A former Hollywood Madame claims Will Smith has hired male prostitutes from her for years. Most believed the blockbuster actor was happily married, but were there signs we should have picked up on?
Tom Cruise Connection
Will Smith’s awkward public hugging episodes with similarly closeted Tom Cruise should have raised red flags. Maybe Scientology is into swinging both ways if you know what I mean…
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Softest Rap Star in History
For Will Smith’s music to sound any softer he would have to bathe in Vagisil and wear flowers. Simply put he’s is the black Barry Manilow of rap music.
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Kissed Letterman
When Will Smith kissed David Letterman many thought it was a joke - but this photo clearly shows Will working in some tongue there.
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Pre-Brokeback Mountain
Before there was Brokeback Mountain there was Wild Wild West with Will Smith, in many ways Brokeback was far less gay.
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Overly Muscular Wife / Beard
Straight men normally are not attracted to women who look ripped like Bruce Lee from enter the Dragon. If Jada Pinkett were any more muscular she’d have to be packing her own dragon.
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Effeminate Gestures
The ‘Fresh Prince’ is a little to eager to make effeminate gestures like this unexplainable picture.
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Enjoys Performing Topless
Recently only Jenna Jamison has appeared topless more often in movies.
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HANCOCK
The superhero movie Hancok’s original title was Everyman only Smith demanded the name be changed to something with cock in it prior to agreeing to star in it.
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Awkward Marriage
Will Smith is constantly making awkward displays of affection to Jada Pinkett in public eerily reminiscent of Michael Jackson and Priscilla Presley.
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Demanding Pre Madonna
The action star is well known as being a demanding pre madonna on the set of his movies. Before shooting each day he demands both he and his dog fluffums each have a pedicure before filming can begin.
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The unidentified woman claims that Smith, who has two children with wife Jada Pinkett Smith, “placed his order” for a man after he trusted that she could “guarantee discretion.”
"I had to reassure him over and over that I could guarantee discretion,” she said. “Once I convinced him I could, he placed his order. It was for a man. I had 14 women working for me and two guys. You’d be surprised at how many Hollywood stars requested the services of the guys.”
Smith has not commented on the allegations.
For all we know this whole rumor is B.S. however in the finest tradition of internet reporting we are jumping to conclusions and running on unsubstantiated rumors just like Dan Rather at CBS. The guy does have kids and is married, but so were Rock Hudson, Richard Gere and Liberace.
Pamela Denise Anderson: 1967-2038 was remembered as the pin-up girl for the late 20th Century. Her career began and essentially ended with her Playboy pictorials beginning in 1989 with a controversial spread she did in 2027 serving as bookends in her professional life.
2038 - Dies of Implant Infection
On September 29th 2038 Pamela Anderson, 71 died at Arnold Schwarzenegger
Memorial Hospital in Riverside California. Memorial services in Hollywood drew huge crowds that were estimated to be over 70 thousand people a week later. The event was a huge phenomenon covered on all both remaining TV networks for days. Pamela was hugely popular in China were her iconic image survived her career meltdown in the late 2020’s.
She is survived by her two sons Dylan Jagger Lee 42 and Brandon Thomas Lee 40.
2031 - Withdraws from Public
Pamela became a recluse after her failed marriage to Donald Trump and the infamous Tommy & Pamela Uncensored 2 tape.Her aging appearance became a punch line for comedians. She was rear ely seen in public and her photo was one of the most elusive targets for celebrity chasing Paparazzi. She kept to herself and family although still remained active to her favorite cause PETA. She would occasionally to voice-over’s for commercials with her trademark sultry voice although mostly for products targeting aging baby-boomers.
2029 - Launches Line of Sexy Adult Diapers
Pamela’s money woes led her to look into marketing your brand image and she was known to license anyone willing to pay her money to use her name. Perhaps the most famous was a sexy adult line of diapers targeting incontinent baby boomers. The product was actually a moderate success and helped her pay off her legal bills and provided much needed retirement income.
2029 -The Trump Marriage
Pamela briefly married Donald Trump for seven months prior to his death at age 84. The 83 year old entrepreneurial icon was suffering from colon cancer and many felt he his mental faculties were in decline. His children from previous marriages accused pamela of taking advantage of the frail Donald and a string of lawsuits over his estate went on for years.
Like Anna Nicole Smith Pamela another Playmate who married a wealthy geriatric man Pamela never received the millions she may have been looking for. Legal fees actually outstripped her modest settlement and the entire affair was a major drain on her assets.
2028 - Pamela & Tommy Sex Tape - The Sequel
On the heels of her famous final Playboy pictorial Pamela released home movies of herself and an aging Tommy Lee engaged in things you wouldn’t normally expect to see a 61 year old doing. The video had a certain niche and did sell well with older people who had grown up with Pamela and were old themselves. As usual weird things like this sell well in Asia and many think the video led to her dating Donald Trump the following year. Sadly, Tommy Lee who Pamela referred to as the love of her life died the same year of complications from Hepatitis that many believe he gave to her decades before.
2027 - Infamous 60-year-old Playboy Pictorial
Pamela’s final appearance in Playboy holds the dubious distinction of being the worst selling issue of the magazine’s nearly more than 75 year history.
After a long string of more than 25 appearances her final pictorial was probably one too many. The flabby and out of shape 60 year-old Pamela was a marketing disaster for the struggling magazine.
One of the final magazines in print the historic magazine ceases printing only months later. Many blame the demise squarely on this issue which attracted some older subscribers sickened those under 55.
