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Huntsman Campaign Typo

Wildman — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:02:50 +0000

ABC World News snapped this photo at U.S. Presidential candidate Jon Huntsman’s campaign kick-off speech. The image shows an embarrassing typo on a press badge issued to an ABC reporter for the event.

ABC posted the image briefly to photo sharing service Instagram before hastily removing it. However, they couldn’t delete it before yours truly was able to snap this screen shot.

Can you spot the flub?

What’s in a name, anyway?

Filed under: communication, mobile updates, news, photos, shenanigans Tagged: abc, badge, campaign, Huntsman, news, typo

Nigerian Entrepreneur Bests Evil Motorcycle Helmets

Wildman — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 04:42:04 +0000

When the masses fear wearing curse-carrying helmets, this guy puts on his thinking cap and invents…a cap.

From today’s WSJ:

Now that’s using your head!

Filed under: culture, shenanigans, travel Tagged: helmets, motorcycle, news, Nigeria

Swine Flu Rundown

Wildman — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:26:00 +0000

Pigs don’t fly, but apparently their germs do. Find out for yourself the what, why, and where of the outbreak in 10 Minutes with this swine flu primer.

CNN: A young boy in Mexico may have been the first human case of the current strain of swine flu. http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/29/swine.flu.patient.zero/index.html
CDC’s report on the number of cases by state. Updated regularly. http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/
A brief history of the 1976 swine flu outbreak. http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/03/dayintech_0324
A brief history of swine flu current through today. (The China Daily) http://www.chinadaily.net/world/2009-04/27/content_7721007.htm
Another history by The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) http://www.smh.com.au/world/science/history-of-swine-flu-20090427-ak2y.html

Posted in history Tagged: dallas, health, news, swine flu, texas