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Articles from the September 4, 2018 edition


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  • Report: Kuwaiti Police Shut Down Fish Store that Tapped Googley Eyes Onto Fish

    Stan Greene, Observer Staff Writer|Sep 4, 2018

    A report on Reddit says that Kuwaiti police have shut down a fish store that was sticking googly eyes on fish to make them appear more fresh than they really are. "Is this fish fresh?" "Yes, it's today's catch!" "Then why are its eyes closed?" "It sleeps, can't you see?" "Okay, but then why does it smell so awful?" "When you sleep, can you control yourself?"...

  • Engineer Receives Gold Plated Controller After 15 Years at Activision-Blizzard

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Sep 4, 2018

    An engineer on Reddit has posted photos of gold plated game controller he received "after 15 years of service at Activision Blizzard." Activision Blizzard, Inc. is a video game company headquartered in Santa Monica, and founded in 2008 through the merger of Activision and Vivendi's games operations, the company is traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol NASDAQ: ATVI, and since 2015 has been one of the stocks that make up the S&P 500.[5] Activision Blizzard currently includes...

  • Two Lesbians Caned by Malaysian Court, in Year's Most Erotic Headline So Far

    Jared Thomas, AP|Sep 4, 2018

    In what may be 2018's most erotic headline so far, two women caught in flagrante delicto in an act of love, were beaten by an Islamic court in Southeast Asia's largest Moslem republic, Malaysia. Horrible as it may have been, we would have liked to have watched any part of it. A Malaysian Muslim lesbian couple caned in public punishment, reports the Associate Press. Two Malaysian Muslim women convicted under Islamic laws of attempting to have sex were caned Monday in a rare public whipping that...