US Vets Get Ecstasy to Treat Their PTSD

A pair of psychiatric experts think they’ve got the answer to the soaring number of troops coming back from war with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder): have them undergo intensive psychotherapy — while they’re rolling on ecstasy.

Man Eats Cellmate With Onions

A Frenchman went on trial on Monday for allegedly killing his prison cellmate and then slicing open his chest to remove and consume his heart – but mistakenly eating his lung.

Indonesia’s Smoking Toddler Cuts Back To 15-a-day

A chain-smoking Indonesian toddler has cut back to 15 cigarettes a day thanks to “therapy focused on playing”, a child welfare official said Tuesday.

Russian Court Sentences Two Men For Killing Cooking And Eating Schoolgirl

A Russian court sentenced two men to prison for the killing and cannibalism of a school girl.

Home Owner Jailed, Burglar Goes Free

A businessman who fought off knife-wielding thugs after his family was threatened has been jailed for 30 months.

The case prompted renewed debate over the level of force that home owners can use against raiders.

Munir Hussain, chairman of the Asian Business Council, was praised by a judge for his “courage” in defending his wife and three children from an attack but then jailed for the violence of his response. One of his attackers was spared a jail sentence.

Dead Beauty Pageant Camel May Cost Oil Firm $261,000

A Saudi Arabian oil company is reportedly being sued for 160,000 pounds for causing the death of a camel that was a beauty pageant contestant.

The camel was grazing in a desert pasture about 150 miles west of Ahsa when it fell into a large hole dug to store crude oil.

Now, the camel’s owner Abdullah al-Saiari, is suing the oil giant Saudi Aramco seeking 160,000 pounds in compensation for his three-year-old black camel.She was part of the Camel Beauty Contest,” the Telegraph quoted Saiari as telling the Saudi Gazette.

Cocaine Sandwiches Leads To Arrest

Dutch police have arrested two people at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport for allegedly having hidden three kilograms (6.6 pounds) of cocaine in sandwiches, authorities said Thursday.

Inspectors found the drugs last week in 33 sandwiches in the luggage of the two, a 30-year-old man from Suriname and a Dutch woman, 56.

“With the unpacking of the sandwiches … it transpired that they were not fit for consumption,” said a military police statement. “They were filled with about 100 grams of cocaine each.”

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13 Year Old Put Penis In Ants Nest

Residents of a community in Westmoreland (Jamaica) are still laughing more than one week after a teen had to seek medical attention after he pushed his penis in an ants nest in a desperate attempt to get it larger.

The 13-year-old boy is said to have resorted to that measure after he was told that his member was too small. THE WEEKEND STAR learnt that since last Monday the youth’s action has been the hot topic in Shrewsbury where he resides.

Reports are that the youngster tried to solicit the services of a woman who lives in the same community. It is said that the woman ignored his approach and told him his ‘member’ was too small for her.

One Year Old Has Baby In Stomach

Amazed doctors have found a one-year-old girl is carrying a baby in her stomach.

Little Kang Mengru, from China, left medics confused after her belly became grossly enlarged. Doctors carried out a CT scan to discover the cause of the growth and found a foetus.

They believe it is her parasitic twin.

She is now waiting for an operation to have the foetus removed.

Source: www.news.com.au

Every Dog Has Its Day But For How Long???????????

Zhang Lei and her parents stop at a small clearing in the woods, an hour’s drive from the city.

Clutching a bunch of roses and a white plastic bag, they stop in front of a 4-sq-m tomb, surrounded by a small green patch and four poplar trees.

“Today is your birthday. We have brought you your favorite food,” Zhang says in front of the tombstone.

She carefully wipes the dust off it and touches it tenderly.

Tourist Survives Outside Night Train Ride

A young American tourist survived a life-threatening test of endurance while clinging to the outside of a moving train through bitter cold and high speeds in Australia.

Chad Vance, 19, a native of North Pole, Alaska, and student at University of Alaska-Fairbanks, hung on to a small stairwell as the Ghan train trekked for 120 miles through the South Australian Outback.

 

Vance, who originally boarded the train at Adelaide, got off during a brief stop to stretch his legs and explore the city of Port Augusta.  But he lost track of time and got back just as the train was pulling away.

