In 2009, a “clumsy and jovial” Santa Claus robbed a bank in order to “pay his elves”
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – An armed suspect dressed as Santa Claus robbed a local bank Tuesday morning and told tellers he was doing so to “pay his elves.”
At 10 a.m., police said the man, dressed in a full Santa Claus costume complete with a hat, beard and sack over his shoulder, entered the Sun Trust Bank branch located at 4809 Old Hickory Boulevard in Hermitage, just north of Lebanon Pike, and approached a teller.
According to witnesses, Santa was wearing sunglasses and the teller asked him to remove them.
The suspect refused, reached into his sack and pulled out a gun.
He demanded money and told tellers if they put dye bombs with the money he’d come back “kill everyone.”
He took the money and fled, telling employees and customers in the bank he needed the money because “Santa needed to pay his elves.”
According to witnesses, the suspect was clumsy and seemed jovial.
This poor drunken Santa is caught on camera peeing:
This drunk Santa scaresd kids while looking for his reindeer but fortunately they were able to reason it wasn’t the real Santa because he was loud and had dirty hands.
Finally, this Santa chose to get behind the wheel. This was actually part of a sober driving campaign in 2008.
Twitter celebrated with #ThingsITrustMorethanFoxNews:
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SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) — North Korea has agreed to communicate regularly with the United Nations at various levels, Pyongyang’s state media said Saturday, following a visit by a senior U.N. official.
North Korea said that the visit of Jeffrey Feltman, the undersecretary general for political affairs at the U.N., helped the communist nation and U.N. understand each other deeply, and the two sides agreed to have regular communications at various levels, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
Feltman arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday for a four-day visit. He met North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho and visited U.N. project sites amid heightened tensions sparked by the North’s Nov. 29 test of a new intercontinental ballistic missile that it claims is capable of striking anywhere on the U.S. mainland.
The KCNA reported that North Korea told U.N. officials that current situation on the Korean Peninsula is due to the United States’ threat and its wish to launch a nuclear attack against North Korea first.
The U.N. officials responded that they will help ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula by following the U.N. Charter, which states the organization’s mission of maintaining international peace and security, the KCNA added.
According to the KCNA, Feltman recognized international sanctions against North Korea are having a negative influence on humanitarian aid there. He visited a children’s food factory and a hospital in Pyongyang on Thursday.
Feltman was expected to leave Pyongyang on a North Korean Air Koryo passenger jet to land in Beijing on Saturday.
Jeffrey Feltman (C), U.N. undersecretary general for political affairs, holds talks with North Korea’s Vice Foreign Minister Pak Myong-guk in Pyongyang on Dec. 6, 2017, in this photo released by the Associated Press. (Yonhap)
Background information about the significance of Mount Paektu in north korean lore:
Mount Paetku, Birthplace site, Courtesy DPRK Tourism
Kim Jong Il, father of current North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, was estimated to have been born in 1941 in Russia.
North Korean legend holds that was Kim Jong Il’s birth was of a divine and sacred nature that occurred on Mount Paektu (an active volcano also known as Mount Baekdu) on April 15, 1942. His birth was foretold by the appearance of a swallow. Once born, the seasons changed, a new star was born and a double rainbow appeared over the mountain. Throughout his life, he was able to control the weather with his mood.
Kim Jong Il photo of portrait submitted by Mark Fahey from Sydney, Australia (DSCF3016) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commonshttps://skepticreview.com/2017/10/15/amazing-kims-mythology-cult-personality-north-korea/
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Kim Jong Un Climbs Mt Paektu
Date: 12/9/2017 | Source: KCNA.kp (En) |
Pyongyang, December 9 (KCNA) — Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People’s Army, climbed Mt Paektu, the sublime mountain of revolution.
The ancestral mountain Paektu covered with white snow was displaying marvelous scene with glee at the reappearance of its great master.
When Kim Jong Un ascended to the top of it, going through thick snow, it showed fine weather unprecedented in the blizzard of December winter, exposing its majestic figure.
