the "Headline That Caught My Attention or the WTF" thread

[Roccus7]

OMG, my prayers have been answered!! We may finally get to see "Hitler on Ice!!!"

Mel Brooks planning sequel to ‘History of the World, Part 1’​

The 95-year-old show business giant has a deal with Hulu for an 8-part sequel, titled, of course, “History of the World, Part II.”

By Associated Press Oct 18, 2021, 6:04pm CDT

In this May 17, 2017 file photo, Mel Brooks attends the premiere of “If You’re Not In The Obit, Eat Breakfast” in Beverly Hills, California. Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP

NEW YORK — It is still good to be the king.

Forty years after the release of his beloved “History of the World, Part I,” Mel Brooks has a sequel in the works. The 95-year-old show business giant has a deal with Hulu for an 8-part sequel, titled, of course, “History of the World, Part II.” Brooks is among the executive producers and writers, along with Nick Kroll, Wanda Sykes, Ike Barinholtz, David Stassen and Kevin Salter.

“I can’t wait to once more tell the real truth about all the phony baloney stories the world has been conned into believing are History!” Brooks said in a statement released Monday by Hulu, which will partner with Searchlight Television & 20th Television. Filming is scheduled to begin next year.

No cast members were announced. The original film, which spoofed everything from ancient Rome to the French Revolution, featured Brooks as Moses and King Louis of France among other people.

It also included many performers who have since died, including Gregory Hines, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman and Cloris Leachman.

 

[Roccus7]

Here you go @CELLFISH, they even re-invented Shakespeare!!

The First Thing We Do, Let’s Kill All the Leaf Blowers

 

[movetheboat]

 

[Roccus7]

Only Mel would think of a Yiddish-speaking Native American Chief...

 

[jpd]

Hiker lost for 24 hours ignored calls from rescuers because of unknown number

A hiker lost on a mountain in Colorado ignored repeated calls from rescuers — later explaining that they had been unfamiliar with the phone number, authorities said.

nypost.com

 

[wader]

‘Thirsty’ snakes filled water well in Iowa — then unsuspecting maintenance man arrives

Can you count how many snakes are coiled around this pipe?

www.yahoo.com

Bull snakes are relatively large, able to grow up to six feet in length, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation, but they are nonvenomous and pose no real threat to people. In fact, they are considered “economically beneficial,” experts said, “because of the large number of crop-destroying rodents it eats, this species is a valuable neighbor to farmers.”

I would have shit my pants....................

 

[wader]

This Year's Thanksgiving Feast Will Wallop the Wallet

Thanksgiving 2021 is shaping up to be the most expensive meal in the history of the holiday. Caroline Hoffman is already stashing canned pumpkin in the kitchen of her Chicago apartment when she finds some for under a dollar. She recently spent almost $2 more for the vanilla she’ll need to bake...

www.yahoo.com

"LGB!!"

 

[wader]

Elon Musk rips Democrats' billionaire-tax plan that could slap him with a $10 billion annual bill

"Eventually, they run out of other people's money and then they come for you," Musk tweeted at the senator who drafted a billionaire-tax proposal.

www.yahoo.com

• Elon Musk slammed a new Democratic tax proposal that would target him, if implemented.
• "Eventually, they run out of other people's money and then they come for you," he wrote on Twitter.
• Musk could face up to $50 billion in taxes the first five years of the plan's implementation.

Tesla founder Elon Musk on Monday evening criticized a Democratic tax proposal that would target American billionaires to fund a safety net expansion.

"Eventually, they run out of other people's money and then they come for you," he wrote on Twitter.

 

[Chinacat]

Not surprising

Need for liver transplants due to heavy drinking soared during the pandemic, study finds

The need for liver transplants because of heavy drinking soared during the pandemic, researchers reported Tuesday.

www.cnn.com

 

[longcast]

Not surprising

Need for liver transplants due to heavy drinking soared during the pandemic, study finds

The need for liver transplants because of heavy drinking soared during the pandemic, researchers reported Tuesday.

www.cnn.com

Yeah, not surprising, but very sad.

 

[Chinacat]

Yeah, not surprising, but very sad.

Agreed

 

[longcast]

I worked outside the home during the whole pandemic, and it was surreal to just see parking lots empty, and no cars anywhere..........except for the liquor stores!!

 

[jpd]

Tesla founder Elon Musk on Monday evening criticized a Democratic tax proposal that would target American billionaires to fund a safety net expansion.

"Eventually, they run out of other people's money and then they come for you," he wrote on Twitter.

Wouldn't exactly be equal treatment under the law, that pesky Constitution thing....

 

[wader]

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus could be making comeback – but without the animals

Leaders of Feld Entertainment, which owns Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, said they are working on plans for new shows without animals.

www.yahoo.com

 

[wader]

That time the Rolling Stones almost wrecked Clearwater

"Screaming teen-age fans of the Rolling Stones rioted here last night, bombarding a police cordon with toilet paper, giant firecrackers and smoke bombs.""Last night" was May 6, 1965, and that paragraph led the next day's coverage in the Tampa Tribune of the Stones' show at Jack Russell Stadium...

www.yahoo.com

 

[wader]

North Korea tells starving citizens to eat less: Report

North Korea is telling its hungry citizens to be prepared to eat less for a few years.

www.yahoo.com

 

[wader]

Eagles, Beavers, Sea Turtles: Why NYC Is Humming With Wildlife

NEW YORK — Adrian Benepe has spent much of his life promoting the outdoors in New York City, from serving as a park ranger in the 1970s to becoming the parks commissioner some 30 years later. Still, he is stunned at what he has seen around town lately. “I grew up in the parks,” said Benepe, now...

www.yahoo.com

 

[wader]

2 men arrested on suspicion of cutting wood from bridge to sell on black market, officials say

Two men who authorities say used a chainsaw to carve out large chunks of wood from the cedar base of a bridge in Jefferson County, Washington, were arrested last Friday on felony charges.

www.yahoo.com

 

[wader]

'Stop pandering to students', universities told after trans-row professor Kathleen Stock quits

Students should be told during Freshers’ Week that universities are not there to protect their feelings, academics have said as they call for change in the wake of a professor’s resignation.

www.yahoo.com

Students should be told during Freshers’ Week that universities are not there to protect their feelings, academics have said as they call for change in the wake of a professor’s resignation.

The “real blame” for the “ludicrous” culture that has emerged on British campuses lies with universities rather than “young and immature” students, a leading Oxford scholar has said.

Prof Michael Biggs, an expert in sociology at Oxford University, told The Telegraph: "Instead of endlessly pandering to the students, universities need to make it very, very clear in the inductions, in Freshers’ Week, that the institution exists to uphold academic freedom. And if they are unhappy about that, they need to leave."



Bring it here............

 

[jpd]

“In the wake of revelations that Dr. Fauci’s NIH tortured beagle puppies without any scientific reason, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is keeping its focus on the important things. With the start of the World Series this week, PETA is suggesting that Major League Baseball retire the use of the term ‘bullpen’ because it ‘references the holding area where terrified bulls are kept before slaughter.'”

PETA’s Call to the ‘Bullpen’: Rename Outdated Term ‘Arm Barn’ | PETA

As the World Series turns into a pitching duel, PETA is pitching a proposal to the baseball world: Strike out the word “bullpen,” which references the As the World Series turns into a pitching duel, PETA is pitching a proposal to the baseball world: Strike out the word “bullpen,” which...

www.peta.org