2018 - Oscar Nomination
In a rare acting appearance Pamela starred as Pheobe Skyler an aging rock star coming to terms with her career in decline and losing her looks. Many felt the independent film role was semiautomatic and the
performance seemed genuine. Many considered the movie "Forgotten Yesterdays" to be the high point of her professional acting career. She went on to be nominated for an Oscar for best actress and a Golden Globe nomination.
Following the part she followed up with several smaller roles in film and television but never received the acclaim or attention she achieved in her 2018 hit.
2013 - Plastic Surgery Setbacks
In 2013 Pamela launched her latest "new look" many were not ready for a surgically altered 50 year old woman as a sex symbol. The Playboy pictorial met mixed reviews and her TV show "Deadly Cougar" was a ratings disaster and only two episodes were aired on CBS.
2008 - The Looks Begin to Go
Many experts consider 2008
to be the end of Pamela’s attractive phase. At 40 her age and repeated attempts at
improving her looks combined to result in a freakish appearance that many would refer to as
1998 - V.I.P. and Career Decline
In September 1998, Anderson starred in her produced series V.I.P. It was very poorly received and a critical bomb. However, with many people tuning in just to see her, the show lasted four seasons before being canceled in 2002. Anderson stated that she needed to dedicate her time to raising her children, but many believed that she was retiring.
In April 2005, Anderson starred in a new FOX sitcom Stacked as Skyler Dayton, a party girl (with implants), who goes to work at a bookstore. It was canceled on May 18, 2006, after two seasons, although some episodes had not been aired on the network.
1998 - The Original Pamela & Tommy Sex Tape
A pornographic home video of Anderson and Tommy Lee on their honeymoon was stolen from their home, and made a huge stir on the Internet. Anderson sued the Internet Entertainment Group, the company that was distributing the video. Ultimately the courts awarded Anderson and Lee $1.5 million plus attorney fees for their share of the profits. After this, the company sold copies of the stolen honeymoon tape across the country. It was very popular.
1996 - Barbed Wire
In 1996, she appeared in a feature film, Barb Wire, as a character known as Barbara Rose Kopetski, which was mistakenly thought by some to have been her real name. The movie, a thinly-veiled futuristic remake of Casablanca, failed to achieve commercial success. During the filming of Barb Wire, Anderson suffered a miscarriage.
The film bombed commercially and critically. At the 1997 Razzie Awards, Anderson ‘won’ for Worst New Star. The movie was also nominated for Worst Actress, Anderson, Worst Original Song, ‘Welcome to Planet Boom’ by Tommy Lee, Worst Picture, Worst Screen Couple, for Anderson’s ‘impressive enhancements’ and Worst Screenplay.
1993 - Baywatch
In 1993 Pamela landed the role of C. J. Parker on Baywatch. Anderson was still modeling for Outdoor Life and appearing on the cover of the magazine each year. Her role as C.J. Parker gave her more popularity and gained her attention from international viewers. She returned to Baywatch for the 2003 reunion movie, Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding. She also made appearances on The Nanny as Fran’s rival, Heather Biblow.
1991 - Original "Tool Time" Girl
After her move to Los Angeles, Anderson bleached her brunette hair blonde. In 1991, she landed a minor role as the original "Tool Time girl" on the hit television sitcom, Home Improvement. She left the show after two seasons
1989 - First Playboy Appearance
In late 1989, Anderson decided to model for Playboy magazine. She first appeared as their October 1989 cover girl. At this stage in her modeling career she had decided to live in Los Angeles to further pursue her career ambitions. She became a centerfold for Playboy when the magazine chose her to be their Playmate of the Month for their February 1990 issue. Anderson has since appeared in Playboy several times in the 1990s and the following decade.
1985 - Early Career
After graduating from Highland Secondary School in 1985, Anderson moved to Vancouver and worked as a fitness instructor. During the summer of 1989, Anderson went with her friends to a BC Lions game at BC Place; at some point during the game she was shown on the stadium screen wearing a Labatt’s t-shirt, causing the crowd to cheer for the 21-year-old Anderson. She was taken down to the field to get an ovation from the crowd. Labatt’s immediately offered Anderson a modeling contract and she accepted.
1967 - Born July 1st in Canada
Pamela Denise Anderson was born at 4:08am, July 1, 1967 in Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada. 1967 was Canada’s Centennial year and Pamela was the first baby born this day in all of Canada earning her the title "The Centennial Baby". This earned her an article in the local newspaper, the Ladysmith-Chemainus Chronicle. The Anderson’s received cash prizes and awards for having the first baby born in Canada on this day, Canada’s 100th Birthday. "That’s where it all started" says Pamela.
Shortly after that, her parents Barry, a furnace repairman and Carol, a waitress, moved to Comox, British Columbia where they purchased a large six bedroom house on Douglas Street. Comox is about 200 kilometers north of Vancouver, British Columbia and it was there one day in a library that Pamela’s modeling career would start. Pamela was sitting listening to a story with about one hundred other children when a photographer captured a picture of her that won the hearts of all that saw viewed it. It was quickly copyrighted and placed in all the libraries in British Columbia
The family has requested that anyone wishing to send send flowers for her passing instead make a charitable donation to her favorite cause PETA.
Using scientific methodology we have taken the most attractive celeberities infected with STD’s and determined which are the most attractive. Each subject was given a total score or DRrf or Disease Risk Reward Factor taking account for physical appearance, wealth, and disease severity…
Jessica Alba
Using the STD rating system which accounts for severity of disease, likelyhood of infection, wealth and looks (see Figure-8 below the list) Jessica is the most desirable disease riddled starlet.