As if to give warm welcome to him who brought the “great November event” of the great Korea and show joy at the appearance of the peerlessly illustrious commander who controls the nature, the heart of the ever-changing Lake Chon on the top of Mt Paektu presented charming scenery showing magic peaks and dazzling sunshine on its clear and blue waves.
Imposingly standing on Janggun Peak, the respected Supreme Leader gave a familiar look for a while at the dizzy cliffs and the sea of trees, recalling the emotion-charged days when he realized the great historic cause of completing the state nuclear force without yielding even a moment and with the indomitable faith and will of Paektu.
He said that he had often climbed Mt Paektu but this is the first time to have in mid-winter such nice weather, rare to be seen even in spring. The weather is so fine that we can see peaks on the shore of Lake Chon more clearly as if they are before our very eyes, he added.
His eyes reflected the strong beams of the gifted great person seeing in the majestic spirit of Mt Paektu the appearance of a powerful socialist nation which dynamically advances full of vigor without vacillation at any raving dirty wind on the planet.
He set forth the important tasks arising in better sprucing up into a center for education in the revolutionary traditions the sacred mountain of Paektu which is associated with the immoral revolutionary careers of the great leaders and serves as the mental mainstay of the invincible DPRK and the source of indomitable ideological strength.
He said that the monument to Mt Paektu and education compound should be spruced up suited to the dignity of the holy mountain of revolution and “Mt Paektu, the holy mountain of revolution”, an autograph of leader Kim Jong Il, should be displayed better heavily and politely to be seen most clearly anytime and anywhere.
He stressed the need to build a new hotel well around the Paektu Station for the convenience of those who visit Mt Paektu as well as convenient facilities for making them have photos taken at several places where a bird’s-eye view of the mountain can be obtained and have rests.
Accompanying him were Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the C.C., WPK, vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and vice-chairman of the C.C., WPK, Kim Yong Su, department director of the WPK Central Committee, Jo Yong Won, vice department director of the C.C., WPK, Ri Sang Won, chairman of the Ryanggang Provincial Committee of the WPK, Yang Myong Chol, chairman of the Samjiyon County Committee of the WPK, and Ma Won Chun, department director of the State Affairs Commission. -0-
Encourage good behaviour this Christmas from your little ones!
Elfie is watching and reporting to Santa good or bad behaviour!
Features a red flashing light that makes it all that more real.
Sure to keep the children in line.
REVIEWS AND COMMENTS/AMAZON:
I bought this for a child that was anxious, and felt that he was being watched all the time. Now he can relax because his feeling of being watched is justified. Thanks!
This is horrifying. Children don’t need to feel like a literal camera is watching them. There’s no way this is a good product.
I thought – how can I teach my kids to get comfortable with mass surveillance and an oppressive police state
I bought this because Elf on a Shelf was not creepy enough. I thought – how can I teach my kids to get comfortable with mass surveillance and an oppressive police state? With this camera!
Denying children privacy — even if it’s fake — is abusive. Please don’t raise your children to think living under constant surveillance is OK.
Nothing teaches your children that ‘Big Brother is Watching’ quite like the Elf Dummy Surveillance Camera! For those wishing to desensitized their children to being on camera regardless of their state of dress, awareness or activity, this is the product for you!
Don’t buy this. What the heck is wrong with you? Seriously. This is sad and insane.
Having heard stories from peers who were denied privacy by their parents growing up, this is a horrifying product. Please don’t buy it just as a joke.
Fairly convincing. Though I recommend picking up a few towels and a garden hose to complete the illusion.
Besides the fact that the sight of children dressed as scouts using profanity is distasteful, this company has a long history of CONSUMER AND SCAM WARNINGS. Note that the domain name shifts over the years. Also, many other consumer review sites issue similar warnings. The claim of raising money for equality causes is not addressed in the BBB reviews below.
Here’s how pussyscouts.com describe themselves:
PussyScouts.com is produced by FCKH8.com, a T-shirt company on a mission to inspire social change. Since 2010, the company has raised over $280,000 for equality causes, arming thousands of people with pro-LGBT equality, anti-racism and anti-sexism T-shirts that act as “mini-billboards” for progress. They have over 420,000 followers on Facebook and 44,000 on Twitter and have shipped more than 200,000 tees, tanks and hoodies to equality supporters in 100 countries.
