The reason? They’re ALLERGIC to it!! Yeah, I find it weird too! But the group is adamant! According to reports, the group is located in Santa Fe and they saysthe city is discriminating against them because they say that they’re allergic to the wireless Internet signal. And now they want Wi-Fi banned from public buildings.

Arthur Firstenberg says he is highly sensitive to certain types of electric fields, including wireless Internet and cell phones. “I get chest pain and it doesn’t go away right away,” he said. Firstenberg and dozens of other electro-sensitive people in Santa Fe claim that putting up Wi-Fi in public places is a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The city attorney is now checking to see if putting up Wi-Fi could be considered discrimination. But City Councilor Ron Trujillo says the areas are already saturated with wireless Internet. “It’s not 1692, it’s 2008. Santa Fe needs to embrace this technology, it’s not going away,” Trujillo said. The city attorney hopes to have a legal recommendation by the end of the month.

Yes, toad as in frog! But of course, those are two distinct species, I just want to make it simpler. Hehe! Anyway, there are reports that venom from toads of the Bufo genus is being used as an aphrodisiac — and it just KILLED A MAN in New York! Thus, health officials are now warning New Yorkers to stay away from the illegal aphrodisiac. FYI, the product is sold under names including Piedra, Love Stone, Jamaican Stone, Black Stone and Chinese Rock at sex shops and neighborhood stores. It is banned by the Food and Drug Administration.

The city’s poison control center received a hospital report last Friday that a 35-year-old man who ingested the hard, brown substance died earlier this month. He was admitted to the hospital complaining of chest and abdominal pain, and died two days later. The toad’s venom apparently contains chemicals that can disrupt heart rhythms. The same type of product killed a 40-year-old man in Brooklyn in 2002 and at least four New Yorkers in the early 1990s. A 17-year-old boy also fell seriously ill, but survived following hours of aggressive treatment.

Yup, that’s the ritual above — baby throwing! =( And for once in this blog, I agree that this banning is right. According to reports, Muslims in a remote Indian village have their naked babies thrown backwards from a height of 50 feet (15 meters) onto a stretched canvas sheet held by a group of devotees waiting below. CNN reports that the baby bounces off the sheet and is caught by one of the devotees before being passed around to much cheer and jubilation from the catchers, in front of a large crowd of villagers, including the mothers.

The age-old tradition is practiced at the Baba Sheikh Umar Saheb Dargah in Solapur, Maharashtra, and people come from miles for the annual event. The baby-throwing gesture is meant to thank God for the arrival of a baby for couples who took a vow at the shrine. The villagers also say it is good for the health of the child. But critics want the practice to be stopped. Sanal Edamaruku (president of the group Rationalist International) said,

“Such bizarre rituals should be banned and the state government should intervene. Such practices are a challenge to our sensibilities and the basic concept of common well-being.”

And guess who banned surfing topless models and sports news in the military? A female official, of course! A pregnant one at that, and it’s none other than Defence Minister Carme Chacón. The banning of websites featuring football or naked women in military computers was her first act in the office which received criticism. This week army, navy and air force personnel were blocked from accessing the websites of three publications: Interviú, which is famous for its covers featuring topless models, as well as Marca and As, the popular sports newspapers.

The Defence Ministry said that the ban on websites of a sexual or sporting nature was introduced to conserve internet bandwidth for military business. At some times of day, it said, the internet was becoming almost impossible to use because of the volume of traffic to “entertainment” websites. Military personnel suspected a feminist plot to deprive them of their traditional entertainment and many Spanish men viewed the measure as an outright attack. HELLO??

Others applauded the move, observing that the defenders of the nation should not be surfing the internet for topless models or football scores during their working hours. Now that’s the logical reason! I’m so sorry boys, but this time, a pregnant lady has gotten the better of you. Hehe!

Yup, those ubiquitous and relatively harmless pointers have been banned coz they have been used to “attack” pilots. Several airline pilots have recently reported high-intensity lasers being shone into their cockpits during take-offs and landings wherein the pilots experience a loss of situational awareness and vision. This meant that their landing schedules must be reassessed and delayed. To prevent more attacks and a more serious effect, the government of New South Wales instituted the ban.

High-powered hand lasers, including so-called “star pointers” used by astronomers, would be listed as prohibited weapons in the Australian state, and anyone carrying one without a permit would face a jail term of up to 14 years. The Federal Government has previously said it will consider a nationwide ban on the lasers. This remains to be decided upon.