All news and information "at your fingertips."noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Fri, 1 Nov 2024 07:45:34 -0400Blogger http://www.blogger.com194125http://bonkers-bonkers.blogspot.com/en-usnoAll news and information "at your fingertips."noreply@blogger.comhttp://bonkers-bonkers.blogspot.com/2013/02/bones-ghosts-and-paul-koudounaris.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:20:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429402577024706374.post-7408302414168127104   This interview with "author, photographer, and ossuary expert" Paul Koudounaris is a trove of weird stories about the things people get up to with their local mummies, haunted skulls, and other "miracle-performing" remains: They’re not all like that. One of the more outlandish stories is about a guy who got to be called “pene grande,” which means “big dick.” He was a mummy famed 0http://bonkers-bonkers.blogspot.com/2012/07/anderson-cooper-fact-is-im-gay.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Mon, 2 Jul 2012 19:55:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429402577024706374.post-157728487479673878 Anderson Cooper has officially come out of the closet. In an email to Andrew Sullivan, published on The Daily Beast: "The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn’t be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud."0http://bonkers-bonkers.blogspot.com/2012/02/whitney-houston-casket-photos.htmlWhitney Houston: The Last Photonoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:55:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429402577024706374.post-5677589895441255067 0http://bonkers-bonkers.blogspot.com/2012/02/california-arrested-for-eating-cats.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:45:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429402577024706374.post-3505888604905455891 BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — In a case that has shocked even investigators, a California man is in jail for allegedly cooking and eating cats.Jason Louis Wilmert is being held in the Kern County Jail on charges alleging animal cruelty and using a pet or domesticated animal for food. Both charges are misdemeanors.Neighbors called sheriff's deputies when they heard cats wailing and screeching at the 1http://bonkers-bonkers.blogspot.com/2011/12/christopher-hitchens-dead-at-62.htmlChristopher Hitchensnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:11:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429402577024706374.post-6612933664579690896Christopher Hitchens died Thursday in Houston. He was 62. The legendary writer was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 2010.His death was announced by Vanity Fair.Hitchens was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England in 1949. His father, Ernest, a commander in the British Royal Navy, and his mother, Yvonne, a bookkeeper, scrimped and saved so that he could attend the independent Leys School in 0http://bonkers-bonkers.blogspot.com/2011/11/stroke-turned-butch-british-rugby.htmlChris Birchnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Wed, 9 Nov 2011 12:01:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429402577024706374.post-2317016737533549731Chris Birch, 26, a Welsh bank clerk, broke his neck while attempting a back flip and then suffered a stroke, the Daily Mail reported Tuesday.When he woke up, he told his family he had changed. "It sounds strange, but when I came round, I immediately felt different," Birch told the paper. "I wasn't interested in women any more. I was definitely gay. I had never been attracted to a man before - I'd0http://bonkers-bonkers.blogspot.com/2011/11/feds-to-take-over-your-tv-radio-on.htmlBig Brother is Watchingnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Tue, 8 Nov 2011 11:45:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429402577024706374.post-5234933151450649970Uncle Sam will be taking over your television or radio on Wednesday. Don’t worry, it’s not some sort of Big Brother conspiracy, instead it’s just a test.Federal emergency managers will test the nationwide Emergency Alert System (EAS) at 2 p.m. The test will last 30 seconds and interrupt programming on all television, radio, cable and satellite shows.“This test will provide important 0http://bonkers-bonkers.blogspot.com/2011/11/spanish-government-has-granted.htmlRicky Martin and Carlos Gonzaleznoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Fri, 4 Nov 2011 17:35:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429402577024706374.post-3664398465343393001 MADRID -- The Spanish government says it has granted citizenship to singer Ricky Martin and boyfriend Carlos Gonzalez.Spokesman Jose Blanco said Friday that Martin and Gonzalez were recognized for their artistic talents and that the government was happy they wished to have Spanish nationality.Both Martin and Gonzalez are from Puerto Rico and have U.S. citizenship.Spain normally obliges people to0http://bonkers-bonkers.blogspot.com/2011/08/tributes-abound-as-lucille-balls.htmlLucille Ballnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sat, 6 Aug 2011 11:34:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429402577024706374.post-1479728852307377036Lucille Ball would have turned 100 on Saturday, and it would