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    Petaluman Eli Lucas, a part-time actor and filmmaker, decided to re-enact the crucifixion on the corner of D Street and Petaluma Boulevard North.

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    By E.A. BARRERA,
    FOR THE ARGUS-COURIER
    Published: Friday, March 9, 2012 at 6:00 a.m.
    Last Modified: Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 4:53 p.m.

    On Monday afternoon at Walnut Park, Petaluman Eli Lucas decided to dress up as Jesus Christ, cover himself in stage blood and tie himself to a 12-foot cross in a parodied re-enactment of the crucifixion. Aided by two friends, Lucas moaned, shouted and “preached” to passersby for about 20-minutes before police arrived.

    “My children, my children, hate everyone for that is what I died for,” said the part-time actor and filmmaker in a sardonic performance at the corner of D Street and Petaluma Boulevard North. “I died so that you would hate gays, hate women, hate blacks, hate your neighbors, hate your children. I died so that you would live in hate.”

    One of Lucas' friends held up a sign which read, “Honk if you love human sacrifice,” while another colleague filmed the performance for a future You Tube video.

    Cars idled at the busy intersection. Occasionally, there was a honk or a cheer, but mostly there was outrage.

    One unidentified woman rolled down her car window and yelled “What are you trying to say? What's your point? What the hell are you doing?”

    Police said they received several complaints before informing Lucas that he could be arrested for committing a public nuisance.

    So Lucas politely climbed down from his cross, placed it upon his shoulder and walked down the block to his parked SUV. His friends followed behind him and some of Petaluma's finest shook their heads.

    “This is a little much for Petaluma,” said officer Dustin Rodriguez.

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    Loud, Proud and I don't care about hurting a conservative's feelings!

    An Open Letter To Bristol Palin

    Dear Bristol,
    I understand you’ve been complaining that President Obama should be calling you like he did Sandra Fluke anytime now to apologize for people making fun of you and your family. I think you misunderstand what he was calling about.


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    Soulless Blackberry-using weasel with coffee breath

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    Dentist pulls out all of her ex-boyfriend’s teeth after split

    By Eric Pfeiffer


    If you're planning a trip to the dentist, it might not be the wisest decision to make your appointment with the person with whom you just broke up.

    A Polish woman is facing three years in prison after she removed all of her ex-boyfriend's teeth during dental surgery just days after their breakup.

    "I tried to be professional and detach myself from my emotions," Anna Mackowiak, 34, told the Austrian Times. "But when I saw him lying there I just thought, 'What a bastard' and decided to take all his teeth out."

    Marek Olszewski, 45, reportedly showed up at Mackowiak's dental office complaining of toothache just days after he broke up with her. She then allegedly gave him a "heavy dose" of anesthetic, locked the door and began removing all of his teeth one at a time.

    "I knew something was wrong because when I woke up I couldn't feel any teeth and my jaw was strapped up with bandages," Olszewski said.

    "She told me my mouth was numb and I wouldn't be able to feel anything for a while and that the bandage was there to protect the gums, but that I would need to see a specialist," he said.

    "I didn't have any reason to doubt her, I mean I thought she was a professional."

    Adding to his trauma, Olszewski said his new girlfriend has already left him over his now toothless appearance.

    "And I'm going to have to pay a fortune on getting indents or something," he said.


    Mackowiak is currently being investigated for medical malpractice.

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    Lol. That is an excellent story!
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    Mom Charged With Endangering Child After Letting Daughter Use Tanning Booth



    Police arrested Patricia Krentcil, 44, of Nutley, New Jersey, after they were called out to her daughter Anna's elementary school.
    The child reportedly told the school nurse she was in pain from burns she suffered while "tanning with mommy".

    But deeply-tanned Patricia said it was all a big misunderstanding, adding: "It's preposterous." She claimed the child's sunburn was a result of "playing outside on a sunny day".

    Krentcil called the accusation a lie: “It’s all made up.” She continued that her daughter got sunburned by being outside on an unseasonably warm day. Krentcil has also said her daughter was in the room at the salon but not in the stand-up tanning booth.

