Inept Fighter, New Law of Nature, Back Pay for Nuns
and the Morning Edition of Chuck's News of the Weird Daily for Wednesday
Scott Bennett, the world's worst barroom brawler
Three months ago, he got beaten up at the Mavericks bar in Sioux City, Iowa, and lost an eye. Sunday, he got beaten up again at Mavericks and is now blind in the other one. Sioux City Journal
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Another law of thermodynamics: No matter what, CEO's will find a way to pay themselves the big bucks
On top of all those AIG posh executive retreats, there's news now that three days before Lehman Brother went belly-up, the board of directors voted $100m worth of payouts to execs, including about $25m in severance pay. Now, the New York Times finds pessimism over the effectiveness of the pay restrictions in the latest bailout legislation (which were prompted by national outrage over "golden parachutes"). (Contrary: In a survey, 2/3 of chief financial officers said CEO's in general are overpaid . . but not their own company's CEO, where the number's only 1/4.) The Times (London) /// New York Times /// Portfolio.com
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Your Daily Jury Duty
[no fair examining the evidence; verdict must be based on mugshot only]
Diane Parish, 55, might have clunked a guy in the head with a beer bottle during a discussion of exactly who had more stroke (Jesus Christ or Diane's daughter) for getting Diane into heaven. TCPalm.com
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More Things to Worry About on Wednesday
Security at Tampa Int'l Airport arrested incoming passenger Robert Christianson, who went quietly . . on a fugitive warrant . . from Canada . . for not licensing his dog. Tampa Tribune
A 45-yr-old nun who was dismissed from a nunnery in northern Greece (clash with the mother superior!) went to court to demand the equivalent of about $325k for 23 yrs of back pay for all the grunge work she did. Agence France-Presse via Reuters
As usual with public opinion polls, what's interesting is not what's at the top, but what's at the bottom: 10 percent of Americans, I guess, think the country's on the right track. ABC News
Burundi is the latest African country with albinos an endangered class (hunted down for their blood, organs, and limbs, which are highly prized by sorcerers because somehow using them in rituals enhances sorcerers' credibility). Agence France-Presse via News24.com (Johannesburg)
Imagine Kobe Bryant getting a moderately long suspension from the NBA, and Jack Nicholson protesting that by becoming a monk. Well, superfan Mei Nansheng just headed off in disgust to the Shaolin Temple to change his life after a Chinese soccer league suspended star player Li Weifeng. Reuters via Yahoo
German boxing champion Vitali Klitschko claims that he pampers his fists by, er, wrapping them in his baby's diapers (wet diapers, as in "used") Reuters via Yahoo
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Scott Bennett, the world's worst barroom brawler
Three months ago, he got beaten up at the Mavericks bar in Sioux City, Iowa, and lost an eye. Sunday, he got beaten up again at Mavericks and is now blind in the other one. Sioux City Journal
Comments 'worst_brawler'
Another law of thermodynamics: No matter what, CEO's will find a way to pay themselves the big bucks
On top of all those AIG posh executive retreats, there's news now that three days before Lehman Brother went belly-up, the board of directors voted $100m worth of payouts to execs, including about $25m in severance pay. Now, the New York Times finds pessimism over the effectiveness of the pay restrictions in the latest bailout legislation (which were prompted by national outrage over "golden parachutes"). (Contrary: In a survey, 2/3 of chief financial officers said CEO's in general are overpaid . . but not their own company's CEO, where the number's only 1/4.) The Times (London) /// New York Times /// Portfolio.com
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Your Daily Jury Duty
[no fair examining the evidence; verdict must be based on mugshot only]
Diane Parish, 55, might have clunked a guy in the head with a beer bottle during a discussion of exactly who had more stroke (Jesus Christ or Diane's daughter) for getting Diane into heaven. TCPalm.com
Comments 'diane_parish'
More Things to Worry About on Wednesday
Security at Tampa Int'l Airport arrested incoming passenger Robert Christianson, who went quietly . . on a fugitive warrant . . from Canada . . for not licensing his dog. Tampa Tribune
A 45-yr-old nun who was dismissed from a nunnery in northern Greece (clash with the mother superior!) went to court to demand the equivalent of about $325k for 23 yrs of back pay for all the grunge work she did. Agence France-Presse via Reuters
As usual with public opinion polls, what's interesting is not what's at the top, but what's at the bottom: 10 percent of Americans, I guess, think the country's on the right track. ABC News
Burundi is the latest African country with albinos an endangered class (hunted down for their blood, organs, and limbs, which are highly prized by sorcerers because somehow using them in rituals enhances sorcerers' credibility). Agence France-Presse via News24.com (Johannesburg)
Imagine Kobe Bryant getting a moderately long suspension from the NBA, and Jack Nicholson protesting that by becoming a monk. Well, superfan Mei Nansheng just headed off in disgust to the Shaolin Temple to change his life after a Chinese soccer league suspended star player Li Weifeng. Reuters via Yahoo
German boxing champion Vitali Klitschko claims that he pampers his fists by, er, wrapping them in his baby's diapers (wet diapers, as in "used") Reuters via Yahoo
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