Category: Controversy
MauerGuide.
GPS device will allow tourists to see the Berlin Wall.
Post date: Monday, April 21st, 2008.
David “None of the Above” Gatchell.
Man running for governor of Tennessee legally changes his middle name to None of the above. (via)
Post date: Thursday, July 20th, 2006.
Propranolol.
Drug being tested that allows PTSD victims the ability to edit memories of their traumatic events.
Post date: Monday, July 17th, 2006.
SkySeer.
Unmanned drone to be tested in Los Angeles for use as a law enforcement surveillance tool.
Post date: Monday, June 19th, 2006.
Hail cannons.
Shock wave generators that protect a farmer’s crop by disrupting hail formation in the sky may also be preventing the entire town from receiving rain. (via)
Post date: Friday, June 16th, 2006.
Death vans.
China operates a fleet of mobile execution vehicles. (via)
Post date: Thursday, June 15th, 2006.
Just add water.
Russia to build world’s first floating nuclear power plant. (via)
Post date: Thursday, June 15th, 2006.
2007 Serial Killer Calendar.
French artist has designed a calendar that portrays the world’s most notorious serial killers.
Post date: Saturday, June 10th, 2006.
Dianetics Racing Team.
Church of Scientology to start a NASCAR racing team.
Post date: Wednesday, June 7th, 2006.
Ventria Bioscience.
Company has developed a drug to combat diarrhea by growing rice engineered with human protein.
Post date: Tuesday, May 16th, 2006.
Typosquatting.
Advertisers are are designing website placeholders with ads on popular domain name misspellings. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006.
PolyHeme.
Blood substitute that is made from real blood that has expired. (via)
Post date: Thursday, March 2nd, 2006.
Gospel of Judas.
Apocryphal manuscript to be published around Easter in which Jesus forgives Judas.
Post date: Tuesday, February 28th, 2006.
Jigga what?
Damon Wayans is trying to trademark the word ‘Nigga’. (via)
Post date: Thursday, February 23rd, 2006.
Psalm 18:2.
Former U.N. weapons inspector believes he was sent by God to find WMD’s. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006.
Biogerontology.
Progressive science that has identified potential technological fixes for ageing that would allow humans to live for hundreds of years.
Post date: Thursday, February 16th, 2006.
Corporate branding.
Video surveillance company is requiring RFID chips to be implanted into its employees. (via)
Post date: Sunday, February 12th, 2006.
Chicken run.
Firefighters armed with rifles run through Florida town slaughtering wild chickens.
Post date: Sunday, February 12th, 2006.
Fee-mail.
Email service will charge companies money to send email to help identify spam. (via)
Post date: Saturday, February 4th, 2006.
Mesenchymal stem cells.
Scientists will try to make bones from human blood. (via)
Post date: Monday, January 30th, 2006.
Probable forgery.
Pennsylvania man signs his name as ‘God‘.
Post date: Saturday, January 28th, 2006.
Orion.
British project that will simulate a thermonuclear explosion. (via)
Post date: Friday, January 20th, 2006.
Lockout.
Scottish inmates will be freed one weekend a month due to prison overcrowding.
Post date: Tuesday, January 17th, 2006.
Zheng He.
Chinese admiral may have discovered America in 1418. (via)
Post date: Friday, January 13th, 2006.
One solution.
Iran suggests that Israel be relocated to Alaska.
Post date: Wednesday, December 14th, 2005.
Holy Mary, Mother of God!
Statue of Mary crying in California.
Post date: Tuesday, December 6th, 2005.
Will I get it?
Brazilian psychic is claiming that the United States owes him the $25 million reward for providing the hiding place of Saddam Hussein.
Post date: Friday, October 7th, 2005.
CSI: Topeka.
Controversial Hallmark greeting card makes fun of a Kansas city. (via)
Post date: Saturday, October 1st, 2005.
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