Her disease was apparently given to her by Derek Jeter. A former employee of her ex-boyfriend Cash Warren used to go out on runs and refill her Valtrex prescription on a regular basis
2008 STATS
STD RATING
Looks
Wealth
STD
91%
9
$18m
Herpes
Kristanna Loken
Reportedly Kritanna passed the gift that keeps giving it to her boyfriend, Justin Whalin. Her most memorable role was as the female terminator in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. Being a converted fashion model the less she speaks the better when acting.
Loken stated in an interview with Curve magazine, "I have dated and have had sex with men and women and have to say that the relationships I have had with certain women have been much more fulfilling, sexually and emotionally, than of those with certain men… I connect with an aura, with energy. And if the person with whom I connect happens to be a female, that’s just the way it is. That’s what makes my wheels turn."
2008 STATS
STD RATING
Looks
Wealth
STD
90%
9
$3m
Herpes
Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson is making strong progress in her battle against Hepatitis C - her doctor has declared her fitter and healthier at 40 than she’s ever been in her life. In 2003, Anderson claimed she was not expected to live for more than 10 or 15 years after contracting the disease from ex-husband Tommy Lee - but last October the former Baywatch star announced her determination to defy all odds and cure the virus completely.
Her numbers would be higher, but her looks are on the downhill slope and she can’t rely on her acting skills to pay her phone bill.
2008 STATS
STD RATING
Looks
Wealth
STD
84.7%
8
$75m
Hepatitis-C
Victoria Beckham
Victoria Beckham the former Spice Girl turned freakish alien example of plastic surgery gone too far (ala Michael Jackson) would be the wealthiest on this list if her and her husband didn’t manage money like Fannie Mae. The poster couple for nouveau riche jet sets around the world buying up orchards and reportedly Victoria aka "Poche Spice" sports a seven million dollar ring.
Victoria probably picked up the Herp from one of her husband’s thousand plus groupie count.
2008 STATS
STD RATING
Looks
Wealth
STD
72.8%
6.5
$125m
Herpes
Paris Hilton
Paris neglected to pay off her bills for a storage unit and her belongings were auctioned off. Thanks once again to that storage locker which held more secrets than the chest in Raiders of the Lost Ark, a medical record/prescription info insert emerged for a drug called Valtrex, which is used to treat outbreaks of genital herpes.
The troubled celebutante, sort of actress, sort of singer was formerlly a professional heiress was but written out of the will for her crazy antics. That cost her more than fifty million dollars and at least two spots on this list.
2008 STATS
STD RATING
Looks
Wealth
STD
70.6
7
$12m
Herpes
Lindsey Lohan
This former child model went on to become a late-teen Disney movie star to wild party girl with not much of an acting future. By all accounts she has given up men and is set to marry Samantha Ronson within a year.
Prior to switching teams Lohan went through more male actors than a catering truck. She has recently taken a break from acting to drive under the influence and get back her girlish figure in rehab centers.
2008 STATS
STD RATING
Looks
Wealth
STD
70.5%
7
$7m
Herpes
Alyssa Milano
Her career has tapered off since two succesful TV shows (Charmed and Who’s The Boss) and her career is mostly limited to B Movies and the Sci-Fi Channel.
She is sweet, loves sports and visits the troops so with her good looks you could probably put up with the odd flare up.
2008 STATS
STD RATING
Looks
Wealth
STD
70.4%
7
$8m
Herpes
Britney Spears
Britney’s well telivised downward spiral has led her to wake up in more than one strange bed after a drug filled evening of partying. This former member of the Mickey Mouse Club even kissed Madonna on the lips, and that’s roughly equivelent to locking lips with a half dozen Bangkok prostitutes. She has been doucmented buying Zovirax in Kentwood.
The head shaving, well publicised drug problems, losing her children to Kevin Federline and massive weight gain have all taken their toll on her career and more importantly her cash supplies.
2008 STATS
STD RATING
Looks
Wealth
STD
69.9%
6.5
$80m
Herpes
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson had a list of her perscriptons leaked online. Here is a link from smoking gun with her actual perscription for Zovirax (an antiviral drug, a synthetic nucleoside analogue, that is active against the herpes viruses,)
She has the highest wealth on the list but looks too much like her child fondling brother Michael to score too high on this list. Besides at 42 she is one of the oldest on this list and is prone to massive (Oprah-esque) weight gains.
2008 STATS
STD RATING
Looks
Wealth
STD
69.4%
6
$150m
Herpes
Katie Holmes
Katie seems like a nice enough child bride in the happy Scientology family. She would rank higher in wealth, but signed a $40 million dollar prenuptual agreement with Tom Cruise. I think for $40 million I would let the man nearly twice her age slobber all over me and give me herpes.
If left unchecked this promiscuous vixens aren’t just a threat to Hollywood - they are a threat to the general public. If we can’t control these celebrities the entire world will be infected with STD’s at least three months before the planet melts and we die from global warming. These worst case computer models show just how real the threat to the country is:
The world famous yet tacky Astroland amusement park in Coney Island New York recently closed it’s doors this month. The good news is that the park has been indeed sold to an unnamed Middle Eastern country. See the differences between the old park and the new one…
New Branding
Gone are the red white and blue colors of the crusading American Empire… Praise be the prophet Muhammad - green is the official color of the Muslim faith.
