$18,000 Party Bill

The BBC reports that "five hundred drunken teenagers have attacked police during a wild party in the Australian city of Melbourne.
Officers answering a complaint about noise were forced to retreat and await reinforcements after they were attacked with rocks and bottles.
The teenager who threw the party while his parents were away could now face a bill for thousands of dollars to pay for the damage done in the rampage.
Police blamed lack of adult supervision for the under-age drinking spree.
The trouble started after what appeared to be a routine complaint about a noisy party in a suburban neighbourhood. The officers backed away when confronted by a large crowd of drunken 16 and 17-year-olds.
Glass bottles and other missiles were thrown at police cars and nearby houses and gardens were vandalised before at least 30 officers, a helicopter and the police dog squad arrived to try to restore calm.
An estimated A$20,000 ($18,000; £9,200) worth of damage was done but no arrests were made.
Victoria state Police Commissioner Christine Nixon said the teenager who threw the party, 16-year-old Corey Delaney, may hold ultimate responsibility.
"He needs to learn a lesson, and one way or another we will be making sure that happens," she told a news conference.
The BBC's Phil Mercer in Sydney says the teenage host said he hoped his mum and dad would not find out what had happened.
But they have. His mother Jo, on her way home from Queensland, told the Seven Network: "We're a good family. I'm just devastated and horrified that this has actually occurred.
"Obviously he's very scared of the consequences that we're going to bring upon him."
Corey Delaney is reported to have advertised his party on the internet and by text messages and it attracted a number of strangers. He told local media his invited guests had no part in the melee.
But when asked what advice he had for other teenagers planning a home alone party, he appeared unrepentant and told the Nine Network: "Get me to do it for you.
"Best party ever, that's what everyone's saying.""

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Sliding down an escalator rail...

FoxNews reports that "heavy drinking may have lead to a man's death at a shopping mall in Hollywood last night.
Authorities say the man was trying to slide down the banister of an escalator when he lost his balance and plunged several stories onto another escalator below.
He was declared dead at a hospital from a head injury.
Police quote his friends as saying the man "had been drinking quite a bit."
Police haven't released his name.
The mall is in the same complex that holds the Kodak Theatre, where the Academy Awards are held."

One sad story... When you have drunk friends, please don't let them do stupid things of you can.

Panties for men?...

I ran across this story while I was visiting Gordon Keith's web site. It's just one weird story...

"Panties for men are the perfect option for guys who are no longer content to walk around in plain cotton briefs. After all, why should women be the only ones with a drawer full of pretty lingerie?

Men who wear women’s lingerie are more common than you might think. In fact, the Web is full of guys [that wouldn't be me] who admit to preferring their girlfriend’s or wife’s panties. Some will even confess to swiping pairs from their sisters or female friends.
However, wearing women’s lingerie does have its drawbacks for men. Panties for women are simply not cut to fit a man’s body properly. Despite their attractive prints and silky fabrics, they can be quite uncomfortable for larger and more muscular men.

To remedy these problems, manufacturers have created lingerie just for men. Men’s panties are typically cut similar to traditional cotton briefs, although some styles lack the upside down "Y" slot used for convenient access. Panties for men are often made from satin, silk or microfiber, and accented with ribbons or lace. Men’s panties come in black, pink, and red, as well as many colors and designs you’d expect to find in women’s lingerie.
Men’s panties are often referred to as “manties”—a slang term which is thought to have come from an episode of the hit sitcom, Seinfeld. Today, panties for men are often purchased as gifts for anniversaries, birthdays, and bachelor parties. They are equally popular among straight, gay, bisexual, single, and married men. Panties for men are comfortable, yet sexy--two qualities universally loved in the lingerie world..."

If you're interested in finding out how you can buy panties for a guy...

And there are even communities for men who wear panties...

Good grief!...

Chewing gum weight loss warning

Our friends at the BBC report that [too] "much "sugar-free" chewing gum can lead to severe weight loss and diarrhoea, doctors warn.
The cause is sorbitol, a widely used sweetener in chewing gum and sweets, which acts as a laxative.
Writing in the British Medical Journal, experts gave the example of two patients who had become ill after chewing around 20 sticks of gum a day.
Industry representatives said sorbitol was a safe product and packs carried warnings about excessive consumption.
Sorbitol is widely used in "sugar-free" foods, including products for people with diabetes.

It is also used as a laxative but despite warnings on packets of chewing-gum and other products containing sorbitol, many people do not realise that large amounts will cause stomach problems, the German researchers said.
One 21-year old woman had suffered with diarrhoea and stomach pain for eight months and had undergone a raft of tests before doctors realised her chewing gum habit was to blame.
She lost one and a half stone (11kg) in that time and was underweight.
In a second case a man was admitted to hospital after losing over three stone (22kg) over a year and suffering diarrhoea.

