Shirley Phelps-Roper Gives America and Christianism a BAD NAME!

While browsing through my Facebook account's News Feed, I came to reading one of the petitions which got my interest- it said Ban Shirley Phelps-Roper from Canada. And of course, anything interesting calls for some Googling.

Then all the crazy stuff filled me in.

Shirley Phelps-Roper is one of the most public spokesperson (aside from her dad - the minister) of an independent church in the US known as Westboro Baptist Church. This so-called religious assemblage of about a hundred is often referred to as a "Hate Group".

They spread out their ministry of ill misconception to the public through staging controversial campaigns after another. Among the most popular is their picketing during funerals of AIDS victims as well as American soldiers killed in war. Among their sick ideologies that their picket banners shout include:

• God hates fags
• God hates Muslims
  
• God hates Jews
  
• God hates America
• God hates 'you'

Just to name a few. And these aggressive and bitter demonstrations earned as much hate, throughout America and the world.

Currently, both Shirley Phelps-Roper and her father Fred Phleps are banned from entering UK for "fostering extremism or hatred".

The group maintains several websites including:
God Hates Fags
God Hates The World
America Is Doomed
Priests Rape Boys
Sign Movies
Spare Not (Blogs)
Antichrist Obama
Jews Killed Jesus

Here's a video of the delusional Shirley Phelps-Roper getting some good piece of Fox News anchor Julie Banderas' mind. A must-watch:

A Collection of Odd Facts

As was mentioned in my personal blog- Pieces of Aweng, this blog was borne out of my never-ceasing interest in everything out of the ordinary. (See post here...) The reason why I decided to search, read on and share a bizarrely delightful collection of odd facts. And here goes...

• Ever wonder why you and your pops often end up talking about those painful ingrowns? Fact is, toenail ingrowns can be inherited. :)

• If you stripped a tiger bald from all its fur, what do you get? A bald tiger with striped skin. :) The stripes are not only imprinted on its fur... it's skin deep.

• Like people and their fingerprints, no two lions have the same whisker patterns.

• Just read this and I never knew... Robert Zimmerman is the real name of the Legend- Bob Marley.

• In Paraguay, people can engage in a 'legal' duel- for as long as they are registered blood donors.

• Where in the world would the Speaker of the House not be allowed to speak? Answer: England.

• Did you know that Japanese have square watermelons? Not a fad. I even checked for photos.. :)) They found this method of growing watermelons to square for easier stacking.
  

• In Cleveland Ohio, to capture a mouse a hunting license is legally required.
  

Poisonous Food- Indulge?

Unknown to many, some of the most common food that many of us regularly consume can be poisonous… These could easily have become a favorite but unwittingly consuming the wrong plant part containing poison could lead to and have led to some accidental past deaths. And as they are some of the most common things we bring to our kitchen, together with our regular grocery items, you should be wary about not eating what should not be eaten.


Almonds

The mouthwatering aroma and unique taste of almonds have made it among the most popular ingredients in chocolates, pastries and special add-ons to some of the most famous recipes all throughout the world. But the thing about them is that each seed is jam-packed with cyanide. This very component is what makes almonds bitter and all the more tempting to many. But you wouldn’t be enjoying a lot more of bitter almonds as they are already illegal in some countries including New Zealand. And in the US selling raw almonds has been made unlawful. What you are enjoying now are heat-treated ones.


Apples

Apple seeds, like almonds, also have cyanide but in smaller doses. Though eating apples would often result to swallowing some seeds accidentally, it takes a good number of seeds to chew and consume to get sick. And even a greater amount to die.


Cherries

Good enough to eat… That’s how cherries make just any pastry, and liquor at that, as tempting. Small yet succulent, cherries are delicious as its seeds are poisonous- producing prussic acid (hydrogen cyanide) with the slightest injury so much more if crushed or chewed. Yes, and this goes with other fruits under its family including peaches, plums and apricots. Never forget: do not chew or suck on the seeds.



Tomatoes

Regardless if you consider it a vegetable or fruit (specifically a berry), a tomato is technically the ovary of the plant. Glycoalkaloid is a chemical that when induced causes stomach upsets and extreme nervousness, and the stems and leaves of the tomato plant is rich with this. These plant parts are also used to add more flavor to any dish. You’d have to be careful though and remember to take them out before serving.


Potatoes

The same goes with potato leaves and stems. But unlike tomatoes, potatoes themselves also have concentrations of glycoalkaloid poison specifically dangerous when they are left for some time and have already turned green.

Woolly Mammoths: The End is Near... of Your Imaginings that Is

The famous Speilberg film based on the novel written by Michael Crichton has popularized the idea of bringing back extinct animals to life--in the form of dinosaurs big and small. But did you know that this idea of Crichton which decades ago may seem a far cry from reality is slowly becoming a possibility?

