Gee, what could go wrong with this combination?

David Allan Tolson, 50, does not remember his actions in the Queen Street Mall on September 24 and 25 last year, Brisbane Magistrates Court was told today.

Prosecutor Sergeant Dave Bradley said Tolson went on a bender when he received news his mother had breast cancer.

He approached several groups of Asian women over a two-day period and in front of them he would squeeze and stroke a latex vagina masturbation aid.

He was arrested after a witness reported him to police and he was identified on CCTV.

Tolson pleaded guilty to two counts of committing an indecent act and a charge of sexual assault.

The court was told the latter charge related to him groping an Asian woman outside Brisbane's Central Station on July 17.

Sgt Bradley said Tolson also made lewd remarks and followed the woman, who has been "extremely traumatised" by the incident, out of the station.

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But at least their hearts are in the right place.

VicHealth chief executive Todd Harper says making low-strength beer more attractive would be good for the community.

"Alcohol consumption, particularly too much alcohol consumption, has a significant impact on many other people in the community, whether it be through the forms of assaults, late night violence, drink driving," he said.

"It might also encourage the alcohol industry to develop new low alcohol products which are popular with consumers and also to encourage consumers to think about switching to lower alcohol products."

Good luck with that one, buddy.

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Yay!

Thanks to Robert

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You have to admire a guy willing to mix profanity and store signs to express your opinions of the mayor of your town.

Herman contends Polk City for years has harassed him with zoning violations, tied him up with lawyers and sent squad cars to deliver letters to his Johnston home in a bid to embarrass him. Polk City, for its part, has alleged that Herman ran an illegal salvage operation from 300 Sandpiper Court and routinely dumped vehicle fluids into the city's storm sewers.

The dispute, which spills through five Polk County court files, turned nasty last fall, when the Mighty Good sign for three days described Polk City Mayor Gary Heuertz as "a lieing little Nazi turd."

The commentary returned last week, when Herman's sign began telling Polk City residents that "Our mayor and council sure are ass holes."

City leaders say Herman's messages have drawn complaints from some residents - mostly parents who came across them while transporting small, reading-age children - but insist that the city has no plans to try to interfere with his right to free speech.

"A lot of people are coming out of the woodwork to look at it," Heuertz said of the sign. "So tourism's not a problem ... .

"I guess it's a good display of the intellectual level we're dealing with."

Herman, who moved to the Des Moines area from Sigourney in 1999, said his Polk City problems peaked in March 2007, when 14 law enforcement officers descended on Mighty Good for a "routine title audit." The audit ultimately sparked Herman's August 2007 arrest on misdemeanor charges, later dropped, of running an illegal salvage operation.

Among other things, Herman complains that he since has had problems getting access to public documents and that police call his home at odd hours for no reason.

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This kid is the greatest evah!!!11!!!12!!

Only one downer:

College student Cary Silverman has developed "Pub Corn", an alcohol flavored popcorn.

The popcorn doesn't have any alcohol content, {boooo!!-ed.} but comes in flavors such as beer, pina colada and Irish cream.

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Leave it to Texas to be awesome.

The men, both in their mid-20s, kicked open the door at a house in the 100 block of Horace Street around 11:30 p.m. and entered, said San Antonio Police Sgt. John Slaughter. A resident in the home fired several rounds at the intruders with a handgun.

One of the intruders, who was armed, collapsed on the sidewalk outside the house, where he was pronounced dead. The other intruder was critically injured and transported to University Hospital.

The homeowner was unharmed, Slaughter said.

“I don’t think (the deceased person) even had a chance to fire (his weapon),” he said.

Police are investigating whether the attempted home invasion was a robbery or if the intruders had another motive.

Relatives and neighbors of the said break-ins and vehicle robberies were common in the block.

The shootings happened two days after a West Side homeowner shot and injured a 15-year-old boy as the teen and his father attempted to break into a residence. The 33-year-old homeowner was not charged in Monday's shooting.

