Friday, October 28, 2011

Bus Stops - October 28


Couple Faces Criminal Raps For Sex On City Bus (Smoking Guns) 

(A Pennsylvania couple is facing an assortment of criminal charges for having sex on a city bus, carnal activity that was captured by the vehicle’s surveillance camera. According to a police criminal complaint, Amanda Confer, 24, boarded the bus on a Friday afternoon in late-August. She was “accompanied by her infant daughter,” a detective reported.)


Bus Operator Denies Discriminating Against Women (New York Times) 

(A bus company that transports primarily Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish passengers between Williamsburg and Borough Park in Brooklyn has denied that it discriminates against female passengers by compelling them to sit at the rear of the bus. The denial came in a letter from a Private Transportation Company executive, Jacob Marmurstein, to the city’s Department of Transportation, which had asked the company to provide any complaints filed about its practices and to show what the company was doing to prevent discriminatory practices.)




Cops fired for protecting Paris Hilton (Stuff) 

(Protecting Paris Hilton on the side could put you in danger of losing your real job. Three Polish police commandos will lose their posts in an elite anti-terrorist unit for serving as bodyguards for the controversial celebrity during a recent visit to Poland.)


Woman, 60, Stabs Boyfriend Over Alleged Cheating During Monopoly Game (The Smoking Gun) 

(A New Mexico woman repeatedly stabbed her boyfriend after accusing him of cheating during a Monopoly game early yesterday, according to police. Laura Chavez, 60, and her boyfriend were playing the popular board game at her Santa Fe apartment when the dispute occurred.)


Atheists' billboard quote isn't Jefferson's (OC Register) 

(A New Mexico woman repeatedly stabbed her boyfriend after accusing him of cheating during a Monopoly game early yesterday, according to police. Laura Chavez, 60, and her boyfriend were playing the popular board game at her Santa Fe apartment when the dispute occurred.A group of atheists called Backyard Skeptics is planning to unveil a billboard at 1545 Newport Blvd., Wednesday afternoon with a quote from Thomas Jefferson bashing Christianity. The quote reads, "I do not find in Christianity one redeeming feature. It is founded on fables and mythology." There's one problem: There's no evidence Jefferson ever said it. The Jefferson Library Collection at Monticello lists it on a page of spurious Jefferson quotes.)


Alien abductions are 'just dreams': Researchers train people to meet ETs in their sleep (Daily Mail) 

(Anyone wanting to make 'first contact' with alien life might be best-advised to eat large amounts of cheese before bed. Researchers found that they could 'train' volunteers to meet aliens in their dreams - ranging from little green men to seven-foot-tall robots - simply by focusing on a half-dream state and 'seeking out' ETs with their minds.)


Swede shocked by backyard elk 'threesome' (The Local) 

(A man in western Sweden was greeted by an unusual sight on Wednesday morning when he saw three elk engaged in what appeared to be group sex in his backyard.)


Lesbian Wall Street protester who was pepper-sprayed starts romance with the male medic who treated her (Daily Mail) 

(An Occupy Wall Street protester who was pepper-sprayed by police has started a romance with the demonstrator who helped treat her. Robert Grodt, 24, a volunteer medic, rushed to help Kaylee Dedrick, 24, after she was temporarily blinded by the spray on September 24. Miss Dedrick, who calls herself gay on social networking sites, has now reportedly found romance with the male fellow protester.)


Prep boys' scavenger hunt risqué (Omaha.com) 

(Creighton Prep officials threw a penalty flag when they learned that about 50 members of the school's football team had planned a risqué scavenger hunt. The players' goals included "a group photo with a topless chick," "a pic with a fat chick," "steal a yammaka from a Jewish synagogue" and "get into a yelling fight with a stranger in public." Some of the players were photographed in front of Dr. John's Lingerie Boutique.)


Man Vows To Masturbate In Every Starbucks Bathroom In NYC, Document Results (Gothamist) 

(Good morning! As we all know, it's important to have goals in life. An area man who calls himself Mister PeePee has dedicated himself to exploring the unlimited erotic potential of the Starbucks bathroom. Starbucks Gossip says this gentleman has made a podcast [since removed?] describing his mission to masturbate in every Starbucks bathroom in New York City, and rate the results. That's over 298 rub outs! So which Starbucks is the best one for self-pleasuring? And why are guys so gross?)


