A Little Brain Game.

points awarded for lack of coffee.  :)

Why is our little fox so puzzled? Can you find all of his friends in this beautiful puzzle by Currier & Ives:

OH click pic for a better view!!!!

I found this here.

www.moillusions.com/2013/05/puzzled-fox-optical-illusion.html

It’s a FaceBook Page and you can either play there  or here.

~Steve~

Saturday Morning Funny.

I bring you another video that is so bad and so stupid it is funny. My son who has just turned 13 likes to point out certain vids  that he finds hysterical.                                 oop’s a little warning on the language. just a little salty.

~ Steve~                    H/T The Short Fella who lives here.

It’s come to this (part two)…

Earlier I did a post on how a man got his “crush” to have sex with him after getting 1 million “likes” on his Facebook page. Well, now there is a new Facebook app to make it easier for you to hookup for sex.

New Facebook hook-up app shows which of your friends want to ‘bang’ you

DailyMail: A controversial new Facebook app shows users of the social network which of their online friends are prepared to meet up for  no-strings attached sexual encounters. Bang With Friends claims to help users  ‘anonymously find friends who are down for the night’ by pairing up any that are  both attracted to each other.

However, doubt has been cast over how anonymous the app really is, since it has an apparent loophole which shows  prospective users which of their friends are already using it before signing  up.

Logging into the app shows a screen filled with the profile pictures of your Facebook friends of the opposite sex – it appears to be designed exclusively for heterosexual pairings. Beneath each of the profiles listed sits a button labelled ‘Down to Bang’ which users can click to indicate that they are  sexually interested in the friend in question.

Clicking the button switches its label to  ‘Awaiting Bang’ but will not notify them of your interest. Unless, that is, they are also users of the app and have also clicked the button beneath your face too. If that happens, then the app will send a  notification email to the address listed on your Facebook account informing you  that you have a match.

However, despite its promises of anonymity, the app appears to have a serious glitch that could cause serious problems for  users who prefer discretion. Like other Facebook apps, when users sign up  to the service it shows a screen asking them if they are sure, but also showing  which of their friends are already using the app. For many users, the revelation that they are out trawling for sex over Facebook could be the source of serious  embarrassment.

A second glitch seems to be that once users  have indicated they are ‘Down to Bang’ a friend, there appears to be no way to  revoke it – the button no longer works once it has switched to ‘Awaiting  Bang’.

Buzzfeed writer Katie Heaney described the  idea behind the app as ‘icky’. ‘Unless you’re someone who believes (almost certainly wrongly, by the way) that your Facebook friends are all dying to hook  up with you, and would do so if only given the bright blue button to admit it,  the app doesn’t really offer you anything you couldn’t already accomplish on Facebook without it,’ she wrote.

‘How many people would really freely admit to wanting to hook up with a friend who wouldn’t already have some indicator of  interest? Shouldn’t you already kind of know your chances with your Facebook  friends? ‘Part of the grossness of “Bang With Friends”  is the way it conceives of friendship as something you only do to get to, well,  banging.’

At the time of writing, around 2,500 people  had signed up to use the new app.

People are entitled to hook up with whomever they wish. Maybe I’m old-fashioned, but I prefer to find a love through dating, romance, and getting to know someone. I would think that any person with an ounce of self-respect would feel the same way too.

DCG

It’s come to this…

Norwegian man gets 1 million Facebook likes so crush will sleep with him

NY Post: A Norwegian man may be about to get lucky – all thanks to Facebook.

Petter Kverneng persuaded his high school crush, Cathrine Johansen, to have sex  with him if he got 1 million likes on Facebook, and social media users  immediately rushed to his aid.

The 20-year-old’s salacious stunt, which  reportedly started as a prank, hit the million mark just hours after he posted a  photo begging for likes.

Though it began as a joke, Kverneng told Norway’s Nettavisen that he and his gal pal are going  to “keep what (they) promised.” He only hopes Cathrine’s parents aren’t  Facebook users too.

Their parents must be so proud…

DCG

Aurora killer James Holmes has a fan club

This is how sick and depraved America has become.

Accused mass murderer James Holmes, who shot 24 people dead in a darkened Century movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, has fans.

