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With e-Hunting, the disabled can now experience the joys of killing slow animals for sport.

State Scrambles to Regulate “Remote Hunting”

Texas wildlife officials are scrambling to stop a San Antonio businessman from putting up a web site which would allow people anywhere in the world to shoot Texas white tail deer on a south Texas ranch on the Internet, 1200 WOAI news reported today. “We don’t have any regulations on the books right now that pertain to this specific activity,” Tom Harvey of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission told 1200 WOAI news. John Lockwood of ‘live-shot dot com’ told 1200 WOAI news they will mount cameras on a platform which will give on line hunters a 360 degree view of the ranch, which they say only is located in ’southwest Texas.’ A rifle mounted on a platform could then be manipulated by the hunter at the keyboard, similar to the way weapons are manipulated by players in video games. When the hunter sees the deer appear on the computer screen, he could fire the gun by remote control by using a keyboard command. Attendants at the ranch would then retrieve the carcass, dress it, and mail the on line hunter the antlers and the venison. “Prior to coming to my web site you would have to purchase a license to hunt in Texas, and pay for a three hour block of time,” Lockwood said. “During that time, only you would be able to control the gun and the camera.” “We absolutely oppose this, we think this is totally unethical,” said Kirby Brown, Vice President of the Texas Wildlife Association, the hunters and landowners lobbying organization. He called ‘live-shot dot com’ ‘disgusting.’ Harvey said TPW regulators are considering passing a rule that would stop ‘live-shot dot com.’ “Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is looking at the possibility of regulating remote controlled hunting,” he said. “One of the possibilities is a rule that would require that you be physically present to hunt.” He said Internet hunters would likely not have hunting licenses, which would also make it illegal for them to shoot deer in Texas. Lockwood said the web site would be popular with disabled hunters unable to get out into the woods, or people who simply could not afford to travel to the trophy ranches of southwest Texas. “I heard for a disabled veteran who was just in tears,” Lockwood said. “He was afraid he would never be able to hunt again, but now he knows he will be able to go hunting.” But Brown says on line hunting is not hunting. “You have to be there, you have to experience the outdoors, you have to be at the hunting operation at the site.” He says the TWA has already contacted lawmakers about passing laws banning the practice. “We have already been in discussions with lawmakers to see if we can’t stop this across the board,” Brown said.

Drunk Teacher caught wearing panties.

NewsNet5.com – News – Officer Pulls Over Man Wearing Panties For Drunken Driving
Local Teacher Wore Women’s Clothing In Previous DUI Incident

MEDINA, Ohio — Medina County authorities pulled over an experienced high school teacher this week, but it was what the man was wearing inside his vehicle that raised some officer’s eyebrows. NewsChannel5’s Jonathan Costen reported that a Medina Township officer pulled over the driver of a Jeep late Monday night for driving without headlights. When the driver, Cloverleaf High School teacher Mark Wurstle, stepped out of the vehicle, he was wearing a hooded sweatshirt, along with a pair of panties. While his outfit wasn’t breaking the law, police said he was driving under the influence. Police may have been on the lookout for Wurstle because earlier that night he made a stop at a bar. A bartender thought what she saw was funny, but she also thought she should give police a heads up. Costen reported that this isn’t the first time police pulled Wurstle over on a DUI charge. Six years ago, Medina police pulled him over, and then, too, Wurstle was wearing a unique fashion. An incident report states Wurstle had earrings, lipstick, rouge and blue eye shadow, and he was drinking vanilla extract. When the officer asked if he was wearing any clothes, the report states, Wurstle opened his coat and showed him a black dress trimmed in white that went mid-thigh, along with a white pearl. He was arrested for drunken driving. The Cloverleaf school superintendent told NewsChannel5 that Wurstle is at school doing his job, and he’s a 25-year veteran committed to the kids. He also said the school system is conducting its own investigation to find out about the allegations.