They were found to consume between 20 and 30g of sorbitol per day.
Each stick of chewing gum has around 1.25g of the sweetener.
Dr Juergen Bauditz, from the Department of Gastroenterology at Charite University Hospital in Berlin, said 5-20g of sorbitol would be enough to cause minor stomach problems such as bloating and cramps but more than 20g could cause diarrhoea and, as these cases showed, severe weight loss.
When he questioned the patients he found they had replaced the gum sticks frequently, accounting for the high doses of sorbitol which were getting into their system.

Once the patients cut out sorbitol from their diet, their symptoms disappeared and they put on the weight they had lost..." Here's the rest of the story.

Man Sees 'Mark of the Beast'; Cuts Off, Microwaves Hand

What the?!
FoxNews reports in Hayden, Idaho, that a "man who believed he bore the "mark of the beast" used a circular saw to cut off one hand, then he cooked it in the microwave and called 911, authorities said.
The man, in his mid-20s, was calm when Kootenai County sheriff's deputies arrived Saturday in this northern Idaho town. He was in protective custody in the mental health unit of Kootenai Medical Center.
"It had been somewhat cooked by the time the deputy arrived," sheriff's Capt. Ben Wolfinger said. "He put a tourniquet on his arm before, so he didn't bleed to death. That kind of mental illness is just sad."
It was not immediately clear whether the man has a history of mental illness. Hospital spokeswoman Lisa Johnson would not say whether an attempt was made to reattach the hand, citing patient confidentiality....Wolfinger said he didn't know which hand was amputated."

"What are you doing here?": man asks wife at brothel

Reuters reports that in Warsaw, Poland, a "Polish man got the shock of his life when he visited a brothel and spotted his wife among the establishment's employees.
Polish tabloid Super Express said the woman had been making some extra money on the side while telling her husband she worked at a store in a nearby town.
"I was dumfounded[sic]. I thought I was dreaming," the husband told the newspaper on Wednesday.
The couple, married for 14 years, are now divorcing, the newspaper reported."

So what was the married guy doing at the brothel?... Don't you think his wife was surprised to see him too?

'Meanest Mom on Planet' Sells Teen Son's Car After Finding Booze Under Seat

FoxNews reports in Des Moines, Iowa, that "Jane Hambleton has dubbed herself the "meanest mom on the planet."
After finding alcohol in her son's car, she decided to sell the car and share her 19-year-old's misdeed with everyone — by placing an ad in the local newspaper. The ad reads: "OLDS 1999 Intrigue. Totally uncool parents who obviously don't love teenage son, selling his car. Only driven for three weeks before snoopy mom who needs to get a life found booze under front seat. $3,700/offer. Call meanest mom on the planet."
Hambleton has heard from people besides interested buyers since recently placing the ad in The Des Moines Register.
The 48-year-old from Fort Dodge says she has fielded more than 70 telephone calls from emergency room technicians, nurses, school counselors and even a Georgia man who wanted to congratulate her.
"The ad cost a fortune, but you know what? I'm telling people what happened here," Hambleton says. "I'm not just gonna put the car for resale when there's nothing wrong with it, except the driver made a dumb decision.

"It's overwhelming the number of calls I've gotten from people saying 'Thank you, it's nice to see a responsible parent.' So far there are no calls from anyone saying, 'You're really strict. You're real overboard, lady."'
The only critic is her son, who Hambleton says is "very, very unhappy" with the ad and claims the alcohol was left by a passenger.
Hambleton believes her son but has decided mercy isn't the best policy in this case. She says she set two rules when she bought the car at Thanksgiving: No booze, and always keep it locked.
The car has been sold, but Hambleton says she will continue the ad for another week — just for the feedback."

