Eleven See the Devil - Jump off a Balcony: Two Die: No Drugs Involved

You can't make this stuff up. In Paris, a women awakens in the middle of the night. She sees a man naked in the next room. It's her husband, but she thinks it's the devil. She screams "its the devil." Hubby runs from the room into another, where eleven people are watching television. A woman grabs a knife and stabs "the devil" hubby. They push him out a door.

Hubby forces his way back inside. They ALL leap from a second floor balcony screaming "Jesus, Jesus." The naked man leaped with them.

A four-month-old baby died in the jump, and a two-year-old was critically injured. The police say they found no evidence of drugs. The woman who stabbed the man was his sister-in-law. Investigators are still investigating.

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Tony Blair's SisInLaw Becomes Muslim: Lauren Booth Converts to Islam: What's Wrong with Craig Darby?

Tony Blair's sister-in-law, Lauren Booth, converted to Islam after visiting the Fatima a-Masumeh shrine in Iran, where she experienced a "shot of spiritual morphine." Booth is a "journalist and broadcaster. Her husband Craig Darby has complained of the difficulties of being a kept man. Odd for the husband of a Muslim. I wonder how that's working out?

Lauren Booth and Craig Darby

Booth works for Press TV, the English language Iranian news channel. She is currently on page 60 of the Koran. Hilarious. How many imprisoned woman dying in Iranian prisons will she write about? She is, of course, a sympathizer and advocate for Palestine. She is hoping to change Tony Blair's mind about Islam. Did I mention she's up to page 60 in the Koran?

Booth may have had several shots of something. In May 2009 she "divorced" her husband on Facebook after a fight. She changed her marital status to "single" and FB sent a message out to her followers. Her husband learned of her action sometime later. She apologized to him, but the next day he had a motorcycle accident and was in a coma for two weeks.

Get this, her husband actually allowed the UK's MailOnline to publish this embarrassing interview about their marriage?

As she drums her fingers on the desk, I have only to close my eyes and I'm aged 11, hopping up and down on one foot, pleading with Mum for cash to buy a Beano comic and a packet of gobstoppers.

But Lauren isn't my mum: she's my wife. We're supposed to be equals. I'm 39 years old and, by rights, should be at the peak of my career, adored by my kids, admired and pampered by my grateful missus. Instead, I'm a househusband with not a penny to my name.

That's why I'm here, cap in hand, asking for £10 pocket money to buy a round of drinks. No wonder I feel humiliated.

Like any woman, Lauren is utterly unpredictable. She might be the main breadwinner but, safe to say, she has definitely not lost this particular feminine streak. Some days her pink purse (yes, really) snaps open and she hands over a wodge of cash with no questions asked and only a dismissive wave of her hand.

Other times, one eyebrow will shoot up quizzically and I know I'm in for the third degree: 'How much money exactly? What's it for? Don't I know she's not made of money?'

Darby says he is a beer-swilling ex-paratrooper, just bursting with testosterone. She wears a hijab when she leaves home to pray at her local mosque and he stays behind and does the laundry. Sometimes he fails to sort the colored from the whites, or Lauren's silk undies from their daughters pajamas. Do you believe the beer-swilling ex-paratrooper story? I don't. This pitiful person says he feels like a Geisha Guy.

There's not a Muslim man on the face of the earth that would live the life of Craig Darby.

So how is Lauren's local imam gonna look at this? Of course, she can't pray with Muslim men. The imam may not pay much attention to her. Afterall, she's not a man, but...judging from all the above, she will find a way to catch her imam's eye - or die trying...literally.

The video is Booth speaking to a group of Muslims. She says she always loved the "religion." She thanks Allah for the peace she feels. Her husband is nowhere around. Her daughter delivers a message for the crowd. The UK's Muslim demographics are soaring.

Lauren Booth on Converting to Islam

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Obama Evoking Dogs Again Today

Obama is speaking in a press conference today. Asked if he is concerned about his nominated candidates receiving confirmation with the contentious Republicans in the Senate, he said yes and "if I nominate someone for dog catcher...," then was interrupted by another question. Do you think Obama understands he does not have the power to nominate anyone for dog catcher?

