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Tellos Athenaios
12-05-2013, 14:29
Emergency Contraception Has No Effect On BBW (http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/11/plan-b-morning-after-pill-weight-limit-pounds)
Presumably a matter of dosage and choice of drug. With these type of drugs the quest has been for lowest dose and least invasive drug possible, since you're basically administering a hormonal kick which risks side effects and general discomfort. So if they simply dust off the recipe from the 1970's, say, they'll have a working drug for the obese, albeit a less pleasant one for some.
Emergency Contraception Has No Effect On BBW (http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/11/plan-b-morning-after-pill-weight-limit-pounds)
probably because they expected the BBW part to be enough of a contraceptive.
Fargo Man Arrested For Clearing Snow With Flamethrower (http://fmobserver.com/fargo-man-arrested-for-clearing-snow-with-flamethrower/#)
https://i.imgur.com/KOnGl6F.jpg
Fargo, ND – Local resident Todd Fox has been detained for “reckless endangerment” and “illegal use of high-powered fire-breathing weaponry” for attacking snow with his flamethrower. Fox reportedly became so fed up with the week-long blowing snow epidemic in his area that he decided to KILL IT WITH FIRE.
The neighborhood was treated with quite a show last night as Fox unleashed an inferno upon the mountainous snow palace that was his front yard. Neighbors to his immediate right and left noticed a bright orange cloud and could hear what they thought was “puff the magic dragon spewing mayhem all over hell”, which prompted one of them to notify police.
Fox stated that he was simply “fed up with battling the elements” and that he did not possess the willpower necessary to move “four billion tons of white bull****”.
Police say that Fox surrendered his efforts immediately upon their arrival and that his front yard “looked like a hydrogen bomb had gone off”. They think he was just happy to be done with snow removal, even if it did mean a trip to jail.
Hah! I know exactly how this went down... Not so worried about the NSA now for some reason. Playing WoW all day... lol
US and UK 'spy on virtual games' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25310774
I heard a Defcon-1 was issued when Theramore was bombed. Chief suspects were Al Qaeda and it was almost used a proxy to invade Iran. Further research into the matter, they realised 'Garroash' is not a farsi codename for Ali Khamenei.
Though, on a more factual basis (http://io9.com/us-spy-agency-launched-this-earth-conquering-octopus-lo-1479029015), this is the logo of the US Spy Satellite that was recently launched.
https://i.imgur.com/mSztUTI.jpg
As always, Rule-34 quickly follows:
https://i.imgur.com/Uwv2j6z.jpg
Video clip (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aU0P00aOuw)
Kadagar_AV
12-11-2013, 23:07
Only in Africa, people...
Only. In. Africa.
http://news.sky.com/story/1180724/mandela-memorial-deaf-signer-was-fake
InsaneApache
12-13-2013, 17:26
I. There are approximately two billion children (persons under 18) in the world. However, since Santa does not visit children of Muslim, Hindu, Jewish or Buddhist religions, this reduces the workload for Christmas night to 15% of the total, or 378 million (according to the Population Reference Bureau). At an average (census) rate of 3.5 children per house hold, that comes to 108 million homes, presuming that there is at least one good child in each.
II. Santa has about 31 hours of Christmas to work with, thanks to the different time zones and the rotation of the earth, assuming he travels east to west (which seems logical). This works out to 967.7 visits per second. This is to say that for each Christian household with a good child, Santa has around 1/1000th. of a second to park the sleigh, hop out, jump down the chimney, fill the stockings, distribute the remaining presents under the tree, eat whatever snacks have been left for him, get back up the chimney, jump into the sleigh and get on to the next house. Assuming that each of these 108 million stops is evenly distributed around the earth (which, of course, we know to be false, but will accept for the purposes of our calculations), we are now talking about 0.78 miles per household; a total trip of 75.5 million miles, not counting bathroom stops or breaks. This means Santa's sleigh is moving at 650 miles per second < 3,000 times the speed of sound. For purposes of comparison, the fastest man-made vehicle, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a pokey 27.4 miles per second, and a conventional reindeer can run (at best) 15 miles per hour.
III. The payload of the sleigh adds another interesting element. Assuming that each child gets nothing more than a medium sized Lego set (two pounds), the sleigh is carrying over 500 thousand tons, not counting Santa himself. On land, a conventional reindeer can pull no more than 300 pounds. Even granting that the Oflying¹ reindeer could pull ten times the normal amount, the job can't be done with eight or even nine of them; Santa would need 360,000 of them. This increases the payload, not counting the weight of the sleigh, another 54,000 tons, or roughly seven times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth (the ship, not the monarch).
IV. 600,000 tons travelling at 650 miles per second crates enormous air resistance < this would heat up the reindeer in the same fashion as a spacecraft re-entering the earth¹s atmosphere. The lead pair of reindeer would absorb 14.3 quintillion Joules of energy per second each. In short, they would burst into flames almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer behind them and creating deafening sonic booms in their wake. The entire reindeer team would be vaporised within 4.26 thousandths of a second, or right about the time Santa reached the fifth house on his trip. Not that it matters, however, since Santa, as a result of accelerating from a dead stop to 650 m.p.s. in a milli-second, would be subjected to centrifugal forces of 17,500 G¹s. A 250 pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim) would be pinned to the back of the sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force, instantly crushing his bones and organs and reducing him to a quivering blob of pink goo.
V. Therefore, if Santa did exist, he's dead now.
Kadagar_AV
12-13-2013, 18:02
You couldn't have written HUGE SPOILER ALERT!!?? :crazy:
https://i.imgur.com/Q1pWv5q.jpg
Gregoshi
12-17-2013, 00:11
Was it chicken? :inquisitive:
https://i.imgur.com/Q1pWv5q.jpg
Kadagar_AV
12-17-2013, 00:13
Was it chicken? :inquisitive:
And if so, leg or breast?
And if so, leg or breast?
The picture clearly shows that it was both white and dark meat.
Montmorency
12-17-2013, 02:07
What was the breakdown?
1/3 of the elderly experience varying degrees of memory degeneration, and 2/3 retain the same level of function they had in their youth?
I guess the breakdown is similar for erectile performance...
Delta Airlines Very Sorry for “H8GAYS” Confirmation Code (http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/12/17/delta-airlines-is-very-sorry-it-generated-a-confirmation-code-that-read-h8gays/) (but I bet it's way better than last year's "H8JEWS")
https://i.imgur.com/0u87OOF.jpg
That’s the confirmation code a Delta Airlines customer saw on his boarding pass earlier this month. Naturally, he was pretty shocked.
“At first I didn’t think I read it right,” Jeff White, a student at the University of West Florida, tells the Washington Post. “I was worried that another customer might think I somehow picked that code. If I were a gay male, I might have thought that a Delta worker purposely gave me that code, and that would have made me extremely uncomfortable.”
Delta has apologized for any “concern or misunderstanding” and explained that the codes are always computer-generated completely random. A Delta rep tells the Post that the airline will make every effort to prevent a similar combination of letters and numbers in the future.
So yes, this was probably just an honest, computer-generated error. But as White points out, it’s a bit surprising that Delta didn’t block this particular combination as a possibility. “I’m sure they removed many four-letter words that would be seen as offensive,” he tells the Post. ”I’m surprised that ‘gays’ and ‘H8’ weren’t blocked as well.”
If anything, perhaps airlines should begin deliberately generating more positive codes to please their customers. Who wouldn’t enjoy looking down at a boarding pass and seeing URAQT or LUV4CATZ?
Kadagar_AV
12-18-2013, 11:39
New café idea... Customers get charged after how polite / rude they are.
Saying "hello" and "please", as an example, will drastically lower the price.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/la-petite-syrah-nice-french-2918930
Kadagar_AV
12-21-2013, 16:41
http://www.thelocal.se/20131221/swedens-christmas-goat-torched-yet-again
Out of all the seasons traditions, this one happens to be my favourite... Article is well worth a read.
You KNOW it's christmas when the goat gets torched.