Trouble still brewing at Countrywide

In a previous post, I blogged about the recent troubles of Countrywide. Well, the company made the news again for the wrong reasons.
CNN reports that [shares] "of Countrywide Financial Corp. plummeted Tuesday after a New York Times report said the mortgage lender fabricated bankruptcy documents and a Lehman Brothers analyst said the company is unlikely to return to prior profitability levels.
Shares of Countrywide fell $1.47, or 19.2 percent, to $6.17 in afternoon trading. Earlier in the session, shares bottomed out at $5.76 - their lowest since early 2000 - after speculation the company was planning to file for bankruptcy itself. Countrywide later denied the rumors.
Countrywide shares have already lost about 26 percent of their value since the beginning of the year. Since the beginning of 2007, shares of Countrywide have plummeted about 84 percent.
According to the New York Times article, Countrywide "recreated" letters claiming a borrower owed the company $4,700, even though the borrower was under bankruptcy protection.
"It is not Countrywide's policy to create or 'fabricate' any documents as evidence that they were sent if they had not been," Countrywide said in a statement sent to the Times prior to the story's publication that was e-mailed to CNNMoney.com.
Instead, Countrywide said the letters were printed with dates that listed when payment adjustments were made to the borrower's escrow account
The case is one of 300 bankruptcy cases in western Pennsylvania where Countrywide's practices are being scrutinized.
The nation's largest mortgage lender has been trying to cope with a worsening housing market and rising delinquencies and defaults, especially among subprime mortgages given to customers with poor credit history.
Countrywide posted $1.2 billion in losses in the third quarter of 2007 because of the weakening mortgage market. Countrywide set aside $934 million during that quarter to cover rising defaults among loans.
The company denied earlier speculation that it was planning to file for bankruptcy protection...
Lehman Brothers analyst Bruce Harting cut his fourth-quarter earnings estimate for Countrywide to 20 cents per share from 36 cents per share.
"While Countrywide's transition to originating mostly GSE conforming mortgages has reduced balance sheet risk caused by its non-conforming originations, the dramatic decline in Countrywide's earnings power this transition has caused has kept Countrywide's creditors nervous about the company's liquidity," Harting wrote in a research note.
Harting said Countrywide will face additional pressure because the weakness in the overall housing market has depressed total volume as well."

So how strong is Countrywide's foundation? There's an ill wind blowing from this company...

"Weekend At Bernie's"?...

The Associated Press reports that in New York [2] "men wheeled a dead man through the streets in an office chair to a check-cashing store and tried to cash his Social Security check before being arrested on fraud charges, police said.
David J. Dalaia and James O'Hare pushed Virgilio Cintron's body from the Manhattan apartment that O'Hare and Cintron shared to Pay-O-Matic, about a block away, spokesman Paul Browne said witnesses told police.
"The witnesses saw the two pushing the chair with Cintron flopping from side to side and the two individuals propping him up and keeping him from flopping from side to side," Browne said.
The men left Cintron's body outside the store, went inside and tried to cash his $355 check, Browne said. The store's clerk, who knew Cintron, asked the men where he was, and O'Hare told the clerk they would go and get him, Browne said.
A police detective who was having lunch at a restaurant next to the check-cashing store noticed a crowd forming around Cintron's body, and "it's immediately apparent to him that Cintron is dead," Browne said.
The detective called uniformed New York Police Department officers at a nearby precinct. Emergency medical technicians arrived as O'Hare and Dalaia were preparing to wheel Cintron's body into the check-cashing store, Browne said. Police arrested Dalaia and O'Hare there, he said.
Cintron's body was taken to a hospital morgue. The medical examiner's office told police it appeared Cintron, 66, had died of natural causes within the previous 24 hours, Browne said.
"He was deceased in the apartment when he was removed by these two," Browne said.
Dalaia and O'Hare, both 65, were being held by police and faced check fraud charges, Browne said.
A call to a telephone number listed for Cintron at the apartment he shared with O'Hare went unanswered Tuesday evening. Police said they didn't have an address for Dalaia or attorney information for him or O'Hare."

These two aren't named Moron; but, they fit the descriptions of a couple of morons...

"Moron Arrested After Driving Truck Into House"

FoxNews reports that "Bryan Scott Moron, 20, of Burleson, Texas, was arrested Friday after he lost control of his truck and struck a mailbox, then a house, MyFOXDFW.com reports.
Living up to his surname, Moron failed sobriety tests, the station said. The arrest report showed his blood alcohol level to be more than twice the legal limit.
Moron, a restaurant server, was also driving at an excessive speed, according to the report.

Note to Mr. Moron: Don't act like one."

What a name...

Thank goodness she had a gun...

WFAA-TV reports that "[an] attempted break-in early Sunday morning led to a terrifying and unexpected wake up call for a woman in Glenn Heights, [Texas].
While four men failed to break into Carrie Shannon's home on Brentwood Street, their attempt was captured on surveillance video.
Shannon was home alone when the men tried to kick in her door around 4:35 a.m.
"I immediately jumped up," she said of when she heard the loud kicking.
After hearing the men, Shannon said she got out of bed and called police on her cell phone.
"I grabbed my handgun and I proceeded right to the back, because as soon as I saw a shadow, I was going to go ahead and start shooting," she said.
After several kicks, the men gave up and took off.
"I just want to be safe here in my own home," Shannon said. "That's it. That's all I want."

Signs of the attempted home invasion were everywhere in the form of broken glass, damage to the door and a broken lock.
Shannon's home security camera didn't miss a beat either. It even caught one of the men cutting the phone line. The video was turned over to police..."

Thank goodness she woke up when she heard the noise and she had a gun in case the thugs got to her or her son. She was fortunate that she didn't have to use her gun.

