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Tiger Kills Chinese Bus Driver - A rare Siberian tiger attacked and killed a tour bus driver in northern China while the man's horrified passengers watched, Chinese media reported. The tiger pounced on driver Jin Shijun and dragged him into the forest after he got out to check on his bus, which was stuck in the snow at the world's largest Siberian tiger breeding base in the northern province of Heilongjiang, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

Ahh, suddenly the Fung Wha death trap buses between Boston and NY make a little more sense.  I always wondered how all those people could pile on day in and day out for that harrowing journey but I get it now.  Break downs, roll overs, and the occasional collision seem relatively safe when you're used to seeing your driver get eaten for a post-coitous snack by a couple tigers in heat .

Myspace Faces Downsizing -News Corp.'s struggling social network MySpace is bracing for a “dramatic” downsizing that could slash up to half of its workforce. MySpace has been slammed by the surging popularity of Facebook, the social-networking leader. Its November unique visitors of 54.5 million was dwarfed by Facebook’s 151.7 million unique visitors.


Do you think Tom (myspace founder) ever sits up at night plotting revenge against Mark Zuckerberg.  If/When Myspace officially goes under Mark better watch his cornhole, I'm sure there are one or two registered sex offenders in his neighborhood who are just hardcore devoted Myspace fans, and they're going to be pissed about losing their biggest breeding ground.


Kid Eats Sheriffs Cruiser Seat -  Perhaps 18-year-old Jesse Ray Stewart got the wrong message with Crime Dog McGruff's national "Take a Bite Out of Crime" campaign. While a Pasco County Sheriff's Office deputy was taking Stewart to the Land O' Lakes Jail on Sunday after he was arrested on a burglary charge, Stewart took a bite -- actually several -- out of the patrol car's seat, sheriff's officials say.


The schnozberries taste like schnozberries.  Hey kid, way to play it cool, there is no way they know you've been taking pychedelics.


New York Still Bitching About the Snow Storm -  Another storm is taking aim at New York City, where Mayor Michael Bloomberg is still under fire for slow cleanup of a stubborn winter blast that kept streets clogged for days and delayed trash pickups, causing uncollected garbage to pile up for more than a week.


Frigen New York, still bitching about that snow storm?  It was like two weeks ago, get over it.  Greatest city in the world my ass. Couldn't even handle the first snow storm of the year without the whole city turning into the Staten Island Dump? This is legit embarrasing, even a mild tard like Menino can figure out how to hire plow drivers, how can't a multi-billionaire like Bloomberg get this straighened out?

Today's Rappers and Hip-Hop Artists Lack the Class of The Past

Has anyone else noticed the declining class and status of todays hip-hop acts compared to those of even just a decade ago? These guys and gals are legit vagabonds. Despite their supposed millions you can hardly see the difference between them now and the hood-rat low-life's they grew up as.  Shit is ridiculous.


I started pondering this the other day when I heard the 5th song in a row on Jamn 94.5 where the "artist" referenced drinking patron.  Now don't misunderstand me here, there is nothing wrong with Patron.  It is as fine a Tequila as you'll come across and I'm personally a huge fan, but shouldn't these supposedly ultra-rich rappers and divas be flaunting their lettuce with something a bit more expensive.  What happened to magnums of Crystal just being popped left and right in these videos.  No offense to the Young Money crew or anyone else but I'm not exactly impressed with you sipping on the same brand of tequila that I have stored in my freezer.  Again, nothing wrong with it, but it would be like rapping about cruising in a Saab 9000 or Acura TL, fine cars, but not exactly the Phantoms and Murcielagos we expect to hear about.  

Where are the Diddy's and Jay-Z's of this generation.  Dudes who dressed in clothing even white people could get jealous of, none of this baggy t-shirt and Nike kicks shit that any wannabee gangster 12 year old can rip-off at his local Target. Timbs and a Jean Jacket don't count either.  True Moguls, guys that won't be broke in 10 years when there record contract runs out and Mookie, Ray-Ray, and LaTisha have sucked their funds dry. 

