Ouija Board Lesson Spells Trouble for Michigan Elementary School Teacher

Aside December 31, 2024 Markozen.com Offbeat, Paranormal

A substitute teacher at a Michigan elementary school has been fired after she gave a lesson on the Ouija Board to her class of second graders. The eyebrow-raising incident reportedly occurred last week at Freeman Elementary in the city of Flint. For reasons unexplained, the unnamed teacher showed the youngsters a video on the infamous divination device and promised to bring one of the ‘talking boards’ to class the following day. As one might imagine, the misguided discussion of the proverbial dark arts did not sit well with parents when they learned about the lesson.

Billie Deville Mitchell, the mother of one of the students, told a local TV station that the video was particularly traumatizing for her daughter. “She has not been able to sleep at night,” the mom lamented, “it is the same for me knowing that she is still having reactions to whatever she learned in the classroom.” After Mitchell and other parents took their concerns to the school district, administrators issued a swift response wherein they apologized for the unfortunate incident that, they stressed, was not a part of the official curriculum.

As for the teacher at the center of the strange scandal, she was subsequently dismissed by the company responsible for providing substitute staffing to the school district. Oddly enough, the incident in Flint is not the first time that a Ouija Board has spelled trouble at an elementary school. In March of 2017, a Milwaukee teacher was placed on administrative leave after she used the divination device with her class of kindergartners.

Polar bears and Husky dogs cuddling together

Aside December 27, 2024 Markozen.com Animals, Bizarre

The dogs are chained up and therefore totally at the mercy of these big fair tempered bears. This happened at Churchill, Manitoba.

Top 5 World’s Biggest Mining Excavators

Aside December 27, 2024December 27, 2024 Markozen.com Engineering

1 – Caterpillar 6090 FS Excavator

At an operating weight of an astounding 1,000 tonnes, the 6090 FS is the world’s largest excavator. With twin Cummins QSK60 engines, it boasts and total engine rating of 3360 kW / 4500 HP. When Caterpillar expanded their mining capabilities with a purchase of Bucyrus in 2011, they based the 6090 FS on the Bucyrus RH400, which was originally launched in 1997. It can fill the largest Caterpillar dump truck (the 797) in only four passes based on its 52 m3 bucket with 93.6 tonne payload.

2 – Bucyrus RH 400 Excavator

Originally launched as the Terex RH 400 and rebranded when Bucyrus purchased the Terex mining division in 2010, this model has an operating weight of 980 tonnes. With identical engine capacity to the Caterpillar 6090 RS, it requires six car batteries to simply start the engines. It has previously set the hydraulic mining excavator world record for the ability to move up to 9,900 tonnes of material in a single hour. It previously held the title of world’s largest excavator, prior to the release of the Cat 6090 FS.

3 – Hitachi EX8000-6 Excavator

The largest excavator in the Hitachi fleet, the EX8000-6 offers the versatility of being fitted with either a 43.3 m3 backhoe bucket or a 40 m3 loading shovel. Boasting an operating weight up to 837 tonnes, it can fill the largest Hitachi dump truck (EH4000AC-3) in just five passes. The twin Cummins engines give a combined capacity of 2900 kW / 3888 HP. For perspective Hitachi’s flagship mining excavator the EX1200-6, has an engine capacity one sixth the size of this!

4 – Liebherr R9800 Excavator

With an operating weight up to 810 tonnes, the R9800 from Liebherr comes with the option of either MTU or Cummins diesel engines, or an electric drive version. The electric version is rated up to 2984 kW / 4000 HP. It’s 42 m3 shovel capacity or 47.5 m# backhoe capacity are designed to pair with the Liebherr T 264 or T 284 dump trucks for maximum efficiency.

5 – Komatsu PC8000-11 Excavator

Weighing up to 773 tonnes, this is the largest excavator in the Japanese manufacturers portfolio. Komatsu’s most frequently used model in the Australian/New Zealand market is the PC200-8 and it weighs over 36 times less than this behemoth. Its twin diesel engines give it a rating to 3000 kW / 4020 HP and it has shovel and backhoe capacity of 42 m3 (designed to integrate with trucks between 240 – 400 tonnes).

The New Jersey Drones?

Aside December 17, 2024December 17, 2024 Markozen.com Aviation, Offbeat

Dirty Harry has a bigger gun

Aside December 15, 2024 Markozen.com Weapons

Dirty Harry can now upgrade to a bigger handgun. The .44 Magnum that Harry used was very powerful. It could take down a punk rapist at 150 meters and if it hit the punk in the head, it would take it clean off. Even if it winged a slimy street robber it would take out such a big chunk, that the robber punk would be neutralized.

But now there is a bigger cannon on the block. The Model 500 from Smith & Wesson is the biggest, heaviest, most powerful factory-production double-action revolver in the world. It’s built on an entirely new and massive S&W frame size. It fires the new .500 S&W Magnum cartridge, which is the most powerful factory load ever developed specifically for handgun use. The gun and the cartridge are both impressive product accomplishments, beyond the industry norm, and both moved together from concept to reality in less than a year.

This gun is 34 percent more powerful than the .44 Magnum. If Dirty Harry used this weapon he could take down a rogue elephant at 200 meters. Or splatter bad boy punk street slime all over the side of a building at 250 meters. This bazooka fires a 50 caliber cartridge. The .500 Magnum would very definitely make Dirty Harry’s day.

The .500 Magnum (top) compared to the .44 Magnum.

The Trojan Touch

Aside December 15, 2024 Markozen.com Sex, Toys

Watching late night TV a commercial came on that caught my attention. A female battery operated masturbation vibrator. Made for a female finger. The Christian church leaders will love this!

Trojan Vibrating Touch Massager

If your clitoris is mad, if it’s tired of being ignored and treated poorly or if it’s not getting enough of the right kind of attention, help is here.

Trojan has answered many women’s prayers with the Trojan Vibratin Touch Massager. It’s a small yet powerful massager that provides thrilling sensations and vibrations right at your fingertips.

It comes with a storage pouch, a Trojan Her Pleasure condom, and two batteries since the Trojan Vibrating Touch can be reused. Get this ladies – it lasts up to 30 minutes! Now that’s $19.95 well spent!