Just Freaking Stupid

"Police in a small Texan town north-west of Fort Worth have raided an illegal cockfight, arresting 169 viewers and cock owners and seizing more than 100 roosters who were being pitted against each other to the death. As a police helicopter swooped on the fighting pit that had been erected near Poolville in northern Texas, many more spectators scattered and managed to get away. Among those arrested were up to 15 children, some as young as seven, who had been watching with their parents." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

The police has some balls! :P - Rene Wirtz

"KERRVILLE, Texas – Prosecutors will review the case of a woman authorities claim has called 911 30 times over six months for non-emergency reasons, including a call to complain that her husband refused to eat his dinner. Last Friday, the woman allegedly made a pair of calls to 911, including a hang-up and another where a woman was heard screaming. Police were dispatched to the residence and officer Paul Gonzales said police were told by her that "her husband did not want to eat his supper." A police report said the 53-year-old woman was also yelling "about things that happened two weeks ago." The woman now faces charges of 911 abuse." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

"It's fixed now on the Target website (updated product page here), but for a time, this was one very interesting product title. Yeah, it's super old, but still funny to those who haven't seen it." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

"It all started a year ago, when Porcaro, a 32-year-old mom with two boys, was summoned to the Seattle office of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). She had been flagged for an audit. She couldn't believe it. She made $18,992 the previous year cutting hair at Supercuts. A few hundred of that she spent to have her taxes prepared by H&R Block. "I asked the IRS lady straight upfront — 'I don't have anything, why are you auditing me?' " Porcaro recalled. "I said, 'Why me, when I don't own a home, a business, a car?' " The answer stunned both Porcaro and the private tax specialist her dad had gotten to help her. "They showed us a spreadsheet of incomes in the Seattle area," says Dante Driver, an accountant at Seattle's G.A. Michael and Co. "The auditor said, 'You made eighteen thousand, and our data show a family of three needs at least thirty-six thousand to get by in Seattle." "They thought she must have unreported income. That she was hiding something. Basically they were auditing her for not making enough money."" - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

i totally believe this. - Joe Silence

"The autopsy results are in. But, despite the definitive findings the verdict is still out on the weapon that killed Brian Cardall. Cardall, a promising research scientist and Utah native, died from "ventricular fibrillation following conducted energy weapon deployment ... ." In other words, death by Taser. Here's what happened. In June, Cardall, 32, was returning to Arizona after visiting Utah when he experienced a manic episode brought on by his bipolar disorder. He pulled his car to the side of the road, got out, removed his clothes, and began flagging down vehicles on State Road 59 outside Hurricane. Cardall's wife gave him medication, called the police, informed the dispatcher of her husband's psychotic condition and the fact that it would take a while for the medicine to take effect. But Cardall ran out of time. Just 42 seconds after Hurricane Chief of Police Lynn Excell and officer Ken Thompson arrived at the scene, Thompson claims, a confused Cardall, who refused to get on the... more... - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

"Peaches Geldof has revealed that she often dreams about bread. The 20-year-old star, who is the daughter of Boomtown Rats singer Bob, said that she believes her recurring bread dream means that she should be changing her diet. Geldof is quoted by MSN as saying: "I have a recurring dream where I'm running up some stairs and I don't know what's at the top of them, it's just a black hole. When I get to the top there's a piece of bread on a pedestal." She continued: "Either I need to start eating less or more bread, or the bread needs something."" - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

+1 Maxamad for a hashtag that must be shot at point blank range on at least a weekly basis now. Who am I fooling - Daily basis. - Micah Wittman

"For at least the second time in three weeks, police officers have shocked an unruly 10-year-old child, and, once again, the child's adult guardians are supporting the move. Sheriff's deputies in Pueblo, Colorado, Tasered a 10-year-old boy after arriving at the child's home Monday evening, after the boy had threatened them with a stick and a length of pipe. As of Thursday evening, the boy remained in a youth jail, according to KCNC channel 4 in Denver. The deputies involved described the boy as an "out-of-control juvenile."" - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

"Joan Najbar of Duluth, Minnesota sent a letter in September 2006 to her son, who spent a total of 22 months deployed in Iraq. Two weeks later, the USPS returned the letter marked with a red "deceased" stamp, indicating it was undeliverable because the recipient was dead. Having heard nothing from her son, Najbar contacted the American Red Cross, who informed her that he was still very much alive and had not been killed in combat as she had feared." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

Damn. That's fucked up. - Beau Liening

As a mail clerk for our unit here in Afghanistan, that is NOT how it supposed to be done. In fact, we were given strict instructions to not put ANYTHING on a letter or package for someone who's injured or killed. <shakes head> All letters/packages are delivered to the injured member or their next of kin if deceased. - CAJ, somewhere else