Graphic courtesy of Kotzpdweb

Good Grief. Is that a Panty Line or...a Thong: FLOTUS Does Wal-Mart

Who is advising FLOTUS? Doesn't she have a 'dresser,' and a hairdresser and a mirror? Is that a...a...panty line for all the world to see...on the First Lady of the United States of America? Good grief!

Thanks to my biggest little brother.

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Two Goats Rescued from 6" Ledge

Two young Montana goats wandered onto a 6" slice of ledge under a railroad bridge and spent two days 60 feet above ground. There was a slightly wider piece of concrete just a few steps away from the female goats but they curiously stayed on the narrowest part - except to urinate. When the the urge came, they made their way to the wider strip of concrete, and then back to their 6" slice. See the rescue video below.

Two Goats on a Ledge

The Rimrock Humane Society rescued the two little ones with a piece of equipment much like a cherry picker, supplied by Signal Peak Energy.

Church [humane society president] said it wasn't clear how the nimble-footed animals got into the predicament, but she speculated they wandered onto the ledge at night then froze after the sun rose and they discovered where they were.

Montana Goat Rescue (video)

Bull Jumps Crowd Two Videos

This amazing video shows a bull leaping into the crowd in Tafalla, Spain. He jumps on, tramples the audience and gored at least one person. See the video below.

Why would the bull do this?

The incident happened during an event in which people try to provoke the bull to charge them.

The bull had already jumped twice into the alley surrounding the ring, police said. After damaging a horn, it was about to be returned to the corral when it escaped.

A 47-year-old man who was gored in the back was among half a dozen spectators taken by ambulance to the hospital at Pamplona, home to the San Fermín bull runs.

I don't get the attraction of bull-fighting. I was present when a famous Spanish soccer player was gored in the ring. If you can believe it, Americans who part of my travel group, actually rushed into the ring and saved the soccer player. It was bloody, emotional and frightening. See another excellent video of another bull charging into the stands - startling footage, along with some info on how fighting bulls are bred. Stay with the video at the linked above - just after the bull fight and see an incredible fight between two giraffes.


Bull Jumps Crowd in Spain (video)

Alter-Net Writer Says Maggie's Notebook is Part of Digg Patriots: JournoList Revenge

JournoList will not go unrevenged by the Left. An Alter-Net poster has my name on a list professed to be from a Yahoo group known as Digg Patriots. Today it is all over the Internet and is known as The Digg Patriots Bury List. To get the conversation started, I know nothing about Digg Patriots, and haven't been to Digg for months. Nevermind, they tell me I've been "caught red-handed." After the poster "weeds through the information" he plans to reveal it all on a file hosting service.

 JournoList Revenge?

So, this minute this news about Maggie's Notebook has just been tweeted - twice. I am accused of burying this juvenile blogger whom I have never heard of, and was called an idiot. Did I mention that the whole thing is on a Memorandum thread?

Another article says I'm part of "A Covert Mob of Conservatives" and the mob "Hijacked the Web." Hmmmm, just noticed that the author is the same author of the Alter-Net post.

Here is how Digg Patriots is described:

One bury brigade in particular is a conservative group that has become so organized and influential that they are able to bury over 90% of the articles by certain users and websites submitted within 1-3 hours, regardless of subject material....

And:

A group of nearly one hundred conservatives have banded together on a Yahoo Group called Digg Patriots (DP), and a companion site at coRanks to issue bury orders and discuss strategies to censor Digg and other social media websites. DP was founded on 21 May 2009. Since then, over 40,000 posts have been logged at a steady rate of around 3000-4000 per month. The “Patriots” Network on coRank is a tool to submit Diggs to a group list as opposed to sending an e-mail every time. It also has some tools that make submitting to the list as easy as clicking on a bookmark. The DP membership includes the following Digg users (among others):

I see one name on the list that I recognize. That blogger is a very respected blogger and would not waste time burying articles from Liberals.