Tellos Athenaios
12-23-2013, 18:20
Eggheads give two robots vodka and tell them to text each other FOR SCIENCE (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/23/boffins_use_vodka_shots_to_deliver_text_messages/)
Academics have developed a method for delivering text messages through vodka spritzed into the air.
Unlike conventional vodka-powered texts – which involve lemon drops, smartphones and lingering regret – this new experimental system uses the alcohol itself as the medium for delivery.
Two alligators, a pole dancer and pot at shooting scene (http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2012/11/king5-alligators-found-guarding-olympia-marijuana-grow/)
https://i.imgur.com/SamiABA.jpg?1
Thurston County sheriff’s deputies called to a house near Olympia on the report of a shooting Monday night were quick to edge away from a room after being greeted by two hissing alligators guarding a large marijuana stash.
Alligators, a pot growing operation, an exotic dancer and gunfire were all elements of the criminal investigation inside the house in the normally quiet Scott Lake neighborhood. Sheriff’s spokesman Lt. Greg Elwin said that at one point a detective compared the scene to a Hollywood film. [...]
While inside the home, investigators found a floor to ceiling brass pole and talked to an exotic dancer, Elwin said. When detectives tried to walk into another room they were met by two five-foot long alligators hissing at them from the floor.
“They were there for protection for the marijuana grow area. They were just crawling around on the floor,” Elwin said. The detectives immediately shut the door.
The 41-year-old suspect, who was arrested for investigation of attempted murder, offered to help the detectives corral his gators. He managed to get them into a nearby bathroom where they were left in the water-filled bathtub. Because it wasn’t clear how long the alligators would be there, they were left with some raw chicken parts to gnaw on, Elwin said.
Thurston County Animal Control officials have been contacted, Elwin said.
“We don’t know what the legalities are of keeping alligators, it could be just fine,” he added.
Oregon man on meth fights off 12 cops while masturbating in bar (http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2013/12/alleged_masturbating_man_in_sa.html)
https://i.imgur.com/k2ZvlNi.jpg
It took a Taser and more than a dozen officers on Sunday to finally subdue Andrew Frey inside Iggy's Bar & Grill on Portland Road Northeast, the Marion County Sheriff's office said.
The 37-year-old man later told authorities he had used methamphetamine the day before and had no recollection of the alleged wild behavior, according to officials.
The man, identified as Frey [...] made his way to Iggy's Bar & Grill.
That's when Frey's behavior allegedly took a turn for the vulgar, Marion County officials said.
A bartender told authorities that Frey exposed his genitals and started masturbating at the bar, officials said. By the time a Marion County deputy arrived on scene, Frey had moved from the bar to the bathroom, but reportedly had not stopped pleasuring himself.
Frey allegedly resisted arrest, forcing the deputy to zap the suspect with a Taser multiple times, officials said. The Taser had no effect on Frey, who then allegedly starting fighting with the deputy, officials said.
At least 15 police officers from Salem, Keizer and Marion County rushed to the bar and were eventually able to take the suspect into custody, officials said.
Surgical elf ears. Because FREEDOM.
http://youtu.be/UWZZgmGJ0HQ
a completely inoffensive name
12-28-2013, 08:44
You just couldn't wait for the backroom to reopen like the rest of us. :D I commend you for your dedication to spreading the news...of the wierd.
Most years I do a temp-NotW thread in the Frontroom. Weird News waits on no Christmas Truce! Speaking of which ...
Firewood TV Show Creates Split for Norwegians (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/world/europe/in-norway-tv-program-on-firewood-elicits-passions.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&)
https://i.imgur.com/fgbxQPM.jpg
OSLO — The TV program, on the topic of firewood, consisted mostly of people in parkas chatting and chopping in the woods and then eight hours of a fire burning in a fireplace. Yet no sooner had it begun, on prime time on Friday night, than the angry responses came pouring in.
“We received about 60 text messages from people complaining about the stacking in the program,” said Lars Mytting, whose best-selling book “Solid Wood: All About Chopping, Drying and Stacking Wood — and the Soul of Wood-Burning” inspired the broadcast. “Fifty percent complained that the bark was facing up, and the rest complained that the bark was facing down.”
He explained, “One thing that really divides Norway is bark.” [...]
In a country where 1.2 million households have fireplaces or wood stoves, said Rune Moeklebust, NRK’s head of programs in the west coast city of Bergen, the subject naturally lends itself to television.
“My first thought was, ‘Well, why not make a TV series about firewood?’” Mr. Moeklebust said in an interview. “And that eventually cut down to a 12-hour show, with four hours of ordinary produced television, and then eight hours of showing a fireplace live.”
There is no question that it is a popular topic. “Solid Wood” spent more than a year on the nonfiction best-seller list in Norway. [...]
“National Firewood Night,” as Friday’s program was called, opened with the host, Rebecca Nedregotten Strand, promising to “try to get to the core of Norwegian firewood culture — because firewood is the foundation of our lives.” Various people discussed its historical and personal significance. “We’ll be sawing, we’ll be splitting, we’ll be stacking and we’ll be burning,” Ms. Nedregotten Strand said.
The Stranger
12-30-2013, 04:21
dis is old...
Kadagar_AV
12-30-2013, 19:54
Something... something... wood = sign of men's arousal... something...add something about Norway...
I'm to tired for this, but I guess Gregoshi can work from my notes.
Gregoshi
12-30-2013, 23:00
Something... something... wood = sign of men's arousal... something...add something about Norway...
I'm to tired for this, but I guess Gregoshi can work from my notes.
The Beatles already did a song: Norwegian Wood.
Kadagar_AV
12-31-2013, 14:51
:drummer:
Giant inflatable duck explodes in Taiwan, possibly due to eagle attack (http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/2014/01/01/12/59/giant-duck-explodes-ahead-of-nye-celebration)
http://youtu.be/dcx5ACyIGQs
A giant yellow duck on display in a northern Taiwan port exploded just hours before it was expected to attract a big crowd to count down the new year.
The 18m-tall duck on show at Keelung burst around noon and deflated into a floating yellow disc, only 11 days after it went on display.
It was the second time that a inflatable duck - a bath toy replica created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman - had burst while on show in Taiwan.
"We want to apologise to the fans of the yellow rubber duck.... the weather is fine today and we haven't found the cause of the problem. We will carefully examine the duck to determine the cause," organiser Huang Jing-tai told reporters. [...]
The Central News Agency cited an eyewitness as saying the rubber bird might have fallen victim to eagles which scratched it with their claws.
Humorless Brit court refuses trial by combat (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1416262/Court-refuses-trial-by-combat.html)
https://i.imgur.com/XovvdXa.jpg?1
A court has rejected a 60-year-old man's attempt to invoke the ancient right to trial by combat, rather than pay a £25 fine for a minor motoring offence.
Leon Humphreys remained adamant yesterday that his right to fight a champion nominated by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) was still valid under European human rights legislation. He said it would have been a "reasonable" way to settle the matter.
Magistrates sitting at Bury St Edmunds on Friday had disagreed and instead of accepting his offer to take on a clerk from Swansea with "samurai swords, Ghurka knives or heavy hammers", fined him £200 with £100 costs.
Humphreys, an unemployed mechanic, was taken to court after refusing to pay the original £25 fixed penalty for failing to notify the DVLA that his Suzuki motorcycle was off the road.
After entering a not guilty plea, he threw down his unconventional challenge. Humphreys, from Bury St Edmunds, said: "I was willing to fight a champion put up by the DVLA, but it would have been a fight to the death."
Kadagar_AV
01-02-2014, 03:02
All jokes aside, I have a new hero.
Damn courts and their stupid "laws".
Giant inflatable duck explodes in Taiwan, possibly due to eagle attack (http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/2014/01/01/12/59/giant-duck-explodes-ahead-of-nye-celebration)
http://youtu.be/dcx5ACyIGQs
A giant yellow duck on display in a northern Taiwan port exploded just hours before it was expected to attract a big crowd to count down the new year.
