Mercer County Schools Show No Mercy To Autistic 9 Year Old

One would think that educators running a special needs classroom would be seasoned at dealing with different behavioral issues. Recently, staff at Mercer County Intermediate School in Harrodsburg, Kentucky proved otherwise, placing 9 year old Christopher Baker inside a duffel bag after he misbehaved in class. Baker, a 4th grader with autism, ha apparently been…

Thus Spoke Dr. Ravens- Give The Money Back

When Dr. Fred Ravens of Reading, MA purchased the house next to his office from the family of an elderly woman, he knew the walls were filled with memories. He didn’t know that they were also filled with cash.  When the crew he hired began to knock down walls, cash began flying out- $2500 in…

The Case Of The Defenestrated Mistress

Tip: Throwing your half-naked mistress out the window is not an effective strategy for keeping your infidelity from being discovered. Buenos Aires (Agencies): A woman suffered various injuries and traumas after falling from the second floor window of a building located in the Argentine province of Salta. The injured person, identified as Yesica Tarifa, 23,…

6 Things I Didn’t Know About Elephants

One would think it would be rather simple to count the toes on an elephant.  For many years the answer has been 5.  But recently John Hutchinson published a paper declaring the answer to be 6. What we learned reading How The Elephant Got Its Sixth Toe: Elephants have a sixth toe which is hidden…

Forbidden Disney

In 1989, for a brief run,Disney uncharacteristically let its hair down. A musical review produced for Comedy Warehouse, one of the late Pleasure Island’s night clubs, called Forbidden Disney, viciously poked fun at Disney itself. According to DeScope Michael Eisner gave Walt Disney Imagineering this assignment: “Create a show for the Comedy Warehouse. It should…

War Equals Peace, Cosmetology Equals Chemistry?

In what ought to be a criminal offense, Sharron Smalls, Principal of Jane Addams High School in the South Bronx stands “accused of handing students chemistry credits for cosmetology courses and geography credits for tourism classes. Teachers say the fraud may lead to more than 100 seniors not graduating from the F-rated school because they…

A Special Kind Of Hug?

British Airways was concerned about morale among cabin crews.  Rather than look at scheduling, pay, or working conditions, the airline developed a brilliant morale-boosting plan. Dubbed “Hug a Pilot”, the program urged cabin crew to mix more and socialize with pilots.  The Daily Mail reports that at least one stewardess decided a mere hug was…