Category: Odd news

Deer Hanging on Power Line Causes Outage

~ Pharmer

‘Deer With Wings’ Causes Power Outage in Montana | Breaking news and opinion on The Blaze

How did a fawn get hung on a power line in Montana?   Apparently with the help of a bald eagle. The above story tells of  a tiny deer carcass hanging on one line, and making contact with second  line, causing a power outage.

Pharmer can tell you that a newborn deer weighs  about as much as a  small cat, having picked one up in an attempt to save it from the dogs.  They’re all legs.  So it would be entirely possible for a big bird of prey  to snag one  and drop it on a high wire.

There was another one by  the  new  cornfield  three  weeks ago,  crying to its mother, who hid in the pine trees watching the  biped working next to her baby.  She collected her fawn a bit later, when the pharmer headed back to the house.

 

The Food “Detectives”

~ Pharmer

My Way News – Germany: Sprouts are cause of E. coli outbreak.

Only a quote will do:

“Reinhard Burger, president of the Robert Koch Institute, said even though no tests of the sprouts from an organic farm in Lower Saxony had come back positive for the E. coli strain behind the outbreak, an investigation into the pattern of the outbreak had produced enough evidence to draw the conclusion.”

One thing this article does not mention is a study or observation of the food handling and storage conditions.

After damaging the businesses of produce farmers, it’s now said to be OK the lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers.

But don’t eat the sprouts, even though none are shown to be tainted with the virulent form of E. Coli.

Sorry…. more quotes. “Also, since it has not yet be established why the sprouts were bad – whether the seeds had been contaminated or the farm’s water – the experts said it was possible that other nearby farms could also be affected.” (Non sequitur)

You should read the whole article from MyWay news to fully appreciate the epidemiological work of the “experts”.

Also bear in mind that the organisms associated with food poisoning are transmitted among people by poor hygiene, personal contact, (the fecal oral route),  and improper  food handling.

 

Ohio Tax Dollars at Play

~ Pharmer

Dress-Wearing Women Aren’t Crazy About Glass Staircase at New $105 Million Ohio Courthouse | The Blaze.

Someone  found a new way to spend tax dollars in Ohio for recreation.  The Franklin County Courthouse has  a glass staircase available for visual fun and games, as well as festivities with cell phone cams.

If someone announced that a web cam was found embedded in the floor below the glass staircase,  it would be NO surprise!.

Joe Kovacs: Protect Kids on the Internet from Anthony Weiner

~ Pharmer

Anthony Weiner – New York’s 9th District.

Joe Kovacs over at WND found this great page,  linked above, spouting Congressman Anthony Weiner’s passion for protecting kids on the internet from the likes of …… HIMSELF!!

Mind you,  Weiner was wandering the social media,  sexting with ‘females’  whose age was a mystery to him.  You know how kids lie about their age  to get  a facebook page.   The congressman has admitted to having no certainty about the age of his sexting partners.

Pharmer wonders  if Weiner has contemplated the possibility  that those with whom he has been sexting may not all be female.

 

Hannity: “Weiner is About to Come Out Now”

~ Pharmer

Anthony Weiner has been tearfully apologizing to everyone in todays press conference, (announced as above by Sean Hannity, on the air) for sexting, sending nasty pics to several women, including a shot like the underwear pic, but without the undies.

Weiner’s disordered mind has not yet come to the conclusion that he should resign his congressional position, however.

This 46 year old guy thinks that people should still trust him after he violated the trust of his wife,  did kinky stuff on the internet,  lied to people about it, attempted a coverup,  and  invented a false accusation of hacking which subsequently was pinned by some  to conservative reporters.

Being a Democrat,  Weiner just might keep his position,  as we ALL know that lefties are not held to the same behavioral standards as conservatives. Some, however, believe that since that there will be public access to an actual wiener pic of Anthony,  he might reconsider his current attempt to finish out his term and run again in 2012.

Conservative news sources  had originally  declined to out Meagan Broussard, a 26 year old cyber-pal of Weiner, to whom he sent many electronic messages and photos since April 20, 2011.   However Meagan, a single mom in Texas, has decided to out herself in an interview with ABC news, and tell her story before others tell it for her.  Perhaps it will bring some funding and help for her to continue in her ambition to become a nurse.

Call a Waaaaaaaaaaambulance: students requested to clean toilet after use.

~ Pharmer

Hartford Toilet Teacher Investigated | NBC Connecticut.

A Hartford, Connecticut teacher, Catherine Saur,  is “under investigation” for her rule of having her art students clean the toilet [seat] with a spray cleaning product called Fantastic and a paper towel, after they used the bathroom.

Says the PTO secretary, Nancy Moreaux, who agrees with the teacher: “If you sprinkle when you tinkle, please be neat and wipe the seat,” She believed that Saur was only trying to teach her students an important lesson.

The Kennelly school has four custodians but, according to NBC news,  the principal admits that the condition of cleanliness in the bathrooms is not good.

This frightening issue 😉  came to light when one student apparently suffered contact dermatitis as a result of using the Fantastik product.  The mother of that student doesn’t want the teacher fired, just an apology to her kid.  This mother stated that the toilet seat cleaning is for the  custodians.  (Who is the custodian in her house?)

Your friendly pharmer is coming down on the side of the teacher, who has been showing  her students, some of whom might never learn otherwise, that cleaning the bathrooms well can prevent the spread of disease.

As for the student with the contact dermatitis?  Vinyl gloves exist.  Or the cleaning product could be switched, though any  product could cause contact dermatitis in a susceptible individual.  The school can address his problem without spending thousands of dollars and wasting hours self-flagellating.

What is most likely to happen?   Ms. Saur, who appears to have adapted to the environmental conditions at her school,  will be suspended or fired.   The students will be forbidden to clean up after themselves in any way.  The poor sanitary condition of the bathrooms will continue.    Methods for preventing the spread of MRSA and other disease causing organisms will be neglected.  Health care dollars will be wasted, and preventable absenteeism will continue.

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