The 18m-tall duck on show at Keelung burst around noon and deflated into a floating yellow disc, only 11 days after it went on display.
It was the second time that a inflatable duck - a bath toy replica created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman - had burst while on show in Taiwan.
"We want to apologise to the fans of the yellow rubber duck.... the weather is fine today and we haven't found the cause of the problem. We will carefully examine the duck to determine the cause," organiser Huang Jing-tai told reporters. [...]
The Central News Agency cited an eyewitness as saying the rubber bird might have fallen victim to eagles which scratched it with their claws.
Breaks my heart, I love giant rubber duckies...
This in a larger resolution has been (and still is) my notebook wallpaper for over a year now: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eamdOAJx8I8/UYlReVbwYjI/AAAAAAAARTM/VPwrTzppdvU/w497-h373/the-giant-rubber-ducky-Australia-M.jpg
Ironside
01-02-2014, 23:46
All jokes aside, I have a new hero.
Damn courts and their stupid "laws".
"DVLA kills a man over a £25 fine."
Stupid, stupid lawmakers and their "laws".
I have a mental image of Banquo's Ghost with a rapier and a hand held behind his back, finishing off the opponent with his fencing expertise.
Woman Pulled Handgun Out Of Her Vagina During Fight With Boyfriend (http://www.cosmopolitan.com/celebrity/news/woman-gun-aliens-vagina?src=spr_FBPAGE&spr_id=1440_38911802)
https://i.imgur.com/idGqgU7.jpg
A dispute over the existence of alien life forms came to a head for one New Mexico couple when the girlfriend, Jennifer McCarthy, pulled a silver Smith and Wesson handgun out of her vagina — which she'd been stimulating herself with — and pointed it at her boyfriend's head. "Who's crazy, you or me?" she yelled at him, obviously making a very convincing case for her sanity.
McCarthy, who is [...] the ex-wife of writer Cormac McCarthy, had apparently "emerged from the couple’s bedroom wearing lingerie with the firearm in her genital area."
Strike For The South
01-10-2014, 06:24
Giant inflatable duck explodes in Taiwan, possibly due to eagle attack (http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/2014/01/01/12/59/giant-duck-explodes-ahead-of-nye-celebration)
http://youtu.be/dcx5ACyIGQs
A giant yellow duck on display in a northern Taiwan port exploded just hours before it was expected to attract a big crowd to count down the new year.
The 18m-tall duck on show at Keelung burst around noon and deflated into a floating yellow disc, only 11 days after it went on display.
It was the second time that a inflatable duck - a bath toy replica created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman - had burst while on show in Taiwan.
"We want to apologise to the fans of the yellow rubber duck.... the weather is fine today and we haven't found the cause of the problem. We will carefully examine the duck to determine the cause," organiser Huang Jing-tai told reporters. [...]
The Central News Agency cited an eyewitness as saying the rubber bird might have fallen victim to eagles which scratched it with their claws.
OMG
Woman sues lawyers for not advising her that divorce would end her marriage (http://www.legalcheek.com/2014/01/lawyers-sued-for-not-advising-woman-that-divorce-would-end-her-marriage/) (TinCow special edition)
An appeal of the dismissal of a professional negligence claim against several London divorce lawyers contains an eye-catching paragraph...in which it is revealed that the claimant sued because, amongst other things, the lawyers failed to advise her that divorce would mean the end of her marriage ...
https://i.imgur.com/0nhP0cD.png
Iranian news agency: the U.S. is run by Nazi space aliens (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/01/13/iranian-news-agency-says-the-u-s-is-secretly-run-by-nazi-space-aliens-really/)
https://i.imgur.com/hYwIvSR.jpg
On Sunday, the hard-line semi-official Fars News dropped one of its biggest bombshells yet: The United States government has been secretly run by a "shadow government" of space aliens since 1945. Yes, space aliens. The alien government is based out of Nevada and had previously run Nazi Germany. It adds, for timeliness, that the controversial NSA programs are actually a tool for the aliens to hide their presence on Earth and their secret agenda for global domination. This is all asserted as incontrovertible fact with no caveats. [...]
[A]fter losing [World War 2], the aliens apparently installed themselves as the secret force behind the United States government. President Obama is said to be a tool of the aliens, though anti-alien factions within the U.S. government are fighting to topple him. Their present aim is to install a global surveillance system that will, somehow, allow them to finally impose a one-world government and enslave humanity.
The best part to all this, to me, is the sourcing. Fars News takes us through a veritable hall-of-mirrors of sources "confirming" their scoop. The progenitor of it all, of course, is ostensibly NSA leaker Edward Snowden, who has waited until now to reveal that the real reason for all those NSA programs is aliens. As best I can tell, Fars claims that Snowden gave this information to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB). They also say it was independently confirmed by former Canadian defense minister Paul Hellyer. (Hellyer, who is 90, does indeed argue that aliens have visited Earth many times, though I haven't seen him comment on this particular story.) The FSB, they say, put all this information down in a secret report, which was inexplicably obtained by the ultra-fringe conspiracy theory Web site, Whatdoesitmean.com.
Tellos Athenaios
01-14-2014, 18:27
Well it beats the hypothesis that the USA is run by democratically elected representatives. After all, observable evidence such as the NSA dragnet surveillance does not tally with the hypothesis whereas who knows what the space aliens would be up to...
... Ehrm, yeah.
Gregoshi
01-15-2014, 02:28
Misguided scientists continue our march towards the Robopocalypse...
Robots test their own world wide web http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25727110
If Microsoft can be involved, they will be our fail-safe.
Gregoshi
01-15-2014, 02:45
Iranian news agency: the U.S. is run by Nazi space aliens (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/01/13/iranian-news-agency-says-the-u-s-is-secretly-run-by-nazi-space-aliens-really/)
This means the Democrats and Republicans are heroes! They are purposefully ruining our country to destroy the space aliens' power base!! Who knew!! I'll tell you, the Republicans have really brought their "A" game the last several years, though Obama hasn't been too shabby either. The pen is truly mightier than the laser. This will be the stuff of legends - and book and movie rights...
Fisherking
01-15-2014, 09:35
Lies, Lies, Lies!
Everybody knows it isn’t space alien Nazis!
They are mermen from Lemuria!
It is a conspiracy by the Ill-Lemur-naughty
@Andres made me do it….
Gregoshi
01-15-2014, 15:20
They are mermen from Lemuria!
It is a conspiracy by the Ill-Lemur-naughty
I guess you are Lemur or Leless right.
Sorry. Even I groaned at this one.
Fisherking
01-15-2014, 15:55
Be careful at security.
You may be detained for punning with intent to do bodily harm.
mine was not much better
Kagemusha
01-15-2014, 16:01
This might be my last post, because my probably sudden and violent demise after this post. But the truth is, it is the Oqtosquids. They are the true overlords and names like Lemur are only to fool us thinking they are all fuzzy and warm....:boxedin:
Google Image -> "Lemur squid". I was not disappointed. (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HO3HbFimhhI/Ttc3g3F-djI/AAAAAAAABmg/zHyAJcx_phQ/s1600/lemur_damon%2Band%2Bkyoko%2B2011.jpg)
Fisherking
01-15-2014, 21:08
Now that is WEIRD!!!
Kagemusha
01-15-2014, 21:27
I told you guys...Why we are still alive is a complete oxymoron, but it is not as if we mere mortals can match the intelligence of The Overlordzz..:shrug:
Fisherking
01-16-2014, 14:46
Ok, on to other matters.
Has this been covered?
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/09/22242494-okla-man-accused-of-killing-stepfather-with-atomic-wedgie?lite
Okla. man accused of killing stepfather with 'atomic wedgie'
I think MRD is out of state atm...so, not him.
Next:
Police Search for Alleged 'Swiss Cheese Pervert'
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/Police-Search-for-Alleged-Swiss-Cheese-Pervert--239759561.html
and
Iceland's hidden elves delay road projects
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/22/22009310-icelands-hidden-elves-delay-road-projects?lite
drat those Trolls...