UPI.com reports, August 4, 2012:

Fans of the alleged Aurora, Colo., theater gunman James Eagan Holmes have created social media fan pages, posting messages of praise for the shootings.

Dozens of Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr pages have been set up by self-described “Holmies,” featuring jokes about the incident and encouragement for the alleged movie theater shooter charged with killing 12 people and injuring 58, The Denver Post reported Friday.

One Facebook fan page has at least 888 “likes,” and includes pictures of Holmes’ face edited onto avatars. The page also lists the inmate mailing address for Holmes at the Arapahoe County Jail where he is being held without bond, the newspaper reported.

The social media pages supporting Holmes include posts from users asking for the pages to be deleted. “I believe this page should be deleted for the families who are going through this pain,” one user wrote.

Facebook officials said they do not support the Holmes fan pages, but did not say they would delete them. “While these particular pages are distasteful and unpopular, we are heartened that the vast majority of activity on Facebook surrounding this tragedy has been focused on helping the community cope and beginning the healing process in the wake of these events,” a Facebook spokesperson, whose name was not reported, said.

~Eowyn

Muslim-owned gas station apologizes for denying service to US soldier

About a month ago, both Terry and I published posts on a U.S. soldier being denied service at a Muslim-owned Texaco gas station on Highway 10 in Bogalusa, Louisiana. (See my post, here).

Due to YouTube repeatedly taking down the video we posted, showing patriots protesting in front of the station, some commenters on Fellowship of the Minds expressed disbelief that the incident ever occurred. So I went on the net to see if I can find any follow-up to this story. Here’s what I found:

According to Tania Dall of WWLTV, June 7, 2012, the refusal of service was witnessed by Christopher Carnegie “a few days ago.” Carnegie said he saw a National Guardsman walk into the gas station store “and got in line and the clerk told him they didn’t serve his kind and pointed at the door for him to leave. I left my stuff and walked out behind him.” 

Carnegie’s wife posted the incident on the couple’s Facebook page, which quickly went viral.

John Jones posted on his Facebook that he would put an American flag on his Harley and go to the gas station to protest. In this manner, Jones became the organizer of an impromptu protest on June 7, calling for a boycott of the business.

The owners of the gas station — who identified themselves as originally of Indian descent — did not want to be interviewed on-camera, but insisted the incident was “a misunderstanding” and that they never refuse service to customers.

WWL-TV tried to track down the National Guardsman at the center of this controversy, but have not been able to identify him.

(Click here for TV news video)

On June 8, 2012, WDSU TV reports that the gas station owner formally apologized. Standing in front of the station and the TV camera, the owner (a short dark-haired Asian Indian woman) and her English-speaking manager (a dyed-blonde Hispanic woman) held a large green poster with this hand-lettered apology:

To all of our Military & those who serve

We are so so SORRY for all this misunderstanding & choice of words

PLEASE forgive

The owner did not explain exactly what the “misunderstanding” was. The gas station held a party the next day for its customers, beginning at 11 am.

Click here to watch the WDSU news video and see the poster for yourself.

~Eowyn

Should Michael Haley Resign?

Haley defends military husband’s Facebook post

Army Times: The head of South Carolina’s National Guard said Tuesday he will conduct an internal review of the Guard’s policy on social media use after Gov. Nikki Haley’s husband used Facebook to call members of the state Senate cowards for not voting on a bill favored by his wife.

Maj. Gen. Robert Livingston said he spoke with Michael Haley about the matter, and Michael Haley told the general he intended to express himself as a private citizen, not as a member of the Guard.  Michael Haley is an officer the South Carolina Army National Guard.

Sen. Jake Knotts, a Lexington Republican who has often clashed with Gov. Haley, called late Tuesday for Michael Haley to resign his commission if he can’t abstain from “contentious partisan issues.”

In speeches, Gov. Nikki Haley frequently talks about her husband’s military service and says she is proud that he puts on his uniform daily when he goes to work.  At a news conference, the governor defended her husband, saying he made the posting while away from the family and attending two weeks of military training in Texas.  “He is a person. He is a citizen. He has the right to get frustrated,” Haley said, responding to calls that Michael Haley apologize for the posting.