Many celebrities have praised the activist brand including Jane Lynch, Adam Lambert, Perez Hilton, and Zac Efron – who raved about his “Some Dudes Marry Dudes, Get Over It” shirt. Whoopi Goldberg and Rachel Ray raised their voices in support of the “Potty-Mouth Princesses” campaign.
Here’s a second opinion:
Better business bureau rating: F
PATTERN OF COMPLAINT
This company has a pattern of customer complaints alleging merchandise ordered and paid for is not received.
On August 8th and August 26th, 2013, BBB emailed Good Ideas for Good Causes requesting their voluntary cooperation in resolving complaints on file with BBB and providing steps it will implement to eliminate the underlying cause of the pattern of customer complaints.
On August 30, 2013, Luke Montgomery reached out to BBB. he indicated he was aware of the customer service issues and was working towards a resolution. He indicated he had hired an individual specifically to handle customer complaints and logistics. He agreed to respond to all of the unanswered, unresolved and pending complaints on file with BBB. He said he was contracting for assistance with printing.
BBB received responses to many previously unanswered complaints which were then re-closed as assumed resolved. However, since September 1, 2013, the vast majority of complaints have gone unanswered. On June 20, 2014 BBB wrote the business again seeking their assistance in resolving these issues.
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This company’s business practices resulted in a BBB News Release titled “BBB Warning – Consumers Find That “Good Ideas for Good Causes” Fails to Follow Through.
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LORD WILLING, WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH WILL PREACH CHRIST @ A
NIGHT OF HOPE WITH JOEL & VICTORIA OSTEEN – SPRINT CENTER (1407
GRAND BLVD, KCMO) FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 2018
TH, 6:30 – 7:15 PM
Joel Osteen has made a vocation, and an opulent living, lying
about the God of the Bible his whole ‘career’. He preaches
Christ in pretense – using religious sounding words as a thin
veil to cover a hellish casserole of prosperity doctrine, new
age self-help, armchair psychology and daily affirmations. He
has preached false doctrine to literally millions of people the
world over, greedily filling the void of feel-good, phony TV and
radio evangelism caused by Billy Graham’s slowing money
machine – thereby making him one of the chief workers of
iniquity of this generation. “The foolish shall not stand in thy
sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity” (Ps. 5:5) – “Beware
of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves” (Mt. 7:15).
Joel Osteen’s popularity and influence has as much to say about those who generally call themselves ‘Christians’ as it says about his own motives: they actually love his lies: “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables” (2Ti. 4:3-4)
“That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits” (Is. 30:9-10)
To widen his appeal even further (and to embolden rebellion against Christ), Osteen trots out his Jezebellian wife Victoria and props her up in the pulpit, in callous defiance of the Scripture – calling her a ‘preacher’ and a ‘pastor’ and winking as she multiplies the lies: “But I suffer not a woman to
teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence” (1Ti. 2:12) – “Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed
unto idols” (Rev. 2:20).
The word of God is not to be handled deceitfully – it is not to be made merchandise of. Joel and Victoria love and make lies that their followers also love – and none of them have a hope of heaven, unless the Lord works in their hearts: “For without (outside of Heaven) are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and
whosoever loveth and maketh a lie” (Rev. 22:15) – “This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me” (Mt. 15:8).
Lord willing, these, amongst other biblically-sound ideas, will be preached on the street prior to this event!
Photo: U.S. Navy sailors in a motor launch rescue a survivor from the water alongside the sinking USS West Virginia during or shortly after the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor. National Archives
At 7:55 a.m. December 7, 1941, Japanese bombers and torpedo planes attacked the U.S. Pacific fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor. The Pearl Harbor attack brought the United States into World War II and gave Americans a personal stake in the war that propelled the nation to victory. The historical records of Congress housed in the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C. include some extraordinary documents that recall this turning point in American history, nearly 60 years ago. The major motion picture, “Pearl Harbor,” has drawn on the historical record to recreate the fateful events of the day.