Homeless Drunk In England To Be Given Designated Drunk Zones

The Telegraph - The so-called "wet-zone" would allow problem drinkers to be given somewhere where they are free to consume alcohol without fear of being moved on by police, but away from shoppers and tourists. The zones are popular in cities in the United States where they have been used successfully to keep drunks away from areas that are popular with visitors. In Colchester, Britain's oldest recorded town, the drinkers have already been moved on from the grounds of the historic 11th century St Botolph's Priory but have started gathering again just a few hundred yards away. One drinker who has been targeted by police in the town said: "I suppose we can be quite intimidating if we're standing having a drink but we're not bad people. "Although we drink, we do have respect for people. "The police come down, take us off, take our cans away, pour it in the bin and we get moved on but we'll come back down about three hours later."

Is it just me or did everyone else just assume the homeless were allowed to drink where ever they wanted anyway?  I can't remember ever seeing a drunk bum being hassled by the police.  Dude is homeless. I thought the only benefit to being homeless was you were allowed to get bombed wherever, whenever (well that and the freedom of public urination).

I would love to see the idea of bars for homeless though.  Just a cardboard box building, few stools made out of milk crates, kind of a social experiment to see if they behave like we do.  See if the older more hardened bums are jealous of the more recently homeless and their relatively clean shaven look, attracting all the female vagrants.  Would there be beer snobs amongst the homeless?  Is the guy drinking Bud Light going to look down on the guy with only enough change for Keystone?  Stuff like that.

And what's all this business about this being popular in the states?  They're certainly not talking about Boston, unless our policy makers don't consider the Garden or Fenway, Fanueil Hall and the subway as popular with visitors and tourists.  Guys are everywhere.  And I'm not really complaining, again, they're homeless.  I think the least we can do is just ignore them and pretend they're not there while they're rambling on in their drunken stupor (unless of course you're the assholes that piss in the parking garage stairwells and elevators, that shit is just gross). 

PS: Yes this is an overly insensitive post.  I'm not really that cold, I always feel terrible when I ignore their requests for change on the street, a couple of drinks later I'm usually over it though.

Demolition Crew Blows Up The Wrong House

PITTSBURGH (CBS) - A man is at a loss for what to do now that a city contractor mistakenly demolished the home he was fixing up to move into. Andre Hall's property was destroyed by a demolition crew that was slated to demolish not his house, but a home next door. "It's just a crushed dream," Hall said. "I always wanted a piece of Pittsburgh. I finally got it. Now it's gone." Hall said he had construction tools inside of the house and confronted the crew about it. He claimed they stole his construction lumber. "And they said, 'Oh we didn't see any tools,' yet and still you got all my lumber on the back of your truck. Come on, that's crazy," he said. After the controversy the city of Pittsburgh stopped issuing contracts with the business. Pittsburgh Public Safety Director Michael Huss said the city was still reviewing the matter. City council member Theresa Kail-Smith, representative of that district, said the housing program that Hall participated in had merit, but she was concerned about the mix up. "It's not the city's responsibility," Smith said. "It's not their fault. They've taken every step that they should have to make sure that home was not demo'd so I don't think the city bears responsibility but I think we need to talk to the contractor."

My bad? I started out by trying to think of how the contractors would explain this mix up, it seems like one of those things that you just can't apologize for, just hang your head in shame and take whatevers coming to you, but apparently this guy is more upset that the incompetent crew stole his Dewalt Tools (a fine, fine brand) and his 2x4's than he is about the crumpled house on his front lawn.  Dude, your frigen house looks like a pile of splinters right now, how about staying on topic and showing a bit more outrage?

And for the uppity City Council member claiming its not her problem, bull shit.  You're everything that is wrong with politics today.  I'm so tired of city and state officials everywhere claiming no fault whenever something goes wrong with an agent or contractor they hired.  I'll guarantee if anyone digs into this they'll find out the contractors are cousins/nephews/boyhood friends with someone in the mayors office or on city council.  Guy couldn't even read a frigen address number correctly yet he's receiving government contracts for construction.  Yes that is the cities fault.  You're the managers of the city, start taking some responsibility for your work for once.  Any managers in a private sector job who hire an incompetent employee who royally screws up would have to deal with the criticism, and so should you, stop being hypocrites.