Bumper Cars
Appropriately dressed women are allowed to actually drive here, unless they show up with a date or without a veil. In that case they get to become part of the rock toss where children pay a dollar to throw rocks at the heads of unclean women at the stone a whore pavilion.
Concession Stands
Many will recognize Stan the hot dog man - now a full fledged warrior of God. The new concessions are home of the falafel dog is not only hilal (Islamic Kosher) but it’s a fully functional missile battery (Militant Islamics always launch attacks from civilian areas and then label any retaliation as specifically targeting civilians
Cyclone Roller Coaster
The old Cyclone roller coaster has been re branded the "Jihad Rider" take your self up to heaven on your holly mission of Jihad. Chant along with the verses of the Koran instructing you to kill the infidels on your holly mission from God.
Dante’s Inferno
Dante’s Inferno is now the Zionist Inferno - see the horror of the Zionist vampire pigs eating children and tasting the blood of women.
Flume Ride
Undertake a mission of martyrdom on the old Water Flume ride and blow yourself up next to an infidel crusader Destroyer (the USS Cole). Complete with a small fireworks experience followed by a mockup of paradise with 15 Virgins (there was a shortage so they are no longer giving out the traditional 72). Similar to the Small World ride at Disneyland except with a suicide mission angle.
Break Dance
Gone is the rock music and decadent themes of the old break dance ride and now see the artwork of holly martyrs who have taken their cars on a one way mission to paradise. More of a flight simulator than anything else, this ride will teach you the techniques you can use in the real world.
Power Surge
The old power surge is now the Suicide Bomber. Feel what it’s like to have your body hurl into the air after detonating a vest full of explosives in a crowd of innocent civilians enemy combatants and enablers in the war against Islam.
Toys for Girls
Gone is the Barbie slut tempting men into corruption replaced with a tasteful and subservient woman of God. Teach your daughter how the be the very best third bride of a fifty year old man when she reaches twelve years of age.
Toys for Boys
Gone are the little red fire trucks and replacing them are holly rockets aimed at the destruction of Israel. Practice hiding the missiles and mortars in among your civilian toys like hospitals and apartment buildings just like the real thing.
A recent worldwide poll has found that most people around the world do not accept the myth that al Qaeda was behind the attacks on September 11th. With so much confusion about who was actually behind the whole thing our researchers carefully pieced together the ten most likely conspiracy theories.
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Microsoft
Bill Gates facing a government imposed break-up had billions of reasons to distract the federal government. It is a little known fact that key pieces of evidence against Microsoft were stored in FBI vaults within the World Trade Center. The case had been dismissed by the government on the 6th of September only to have new evidence come to light just days later. With only the weekend to plan this elaborate attack it took the nearly unlimited resources of the richest man in the world to pull of the attack. Following the attack the FBI turned it’s sights on al Qaeda leaving Microsoft free to rule the world.
Retard Factor:
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The Amish
The little known Nationalist Organization of Canaanite and Amish Revolutionaries or NOCAR for short organized a well-orchestarted attack on 9/11. The operation was such as success that no one has suspected the group of orchestrating the next world war. With the Christians and Muslims bombing each other back into the stone age the Amish win. The spartan Amish life will seem attractive and children will quit leaving the community for the big city with electricity (aka satan juice) no longer a factor. The plan was set in Amish orphans who lost their parents to carriages run over by cars who had finally had enough.
Retard Factor:
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Hindus
Sure these Slurpee dispensing people claim to be peaceful but living next door to a nuclear Pakistan and surrounded by Muslims this tiny religion was in danger of being overwhelmed. That was until 9-11 when the extremist Hindu group 7/11 led a small band of well trained taxi drivers onto four airplanes and overpowered the flight crews with body odor having not bathed for a week. This tiny religion has orchestrated great war foretold by the parable of Armageddon foretold by the parable of the grasshopper and the two bulls.
Retard Factor:
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Democrats
Bush’s actions on September 11 have been the subject of lively debate, mostly on the internet. Over 35% of democrats believe Bush was behind 9/11 and this is no coincidence. A splinter group of liberal Democrats were behind 9/11. The plan was led by disgruntled democrats following the disputed 2000 election. All of the Bush conspiracy theories have a grain of truth to them which were crumbs left by this group. The leaders knew that after being attacked the hot-headed Texan would begin attacking any Arab nations that annoyed him, literally taunting Bush into starting the most unpopular war in US history. Ask yourself who would benefit most from Bush having a 31 percent approval rating and you already have the answer to who was behind 9/11.
Retard Factor:
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CNN
After years of flagging rating, peace breaking out through the world and was saddled with billions in debt following the ill-fated AOL merger the network was facing bankruptcy. Led by Larry King who was facing personal financial problems after his twelfth divorce settlement insiders within the network orchestrated the whole thing. Planning was simplified with the aid of those finger painting computer screens they use when covering military actions. After the attacks the network was in the perfect position to leak information implicating the previously little known group al Queda. Since 9/11 the network has enjoyed blockbuster ratings and has staved off bankruptcy.
Retard Factor:
6
Catholics
Facing competition from the fastest growing religion in the world (Muslims) and facing internal crisis the the priest molestation schedule the pope acted to save the church. The Catholic faith was in trouble and it saw a way to eliminate it’s greatest competitors: Muslims and secularists. There are no atheists in foxholes and by starting this war the whole world would be a foxhole. The tiny Swiss guard sworn to undertake the operation undertook the operation in secrecy using an underground Catholic group that made hinted of in the Da Vinci Code.
