Daily Rotten Archives January 19, 2009 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 Al Qaeda Struck by Bubonic Plague Sun | Submitted by: Christoph "At least 40 al-Qaeda fanatics died horribly after being struck down with the disease that devastated Europe in the Middle Ages... [Bubonic plague] swept through insurgents training at a forest camp in Algeria, North Africa. It came to light when security forces found a body by a roadside. The victim was a terrorist in AQLIM, the largest and most powerful al-Qaeda group outside the Middle East." Read article... Comments (845) Stillborn Child Finds Second Life As Cyst Sun | Submitted by: sirmalek "Huang Yijun, 92, of Huangjiaotan, southern China, was told by medics in 1948 that her child had died in the womb. Doctors demanded £100 to remove it, so she walked away." Sixty years later, "the secret emerged when Huang hurt her stomach and went to hospital for a scan." Read article... Comments (116) Foreign Object Roundup Fox News | Submitted by: BA Several uncomfortable X-rays from the last few months, for starters: "Thirty-eight-year-old Wen Wen walked into a hospital with a 5-inch blade buried in his head. One nurse fainted at the clinic in Xi'an, central China, as Wen strolled in with the handle poking out of his head and casually answered questions about his injury." Read article... Comments (18) Obama Inauguration Pig Sex Orgy Cancelled World Net Daily | Submitted by: Edward Cardinal, 'leather_submissive_man_toy', Egan "As many of you know, extreme Christian groups have been pressuring Doubletree to cancel the Obama Inauguration Pig Sex Orgy. For two days, the hotel stood firm while the accusations and falsehoods kept coming in. Just this morning, I told the management of Doubletree how impressed I was that they resisted the calls to shut us down. Unfortunately, the matter escalated to Doubletree Corporate, and the word has come down that they will not allow our event to go on as planned." Read article... Comments (26) Racine Mayor Reaches Out To Children Racine Journal Times | Submitted by: rosemoon "Mayor Gary Becker has been arrested on multiple felony charges related to attempted sexual assault of a child and having child pornography, according to a state agency. Becker was taken into custody at Brookfield Square Mall in Brookfield on Tuesday afternoon [allegedly attempting to procure a 14-year-old]... A Yahoo! Messenger profile Becker created, according to the complaint, lists his interest as "seducing all age females into being hot sluts." Read article... and This article... Comments (18) German Woman Missing 12 Years Found in Swiss Woods San Francisco Chronicle | Submitted by: merrkum "A German woman missing for 12 years has been found living in the woods on the outskirts of the Swiss capital with nothing more than an umbrella and tarpaulin for shelter, police said Monday... She conversed normally, but she also spoke of a mission that she had to fulfill, Burger added. He declined to elaborate." Read article... Comments (19) Eugenics Alert: Dogs Becoming Stupid London Telegraph | Submitted by: Waste 'Em All—God'll Sort 'Em Out "The mental and physical agility of many dog breeds is being eroded as owners now look for docile, pretty pets to live in their homes. In the 19th century dogs were more likely to be selected for their strength and skills, so they were able to earn their keep guarding homes and livestock and fetching the quarry on a hunting trip." Attractive/docile humans take heed. Read article... Comments (22) Thrill Killers Ride A Dark Snowmobile Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Submitted by: BA "Thrill killing is suspected in the slaughter of five deer in Waupaca County, with snowmobilers believed to have chased the animals down in a field and run them over, authorities said Monday... One deer was apparently dragged and strapped by the neck to a tree, where it was run over and apparently died trying to free itself. Investigators think one deer was placed under a snowmobile and eviscerated by the machine's track, Mesman said." Read article... Comments (24) Portuguese Butchers Finger in Open Court Reuters | Submitted by: Brother Bru Bru "My intention was to tear up all the case papers and splatter them with blood so I could prevent the expropriation order for my land... I freaked out when the judge refused my offer to pay the debt and ordered the sale of part of my land. I told her I had a 1.2 million euro bank guarantee which would have allowed me to pay the debt." Silva then proceeded to self-amputate his finger, and then diced it into three pieces. Read article... Comments (11) Ax Swinging Juggalos Way Guilty Salt Lake Tribune | Submitted by: athenstexman Prosecutors: "Just because the defendant is not an efficient killer, doesn't mean he didn't intend to kill him." Meanwhile, true juggalos protest outside: "The group called Stapley a Juffalo, or a person who is not a true Juggalo because violence is not a part of the teachings of the Insane Clown Posse. The group said it is organizing rallies because members have been kicked out of the mall's food court for wearing clown face paint and it is unfairly labeled as a gang." Read article... Comments (30) Wealth Linked to Orgasms Daily Mail | Submitted by: lord asshole "Evolutionary biologists Dr Thomas Pollet and Prof Daniel Nettles, of Newcastle University, used the world's biggest study into lifestyles to look at the link between wealth and enjoyment of sex... We found that increasing partner income had a highly positive effect on women's self-reported frequency of orgasms, Dr Pollet said in the journal Evolution and Human Behaviour." Read article... Comments (32) Gaza Battle, As Fought By Internet Dorks New York Daily News | Submitted by: Laughing_Nemotode "For a while, the IDF was posting a vlog -- a video blog -- featuring the Australian-accented spokesman Capt. Benjamin Rutland staring earnestly into the camera to deliver a daily war update. That effort fizzled, apparently after some netizens began overlaying his dry updates with bloody videos of maimed Arab babies and weeping mothers." Read article... Comments (10) Drive-Thru Wanker Gets Served KCBD-TV 11 Lubbock | Submitted by: BA "When he came through the second time and when she did looked he was naked from waste [sic] down and was masturbating and the employee immediately beckoned attention of other employees to come over... All they could do is continue on with the sales transaction. They gave him his change and after he left they finally realized what had happened and again sometime later realized hey, we need to call the police." Read article... Comments (18) Utero-Plushie Recalled For Safety Reasons Daily Mail | Submitted by: FallopianPubes "The stuffed toy, which is pink and has a smiling face, becomes a choking hazard for small children if its fallopian tubes are pulled and the ovaries become detached. The creators of the toys have called for an impromptu hysterectomy so those who own the toys could send them back." Read article... Comments (18) On A Sinking Ship, Impoliteness Pays Off Brisbane Times | Submitted by: PolitePubes "American passengers on the Titanic managed to get off the sinking cruise liner in time because they pushed their way into lifeboats, while their fellow British passengers politely queued, a Brisbane researcher has found... Lifeboat spaces on the Titanic were scarce but Mr Savage said something made some passengers stand back and allow others to take their places." Read article... Comments (14) Mrs. Mugabe Lays the Smackdown Wire Services | Submitted by: Jean "A British photographer said Sunday that the wife of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe punched him repeatedly in the face after he tried to take pictures of her near a luxury hotel in Hong Kong... Grace Mugabe, 43, ordered a bodyguard to hold him down and then attacked him herself on Thursday near the Shangri-La hotel on Hong Kong's Kowloon peninsula. She directed several punches into my face... She was wearing diamond-encrusted rings, which caused a lot of lacerations." Read article... Comments (20) A Man Reminisces About Hammer Time Canoe | Submitted by: Fort McMurray Drunk Drywaller "When Brown regained consciousness, he was paralysed, still sitting in the chair where he rested before the attack, drinking coffee. I was on pins and needles. Things were going fuzzy. But brown could hear his attacker rummaging furiously behind the counter. He kept repeating, where's the money, where's the money? When John didn't respond -- he was still unable to speak -- the thug smashed his leg with the hammer. I was thinking, and you expect me to answer how?" Read article... Comments (17)