Black Widow: The hard part was swallowing

‘Black Widow’ Wins Meatball Crown

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Eighty-nine meatballs and Sonya Thomas said she had room for more. The 105-pound Thomas downed more than seven dozen meatballs over the weekend, to win the World Meatball Eating Championships in Atlantic City. She proved again why she’s known as the Black Widow on the competitive eating circuit. Thomas said she wasn’t that full, after leaving her closest competitor nearly a pound behind. She said the hard part was swallowing. Thomas won $2,500 for her hearty appetite.

Butter factory fire spreads through town

Fire leaves Minnesota town coated in butter

NEW ULM, Minn. – (KRT) – Tons of butter melted by a factory fire spread through the streets of New Ulm, Minn., late Wednesday and early Thursday until they were overtaken by the chill of the icebox weather. On Thursday afternoon, amid the fatigue from hours of fighting the massive blaze, the slippery surfaces and the wreckage of the plant, even Fire Chief Curt Curry recognized some humor in the incongruous scene. “We were looking for 40,000 loaves of bread at 2 o’clock this morning,” he said, trying to wind down with a smile after working the intense fire all night. Work crews used backhoes during the day to slice through a pond of partially resolidified butter that spread from the Associated Milk Producers Inc. plant. Heat from the fire caused much of an estimated 3 million pounds of butter to melt, burn or seep out the loading dock doors. Some of it flowed three blocks downhill into the Minnesota River before dikes were built to create a block-long pond that stood 2 feet deep in parts. That is when the Minnesota weather finally helped. “Once it cooled, it gelled,” said Greg Palmer, the fire department’s second assistant chief. Most of the butter was contained to the block surrounding the plant. It will be a while before the extent of the damage is known. Firefighters fear some of their safety gear was damaged beyond repair. Streets remained closed for several blocks near downtown as work crews scraped up the slippery goo. And about 180 workers are left to wonder what will become of their livelihoods. The plant is Minnesota’s largest butter making and packaging plant, AMPI spokeswoman Sheryl Meshke said. The company runs about a dozen plants in four states. It was too early to know what will become of the New Ulm site, AMPI’s only butter plant, she added. The building was not completely lost and some butter was salvaged, she said. And about six workers were back on the job Thursday, accepting milk from farmers for other AMPI operations. The fire, whose cause remains unknown, was spotted just after 6 p.m. Wednesday near the plant’s second-floor cooling towers. About 30 employees were evacuated. When crews from the New Ulm volunteer fire department arrived, flames were visible on the roof, Curry said. The butter stored below began to melt. Much of it burned. “It’s like if you’re cooking,” Meshke said. That only made it worse for firefighters from New Ulm and neighboring communities, who were already dealing with freezing temperatures and the slick mess created by the melting butter accumulating on the ground. The butter became a fuel. At first crews tried to pour water on the burning building. Finally, when they were able to collect enough fire extinguishing foam, they sprayed the blaze and suffocated the flames. The fire was under control by about 4:45 a.m. Thursday. No one was injured, Curry said. A number of AMPI employees filed by the site Thursday to get a glimpse of the scene. They hope to hear soon what will happen to their jobs, said Bob Gnekow, a maintenance worker for AMPI. He could see the fire’s glow over New Ulm on Wednesday night from his home 10 miles away in Lafayette, Minn. “It was a really good place to work,” Gnekow said while peering into the charred remains of the plant. “I don’t know where we are all going to go,” said fellow employee Gary Widmer of Springfield, Minn. Both said AMPI has been a good employer, and they hope the company will be able to salvage the operation in New Ulm. Joel Albrecht, the mayor of the Minnesota community of 14,000, is expected to give a tour of the damage today to state and federal officials and discuss ways to help the city and one of its largest employers recover. Curry expects to meet with Albrecht to talk about replacing their firefighting suits, now coated with butter. They are concerned the butter and the intense washing required to remove it will damage the suits’ fire-retardant capabilities. On Thursday, fire crews power-washed their hoses and trucks, which were caked in butter and grime. Even their electronic radios “were covered in a quarter-inch of butter,” Curry said. But the trucks were ready to respond in case of another emergency, he added. While the damage to the factory is extensive and the cleanup on the streets under way, crews do not believe the fire caused much pollution. A relatively small amount of butter reached the Minnesota River through a storm drain, said Nancy Miller, spokeswoman for the state Pollution Control Agency. Butter in the river was treated like an oil slick, with booms placed around a storm sewer outlet. The booms were hampered by floating ice. The butter that got through will break down naturally in the river, Miller said. “It could have caused some dissolved oxygen problems in a different time of year because of how it would break down,” Miller said. “But with the cold water and the amount of turbulence, there should be plenty of oxygen and it will naturally break up.” — ABOUT THE PLANT