seem that Americans have loved her for nearly that long. But in fact, it took years for audiences to love Lucy.She had been kicking around Hollywood for nearly two decades before her performance in the seminal CBS sitcom I Love Lucy, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. Her portrayal of the sweetly daffy redhead Lucy Ricardo1http://bonkers-bonkers.blogspot.com/2011/08/tmz-claims-to-have-new-photos-of-casey.htmlCasey Anthonynoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Wed, 3 Aug 2011 10:25:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429402577024706374.post-4690731930264430037Casey Anthony, the infamous tot mom accused of killing her two year old daughter, Caley Anthony, in Florida could be in Ohio.According to TMZ, a website for celebrities, it said that the photos were taken Sunday afternoon while Anthony was walking around Columbus, Ohio. According to some sources, Ms. Anthony has family in Ohio. Since her release the whereabouts of Ms. Anthony have been unknown.1http://bonkers-bonkers.blogspot.com/2011/07/plaxico-burress-agrees-to-contract.htmlPlaxico Burressnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:25:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429402577024706374.post-7797219618188067068Plaxico Burress has agreed to contract terms with the New York Jets, according to multiple media reports. ESPN first reported Burress has agreed to a one-year deal for just over $3 million, fully guaranteed. Because of the NFL post-lockout rules, Burress can't practice with the team until Thursday. Burress was in Los Angeles on his way to a meeting with the San Francisco 49ers, ESPN reported, but0http://bonkers-bonkers.blogspot.com/2011/07/dirtycom-11-million-dollar-lawsuit.htmlNik Ritchiethedirty.comnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:12:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429402577024706374.post-2342229915368556624A gossip web site for non celebrities, and that means regular folks like you and me, thedirty.com, has been hit with an $11 million judgment for libel and slander after posting false accusations about a Northern Kentucky teacher who sidelines as a Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader. The judgment against Dirty World Entertainment Recordings, which runs the site thedirty.com, came Thursday after the 1http://bonkers-bonkers.blogspot.com/2011/07/amy-winehouse-dies-mom-janis-says-she.htmlAmy Winehousenoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sun, 24 Jul 2011 18:31:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429402577024706374.post-1015971140695628891Though it wasn't entirely unexpected, given the recent disaster concerts and trip back to rehab, Amy Winehouse's Saturday death came as a shock to a public not entirely in the loop about her most recent struggles (as thorough as tabloids like to be). To those who knew her best, the passing -- from reasons still officially unexplained -- seemed a foregone conclusion.Winehouse's mom, Janis, saw her0http://bonkers-bonkers.blogspot.com/2011/07/amy-winehouse-dead.htmlAmy Winehouse deadnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:52:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429402577024706374.post-8253899249099494067Troubled, Grammy-winning singer Amy Winehouse has been found dead in her North London home, Sky News is reporting. The Daily Mail reports that police have confirmed the passing.In a statement, the London Metropolitan Police said, "Police were called by London Ambulance Service to an address in Camden Square NW1 shortly before 16.05hrs today, Saturday 23 July, following reports of a woman found 2http://bonkers-bonkers.blogspot.com/2011/05/death-of-osama-bin-laden.htmldeathOBITUARY: The Death of Osama bin Ladenterroristsnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Tue, 3 May 2011 10:11:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429402577024706374.post-6446444131271049469The Most Wanted Face of TerrorismBy KATE ZERNIKE and MICHAEL T. KAUFMANOsama bin Laden, who was killed in Pakistan on Monday, was a son of the Saudi elite whose radical, violent campaign to recreate a seventh-century Muslim empire redefined the threat of terrorism for the 21st century.With the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, Bin Laden was elevated to the 0http://bonkers-bonkers.blogspot.com/2011/05/standing-babas.htmlFictionIndiaStanding Babasnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sun, 1 May 2011 13:05:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429402577024706374.post-1750944614816444440By Jorge ReyesI am reading an almost 1,000 page novel titled Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts. The basic plot of the book, loosely based on the author's own life, is about a man who escapes from prison in Australia (where he was serving a 19-year sentence for armed robbery, which he committed to maintain his heroin addiction) before fleeing to India. By fleeing, he in essence becomes a lifelong1http://bonkers-bonkers.blogspot.com/2011/02/wikileaks-gadhafi-stashed-32-billion-in.htmlMoammar Gadhafinoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:21:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429402577024706374.post-3314429730772031045Theunis Bates Contributor Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has