Radiogram to military installations. Textual Records from the Department of the Navy. U.S. Naval Reserve Aviation Base; ; National Archives.The U.S. Navy battleship Arizona explodes shortly after 8 a.m. during the attack on Pearl Harbor. (80-GK-13512, National Archives Identifier 12009094)USS SHAW exploding during the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941. 80-G-16871.Rescuing survivors near the USS West Virginia after the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. (80-G-19930)The USS Oglala lies capsized after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. (National Archives at San Francisco; ARC 296007)Aftermath of Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 l to r USS West Virginia, USS Tennessee and USS Arizona. (Franklin Roosevelt Library)
Among the records are a 31 ½” by 21 ¾” radar plotting chart on which Privates Joseph L. Lockard and George E. Elliot recorded some unusual activity. Lockard and Elliot were on duty for training at the recently opened Opana Mobile Radar Station located on the northern tip of Oahu. At 7:02 a.m., they noticed radar signals that indicated a large number of aircraft approaching the island from the north at a distance of 132 miles. They continued to track the approach of the aircraft until 7:39 when the radar signals were disrupted by back waves bouncing off nearby mountains. Their last sighting placed the approaching airplanes at 20 miles distance. Lockard and Elliot phoned the Information Center at Fort Shafter, located several miles east of Pearl Harbor, to report “a flight of some sort.” The control officer on duty concluded that the signals they reported were either a naval patrol flight or American B-17s from California that were scheduled to arrive on the same day. Within minutes, they would all learn that the Japanese had mounted a surprise attack.
In this captured photograph, Japanese sailors wave their caps as the planes that will soon raid Pearl Harbor leave their carriers. (80-G-30549; ARC 520599)This captured Japanese photograph shows Ford Island during the December 7 attack. (80-G-30554)
The Japanese attack lasted less than two hours but did enormous damage. The United States sustained 3,435 casualties and loss or severe damage to 188 aircraft, 8 battleships, 3 light cruisers, and 4 other vessels.
Annotated Typewritten Copy of the Day of Infamy Speech
On December 8, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt appeared before a joint session of Congress to ask for a declaration of war against Japan. Pronouncing December 7, 1941, “a date which will live in infamy,” the president’s edited, signed seven-page reading copy of the war message is a pivotal document in United States history.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Declaration of War against Japan, December 8, 1941. 79-AR-82.
Immediately following the president’s address, the Senate returned to its chamber, where Senator Tom Connally of Texas introduced Joint Senate Resolution 116 declaring war on Japan.
After learning of the attack at Pearl Harbor, JFK’s father, Joseph P. Kennedy, wrote this telegram to FDR. JFK LibraryThe Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines propelled the United States into war.(80-G-405258)
The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is a global science video competition designed to inspire creative thinking about fundamental concepts in the life sciences, physics, and mathematics. In recognition of her winning submission, Hillary Diane Andales receives up to $400,000 in educational prizes, including a scholarship worth up to $250,000, another $50,000 for the science teacher who inspired her, and a state-of-the-art science lab valued at $100,000 designed by and in partnership with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
This was Andales’ second time in the competition, and last year, she was the Top Scorer in the Popular Vote, a segment of the contest that allows the public to vote for their favorites online. As the Top Scorer in the Popular Vote, she won a DNA molecular-biology laboratory as her school recovered from damage by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. This year, her overall victory in the competition will secure for her school a Fabrication/Physics/Design/Innovation Lab.
More than 11,000 entries from 178 countries were received in the 2017 installment of the global competition, which kicked off on September 1, 2017. The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is funded by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, and Yuri and Julia Milner, through the Breakthrough Prize Foundation, based on a grant from Mark Zuckerberg’s fund at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation and a grant from the Milner Global Foundation.
Here is her prize-winning submission, Relativity & The Equivalence of Reference Frames:
BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE – “THE OSCARS OF SCIENCE” – CELEBRATES TOP ACHIEVEMENTS IN PHYSICS, LIFE SCIENCES & MATHEMATICS, AWARDS $22 MILLION IN PRIZES AT GALA TELEVISED CEREMONY IN SILICON VALLEY
