Shoot me, please...

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A UK man plugged his iPhone into the train to charge it and arrested for 'abstracting electricity.'

a UK man was arrested for stealing about a 'penny's worth' of power after charging his iPhone on a train.

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People are now talking about the US and Iran winning a joint Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO (Reuters) - A nuclear deal clinched between Iran and six major world powers that caps more than a decade of negotiations has stoked talk of a joint Nobel Peace Prize for Tehran and Washington this year, despite the likelihood of strong objections from some quarters.
U.S. President Barack Obama, who won the prize in 2009 for promoting nuclear non-proliferation, hailed the Iran deal on Tuesday as a step towards a "more hopeful world". But Israel pledged to try to halt an "historic surrender".
Awarding the prestigious award to Washington and Tehran would fit a pattern of nuclear-themed peace prizes in years ending in '5', commemorating the bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
"I think the work of the Nobel Committee ... this year just got much easier," former Swedish prime minister Carl Bildt tweeted after the Iranian deal was announced.
But many doubts remain over the appropriateness of honoring Iran, which does not recognize Israel and backs its foes, faces regular international criticism over human rights and was long denounced by Washington as a member of an "axis of evil".

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Democrats Move to Strike “Husband” and “Wife” From Federal Law

Wasting little time, Democrats in Congress are already proposing legislation to replace the words “husband” and “wife” in the federal code with gender-neutral language reflective of the Supreme Court’s June 26 pronouncement that married couples in the United States need no longer consist of a male and a female.
On July 8, Representative Lois Capps (D-Calif.) introduced the Amend the Code for Marriage Equality Act, which she said in a press release “would strike the use of gendered terms such as ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ from the federal code and replace them with more gender-neutral terms, such as ‘spouse’ or ‘married couple.’”

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[Lesli]

That is a waste of tax money for that study. Americans are fond of sugar and deep fried everything and the biggest hobby has to be watching television.

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Taxpayers Have Now Spent $3.5 Million to Find Out Why Lesbians Are Obese
Washington Free Beacon ^

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has now spent over $3.5 million to determine why the majority of lesbians are obese.
The project, now entering its fifth year, received another grant worth $658,485 this summer. The total funding for the research is now $3,531,925. Funding has more than doubled since the study was first revealed in 2013.
Since, the study that is examining why three-quarters of lesbians are obese, but gay men are not, has survived sequester cuts, and continues to produce results such as the discovery that gay men have a “greater desire for toned muscles” than straight men.
Another scientific paper associated with the research concluded that lesbians have lower “athletic-self esteem” that may lead to higher rates of obesity.
A paper published this June coauthored by the project’s lead investigator, S. Bryn Austin, an associate epidemiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and pediatrics professor at Harvard Medical School, found that young males think about their muscles.
“Latent transition analyses revealed that sexual minority males (i.e., mostly heterosexual, gay, and bisexual) were more likely than completely heterosexual males to be lean-concerned at ages 17-18 and 19-20 years and to transition to the lean-concerned class from the healthy class,” according to the paper. “There were no sexual orientation differences in odds of being muscle-concerned.”
The paper also suggested that young men should be “screened” to see if they are too preoccupied with their biceps.
“Both heterosexual and sexual minority males are at risk for presenting body image concerns and weight- and shape-related behaviors that may have deleterious health consequences,” the paper said. “Results suggest the need for screening for concerns and behaviors related to leanness and muscularity in early adolescence among all males, regardless of sexual orientation.”
No other results as to disparities between the obesity of lesbians versus straight women have been revealed. When the question was posed on a reddit for actual lesbians last year, some commenters echoed the NIH’s study’s premise that, “it is now well-established that women of minority sexual orientation are disproportionately affected by the obesity epidemic.”
“I was at women’s weekend in ptown this weekend,” one user said. “We are fat, there’s no question. My unpopular opinion? We just let ourselves go easier when we get into relationships. My [significant other] SO and I struggle with our weight but we HATE being fat so we force ourselves to eat healthy and get out and be athletic.”
“It’s tough though and many lesbians I know just don’t care, don’t want to put the work into it,” they said. “If you don’t care, who cares? If you’re happy that’s all that matters.”