I have argued with my wife and her side of the family over The Way Of The Gun. They claim a bat or heavy leveler (no shit. They claim they use that for defense) is good enough. Maybe. But I trust a firearm more.

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And we should all be thankful for it.

During the course of 2008 65-70 adverts were found to be sexist by ERK, a record high. In 2007 the number was closer to 50 and in previous years has typically been even lower. At the same time the number of adverts reported to ERK has remained constant.

"I think this is due to a greater knowledge over the council's praxis, what would receive censure and what would not. Reports are now predominantly made up those that are over the line," said Tobias Eltell of ERK to news agency TT.

One example of an advert that in 2008 incurred the wrath of ERK was for Coca Cola Zero where a guy breaks up with his girlfriend who says that she understand that he does not want to keep to one girl when there are so many to choose from.

Another contravening the ethics council's rules was an advert by Black & Decker for a drill press when they offered a spa treatment for "the wife" if the man spent a large sum of money on their tools.

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Look lady, if you really want to lure in the hobo population, beer is not the way to go as it doesn't dull the senses fast enough. That is why Val-U-Rite Vodka or Flavored Everclear is the way to go.

As Lewis was passing out beer to people around 6 p.m. she was told to leave by a police officer working at the location. She ignored his orders, popped open another beer and gave it away, police said.

The officer escorted Lewis out and explained to her the boundaries of the property. The woman continued to pass out beer outside of the building's block wall, police said.

Lewis was detained by police and searched by a female officer. During the search Lewis lunged forward and bit the officer's hand, police said.

But I do give her credit for posing as a "community organizer", or whatever she called herself.

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First, she criticizes Obama's pick of Leon Panetta to head the CIA.

Now, she's saying that the Senate should seat Roland Burris.

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He was arrested again for a DUI.

Despite two prior drunken driving arrests in New York, Torn may be eligible for an alcohol education program for first-time offenders in this state. He was acquitted by a jury in a 2004 drunken driving case and, in a second case, pleaded guilty in 2007 to a lesser charge of being ability impaired, according to published reports.

“All I can tell you is that we will review the reports and Mr. Torn and I will meet to discuss his defense options. At this point, I don’t know what they are yet,” Waterfall said Monday.

On Dec. 14, a bartender at the White Hart Inn reportedly served Torn, but apparently noticed he appeared intoxicated as he was leaving the establishment, according to a police report. Torn reportedly refused a ride home and got in his 1994 Subaru Legacy with a Christmas tree tied on top and drove away.

Torn was reportedly driving in the break-down lane on Route 44 when he was stopped by State Police Trooper Ray Dungan at 9:35 p.m. Torn’s eyes were bloodshot and the trooper smelled alcohol, he reported. Torn failed a portion of the field sobriety tests before he gave up, claiming the ground was not level enough.

Torn refused to take the Breathalyzer test, according to police. In the cruiser, Torn used profanity, the trooper said.

“He was cooperative,” Waterfall said. “He seems like a nice older gentleman who has had an exceptional career.”

In a video recorded during Torn’s 2004 arrest, the actor was not cordial with police, telling New York officers they were “f--- out of line” and saying that they should “go to hell.”

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This company in Vermont decided to make snowboarding awesome by putting old Playmate photos on snowboards.

Too bad some people who should just go away are ruining things.

Yet the company has found itself at the center of a grow ing controversy in the liberal state, with residents, students, and politicians debating free speech and sexism on the ski slopes. The Burlington City Council discussed asking Burton to withdraw the boards, and the Girl Scout Council of Vermont is considering taking concerns to lawmakers next month.

The outcry hasn't made a dent in sales of the new lines, Burton cofounder Jake Carpenter told the Burlington newspaper Seven Days in November. The Playboy line, called Love, and a second line called Primo, which depicts mutilated hands, have "completely oversold by virtue of this exposure," he said.

The debate has split Vermonters along a number of lines. There are parents who don't want their children to encounter the images at the state's family-friendly slopes; young snowboarders who cite right to free speech in buying the boards; and politicians who fear the criticism might drive Burton, one of the city's biggest employers with more than 500 Vermont workers, to move its headquarters elsewhere.

