P/oed Patriot, Politik Ditto, Pundit Press, Right Wing News, and Sister Toldjah added to the Conservative Blogs Page

Useful Info Nation now has 77 conservative blogs on the Conservative Blogs Page. Here are some of the headlines from our new additions: P/Oed Patriot - AFL-CIO Labor Council VP and AFL-CIO Business Rep to Receive Communist Party USA Award Politik Ditto - Herman Cain: ‘Jon Stewart Doesn’t Like Me Because I Am An American [...]

Man dies while trying to save kitten from catch basin

From the Southtown Star: Man dead in catch basin may have been rescuing kitten A Southwest Side man died this week after apparently falling head-first into a catch basin in his yard while trying to rescue a kitten. Roberto Garcia, 44, was pronounced dead at 11:55 p.m. Thursday at his home in the 5100 block [...]

Tanning bed mother dies from skin cancer, her body riddled with 19 tumors

From the Daily Mail: Sunbed fanatic mother-of-three dies from skin cancer after body is riddled with 19 tumours A mother-of-three who started using a sunbed at 16 has died from skin cancer - after her body became riddled with 19 tumours. Donna Ballantyne, 39, went under the UV rays twice a week in unmanned coin-operated [...]

Great grandfather dies after waiting 76 minutes for ambulance

From the Daily Mail: Great grandfather died following stroke - after he waited 76 minutes for ambulance A great grandfather died from a stroke after he waited 76 minutes for an ambulance to take him to hospital - almost 10 times longer than the national response guideline. Ron Gibson, 78, was found collapsed and unconscious [...]

Media has said "Unexpected" enough that it's come to be "Expected".

Summer of Recovery III. You don't need to be a psychiatrist to see this severe case of media insanity. In case you don't see it, here's a nice list of symptoms from Pundit Press:

Would you call 911 over dinner? This person did.

From Cnews: 911 called after wrong restaurant order Cops in Savannah, Georgia, have released a recording of a woman who called 911 to report that a Chinese restaurant gave her the wrong order and refused to give her a refund. "I ordered food and they bring me the wrong food," said the caller, whose personal [...]

Sheep dog famous for being afraid of sheep

From Metro UK: Ci, world's worst sheepdog, is scared of sheep: Video The four-year-old mutt has been unable to do the job he was born for since he was a puppy, after developing ovinophobia. His owner, Jane Lippington, says Ci suffers from a strange split personality where his instinct is to chase the sheep in [...]

Good news. Alcohol Mary Road to stay.

From the APl: Maine town leaders vote: Alcohol Mary Road to stay Selectmen in a western Maine town say a small hidden-away road named for a Prohibition bootlegger will keep its name. Greenwood selectmen voted unanimously Tuesday night against changing the name of Alcohol Mary Road after hearing from an attorney who said the name [...]

Who wants some fried Kool-Aid?

From the APl: Move over funnel cakes, fried Kool-Aid is here Move over funnel cakes and corn dogs, deep-fat fried Kool-Aid is here. "Oh, the moment of truth," said Joe Cocoba, a 31-year-old nursing student before biting into the glistening brown dough ball with a pink fluffy interior. "I can taste it (the Kool-Aid)! It's [...]

California controller not paying lawmakers until they pass balanced budget

From the Auburn Journal: Controller halts pay for California lawmakers California’s controller took the rare step Tuesday of halting paychecks for all 120 state lawmakers after he determined they failed to meet a voter-approved requirement aimed at getting the Legislature to approve balanced budgets on time. Controller John Chiang said he reviewed the budget approved [...]

MCAT Test Prep Techniques - Which one works for you?

As an applicant to medical school, you don't have to be reminded that your MCAT results will be the most important factor in swaying admission committees to accept you. How else will they be able to compare you to other applicants? Most MCAT candidates tend to think that since the test is so important they [...]

If you're gonna smoke weed, don't do it with cops behind you in the drive-thru

From the Courier-News: Man busted after cops catch whiff of pot smoke in McDonald’s drive-thru Wrong place to smoke: An Elgin man was arrested early Monday after police said he smoked marijuana in the drive-up lane of the McDonald’s restaurant at 401 Summit St. — while a police car was waiting in line directly behind [...]

"I was a probation officer. I thought the law only applied to my probationers."

From the Chicago Sun-Times: Ex-probation officer charged for misuse of office gas card A former Madison County probation officer investigated for misusing a probation office gas card faces a misdemeanor charge that could allow him to avoid any jail time if convicted. Danny E. Patterson, 47, of 35 Meadow Rue Drive in Edwardsville, was charged [...]

911 dispatcher receives call during own son's drowning

From the Chicago Sun-Times: 911 call for drowning was for dispatcher’s teen son Tracy Wilson knew her 17-year-old son planned to go fishing at Rock Cut State Park with some friends after football practice. But when Wilson, a 911 dispatcher, received a call Tuesday saying rescuers were needed at a nearby state park because a [...]

Dr. Gautam Gupta, famed weight loss expert, now Public Enemy number 150lbs?

From the Chicago Sun-Times: FBI manhunt is on for weight loss doctor Gautam Gupta He blanketed the Chicago airwaves with ads for his weight loss clinics. Now Dr. Gautam Gupta is the subject of a nationwide manhunt after being charged with defrauding state and private insurance companies out of $25 million, according to the FBI. [...]

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