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I don't want to go to school...

The Associated Press reports that a "10-year-old Mexican boy dreaded returning to school after Christmas break so much that he glued his hand to his bed. Sandra Palacios spent nearly two hours Monday morning trying to free her son Diego's hand with water, oil and nail polish remover before calling authorities, police chief Jorge Camacho told The Associated Press from outside the northern city of Monterrey.
"I didn't want to go to school because vacation was so much fun," Reforma newspaper quoted the boy as saying.
Palacios said Diego sneaked into the kitchen in the early morning to get the industrial glue, which he then slathered on his right hand. She didn't hear him get up, but later awoke and found him watching TV with his hand stuck to the bed, she told Mexican newspaper El Universal.
"I don't know why he did it," she told Reforma. "He's a good boy, but mischievous like all kids."
Diego's hand was fine, and paramedics managed to unstick him in time for class."

He should have thought about heating up a thermometer to make it look like he had a fever...

Is the new generation DVD contest over already?...

Coin Slot Cream?...

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XL underwear smothers fire

According to CNN and the Associated Press, (dateline: London) "From baggy briefs to the ultimate hotpants: A British woman's underwear saved the day by doubling as an emergency fire blanket when her kitchen caught fire.
John Marsey and his cousin Darren Lines were frying bread in Jenny Marsey's kitchen in Hartlepool, northeast England, on Sunday when their meal caught fire.
Lines grabbed the nearest thing from a pile of laundry to put it out: his aunt's billowing, powder blue, size XL underpants.
He ran them under the faucet and tossed them onto the flames, successfully smothering the fire, a spokesman for the Cleveland Fire Brigade said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with department policy.
Lines' swift thinking saved the kitchen -- but left his aunt's underwear slightly scorched.
"It could have been a lot worse," she said. "My family could have been in hospital but the knickers saved the day. I'm just grateful to the boys."
The fire official said the general principle of using a large, wet cloth to cover a grease fire was a sound one.
As for using underwear: "Clearly it depends on what size you are -- but I don't want to go there.""

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Back for 2008?...

The Sun reports that U2 has "been writing and recording in France and Morocco. With Joshua Tree pair Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois back in tow, the follow-up to 2004’s How To Dismantle An Atom Bomb might be a U2 masterpiece."

Yet another piece of human debris...

In a couple of previous posts, I explained what I considered was a piece of human debris. Well folks, we have another "winner."

His name is Yaser Abdel Said. Here is the lowdown on this worthless Sack of Sh#$. The Dallas Morning News reports that "The search continued Wednesday for a man accused of murdering his two teenage daughters and leaving their bodies in his taxi cab.
The Denton County Sheriff's SWAT team had surrounded a Lewisville home for hours Wednesday in search of Yaser Abdel Said, a 50-year-old cab driver, police said. Authorities entered the house about 4 p.m. to find it empty.
The bodies of Sarah Yaser Said, 17, and her sister Amina Yaser Said, 18, were found Tuesday evening in Irving inside a Jet Taxi vehicle that Mr. Said drove, Irving police spokesman David Tull said.

About 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Irving police received a 911 call from a woman whose only statement was that she "was dying," according to a police report. The line remained open and sounds could be heard, but investigators were unable to pinpoint a location from the caller.
Lewisville police said the call originated near O’Connor Road and Riverside Drive, and officers sent to the location were unable to find the victim. A police report said officers were also sent to the caller's home.
About an hour later, at the Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas, a taxi driver notified hotel staff about a suspicious vehicle in the taxi stand. Hotel staff checked out the vehicle and notified police, said Michael Vance, the hotel's general manager.
Police arrived at the taxi stand in the 200 block of Las Colinas Boulevard and found the bodies of the two Lewisville teens inside the vehicle. The sisters had been shot. It was unclear which sister made the 911 call.

The teens' mother provided information to police who then named Mr. Said as a suspect, the police report said. It was unclear what specific information the mother had provided.
Authorities have issued a capital murder arrest warrant for Mr. Said.
Mr. Said is described as about 6 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs about 180 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing a black turtleneck shirt, a brown coat and tan pants. He is believed to have a handgun...Anyone with information should call Irving police at 972-721-2518."

This sickens me. The poor girls just lived north of me so I am getting a good amount of news on this. They are saying that the so-called man was carrying out either an Honor or Mercy Killing because he was embarrassed over his American daughters' actions. Well if he was so embarrassed and couldn't bear it, then he should have put a bullet to his own head and left these girls alone. If you run into this twerp trying to leave the country (ie. Mexican border or some port), then please contact the authorities to have his sorry self put in a cell with Bubba.

Here's more on the two young girls.

Slain Lewisville girls' brother calls on father to surrender.