Snippets 10-12-2009
BenDunne.com free , gets interesting adverts
Over on BenDunne.com, they are offering a free buy and sell service until the 18th of December.
Enter internet jokers and all sorts of interesting things for sale.
Futurecrook linked me to the above, but it turns out Boards.ie has a thread running where users are uploading screen captures of some great ads, such as the ninjas ad.
Warlock summoned in by Police
Police in Dorset have called on the services of a Warlock after many horse owners found their animals manes plaited.
Some locals suspect witchcraft or some other occult practices.
Others belief it is a Gypsy trick to help with identifying animals marked for theft.
PC Tim Poole, who has investigated the incidents, said: “We can’t completely rule out the possibility of theft.
“We did have intelligence from Avon and Somerset police that it is a gypsy trick, which it may or may not have been.
“But we have some very good information from a warlock that this is part of a white magic ritual and is to do with “knot magick”.
“It would appear that for people of this belief, knot magick is used when they want to cast a spell.
“Some of the gods they worship have a strong connection to horses so if they have a particular request, plaiting this knot in a horse’s mane lends strength to the request.
“The fact that this rash of plaiting coincides with one of their ceremonial times of year adds weight to the theory.
“This warlock said it is a benign activity, albeit maybe a bit distressing for the horse owner.”
Major Record Labels travel to Bizarro World (aka Canada)
In an interesting twist, some major record labels are in trouble for not paying for music.
Warner Music Canada, Sony BMG Music Canada, EMI Music Canada, and Universal Music Canada may owe up to $60 Billion Canadian dollars.
Chet Baker’s (a famous jazz trumpeter) estate is suing the major record labels for releasing his music on Canadian CDs without paying compensation.
The labels have admitted they may owe up to $50 billion but Baker’s estate disputes this.
Full Story on BoingBoing
And Now, a word from horribleville.com
Lets look at some creepy ads…
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Over on Business Pundit they have a roundup of some of the creepiest subversive ads.
They include a Prius ad featuring a murderer, an Aids ad showing a man having sex with a scorpion and polar bears falling from the sky and splattering on the ground.
Not for the faint hearted… We thought it was great
Interview with crazy Gay curing “therapist”
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Rachel Maddow today is receiving well-deserved praise for a devastating interview she conducted last night with Richard Cohen, an “ex-homosexual” therapist who is head of the “International Healing Foundation,” which purportedly helps gay people become straight. Cohen’s rancid slander against gay people (they’re a threat to children, etc.), masquerading as “research,” is being used by advocates of a proposed law in Uganda that would allow the state to execute homosexuals.
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