Bettverboten is the "ring leader" according to Alter-Net, and here's how it works (and I do not know Bettverboten):

The ring leader of the group is Bettverboten, who issues multiple digg and bury orders everyday. She is a Digg power user who has dugg 70,000 articles and has 1500 submits of her own (18% have gone popular) in one short year on the site. She was previously known as Lizbett before her lifetime ban for offensive and inappropriate comments, and has two sleeper accounts waiting if she gets banned again at loquaciouslola and MsBoop. She is also on Twitter, although her primary focus is Digg, where she has acquired a huge following of power users who are likely unaware that she is gaming the system, and even calling to bury some of her mutuals.

Since originally posting this, a member of Digg Patriots has contacted me. I did not recognize his user name on the list, but know him as Matt at Conservative Hideout 2.0.  Matt has posted an article on Digg Patriots. He has actual knowledge of the group, and puts more than a few things in perspective. Read 70 Conservatives Allegedly Censor Digg for more information. Another good article is at RightWingNews.

Katie Couric On The Dance Floor and Mocking Palin's Children

Katie Couric on the Dance Floor: Here's a teaser photo. Note the little girl watching these two, one of which has gone into some kind of closed-eyed trance at the sheer wonder of the moment.  See four more here.

The video of the day: Couric mocking Sarah Palin's children.




Katie Couric Mocking Sarah Palin's Children (video)

Thomas Beatie Gives Birth to Third Child: Pregnant Man Gives Birth

Thomas Beatie has given birth to her his third child, and second son. We have a trend developing; a California man is expecting to give birth in August also.

Thomas Beatie

Beatie had transgender surgery more than ten years ago. He chose to have her breasts removed, but saved "the bottom" and all the essentials for bearing a child. His wife had undergone a hysterectomy. So tell me, how are you a man just because you no longer have breasts. It's all hormones and pretend.

Thomas and Nancy Beatie

Beatie, who's girl-name was "Tracy," and his "wife" Nancy, who is naturally a woman have three children now, two sons and a daughter. The family lives in Orgon.

Second photo credit: SplashNews

Whale Hits Boat Video: Action Video of Whale Slamming onto Boat

Today there is video of a whale hitting - jumping on - a sailboat. Previously, we had a still shot, but a catamaran apparently caught the live action. The second video is unrelated, but an awesome view of a whale in Hawaiian waters hitting a sailboat to redirect her baby. There's lots of action. It is date-stamped April 2010.

Whale Hits Sailboat (video) Whale Hits Sailboat to redirect calf (video)

Obama at the Driving Range: Obama's Shankapotamous Moments

Thanks to The Lonely Conservative for the video. There's a male voice you'll hear making a disparaging remark. Must be a member of the press pool. I wonder if he still has his press pass?

Someone needs to school him on that little dip he makes. I think the E-Trade baby can do it.

Obama on the Driving Range (video)

Heads on a Plane: Southwest Finds Box of Human Heads

A box of forty to sixty humans heads were discovered by Southwest Airlines, bound for Fort Worth. The gruesome discovery was not packaged or labeled correctly.

A Little Rock, Arkansas employee made the discovery. The "heads" were turned over to a coroner, and now the question is, were the heads obtained legally? The "human head" supplier is JLS Consulting of Wynn, Arkansas. The shipment was bound for Medtronic, a medical research company in Fort Worth, Texas.

JSL Consulting lost their license in December. Reasons for the revocation were not given.

Boy Scouts Perform Breast Exams as Community Service

What? I say...what?

12-Year-Old Boy Scouts Volunteer To Give Women Breast Exams


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Obama Portland Maine: No Black Faces in the Crowd

Tea Parties are accused of having no Black faces in their midst. Take a look at this in Portland, Maine - and note the little girl, thoroughly grossed-out as someone (probably her grandmother) practically crushes the child trying to get to the One. Source and photo credit: The Daily Mail.