Gregoshi
01-17-2014, 09:37
Okla. man accused of killing stepfather with 'atomic wedgie'
He a-wedgiedly killed his stepfather.
Police Search for Alleged 'Swiss Cheese Pervert'
There are days when it is tough to admit I'm a Pennsylvanian.
Ghost ship full of cannibal rats about to crash into England (http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Ghost-ship-cannibal-rats-crash-Devon-coast/story-20487193-detail/story.html)
https://i.imgur.com/ocqUSNK.jpg
There are fears a ghost ship full of diseased cannibal rats could be about to crash into the coast of Devon or Cornwall.
The abandoned Lyubov Orlova has been missing since it cut adrift while being towed from Canada nearly a year ago.
The 40-year-old liner has been driven across the Atlantic by high winds and is thought close to the UK shore.
Based on emergency beacons activated last year aboard the ship, it is feared the 40-year-old Yugoslavian liner registered to Russia could crash into the shore of Devon, Cornwall, Ireland or Scotland.
Those searching for the ship say there are likely to be thousands of disease-ridden rats on board with no source of food except each other, according to The Sun.
Belgian-based searcher Pim de Rhoodes said: "She is floating around there somewhere. There will be a lot of rats and they eat each other."
Ghost ship full of cannibal rats about to crash into England (http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Ghost-ship-cannibal-rats-crash-Devon-coast/story-20487193-detail/story.html)
This reads like the plot of Space Hulk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_hulk).
The possibilities are endless. Diseased, cheesed off rats...
Gregoshi
01-25-2014, 11:22
Those searching for the ship say there are likely to be thousands of disease-ridden rats on board with no source of food except each other, according to The Sun.
Sounds like pretty much any capital ship.
gaelic cowboy
01-25-2014, 21:41
'Cannibal-rat ghost ship' has sunk, says Coastguard; Uri Gellar says he can find it (http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/cannibal-rat-ghost-ship-has-sunk-says-coastguard-uri-gellar-says-he-can-find-it-620686.html)
Uri was on the Ray Darcy show on Today FM reckons he can find the ship with his mind or something or sink it apparently.
think he spouts his nonsense here I couldnt stop laughing at work listening to it
URI GELLER: MYSTIFIER AND MINDBENDER (http://www.todayfm.com/Uri-Geller:-Mystifier-and-MindBender)
I didn't know that Steve Jobs had a brother.
Papewaio
02-01-2014, 11:08
"Originally Posted by Fisherking
Police Search for Alleged 'Swiss Cheese Pervert'"
There are days when it is tough to admit I'm a Pennsylvanian.
Bet that cheesed you off. Edamed if you edamed if you don't.
Gregoshi
02-02-2014, 04:50
Turd Degree Murder? (http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/arizona-woman-rose-mary-vogel-accused-of-injecting-fecal-matter-into-hospitalized-husbands-iv-line01312014)
CHANDLER, Ariz. - An Arizona woman is facing a charge of attempted first-degree murder after she allegedly tampered with her husband’s IV following a surgical procedure.
Police say the 66-year-old man had been admitted to Chandler Regional Hospital on Thursday for the procedure and when it was done he was in recovery, with his wife, 65-year-old Rose Mary Vogel, in the room with him...
When staff checked on the man, they found his wife manipulating the IV.
Staff inspected the IV and found it had a brown substance in the line and immediately removed it from the man’s arm.
Vogel tried to drain the fluid from the line into a waste basket, but a nurse intervened, according to police.
The substance was tested in their lab and found to contain fecal matter...
Hospital staff were tipped off when the husband was found in the fecal position.
Seamus Fermanagh
02-06-2014, 16:36
Ghost ship full of cannibal rats about to crash into England (http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Ghost-ship-cannibal-rats-crash-Devon-coast/story-20487193-detail/story.html)
https://i.imgur.com/ocqUSNK.jpg
There are fears a ghost ship full of diseased cannibal rats could be about to crash into the coast of Devon or Cornwall.
The abandoned Lyubov Orlova has been missing since it cut adrift while being towed from Canada nearly a year ago.
The 40-year-old liner has been driven across the Atlantic by high winds and is thought close to the UK shore.
Based on emergency beacons activated last year aboard the ship, it is feared the 40-year-old Yugoslavian liner registered to Russia could crash into the shore of Devon, Cornwall, Ireland or Scotland.
Those searching for the ship say there are likely to be thousands of disease-ridden rats on board with no source of food except each other, according to The Sun.
Belgian-based searcher Pim de Rhoodes said: "She is floating around there somewhere. There will be a lot of rats and they eat each other."
Oh dear. The zombie apocalypse plague for which my son and so many others have been preparing for so long is poised to come ashore in the UK or the Free State. Oh dear.
Norwegian Cheese Fire closes tunnel
https://i.imgur.com/1f0wk0W.jpg
About 27 tonnes of caramelised brown goat cheese - a delicacy known as Brunost - caught light as it was being driven through the Brattli Tunnel at Tysfjord, northern Norway, last week.
The fire raged for five days and smouldering toxic gases were slowing the recovery operation, officials said.
The tunnel - which is said to be badly damaged - is likely to remain closed for several weeks, they added.
"We can't go in until it's safe," geologist Viggo Aronsen told Norwegian broadcaster NRK.
Police officer Viggo Berg said the high concentration of fat and sugar in the cheese made it burn "almost like petrol if it gets hot enough".
Map locator
The lorry driver had noticed the fire in his trailer and abandoned it about 300m (1,000ft) from the southern entrance. No-one was hurt.
Kjell Bjoern Vinje, of the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, said it was the first time he could remember cheese catching fire on Norwegian roads.
"I didn't know that brown cheese burns so well," he said.
All I can say: Holy Cheesus!
McGruff The Crime Dog Actor Sentenced To 16 Years For Pot, Grenade Launcher (http://houston.cbslocal.com/2014/02/06/mcgruff-the-crime-dog-actor-sentenced-to-16-years-for-pot-grenade-launcher/)
https://i.imgur.com/O4KIxGh.jpg
Former McGruff the Crime Dog actor, John R. Morales, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison following his guilty plea three years after police seized 1,000 marijuana plants, 27 weapons – including a grenade launcher, and 9,000 rounds of ammunition from his home.
The man who played the famous “Take a bite out of crime” dog was arrested in 2011 after Galveston police and drug-sniffing dogs pulled over the McGruff actor for speeding, the Houston Chronicle reports. Authorities found diagrams of two indoor pot-growing operations sitting on the front seat, and multiple pot seeds stored in the trunk of his Infinity.
Police raided Morales’ home and found the multitude of marijuana plants, ammunition and weapons, which included a grenade launcher, according to court documents.
Gregoshi
02-09-2014, 02:24
Former McGruff the Crime Dog actor, John R. Morales, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison following his guilty plea three years after police seized 1,000 marijuana plants...
The man who played the famous “Take a bite out of crime” dog...
So, the whole "Take a bite out of crime" ad campaign was simply due to a bad case of the munchies? :inquisitive:
Suicide bomb builder/trainer blows himself up. And his pupils. (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/iraqi-extremists-accidentally-set-car-bomb-21-killed-article-1.1608735)
School’s out — forever!A bumbling bomb builder killed himself and 21 of his fellow terrorists Monday in Iraq when a device he was showing them how to make ignited and exploded in a fiery blast.
According to Iraqi officials, the wannabe terrorists were gathered around the instructor learning how to make car bombs and explosive belts when one of the belts malfunctioned and blew them to hell.
Dark-humour kind of funny.
Gregoshi
02-13-2014, 23:30
Suicide bomb builder/trainer blows himself up. And his pupils. (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/iraqi-extremists-accidentally-set-car-bomb-21-killed-article-1.1608735)
Usually it is the students that bomb the test. Teacher evaluation forms will be passed out to the survivors.
Pay attention, I will explain this only once!