    The owner of City Tropics Salon in Nutley, who only identified himself as Anthony, said employees who were there on the day in question told him the girl remained outside with her father. He said a sign is posted in the salon that refers to New Jersey state law barring anyone under 14 from using a tanning salon.

    He said: “I would never harm a child, I have seven kids of my own. It’s just ridiculous.” Police in Nutley told local media they were called to the child’s school April 24 because the youngster was in pain from a “pretty severe sunburn.”

    Krentcil said she loves tanning and has visited salons for many years but would not do anything to jeopardize her daughter’s health. She said: “Never in my life would I endanger my child by putting her in a tanning booth. I’m not dumb.”

    Outside court, she called herself “a wonderful mother.” Krentcil remained free on a £2,000 cash bond. She is scheduled to make her next court appearance June 4.
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    Court stops German artist strangling puppies to death on stage

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2012...artist-puppies
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    Here's one for Jeffrey!



    It really is hard to know where to begin with this one. But let's start with: "What on earth were they thinking?"

    The Heartland Institute, a Chicago-based rightwing thinktank notorious for promoting climate scepticism, has launched quite possibly one of the most ill-judged poster campaigns in the history of ill-judged poster campaigns.

    I'll let its own press release for its upcoming conference explain, as there's simply no need to finesse it further:

    Billboards in Chicago paid for by The Heartland Institute point out that some of the world's most notorious criminals say they "still believe in global warming" – and ask viewers if they do, too…The billboard series features Ted Kaczynski, the infamous Unabomber; Charles Manson, a mass murderer; and Fidel Castro, a tyrant. Other global warming alarmists who may appear on future billboards include Osama bin Laden and James J. Lee (who took hostages inside the headquarters of the Discovery Channel in 2010).
    These rogues and villains were chosen because they made public statements about how man-made global warming is a crisis and how mankind must take immediate and drastic actions to stop it.
    Why did Heartland choose to feature these people on its billboards? Because what these murderers and madmen have said differs very little from what spokespersons for the United Nations, journalists for the "mainstream" media, and liberal politicians say about global warming. The point is that believing in global warming is not "mainstream," smart, or sophisticated. In fact, it is just the opposite of those things. Still believing in man-made global warming – after all the scientific discoveries and revelations that point against this theory – is more than a little nutty. In fact, some really crazy people use it to justify immoral and frightening behavior.

    But then comes the best bit:

    Of course, not all global warming alarmists are murderers or tyrants.

    It tries to morally justify its posters - the first of which appeared over the Eisenhower Expressway yesterday - by saying that, due to ""Climategate" and the recent incident in which a US scientist called Peter Gleick admitted to obtaining and releasing internal documents (one of which Heartland claims was faked) detailing Heartland's funding and policy strategies, that "the leaders of the global warming movement are willing to break the law and the rules of ethics to shut down scientific debate and implement their left-wing agendas".

    It adds:

    The people who still believe in man-made global warming are mostly on the radical fringe of society. This is why the most prominent advocates of global warming aren't scientists. They are murderers, tyrants, and madmen.

    The bigger question, beyond trying to analyse the collective mentality of an organisation that would sign off a poster campaign like this, is whether it will now lead any of the speakers, attendees and sponsors to pull out of the conference and dissociate themselves from this thinktank.

    As a result of the embarrassment caused by the release earlier this year of its internal funding documents, the US car giant GM pulled the plug on its funding for Heartland. Will Microsoft, Pfizer or GlaxoSmithKline, for example, now also choose to cut their funding to this organisation?

    You also have to wonder if any of the scheduled conference speakers are now having doubts about whether they want to be associated with Heartland. One person who is on the list to speak is Roger Helmer, a British politician who has attended previous conferences. Having recently left the Conservative party as an MEP, the prominent climate sceptic is now the UK Independence Party's spokesperson on industry and energy.

    Earlier, I sent him an email with a link to Heartland's poster campaign press release and asked him: "Will you now be reconsidering attending in light of this new poster campaign for the conference? Do you approve of or condemn the poster campaign?"

    He confirmed he was still attending, adding:

    I am delighted that the Heartland campaign for the Chicago climate conference has succeeded in its purpose and attracted the attention of the Guardian. I urge Guardian readers to attend the conference if they can, but failing that, to follow it on the web.