Chris Matthews getting Hardball over Tipper.

Chris Matthews calls Tipper Gore hot!

What would he say about Nicollette Sheridan? For those watching on television, the best part of the opening of the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Ark., might have been the color commentary on MSNBC from Chris Matthews, whose ability to talk relentlessly is legendary and who occasionally allows guests on his own show to speak an entire sentence. Where most anchors would dutifully take note of the singing of the national anthem at the ceremony, Matthews talked about how difficult it is to sing the Star-Spangled Banner. And when he spotted the wife of former Vice President Al Gore, Matthews was not restrained by decorum: “Boy, that Tipper Gore is a good-looking woman. I’m sorry, I’d like to offer that as commentary.” If he keeps that up, he might be hearing from the Federal Communications Commission.

Pizza Delivery guys joining union. Is this really something that should be a union job?

Pizza drivers’ union demands better wages
FLEDGLING LABOR GROUP HAS YET TO ORGANIZE ITS FIRST SHOP

NASHVILLE – A fledgling national union for pizza drivers is demanding better wages and training, saying the large chains have been taking advantage of them for years. It’s an effort that has attracted the attention of the Teamsters union, but the Association of Pizza Delivery Driv-ers, based in Hendersonville, has yet to organize its first shop. A vote at a Domino’s franchise in Lincoln, Neb., failed Tuesday night on a 2-2 vote. But organizers expect a better result next week when Pizza Hut drivers vote at a store near Columbus, Ohio. Tim Lockwood, treasurer of the pizza delivery union, said getting the first vote itself was a huge victory. After all, the union started just a couple of years ago with a few drivers talking in an Internet chat room about unfair working conditions. “We built a Web site and they came,” said Lockwood, a pizza delivery driver who declined to identify the company he works for. Now they have about 600 drivers from across the country signed up for the free union, and he feels momentum gathering for more unionization votes. Lockwood said pizza drivers make $5.50 to $6 an hour, plus tips, and get reimbursed 50 to 75 cents a delivery, no matter how far away it is. Even worse, he said, pizza delivery is annually ranked among the most dangerous jobs. Lockwood said he envisions collective bargaining with the national pizza chains, forcing them to pay drivers a reimbursement of 30 cents to 40 cents a mile, along with compensation for more expensive commercial driver’s insurance. He also said drivers want to see concessions on safety issues, such as better training.

Doggie ER: Woman does Caesarean on dead dog

Woman performs C-section on dead dog, saves puppies

CEDAR CITY, Utah — A quick-thinking EMT performed a Caesarean section on her dead Chihuahua to save the lives of three puppies. Carolyn Shaw was at work two weeks ago when she received a call from her husband, saying their long-haired Chihuahua, Annie, was in labor and whimpering under the bed, and he couldn’t coax her out. Not wanting the dog to deliver under the bed, she asked her ambulance partner Kori Baker, who also is her daughter-in-law, and an intern riding along if they could stop by the house and check on the dog. When they arrived, Barker found Annie warm but limp. “After I did a quick check I realized she was dead,” Barker said. After the puppies were delivered, here was a brief celebration until the fact that the puppies were motherless dawned on them. “The whole experience was so cool, but then we knew we needed to rush them to the vet because they didn’t have a mom anymore and we didn’t know what to do next,” Barker said. The pups are now at home, where family and friends are caring for them. All three pups already have homes when they are old enough to leave. (AP)

Boondocks on Ron Artest, America

Oldest Printed Porn Expected to Auction for $65k.

