Muslim group: two imams pulled from plane bound for North Carolina

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An airline is investigating the removal of two imams from a flight headed to North Carolina, ostensibly because passengers felt uncomfortable with their presence of the pair -- both clad in Islamic attire.
The incident occurred Friday on an Atlantic Southeast Airlines flight from Tennessee to North Carolina and it involved Masudur Rahman and Mohamed Zaghloul were wearing traditional Muslim dress, CNN affiliate WCNC reported.

Topless coffee shop gets ready to close

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VASSALBORO - Donald Crabtree says he opened the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop in 2009 so he, his staff and his customers could smile.
Crabtree isn't smiling anymore.
Following a recent notice from the town's code officer that the shop was violating zoning rules by displaying new signs -- one advertised a benefit topless car wash -- Crabtree said this week he plans to close the controversial business on Route 3 after his inventory is sold in the coming months.

http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7434-Monuments-The-Poetry-of-Dreams


OVER the last decade Jaume Plensa has become one of the world’s most celebrated public artists, best known for wondrously monumental figurative sculptures that can be seen from Calgary to Dubai. But ask this Barcelona native how he creates his work, which seems to involve feats of technology as well as imagination, and he prefers to talk about music, dreams and poetry.

DOUBLE TCM ALERT!

http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7427-DOUBLE-TCM-ALERT!

From the director of NIGHT OF THE BLOODY APES and WRESTLING WOMEN VS THE AZTEC MUMMY! It's a good thing every kid in those audiences were busy flinging JuJuBes at the screen and each other, because attentive viewing might have warped them for life.

National Review's crazy Steven Tyler abortion take

http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7428-National-Review-s-crazy-Steven-Tyler-abortion-take

In a story headlined "Post-Abortion Trauma" for the National Review, writer Kevin Burke weaves a tale gleaned from Aerosmith's collaborative 2003 group "autobiography," "Walk This Way," which describes the singer and "Idol" judge's doomed, '70s-era relationship and the abortion that triggered its end. Burke, cofounder of a ministry dedicated to "healing the pain of abortion," sets up the story: "In 1975, when he was in his late 20s and the lead singer for the band Aerosmith, Tyler persuaded the parents of his 14-year-old girlfriend, Julia Holcomb, to make him her legal guardian so that they could live together in Boston."

Listeria evolved to live in your fridge

http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7421-Listeria-evolved-to-live-in-your-fridge

Cold cuts are pretty much delicious little hostels for listeria—a bacteria that can cause serious food poisoning, and even kill vulnerable populations like babies, the elderly, and the sick. That's why doctors advise pregnant women to not eat them, and why the CDC suggests that older people reheat their "cold" cuts to 165 degrees before eating them.
But I've long wondered: Why are listeria able to get such a foothold on a food product that's already been cooked, and that is generally stored in refrigerators? Shouldn't those two factors impede bacterial growth?

Gordon Ramsay set to ruffle feathers when he eats raw duck fetus

http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7419-Gordon-Ramsay-set-to-ruffle-feathers-when-he-eats-raw-duck-fetus

He caused controversy by killing turkeys and pigs on camera - now Gordon Ramsay is set to ruffle a few more feathers when he's seen eating a raw duck foetus on his latest cookery show.

The Michelin-starred chef travels to Cambodia where the dish - essentially an over-developed fertilised egg - is a delicacy.

Despite looking incredibly unsure, the potty-mouthed celebrity cook showed his stomach was as strong as he language when he took the plunge - and actually said it tasted nice.