No Black Faces - Grossed Out Little Girl

Phoenix Bee Attack: Two Phoenix Women in Critical Condition Over 100 Stings Each

Two "older" women walking through a north-Phoenix Wal-Mart parking lot were swarmed with bees, and according to witnesses, were on the ground compeltely covered with the swarm. They each received about 100 stings each and are in-hospital and in critical condition.

African Killer Bees

Firefighters found the hive and destroyed it, issuing a warning that rainy weather and flowers and trees in bloom create the perfect environment bees to reproduce quickly.

Some 100,000 bees made a hive high in a pine tree in Scottsdale, Arizona - so high a resident cannot find anyone to remove the hive for her.

African Killer Bee

The second video below gives tips for avoid bee attacks, and instructions for what to do if you are attacked. The bottom line: don't drop to the ground - run as fast as you can, run to foliage if possible. It's a good video.

Phoenix Bee Attack: Two Women in Critical Condition

Tips to Keep you Safe in a Bee Attack

MovieGoer Stabbed in Neck with Meat Thermometer in Coma 7 Days

A Cinemark 22 in Lancaster, California was the scene of a bizarre stabbing after a moviegoer asked a woman to stop talking on her cell phone during the movie. The woman took her cell outside the theater, but returned with a few thuggish friends who stabbled the man in the neck with the meat thermometer shown in the video below, and slashed several others around him. The victim has been in a coma for 7 days. The stabbers and slashers are shown in the video. Police are hunting for them.

 

Beppe Bigazzi Cat Casserole: Beppe Bigazzi Eats Cats: Celebrity Chef Stews Cats

Beppe Bigazzi is a top celebrity chef in Italy...or was. He has been suspended from his television show for recommending stewing cats for dinner, after soaking them in spring water for three days. Bigazzi said "casserole of cat" was a famous dish in his home region of Valdamo in Tuscany.

Beppe Bigazzi

The live show went to a commercial break, and a young woman on the show with him, cat owner, Elisa Isoardi, and the show's producer tried to convince him to apologize. He refused.

I’ve eaten it myself and it’s a lot better than many other animals,” he told viewers. “Better than chicken, rabbit or pigeon.” He said that for optimum flavour the meat should be “soaked in spring water for three days” before being stewed.

Bigazzi is now being investigated for "criminal offences" and "incitement to mistreat animals." Punishment can be as much as 18 months in jail.

He also recommended a "cat soup" recipe and then said he expected to hear from  "racist" environmentalists.

He is the author of Cooking with Common Sense, and considered a "star" celebrity chef on Ready Steady Cook in Italy:

He is noted for his exuberant style and previously caused uproar by boiling lobsters live on the show. Yesterday he said that he had only been joking about the recipe, and he had been misunderstood.

He added: “Mind you, I wasn’t joking all that much. In the 1930s and 1940s, when I was a boy, people certainly did eat cat.

Venice, Italy has long been known as "magnagati" or "cat eaters," going back to the hardships of Medieval times. Cat is still considered a delicacy in South East Asia.

 A very sweet reader, oriana, took the time to find the video with English sub-titles. Thank you oriana!





Beppe Bigazzi - Cat Casserole English Sub-titles (video) Others talking about Beppe Bigazzi: Oriana at Tuscanycious

Dump Truck Destroys Pedestrian Bridge

A dump truck in Turkey with his "dump" "up," hits a pedestrian bridge with several people walking. Watch the man on the left as he walks onto the bridge, stops in disbelief and than gets smacked to the ground. On the right you can see more pedestrians don't make it off. Everything plummets. Reports say two people were injured but every one survived.

Dump Truck Destroys Pedestrian Bridge (video)

Sarah Paddy Jones Salsa: 75 or 92 Years Old Sarah Paddy Jones Nicko Dances Salsa

There are several stories going around about Sarah 'Paddy' Jones dancing the salsa. The first story I received in an email said Paddy is 92 years old and was dancing salsa with her great-grandson, Nicko, who is 29.

