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Westboro Baptist Church Blames Oklahoma Tornado On Jason Collins' Coming Out
Offbeat  (tags: ethics, bizarre, odd )

Marty
- 2 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
A prominent member of the Westboro Baptist Church is drawing a link between the Oklahoma tornado's devastation and a local team's support for openly gay NBA star Jason Collins.
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Bizarre or Brilliant? Recycling Projects So Offbeat, We Can't Tell (PHOTOS)
Offbeat  (tags: pollution, recycling, sustainable, society, off-beat, unusual, protection, odd, pictures, photos, environment )

JL
- 2 days ago - takepart.com
Reusing is always noble, but sometimes it's tricky to gauge the results.
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So, Venezuela Has a Toilet-Paper Shortage (Don't Laugh--Seriously) Okay, I Guess You Can Laugh. At Socialism.
Offbeat  (tags: odd, off-beat, culture, environment, humans, unusual, police )

Carlene
- 8 days ago - theatlantic.com
Remember when you first learned what socialism was and somebody explained that it was nice in theory, but bad in practice? Here's the sort of thing they were talking about.
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Video:Young Child Dies In Tragic Accident At The Mall. No Wait, Hero Appears Out Of Nowhere And Saves Him.
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, society, protection, safety, children, ethics, humans, odd, news )

JL
- 26 days ago - upworthy.com
This video would be too terrifying to watch without knowing the ending, so here you go: A random stranger saves the child's life.
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Family Vacations Off the Beaten Path - Grandparents.Com
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, odd )

Christeen
- 30 days ago - grandparents.com
Some vacation sights maybe?
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Ferrets Passed Off as Poodles - Hartford Pets | Examiner.Com
Offbeat  (tags: ferrets.poodles, pets, humans, AnimalWelfare, animals, news, odd, off-beat )

Dianne Ly
- 40 days ago - examiner.com
In a case of how dumb can people really be, people looking for a cuddly pet were duped into purchasing ferrets on steroids in the belief that the furry critters were toy poodles.
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Oddities -Nat Geo Pics
Offbeat  (tags: odd, off-beat, animals, bizarre, pictures, unusual, wildlife )

Julie
- 41 days ago - channel.nationalgeographic.com
Stunning mutations, shocking survivors and freakish feats, all caught on film. These stories are so bizarre that they seem impossible, meet the weirdest oddities of the animal world. In Ca, one family's pet lizard gains local notoriety for having 2 heads.
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Game:Tax Evaders
Offbeat  (tags: corruption, dishonesty, ethics, economy, propaganda, lies, usa, unusual, odd, design, americans, society, safety, protection )

JL
- 42 days ago - taxevaders.net
They seem to have come from another planet - it would certainly explain how little they care about the upkeep of this one.Every Tax Day we watch as corporate Tax Evaders skim untold billions from America, while the rest of us actually pay for the upkeep
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Dog Eats $500, Owner Wants Government Reimbursement
Offbeat  (tags: money, animals, bizarre, dogs, interesting, news, off-beat, odd, pets, unusual, humor )

Dianne Ly
- 44 days ago - dogtime.com
It turns out Golden Retriever Sundance has very expensive taste -- literally. The 12-year-old Montana dog is making headlines today because several months ago, the pooch made a snack out of his owner's money stash. In all, the money-hungry pooch devoured
16 comments
Man Looking for 'Someone to Kill' Breaks Into Home and Feeds Pudding to Dog - National Dogs | Examiner.Com
Offbeat  (tags: dog missing, AnimalWelfare, sadness, crime, off-beat, odd, bizarre, news, pets, unusual, animals )

Dianne Ly
- 44 days ago - examiner.com
On Tuesday, Fox News published a story out of Wenatchee, Wash., which can only be described as bizarre.
18 comments
Three Photographs of the Whale (That Summarize the Enormously Complex $6 Billion "London Whale" Derivatives Trade By JPMorgan)
Offbeat  (tags: abuse, world, usa, americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, debt, ethics, finance, government, investments, law, lies, money, marketing, investing, investors, society, politics, photos, pictures, odd )

JL
- 47 days ago - citizenvox.org
Below is a photograph of the senior JPMorgan witnesses testifying before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee On Investigations on Friday, March 15.They oversaw the loss of more than $6 billion in depositor funds. This loss dramatized many issues, including
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(Petition Available to 4/18/13):I Can't Wait To See The Obama Administration's Reply To This Amazing And Totally Ridiculous Peti
Offbeat  (tags: congress, obama, politics, ethics, cover-up, americans, abuse, usa, corporate, business, dishonesty, ethics, society, marketing, money, pictures, odd, off-beat, interesting )

JL
- 47 days ago - upworthy.com
A genius new petition asks the White House to require senators and members of congress to wear the logos of their financial backers on their suits anytime they're on the job. The bigger the donation, the bigger the label, & the more foolish politicians
36 comments
Dog Rescues Canine Pal From Owl Attack
Offbeat  (tags: animals, pets, odd, wildlife )

Marty
- 48 days ago - couriernews.suntimes.com
When Patrick Evans heard a commotion in his back yard one evening late last month, he went outside expecting to scold his dogs for fighting.
8 comments
10 of the Most Legendary and Mysterious Creatures of Modern Times
Offbeat  (tags: bizarre, odd, off-beat, interesting, unusual, mystery )

Veljko
- 49 days ago - worldsbiggests.com
There are creatures that lurk out there in the dark, that haunt the isolated forests of the world, that hide in the icy depths of the deepest lakes. They appear unexpectedly and inexplicably, then vanish just as mysteriously...
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