signed dozens of multibillion-dollar deals over the past decade with foreign firms eager to exploit his country's vast oil and natural gas reserves. So where has all that money gone? Not to ordinary Libyans, around one-third of whom are thought to live in poverty.Instead, Gadhafi and his family appear to have been quietly siphoning off 0http://bonkers-bonkers.blogspot.com/2010/08/eyes-of-willie-mcgee-by-alex-heard.htmlThe Eyes of Willie McGee by Alex Heardnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:38:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429402577024706374.post-8900783512356265870Browse Inside this book Get this for your site0http://bonkers-bonkers.blogspot.com/2010/07/north-iowa-latest-billboard-comparing.htmlDemocract SocialistMarxist SocialismNational Socialismnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:27:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429402577024706374.post-7822550316631123052 One of the weirdest, and saddest, things I've seen. Normally, I would never compare anyone to Adolf Hitler, much less Vladimir Lenin. But these idiots from the Tea Party, who think they know it all though they know nothing, are demonstrating how bereft of intellect and historical knowledge they truly are.0http://bonkers-bonkers.blogspot.com/2010/04/from-madalyn-murray-ohair-to-anthony.htmlAnthony FlewMadalyn Murray O'Hairnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:04:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429402577024706374.post-3794031255472931251by Jorge ReyesBrowsing the internet today, I read the obituary of the British rationalist philosopher Anthony Flew.For most of his life Flew has been a consistent and strong advocate for natural philosophy, unemcumbered by belief in God or miracles. To him, he advocated a negative form of atheism, placing the burden of proof of belief in any transcendence squarely on the shoulders of theists. 0http://bonkers-bonkers.blogspot.com/2010/04/from-madalyn-murray-ohair-to-anthony_20.htmlAnthony FlewMadalyn Murray O'Hairnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:04:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429402577024706374.post-6742238347938215984by Jorge ReyesBrowsing the internet today, I read the obituary of the British rationalist philosopher Anthony Flew.For most of his life Flew has been a consistent and strong advocate for natural philosophy, unemcumbered by belief in God ormiracles. To him, he advocated a negative form of atheism, placing the burden of proof of belief in any transcendence squarely on the shoulders of theists. 0http://bonkers-bonkers.blogspot.com/2010/03/corey-haim-dead-at-38-of-apparent-drug.htmlCorey Haimnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:12:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429402577024706374.post-6178223959531567948Corey Haim, the former teen idol who rose to fame in 1980s classics 'The Lost Boys,' 'Lucas' and 'License to Drive,' died Wednesday morning of an apparent accidental drug overdose in Burbank, Calif., the LAPD has confirmed. He was 38. Local news station KTLA is reporting that Haim was found in an Oakwood apartment believed to belong to his mother, who was at home at the time and called emergency 0http://bonkers-bonkers.blogspot.com/2010/02/president-obama-unveiled-his-plan-for.htmlPresident Obama's health care reformnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:57:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429402577024706374.post-2887293199227232091President Obama unveiled his plan for health care reform Monday morning, four days before the summit at which Republicans and Democrats are scheduled to sit down with the president to forge a bipartisan compromise on the matter.White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer said Monday that Obama's proposal is designed to "bridge the gaps" between the different health reform bills passed by the0http://bonkers-bonkers.blogspot.com/2010/02/tiger-woods-gives-formal-apology.htmlTiger Woodsnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:36:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429402577024706374.post-6787700076241047792"I have a lot to atone for." Tiger Woods gave his first in-person public statement today after the affair scandal that linked more than 10 mistresses to him rocked the headlines in late November and December of last year. The golf great had tears in his eyes as he somberly apologized to his staff, family, friends, and fans. He said, with a sigh: "I have a lot to atone for."He said he wanted to 0http://bonkers-bonkers.blogspot.com/2010/02/drew-brees-on-oprah-winfrey-show.htmlDrew BreesOprah Winfreynoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:16:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429402577024706374.post-3610903816453751589This is embarrassing... for Oprah.Apparently, she didn't see New Orleans Saints quarterback and Super Bowl MVP ever before in her life. How else can you explain what happened when Drew Brees was a guest on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show'? Before we go to the tape, a few thoughts. First, what does it say about the staff research on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' that something as big as Drew Brees' birthmark, 1