Friday, November 15, 2013

Bill Maher critical of the Red Sox honoring bombing victims and other eye-catching headlines

Bill Maher said the Red Sox shouldn't have honored the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings because their city "...wasn't leveled by Godzilla."

Now that former VP Dick Cheney has made it clear he doesn't spend much time thinking about the donor whose heart now resides in his chest, I wonder if it might not be a good idea for the doctors to again disconnect the WiFi control of the device that controls the transplanted device.  Someone who thinks him too self-absorbed might want to shut down the donor heart.

Former LAUSD teacher Mark Berndt has reached a plea deal with prosecutors.  He will plead no contest to all charges stemming from his "cookie-tasting" game (he laced the cookies with his semen) and will be sentenced to 25 years in prison.  An attorney who represents a number of the victims in their civil suits against LAUSD says this is essentially a life sentence for Berndt, who is 62 years of age.

Bruce Jenner explained that his ponytail is a celebration of the fact he still has hair to grow.  I doubt that will stop Chelsea Handler from continuing to say that Bruce is transgendered and in the process of becoming an LPGA golfer.

This video speaks for itself:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7FIvfx5J10 And if you enjoyed Van Damme's splits in that one, check this out:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vw_-uylxNE  Then again, he's still no Chuck Norris:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF59dNeszFY

Richard Streeter is a resident of Oregon who says that had the Affordable Care Act been passed earlier, it would have saved his life.  He lost his health insurance benefits in 2008 and then this past September was forced to go to a doctor because of blood in his stools.  He was ultimately diagnosed with terminal colon cancer.

Professional cuddling has spread to Portland, OR, where Samantha Hess charges $60 to cuddle up with her for an hour.  Clients must sign an agreement promising to be clean, courteous and keep their clothes on.  And a "Snuggle House" is opening in Madison, WI. 

Police in Miami are investigating an incident where a man allegedly "fell" out of an airplane.  The pilot of the single engine propeller-driven plane made a "Mayday" call saying the man opened the back door of the plane and plummeted 1,800 feet into Biscayne Bay.

Meanwhile, US Airways reportedly booted a blind man and his guide dog off of one of their flights.  Fortunately they did it while the plane was still on the ground.

Two men in the St. Louis area face long prison sentences for a fraud scheme that may have netted them more than $600 million.  They ran a business involving prepaid funerals and used the credit card info of their "clients" to steal vast sums of money.

Firefighters in Manchester, NH weren't able to save a family's home, but thanks to their CPR training, they were able to save the family's dog.

The World Food Championships were held in Las Vegas and a man from Kansas whose specialty is barbecue won.  But with a "killer carrot cake", not his specialty.  Dave Elliott also took home a check for $50,000.

Best Buy stores and almost all other retailers (online and brick/mortar) have stopped selling the HP Chromebook 11, after complaints about overheating chargers began to show up.

Joan Rivers is slamming Jennifer Lawrence after the young Oscar winning actress took a shot at Rivers' show,