Fingerprints, bye-bye and disguises
Cancer patient held at airport for missing fingerprint
A Singapore cancer patient was held for four hours by immigration officials in the United States when they could not detect his fingerprints -- which had apparently disappeared because of a drug he was taking. The incident, highlighted in the Annals of Oncology, was reported by the patient's doctor, Tan Eng Huat, who advised cancer patients taking this drug to carry a doctor's letter when traveling to the United States. The drug, capecitabine, is commonly used to treat cancers in the head and neck, breast, stomach and colorectum. One side-effect is chronic inflammation of the palms or soles of the feet and the skin can peel, bleed and develop ulcers or blisters -- or what is known as hand-foot syndrome.
Fingerprint
Umm...I've never been fingerprinted going over any border...
Canadian TV rapped for Obama assassination joke
Canada's public broadcaster was wrong to show a skit that joked about the possible assassination of U.S. President Barack Obama and suggested he could be a thief, an industry panel ruled on Monday. The New Year's Eve "Bye Bye" comedy program -- shown by the French-language Radio Canada network -- generated more than 200 complaints. In one segment, two hosts discussed Obama's election in November 2008. Obama, who took office in January, is the first black U.S. president. "We're not racists. It will be good to have a Negro in the White House. It will be practical. Black on white, it will be easier to shoot him," one of the show's hosts remarked.
Bye Bye
First of all, ARE WE REALLY STILL GOING ON ABOUT THE STUPID BYE-BYE? WTF! And you know, I watched it and it totally sucked EXCEPT that part. The Obama skit was one of the funniest parts of the damn thing! I loved it! We might as well just ban comedy altogether - after all, it MIGHT offend someone! Even 5 months after the fact!!!
/end rant.
P.S. the over 200 complaints had nothing whatsoever to do with the Obama skit.
Cigarette bandit wore a beer carton as disguise
Police in Nebraska are looking a man who stole cigarettes while disguising himself as a beer carton. The man walked into a Kwik Shop convenience store before dawn Monday wearing an empty Bud Light box on his head as a mask, said Lincoln police Capt. Bob Kawamoto. The man also had wrapped something around one of his hands, suggesting he was armed, said Kawamoto. But the man never showed a weapon.
Carton
I wish there were pics. Reminds me of the man who tried to rob a bank disguised as a tree.