Race On For English Millionth Word

The Indian term of praise “Jai ho” and popular word “slumdog” from the Oscar prize winner “Slumdog Millionaire” are among the 73 other finalists from across the globe to become the millionth English word, reported the private Indo-Asian News Service on Saturday.

The Global Language Monitor, a U.S.-based firm that analyzes and catalogues the latest trends in word usage and word choices, will choose the millionth word on June 10 at 1022 GMT, said the report.

Man Chopped Off Penis After Marriage Refusal

A 25-year-old Egyptian man cut off his own penis to spite his family after he was refused permission to marry a girl from a lower class family, police reported on Sunday.

After unsuccessfully petitioning his father for two years to marry the girl, the man heated up a knife and sliced off his reproductive organ, said a police official. (Ouch!)

 The young man came from a prominent family in the southern Egyptian province of Qena, one of Egypt’s poorest and most conservative areas that is also home to the famed ancient Egyptian ruins of Luxor.

Brutal Facebook Killer Jailed For 18 Years

A British man who murdered his wife after becoming enraged when she changed her relationship status on Facebook to “single” has been jailed for at least 18 years. Edward Richardson, 41, stabbed wife Sarah, 26, to death in a “frenzied and brutal” attack at her parents’ home in Biddulph, central England, in May.

The couple had been living apart since the previous month, said Fiona Cortese, a spokeswoman for the Crown Prosecution Service. “Richardson became enraged when Sarah changed her marital status on Facebook to single and decided to go and see her as she was not responding to his [text] messages,” Ms Cortese said. “He gained entry by breaking the front door window and made his way into the property. “He found Sarah in her bedroom and subjected her to a frenzied and brutal attack with a knife and then attempted to take his own life.” Sarah Richardson’s parents, Beryl and Alan Boote, said they were left devastated by her murder after the verdict on Thursday. “We hope that Richardson will be an old man before he’s ever allowed out of prison,” they said

Source: canberratimes.com.au

Assassination Fears Of Obama Stop Bookies From Paying Out

Two of Australia’s largest bookmakers are refusing to pay out on bets that Barack Obama would win the U.S. presidential election, citing fears he could be assassinated before his inauguration, a report said Saturday.

The two bookmakers, Sportsbet and Centrebet, told the Sydney Morning Herald they would not pay out on the bets until the first African-American U.S. president takes office in January.

A spokesman for Centrebet told the paper it was a matter of policy.

The Herald said its story was prompted by a punter who said a senior official at Sportsbet had refused to pay out on a bet citing assassination fears.

Sportsbet chief executive Matt Tripp denied this was the company’s main concern.

“God forbid he has a stroke or gets hit by a bus,” Tripp told the paper. “I love the bloke. I want to pay out on him. I think he is good for America and good for the world.”

Bullet-proof screens were put up on stage when Obama made his victory speech to jubilant supporters in a Chicago park.

Two white supremacist skinheads were arrested in the U.S. state of Tennessee in October over plans shoot Obama, although the plot appeared unsophisticated.

Irish bookmaker Paddy Power was so sure of the election outcome that it paid out Obama-backers in October.

Other Australian bookmakers have paid out on Obama’s victory, the Herald said.

Source: Reuters Africa

Farmer Blames Hot Air Balloons On Hen Deaths

A farmer in England’s Herefordshire county says low-flying hot-air balloons caused 30 of her hens to die after their eggs exploded inside of them.

Abbi Vincent-Lloyd said the stress of seeing gigantic hot-air balloons over their heads led the hens to run for shelter in a panicked state that caused them to bump into one another and rupture the eggs inside of them, The Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday.

Vincent-Lloyd said post-mortems performed on the hens found they died of peritonitis, an infection caused by their eggs bursting inside their bodies.

“I had lost about 15 birds when I decided to have the vet do a post mortem on two of them,” the farmer said. “I told the vet about the hot-air balloons and jets flying low over the farm and straight away he said that was the cause.”