Man I could have saved them a lot of money, conclusion they eat to much like the majority of Americans, over 3 mil and they can't figure it out haha

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Taxpayers Have Now Spent $3.5 Million to Find Out Why Lesbians Are Obese
Washington Free Beacon ^

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has now spent over $3.5 million to determine why the majority of lesbians are obese.
The project, now entering its fifth year, received another grant worth $658,485 this summer. The total funding for the research is now $3,531,925. Funding has more than doubled since the study was first revealed in 2013.
Since, the study that is examining why three-quarters of lesbians are obese, but gay men are not, has survived sequester cuts, and continues to produce results such as the discovery that gay men have a “greater desire for toned muscles” than straight men.
Another scientific paper associated with the research concluded that lesbians have lower “athletic-self esteem” that may lead to higher rates of obesity.
A paper published this June coauthored by the project’s lead investigator, S. Bryn Austin, an associate epidemiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and pediatrics professor at Harvard Medical School, found that young males think about their muscles.
“Latent transition analyses revealed that sexual minority males (i.e., mostly heterosexual, gay, and bisexual) were more likely than completely heterosexual males to be lean-concerned at ages 17-18 and 19-20 years and to transition to the lean-concerned class from the healthy class,” according to the paper. “There were no sexual orientation differences in odds of being muscle-concerned.”
The paper also suggested that young men should be “screened” to see if they are too preoccupied with their biceps.
“Both heterosexual and sexual minority males are at risk for presenting body image concerns and weight- and shape-related behaviors that may have deleterious health consequences,” the paper said. “Results suggest the need for screening for concerns and behaviors related to leanness and muscularity in early adolescence among all males, regardless of sexual orientation.”
No other results as to disparities between the obesity of lesbians versus straight women have been revealed. When the question was posed on a reddit for actual lesbians last year, some commenters echoed the NIH’s study’s premise that, “it is now well-established that women of minority sexual orientation are disproportionately affected by the obesity epidemic.”
“I was at women’s weekend in ptown this weekend,” one user said. “We are fat, there’s no question. My unpopular opinion? We just let ourselves go easier when we get into relationships. My [significant other] SO and I struggle with our weight but we HATE being fat so we force ourselves to eat healthy and get out and be athletic.”
“It’s tough though and many lesbians I know just don’t care, don’t want to put the work into it,” they said. “If you don’t care, who cares? If you’re happy that’s all that matters.”

[texasmade]

yea! change that damn name to something like European-American Barrel!
and dig up that abraham lincoln while you're at it!!

[wa3zrm]

Memphis City Council Votes to Dig Up Grave of Confederate General, Sell His Statue

On July 7 the Memphis City Council voted unanimously to exhume the body of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest from its 110 year resting place and move it to another location.
The body of Forrest’s wife will be exhumed as well.
According to Local Memphis, the council voted to exhume Forrest’s remains from Health Sciences Park on Union Avenue. They plan to sell a statue of Forrest as well–they are thinking of “selling the statue to anyone who wants it.”
Forrest was a businessman who become wealthy in the cotton trade prior to the Civil War. He abandoned that to fight federal forces once the war commenced, eventually becoming a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army. He was known for waging brutal warfare against federal forces in Mississippi and Tennessee.
The Forrest family has made clear that they are “solidly opposed to digging up the graves and moving them any place.” They are opposed to moving the statue as well. . .

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...

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CULTURE Official Petition to Change the name of Cracker Barrel Has Gone Viral
Conservative post ^

Liberals and all their race-baiting have found racism in everything.
All that is about to change and the tide is about to turn thanks to Ryan Koch from Des Moines, IA.
He believes that the restaurant chain, Cracker Barrel should be changed to Caucasian Barrel. Mr. Koch has started a petition on Change.org demanding the establishment change their name. Did I mention it’s hilariously awesome and mocks the race baiters out there?
I say all of us European Americans start protesting C****er Barrel. It uses an offensive slur and it is deeply offensive and mocks our long and proud heritage.
Mr. Koch’s take on the absurdity of race in America is spot on.
The name is offensive, their logo stereotypes European Americans as people who sit on chairs and lean against what appears to be a bourbon barrel, claiming we are all a bunch of alcoholics. Sure, they’ll SAY it’s a “cracker” barrel but everyone knows crackers don’t come in barrels, they come in bags and boxes!
Change the name C****er Barrel to Caucasian Barrel. After all, white people should have something to be offended by, too!

[kerlin219]

Danish music festival to turn patron’s pee into beer

Nothing is worse than having to use a porta-a-potty at a crowded festival. But a Danish agricultural group wants to put all that urine to good use—by turning it into beer.
Roskilde, northern Europe’s largest music festival, which took place in Zealand, Denmark from June 27-July 4, launched its “piss to pilsner” initiative with the aim of collecting 25,000 liters (or 6,600 gallons) of festival goer’s urine, reports the Guardian.