Sewer blocked by large Pooh
Source (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-26195258)
https://i.imgur.com/niFamPu.jpg
A large Winnie the Pooh teddy, a bike, a fax machine, jeans and a snake were among a host of bizarre items found in Scotland's sewers last year.
Scottish Water said it dealt with more than 40,000 blockages in the drains and sewer network.
Most were caused by people putting things such as cooking oil, nappies and baby wipes down sinks and toilets.
It is running an awareness campaign to highlight the issue, which it said creates costs of more than £7m a year.
A series of television and radio adverts will urge householders to dispose of kitchen and bathroom waste responsibly.
Fisherking
02-19-2014, 07:57
school expels brothers for bringing cheese crackers to school
http://www.naturalnews.com/043929_UK_school_expelled_cheese_crackers.html
Gregoshi
02-20-2014, 06:27
school expels brothers for bringing cheese crackers to school
But grahammer crackers are okay...
Yeah, that was awful.
Tellos Athenaios
03-01-2014, 20:38
How a Facebook post by blabbermouth daughter cost her parents $80,000 (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/01/facebook_post_by_mouthy_daughter_costs_florida_parents_80000/)
As she yammered to her chums online: 'SUCK IT'
A Florida dad is $80,000 poorer after his daughter went on Facebook to brag about a court settlement he received – and lost him the lot.
(...) Snay had to sign a confidentiality agreement promising he would not disclose the terms of the compensation package. Unfortunately for him, he told his family and his daughter Dana couldn't wait to get on Facebook with the news.
Gulliver's lawyer probably popped a bottle of champagne on seeing the post, and promptly went to court to block the $80,000 (£48,000) settlement. Now, after two years of legal wrangling, the Florida Third District Court of Appeal has found in favor of the school and young Dana won't be getting to swan around London, Paris, and Rome on the prep school's check book as planned.
A parent's love for their child is usually one of the strongest bonds there is, but El Reg wonders if someone's going to be on the naughty step for quite some time to come.
Gregoshi
03-02-2014, 03:13
How a Facebook post by blabbermouth daughter cost her parents $80,000 (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/01/facebook_post_by_mouthy_daughter_costs_florida_parents_80000/)
Headline: In-Your-Facebook Post Meets Karma
Autist of the year already, and it's march. Airliner Transavia. Guy wants to cancel his holiday because his wife unexpectedly passed away. Answer:'can't you go with someone else?'
Oh dear
Fisherking
03-05-2014, 14:47
Weirder than weird: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2014/02/27/Elderly-substitute-teacher-charged-with-masturbating-in-school-hallway/8311393530742/
There is plenty of fodder for you there Greg.
Gregoshi
03-07-2014, 03:52
Weirder than weird: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2014/02/27/Elderly-substitute-teacher-charged-with-masturbating-in-school-hallway/8311393530742/
"A female paraprofessional educator stumbled upon Michael Luecke on the ground and went to assist him. Upon closer inspection, she observed the 72-year-old..."
...having a stroke.
Fisherking
03-07-2014, 11:42
Ok, to go with the last one: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2014/03/06/Boston-Public-Schools-pull-out-free-condoms-after-complaints-about-racy-wrappers/4671394128951/?spt=tsb&or=2
Boston Schools pull out free condoms over racy wrappers.
You can’t make this stuff up!
Tellos Athenaios
03-08-2014, 16:56
This time, from Texas:
Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) Files Highly Questionable Defamation Suit (http://www.popehat.com/2014/02/23/rep-steve-stockman-r-tx-files-highly-questionable-defamation-suit/)
(...)
Steve Stockman's angry. Not Texas-shoot-someone-or-wear-stupid-hats angry. Suing angry.
Stockman has recently sued Texans for a Conservative Majority over their campaign ads and communications against them. He says they're guilty of some of the most "outrageous, malicious defamation ever recorded in Harris County." Stockman complains that the defendants defamed him by saying that he was "jailed more than once," that he was "charged with a felony," and that he violated ethics rules.
There are a number of problems with this suit.
(...)
So: it's not clear how the defendants could have committed defamation by repeating something Stockman previously admitted. How can he prove that it's false, let alone that they knew it was false or were reckless about its falsity? Perhaps Stockman means to suggest that it's reckless to take a Member of Congress at his word, an argument with some appeal. Or perhaps Stockman's argument about the ethics charges has merit.
Next problem: in his complaint, Stockman repeatedly argues that truth is not a defense to saying these things about him
(...)
He sounds overqualified for the Senate.
Tellos Athenaios
03-16-2014, 02:47
Okay, so it's not quite "sharks with frigging lasers", yet, but you've got to admit that robot fish (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/15/mit_fishbot_showcases_soft_robot_technology/) are pretty awesome.
Gregoshi
03-16-2014, 11:20
Okay, so it's not quite "sharks with frigging lasers", yet, but you've got to admit that robot fish (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/15/mit_fishbot_showcases_soft_robot_technology/) are pretty awesome.
Can't wait until they build a full scale model. :inquisitive:
edyzmedieval
03-19-2014, 14:16
Missing woman joins search party looking for herself (http://www.torontosun.com/2012/08/28/missing-woman-unwittingly-joins-search-party-for-herself)
Searchception? :inquisitive:
Missing woman joins search party looking for herself (http://www.torontosun.com/2012/08/28/missing-woman-unwittingly-joins-search-party-for-herself)
Searchception? :inquisitive:
This part:
Soon, there was word of a missing passenger. The woman didn't recognize the description of herself, and joined in the search.
Makes me think it was a danish group because HoreTore once showed us this:
(some bad language inside but not much)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-mOy8VUEBk
Fisherking
03-26-2014, 17:35
Aborted babies incinerated to heat UK hospitals
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10717566/Aborted-babies-incinerated-to-heat-UK-hospitals.html
Aborted babies incinerated to heat UK hospitals
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10717566/Aborted-babies-incinerated-to-heat-UK-hospitals.html
Gives a new meaning to the phrase "Burn baby burn."
Tellos Athenaios
04-01-2014, 13:15
'I like big butts and I cannot lie, hackers take Pinterest on a joyride' (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/28/pinterest_hack/)
NSFWish Miscreants have made an ass out of users of bewildering photo-sharing website Pinterest – by hijacking their accounts to flood the boards with butt pics.
The cheeky spammers gained control of the profile pages by tricking victims into clicking on “Pin This” widgets on websites or running dodgy apps, all of which had malicious code hidden inside. The rump snaps were then pasted all over users' image boards to tout dubious weight-loss pills. Suffice to say, Pinteresters Pinners were pretty bummed out by the vandalism.
No doubt, Gregoshi approves. The article, I mean.
Gregoshi
04-01-2014, 14:33
No doubt, Gregoshi approves. The article, I mean.
Er, yeah. I only read it for the article itself.
Finally, something on Pintrest I can get behind.
Fisherking
04-03-2014, 16:34
MONSTERS!!!!!
http://www.wmur.com/entertainment/Texas-man-captures-what-he-thinks-could-be-chupacabra/25281208
I think it is a coon with no hair...
Rhyfelwyr
04-04-2014, 22:23
Nine-month-old boy accused of conspiring to murder and ‘pelting stones at police’ (http://metro.co.uk/2014/04/04/nine-month-old-boy-accused-of-conspiring-to-murder-and-pelting-stones-at-police-4689015/)
Think of the street cred that kid will have...
I bet he's with in cahoots with the Taliban.
Fisherking
04-05-2014, 08:16
You're right! Guess where it happened...
Suicide victim’s body mistaken for a mannequin and thrown away (http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/oddnews/suicide-victim%E2%80%99s-body-mistaken-for-a-mannequin-and-thrown-away-185908184.html)
Sarmatian
04-05-2014, 15:25
Another UFO "mystery" (https://gma.yahoo.com/ufo-mystery-lights-float-above-texas-135923552--abc-news-travel.html) :laugh4:
edyzmedieval
04-14-2014, 23:11
Well, I'm pretty sure you know the US Airways Twitter bomb (NSFW!!! - http://jalopnik.com/us-airways-just-tweeted-a-pic-of-a-woman-with-a-plane-i-1563097527), so here's some Twitter answers.