17th century British porn to be auctioned

The world’s first known piece of printed pornography, described as the “quintessence of debauchery,” is expected to reach up to 35,000 pounds ($65,040) when it is auctioned next month. “Sodom,” penned in the mid-1670s, has been attributed to John Wilmot, the second Earl of Rochester and is described by auction house Sotheby’s as a “closet drama rather than for the stage” with pornography “in almost every line.”

“We believe this is the first printed pornography in English literature, a unique copy of the quintessence of debauchery,” Peter Beal, Sotheby’s book specialist said. “It is one of the most notorious publications in literature and makes most pornography written 300 years later seem tame.” The book centers on the decision made by a lustful King to “set the nation free” by allowing “buggary” to be “used thro’ all the land” and then details the dire consequences. The book, the only surviving copy, will be auctioned on December 16.

Teacher who had sex with student to plead Insanity. That sounds about right.

Teacher accused of having sex with pupil to use insanity defense

A suspended middle-school teacher accused of having sex with a 14-year-old former student will claim she was insane at the time of the alleged encounters, her attorney said. Debra Lafave’s attorney, John Fitzgibbons, said in court Tuesday that he would file notice of an insanity defense “in the near future.” “Debbie has some profound emotional issues that are not her fault,” Fitzgibbons said after the hearing. Several doctors have examined Lafave in recent months, Fitzgibbons said, and their findings will cast light on what happened in this case. Lafave, 24, was present for the hearing but did not speak to reporters. She has pleaded not guilty to four felony counts of lewd and lascivious battery and one count of lewd and lascivious exhibition, each of which carry a maximum 15-year prison term. Her former student said that he and Lafave had sex five times in early June, encounters that allegedly occurred in her Riverview townhouse, her classroom and the back of her Isuzu during rides through Ocala. The defense is expected to point to the April 2001 death of Lafave’s older sister, Angela Beasley, who was 24 years old and five months pregnant when an intoxicated Army captain, Joseph Piotrowski, plowed his Jeep into her car. Piotrowski is now serving a 30-year prison term for the crime. During Piotrowski’s court-martial in August 2001, Lafave testified that she had been depressed, angry and ill since her sister’s death. “It’s hard to concentrate on anything but that,” she said. Her mother, Joyce Beasley, described her as “pretty much a basket case” as a result of her sister’s death. At the request of both sides, Hillsborough Circuit Judge Wayne Timmerman agreed to delay Lafave’s trial. The case goes before the judge again on March 22 for a pretrial hearing, with a trial set for April 25.

J Lo pays off MLB bet to Ben Crapfflek

J Lo coughs up 1,000 dollars for Ben Affleck!

Latino diva Jennifer Lopez recently proved that she is a woman of her word as she shelled out 1,000 dollars to honour a bet she made with her former flame Ben Affleck. The ex-couple had reportedly bet on who would win the baseball season, and while Lopez, who has since been married to singer Mark Anthony, supported the New York Yankees, Affleck bet on the Boston Red Sox, which took home the trophy, reports ratethemusic.com. (ANI)

Folks, Don’t Put Your Lava Lamps on Hot Stoves, Please!

Exploding lava lamp kills Kent man

KENT, Wash. (AP) — A 24-year-old man who placed a lava lamp on a hot stovetop was killed when it exploded and sent a shard of glass into his heart, police said. “Why on earth he was heating a lava lamp on the stove, we don’t know,” Kent Police spokesman Paul Petersen said Monday. Philip Quinn’s parents found his body in his Kent trailer home at about 8 p.m. Sunday. They went to check on him after his girlfriend reported that she couldn’t get in touch with him. The King County Medical Examiner’s office estimated the time of his death at 2 p.m. Sunday. After the lamp exploded, Quinn apparently stumbled into his bedroom, where he died, Petersen said. Police found no evidence of drug or alcohol use.