A bit more sleuthing turned up a story about a Spanish woman living in Valencia, Spain who took up salsa dancing after the death of her husband five years ago at age 70. 'Nicko' is said to be her dance instructor. 'Paddy' and Nicko have travelled all over the world to dance:

Sarah Paddy Jones

They also wowed old time film and TV stars in LA when they graced the stage at an international salsa congress at retirement complex Laguna Woods Village in The Old Pros’ Stars of Dance event.

The duo were the only Europeans invited to attend the glittering bash in May - organised by salsa star and promotor Albert Torres who has worked with the likes of movie stars Jennifer Lopez and Walter Matthau.

Whether Sarah 'Paddy' Jones is 75 or 92, this is an amazing story. When I first watched the video, thinking she was 92, all I could muster is, she has to have danced all her life, and taught this young man to dance as well. It appears he is her teacher and she is a quick and nimble student. I want to be Sarah Paddy Jones when I grow up. Watch the video to the end.






Sarah Paddy Jones and Nicko

Rom Houben Coma not a Coma: Steven Laureys is Rom Houbens Doctor

Rom Houben is a Belgium man who was completely paralyzed after an auto accident when he was 23 years old. Houben was believed to be in a vegetative state, but he was completely conscious and heard every word said around him. See update and new video below.

Rom Houben

Houben is now 46 years old and this unbelievable story has just been released. After years of utilizing the "the internationally accepted Glasgow Coma Scale," and misdiagnosing Mr. Houben, "hi-tech scans" showed that this brain was still functioning almost completely normally."

Only a re-evaluation of his case at the University of Liege discovered that he had lost control of his body but was still fully aware of what was happening.

He is never likely to leave hospital, but as well as his computer he now has a special device above his bed which lets him read books while lying down.

For 23 years, Houben could not indicate to family, friends or doctors that he could hear every word they were saying. With therapy, once he was accurately diagnosed, he was able to progress to tapping out messages on a computer screen. Just think what computers were like 23 years ago.

'I want to read, talk with my friends via the computer and enjoy my life now that people know I am not dead.'

Mr Houben said: 'All that time I just literally dreamed of a better life. Frustration is too small a word to describe what I felt.'

Read the following carefully, and talk about it with your loved ones. How frightening is this?

Dr Laureys's new study claims that patients classed as in a vegetative state are often misdiagnosed.

'Anyone who bears the stamp of "unconscious" just one time hardly ever gets rid of it again,' he said....

...an estimated 3,000 to 5,000 people a year remain trapped in an intermediate stage - they go on living without ever coming back again.'

A story like this makes me think of Terry Schiavo, whose family fought a bitter and years long battle with Schiavo's husband and guardian, Michael Schiavo. Terry's family believed she was conscious. Michael wanted her removed from the feeding tube. He eventually won, and Terry died of dehydration 13 days later. I have some measured amount of empathy for Michael Schiavo in this matter, and full and complete sympathy for Terry's parents. I would never want to stay alive because of a feeding tube, and I can see removing it when there is no hope of brain activity, but I will never understand letting anyone die of dehydration. I wonder how ObamaCare would handle a case like this?

Rom Houben's case should have physicians throughout the world reevaluating their comatose patients. In the meantime, I say Mr. Houben should have everything his heart desires, and I look forward to the inevitable interviews that are sure to be on newsstands soon. In the new video below, you'll see a "facilitator" assisting Mr. Houben as he or she types a message into his computer.

Update: A reader, Yogarine, led me to this article, questioning "facilitated communication," and whether Houben or his assistant is actually doing the typing. If you watch to the end of the video, you will see a close up of Mr. Houben's hand, and it seems apparent that Houben cannot move his finger, and probably cannot "lead" the facilitator.

This man in the msnbc.com piece is not seeing the screen. He is not aware of what is going on. He is an unknowing victim of these charlatans. A simple test - such as that done on October 19^th, 1993, in a Frontline (PBS) documentary highlighting these concerns, "Prisoners of Silence," would prove that FC is a total fraud.  This powerful and comprehensive program proved that FC was a delusion.

Photo courtesy the DailyMail.

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Rom Houben and facilitator (video)