Retard Factor:
7
OPEC
Arab Muslim extremists were behind the attacks on 9/11 but it wasn’t al Qaeda as many mistakenly believe. OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries that is sitting on the greatest concentration of wealth in the world - Oil. They had everything to lose if Al Gore was elected and pushed alternative fuels on the world. It took millions in contributions made covertly to the Republican party and Supreme Court Justices who had a price to keep Gore out in 2000. By 2001 they realized the only thing that could get the bumbling cowboy re-elected was an easy to win war with a small country like Afghanistan. Only an large scale organization like OPEC had the resources and health benefits necessary to pull off such a massive operation.
Retard Factor:
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Leonard Nimoy
With the Star Trek franchise tapped out, WIlliam Shatner spending the lions share of the residuals on fake hair and his fellow cast members dying off the aging actor was facing a financial crisis. Many forget that Leondard Nimoy was the godfather of conspiracy theories in the 70s TV show In Search Of, and he actually makes small residuals off unfounded conspiracy theories after filing a little known patent in 1973. The disgruntled second fiddle on Star Trek used a small band of hard core Trek fans willing to do anything to orchestrate the attacks he organized during conventions across the country.Since 9/11 every conspiracy nut has had a theory on what really happened and Spock has been rolling in the green.
Retard Factor:
9
Paris Hilton
The little known actress and exhibitionist calculated that in a world pre-occupied by war and looking for escape a no talent tart like herself would be the perfect diversion. Trading sexual favors the oddly-nosed vixen slept her way to brining down the world trade center. You wouldn’t believe what things she had to do to convince those 19 sex-starved arab immigrants into their kamikaze mission.
Retard Factor:
10
Jews
During a weekend binge in Vegas (they had coupons for half off) the heads of the major companies of the world (all run by Jews) hatched a plan to rule the world. WIth Jews surrounded by Arabs seeking nuclear weapons the Jewish suicide brigade (seen in Life of Brian) crashed the airplanes on 9/11. The plan is to get the Christians and Muslims to nuke each other leaving the world to the Jews. Everyone knows the Jews already control the world, they were just sick of sharing space and with global warming worried there wasn’t enough to go around and were too greedy.
Retard Factor:
The survey of 16,063 people in 17 nations found majorities in only nine countries believe al Qaeda was behind the attacks on New York and Washington that killed about 3,000 people in 2001.
On average, 46 percent of those surveyed said al Qaeda was responsible, 15 percent said the U.S. government, 7 percent said Israel and 7 percent said some other perpetrator. One in four people said they did not know who was behind the attacks.
The poll was conducted by WorldPublicOpinion.org, a collaborative project of research centers in various countries managed by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland in the United States.
In Europe, al Qaeda was cited by 56 percent of Britons and Italians, 63 percent of French and 64 percent of Germans. The U.S. government was to blame, according to 23 percent of Germans and 15 percent of Italians.
Respondents in the Middle East were especially likely to name a perpetrator other than al Qaeda, the poll found.
Israel was behind the attacks, said 43 percent of people in Egypt, 31 percent in Jordan and 19 percent in the Palestinian Territories. The U.S. government was blamed by 36 percent of Turks and 27 percent of Palestinians.
In Mexico, 30 percent cited the U.S. government and 33 percent named al Qaeda.
The only countries with overwhelming majorities blaming al Qaeda were Kenya with 77 percent and Nigeria with 71 percent.
Interviews were conducted in China, Indonesia, Nigeria, Russia, Egypt, France, Germany, Britain, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, the Palestinian Territories, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey and Ukraine.
The poll, taken between July 15 and Aug. 31, had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 to 4 percent.
Located 25 miles north of Berlin a secret underground complex built during the cold war has been put on temporary display. The 170 room bunker complex built for East German leader Erich Honecker and 400 of his staff will soon be sealed forever.
Tourists entering the bunker
The bunker was surrounded by a village occupied almost entirely by members of the feared East German spy agency, the Stasi.
Falko Schewe, who worked on the building, described the project - codenamed 17/5001 - as “not that top secret”
Commissioned in the early 1970s, building work began in secret in 1978, lasting for five years. Villagers in nearby Prenden were kept in the dark however, believing that the construction was a new missile silo.
In fact, the East German regime was hollowing out a local hillside, and installing a command and control bunker they hoped would be able to withstand all but a direct nuclear strike.
Control room in the bunker
State of the art controls in the bunker
The East German leader visited bunker 17/5001 only once, for 15 minutes, after its completion in 1983.
Erich Honecker
On its website, the BBN suggests that “he was troubled by the thought of the situation which would have necessitated his being there”. My guess he knew the history of German leaders who hid in bunkers.
In the event of war however, he only would have been able to stay 14 days, while the bunker’s resources, of water, air and food lasted. After that he would have been rushed to the surface and driven in an armoured vehicle to a nearby airstrip, for evacuation to the USSR.
The East German officials were in bed with the Soviets - perhaps literally - Leonid Brezhnev the leader of the Soviet Union locking lips with Honecker.
Using 85,000 tonnes of concrete, the three storey bunker, measuring about 65 by 45 metres, was buried underneath a four metre thick ‘blast cap’ designed to protect East German leaders from explosions above, while complex filters shielded them from radioactive or biological agents.
