April 29, 2018

The country, not the state, headline of the moment

GEORGIA DOCTOR ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY THREATENING TO CUT OFF EMPLOYEE'S HEAD AND 'ROLL IT DOWN A HALLWAY'


The "oh i see what you mean now" headline of the moment

Ford And Chrysler Killing Sedans Is Great News For Their Japanese Competitors



(They don't mean Ford and Chrysler, the makers of sedans who kill people.  Except they don't make 'em anymore.  So they kinda do.)

Headline of the moment

France seizes France.com from man who's had it since '94, so he sues


Datum of the moment

In the US, 40% of the food produced never gets eaten.

--U of CA

April 25, 2018

Quote of the moment

Road crash deaths will increase at the rate of one death for every 2km of new road that is constructed. That's the average death rate on Indian highways - one death every 2km, annually.

--Piyush Tewari


April 23, 2018

No REALLY? Quote of the moment*

YouTube says computers helped it pull down millions of objectionable videos in three months




*you know the drill

Headline of the moment

Fracker charged with assault during meth binge


AGAIN? headline of the moment*

Today Will Not Be Earth's Last Day, Says Even Nibiru Doomsayer



*apparently all i do It's firsts now.

April 22, 2018

Headline of the moment (with new added guess!*)

Yellowstone Hotspot: Scientists Find Source Of Supervolcano's Heat



*I'll bet you anything it's in the a Earth

Quote of the moment

Had contact with farms or farm animals? Wash your hands. 

Battling headlines of the moment*

Did You Eat Romaine Lettuce? These Are the E.coli Warning Signs to Look For




E. coli: 5 life-saving facts you must know



*another first!

April 20, 2018

Trivium of the moment

Alexander Hamilton and his son were both killed by the same set of dueling pistols.

Datum of the moment

2,000 tons of unexploded bombs and live ammunition are unearthed across Germany every year

--Deutsche Welle

April 18, 2018

Quote of the moment

Let's get this straight: A colonel was reduced in rank and sent packing, a senior enlisted leader who was reupping is now being drummed out, and the dude with the camera lost his billet and career momentum. Because of a dinosaur hand puppet.

--Adam Weinstein

Headline of the moment

Hollywood Medium's Tyler Henry Says He 'Saw Some Relationship Issues' for Khloé Kardashian


Headline of the moment

She Instagrammed her exotic drug-smuggling vacation. Now 'Cocaine Babe' is going to prison.

April 16, 2018

Headline of the moment

Nationwide hunt for grandmother accused of killing her husband — and then her look-alike


Nearly incomprehensible headline of the moment

(Another first!)

Little Big Town Channel Elton John for 'Rocket Man' at 2018 ACM Awards

Headline of the moment

Planet Earth just survived an asteroid sneak attack – but we might not be so lucky the next time


--metro.co.uk

April 14, 2018

Headline of the moment

Android Auto is finally ready to go wireless, mostly


Headline of the moment

Just kill us already, Planet X

--Washingtonpost.com

April 13, 2018

Quote of the moment

Billions of years ago, within the great cosmic crucible that was the wellspring of all life in the universe, matter and energy danced in a joyous pas de deux as electrons, photons, and neutrons cheered them on, this vast whirling dervish expanding and contracting with the very breath of being before finally exploding in an ecstatic celestial ejaculation all over the void that left the panting starfield absolutely drenched in carbon, which it then spent the next several millennia mopping up with volcanoes and dinosaurs and platypuses and Mickey Rourke.

--Sean O'Neal

Quote of the moment

With fleshy barbels like spiked piercings under its chin and an uncanny ability to breathe through its genitals, the Mary River turtle was thrust into the international spotlight overnight.

--Ben Graham

Quote of the moment

No, the Rapture Isn't Coming on April 23 Because of Nibiru (Which Doesn't Exist)


April 12, 2018

Headline of the moment

Fox News: Either Planet X Will Kill Us All on April 23rd or the Rapture Can Happen Any Time, Take Your Pick

April 09, 2018

Headline of the moment

Woman arrested for beheading boyfriend asks cops to 'let me get my heads'

--NY Post

Headline of the moment

Tony Robbins Apologizes for Saying Women Use #MeToo to Gain 'Significance'


--NYT

April 08, 2018

Headline of the moment

Apple Is Waving a Fat Wad of Cash at Hollywood


Quote of the moment

I always tell clients to understand the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion.  You know what the difference is? Ten years.

--Jeff Carbone

Headline of the moment

Dem challenger: 'I don't think that Ted Cruz is an a--hole'


Headline of the moment

'I saw a UFO' Buzz Aldrin PASSES lie detector test revealing truth about aliens


April 07, 2018

Quote of the moment

I don't agree with the post today and I didn't agree with it even when I wrote it.

--Andrew Bosworth, Facebook Vice President about a previous quote of his

"Maybe someone dies in a terrorist attack coordinated on our tools and still we connect people. The ugly truth is that we believe in connecting people so deeply that anything that allows us to connect more people more often is *de facto* good."


April 06, 2018

Headline of the moment

Georgia welcome sign: Kill our citizens, we will kill you back


April 05, 2018

Headline of the moment

Paucity of phosphorus hints at precarious path for extraterrestrial life


April 04, 2018

"Oh, really?" Quote of the moment*

Ultimately, as much as we'd like to figure out every nitty-gritty reality of the universe's ultimate demise, there's plenty of science at play right now throughout the cosmos that we still haven't learned to understand, and until we make sense of these rules, we won't be able to accurately predict when the universe will end.


*another first!

Headline of the moment

The Milky Way Is Hiding Tens Of Thousands Of Black Holes


April 03, 2018

Quote of the moment

Coca-Cola and the State Department recently announced a project to register foreign employees on a blockchain in an attempt to eliminate forced labor.

--Nathaniel Popper

Headline of the moment

Is Putin a CIA Agent?

-- NYT.com

Headline of the moment

Waterslide designer detained over decapitation of 10-year-old boy


April 02, 2018

Overstated headline of the moment*

The 'condom snorting challenge' is every parent's worst nightmare



*A first!


Headline of the moment

Mates dared him to eat a slug: Now he's a paraplegic


April 01, 2018

Headline of the moment

Battling Heroin With A Hearse And A Prayer


Headline of the moment

Russian bots are rallying behind embattled Fox News host Laura Ingraham as advertisers dump her show


Headline of the moment

Tesla Model 3 Costs More To Charge Than A Gasoline Car