumaramangalam, the executive director for one of the many not-for-profit organizations responsible for sponsoring the event.

The most anticipated portion of the festival is the Miss Koovagam contest, a transgendered pageant whose winners are determined based on “their personality, HIV/AIDS knowledge, social concern, services delivered to their community” and, of course, talent. Over 70,000 transgendered people congregated in Tamil Nadu this year for the Miss Koovagam contest and the fashion show that followed it.

Sadly, there are an estimated 150,000 transgendered people in India who earn a living by either begging or serving up sex at a brothel. The truth is that most Indians are not too keen on coexisting with these “freaks of nature,” as they sadly perceive them. That’s why this festival is so important; it gives the transgendered eunuchs and hijra a chance to celebrate their lifestyle without any hateration, but with elation instead.