But uniquely, crucial quarters of the bunker were housed in 500 tonne steel-clad concrete cubes each and are up to 25 x 25 x 8 m in size. Each section is suspended within the hill by giant cables could swing up to 40 cm in any direction. The system allowed the structure to swing like a pendulum in case of a nearby nuclear strike, better absorbing the massive impact.
The pulleys that allowed each section to swing
Groups will be given short tours through the ill-lit complex - where they will see offices and control rooms once intended for the elites, now covered in green slime and reeking of mould.
The bunker near Berlin, file image
It was said to be the most advanced bunker in the Warsaw Pact countries
They will be led along submarine-like tunnels divided by heavy metal doors, leading on to 170 rooms.
The Tunnel System
The three storeys reach a depth of 70m (230ft) below ground.
Berlin Bunker Network, a volunteer group, will be leading tours at the bunker from today, with a price of 15 GBP per person for a two hour expedition, and 80 GBP for hardier souls willing to scrabble for longer through the bunkers tighter passages. Tours will also be available in English.
The bunker, north of Berlin, will be open for three months.
The Berlin city authorities say they will seal it with concrete in October of 2008.
The group has long worked with Berlin forestry authorities, which have looked after the site since the German military moved out in 1993.
Even we see that the sealing of the bunker is a necessary evil. Obviously, it would be much better if the bunker could be kept open as a museum. However, such an undertaking is not financially feasible. According to various experts, the long-term costs for security and getting the bunker “operational” would run to seven figures! The bunker would not be self-supporting even as a tourist attraction, as experience from other, smaller, bunkers in a better state of repair has shown. The operators of such bunkers have constant problems, trying to cover their costs and to keep their bunker up to scratch.
For these reasons, sealing the Honecker bunker provides the best opportunity for preserving the bunker long-term, with the BBN documentation providing an ideal alternative to visit the site. Even if the real feel of the bunker is missing, this is at least compensated for by the virtual bunker being open at all times, lit throughout and with access to everything and everywhere. You’ll therefore be able to get to places where, in real life, you almost certainly wouldn’t want to walk or crawl to.
Section doors
Decontamination Showers
The Kitchen
Cooking utensils still in the kitchen.
Cutting edge decoding equipment still waiting for orders
Massive steel doors and Stargate like appearance of the bunker.
Most of the 400 East Germans would sleep in spartan dormitory like conditions.
The blankets and pillows are literally rotting from the mold.
Mold on the walls near an abandoned filing cabinet still full of paperwork.
Most of the rooms have very little furniture or decoration.
Appearing in public with out a veil is just one of the things you aren’t supposed to do in Saudi Arabia. To avoid confusion we have compiled a list of things you aren’t allowed to do in the happiest Kingdom on Earth to avoid any unwanted arrests, imprisonments or socially embarrassing be-headings.
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Women Drivers
Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that bans all women — Saudi and foreign — from driving. The prohibition forces families to hire live-in drivers, and women who cannot afford the $300-$400 a month for a driver must rely on male relatives to drive them to work, school, shopping or the doctor. They cannot get an education, mingle with men in public unless family, travel or check into a hotel without a male guardian’s permission.
Saudi Arabia’s religious police have banned selling pet cats and dogs and walking them in public places in the country’s capital Riyadh to preserve public morals.
Saudi Arabia’s most senior Muslim cleric recently denounced birthday parties as an unwanted foreign influence. The Saudi ban on birthdays is in line with the strict interpretation of Islam followed by the conservative Wahhabi sect adhered to in the kingdom. All Christian and even most Muslim feasts are also prohibited because they are considered alien customs the Saudi clerics don’t sanction.
Saudi Arabia has banned imports of female dolls and teddy bears, and shopkeepers have been given three months to dispose of any stock. The ban also applies to non-Islamic religious symbols, such as crosses and statues of the Buddha.
Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that completely bars women from any sports activity. In the eight summer Olympic Games in which the kingdom has participated since 1972, it has sent a total of 166 men, and no women.
Saudi Arabia has asked florists and gift shops to remove all red items until after Valentine’s Day, calling the celebration of such a holiday a sin, local media reported Monday. Every year, officials with the conservative Muslim kingdom’s Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice clamp down on shops a few days before February 14, instructing them to remove red roses, red wrapping paper, gift boxes and teddy bears. On the eve of the holiday, they raid stores and seize symbols of love.
Until March 1, 2004, the official government website stated that Jews were forbidden from entering the country. Saudi officials deny there was ever any such ban in practice however visas from Israeli passport holders are routinely denied. According Saudi policy for tourists, it is not permissible to bring Christian or Jewish religious symbols and books into the kingdom and they are subject to confiscation. (This was removed but here is what appeared on the Supreme Commission for Tourism’s website:
A list of those who are not allowed in the county:
* An Israeli passport holder or a passport that has an Israeli arrival/departure stamp.
* Those who don’t abide by the Saudi traditions concerning appearance and behaviors.
* Those under the influence of alcohol … .
* Jewish People
The Bible in Saudi Arabia may get a person killed, arrested, or deported. In September 1993, Sadeq Mallallah, 23, was beheaded in Qateef on a charge of apostasy for owning a Bible. The State Department’s annual human rights reports detail the arrest and deportation of many Christian worshipers every year. The Saudi Embassy and other Saudi organizations in Washington have distributed hundreds of thousands of Qurans and many more Muslim books, some that have libeled Christians, Jews and others as pigs and monkeys outside of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is the only country in the region that still bans the building of churches and all forms of open Christian worship.
