Archive for the ‘news:human interest’ Category

Army Prohibits Soldier from Bringing Dog to US

A girl serving in Iraq rescued a dog from a burning trash pile and now she wants him sent to her home in Minnesota.
Now, I’m sure the DoD has a decent reason for not allowing service members to bring home strays.  They could have diseases, you don’t know where they’ve been, having a dog in [...]

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Skydiving over Mt Everest

Some crazy fuckers decided to go skydiving over Mount Everest.  They didn’t land on TOP of the mountain (dear god, imagine that), instead their destination was a flat space in the foothills.
I actually would love to try this (in many many years, after hundreds and hundreds of easier jumps), but I still think the bastards [...]

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The Unique Needs of Gay Seniors

I’m lucky enough to be young, healthy, and of a generation that will likely pass every right I need before I get old.  Unfortunately, my generation is also failing our elders.  We rally for marriage, for hate crimes laws, for anti-bullying measures.  At the same time we manage to forget about the people who got [...]

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The Jericho Scott Kid and What Everyone is Missing.

This article pretty much sums up what everyone has been saying.  Nine year old playing in a youth baseball league (NOT Little League) banned from pitching because he’s too damned good.  On that level I agree with everyone crying out for the kid and his team to be reinstated.  I see no reason the kids [...]

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