Lounge of Tomorrow - WTF Stories of the Week

I often wonder where they get these ideas. I mean, somebody has to come up with it, right? Honestly, it's just candy. I can see how they'd get upset over the dressing up as vampires and witches and whatnot, but that's got a loooooooooooooooong history.

Gn2Dlnd

11-02-2009 02:53 PM

My online banking just got a little more interesting:

Quote:

On Friday, October 30, 2009, California National Bank, Los Angeles, CA was closed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Subsequently, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was named Receiver. No advance notice is given to the public when a financial institution is closed.

Dun dun dun! They've transferred ~~ownership~~ deposit accounts to U.S. Bank, which is the hated bank I opened the CalNat accts to get away from in the first place. Bleah.

innerSpaceman

11-02-2009 03:19 PM

Hehe, that's like when I switched from AT&T to Cingular, only to have them bought out by AT&T.

Can't win.

Gn2Dlnd

11-02-2009 04:07 PM

Well, at least I didn't go out of business!

Uh, nevermind.

blueerica

11-03-2009 04:12 PM

Louisiana justice who refused interracial marriage resigns.

innerSpaceman

11-03-2009 05:06 PM

See, I don't think he should have resigned for that (though maybe for his remarks afterwards about having such good black friends that he let them use his bathroom).

We queer folk are trying to maintain that no one will be forced to perform a gay marriage where such marriages are legal. No one should be forced to perform an interracial marriage either. Or a marriage where the bride is named Winnifred. Or one where the groom is left-handed.

Get my drift? No one should be required to perform any marriage they don't want to.

SzczerbiakManiac

11-03-2009 05:45 PM

I disagree slightly. I don't think anyone in the private sector should be required to perform a marriage against his/her beliefs. But if you're a state employee, you better well perform your duties to everyone equally. You do not get to pick and choose to whom you will administer duties. If you have a problem performing your job, there's the door.

alphabassettgrrl

11-03-2009 05:49 PM

Yeah, I see a difference between public and private employees. Private: refuse whoever you like. Public: suck it up and do your job.

innerSpaceman

11-03-2009 05:51 PM

Yeah, I forgot he was a public official. But he shouldn't have resigned.

HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED.

Gemini Cricket

11-08-2009 11:55 AM

Wow, weird...

Quote:

Sammy Sosa's skin appears to have lightened considerably. Photographs taken at an event in Las Vegas reveal a surprisingly light pigmentation on the former slugger. While no cause has been established at this time, the web site Midwest Sports Fans speculates that steroid use could be responsible:

There appears to be at least some evidence suggesting that steroid use could be one of the lifestyle choices that increases a person's likelihood of becoming symptomatic with vitiligo.

Source

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