Mammoths are known to be huge beasts that are closely related to modern elephants that are made distinct by their long, curved tusks and long hair as body covering. The largest known species discovered reaches an average minimum height of five meters. Though the last of them died with the last Ice Age, the very reason for their mass extinction still remains obscure.

There have been a series of unrelated plans to resurrect these giants. A team of Japanese genetic scientists have once planned to scour the Earth for a frozen mammoth specimen that could give them its ancient sperm to be injected to a surrogate mother. This has been a part of a much bigger plan of recreating Jurassic Park in real life but not of dinosaurs but of species from the Ice Age.

Throughout the years scientists are getting closer and closer to this aim.

The pre-historic beast from the famed Ice Age with its shaggy hair everywhere might soon walk the Earth again. A 25,000 year old fossil mammoth hair found in the Siberian permafrost has proved that compared with bones and muscles, this body part is a better source of ancient DNA. From it, over 3 billion DNA building blocks have been mapped on the first draft, giving out new clues on extinction and evolution for scientists to further study. So far, a good number of interesting findings on evolution have surfaced.

The new million dollar study done by Penn State University researchers have already sequenced 80% of the mammoth's gene map. Years from now engineering of mammoth cells may be done.

The famed director Steven Spielberg, may be right in living a quote for skeptical scientists criticizing the Jurassic Park, "This is the science of eventuality."

BRAINY BLOOD-SUCKING NURSES

Do you think all creatures have brains? How many? One? Wrong. Leeches have more than one brain. Can you guess how many brains do leeches have? Two? Three? Not even close.

Yes, leeches have more than one brain. They have 32 brains. Unbelievable, isn't it? How can a creature so small have 32 brains? Why do humans only have one?

Leeches are blood-sucking worms which range from half an inch to ten inches long. They are neither brown nor black in color and feed on decaying plant material or on blood and animal tissues. They live anywhere near water. They find a person thorough one's skin oil, blood, heat and even the carbon dioxide you breathe out. Leeches don't feed often because when they feed, they take in a lot of blood. These little vampires suck your blood in two ways: using proboscis to puncture your skin and using their three jaws and millions of tiny teeth. A leech's bite is painless due to its own anaesthetic.

Leeches were not been made for just pure sucking, or living in the water, sticking on rocks and leaves. Like maggots, leeches do have some uses especially in the field of medicine. Doctors often used leeches to draw blood in the past. Today, scientists have been conducting a study on the use of a leech's saliva. They believe that the substance that prevents blood clots will be soon used on humans. The clotting properties of the substance is believed to be as useful as a drug for the treatment heart attacks. Leeches act as special nurses in a way that they help doctors in curing the patients by restoring blood circulation to grafted tissue and reattached fingers and toes. A leech can remove any congested blood to allow the normal circulation to go back to the tissues.

A leech's talent is to make a wound bleed for hours. A substance in its saliva anaesthetize the wound, prevents clotting and expand vessels to increase blood flow. For over 2000 years, humans have been using leeches for blood removal or bloodletting. Finally, these filthy creatures has found its rightful purpose on Earth.

SNAKE MASSEURS

Snakes--those creepy slithering reptiles do not just hiss around the forest. They don't just swallow rodents and inject poisonous venom on persons and other animals. They do not just change their skin and crawl all day. Snakes can also be useful like some of the animals. They can't guard the house like the dogs do, but they can give you a very relaxing massage.

Yes, snakes can massage a person's body by just crawling. It's not ideal stress reliever for the faint of heart. Twisted muscles slither away trailing after the snakes. This kind of massage are said to be good for the tissues. Large snakes are good for deep tissue massages while the smaller ones are ideal for delicate areas such as the face.

In Northern Israel, Ada Barak offers a different kind of way to treat her clients. For $70, you can avail of the exotic feeling of being massaged by six non-venomous snakes. These snakes will just crawl over your body and will leave a relaxing feeling after slithering back and forth. She uses California and Florida king snakes, corn snakes and milk snakes in her treatments. These snakes act like masseurs that relaxes your stressed and aching muscles as they slip and glide down the spine.

WORLD'S RICHEST DOG

What on Earth will a Maltese Terrier do with $12 million?
This question remains to be unanswered; however, despite of the large amount of money given to the dog, no comments were heard from her bereaved family.

Trouble is rich; literally, because Trouble is the dog’s name. Leona Helmsley, a hotelier, a real estate billionaire and the owner of Trouble, inherited $12 million to her dog when she passed away on the year 2007. Mrs. Helmsley also wrote in her last will and testament that Trouble must be buried in the family mausoleum with a view on the New York skyline.

Trouble, the dog, got more than what her grandchildren and her brother received. Two, out of her four grandchildren only received $10 million on the condition that they visit their father’s grave site at least once a year; and the other two grandchildren got nothing for no reasons known to them.

Leona Helmsley gave $10 million to her brother, Alvin Rosenthal who was appointed by her to take care of trouble. She also gave $3 million to the mausoleum keepers who are taking care of her remains.