    I simply have nothing further to add.
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    Pills filled with powdered human baby flesh found by customs officials....


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...officials.html
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    How long before Yogurt makers jump all over this?


    Mice That Eat Yogurt Have Larger Testicles

    Probiotics may endow rodents with a "mouse swagger"


    http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...les-eat-yogurt
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    “Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.”

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    from the SJ Mercury-News
    San Jose: 21 people treated for burns after firewalk at Tony Robbins appearance

    By Eric Kurhi and Mark Gomez
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    Posted: 07/20/2012 10:10:01 PM PDT
    Updated: 07/21/2012 03:44:44 AM PDT

    SAN JOSE -- Amid inspirational talk, chanted mantras and shouts of victory at a late-night firewalking event attended by thousands Thursday came agonized shrieks from followers whose soles were scorched by the superheated coals, witnesses said.
    At least 21 people were treated for burn injuries after taking part in the crowning event of the first day of a Tony Robbins function downtown, including at least three who went to the hospital, a San Jose fire captain said.
    The people who suffered various second- and third-degree burn injuries were among more than 6,000 who attended the motivational speaker's event at the San Jose Convention Center called "Unleash the Power Within."
    After the event, which ended about 11 p.m., the crowd walked across the street to the park, where 12 lanes of hot coals measuring 10 feet long and 2½-feet wide rested on the grass.
    Jonathan Correll, 25, decided to check out what was going on when "I heard wails of pain, screams of agony." He said one young woman appeared to be in so much pain "it was horrific."
    "It was people seriously hurting, like they were being tortured," he said. "First one person, then a couple minutes later another one, and there was just a line of people walking on that fire. It was just bizarre, man."
    Correll, a San Jose City College student, said he saw between 10 and 15 people being treated. He said he videotaped the scene for about 5 minutes before an event staffer told him to put the camera away.
    But on a break from day two of the four-day event Friday night, others who walked on the coals said it was nothing short of life-changing.
    Henry Guasch, 19, of Mountain View, said that after crossing the coals while chanting his mantra of "Cool moss," he felt powerful.
    "Overcoming something like that, it's a breakthrough," he said, adding that he did slow his pace in the middle of the field and got a minor burn.
    Guasch and Andrew Brenner, another fire walker, both said that the keys to not getting singed are faith and concentration.
    "I did it before, didn't get into the right state and got burned," Brenner said. "I knew I wasn't at my peak state. I didn't take it as serious."
    He said his feet blistered after the walk about eight months ago at another Robbins event, but he didn't need medical attention.
    Kim, a 22-year-old who didn't want her last name used because she is still attending the event, said her two friends who did the walk seemed fine at first, but their feet started to blister about 10 minutes later. She said other people had similar problems, and a number of them were soaking their feet in a fountain at the park.
    "It seemed abnormal that so many got hurt," she said, adding that many attendees Friday complained about blisters, and a woman sitting near her had both feet completely bandaged.
    David Willey, a physics instructor at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown in Pennsylvania, has published a text and video on the physics of firewalking and stated that it "does not need a particular state of mind."
    "Rather, it is the short time of contact and the low thermal capacity and conductivity of the coals that is important," he wrote. He added that ash that builds up on coals can provide further insulation.
    It took about 90 minutes for everyone to walk across the coals, fire officials said. It is not known how many of the people who attended the conference took part in the firewalk.
    San Jose Fire Department Capt. Reggie Williams said event organizers had emergency personnel on standby and had obtained an open fire permit from the San Jose Fire Department, Williams said. A fire inspector from the department was at the event to make sure there was no accidental fire.
    A statement released Friday from Robbins Research International, said, "We have been safely providing this experience for more than three decades, and always under the supervision of medical personnel ... We continue to work with local fire and emergency personnel to ensure this event is always done in the safest way possible."
    On the Tony Robbins website, he promotes "The Firewalk Experience," a process where people walk across coals between 1,200 and 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
    But that's not something the San Jose Fire Department recommends, Williams said,
    "We discourage people from walking over hot coals," Williams said.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Squaredancecalling Steve View Post
    from the SJ Mercury-News
    San Jose: 21 people treated for burns after firewalk at Tony Robbins appearance

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    You can DO IT! Remember a positive outlook. You are in power...uhhh what's wrong? Why are you ...are you hurt.....well no, you shouldn't be feeling it. But it's always worked.....Call 911 Call911!