“As soon as the gas is released to raise the balloon they go absolutely crazy,” she said. “It is absolute chaos, when they go into anything and that causes the egg to explode inside them. The fragments of the egg and its contents then infect them and then they die from it — it’s a horrible way to go.”

21 Edicts From The Chinese Government’s Propoganda Unit

 

The Sidney Morning Herald  reports that the Chinese Government have issued  a 21 point plan to their editors and journalists ordering them to ignore hot international topics and any issues that may reflect negatively on the Olympic Games.

They are:

1. The telecast of sports events will be live [but] in case of emergencies, no print is allowed to report on it.

2. From August 1, most of the previously accessible overseas websites will be unblocked. No coverage is allowed on this development. There’s also no need to use stories published overseas on this matter and [website] operators should not provide any superlinks on their pages.

3. Be careful with religious and ethnic subjects.

4. Don’t make fuss about foreign leaders at the opening ceremony, especially in relation to seat arrangements or their private lives.

5. We have to put special emphasis on ethnic equality. Any perceived racist terms as “black athlete” or “white athlete” is not allowed. During the official telecast, we can refer to Taiwan as “Chinese Taipei”. In ordinary times, refer to Taiwanese athletes as “those from the precious island Taiwan…..” In case of any pro Taiwan-independence related incident inside the venue, you shall follow restrictions listed in item 1.

6. For those ethnic Chinese coaches and athletes who come back to Beijing to compete on behalf of other countries, don’t play up their “patriotism” since that could backfire with their adopted countries.

7. As for the Pro-Tibetan independence and East Turkistan movements, no coverage is allowed. There’s also no need to make fuss about our anti-terrorism efforts.

8. All food saftey issues, such as cancer-causing mineral water, is off-limits.

9. In regard to the three protest parks, no interviews and coverage is allowed.

10. No fuss about the rehearsals on August 2,5. No negative comments about the opening ceremony.

11.No mention of the Lai Changxing case.

12.No mention of those who illegally enter China.

13.On international matters, follow the official line. For instance, follow the official propaganda line on the North Korean nuclear issue; be objective when it comes to the Middle East issue and play it down as much as possible; no fuss about the Darfur question; No fuss about UN reform; be careful with Cuba. If any emergency occurs, please report to the foreign ministry.

14. If anything related to territorial dispute happens, make no fuss about it. Play down the Myanmar issue; play down the Takeshima island dispute.

15. Regarding diplomatic ties between China and certain nations, don’t do interviews on your own and don’t use online stories. Instead, adopt Xinhua stories only. Particularly on the Doha round negotiation, US elections, China-Iran co-operation, China-Aussie co-operation, China-Zimbabwe co-operation, China-Paraguay co-operation.

16.Be very careful with TV ratings, only use domestic body’s figures. Play it down when  rating goes down.

17. In case of an emergency involving foreign tourists, please follow the official line. If there’s no official line, stay away from it.

18. Re possible subway accidents in the capital, please follow the official line.

19.Be positive on security measures.

20. Be very careful with stock market coverage during the Games.

21.Properly handle coverage of the Chinese sports delegation:

A.don’t criticise the selection process

B.don’t overhype gold medals; don’t issue predictions on gold medal numbers; don’t make fuss about  cash rewards for athletes.

C.don’t make a fuss about isolated misconducts by athletes.

D.enforce the publicity of our anti-doping measures.

E. put emphasis on  government efforts to secure the retirement life of atheletes.

F. keep a cool head on the Chinese performance. Be prepared for possible fluctations in the medal race.

G. refrain from publishing opinion pieces at odds with the official propangada line of the Chinese delegation

Children’s Hospital Launches Sex Change For Kids Program

Just when you though you have hear it all, then along comes something that just rocks your world and leaves you in a state of total disbelief. This is a classic example of the medical profession gone totally haywire. I wanted to comment more on this story but I hurting after reading the article.

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Schoolgirls in Hospital After ‘Mass Hysteria’ Outbreak

More than 50 schoolgirls were taken to hospital after they succumbed to what education chiefs in Senegal are calling “collective hysteria” – fainting and screaming.

The girls’ bizarre behaviour caused firefighters to shut down the secondary school where the incident occurred yesterday.

