one can only hope…… US government warns it’s running out of cash Treasury Secretary John Snow has warned that unless Congress raises the national debt limit, the US government will run out of cash to finance its daily work in two months. In a letter to Senate leaders Thursday, Snow said the statutory debt limit…
Scalding coffee leads to suspect's capture – The Honolulu Advertiser
LAHAINA, Maui — A hot cup of coffee was used to flush out a suspected thief this morning at Lahaina Harbor. Tad Luckey of Luckey’s Fishing Charters noticed his backpack missing at 5:30 a.m. from behind the counter at the harbor’s Slip 52, according to Capt. Charles Hirata of the Maui Police Department. Luckey told…
Hunan government employees were required to have "symmetrically shaped breasts"
Wow, the Chinese take job discrimination to a whole new level. BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese tradition holds 2006 will be a year of bad luck for people born under the sign of the dog, but misfortune has come early for some looking for jobs, state media said on Wednesday. Chinese companies looking for new recruits…
Master and Margarita overcomes "curse" to reach small screen
A previous film adaptation “disappeared” from the director’s home. A TV adaptation of cult novel The Master and Margarita has become a ratings hit in Russia despite superstition that it was “cursed”. More than 55% of Russians aged over 18 watched the first part of the 143 million roubles (£2.9m) TV series. Mikhail Bulgakov started…
StarBulletin.com | News | /2005/12/29/
This is the road I drive 2 or 3 times most days. You have to be an idiot to race through these tunnels as you come out and hit a fairly blind curve….or a line of traffic….or flip yourself over an embankment… wow…I bet the guy that won the race feels like shit….let me sooth…
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
I’ve always been one to really analyze my life and what I’ve done with it at this time of the year….I’ve spent many a new years eve looking at the past and future year and wondering what they will bring….this article is comforting…in a way…but I think I will stick to making my lists of…
10 Best Gadgets of the Year
Here they are folks straight from David Pogue at the NY Times…the best 10 gadgets of the year…of course, if I can ever find the backing to embark upon the project I like to call Pahrump, you will see it in one of these year end lists someday… cd Here they are, the 10 best…
MSNBC Poll about President Bush
Just click on the link below and vote to see the results… MSNBC Poll Thanks to Matt for sending this my way… chris
The Americanization of Arnold
Arnold Schwarzenegger is severing ties with his hometown in Austria after politicians there had the gall (gasp!) to criticize him for allowing the execution of Tookie Williams to proceed. Arnold even asked them to take his name off the local stadium. Can’t take a little criticism, Arnold? Or are you hoping that denial of your…
List of the 50 Best Robots Ever
The holidays have been somewhat hectic here at Fukn.us and I realize that I have been a post and run sort of editor for the most part as late…I will work on that. Of course over New Years weekend MH and I will be taking a short hiatus….just a warning for ya… Yesterday we had…