story number one.
a man who gave a beggar $1 was punched in the face because the recipient wanted more money, police said. the recipient, dissatisfied with the offering, punched the victim twice in the face and said: "one dollar is of no use to me. give me five or six dollars." the victim ran and called police. officers arrested a suspect who was being held in lieu of $35,000 bail.
marin independent journal 6 jan. 2010
what only $35,000 bail is of no use to the government, so each beggar should give $35 billion.
story number 2
doctors in the peruvian city of cajamarca say they removed 1.5 pounds of metal from requelme abanto's stomach, including nails, coins, and rusted copper wire and scrap metal. the 26 year old construction worker ate the metal for months, and told peru's channel 9 television that he may now do it in public "as sport".
san francisco chronicle
if accepted by the olympic committee, it might solve the world's junk problem.
story number 3
moldova's army is feeding its soldiers onions and garlic to help them ward off swine flue. onion and garlic are traditional remedies in moldova.
san francisco chronicle
also gagging their enemies, not to mention.
