29 Predictions For The Year 2000 (Written in 1900)

The Ladies Home Journal from December 1900, which contained a fascinating article by John Elfreth Watkins, Jr. “What May Happen in the Next Hundred Years”.



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the worst shooting rampage in modern U.S. history.

A tranquil college campus in Virginia became a killing field Monday morning. At least 33 people are dead in the worst mass shooting in modern American history.
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Newstory

'I don't think my teacher got out'

When Animals Attack Reporters: The Top 5 Videos

"It’s cruel to even want to watch these videos. You do know that, right? Not just because people are attacked by animals. The added cruelty is you’ll be enjoying an animal attack on a human who only wanted to enlighten you."



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Top 10 April Fool Pranks 2007

Great run down of all the best April fools jokes that were played yesterday. Nice bits of foolish history mixed in too!



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The Most Hated Family in America

Louis Theroux spends time with the Phelps family and the Westboro Baptist Church. These people are fucking twisted. I feel sorry for the younger kids, they're going to end up growing up believing in the same stupid bullshit. Their are seven parts, you can watch the rest by clicking on the video.

lolz

a pom, an arab and an aussie stumble across a lamp at a worksite, give it a rub and gets the standard genie response "3 wishes, no wishing for more wishes etc"

they decide a wish each is only fair...

the pom says "i want all muslims, arabs and pakis on an island in the middle of nowhere"

*poof*... "it is done, but you(in reference to the arab) get your wish first"

the arab bloke, obviously not happy about this says "and i want a wall, 100m high so noone can get in"

*poof*.... "it is done"

the aussie sits and thinks for a second, "so all arabs and shit are on some island with a 100 m wall round it..."

"yep" genie replies...

"fill it with water"

Mr.Deity, All mightiness one day at a time

Pretty funny series, check it out.

http://mrdeity.com/







If ya like them, go to the website and watch the rest, their are six right now but they make new ones every couple weeks or so.

Louisiana Town's 1st Black Mayor-Elect Killed...

The newly elected mayor of this southwest Louisiana town was found shot to death in a parking lot over the weekend three days before he was to become the town's first black mayor.

The body of Gerald Washington, 57, was found Saturday night in the parking lot of a former high school. He had been shot once in the chest, investigators said.

Funeral arrangements had not been made as of Tuesday morning, City Clerk Andrea Mahfouz said.

Officials said Washington was found lying by his truck with his cap on and a pistol nearby.

Gary "Stitch" Guillory, chief deputy of the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office, said his death is being treated as a homicide.

Washington, who served three terms as a city councilman, was sworn in Dec. 19 as Westlake's first new mayor in 24 years. He was set to take office Tuesday.

Although the town of 4,500 is 80 percent white, Washington had no trouble winning election in September. He had 696 votes _ nearly 69 percent of the vote _ to 318 for social worker Paula Johnson.

The city councilwill hold an emergency meeting Tuesday. The council has 10 days to appoint an interim mayor, and if it fails to do so by that deadline the governor could appoint someone to lead the town, according to Mayor Dudley Dixon, who is retiring after 32 years as mayor and council member.
"Mr.Washington is going to be missed by all the people of Westlake," Dixon said. "It's one of the most tragic things I've heard in a long time. He would be a good mayor."

"Westlake lost a good friend," said longtime Councilman Dan Cupit. "I was excited about the next four years. We all had good chemistry together."

Mahfouz said Washington was retired from the Conoco refinery, where he had worked for more than 30 years.

He and his wife; Mary Washington had an adult son and daughter, Mahfouz said.

New Years

http://www.panoramas.dk/new-year-2007/times-square.html

Cool panoramas of new years from around the world.

little late but happy news years :)