Logic & Sanity

Misha

My friend Serge's cat.

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SUNY rocks!

Decaying marijuana plants were discovered Monday in three large underground water tanks - converted into a well-organized pot farm - on the SUNY Old Westbury campus, police said.

But the operation had been abandoned years ago, cops said.

"This is very old stuff," said Nassau County Police Lt. Arthur McLoughlin, commanding officer of the 3rd detective squad. "The vegetation was lacking in normal color."

So whoever was growing the pot - and this clearly was not some sort of horticulture project run by the university - is likely long gone.

Well, what did they expect? The state keeps raising the tuition and money doesn't grow on (though does buy, hoho) trees! The best part (kind of makes me proud to be a SUNY alumni) is this:

The tanks were discovered Monday around 8:30 a.m. by a contractor working near Building 19 on the campus' south side, McLoughlin said.

The worker found electrical wires that tapped into the building's power source. He followed the wires' trail, under branches and other vegetation, which led to "a hatch to what appeared to be a room underground, with lighting," McLoughlin said.

That's thinking! Not only were these guys running a pot farm on campus, but they got the university to pay for the electricity! Those who know anything about growing weed (I don't) know that those lamps consume a lot of juice. And I do mean a lot!

Fate

Early-morning gunfire ended in tragedy yesterday, not for the shooting victim, but for a Bronx pedestrian who died in the freakish aftermath.

Wellington Contreras, a father of four, was walking home in Bedford Park about 12:20 a.m. when a gunman sprayed a slow-moving car with bullets.

The driver, 21-year-old Shawron Hughes, was wounded in the back of his head, police said.

Hughes lost control of his car near Briggs Ave. and slammed into a "No Standing" sign, causing it to topple and slice through part of Contreras' neck, nearly decapitating the 43-year-old, police and witnesses said.

This is like something out of those Final Destnination movies. Creepy!

Horror in London

AP. Explosions at three subway stations and a double decker bus results in 40 dead and 1000+ injured in London.

"The Secret Organization of al-Qaida in Europe" claims responsibility.

Just when you thought you have seen everything...

(hat tip: CityRag)

The above is a photo of Mariah Carey from the Macy's 4th of July Fireworks. Check out the painted on six pack.

:(

WTF?

Teeth whitener?

A Cornelius dentist who pleaded guilty in May to injecting his semen into the mouths of several female patients spent his first night in prison Thursday.

Dr. John Hall entered an Alford plea, which means he pleaded guilty but did not admit actual guilt, on the seven counts of misdemeanor assault on a female.

If you read the whole article you'll be amazed to find out that he will only spend 4 months in prison.

More details here:

According to the below Mecklenburg County Superior Court complaint, Dr. John Hall used a syringe to administer the substance to the patient (identified only as RMW) during a May 2003 appointment. After complaining about the taste, the woman was told by Hall, "It was my cleaning solution."

Bottle opener fridge magnet

Nice! (via Gizmodo)

Anti-American media

(via Wall Street's Opinion Journal)
Reuter's questionable reporting raises eye brows now and then, but this takes the cake:

A Dutch woman who swears by a daily helping of herring for a healthy life celebrated her 115th birthday on Wednesday as the oldest living person on record.

Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, a former needlework teacher, was born in 1890, the year Sioux Indians were massacred by the U.S. military at the Battle of Wounded Knee.

Nice! As James Taranto points out:

The swipe at America seems especially gratuitous given that 1890 actually was a big year in the history of the Netherlands: the year Queen Wilhelmina, age 10, ascended to the Dutch throne.

If whatever reason they wanted to include non-Dutch related events in history for the year 1890, they could have mentioned that the Eiffel Tower was completed; Bismark resigned; Van Gogh died; Ellis Island opened; and etc.