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- EVERYONE SEEMS NORMAL UNTIL YOU GET TO KNOW THEM! -
MIDDLETON, Wis. -- In Wisconsin, a Jewish man whose polling place was at a Catholic church said he was disturbed to see a crucifix hanging over a ballot box.
Dr. Zeev Bar-Av of Middleton said issues on Tuesday's ballot such as gay marriage and the death penalty "are essentially on the national divide on religion and non-religion."
The 65-year-old Middleton man said, "If there is a place where church and state should be separated, the polling place should be it."
Wisconsin Elections Board executive director Kevin Kennedy said the state and municipalities struggle to come up with adequate polling places, and churches have plenty of parking.
He adds that polling places don't have to be redecorated to protect voters from feeling uncomfortable, and voters who are bothered can always vote absentee.
A man has suffered severe internal injuries after trying to launch a powerful firework from his ass, it emerged today. (no pun intended)
It was thought that the 19-year-old was trying to copy a scene from the 2002 film Jackass: The Movie, which has long been condemned by safety campaigners and blamed for inspiring dangerous pranks.
At the end of a firework display in the Monkwearmouth area of Sunderland on Sunday the man is reported to have got down on all fours, lowered his trousers and bent over, then fixed a Black Cat Thunderbolt rocket to himself in front of a group of friends
One witness described how he stood up and initially appeared to be unhurt, but then stumbled and fell to the ground. It became clear he was bleeding and paramedics and police were called to the scene.
A spokeswoman for the North East Ambulance Service said: "We received a call stating there was a male who had a firework in his bottom and it was bleeding. He was attended to and taken to Sunderland Royal hospital."