Michael Haley’s post came Thursday after the Senate failed to vote on a bill backed by his wife that would restructure portions of the state government.  “It amazes me that in a week that we have heroes who have died fighting for our freedoms, we have cowards who are afraid to take a vote in the senate,” Michael Haley wrote.

Earlier that day, the Guard announced that three South Carolina soldiers had been killed in an attack by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan.

“We reviewed the posting,” Livingston said in a telephone interview. “It was not a partisan expression and he did not express himself as a member of the military.”

Livingston said he wants to ensure that every citizen, including Michael Haley, maintains his freedom of speech.  But the general noted that Michael Haley has a unique role serving as the governor’s spouse, as well as a lieutenant in the National Guard.  “I think he is very conscious of the stir this has caused,” Livingston said.

Livingston said the military has had to grapple with an “evolving” approach to social media, and the situation offers a chance for review.  “We will conduct an internal review and do a wash on the policy that all our people have to deal with” on social media, Livingston said. “We will use this as an opportunity to make sure all our people don’t step over the line.”

Livingston said he hoped the contretemps does not take away from the heroism displayed by the three members of the Guard who gave their lives in Afghanistan.  “We have three real heroes who have fallen. I don’t want us to lose sight of the tremendous sacrifice that they, and their families, are making,” he said.

Knotts suggested that Michael Haley’s action violated the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal employees from engaging in partisan political activity.

“Michael Haley should be ashamed of himself for invoking the memory of dead soldiers just to make a partisan political point,” he said in a statement. “As a commissioned officer in the South Carolina National Guard, Mr. Haley should know that he is not permitted to engage in partisan rhetoric.”

Knotts said that if Michael Haley wants to be involved in politics, he should resign from the military.  “I’m concerned when a person uses his uniform or position in the military for political purposes,” Knotts said. He said the Facebook post was “an insult to the families and to the Senate as a whole.”  He said Michael Haley should offer apologies to both the soldiers’ families and to the Senate.

On Monday Sumter Sen. Phil Leventis said on the floor of the Senate that Michael Haley’s comment amounted to politics at its worst. He said he didn’t think the three soldiers died for a new South Carolina Department of Administration.  “I found it difficult that Mr. Haley implied that he knew what those three wanted. They died as Americans. They didn’t die as Republicans or Democrats,” said Leventis, a Democrat who retired as a brigadier general in the South Carolina Air National Guard after 30 years in uniform.

After he spoke, Republican colleague Sen. Chip Campsen of Charleston rose to say Leventis was no coward, and had 21 combat flights in the Iraq war to his credit.  Leventis said in a telephone interview Tuesday that he believed Michael Haley “stepped way out of line” by using the soldiers’ deaths to make a point about a local political issue.

In April, a Marine Corps sergeant in San Diego was discharged for criticizing President Obama on Facebook.  The military has had a policy since the Civil War limiting the free speech of service members, including criticism of the commander in chief.

Pentagon directives say military personnel in uniform cannot sponsor a political club; participate in any TV or radio program or group discussion that advocates for or against a political party, candidate or cause; or speak at any event promoting a political movement.

Federal employees engage in partisan political activity all the time (some federal employees, such as the President, are exempt from the Hatch Act).  What do you think goes on in DC on a daily basis?

Michael Haley is in a sticky situation – in the National Guard and married to a politician.  Should he be able to voice his opinion while not in uniform?  How can he not be a vocal supporter for his wife?

DCG

Oreo goes gay

On Monday evening, Kraft Foods, the maker of Oreo cookies, posted a gay pride Oreo on the cookie’s Facebook page.

Amy Bingham reports for ABC News, June 26, 2012, that the photoshopped picture of an Oreo cookie stuffed with rainbow-colored layers of frosting carries the caption “Proudly support love!”

Basil Maglaris, a spokeswoman for Oreo’s parent company Kraft Foods, said in a statement that Kraft is not planning to sell the rainbow-stuffed Oreo in stores, as it was created solely for the advertising campaign in honor of Pride month. The image was part of a “series of daily ads reflecting current events in a fun way using images of OREO cookies and milk. We are excited to illustrate what is making history today in a fun and playful way. As a company, Kraft Foods has a proud history of celebrating diversity and inclusiveness. We feel the OREO ad is a fun reflection of our values.”

