outsource it all

McDonald's is considering using remote call centers to take orders at drive through windows. Is this really necessary? A call center in India taking orders for freedom fries in PoDunk USA? There is something sinister and spooky about this concept.

Piss in the cup... or else!

Apparently torture is legal in Florida. You don't want to provide a urine sample? No problem. Florida cops will tie you to a hospital bed and then shoot you with a Taser until you comply.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A police officer twice used a Taser stun device on a drug suspect who was restrained to a hospital bed because the man refused to give a urine sample to medical staff, authorities said.

Antonio Wheeler, 18, was arrested Friday on a drug charge and taken to an emergency room after telling officers he had consumed cocaine, police said.

Because Wheeler said he had used the drugs, Florida Hospital officials wanted a urine sample. A police affidavit said Wheeler wouldn't provide a sample on his own, so workers tried to catheterize him to get one.

The police document said Wheeler was handcuffed to a hospital bed and then secured with leather straps after he refused to urinate in a cup. When medical staff tried to insert a catheter to get the sample, Wheeler refused and began thrashing around, the affidavit said.

At one point, police officer Peter Linnenkamp reported, he jumped on the bed with his knees on Wheeler's chest to restrain him. When Wheeler still refused to let the catheter be inserted, Linnenkamp said he twice used his Taser, which sends 50,000 volts into a target.

"After the second shock (Wheeler) stated he would urinate and calmed down enough to be given the portable urinal," Linnenkamp wrote.

Chicken Harvest

Iowa farmers will be cluckin' about the new chicken harvester from Bright Coop, Inc.. The video of the machine in action is a must see.