Original Blog Entry: Chuck Shepherd's News of the Weird

Coin Toss — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:19:28 GMT

Can't be true

According to a May report by Seattle's KOMO-TV, formerOregon National Guardsman Gary Pfeider II is awaiting the results ofhis latest appeal to end the garnishment of his disability checks tocover $3,175 for gear he lost when he was shot in Iraq. Pfeider washit in the leg by a sniper in 2007, bled profusely, and was evacuated (and is awaiting his ninth surgery on the leg), but the Oregon Guardapparently believes that, despite his trauma, Pfeider somehow shouldhave paused to inventory the equipment he was carrying and to makearrangements fir its safekeeping during his imminent hospitalization.

Sucker nation

TheNew Living Expo in San Francisco in May showcased such healthy-living breakthroughs as a $1,200 machine promising to suck toxins out of yourbody; a $249 silver amulet to protect you from deadly cell phoneradiation; and a $15,000 Turbo Sonic if your red blood cells need to be de-clumped. A Canadian study at the same time found that 97 per centof the people who admitted buying anti-aging products did not thinkthey would work but nevertheless confessed their need to hope likethose who hope the viper-venom derived $525 Euoko Y-30 Intense LiftConcentrate will prolong their lives.

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Hmmm:

A Canadian study at the same time found that 97 per centof the people who admitted buying anti-aging products did not thinkthey would work but nevertheless confessed their need to hope likethose who hope the viper-venom derived $525 Euoko Y-30 Intense LiftConcentrate will prolong their lives.

Wonder if lottery system buyers are the same breed.

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