1.
After millions of
people heard a recording of a Comcast representative refusing to honor a
customer’s request to have service discontinued, the company issued a formal
statement. *** Comcast
explained that instead of cutting off service completely, it prefers to provide
frequent, temporary loss of service at random times throughout the day.
2.
In Washington D.C.,
several congressmen are considering legislation that would improve compensation
and work schedules for part time workers…
*** such as congressmen.
3.
The FBI has warned
that autonomous, self-driving cars could be used for criminal purposes. For example, a fleeing criminal could fire at
police while the car drives itself.
*** Of course, the chase would be
brief because the self-driving police car would be programmed to pull into the
next donut shop.
4.
Mourners in the
Philippines were absolutely stunned when a 3 year old girl woke up at her own
funeral. *** It
was like the reaction we would have here in the U.S. if suddenly Congress
actually did something.
5.
According to a study
in the medical journal “Pediatrics,” electronic devices such as a laptop
computer may be the cause of a painful skin rash. ***
Especially if you use it to meet a woman on Craigslist.
6.
In a controversial
move, a library in Singapore has pulled a children’s book about gay
penguins. The author says he wrote the
story as an example of alternate life styles.
*** But I think he went too far
when he claimed that “March of the Penquins” was really a gay pride parade.
7.
Officials closed part
of I-75 near Detroit after a truck dropped its load of rocks all over the road. *** However, the highway was immediately
re-opened once they realized it was just Governor Snyder’s low-cost approach to
filling all the potholes.
8.
Officials are
considering abuse charges against the parents of a 12 year old Detroit boy who
was reported missing and then eventually found in the family’s basement. *** The
couple would be charged under a new federal law that makes it illegal to keep
anyone in Detroit against their will.
9.
Steven Spielberg
posed like a hunter with a movie prop of a dead dinosaur, and many people seeing
the photo thought he really shot it.
*** Of course, that’s
ridiculous. The last person to actually
shoot a real dinosaur was Larry King.
10.
Keith Mularski, the
FBI’s top expert in cybercrime, was just selling discount furniture before he
joined the bureau in 1998. He is
reportedly very successful in infiltrating criminal organizations online and
befriending key leaders. *** He wins them over by giving them a
three-piece genuine leather living room set plus a coffee table, two end tables
and a flat screen TV.
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