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Saturday, June 5, 2010
Attempts to Bar Nevada Voters From Wearing Chicken Suits at Polls Lays an Egg
Protesters of a statewide ban to keep people dressed as chickens from coming closer than 100 feet to polling places are crying "fowl."
It seems Secretary of State Ross Miller's ban did not stop some peeps from flocking to vote Wednesday.
Clad in a bright yellow chicken suit, Michael Ginsburg voted at the Rainbow Library despite the ban, claiming the debate has transformed into a free speech issue rather than a jab at any one particular candidate.
"The concern is they could ban something else," said Ginsburg, an at-large board member for the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada. "I understand the chicken outfit has become synonymous with a certain campaign, which we weren't actually discussing or out in opposition to. This really just interferes with someone's First Amendment rights."
For weeks, chicken jokes have permeated the news, with pundits chiding Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sue Lowden for her remarks suggesting people could barter with doctors for medical care.
But Clark County Registrar of Voters Larry Lomax said the Election Department cannot stop someone from voting as long as they are not interfering with the process.
"This whole thing is ridiculous," Lomax said. "You've got a state with a $3 billion deficit, a country that's bankrupt, and that's what we're dealing with. We instructed our workers to let them vote. They can vote.
"Then we get them out of there as quickly as possible."
Immediately after voting, Ginsburg was escorted from the polling place.
Miller has refused to lift his ban, saying state law prohibits "electioneering" or campaigning for or against a candidate closer than 100 feet to polling places.
But he also acknowledged that local election officials have discretion when it comes to voter dress at the polls.
The law that Miller cites as giving him authority to prohibit people in chicken suits from being in polling places does not specifically mention what people can or cannot wear.
Instead, it states people cannot buy, sell, wear or display "any badge, button or insignia which is designed or tends to aid or promote the success or defeat of any political party, candidate or ballot question."
Miller said it would not be unlawful for people to show up at polls dressed as Uncle Sam or even Freddy Krueger of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" fame as long as it did not interfere with other voters.
Miller said that despite the ban, people in chicken suits are showing up at polls and standing more than 100 feet away.
"Obviously, some people are trying to get publicity out of this issue," he said. "Their protest of my ban laid an egg."
Everyone knows that the chicken suit wearer is sending a message against one particular candidate, Miller added.
"I know they aren't at the polls to vote for Colonel Sanders," he quipped.
VIDEO: Kia presents: A new way to roll in 2010
Maybe you've seen this but not being a tv watcher myself, this is new to me
Time for Parenting Classes for this Dipstick
A Queensland Australia zoo worker has stunned her family after posing her 12-week-old girl with a Burmese python for a photo opportunity. Jenny Cooper said her daughter Lily was well supervised and appeared completely at ease while with the reptile at Australia Zoo.
"They do regular snake photos there — the snakes are really gentle," she said. "I wasn't trying to get her eaten or anything!"
But snake expert Ian Jenkins, who has been handling snakes for 47 years, said the image made him feel uncomfortable. "A child of that size would be food," he said.
The baby’s grandfather John Baran said he was initially stunned to see the image of Lily with the python. "I could see this cute little baby … then someone said, 'that's a bloody snake, is this for real?''' he said. But he said he now loves the image and even uses it as his computer screensaver.
"They do regular snake photos there — the snakes are really gentle," she said. "I wasn't trying to get her eaten or anything!"
But snake expert Ian Jenkins, who has been handling snakes for 47 years, said the image made him feel uncomfortable. "A child of that size would be food," he said.
The baby’s grandfather John Baran said he was initially stunned to see the image of Lily with the python. "I could see this cute little baby … then someone said, 'that's a bloody snake, is this for real?''' he said. But he said he now loves the image and even uses it as his computer screensaver.
VIDEO: Car flies over toll booth in Texas
A driver leaving an airport early on Tuesday morning launched over a tollbooth after hitting a concrete lane divider.
The female driver, later identified as 22-year-old Yasmine Villasana, hit a protective barrier at the north end of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport at a high rate of speed.
The driver and her vehicle flew over the tollbooth - and another vehicle in the lane paying a toll - and landed on the other side of the booth shortly after 6 a.m. on Tuesday. The driver told police she had been rear-ended as she was approaching the toll plaza and that the collision caused her vehicle to strike the protector barricade.
After landing, the woman's car burst into flames. She was able to get out safely, but police said she kept trying to get back into the vehicle while it was on fire. The woman walked away with minor injuries, including an injury to her shoulder. The tollbooth attendant and the other driver were not injured.
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"Everyone knew that there was something strange, something not quite right, something...unnatural...about the McKinsey triplets. It wasn't just that they bore no resemblance to anyone at all in their dark-haired family, or that they were never seen playing with toys like normal children, or even that they spoke in an oddly monosyllabic tone with an unidentifiable accent; no, it was that children who dared go into their isolated house at the end of the street, had a strange habit of never being seen again...and each time, the triplets were seen with a new, exotic pet. So far, three children had disappeared under mysterious circumstances, but as police had never found the slightest trace of evidence of foul play, they let the McKinsey family alone...and so did everyone else."
JOKE: Jennifer sneaked off to visit a fortune teller
After escaping from her overly controlling husband for the evening, Jennifer sneaked off to visit a fortune teller of some local repute. In a dark and hazy room, peering into a crystal ball, the mystic delivered grave news.
"There's no easy way to say this, so I'll just be blunt: Prepare yourself to be a widow. Your husband will die a violent and horrible death this year." Then the soothsayer looked up and locked eyes with Jennifer, who was visibly shaken at the news.
Jennifer stared back at the woman's lined face, then at the single flickering candle, then down at her hands. She took a few deep breaths to compose herself.
She simply had to know. She looked back, deep into the fortune teller's gaze, steadied her voice, and asked her question:
"Will I be acquitted?"
JOKE: A firm in Germany ordered macaroni from a firm in the United States
A firm in Germany ordered macaroni from a firm in the United States. While the macaroni was enroute, a couple of boxes broke open and some rats nested in the macaroni. The German firm sent the following letter concerning the condition of the macaroni.
WILHELMSTRASSEE 135
HAMBURG, GERMANY
BRITISH ZONE
SCHENTLEMENS:
DER LAST TWO PACKESCHES VE GOT FROM YOU OF MACARONI WAS MITT RATTSCHIDT GEMIXT. DER MACARONI MAY BE GUT ENUFF, BUT DER RATTCURDS SCHPOILS DER TRADE. VE DID NOT SEE DER RATTCURDS IN DER SEMBLES VICH YOU SENT US FOR EXAMINASHUM.
VE ORDER DER KLEEN MACARONI AND YOU SHIPT SCHIDT MIT DER MACARONI, IT VAS A MISTAKE, YA? ID TAKES SO MUCH TIME TO PIK DER RATTCURDS FROM DER MACARONI VE LIKE YOU TO SCHIP US DER MACARONI IN VUN SAK UND DER RATTSCHIDT IN DER ODDER SAK, DEN VE MIX IT TO SUIT DER CUSTOMER.
PLEASE WRITE IF VE SHULDT SHIPP DER SCHIDT BAK UND KEEPEN DER MACARONI, OR VE SHULDT KEEP DER SCHIDT UND SCHIPP DER MACARONI BAK OR SCHIPP DER WHOLE SCHIDDEN VORKS BAK.
VE VANT TO DO RITE IN DIS MADDER, BUT VE DUNT LIK DISS RATTSCHIDT BUSINESS.
MIT MUCH REAPAKIS,
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