Mr. A’s Synopsis:“Moron Completely Abuses Intended Purpose of Device, Heats Lava Lamp On Stove Instead of With Electric Plug As Any Retard With An IQ Of 45 Or Above Understands, Darwinism Properly Evoked, Law Of Natural Selection Rears Its Ugly Head, One Less Imbecilic Boob Taxing The World’s Food Supply.”

Linden Larouche – candidate for the people

I’ve Found My Candidate

Washington Post profile of wacko perrenial presidental candidate Lyndon Larouche uncovers the great overlooked issue of this campaign:

LaRouche and his international network of organizations champion an eccentric mix of issues. They’ve lobbied the music world to lower the standard pitch of middle “C” to spare singers vocal strain.

Here’s the punchline:

He began running for president in 1976 — the first year presidential elections were publicly financed. Since then he has run seven more times, and garnered $5.9 million in federal matching campaign funds. This election cycle alone he has received more than $1.4 million.

2 Live Crew in trouble AGAIN – Marking almost 2 decades of law defiance.

2 Live Crew Stirs Trouble In Sonoma

A Sonoma County beer garden is in trouble with state liquor agents after a raunchy performance by the controversial rap group 2 Live Crew. The Sonoma Valley Sun reports undercover agents from the California Department of Alcohol and Beverage Control were in the crowd last week during a performance by the group at Little Switzerland, an establishment that usually hosts polka bands. An investigator with the department says the rap group’s act included partially nude lap dancing and simulated sex acts. The owners of Little Switzerland are facing fines and could have their alcohol license pulled because of the group’s performance. A show scheduled in nearby Guerneville for Nov. 20th was canceled after the Little Switzerland incident. The band has been in legal trouble before since its first album was released in 1986. In 1990, a Florida state court declared its third and most successful album, “As Nasty As They Wanna Be,” legally obscene. That ruling was later overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Pressure to keep winning was just too great. No – Not Butch Davis or Ty Willingham, but Ken Jennings, official Jeopardy Freak.

‘Jeopardy!’ whiz Ken Jennings finally meets his match

Ken Jennings finally meets his match, losing on Jeopardy! after winning 74 straight games, in an episode televised Tuesday. The Salt Lake City quiz whiz, who had won more than $2.5 million, was tripped up during a “Final Jeopardy” query about tax preparer H&R Block. Now that he’s in a new tax bracket, H&R Block is offering to prepare his returns free for life. Jennings is the biggest money-winner in television game show history. Nancy Zerg, a real estate agent from Ventura, Calif., is the contestant who finally beat him.

Corporal punishment in the workplace!

ALLEGED SPANKINGS LEAD TO CHARGES AT SMOOTHIE STORE

RED BANK, Tenn. (AP) – The owner of a shaved ice business was arrested after two employees claimed he spanked them for making mistakes at work. Paul Eugene Levengood, 57, was charged with two counts of sexual battery after the 19-year-old women complained. One of the women told police that on her first day at the Tasty Flavors Sno Biz, Levengood made her sign a statement that said: “I give Gene permission to bust my behind any way he sees fit.” Police Sgt. Jay LaMance said the women likely accepted the spankings instead of leaving immediately because they were “brought up to respect anybody who is an authority figure.” One of the women told police Nov. 1 that she “was shocked at the incident but could not leave because she had no transportation.” The other woman said she continued to work for Levengood for more than a year after she was spanked and that he told her “either she could be spanked or be fired.” Police say one of the women reported that on Oct. 30, her fourth day on the job, Levengood called her “into the back room of the store” after she forgot to put a banana in a smoothie drink. She said that as punishment Levengood “bent her over his knee and spanked her behind 20 times.” She said that a day earlier he “snapped a photograph of her behind” as she reached for a bottle on a shelf. Levengood was freed on $2,000 bail pending a Nov. 16 court hearing. His franchise in this Chattanooga suburb was closed Tuesday. At the company headquarters in Minneapolis, sales manager Tom Novetzke described Levengood as a “very Christian person,” adding that “We’ve never had a complaint.”

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