Gosh, this must mean that Oreo and Kraft Foods “proudly support” the  “values” of sexual promiscuity and unhealthy, even dangerous, practices like anal intercourse, rimming, and fisting!

Prior to the AIDS epidemic, a 1978 study found that:

• 75% of white gay males (3 of every 4) claimed to have had more than 100 lifetime male sex partners;
• 15% claimed 100-249 sex partners;
• 17% claimed 250-499;
• 15% claimed 500- 999;
• 28% (that’s more than 1 of every 5 white gay men!) claimed more than 1,000 lifetime male sex partners. That’s how much they “love” each other!

After declining in the aftermath of the AIDS epidemic, with new HIV drugs, the percentage of homosexual men reporting multiple partners and unprotected anal sex once again increased — from 23.6% in 1994 to 33.3% in 1997, with the largest increase among men under 25.

An Australian study found lesbians to be more promiscuous than straight women:

• 93% of lesbians reported having had sex with men. Other studies similarly show that 75-90% of women who have sex with women have also had sex with men.
• Lesbians were 4.5 times more likely than heterosexual women (9% of lesbians vs. 2% of heterosexual women) to have had more than 50 lifetime male sex partners.

For anal intercourse and other unhealthy practices, go here.

Just one more business to boycott, in addition to Cheerio breakfast cereal, DC Comics, JCPenney, Target…. No big deal. I wasn’t buying stuff from them anyway! Besides, eating the hi-fat, hi-sodium, hi-sugar, no-fiber, and low-to-no nutrients Oreos makes you fat.

Less than 2% of U.S. households are same-sex, i.e., homosexual. But these businesses are determined to risk alienating the 98% by pandering to the 2%. Go figure.

~Eowyn

Muslims must not eat tomatoes

Not only is Islam not a “Religion of Peace” — an expression coined by George W. Bush, lest we forget — some Muslims are downright demented.

A radical Islamic group called Salafists are urging fellow Muslims not to eat tomatoes because the veggie-fruit is Christian.

Bare Naked Islam on June 17, 2012, reblogging a post from the site Iran Aware, alerts us to the Salafist group called the Popular Egyptian Islamic Association that issued a warning about eating tomatoes on its Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/IEPAS

Why?

Because the dementers found a tomato that, when cut in half, appears to reveal the shape of a cross. Here’s the pic of the tomato:

Accompanying the tomato pic is this warning:

“Eating tomatoes is forbidden because they are Christian. [The tomato] praises the cross instead of Allah and says that Allah is three (a reference to the Trinity).”

You just can’t make this stuff up!

H/t FOTM’s beloved Grouchy Fogie.

~Eowyn

The Coat Hanger

A woman was at work when she received a phone call that her small daughter was very sick with a fever. She left her work and stopped by the pharmacy to get some medication. She got back to her car and found that she had locked her keys in the car.

She didn’t know what to do, so she called home and told the baby sitter what had happened. The baby sitter told her that the fever was getting worse. She said, “You might find a coat hanger and use that to open the door.”

The woman looked around and saw an old rusty coat hanger that had been left on the ground, possibly by someone else who at some time had locked their keys in their car. She looked at the hanger and said, I don’t know how to use this.” She bowed her head and asked God to send her help.

Within five minutes a beat up old motor cycle pulled up, with a dirty, greasy, bearded man who was wearing an old biker skull rag on his head.

The woman thought, “Is this what you sent to help me God?” But she was desperate, so she was also very thankful.

The man got off of his cycle and asked if he could help. She said, “Yes, my daughter is very sick. I stopped to get her some medication and I locked my keys in my car. I must get home to her. Please, can you use this hanger to unlock my car?”

He said, “Sure.” He walked over to the car, and in less than a minute the car was opened. She hugged the man and through her tears she said,

“Thank You So Much! You are a very nice man.”

The man replied, “Lady, I am not a nice man. I just got out of prison today. I was in prison for car theft and have only been out less than a day.

The woman hugged the man again and with sobbing tears cried out loud, “Oh, thank you God! You even sent me a Professional!”
~Steve~                                                H/T Joseph