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    He pulled a Rockefeller.
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    This one's for you, Jeffrey:

    Mass. court recognizes Vermont civil unions

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    July 26, 2012 12:49 PM

    BOSTON - The highest court in Massachusetts has found that civil unions for gay couples in Vermont should be treated as the equivalent of marriage in Massachusetts.
    The Supreme Judicial Court ruled Thursday that a couple who enters into a civil union in Vermont must dissolve that union before either can get married in Massachusetts.
    The ruling came in the case of two gay men who married in Massachusetts in 2005. When one filed for divorce several years later, he found that his partner had previously been in a civil union in Vermont. The man then argued that the Massachusetts marriage was invalid because of the earlier Vermont civil union.
    The SJC agreed and said the Massachusetts marriage would be considered illegal polygamy. The court said the man has a spouse in Vermont, so his marriage in Massachusetts was void.
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    Gay polygamists!
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    Polyandrist, not polygamist

    And that must be a first!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Squaredancecalling Steve View Post
    Polyandrist, not polygamist

    And that must be a first!

    Duh, Steve. Neither one of them is named Polyana.
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    Poor woman has a hundred orgasms a day, wearing her out
    PGAD -- Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder

    http://blog.sfgate.com/hottopics/201...orgasms-a-day/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Squaredancecalling Steve View Post
    Poor woman has a hundred orgasms a day, wearing her out
    PGAD -- Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder

    http://blog.sfgate.com/hottopics/201...orgasms-a-day/
    Yep, terrible cross to bear. I believe they addressed the issue on an episode of Gray's Anatomy. Also on a British documentary - that kind of stuff is bread and butter to them. Btw, the first story linked on the site which whose link you posted is "Nicole Kidman had no qualms about peeing on Zac Efron for role".
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    Leave it to the Daily Mail to resort to the lowest common denominator factor.


    They fail to mention her fall caused a Tarlov cyst on her spine.
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    Sounds like she's got it coming and going...
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    Researchers develop technique to remotely control cockroaches


    http://phys.org/news/2012-09-techniq...hes-video.html
    "There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind."

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    “Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.”

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    "As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Squaredancecalling Steve View Post
    Poor woman has a hundred orgasms a day, wearing her out
    PGAD -- Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder

    http://blog.sfgate.com/hottopics/201...orgasms-a-day/
    I don't have this disorder, but I might be a carrier, since women i come into contact with often develop it.

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    This is a really sad and bizarre local story -- a kid who just graduated high school in Sebastopol went to Peru to take a psychedelic, and died there. Since then, his family has been ripped off twice:

    Two scammers steal more than $3,000 from family of dead Sebastopol teen

    By LORI A. CARTER & JULIE JOHNSON
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    Published: Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 12:40 p.m.
    Last Modified: Friday, September 21, 2012 at 7:27 a.m.

    Some crimes just shock the conscience.

    Already awash in anguish, the family of an 18-year-old Sebastopol man who died last month in Peru after drinking a hallucinogenic tea has been scammed by two con artists who stole more than $3,000.

    After news of Kyle Nolan's death last month at a 10-day program in the Amazonian jungle made international headlines, well-wishers began donating money to help the family, who took time off work to fly to Peru twice looking for answers in Nolan's death.

    Clients and friends of Nolan's mother, longtime veterinarian Ingeborg Oswald, poured into her Blue Sky Veterinary Hospital in Rohnert Park to express their condolences. About $1,000 in donations was being held at the front desk in a tissue box decorated with hearts and the words "Kyle Nolan Memorial Fund."

    On Thursday, a female con artist missing several front teeth took advantage of the trustfulness of the office staff and made off with the box, the cash and checks inside.

    Rohnert Park police are investigating, armed with a detailed description and possibly fingerprints of the thief.

    Office manager Phylis Accornero called Oswald to tell her the news, with her heart in her throat. How could she tell the grieving mother that the box filled with donations had been swiped?

    "I felt horrible," she said.