And the plane, hopefully. RT @USAirways (https://twitter.com/USAirways): We apologize for an inappropriate image shared in one of our responses. We’ve removed the tweet.
"US Airways," Don Draper begins. "To boldly go where man has gone before."
Turns out US Airways has way more destinations than we ever imagined.
http://mashable.com/2014/04/14/us-airways-best-tweets
:grin2: :grin2: :bounce:
Nursing home hired strippers for patients: suit (http://nypost.com/2014/04/08/nursing-home-sued-for-hiring-male-strippers-for-patients/)
The elderly residents of a Long Island nursing home saw their shuffleboards replaced by washboard abs when they were subjected to a low-rent Chippendale’s striptease in the facility’s rec room, a new lawsuit claims.
The son of one resident, 86-year-old Bernice Youngblood, was shocked when he showed up for a visit and found a picture of his mom stuffing dollar bills — which are supposed to be locked away in her commissary account — into a dancer’s briefs.
Fisherking
04-17-2014, 18:18
Present him with a Darwin Award!
Hello
Rapper Andre Johnson cuts off penis http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/27062857
I guess now he has to concentrate just on getting money.
Millionaire playboy throws porn star off the roof.
Link (http://hollywoodlife.com/2014/04/25/janice-griffith-suing-dan-bilzerian-lawsuit-porn-star/) (might have some NSFW images)
We’re not surprised that Janice was injured by the fall. Dan roughly grabbed the 19-year-old porn star by the crotch with one hand, and clutched her boob with the other as he prepared for the toss.
He may look strong, but Dan still didn’t manage to hurl Janice far enough to clear the edge of his pool.
Sounds like the dude isn't very bright.
Gregoshi
04-26-2014, 15:23
Sounds like the dude isn't very bright.
Um, yeah. He has two winning hands and he still loses. Some "poker" champ he is. :no:
Tellos Athenaios
04-27-2014, 04:12
In what universe did that somehow seem like a good idea at the time?
The US got it's first case of MERS. The likely culprit? Camels, camels, camels... (http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/29/health/mers-camels/)
http://www.coolfunpics.com/slides/Pimp_Camel.jpg
Tellos Athenaios
05-03-2014, 02:51
Never mind the camels, Denmark has been dynamited by cunning American Minecraft vandals (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/01/denmark_dynamited_by_cunning_american_minecraft_vandals/)
Last week, the Danish government put a 1:1 scale replica of its country online at Minecraft and invited players to politely explore the land of Lego and Carlsberg. Gamers being what they are, you can guess what happened next.
"Several large Danish towns have been leveled to the ground and a lot of new things have been built all over the place," Chris Hammeken, chief press officer at the Danish GeoData Agency, told state media outlet DR. "We don't have a complete overview yet, but we'll probably choose to reconstruct Copenhagen and the other cities."
(...)
When the original map was posted, the government agency asked that users be polite and create something for everything they took apart. In addition, the use of in-game dynamite was banned on the map to avoid any trouble.
However, cunning gamers soon found a way around that. They found that dynamite could be used if it was set off in a mining cart, and as a result they've been drastically remaking some areas of the tiny Scandinavian country.
http://regmedia.co.uk/2014/05/01/denmark_minecraft_vandal.jpg
Fisherking
06-17-2014, 16:05
Here you go.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2660148/Indian-teenager-worshipped-seven-inch-TAIL-need-removed-hes-unable-walk.html
Indian teenager is worshipped because he has a seven inch TAIL
Why Icelanders are wary of elves living beneath the rocks
Plans to build a new road in Iceland ran into trouble recently when campaigners warned that it would disturb elves living in its path. Construction work had to be stopped while a solution was found
More here. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27907358)
https://i.imgur.com/ZW0u1Ht.jpg
Gregoshi
06-20-2014, 21:48
Plans to build a new road in Iceland ran into trouble recently when campaigners warned that it would disturb elves living in its path. Construction work had to be stopped while a solution was found.
When in Iceland, skip the roads and take the fairy.
Fisherking
06-24-2014, 11:40
Okay! I can hardly wait!
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/american-student-ends-trapped-giant-vagina-sculpture-n138311
American Student Ends Up Trapped in Giant Vagina Sculpture
Gregoshi
06-24-2014, 13:30
American Student Ends Up Trapped in Giant Vagina Sculpture
Why are Americans such dicks when they're in another (pardon the second pun) country? :shame:
Sarmatian
07-02-2014, 22:18
Two days ago, TV station in Syria flashed the latest news about Austro-Hungarian heir apparent being assassinated in Sarajevo while some 20 people were injured.
Now that's journalist integrity. The accuracy is important, century not so much.
Veho Nex
07-02-2014, 23:13
Maybe it was a call back to his actual assassination on the 28th of June.
InsaneApache
07-12-2014, 10:49
'When we got to the counter my mum plonked the bucket on the desk and said "she's stuck". :laugh4:
'Minnie looked quite content as she sat waving her arms and dancing in the bucket. :laugh4:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2688616/Moment-tiny-tot-got-wedged-metal-pail-mum-washed-kitchen-floor.html
Gregoshi
07-13-2014, 14:34
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2688616/Moment-tiny-tot-got-wedged-metal-pail-mum-washed-kitchen-floor.html
Looks like Michael Palin's kid. ~D
Fisherking
07-17-2014, 11:25
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/15/fatih-ozcan_n_5588340.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news
Lottery Winner Must Share $1.7 Million Jackpot With Psychic Waiter
Papewaio
07-17-2014, 23:50
:laugh4:
:laugh4:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2688616/Moment-tiny-tot-got-wedged-metal-pail-mum-washed-kitchen-floor.html
ROFL a funny piece about a bucket with the byline Richard Spillett
There is a lizard sex satellite floating in space and Russia no longer has it under control (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/07/24/there-is-a-lizard-sex-satellite-floating-in-space-and-russia-no-longer-has-it-under-control/)
https://i.imgur.com/6pAJeJ1.jpg
At this very moment, a Russian satellite full of geckos—(possibly) having sex—is floating around in space—and mission control has lost the ability to control it.
The Foton-M4 research satellite launched on July 19 with five geckos on board. The plan: To observe their mating activities in the zero-gravity conditions of Earth orbit. Several other earthly creatures, including plants and insects, were also placed on board for experiments.
But shortly after the satellite made its first few orbits, it stopped responding to commands from mission control. The equipment on board, however, is still sending scientific data back to earth, a spokesman for Russia's Institute of Biomedical Problems said. [...]
In the meantime, those lizards are being left more or less alone, to do as nature intended for the rest of the 60 days mission.
InsaneApache
07-26-2014, 09:53
An out-of-control ginger tom cat has been given an "animal Asbo" after causing havoc in a neighbourhood in Rotherham.
Four-year-old Rocky received the penalty after residents complained he was biting people, damaging property, fighting with other cats and entering people’s homes and refusing to leave.
http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-07-25/rocky-the-cat-gets-asbo-for-causing-havoc-on-his-street/
Rocky's owner Samantha Davies, 35, defended her pet, saying: "How can a cat behave antisocially? It’s an animal, it’s a pet - he’s not going to bite your leg off, drink alcohol in the street or try and rob your phone."
:laugh4: :yes:
Papewaio
07-29-2014, 02:26
Why are Americans such dicks when they're in another (pardon the second pun) country? :shame:
That should be country spelt without the o...
Gregoshi
07-29-2014, 05:30
That should be country spelt without the o...
That's what I meant by the second pun. With or without the "o" you get the same sound. ~:)
Papewaio
07-29-2014, 05:59
With or without the "o" you get the same sound. ~:)
Really? I think they sound different if they have an O ~:smoking:
Gregoshi
07-29-2014, 06:29
Close enough for horse shoes and hand grenades...and puns.
