1.
Disney World has canceled
plans to fire 250 technology employees and replace them with foreigners with
H-1B work visas. ***
Apparently, when faced with the threat of termination the original
employees swallowed their pride and agreed to wear mouse ears to work every
day.
2.
Malaysian authorities
arrested ten tourists for taking nude photos on the peak of a sacred mountain,
and many people there blamed the disrespectful act for the volcanic eruption
that occurred a few days later.
*** You ought to see what they
do to create an earthquake.
3.
A bottle of beer brewed
for an 1875 expedition to the North Pole just sold at auction to a man in
Scotland for $5,131. *** Afterwards,
the buyer was quoted as saying, “I don’t always drink beer…but when I do, I pay
really stupid money for it.”
4.
According to a report
by Americans for Tax Fairness, Wal-Mart avoided taxes on $76 billion of profits
by sheltering the funds in shell companies in Europe. ***
Investigators were able to find the shady operations by looking for
office buildings that had a greeter in the lobby.
5.
A man in Los Angeles
has accused KFC of serving him a fried rat.
*** KFC apologized for violating
FDA regulations and immediately posted the meal’s caloric content.
6.
Adult film star Jenna
Jameson says she has found God. *** She claims he was at her latest premier--third
row, center.
7.
In Spokane, Washington,
Rachel Dolezal resigned from her NAACP leadership position after it was
revealed that her lineage is mostly German and Czech, not African-American. ***
However, she did point out that her German relatives live in the Black
Forest.
8.
“Jurassic World” set a new
box office opening weekend record. Audiences
loved seeing the return of creatures that were thought to be extinct. ***
Experts are saying this might be a good sign for some of the GOP
presidential candidates.
9.
With so many Republican
presidential candidates, there is disagreement on how handle the August primary
debate. ***
Organizers are thinking of dropping the structured debate format and
just going with open-mic night and a two drink minimum.
10. In the current issue of “Annals of Internal Medicine,”
researchers say that talking with a therapist can help people sleep better. *** On
the other hand, some people might not want a therapist in their bedroom.
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