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Yeah think IL pass on that one haha

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Danish music festival to turn patron’s pee into beer

Nothing is worse than having to use a porta-a-potty at a crowded festival. But a Danish agricultural group wants to put all that urine to good use—by turning it into beer.
Roskilde, northern Europe’s largest music festival, which took place in Zealand, Denmark from June 27-July 4, launched its “piss to pilsner” initiative with the aim of collecting 25,000 liters (or 6,600 gallons) of festival goer’s urine, reports the Guardian.

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Jared Fogle: What you should know after FBI raids home of Subway pitchman

The most ubiquitous promoter of Subway’s sandwich-shop franchise may find himself in a bit of a pickle. The Indiana home of Jared Fogle, who garnered fame after shedding the weight equivalent to basketball star Steph Curry toting a bowling bowl, was raided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a part of probe into child pornography.
It is important to note that nothing may come of the investigation. But even the whiff of such an allegation places Fogle in an unsavory position, and follows the arrest of the former director of Fogle’s charitable organization Jared Foundation. Online publication Quartz noted that the director, Russell Taylor, attempted suicide two months ago while being held in jail on child-pornography charges.
For more than a decade and a half Fogle has been the most unlikely face of the sandwich shop’s success after Fogle, then an Indiana University college student, attributed his stunning weight loss to slashing calories and subsisting on Subway grinders.
Here’s what Subway has said about the matter publicly: “We are shocked about the news and believe it is related to a prior investigation of a former Jared Foundation employee. We are very concerned and will be monitoring the situation closely. We don’t have any more details at this point.”
Here are a few other nuggets to know about Fogle:
According to website Celebrity Net Worth, Fogle’s net worth is in the ballpark of $15 million Fogle has never offered details about his income.
Fogle generates at least some of his pay from being a motivational speaker.
At Indiana University he tipped the scales at 425 pounds, until the start of what he’s dubbed his “Subway diet.”
He’s known as the “Subway guy,” given his relationship with the sandwich franchise.

(Excerpt) Read more at marketwatch.com ...

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U of Wisconsin Faculty Advised Not to Say ‘America Is a Melting Pot’ Because That’s Racist
National Review ^

Another phrase declared unacceptable by the college PC police. The University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point has told its faculty that seemingly innocuous phrases such as “America is a melting pot” are actually racial microaggressions and should not be used.
The suggestion was one of many no-no phrases listed on an “Examples of Racial Microaggressions” document that the school handed out “as a discussion item for some new faculty and staff training over the past few years,” according to an e-mail a school official sent to the College Fix.
Other “microaggressions” on the list include asking “Where are you from,” “Where were you born,” “I believe the most qualified person should get the job,” and “Everyone can succeed in this society, if they work hard enough.”
The document claims that saying “America is a melting pot” is like saying minorities have to “assimilate/acculturate to the dominant culture” and saying “Everyone can succeed in this society, if they work hard enough” is like saying “People of color are lazy and / or incompetent and need to work harder.”
A campus official clarified in an e-mail to the College Fix that the school was not formally banning these phrases with any kind of official policy.
If you think that this story sounds familiar, that’s because it is. Handouts advising against these and similar phrases have been also used in training at the University of California system (which suggested that saying “America is the land of opportunity” is a microaggression).

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United Airlines Flight Forced To Turn Around After Passenger Refuses To Stop Smoking

Though it might seem like “no smoking” signs on airplanes aren’t even needed anymore — who could possibly think lighting up a cigarette in an enclosed cabin filled with other people is okay? — there are apparently those out there who still need reminding that smoking isn’t allowed. To wit: a United Airlines flight headed to Boston from Denver was forced to turn around after a passenger reportedly lit up and refused to stop smoking.
Officials said the flight returned to Denver International Airport around midnight on Friday due to a disturbance on board, an airport spokesperson told Channel 2 News in Colorado.
A male passenger was smoking in the bathroom, a United representative said, which goes against federal regulations.

(Excerpt) Read more at consumerist.com ...

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Oregon men hospitalized - recovering after rare beaver attack

PORTLAND, Ore. – Two Oregon hikers who were assaulted by a beaver after they climbed onto its dam have been hospitalized for injuries incurred during the rare attack, law enforcement officials said on Friday. Clayton Mitchell, 23, told the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office that he and a friend had been hiking along a river near his central Oregon home..

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