    But it got worse. Oswald delivered perhaps even more disturbing news.

    Someone called Oswald's mother -- Kyle's grandmother -- in Los Angeles on Wednesday and said he was Kevin, a triplet with Kyle and their sister Marion.

    "He said he was in jail and needed money to get out," Accornero said, relaying what Oswald told her.

    "He said 'Don't tell Mom because she's upset.'"

    Worried and not wanting to bother Oswald in her time of need, the grandmother wired $2,100 at the scammer's request.

    "She's a devastated grandmother, for gosh sake," Accornero said, incredulous. "She's in her 80s."

    Police say those types of scams, often perpetrated on elderly victims, are difficult to solve.

    But the Rohnert Park thief may have left key evidence behind. And witnesses have given police a detailed description of the woman.

    Accornero said the vet's office staff was pretty watchful about the money, but no one dreamed anyone would be so heartless as to steal from a family grieving the death of a young son half a world away.

    She was planning to take the funds on Wednesday to Exchange Bank, where a trust fund is being established.

    Kyle Nolan was thought to be missing until the shaman at the retreat reportedly confessed to police that he buried Nolan's body after the teen was found dead. The family went to Peru to retrieve his body for burial back home.

    Around 9 a.m. Wednesday at Oswald's clinic, a woman who identified herself as Helen Burgess came in and asked for directions.

    Accornero said she talked about having two kittens spayed. Then she made an appointment to get treatment for a fox hound on Thursday.

    She noted the donation box and said she'd heard about Nolan's death and sympathized with the family.

    "She said, 'I had a son who died at 21, so I understand how she feels,'" Accornero said the woman told her. "She was here for 40 minutes."
    Accornero left the counter momentarily to grab a brochure about a flea medication for the woman. When she returned the woman was gone. The donation box was gone as well.

    When Accornero called police, they told her the address and phone number the woman gave for the appointment was false.

    "She just waited for me to turn my back," Accornero said. "I can't believe the indecency of people.

    "You would think she was the nicest lady. She said her dog was named Bo. She's a real con artist."

    The woman had gray-brown hair below the ears, and was wearing a grey sweat shirt, jeans and a brown patterned headband.

    She was missing several front teeth and said she was 55 years old, Accornero said. The woman claimed to have recently moved to the area from Alaska and said she wanted to volunteer at the city's animal shelter.

    "It's been horrible, it's been really horrible," Accornero said. "It's horrible the way that humanity is anymore."

    Police dusted for fingerprints and took as evidence the clipboard and pen the woman used to make an appointment. Police had no updates by Thursday evening.

    "If he brings me pictures, I could definitely identify her," Accornero said.

    She is hopeful the thief will be captured: "Talk about a tragedy on top of a tragedy on top of tragedy."
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    Ky. man says VA treatment caused frostbitten penis

    By BRETT BARROUQUERE
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    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- An Army veteran is seeking $10 million from the federal government, accusing a Veterans Administration nurse of repeatedly put ice packs on his penis after surgery, causing frostbite and gangrene and ultimately leading to the organ's partial amputation.

    Michael D. Nash of Louisville filed suit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Louisville for what he calls medical malpractice.

    Nash, who served in the Army in 1968 and 1969, went to the VA hospital in Lexington for medically necessary surgery on his penis. Nash's attorney, Larry Jones of Jones Ward law firm in Louisville, said that after the procedure a nurse packed Nash's groin in ice for 19 hours.

    "It basically caused frostbite on his penis, which eventually caused gangrene," Jones said. "In addition to robbing someone of their manhood, they've robbed him of the simple ability to urinate just like every other person who lives in this world."

    A message left for the Veterans Administration was not immediately returned Tuesday morning.

    Nash, 61, entered the VA hospital on Oct. 28, 2010, to have a penile implant and circumcision. A nurse applied ice packs to Nash's groin to reduce pain and swelling. The problem arose when the medical staff allowed the ice packs to remain in place for about 19 hours.

    Jones described it as "non-stop ice replacement."

    "Any doctor who is monitoring the care of their patient is not going to allow someone to have constant treatment with ice ... for more than 2-3 hours," Jones said.

