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Such was the case in Austria, where an octogenarian was arrested with narcotics worth more than $11,000 in her possession. And that was just that’s day’s haul: She is accused of smuggling activity dating back to 2008.

That story and more are up this week on Rynski’s Shattered Reality radio show on Party934.com and FM 94.9 in Hudson Valley, N.Y.

Next show is Wednesday, July 6 (today!), and every Wednesday online at Party934.com. Showtime is noon in Arizona, 3 p.m. EST.

Party 934 is a radio alternative for listeners sick of stations that play one song followed by 500 commercials.

This week features with part two of our EARTH theme songs, which offer a firm foundation for one heck of a show.

Thanks! to all who keep the song requests coming.

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Health care plans, especially for the self-employed or unemployed, can only be had for some ridiculous monthly fee or containing ridiculous coverage — like only being covered for emergency care if you’re dragged 52 miles by a rambling bus.

Arizona may be getting an even harsher dose of the health-care-free environment with a proposed enrollment freeze on state-funded Medicaid, although folks are not eligible in the first place if they make more than about 20 cents every other Tuesday.

While crossing your fingers and avoiding bus stops might at a glance seem like the only remedy, one guy in North Carolina found another one: He’s accused of robbing a bank just so he could go to jail and receive free medical care, according to Associated Press and Orange News reports.

James Verone, a 59-year-old unemployed guy with serious health care issues, reportedly walked into a Gastonia, N.C., bank on June 9 and handed the teller a note demanding a single $1. He then had a seat and waited for police to come arrest him. He was charged with one count of larceny and held in lieu of a $2,000 bond. Not surprisingly, he did not want to pay the bond and instead stayed put in Gaston County jail so he could receive his needed medical treatment.

It really has come down to this.

When I think of all of James Franco's crappy attempts accomplishments, I get a headache: an MFA, two PhDs, hosting the Oscars, playing himself on TV and in movies, and now a music video? If you'll notice, though, he's not even singing. He's just being James Franco once again.

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• Perhaps the Dakota Wild Bunch didn't get the memo.

While The Associated Press report did not note if the member of the Dakota Wild Bunch re-enactment team knew he had live ammunition in his gun, it did say that three tourists were wounded.

That story and more are up this week on Rynski’s Shattered Reality radio show on Party934.com and FM 94.9 in Hudson Valley, N.Y.

Next show is Wednesday, June 29 (today!), and every Wednesday online at Party934.com. Showtime is noon in Arizona, 3 p.m. EST.

Party 934 is a radio alternative for listeners sick of stations that play one song followed by 500 commercials.

This week kicks off part one of our EARTH theme songs as we continue our cruise through the elements. Tune in for some solid song suggestions.

Thanks! to all who keep the song requests coming.

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• Tucson magician John Coppin sticks a sword through participant's throat at recent 2nd Saturdays Downtown.

Coppin is a master magician who was a contender in the recent Stage Magician of the Year competition and a regular performer at Tucson's 2nd Saturdays Downtown.

A 2nd Saturdays niche at the Ronstadt Center was the stage for his sword trick. The master maneuver was compelling enough to draw the crowd away from a nearby table selling marshmallow and weenie roasters shaped like teddy bears with the foodstuff where private body parts should be.

I know I was hooked — with the sword trick, not the weenie roasters. I had to be hooked with the sword trick, literally, since it was my neck through which the sword was stuck. Coppin, however, has a gentle touch and the wound magically healed before I could snap out of the hypnotic trance in which he placed me during the procedure. The crowd oohed and ahhed, he gifted one young lady with a snazzy balloon parrot, pulled a few rubber balls out of thin air and the weenie roasters were all but forgotten.

While the balloon twisting and traditional tricks are steady staples in his acts, Coppin says the weirder side of magic is where it’s at. Some of his zanier tricks include the sword through the neck, sticking a needle through a balloon, or the ever-popular “zig zag lady” who is sawed into pieces.

“They add a bit of craziness to the act,” Coppin says. “It goes away from the norm.”

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• Got grass?

In fact, wearing saggy pants led to the arrest of a University of New Mexico football player.

That story and more are up this week on Rynski’s Shattered Reality radio show on Party934.com and FM 94.9 in Hudson Valley, N.Y.

Next show is Wednesday, June 22 (today!), and every Wednesday online at Party934.com. Showtime is noon in Arizona, 3 p.m. EST.

Party 934 is a radio alternative for listeners sick of stations that play one song followed by 500 commercials.

One more week of smoking hot FIRE songs is on the agenda, which should finish off the sizzling lineup of requested tunes.

Thanks! to all who keep the song requests coming.

Slate.com has an awesome slide show up of giant vegetables in honor of Eat Your Vegetables Day tomorrow. I don't know about you, but I wanna get lost in that giant cabbage overhead.

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Sure enough, a 10-inch, cream-colored urn was found inside the box, weighing about 10 pounds with no labels or other identifying marks other than the handwritten notation outside the box.

That story and more are up this week on Rynski’s Shattered Reality radio show on Party934.com and FM 94.9 in Hudson Valley, N.Y.

Next show is Wednesday, June 15 (today!), and every Wednesday online at Party934.com. Showtime is noon in Arizona, 3 p.m. EST.

Party 934 is a radio alternative for listeners sick of stations that play one song followed by 500 commercials.

Fire is still the theme for this week’s show as we go through the elements, and we have a red-hot lineup coming your way.

Thanks! to all who keep the song requests coming.

The dueling lawsuits to knock both mayoral candidates off the ballot will be heard this Thursday, June 16. Attorney William Walker will argue that Marshall Home doesn't meet residency requirements, while Home will argue that Democrat Jonathan Rothschild should be kicked off the ballot because he is a lawyer.

We suspect that Walker's lawsuit will have more luck in front of a judge. Home's legal case against Rothschild appears, to our untrained eye, as a legal longshot.

But Home is no stranger to legal long shots. Take a look at his filing in federal bankruptcy court declaring that federal reserve notes should not be considered legal tender and his citing of the "Magna Charta":

Meet Debbie.

She really does love cats and she wants a soulmate who also loves cats (and can accept with coming in second to a bunch of cats). Is that so wrong? Is it?

[Note: I briefly considered whether it was a violation of blog ethical standards to mock this woman. Then I saw this, one of her two other videos on YouTube. Conscience cleared!]

[HT: Dangerous Minds]