Why Do We Celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day and Other Fake Holidays?

Via: Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  •  The Lighter Side/ Humor  •  51 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  7 years ago

“Now watch as I fire a broadside straight into your yardarm!”

Got plans for September 19, 2019? You do now: It's International Talk Like a Pirate Day! So prepare your timbers to be shivered and wait… what? Is this seriously a holiday? What is this all about? And why, exactly, is there a formal holiday for not just pirates but for talking like pirates? You...

American Airlines mechanic accused of sabotaging plane had ISIS video: Prosecutors

Via: Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  •  News & Politics  •  13 Comments  •  7 years ago

“Allah, we ask you to use all your might and power against the Kafir.”

The American Airlines mechanic authorities say sabotaged a jetliner's by tampering with a plane's navigation system just before takeoff was denied bail Wednesday after prosecutors said he had an ISIS propaganda video showing graphic murders on his cellphone. Authorities in Miami have charged...

White House Whistle-Blower Did the Unexpected: She Returned to Work

Via: Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  •  News & Politics  •  4 Comments  •  7 years ago

““As you can imagine,” Ms. Newbold, a 39-year-old employee of the White House Personnel Security Office, wrote in an email during her commute on...”

WASHINGTON — Tricia Newbold, the Trump administration’s latest whistle-blower, did something unexpected only hours after a House committee released her deposition that the White House had overruled career staff members who denied officials their security clearances: She went back to work. “As...

Alex Jones is being sued for his false Sandy Hook hoax claims. He blames 'phychosis'.

Via: Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  •  News & Politics  •  38 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  7 years ago

““And I, myself, have almost had like a form of psychosis back in the past where I basically thought everything was staged, even though I’m now...”

Two weeks ago, lawyers representing the Sandy Hook families suing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones recorded a three-hour interview with him, a court ordered formality that, under normal circumstances, would have remained private until the defamation lawsuit eventually went to trial. But this case...

Kansas Lawmaker Apologizes for Anti-LGBT Bill After Daughter Scorns Him

Via: Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  •  News & Politics  •  22 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  7 years ago

“I beg that you show yourself to be the honorable man I've always known you to be. Ultimately, what is right can never be something that hurts...”

A Kansas state lawmaker issued a public apology this week after his daughter penned an open letter publicly condemning his decision to back an anti-LGBT bill.  "The bill that I should not have signed on to cosponsor contained some hateful language which I do not condone, and it is against our...

Sources: Jussie Smollett staged attack with help of others, allegedly being written off 'Empire'

Via: Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  •  News & Politics  •  10 Comments  •  1 Like  •  7 years ago

“CHICAGO -- Chicago police confirmed Thursday that detectives are talking to two persons of interest in connection with the alleged attack on...”

CHICAGO -- Chicago police confirmed Thursday that detectives are talking to two persons of interest in connection with the alleged attack on "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett. Multiple sources have told ABC7 Eyewitness News that police are investigating whether Smollett and the two men staged the...

Trump suggests venerated Navy SEAL commander should have found bin Laden faster

Via: Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  •  News & Politics  •  231 Comments  •  8 years ago

“Wouldn’t it have been nice if we got Osama bin Laden a lot sooner than that, wouldn’t it have been nice?” the president said. “You know, living — think of this — living in Pakistan, beautifully in Pakistan, in what I guess they considered a nice mansion, I don’t know, I’ve seen nicer, but living...

Oops! Student is left MORTIFIED after accidentally turning in a college paper addressed to 'Professor whats his nuts' instead of the teacher's real name

Via: Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  •  SiNNERs and ButtHeads  •  12 Comments  •  8 years ago

“Zo!”

A student was left red-faced after accidentally sending one of her professors a paper addressed to 'Professor whats his nuts'. Zoey Oxley, 18, is a student at Ohio University. She took to Twitter on Thursday to detail the mishap, which occurred after she turned in an assignment to her professor...