Author: Rachel Alexander

Snake catcher Elliot Budd was called out to a home in Australia to retrieve a python that had appeared inside a toilet. He said it was one of the biggest ones he’d encountered, about three meters long. The Daily Mail reports, As the experienced snake wrangler lent in to touch the enormous serpent, it quickly […]

A judge has thrown out a lesbian’s lawsuit against a sperm donor bank for mistakenly sending her a black man’s sperm. Jennifer Cramblett had filed a complaint alleging wrongful birth and breach of warranty. However, the judge said she could refile the complaint alleging negligence instead. The Daily Mail reports, Last year, Cramblett described how […]

Laws have become so unjust in China that drivers are being caught on video deliberately running over pedestrians multiple times to ensure they are dead. The punishment for killing a pedestrian seems paltry compared to the potential millions a driver may spend on medical care for an injured person. Slate reports, It seems like a […]

In the video below, ants start to march in a circle around a phone when it begins ringing. Experts speculate why; whether it’s magnetic waves, vibrations, or just following each other. IFL Science explores some possible reasons, One may be that ants, insects that navigate by detecting the Earth’s magnetic field, have had their navigation […]

A powerful combination of people has finally come together to present a real challenge to the Federal Reserve’s death grip over monetary policy. Every year, the Federal Reserve holds an annual conference in ritzy Jackson Hole, Wyoming. This year, the American Principles Project decided to challenge the Fed on its own turf. Hundreds of top […]

Some babies are wise beyond their years, and some are quite the little entertainers. This precious baby is one of them. The little gal valiantly tries to keep her eyes closed during a family prayer, squinching repeatedly, then attempts to say Amen afterwards but can barely say the word correctly.  QPolitical reports, It’s not everyday […]

Some people rob banks in order to have extra spending money. Others rob banks to feed their drug habit. One mom robbed three banks in order to pay for her daughter’s graduation party.  The Daily Mail reports, Cindy Carabeo, 50, made off with more than $6,000 from BB&T Bank, Wells Fargo and Florida Central Credit Union […]

An education columnist for Slate Magazine, Rebecca Schuman, thinks it’s OK to post photos of herself flipping her baby off and calling her an a**hole on her birthday. She claims it’s because of the difficulty of taking care of a baby. The Federalist Papers posted this from Schuman’s Facebook page, The reasons I take and post […]

I am going to tell you a true story about a Mexican guy who came up to me – oops, that makes people nervous. He might have been Mexican, in fact it might not even have been a guy, maybe it was a woman or LGBT, heck, it was a lifeform! This is part of […]

Raccoons are usually pretty fearless, but one little guy is too scared to jump in a swimming pool after his brother. He nervously paces and reaches his hands out to his brother, trying to get him to come back to safety. Mashable reports, Waylon the raccoon is very concerned when his brother Willie takes a […]

Apparently SeaWorld isn’t all fun and games. The killer whale Kalia looks like she is going to the side of the tank to be friendly with birds standing there, but really tricks them into coming close enough for her to eat them. The Daily Mail reports, They are used to hunting and killing large fish […]

Prosecutors in the U.S. Department of Justice are finally being called out for singling out Republican politicians and others they dislike. One of the victims of gross over prosecution was former Congressman Rick Renzi. As a Republican representing a swing district in Arizona, he was a juicy target to take down. A scandal was concocted […]

Minnesota police officer Rob Zink, whose sons have autism, understands that it might not always be the best for law enforcement to deal with autistic people the same as everyone else. The situation may be much more complicated. He decided to do something about it. According to IJ Review, The Star Tribune reports that about five years […]

It’s always good to see the little guy take a bigger bully out, and this video offers such a scene. One girl bravely gets between the two and tries to stop the fight from starting but has no luck. She still tries to stop the fight after it’s started, and can be seen comforting the bully […]

Do you think women have any responsibility when men cheat? Daily Mail columnist Liz Jones is probably going to make a few women mad when they read her latest column explaining why she thinks men cheat, something she wrote in response to the recent Ashley Madison hack. Basically, it comes down to women are nags and […]

You’d think baby wipes would be the softest material in the world, right? Not according to mom Melissa Estrella, who uses Huggies baby wipes on her child. She posted a video on Facebook exposing the products. Liftbump reports, According to Estrella, her packages of Huggies wipes have shiny shards of glass embedded in the cloth, […]

There are still some plenty of genuinely kind people in society who go out of their way to help others, and this police officer is one of them. He may be older and less in shape than he was in his youth, but that didn’t stop him from getting down on the ground to make […]

A farmer in Maryland has been targeted by the IRS for depositing amounts under $10,000, in order to avoid excessive paperwork. Randy Sowers wasn’t doing it to launder money, but merely to avoid the hassles of paperwork meant to catch illegal activity. Yet the IRS is now treating him like a common criminal, seizing his […]

Inmates desperate for drugs have gotten really creative, turning to homing pigeons to sneak the substances through jail bars. One inmate was unsuccessful, as the prison guards spotted a bulge on his pigeon, which turned out to be a baggie of drugs. Unilad reports, The pigeon was obviously caught by guards at La Reforma Penitentia, […]

The movie Bambi, featuring a deer and its animal friends, including a rabbit, Thumper, was not too far from reality. Those two animals are not predators of each other and so have an amicable relationship. The Daily Mail reports on two of them frolicking together recently, An adorable fawn and rabbit have been nicknamed Bambi and Thumper […]

Connie Ditto hit her head when she fell last week. She texted her husband Mark that she was going to the doctor to get it checked out with X-rays. That was the last he ever heard from her. Lift Bump reports, Then, her cell phone was turned off. Connie’s daughters drove to the Patient First […]

Brooke Oacha of Texas is an example of how we all want our daughters to turn out. This young lady saw an elderly woman come into a restaurant and ask for a table for one. Wondering if she might be lonely, Oacha approached her, telling her she was also eating by herself, and suggested they […]

An Oklahoma woman was on a lake vacation when she was bitten by a tick infected with Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Jo Rogers, 40, was put into a medical coma so her four limbs could be amputated in order to stop the deadly disease from spreading. The Daily Mail reports, Rocky Mountain spotted fever has been […]

Left-wing filmmaker Michael Moore is a strong supporter of the Occupy Wall Street movement, which protests the top “one percent” of richest Americans. At the same time, he is one of the richest people in the country. He is now selling his house in Michigan for $5.2 million and many think it’s pretty hypocritical he’s amassed […]

Just when you thought government couldn’t get any more incompetent. Medicaid-eligibility specialist Geoffrey Toliver, 65, passed away from cancer in December last year. Long after he died, New York City officials filed to terminate his employment for missing 18 months of work.  The Daily Mail reports, The Human Resources Administration claimed it had tried to reach Toliver, […]

This is starting to get really, really weird. It will make shopping much more difficult for parents. Your boy wants a cowboys and Indians bedspread? No more signs and labels directing you. Your daughter wants a makeup kit? You’re going to have to look all throughout the toys section to find it. ABC 13 reports, Target stores […]

The Colorado movie theater gunman, James Holmes, has been spared execution, supposedly due to just one juror refusing to go along with the death penalty. Relatives of those who were slain wailed and walked out of the courtroom as the verdict was read. The Daily Mail reports, Speaking outside the courthouse after the verdict, Lonnie […]

Some folks in Green Bay, Newfoundland, Canada, were filming a glacier off the coast when it started to roll over. At first it didn’t seem like a big deal. But then things changed and Jason Griffiths, who was taking the video, yelled at his wife to get off the beach. The Blaze reports, But only 20 […]