In an effort to; "Protect the Muslims’ ideology as well as their morals and their money" they’re banning Pokemon from the country. You can’t bring any more Poke-stuff in and if you’ve got any Poke-stuff they’re going to seize it. Gambling is illegal in Islam and since Pokemon is all about winning cards from your opponent - which counts as gambling - Pokemon is illegal.
Censorship is common practice in the country of Saudi Arabia, where authorities in the conservative kingdom frequently tear out pages from newspapers and magazines before they are allowed to hit the newsstands. The ban extends from popular Hollywood films to Forbes magazines and anything remotely pornographic.
The Qur’an is the only religion on the face of the earth that allows men having up to four wives, Allah says in the Holy Qur’an. Experts say there is more polygamy in Saudi Arabia than anywhere else in the world. Saleh al-Sayeri has married 58 women and has forgotten the names of most of them. ‘I’m the happiest man in the world,’ he was quoted as saying.
Abuse Foreign Employees Like Slaves
Last year, at least 2,800 Sri Lankan housemaids ran away from their Saudi sponsors, claiming they had been overworked, sexually abused or physically mistreated by jealous wives. They are among the countless foreign "guest workers" in Saudi Arabia who live and work under conditions that are sometimes compared to modern-day slavery.
Marry Little Girls
There are no laws in Saudi Arabia defining the minimum age for marriage. Though a woman’s consent is legally required, some marriage officials do not seek it. For example, a father can marry off a 1-year-old girl as long as sex is delayed until she reaches puberty, said one marriage official, Ahmad al-Muabi. The prophet Mohammad’s favorite wife Aisha was six or seven years old when betrothed, but the marriage wasn’t consummated until she was nine. Mohammad was in his fifties.
The practice, which is widespread beyond Saudi Arabia and is especially common outside of the big cities, often has economic implications, in the sense that elderly men buy child brides from their fathers. But there are also cases of marriages involving young boys, like the one that took place a few weeks ago between 11-year-old Muhammad Al-Rashidi and his 10-year-old cousin, out of family interests.
Abuse Women
There are no laws in Saudi Arabia that protect women from gender-based violence, domestic violence, or marital rape. These acts are not accepted grounds for divorce, and one woman’s testimony of violence is often not accepted as evidence against her husband. Women who report sexual abuse or rape, whether perpetrated by an employer or otherwise, are unlikely to find a sympathetic hearing with judicial authorities. Instead of protection from the perpetrator, women may find themselves accused of illicit sex. Usually the burden to prove rape charges is on the woman victim, who must produce all required witnesses. The only basis for a rape conviction is a confession or the evidence of four witnesses.
Other Notable Bans
Muslim Cell phone Ring tones
About 70 "Muslim dignitaries and scholars" met for a week to deal with vital moral issues, including those raised by technology. They concluded, for example, that the use of verses from the Koran as cell phone ring tones should be BANNED "because it impinges on the sacred character of the the Holy Book" and not, surprisingly, because it’s super annoying.
Photographing Women
A royal decree allowing pictures to be taken in many public places was issued about a year ago and the interior ministry enacted it this week. Permission is still needed to photograph private property or individuals. But some changes have come too fast for religious conservatives. King Abdullah, under pressure from clerics, told media in May not to publish pictures of Saudi women.
Helping Girls on Fire
One of the most criminal travesties committed by the commission’s foot soldiers, the Mutawaeen, or religious police, was dramatically reported by the muzzled Saudi press itself on Friday, March 15, 2002, when the Mutawaeen forcibly prevented girls fleeing a burning school from leaving the building because they were "improperly dressed." The day after, the Saudi Gazette newspaper quoted witnesses as saying the police stopped men who tried to help the girls, warning the men: "It is sinful to approach them." Of the 800 teenage pupils in Mecca, 15 burned to death and more than 50 were injured. Yet, the commission and its royal enablers thrive.
Practicing Any Religion Except Islam
Saudi Arabia excels at banning the construction of houses of worship — other than mosques — even though the majority of the 8 million expatriates working in the kingdom come from Christian, Hindu, and Buddhist faiths. Indeed, celebrating a private Sunday Mass inside a home could lead to jail, public lashings, and expulsion.
Baby Formula Advertising
AME Info reports that the Saudi Ministry of Health has banned the advertising of baby milk powder and food substitutes, including the handing out of promotional samples at hospitals, in a bid to promote breastfeeding.
Camera Phones
Despite Saudi Arabia’s crackdown on stores selling camera phones — that were banned in September 2002 — retailers still are selling them, but not keeping them in the shop.
Gay People
Hold off on the brokeback camel boy action: all sexual activity outside of a traditional heterosexual marriage is illegal. Punishment for homosexuality, cross-dressing, or being involved with anything that hints at the existence of an organized gay community will range from imprisonment, deportation (for foreigners), lashes, and sometimes execution.
Most people die from a short 150 foot jump off a bridge but not Norwegian base jumper Hans Lange. Lange, 44 feel about 1,000 feet only to land on a tree and survive with only a broken leg.
The jumper captured the entire horrible episode on video that is too disturbing to watch (below)
Lange admits he was too nonchalant and had to be rescued by a helicopter after being trapped in a tree 300 feet up. The accident happened August. 23rd, as Hans jumped from the 5,250 foot high Bjoerketind peak in Norway.
He said he was lucky to be alive but wasn’t about to quit base jumping.
“When I have recovered I will jump again,” he said. “It all comes down to better planning. It’s a fantastic feeling to fly along a mountainside.”