Zarrillo's boss, Mark Redmond, said he pulled his nonprofit, Spectrum Youth & Family Services, from a Burton program that donates snowboards to needy children after learning about the Playboy line and Primo, which depicts fingers mutilated by razors, a dog's teeth, and scissors. Because objectification of women increases the chance men will become abusive, he said, the boards are an important issue for both sexes.

"Once you bring something like that to the public domain, it's a public issue," said Redmond, who would like Burton to pull the unsold Love and Primo boards from stores. "Why is it OK for younger children to see it on the slopes or in the lift line?"

Carmel Quinn, who directs the Girl Scout Council of Vermont teen program, said she is talking to the group's teenage members about bringing the issue to lawmakers when the Vermont legislative session resumes this month

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It's called BaR2D2, and you can find instructions on how to build your own here.

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This is way more useful than teaching me the mascot names for all the NFL teams (NTTAWWT).

Oh, and check out all of McKenzie's other vids.

(h/t to Turtle)

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Beer Pong Championship!

They come wearing matching sweat suits, team t-shirts and sweatbands. Ear buds channel their favorite pump up music right into their ears. Coaches scream advice from the sidelines - looks of joy and horror alternately splayed across their faces. After months of rigorous training, late nights and exhausted mornings - 414 teams have descended on the Flamingo for the pinnacle of competition in their sport: The World Series of Beer Pong.

The three day tournament will award a $50,000 grand prize to the pair of pong players who's accuracy is unrivaled and skill indomitable. As over 800 beer pongers cheered and chugged on Friday afternoon, Weekly spoke to a few of the contenders to see what it takes to take home the win.

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Namely, bringing Teh Crazee to new heights.

Mexico's self-proclaimed "Grand Warlock" says the United States will pull troops out of Iraq in 2009 and send them to the border with Mexico in an attempt to expand its territory {hell, we won't send them there to defend our own territory, so why take their land?-ed}.

The prediction from Antonio Vazquez comes with a word of warning though: his record of projecting the future is spotty at best {ahh. He's like a political pollster, I see-ed.}.

Vazquez has been making predictions since 1980 on events ranging from international events to the private lives of celebrities, based on his reading of tarot cards. {and still using more advanced techniques than Zogby-ed.}

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Looks like she is good at multitasking.

Provo police responded Saturday night before 10 p.m. to a call from neighbors who said a half-naked woman was knocking on their window, according to a police report filed in 4th District Court.

By the time police got there, the woman was in the neighbor's bedroom, now fully naked, police said.

The woman became more agitated and fought with police, lunging and grabbing at officers. She made obscene comments and, during the struggle to get her handcuffed, bit one of the officers on the inner thigh, breaking the skin, according to the affidavit.

Police found the woman's 6-year-old son in her nearby apartment, as well as evidence of a rampage, which included broken pictures, lamps and dishes and a broken bird cage.

Officers found the bird and turned it over to animal control and then removed the child and placed him in the custody of the Division of Child and Family Services for his own protection, the affidavit states.

Below the apartments, officers also located items belonging to the neighbor and to the woman, which they believe she had thrown off the balcony sometime that evening.

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Namely, beer is becoming cheaper in England.

And the even better news is that JD Wetherspoon bosses say the offer will run “indefinitely” at their 713 UK boozers.

 

There will also be price cuts on some bottled ales and lagers and on wines and spirits. A number of meals will be offered for just £2.99. The move comes amid a Goverment drive to stop binge-drinking fuelled by “happy hours” and cheap booze deals. 

But pub trade groups say the clampdown hits ordinary, responsible clients.

And Wetherspoon chief executive John Hutson insisted his company’s move would benefit punters. He said: “We appreciate the economic downturn means they have to be more careful with their cash.
“We believe our new prices will allow people to enjoy visiting a Wetherspoon pub without it costing them too much.

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