Papewaio
07-29-2014, 07:17
Close enough for horse shoes and hand grenades...and puns.
They as in she and it was the big O ;)
Gregoshi
07-29-2014, 10:05
:laugh4: I missed that completely. :shame:
Papewaio
07-30-2014, 10:38
:laugh4: I missed that completely. :shame:
Is that what she said? ~:smoking:
Gregoshi
07-30-2014, 12:25
Is that what she said? ~:smoking:
Almost. It was "You missed that completely."
Pannonian
08-15-2014, 14:31
Suggestively shaped map pointed out to tourist chief (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-28783990)
Willy change it or won't he?
Gregoshi
08-16-2014, 08:49
Suggestively shaped map pointed out to tourist chief (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-28783990)
Willy change it or won't he?
Gotta love the "One of our hidden gems" stamped near the testicular end of the park. And seeing that Berkhamsted was in inland port, I guess seamen traveled along the canal. :wall:
https://i.imgur.com/Px8lrbI.jpg
Pannonian
08-17-2014, 20:48
That's why I distrust fundamentalists of any kind.
Gregoshi
08-18-2014, 06:05
I trembled with anticipation...
I was grossed out before the Mentos hit the Diet Coke and "rosebud" hit the bottle. And I shudder at the thought of the "emergency venting procedure". Poor doctors and nurses administering that procedure.
Major Robert Dump
08-18-2014, 19:09
There had to be an accomplice. This dude is too fat to do that on his own.
Kadagar_AV
08-18-2014, 19:50
I call fake...
Kadagar_AV
08-23-2014, 16:10
I cant' stop laughing...
THIS. IS. THE NORTH!!!
So much for leaving no man behind, huh?
http://atchuup.com/marines-messing-with-kids/
I cant' stop laughing...
THIS. IS. THE NORTH!!!
So much for leaving no man behind, huh?
http://atchuup.com/marines-messing-with-kids/
Just a creative way of taking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge...
Hooahguy
08-28-2014, 04:38
The fashion company Zara seems to have quite a problem when it comes to Nazi imagery (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7002765.stm) on their products (http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/zara-apologises-for-striped-holocaust-shirt-with-yellow-star-after-twitter-backlash-9693963.html).
Yes, the first one is from 7 years ago, but I gotta wonder, they really should hire someone just to check their products and public announcement phrasings (http://972mag.com/nstt_feeditem/zara-apologizes-says-yellow-star-shirts-will-be-exterminated/) for these kind of things.
Montmorency
08-28-2014, 05:47
The fashion company Zara seems to have quite a problem when it comes to Nazi imagery (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7002765.stm) on their products (http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/zara-apologises-for-striped-holocaust-shirt-with-yellow-star-after-twitter-backlash-9693963.html).
Yes, the first one is from 7 years ago, but I gotta wonder, they really should hire someone just to check their products and public announcement phrasings (http://972mag.com/nstt_feeditem/zara-apologizes-says-yellow-star-shirts-will-be-exterminated/) for these kind of things.
Such primitive crap. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taboo_against_naming_the_dead)
Edit: OK, the shirt, I have to admit.
The bag was probably just from India but the shirt is really strange.
Kadagar_AV
08-28-2014, 11:36
The shirt is called "Sheriff", it says Sheriff on the star, and the star has round corners like a sheriff star (unlike a jew star).
Sherrifs usually have their stars where it's placed on the shirt.
In that context, I don't see anything wrong with the shirt. I understand that some people, who in their daily lives are still focused on jew hatred, see it as an issue though.
Hooahguy
08-28-2014, 11:40
I think the combo of the striped shirt, which bears a resemblance to the uniform of concentration camp prisoners, plus the yellow star is what is angering a lot of people.
The sheriff was hard to read even when zoomed in, but it still looks like prisoners' clothing otherwise as Hooahguy says.
Kadagar_AV
08-28-2014, 12:19
Yeah, I'm just explaining how it happened...
From a distance it sure looks like concentration camp clothes.
Fisherking
08-29-2014, 10:14
Except that the swastika was reversed as the Nazi one was.
And from the same company which makes it more disturbing.
The striped shirt with a lawman’s star put me more in mind Kapos and of this: http://s.ecrater.com/stores/71360/5116a4a7cd7a8_71360n.jpg
http://www.answers.com/Q/What_was_a_Kapo_or_Capo_in_the_Holocaust
Sick!
Oh ffs have some sense of humor http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4573594,00.html
Great headline though
Stephen Fry has been snorting Coke with the Queen.
Source (http://www.theladbible.com/articles/stephen-fry-reveals-shocking-buckingham-palace-truth-in-new-autobiography)
https://i.imgur.com/UV0KFPl.jpg
Q.I. host Stephen Fry has revealed he took cocaine during a visit to Buckingham Palace in his new autobiography, More Fool Me.
The actor, writer and broadcaster also admitted to using the class-A drug in the House of Lords, House of Commons, Windsor Castle, Clarence House, a string of top London clubs and hotels, BBC Television Centre and the offices of The Daily Telegraph, The Times and Spectator... So he obviously wasn't a regular user.
With this fabulous quote:
I didn't take coke because I was depressed or under pressure. I didn't take it because I was unhappy (at least I don't think so). I took it because I really, really liked it.
With this fabulous quote:
I didn't take coke because I was depressed or under pressure. I didn't take it because I was unhappy (at least I don't think so). I took it because I really, really liked it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDoIM1dRzGo
edyzmedieval
10-07-2014, 09:26
Probably the most Australian thing you could ever see. Two Kangaroos and a Ute.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRddLDynsCs
Montmorency
10-09-2014, 10:44
Wildly fornicating, monkey meat eating feral nontmorencies spread Ebola virus worldwide, thanks to the Jews’ opposition to decent apartheid regimes in Gentile states and their invention of multiculturalism to undo the gullible goyim
Probably the most Australian thing you could ever see. Two Kangaroos and a Ute.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRddLDynsCs
Needs more venomous spiders, snakes and butterflies.
Needs more venomous spiders, snakes and butterflies.
Also needs more dinner jackets and a buffet table.
Wonderful choice of music by whoever shot the video.
Rhyfelwyr
11-01-2014, 12:12
I thought this was funny because it is the sort of thing you would only hear of in Scotland:
Junkie primary school teacher struck off after funding heroin habit by breaking into jailed paedophile's house (http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/junkie-primary-school-teacher-struck-4539244#rlabs=1)
UPenn has an interesting new course:
http://www.english.upenn.edu/Courses/Undergraduate/2015/Spring/ENGL111.301
Students will be required to stare at the screen for three hours, only interacting through chat rooms, bots, social media and listservs. To bolster our practice, we'll explore the long history of the recuperation of boredom and time-wasting through critical texts about affect theory, ASMR, situationism and everyday life by thinkers such as Guy Debord, Mary Kelly Erving Goffman, Betty Friedan, Raymond Williams, John Cage, Georges Perec, Michel de Certeau, Henri Lefevbre, Trin Minh-ha, Stuart Hall, Sianne Ngai, Siegfried Kracauer and others. Distraction, multi-tasking, and aimless drifting is mandatory.
Kadagar_AV
11-24-2014, 01:39
I love dogs...
This one adopted a multisport team... Tough little bastard...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2846228/Meet-Arthur-stray-dog-followed-extreme-sports-team-grueling-430-mile-race-Amazon-rainforest-refused-leave-finish.html
Gregoshi
11-24-2014, 07:05
Cool story Kad. Meatballs, bond over some today!
edyzmedieval
12-22-2014, 15:29
Uhhhh... how? How do you get this in an engine? :inquisitive:
http://jalopnik.com/customer-states-theres-a-burning-smell-and-check-engine-1672922463
https://i61.tinypic.com/2hrl5xx.jpg
Friend bought a Chevy panel side van sight unseen before moving back to the States from Norway and I go with him to pick it up.
