800-pound man thrown out of Rhode Island hospital for ordering a pizza

A Rhode Island man's weight is a death sentence, and his father says he's now nearing that fate after the hospital that was treating the 33-year-old kicked him out. Steven Assanti says he spent nearly 3 months at Rhode Island Hospital, during which time he lost 20 pounds. He weights 778 pounds, and the intention was to "stay there and lose all my weight and get down to 550 to get the gastric bypass," Assanti tells WJAR. But the Cranston man, who says he suffers from an eating addiction, reports being given the boot by the hospital after ordering pizza in violation of the strict plan he was to be following.

ABC6 reports Assanti decided to order the pizza as a "cheat meal" to "reward himself for that small (weight loss) victory."

"If he comes home and I do get him up the stairs somehow, someway he's going to go right back to his eating habits," says his dad.

As of Wednesday night, Assanti was staying at Kent County Hospital in a short-term arrangement; his social worker is trying to secure a permanent location. The only way to transport Assanti, per his father, is to have several people place him in the rear of an SUV.

http://www.wcnc.com/story/news/nation/2015/10/09/newser-morbidly-obese-pizza/73663206/

Hannity floats name of guy who left his wife in the cancer ward to die as Boehner's replacement.

GQ op/ed: "Fuck Ben Carson"

SUCKS 2-B-U, Benny: carson "sickened" by GQ's "Fuck Ben Carson" piece

Kanye West: "I felt that I got discriminated against in fashion also for not being gay"

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West last month suddenly announced a show of his military-inspired Yeezy line during New York Fashion Week, angering some more established designers.

"I felt that I got discriminated against in fashion also for not being gay, whereas in music you definitely get discriminated against if you are gay," West, who manages to stay persistently in the spotlight, told the fashion website Showstudio.com.

West stressed his support for LGBT rights. His wife, reality television star Kim Kardashian, is the stepdaughter of Caitlyn Jenner, who has brought widespread awareness to transgender issues by transitioning to be a woman.

West, who is African American, said he initially feared about "black radio hosts possibly making jokes about it, because the black culture generally is so homophobic."

British website poll: 37 percent of vegetarians secretly eat meat when they're drunk

Ohio cops respond to call from man "surrounded by Doritos, Pepperidge Farm Goldfish & Chips Ahoy"

An Austintown, Ohio, man with a serious case of the munchies called police to complain that he was "too high," according to the Austintown Police Department.

Austintown police responded to the call around 5:20 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3 and found the 22-year-old "in the fetal position." He "was surrounded by a plethora of Doritos, Pepperidge Farm Goldfish and Chips Ahoy cookies," according to the police report.

The victim told police he could not feel his hands, but declined medical service. He told the officer he "smoked too much weed."

He told the officers that he smoked marijuana in his car, and gave permission for police to "recover the evidence" from his vehicle. Police found a glass pipe with marijuana residue, two packs of rolling papers, two roaches and a glass jar of marijuana in the man's car, according to the report.

http://www.wcnc.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/10/08/ohio-man-too-high-marijuana-police/73567468/

Found a very interesting "personality test"...it was actually pretty revealing.

R.I.P. Kevin "the kid from Old Yeller" Corcoran

The Walt Disney Family Museum

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We are extremely sad to hear of the passing of Kevin Corcoran. Born on June 10, 1949 in Santa Monica, California, Kevin acted as “Moochie” in various episodes of the Mickey Mouse Club. As his mentor, Walt became impressed by Kevin's talent, and Kevin would soon find himself co-starring in various Disney hits, including Old Yeller, Pollyanna, Swiss Family Robinson, and Toby Tyler. After college, Kevin retired from acting and began working for Disney in production. Kevin was a film producer in the 1970s, with film credits including Return from Which Mountain. He later became a respected director and producer in television. In 2006, Kevin was named a Disney Legend. Notably, in 2012, he visited The Walt Disney Family Museum to participate in a program about Old Yeller with Ron Miller—Walt's son-in-law, the former CEO of The Walt Disney Company, assistant director of Old Yeller, and current Chair of the Board of The Walt Disney Family Museum.

"I am saddened to hear about the passing of Kevin Corcoran," said Ron. "My thoughts go out to Laura and his family. He was a great man and I will miss him."

Frank Zappa's Widow Gail Zappa Dead at 70

Source: Rolling Stone

Gail Zappa, wife of Frank Zappa and executrix of the Zappa Family Trust, has died. She was 70. A cause of death has not been revealed, though TMZ reported she had had a long battle with lung cancer. Zappa, "departed this earth peacefully at her home . . . surrounded by her children," according to a statement from the Zappa Family Trust.

"Gail will forever be identified as a key figure in the creative renaissance that is Laurel Canyon," the statement says. "But more than any singular accomplishment, she defined herself in her personal relationships, happiest when surrounded by loved ones and artists, often one in the same. The memories she leaves behind are indeed her own art form. Her searing intelligence, unforgettable smile, wild thicket of hair and trailing black velvets leave a blur in her wake.

After her prolific husband died of prostate cancer in 1993, Gail kept Frank's recordings in the public, putting out dozens upon dozens of posthumous albums and judiciously licensing his image where appropriate. Earlier this year, the Zappa family announced that the couple's son Ahmet would be taking the reins on the Trust.

Gail, whose full maiden name was Adelaide Gail Sloatman, was born on January 1st, 1945, the daughter of a nuclear weapons research physicist with the U.S. Navy, according to Zappa biographer Barry Miles. She lived with her family in London as a teenager and got a job as a secretary for the Office of Naval Research and Development rather than attend college. She met Doors frontman Jim Morrison at a very young age, in kindergarten, since they both had high-ranking naval officials for fathers; Frank once told a story that she hit Morrison over the head with a hammer. She eventually moved to New York, where she attended the Fashion Institute of Technology, in the mid-Sixties and immersed herself in the music scene before hitchhiking to Los Angeles with a friend.

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