The Venice Hoteliers Association website is offering “Venice and the High Water” promotions at 190 euros for one night’s stay plus “free use of rubber boots” and a map with “alternative pedestrian routes during the high water.”
There is also a reassuring message from hoteliers and Mayor Massimo Cacciari saying: “Don’t worry, there is no danger; [...]
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Young Chinese girl deafened by excessive kissing
A young Chinese woman was left partially deaf following a passionate kiss from her boyfriend.
The 20-something from Zhuhai in Guangdong province arrived at hospital having completely lost the hearing in her left ear, said local reports.
The incident prompted a series of articles in the local media warning of the [...]
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If the Muslim community follows these groups leads and refuses to bury them? If the community stands up and denounces the acts, its one thing. But to stand up and demand that they can not be treated as a good Muslim, will that stop the hate?
Indian Muslims say they do not want the [...]
How many two-faced pussies do you know? Meow, meow!
This two-headed kitten was born in Perth, Australia and is reportedly doing well.
No word if the kitty has 18 lives.
Edit: I’m currently trying to find a good source of more information on this.
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I’m sure if you thought about this title, people like Michael Jackson would come to mind. But I swear this doesn’t look like one too many surgeries and ears falling off. This is a story of someone who was given a needle and told how who went too far on herself.
Cosmetic surgery addict injected cooking [...]
I do believe this will become one of the most important speeches of all time. I would be shocked to find anyone listen to this… and think negative for this man.
The Transcript:
OBAMA: Thank you so much.
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Staff believe that the octopus called Otto had been annoyed by the bright light shining into his aquarium and had discovered he could extinguish it by climbing onto the rim of his tank and squirting a jet of water in its direction.
The short-circuit had baffled electricians as well as staff at the Sea Star Aquarium [...]
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For a moment, the pirates might have thought that they had really struck gold “Somalia-style.”
The gun-toting, seafaring thieves, who routinely pounce on cargo ships bobbing along on the Indian Ocean, suddenly found themselves in command of a vessel crammed with $30 million worth of grenade launchers, piles of ammunition, even battle tanks.
But this time, they [...]
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The Swedish crisis had strikingly similar origins to the American one, and its neighbors, Norway and Finland, were hobbled to the point of needing a government bailout to escape the morass as well.
Financial deregulation in the 1980s fed a frenzy of real estate lending by Sweden’s banks, which did not worry enough about whether the [...]
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I’ve heard of campaigns “Shooting themselves in the foot.” Or doing something that “sunk a campaign.” But generally it isn’t a presidential campaign. And in this case, this is yet another black mark for the McCain Campaign…
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who has not held a press conference in nearly four weeks of campaigning, [...]
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