Archive for the 'WTF' Category
Friday, August 15th, 2008
I guess these ads are from Europe, but there is still a huge WTF factor.
Including:
Hookers,
Veggie assassins,
Serial killers,
and finally Latex gloved strip searches (with bonus veggie pr0n).
Bonus coverage of the last ad here.
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Sunday, October 21st, 2007
In December, the United Nations took up a resolution calling for the abolition of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for children and young teenagers. The vote was 185 to 1.
Guess who the 1 was?
The United States the lone dissenter. Indeed, the United States stands alone in the world in convicting young adolescents […]
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Friday, October 19th, 2007
Maybe you should be more subtle until you gain control of the nukes?
A robot cannon began wildly and autonomously firing its huge gun in South Africa last Friday, killing 9 soldiers and wounding 14. The Oerlikon GDF-005 antiaircraft gun suddenly began uncontrollably shooting as it swung back and forth, spraying hundreds of high-explosive 35mm cannon […]
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Thursday, July 12th, 2007
The city with the world’s worst air pollution (no, not Los Angeles) has created business opportunities in the field of pollution mining.
Home to the largest nickel deposits in the world, the smelters in Norilsk, Russia produce 1/5 of the nickel in the world. The smelting is directly responsible for severe pollution, generally acid rain […]
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Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
Why? Were heinous plots uncovered? Have new turrist cells been identified? Nah, we just like fucking with ya.
Chertoff said there are not enough indications of an imminent plot to raise the current threat levels nationwide. And he indicated that his remarks were based on “a gut feeling” formed by past seasonal […]
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Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
One of the most interesting – if unexpected – side-effects of global climate change is that the Alps are growing taller.
According to New Scientist, warmer temperatures have been causing those mountains to “shed the weight of their glaciers,” with the result that “the unburdened crust beneath them is rebounding, causing the […]
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Monday, July 9th, 2007
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Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
With the state’s weather forecasters not delivering much-needed rain, Alabama Gov. Bob Riley on Thursday turned to a higher power. The governor issued a proclamation calling for a week of prayer for rain, beginning Saturday.
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
When the USDA and lobbyists get involved. Kind of like these examples:
The USDA has approved a rule that will allow 38 new non-organic ingredients to be allowed in products bearing the “USDA Organic” seal.
The USDA’s passage of this proposal has resulted in the following:
-Anheuser Busch will be allowed to sell its “Organic Wild Hops Beer” […]
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Wednesday, June 20th, 2007
That new “alli” diet drug has this disclaimer on their own website:
“You may feel an urgent need to go to the bathroom. Until you have a sense of any treatment effects, it’s probably a smart idea to wear dark pants, and bring a change of clothes with you to work.”
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