http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/weird-chat/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:57:51 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418216/posts Scientists breed see-through goldfish with visible heart, brain, organs: report BY NICOLE CARTER DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Wednesday, December 30th 2009, 2:43 PM A photo released by Mie University shows the see-through 'ryukin' goldfish, whose beating heart can be seen through translucent scales and skin. A see-through goldfish created by Japanese scientists may be a humane alternative to dissection, as well as a unique pet, the London Daily Mail reports. The new transparent breed of fish, whose heart, brain and other organs are visible through its scales and skin, is the first of its kind, according to the Mail. "You... New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418216/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:57:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418212/posts Health-care reform might have become just another political ploy to earn votes come Election Day up on Capitol Hill -- but it's causing some parents to resort to Middle Ages-style medicine that even Theodoric of York wouldn't prescribe. We don't know if the lack of adequate dental care in the country forced these two parents to pull their child's loose tooth out the "Radio Shack way" -- tying one end of a string around the tooth and another to the end of a remote-controlled car and sending it barreling toward a makeshift ramp at Mach 2 -- but we're pretty... Asylum.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418212/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:42:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418064/posts When my husband was 7 years old, his family went to Kauai. He forgot to pack his swimsuit for the trip and his dad and stepmom punished him for his forgetfulness (because 7-year-olds are so forgetful) by forcing him to wear his skivvies to the beach. My husband must have been emotionally scarred by the incident because he tells this story often, and not to make people laugh, but as an example of child cruelty. He's extremely sensitive about how I clothe our own son, and I, the unaccredited psychologist, think it might be somehow linked... His uncomfortableness with our... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418064/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:41:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418001/posts Did he have surgery? or is he growing horns? Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418001/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:53:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417716/posts They say you're never too old to rock, and for many rockers — including Van Morrison — you're never too old to keep having kids. The Irish singer announced via his official Web site that he and partner Gigi Lee have welcomed a baby boy named George Ivan Morrison III. It's the fourth child for the singer, who is responsible for the legendary album Astral Weeks and timeless tunes like "Brown Eyed Girl" and "Wild Night." The message on the Web site says "Little Van" is "the spitting image of his father." Morrison's oldest child, daughter Shana Morrison (also an... MTV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417716/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:48:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417482/posts TASMANIAN men have risen to a call to donate sperm. The Sunday Tasmanian last week reported that the state's sperm bank had almost run dry because of fewer men donating and more demand from interstate women. The sperm bank is down to its last four donors and, for the first time in the program's 35-year history, waiting lists will be introduced next month. Tas IVF director Bill Watkins said last week there had been a rush of men calling to find out more about becoming a sperm donor. "We've had a huge response to the story," Dr Watkins said. "About... The Courier-Mail [Au] http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417482/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:25:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417240/posts Commenter Other Stories saw what I did this weekend and put it best: Love TMC! But did anyone catch the weekend host Ben Mankiewicz (had to Google to find his name) snide comments regarding “A Face in the Crowd”? If you’re not familiar with the film, it starred Andy Griffith and he portrayed an evil media personality who fools the public by coming across as a likable down to earth kind a fella. Host Mankiewicz openly wondered if the producers had been able to see 50 years into the future and witnessed how people in this country were being manipulated... bighollywood.breitbart.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417240/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:01:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417164/posts DAYTON — A man without legs threatened another man, telling him he would “throw a bomb through your window” on Monday, Dec. 28, according to Dayton Police. The 46-year-old man told police that the legless man drove into his yard in a Jeep Grand Cherokee at about 1 p.m. and said, “Where is my money? If you don’t have my money, I will throw a bomb through your window.” The man making the threat operated the vehicle’s foot pedals with sticks or some other apparatus, according to a Dayton police report. Dayton Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417164/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:01:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417126/posts A city correction officer took a cell phone photo of his co-worker sleeping on duty, leading to disciplinary action against both of them. The photo shows guard Nadja Green, in uniform, leaning back in a chair with her arms folded on her chest, eyes closed and mouth open. An inmate is standing next to her, making a "peace" sign. The photo, published in the New York Post on Tuesday, came to the attention of Department of Correction officials last week, said Deputy Commissioner Stephen Morello. Once it was authenticated, Green was transferred from her post at the Rikers Island infirmary... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417126/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:58:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417086/posts There is a "lack of awareness" over condom sizes A survey of more than 1,000 men in India has concluded that condoms made according to international sizes are too large for a majority of Indian men. The study found that more than half of the men measured had penises that were shorter than international standards for condoms. It has led to a call for condoms of mixed sizes to be made more widely available in India. The two-year study was carried out by the Indian Council of Medical Research. Over 1,200 volunteers from the length and breadth of the country... BBC News, Delhi http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417086/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:49:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417052/posts A woman made an emergency 999 call to Greater Manchester Police (GMP) to say her cat was "doing her head in" because it was playing with string. The force has released audio footage of the call to remind people that the 999 service should not be abused. The woman said it was an emergency as it had "been going on for two hours". Between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day, GMP said it received 1,377 999 calls, but only a fraction were genuine emergencies. In another call a man contacted emergency services to say he was stuck on a patch of... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417052/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:54:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417029/posts Independent sources have claimed an on-going set of face-to-face meetings between U.S. military officials and extraterrestrial life. The sources reveal that senior U.S. Navy officers have played a leading role in an inter-services working group responsible for the meetings, and that different extraterrestrial groups are allegedly involved. One source claims that the contact involves extraterrestrial groups known as Reptilians, and a silicon based life form dubbed ‘the Conformers’. Another source claims that the extraterrestrials are called Ebens from the Zeta Reticuli star system, but known colloquially as the Grays. A third source claims that human looking extraterrestrials representing an association... Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417029/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:17:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416785/posts Inventor Le Trung spent Christmas Day with the most important woman in his life - his robot Aiko. The science genius enjoyed a festive dinner with his mum, dad and his £30,000 fembot which he designed and built by hand. Le, 34, from Brampton, Ontario, Canada, even bought gifts for his dream girl, who is so lifelike she speaks fluent English and Japanese, helped cook the turkey and hang up decorations. 'Aiko is like any woman, she enjoys getting new clothes,' he said. 'I loved buying them for her too.' Le, who built his first robot when he was four,... dailymail.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416785/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:50:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416657/posts A singed pair of underwear with a packet of powder sewn into the crotch, seen in government photos obtained exclusively by ABC News, is all that remains of al Qaeda's attempt to down an American passenger plane over Detroit. ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416657/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:44:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416419/posts Date: 12-30-09 Host: Art Bell Guests: Art Bell hosts Part I of his Annual Predictions Show, with callers invited to share one event they see coming in 2010. Date: 12-31-09 Host: Art Bell Guests: Art Bell hosts Part II of his Annual Predictions Show, with callers invited to share one event they see coming in 2010. Predictions Special 2010 Date: 01-01-10 Host: Ian Punnett Ian Punnett hosts Coast to Coast AM's annual prediction show featuring psychics and futurists on what they see looming for the new year, 2010. Coast-2-Coast AM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416419/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:52:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416372/posts While some would alarm all-around abating a theory, others would alarm it a accurate set of facts. Opinions alter vehemently. Let us accede all-around abating to be both a apriorism that the ambiance of the apple as we apperceive it is slowly, but actual absolutely accretion in all-embracing air and baptize temperature, and a affiance that if whatever is causing this trend is not disconnected or challenged activity on apple will dynamically be affected. EnvironmentPK.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416372/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:44:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416166/posts A controversial skin care product made from the placenta of human babies has become the latest craze in anti-ageing treatment. When the product is applied to an adult face, the skin begins to mimic the collagen in the baby placenta, Sky News reports. The new procedure is becoming popular in Dubai, with new customers walking into British beauty therapist Mona Mirza's clinic every day. "The main reason why human placenta is effective is because it is bio-identical to our own physiology," she said. The American company that provides the placenta said the product is taken voluntarily from the afterbirth of... Ninemsn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416166/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:57:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416141/posts The traditional medicinal practice of smoking dried vulture brains to induce a vision of winning lotto numbers is killing off the bird's population in South Africa, researchers say. Scelo, a young healer in downturn Johannesburg's market for muti, or traditional medicine, says the birds are becoming more scarce. "I only have one every three or four months," he said. "Everybody asks for the brain. You see things that people can't see. For lotto, you dream the numbers." Rolled into a cigarette or inhaled as vapours, vulture brains can also help at the horse races, boost an exam performance, or lure... ABC News [Australia] http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416141/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:03:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415975/posts "Y Not The Shariah? Saturday, 26 December 2009 06:42 Al X" SNIPPET: "Salaam aleikum to the Muslims. This message comes from our brother in deen, Detroit Red, who lets the kuffar and the wuslims know what's wrong with them. In this one, he tells in simple and straightforward terms why the Shariah must be supreme and why wuslims and kuffar look stupid for trying to bash it. Click the image to see and hear." Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2009 08:26 REVOLUTION MUSLIM RevolutionMuslim.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415975/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:16:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415659/posts Sechelt dogs that "without provocation" chase any animal — be it a rat, squirrel, seagull, bear or cougar — would violate a dog licensing and control amendment bylaw that passed three readings at the Dec. 16 council meeting. The first draft of the bylaw, prepared by District of Sechelt staff, would only have stopped dogs from chasing, biting or attacking domesticated animals. But at committee of the whole Dec. 9, Coun. Keith Thirkell suggested expanding the bylaw to include wild animals and birds as well. Thirkell argued that this would bring it in line with provincial and federal legislation that... Coast Reporter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415659/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:45:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415390/posts Chris Hunt eats Monster Munch snacks for breakfast, lunch and dinner and is so obsessed with them he changed his name by deed poll to Mr Monster Munch. But he’s not as mad as you think – he does at least eat a different flavour for each meal. He munches on pickled onion Monster Munch to kick-start the day, has a roast beef Monster Munch sarnie for lunch and the flamin’ hot variety of the corn snack for his evening meal. The zany name-change was the result of a dare by his friends. Needless to say, they were somewhat taken... Metro http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415390/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:31:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415284/posts In the words of Peaches and Herb, "Reunited and it feels so good!" On December 12, Gayl O'Donnell of Lake Wylie, South Carolina got the shock of her life when her veterinarian's office called and said they had her cat Sonny, reports the Citizen-Times. O'Donnell hadn't seen Sonny since he went missing in the late 1990s while in the care of O'Donnell's boyfriend -- a dozen years ago. “I was quiet for a minute,” O'Donnell tells the Citizen-Times. “They gave me the [microchip] number. I was in disbelief.” Indeed, it was the microchip that Sonny had been implanted with all... The Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415284/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:27:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415138/posts 25 December 2009 BROTHER: BEWARE OF WOMEN! INTERNET HAGANAH.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415138/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:56:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414791/posts Guess I've been a bad boy .... You know what you got !! Government Health Care, You're gonna dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414791/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:12:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414592/posts A Michigan photographer taking images of a downtown Christmas display later noticed unusual objects in the sky overhead, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) databse. The city in Michigan was not listed in the public report for this November 27 case. The following is the unedited and as yet unvestigated report filed with MUFON. Please keep in mind that most UFO reports can be explained as something natural or manmade. If Michigan MUFON investigates and reports back on this case, I will release an update. MI, November 27, 2009 - Noticed Lights and shape in 3 of... examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414592/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:41:06 GMT