All of the 53 girls, as well as two boys, who experienced the unexplained fit were evacuated to the capital’s main hospital.

“The phenomenon started in one of the classrooms of the 5th standard girls,” said Adina Aidara, the principal of the Lamine Gueye Secondary School in Dakar where the strange event occurred.

“Three students, all girls, fell down. The same phenomenon was repeated 30 minutes later during recess – this time involving high schoolers. We called the fire department to evacuate the victims.”

The incident began at 9am. By 1pm, the school had sent 55 students to the hospital in ambulances, all but two of whom were girls, he said.

“It’s an event that is completely out of the ordinary,” said Mr Aidara.

Colonel Diene Faye of the local fire brigade said the scale of the phenomenon prompted officials to close down and isolate the high school.

At the city’s central hospital, anguished parents fussed over their daughters. Several allowed their girls to be interviewed only on condition that their name not be published.

A 15-year-old girl in the hospital ward, who spoke with her mother that her side, said that she was in the middle of chatting with a friend. “Suddenly I had a horrible headache. It hurt so much that I started screaming. And then I fainted. From that moment on, I no longer knew where I was,” she said.

Another teenage girl, also interviewed alongside her family, said: “I don’t know what happened. I suddenly felt like my forehead was sweating. I felt my body vibrating. I cried out loudly. It was as if there was a power greater than myself that was inside my body. I don’t know what happened after that.”

Senegal’s minister of education Moustapha Sourang visited the school yesterday and ordered that classes be suspended for 48 hours while the ministry investigated.

Immediately after the incident, Dakar was abuzz with rumours of evil spirits and of supernatural retaliation. Some say the girls were being punished for having dressed immodestly.

But Dr Ababacar Wilane, chief of psychiatry at the hospital, tried to put the stories of demons and spells to rest, saying: “The most vulnerable among them were probably caught up in the moment and succumbed to a kind of domino effect,” when they saw the others fainting and screaming.

It is not the first incidence of mass hysteria in Senegal.

On Monday, a local newspaper reported that in the town of Podor in northern Senegal, 16 girls had fainted simultaneously.

“Sixteen girls fell into a collective hysteria. Some people believe they were possessed by an invisible force. The victims screamed and rolled on the ground,” wrote the daily newspaper, ‘Le Matin’.

[Adapted from International Press Reports]

Cult Members Leave Apocalypse Cave

       Had to do a little research here. Good, found it.  ‘ Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ and shall deceive many. ……….and many false prophets shall rise and shall deceive many. {Matt 24-4 & 11}.

On with the news story.

Skynews.com reports that 14 members of a Russian doomsday cult {out of 35} have emerged after 6 months  in an underground bunker {in the Penza region of central Russian}. This was a result of a landslide occurring inside the underground shelter. The group {including children} entered the cave last October awaiting the end of the world in May or April this year according to their leader. Seven left  the dugout over the weekend.

Now let me see if I understand this correctly. God through the leader predicted the end of the world in May or April. Hmmm. Apparently God did not know precisely which month beforehand it would be. Secondly, decided it was best to hide in a bunker. Again God did not know beforehand that the bunker would be prone to landslides. Thirdly then told the group to leave before they all die underground. I see.

To quote a famous line from a character on the Lenny Henry show,  ‘I DON’T THINK SO’.

Hah but that isn’t all folks. ‘The sect’s leader Pyotr Kuznetsov did not join his followers in the cave because {get this}, he told them God had different tasks for him. My, my, my, whatever could that be!!!!!!!.

Here’s how I see this. Cult leader told followers the world will end in 7 months time. Best way was to hide in a cave after you will be protected from everything above the surface. Did not join them because the poor chap DID NOT BELIEVE HIS OWN MESSAGE!!!!.

Now some may say God use the landslide to shake them out of their illusion. Apparently so, since nothing else work, even their leader fail in that attempt. Oh by the way did I  mention that Pyotr Kuznetsov is schizophrenic?. The article ends with ‘ the cult is said to be a splinter group of the Russian Orthodox Church that believes bar-codes are the work of satan.

I think the buzz word now is RFID tags.

Let’s hope the remaining 14 are alive as well.