"OK, so maybe this ridiculous "sport" isn't a fair representation of Japan as a whole. But holy shit guys, what is the deal with this? Warning: bloody photos ahead." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot!!?? - Kenton

"Los Angeles County sheriff’s detectives are investigating an assault on a 12-year-old middle school boy in Calabasas who may have been targeted after a Facebook group urged students to beat up redheads, a sheriff’s official said today. The boy was kicked and hit in two separate incidents on the campus of A.E. Wright Middle School in Calabasas by as many as 14 of his classmates, Lt. Richard Erickson said. The students who participated in the attack may have been motivated by a Facebook message telling them that Nov. 20 was “Kick a Ginger Day,” Erickson said, but had few other details about the message." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

"LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A police officer in a small Arkansas town used a stun gun on an unruly 10-year-old girl after he said her mother gave him permission to do so. Now the town's mayor is calling for an investigation into whether the Taser use was appropriate. According to a report by Officer Dustin Bradshaw, obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, police were called to the Ozark home Nov. 11 because of a domestic disturbance. When he arrived, the girl was curled up on the floor, screaming, the report said. Bradshaw's report said the girl screamed, kicked and resisted any time her mother tried to get her in the shower before bed. "Her mother told me to tase her if I needed to," Bradshaw wrote." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

Clearly a taser will solve all that's wrong in that situation... what's it going to take to bring this taser thing to a head, an overzealous cop tasing a congressman? I'd say a grandma or a child, but those have already been done and not much has changed. *sigh* - Lo

"But the application shows, at the least, that Apple has invested in research to develop what it calls an “enforcement routine” that makes people watch ads they may not want to watch. Its distinctive feature is a design that doesn’t simply invite a user to pay attention to an ad — it also compels attention. The technology can freeze the device until the user clicks a button or answers a test question to demonstrate that he or she has dutifully noticed the commercial message. Because this technology would be embedded in the innermost core of the device, the ads could appear on the screen at any time, no matter what one is doing." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

Dear Steve Jobs: Get bent, you bastard. Up Yours, Me. - Steven Perez

"A five-month-old Chinese baby has died in a hospital because his doctor was busy playing a game online while his condition worsened, reports say. Officials from the Jiangsu provincial health department said that Dr Mao Xiaojun would be sacked from Nanjing Children's Hospital. The hospital first said he was working on a thesis but later admitted he was playing an online game of Go." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

"NILES — The two Bic multipurpose lighters and a package of smaller lighters Joe Paolucci bought at the Niles Wal-Mart on Aug. 16 cost $15.84. So how did the lighters end up the centerpiece of a situation that resulted in Paolucci and his gay partner, Thomas Hitchcock, being banned from Wal-Mart, not only in Niles but everywhere? That's the rest of the story." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

Congratulations, Target. You win all my future business. - Steven Perez

"(CNN) -- A 20-year-old woman from Iraq has died in an Arizona hospital, nearly two weeks after her father, police say, ran her over with a car because she had become "too Westernized." Noor Faleh Almaleki died Monday of injuries suffered when she was run over October 20 in a parking lot in the Phoenix suburb of Peoria, Arizona, police there said. Authorities said they expect to change the aggravated assault charge against her father, Faleh Hassan Almaleki, 48, to more severe counts after meetings with prosecutors, Peoria police announced." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

"Peoria police said Faleh Hassan Almaleki believed his daughter had become "too Westernized" and had abandoned "traditional" Iraqi values. Peoria police spokesman Mike Tellef told CNN the family moved to the Phoenix area in the mid-1990s, and Almaleki was unhappy with his daughter's style of dress and her resistance to his rules. After the incident, Almaleki's father drove to Mexico,... more... - Steven Perez

Traditional Iraqi values like murder? - Fossil Huntress

"It can suck having to listen to the sounds blasting from other people's computer speakers. But no matter how bad the music or how annoying the game sounds, I don't think anyone's gotten stabbed over the issue until this kid. Fourteen year old Matthew Gorzynski was stabbed in the chest by fifteen year old William Gorzynkski, his own brother, after the two argued over "a noisy home computer." Apparently the boys had it out about music volume in the past, but this time ended with second degree murder charges." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