Two men who divorced their wives, came out as gay, became transgender lesbians, now MARRY after one has a sex change (Daily Mail) 

(A pair of transgender lesbians today told of their joy at becoming man and wife, and also wife and wife, on the same day - after one had a sex-change. Jenny-Anne Bishop, 65, formerly called Paul, and Elen Heart, 68, who was once named Alan, initially got together as a male gay couple in 2004. The pair, who are both divorced and have five grown-up children between them, lived together in Clwyd, Wales, for six years as transgender lesbians.)


'Adolf Hitler' baby's parents lose custody of their children (The Mirror) 

(A COUPLE who named their son Adolf Hitler and daughter Aryan Nation have been banned from bringing up their kids in their Swastika-decorated home. Five-year-old Adolf and his sisters Aryan and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie, both three, have been in foster care since being removed from parents Heath and Deborah Campbell in January 2009. The parents were yesterday cleared of child abuse but an appeals court ruled against them getting their kids back from foster carers.)


'Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Kidneys in New Jersey (Wired) 

(The price was steep. As much as $160,000 to secure a donor willing to give up a human kidney for transplant. And Levy Itzhak Rosenbaum — who told neighbors in Brooklyn he dabbled in construction and real estate — bragged on surveillance recordings that he had participated in many such black market deals.)




Kevin Smith Offered Ten Grand To Review New Jersey Filmmaker's Movie (Cinema Blend) 

(Kevin Smith hasn't always had the greatest relationship with movie critics. While his earlier films such as Clerks and Chasing Amy earned plenty of praise, the response to movies such as Jersey Girl, Cop Out, and Red State has occationally been brutal. Now a fan of Smith's is asking the Man Who Was Silent Bob to step to the other side of the fence for a moment. Movie City News is reporting the story of New Jersey filmmaker Jim Riffel, who is offering Smith $10,000 to review his feature film, a "midnight movie"-style comedy with the carpal-tunnel-straining name of (deep breath) Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Hellbound, Flesh-Eating, Crawling, Alien, Zombified, Subhumanoid, Living Dead -- Part 5.)




Bieber pulled over in Batman custom Cadillac (The Province) 

(Justin Bieber was pulled over by police in Los Angeles this week. The 'Baby' hitmaker was driving in his 'Batman'-customised Cadillac in the city – flanked by a Range Rover and a Rolls Royce – when he cut off an officer and was asked to stop driving, gossip website TMZ reports.)


'Dark Knight Rises' to be filmed in Newark for two days next week (NJ.com) 

(Gotham may be modeled after New York City but for two days next week Batman will be fighting crime in Newark. "The Dark Knight Rises," the third film in the popular Batman remake, will film on Nov. 3 and Nov. 4 including one day in City Hall, according to a city official.)




Men quickest to say 'I love you' (Telegraph) 

(Men are three times more likely to be the first one to say "I love you" in a relationship, according to study that overturns the myth of reluctant male romantics. Previous research indicated that women are more expressive about how they feel - and tend to be ones who fall in love first.)




People would rather an iPad than world peace (News Lite) 

(If they were granted one wish, more people would ask for an iPad 2 than world peace… a rather depressing study has found. A poll of 1,200 Brits found that while the most popular wish would be for one million pounds, it was closely followed by an Apple iPad 2. Wishes for world peace came in third, followed by being famous, cosmetic surgery and a new sports car.)


Battlefield 3 brings tanks to streets of London (The Mirror) 

(London commuters were treated to the bizarre sight of tanks rolling over Westminster Bridge this morning. No, the Russians hadn't invaded. And it also wasn't celebrity tank owner Vic Reeves popping down to the shops for a bottle of milk. Rather in a publicity stunt for Battlefield 3, one of the year's biggest video games, publishers Electronic Arts sent a fleet of Tanksis onto the capital's streets to ferry lucky Londoners about their business.)


US Gov't Getting Snoopier and Snoopier, Says Google (Tech News World) 

(Requests for information about Google users from U.S. government authorities jumped 29 percent in the first six months of the year, according to a recent report issued by the online search company. "Google does a better job in a lot of ways than most companies about receipt of government process," the EFF's Matt Zimmerman told TechNewsWorld. Nevertheless, Google could be more transparent, he noted.)



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