    Gangrene set it in within a few weeks, causing doctors to remove a five-inch section of Nash's penis - a procedure for which he continues to receive medical care, Jones said. Nash will need reconstructive surgery that will allow him to urinate, Jones said.

    "It's about the most blatant medical malpractice error one could make," Jones said. "It's a senseless tragedy that should never have happened."

    Nash initially pursued compensation under the Federal Tort Claims Act - a civil procedure which requires a person to file a claim with the government and prevents them from suing until the claim is resolved.

    The Department of Veterans Affairs reviewed the claim and rejected it in July.

    "It is our opinion that there was no negligence on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs or any of its employees in connection with the claimed loss; therefore your claim is denied," wrote Melinda Frick, Indianapolis-based regional counsel for the VA.

    Jones said the extent of Nash's injuries are what prompted the lawsuit.

    "If this was someone who had a little frostbite and a little burning for a couple of days, there would be no suit," Jones said. "I would not wish this on my worst enemy."

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    "In Florida, there are violent people, naked people, poopers and masturbators -- but rarely is one man the total package.

    When Tony and LaDonna Land discovered naked carnival worker Gregory Matthew Bruni on their roof, the night had just begun. Bruni, 21, allegedly assaulted Tony Land, trashed the couple's North Fort Myers Home, and then defecated and masturbated inside the house, WTSP reports."

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    Quote Originally Posted by jesus marion joseph View Post
    "In Florida, there are violent people, naked people, poopers and masturbators -- but rarely is one man the total package.

    When Tony and LaDonna Land discovered naked carnival worker Gregory Matthew Bruni on their roof, the night had just begun. Bruni, 21, allegedly assaulted Tony Land, trashed the couple's North Fort Myers Home, and then defecated and masturbated inside the house, WTSP reports."

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    Sounds like that cat was on bath salts maybe, the same stuff the dude was on that ate a guy's face off a while back.

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    City Workers Paint Handicapped Sign Around Woman’s Car…Then Tow It


    Tel Aviv student Hila Ben-Baruch parked her car near her apartment on Sunday, safe in the knowledge that she had parked legally. Later that evening, though, she returned to find her car was gone and in its place was a freshly painted handicapped parking space.

    “I have parked on that street for nearly half a year, [I live there] and know well where I can and can’t park,” she wrote in Hebrew on her Facebook page.

    Ben-Baruch called the municipality to find out how her car could have been towed from what had been a legal space with no advance notice. Instead of explanations she got accusations. The city representative on the other end of the line said she was lying and accused her of knowingly parking in a handicap spot. Ben-Baruch said it was only after 10 minutes of yelling that the civil servant began to believe her story.

    Ben-Baruch was told that she’d have to go online to the city’s website and fill out some forms, as well as paying a 350 shekel towing fee (almost $95). Calling the parking lot to which her car had been towed she learned she also had a 1,000 shekel ($270) parking ticket for illegally parking in a handicapped spot.

    On Monday Ben-Baruch went to the building across from where she’d parked and established there were security cameras pointed to the newly painted handicapped spot. A security official agreed to show her the footage, which confirmed her narrative. She didn’t know whether she should “cry or scream,” she wrote later.

    It was all recorded, clear as day: “While the car was parked in a white-and-blue [legal] zone, two city hall workers arrived and began painting a handicapped space around the car!” They changed the color designation of the parking space, she wrote, and within five minutes had changed it to a parking space to handicapped.

    Ben-Baruch promptly posted the video on her Facebook page and as of Tuesday evening her story had garnered nearly 19,000 shares and received attention on national television news.

    Deputy Tel Aviv mayor Asaf Zamir apologized for the incident Tuesday and explained that it was all a mistake. Zamir said it was perfectly fine for city workers to re-designate a parking spot — even when someone was parked there — and that such things happen all the time, but that the workers were supposed to notify the parking inspectors’ office and tell them that a vehicle had been parked there legally, not to tow it and fine the owner.

    The city released Ben-Baruch’s car, waiving all fines and fees.

    Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai also posted an apology on her Facebook page.

    She said Tuesday she was considering suing the city, nonetheless.


    http://www.timesofisrael.com/parking...ook-sensation/
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