"Dallas police wrongly ticketed at least 39 drivers for not speaking English over the last three years, Police Chief David Kunkle announced Friday while promising to investigate all officers involved in the cases for dereliction of duty. Pending cases will be dismissed, and those who paid the $204 fine for the charge, which does not exist in the city, will be reimbursed, Kunkle said. "I was surprised and stunned that that would happen, particularly in the city of Dallas," Kunkle said. "In my world, you would never tell someone not to speak Spanish."" - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

:| - AJ Batac

"Eric Williamson, from Springfield, Virginia, was brewing coffee in his kitchen when a woman and a seven-year-old boy walked past the window and saw him. The woman complained to police who arrested Williamson shortly after the incident on Monday morning. Williamson, 29, insisted he did nothing wrong and that any exposure of his private parts were accidental. "Yes I wasn't wearing any clothes but I was alone, in my own home and just got out of bed. It was dark and I had no idea anyone was outside looking in at me," he said." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

When the police knock, go in the other room. When they ask questions, keep quiet. When they prosecute, make them earn the verdict. - Christopher Harley

"A shop assistant has received an apology from the UK’s Performing Rights Society. The PRS had threatened the 56 year-old grandmother with a “four figure” bill for singing in her shop to customers, but has now backed down from its initial big-sticked aggressive stance, and is now brandishing a big bunch of flowers." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

You know, I'm all for protecting the rights of artists (being one myself), but a little reason and critical thinking can be really beneficial. Some people should try that before becoming unhinged about something like a grandmother singing a song in her shop. - vicster is...

"The winners of a quiz organised by Somali Islamists have been given weapons and ammunition as prizes." - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

There was a car lot in the US giving out AK-47's with every purchase. Strange marketing but it did seem to improve sales and their share of voice in the media. Bizarre.... - Fossil Huntress

"A Geneva High School teacher is being accused of making anti-gay and racist comments in his classroom. Dave Burk, who teaches consumer education, is accused of making the comments by his students during an Oct. 5 lecture on tax money involving the National Endowment for the Arts. "How would you feel about your tax dollars going to pay some black fag in New York to take pictures of other black fags?" Burk allegedly asked, according to student Jordan Hunter." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

"A six-year-old American boy has been ordered to spend 45 days at a school for troublemakers after he brought his favourite camping cutlery to school. Zachary Christie took out the combination knife, fork and spoon at lunch, in violation of the school policy of not bringing in knives. Zachary agreed that knives should not be in school but said the punishment was "not fair", he told CBS News. Hundreds of people are expected at a school board meeting about the issue. Downes Elementary School, in Newark, Delaware, operates a zero tolerance policy on knives, banning them as dangerous instruments." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

"I know it's frustrating when your phone is borked, but telling an Apple Store staffer that you're "so mad I could pop a 9mm at it"—before revealing you actually have a real 9mm concealed—probably won't help matters. But that's what a man allegedly did yesterday at the Apple Store in Cincinnati's Kenwood mall. According to reports, the man continued, "I'll do it right now. Look!", and opened the right side of his shirt to show a black 9mm handgun." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

Cincitucky. - Spidra Webster

"CLINTON — When Sally Harpold bought cold medicine for her family back in March, she never dreamed that four months later she would end up in handcuffs. Now, Harpold is trying to clear her name of criminal charges, and she is speaking out in hopes that a law will change so others won’t endure the same embarrassment she still is facing. “This is a very traumatic experience,” Harpold said. Harpold is a grandmother of triplets who bought one box of Zyrtec-D cold medicine for her husband at a Rockville pharmacy. Less than seven days later, she bought a box of Mucinex-D cold medicine for her adult daughter at a Clinton pharmacy, thereby purchasing 3.6 grams total of pseudoephedrine in a week’s time. Those two purchases put her in violation of Indiana law 35-48-4-14.7, which restricts the sale of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, or PSE, products to no more than 3.0 grams within any seven-day period." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

This is yet another reason why this insane "war on drugs" has got to stop. Bullshit laws, passed by dimwit Congressmen who never bothered to read the bills, are putting innocent people in jail. - Joey Gibson

You're weird :P - Rene Wirtz

:) Wow! My oldest is 17, and it's strange to think that when the little one is his brother's age, his brother will be 34. I will say, though, I didn't realize how much I had forgotten about the *baby* stages (my middle child is 11, so it had been a while). - ProsePetals (aka Denise)

You are not subscribed to me and don't have any other services listed so I cannot contact you elsewhere, so I'm posting this here and hopefully you see it. You continually post items to the Overheard group (http://friendfeed.com/overhea...), which I moderate. This group is for things you overhear others say, however, you keep posting pictures, links, and things that are not overheard items. I will continue to delete them from the group but if the posts persist, I will remove you from the group. Thanks. - Rochelle