“I have never considered this as a last jump,” the base-jumper said after his ordeal. “Lying there, floating along the mountain side, feeling the hairs stand in your neck, and you are in complete control. It’s a wonderful feeling, and a feeling I seek and will always do.”
Lange said he was flying down the mountainside at nearly 180 kph (110 mph) when he realized he was too close to the wall.
He deployed his chute and tried to steer away from the wall, but it was too late. The video showed Lange crying out in pain as he bumped into the rock repeatedly while trying to untangle the cords.
The fall came to an abrupt end when he slammed into a tree about 100 meters (330 feet) above the planned landing site.
Britain’s Daily Telegraph soberly notes that since 1981, there have been at least 123 fatalities related to the sport.
Lego is introducing some classic Indiana Jones sets for 2009 and here’s a sneak peek at the Flying Wing: 7683 and Shanghai Chase: 7682 sets.
7683: Fight on the Flying Wing
7682 Shanghai Chase
Characters from 7682
A little disappointing on the flying wing - it looks more like a spaceship, and I’m pretty sure they were using up old star wars sets with it. Pretty sure if it had actual German markings on it they couldn’t sell it in lots of countries but this is what could have been.
MOC Flying Wing
MOC Car
MOC Tank
I love these MOCs, it’s too bad Lego didn’t put some better work into it.
First came the Lego brick, then in August of 1978 came the "minifigure". To celebrate the 30th birthday of the Lego minifigure here are ten things you probably didn’t know about them, their history and the original figure…
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First One?
The very first minifigure was a police officer, followed by a fireman, a nurse, astronauts, medieval knights, a gas station attendant and a construction worker. Of all of the minifigure’s roles, the police officer is most popular, with 41 different versions appearing in 104 sets over the last 30 years.
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Who Made It?
A single employee, Jens Nygaard Knudsen a Lego employee since 1968 came up with the figure after 50 prototypes. The first ones were carved from LEGO bricks, their later cousins were cast in tin. At the time the company was in crisis and his minifigure literally breathed life into the bricks.
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Most Expensive One?
10,000 14K Gold Star Wars 30th Anniversary C3P0s were randomly inserted into lego sets in 2007 and each is worth about $200.
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Where are the Ladies?
Like the Smurfs, the number of unique male to female minifigs ever designed (where the figure is specifically identifiable) is about 18 to 1.
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How Many Types?
There have been nearly 4,000 unique minifigure designs. There are more than 8 quadrillion (8,181,068,395,500,000) possible combinations of minifigures that can be made using all of the unique parts over the last 30 years.
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How Many are There?
Minifigures represent the world’s largest population, more than 4 billion people strong, making it 3 times larger than China, 12 times larger than the United States and 120 times larger than Canada. Since the modern minifig’s current form was introduced in the late 1970s, LEGO has produced enough minifigs to circle the Earth at least four times.
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Production?
Globally, 3.9 minifigures are sold per second, 365 days per year. That’s an average of over 122 million per year!
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Construction?
Minifigures generally feature six parts (widely referred to as tools in the toy industry): head, torso, hips, arms, hands, and legs; these six parts allow seven points of articulation: swivel head, swivel arms, swivel wrists, and swivel legs. Minifigures are usually packaged as four separate parts in Lego sets: head; torso, arms and hands; headgear; hips and legs. Since 1963, Lego pieces have been manufactured from a strong, resilient plastic known as acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, or ABS. In order for pieces to have just the right "clutch power", Lego elements are manufactured within a tolerance of 2 µm.
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Racial Breakdown?
In 1997, Native Americans became the first minifigures with recognizable ethnic identities. These were also the first figs with explicitly drawn noses When the minifigure was first introduced 30 years ago, it was given the iconic yellow skin tone to reflect the non-specific and transcendental quality of a child’s imagination.
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Real People?
Characters were generic "space" or "town" people but in 1999 the very successful Star Wars line was launched with characters based on specific characters. In 2003 there were NBA legos based on real life basketball players including Kobe Bryant. Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford) and Alfred Molina (Satiop & Doc Octopus) the only two actors who have had two distinct characters produced as official LEGO minifigs twice.
The first modern minifigures were released in 1978, with seven different figures in Castle, Space, and Town themes. For the next 11 years, minifigure heads were produced with a simple facial expression, rendered as two solid black dots for eyes and a smile, also painted in solid black. In 1989, minifigures in the Pirates theme were produced with different facial expressions. The Pirates minifigures also included hooks for hands, as well as peg legs; this was the first departure from the traditional body parts.
Minifigure Evolution / Timeline
1975 - The precursor to the modern minifigure, without movable arms or legs.
1978 - The first minifigures are launched for the themes Town, Space and Castle. There were seven different figures to start with.
1989 - The world of the minifig changed. The new pirate theme brought different face patterns, and even different leg and hand elements, though the classic smiley still held sway in most themes.
1990 - The ghost was introduced as the first specialized fig. This figure had a specialized ghost body and a black head.
1992 - Specialized face patterns started showing up in themes like town, space, and castle.
1997 - Native Americans became the first figs with recognizable ethnic identities. These were also the first figs with explicitly drawn noses
1999 - With the new Star Wars characters the minifigure makes its first appearance in a specific role. This personification of the minifigure is later extended to LEGO Harry Potter, and other series.
2003 - For the first time in the history of the minifigure its yellow facial coloring is replaced by a more authentic skin co lour. In LEGO Basketball there are both dark and light players.