It was previously used as a work van for a plumbing company so it's full of crap and the previous owner tells us to just it toss along the fence and leaves. As we're cleaning it out we see a lot of mouse turds, and my friend says that on the way home wee need to vacuum that out because if his wife hears that there had been mice in the van she would never get in it.
Once we get it running my friend is sitting in the drivers seat with door open letting the engine run a bit because it hadn't been driven for over a year and I see a black snake poking his head out from behind his seat into the foot step in the door jamb.
I yell "Snake!" He jumps out and the snake disappears into the van somewhere. After a long search we can't find the snake and figure it got out the way it got in and head for home.
As I'm following him down the road in my truck he pulls over quickly and jumps out almost hitting a C5 Vette that's parked on the shoulder for a yard sale. I get stopped and walk over to him to see what's wrong and he says "Found the snake."
It had gone up into the vent system in the dashboard and crawled out of a heater vent and across the top of the dash right in front of him as he was driving. By the time he got stopped it was coiled up in the footwell of the passenger seat. We eventually got it out of the van and went on our way.
When we got back to his house he said "Well, at least I can tell the wife that there are definitely no mice in this van."
Aldi is a supermarket that is known to be a bad employer but now they really outdid themselves, employees who couldn't work because they were in a hostage situation have to make up for the hours. Being a hostage must be a poor excuse for the management. You couldn't make it up.
Aldi is a supermarket that is known to be a bad employer but now they really outdid themselves, employees who couldn't work because they were in a hostage situation have to make up for the hours. Being a hostage must be a poor excuse for the management. You couldn't make it up.
They are? Here they have a reputation as being the supermarket that pays employees more than other super markets. Actually they don't count as a supermarket here but as a discounter (cheaper, discount-level). Do you happen to have a link?
Hooahguy
01-22-2015, 03:53
Maybe its not really news of the weird, but the GOP, in their youtube version of the State of the Union address, totally cut out the climate change part of the speech.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILwYnAt-kWA#t=2689
They are? Here they have a reputation as being the supermarket that pays employees more than other super markets. Actually they don't count as a supermarket here but as a discounter (cheaper, discount-level). Do you happen to have a link?
Not here, don't know about Germany. Little error to correct, they weren't the hostages but didn't make it to work because of police action.
HopAlongBunny
01-22-2015, 22:24
[QUOTE=Hooahguy;2053626851]Maybe its not really news of the weird, but the GOP, in their youtube version of the State of the Union address, totally cut out the climate change part of the speech./QUOTE]
Actually not at all weird.
The message of climate change does not speak to their audience. Or, it may but part of the idea of maintaining a bubble is to restrict information/communication within the bubble to exclude discussions you do not wish to have.
I would say part and parcel of a well thought out communications strategy; yes its lies, half truths and untruths but it works.
PS. It's not just the official GOP sites that "make stuff up"; the mayor of Paris recently threatened Fox with a lawsuit:
http://wonkette.com/573370/childrens-treasury-times-that-fox-news-screwed-the-reality-pooch
Fox actually makes up a ton of stuff they never get called on, glad to see someone finally at least made a point of calling them out.
Rhyfelwyr
01-23-2015, 12:14
German court rules that men have right to pee while standing (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30937492)
This bit caught me eye:
There is some debate in Germany about whether men should sit or stand to pee.
I just presumed that all men stood to pee unless they were physically unable to. Its not that hard to aim is it?
Germany is sometimes even worse than Sweden when it comes to feminist demands, who the hell thought it up anyway
Germany is sometimes even worse than Sweden when it comes to feminist demands, who the hell thought it up anyway
What are you talking about?
The guy got sued by his landlord who claimed that sprinkles of pee would damage the expensive marble floor around the toilet bowl.
It's even in the linked article...
I'm also in favor of sitting down.
http://youtu.be/54t0iyp_udc
What are you talking about?
The guy got sued by his landlord who claimed that sprinkles of pee would damage the expensive marble floor around the toilet bowl.
It's even in the linked article...
I'm also in favor of sitting down.
Yeah, it is linked.. No matter that it's rediculous it may be, it is linked. In a stepherd-wife society like the ultra-creepy Sweden you would expect this, didn't expect it in Germany, the country of bratwurst and beer.
Yeah, it is linked.. No matter that it's rediculous it may be, it is linked. In a stepherd-wife society like the ultra-creepy Sweden you would expect this, didn't expect it in Germany, the country of bratwurst and beer.
What is linked? The gender of the landlord was not revealed and the comment of the judge about problems with women had nothing to do with the case itself. Might as well be an old conservative man who sued the guy over the loss of his precious marbles.
In fact german articles use the male term when they mention the landlord, not 100% proof of anything, but the issue was the property damage and not domesticating men anyway.
What is linked? The gender of the landlord was not revealed and the comment of the judge about problems with women had nothing to do with the case itself. Might as well be an old conservative man who sued the guy over the loss of his precious marbles.
In fact german articles use the male term when they mention the landlord, not 100% proof of anything, but the issue was the property damage and not domesticating men anyway.
It isn't like feminists aren't campaigning for sitting down when peeing of course. This case is a welcome stfu.
German court rules that men have right to pee while standing (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30937492)
This bit caught me eye:
I just presumed that all men stood to pee unless they were physically unable to. Its not that hard to aim is it?
I've sat to pee almost exclusively since I was 4 or 5. Hated getting whiz on my socks, which alway happened standing. Still does....
Hooahguy
01-23-2015, 18:33
I've sat to pee almost exclusively since I was 4 or 5. Hated getting whiz on my socks, which alway happened standing. Still does....
The key is to aim at a 45 degree angle. 90 will get you the splashback but I have yet to get anything with 45.
I think lars is trying to say that his hangs around his knees.
It isn't like feminists aren't campaigning for sitting down when peeing of course. This case is a welcome stfu.
Eh, maybe you misread something. The judge said that men are not liable for any damage to the floor caused by peeing in a standing position, but he also noted that men will continue to have to deal with the complaints of female co-inhabitants. He never said that complaints are not legit or anything.
But concluding, he said men who insist on standing "must expect occasional rows with housemates, especially women" but cannot be held to account for collateral damage.
You're trying to squeeze the case into something it's not about.
Sheriff's office rug with 'In Dog We Trust' typo sells for nearly $10,000 (http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/22/us/feat-florida-dog-we-trust-rug/index.html)
https://i.imgur.com/qVkF8Li.jpg
The Pinellas County Sheriff's office ordered a new rug, which turned up last week with a typo. The large green rug with the
black and yellow Pinellas County Sheriff's Office logo included the phrase "In Dog We Trust" within one of its crests.
That could have been the end of the story except Sheriff Bob Gualtieri had an idea.
He decided to auction off the unique item -- the "doggone rug," as he called it -- and donate the proceeds to a local rescue.
Mummified monk not dead, just in very deep meditation (http://mashable.com/2015/02/05/mummified-monk/#:eyJzIjoiZiIsImkiOiJfbGp6am1zb2U2MDFuODF1MSJ9)
Well I hope I look half as good as him after meditating in a cave for 200 years.
http://www.thelocal.de/20150218/fearlessly-jewish-on-the-streets-of-munich
Terry Swartzberg has been wearing a kippah around Germany for two years – and has never encountered any hostility to his religious headgear from the people he meets.
Swartzberg's experience stands in stark contrast to that of other people who have tried the experiment, with a kippah wearer in Paris recently subjected to curses and spitting attacks while having himself secretly filmed.
A little over a year before, The Local's reporter in Malmö, Sweden, was laughed and stared at and insulted when he tried wearing a kippah around the town for a day.
“But it's such a cheap shot and so unfair [to say Jews aren't safe in Germany], because Germany has done amazing things that I wish my own country, the USA would do."
InsaneApache
03-27-2015, 12:30
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tX98AqP9l5E/VRRuakoAITI/AAAAAAAAIvk/uD4xv-uhG3I/s1600/parking.gif
LMFAO
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Urban-myth-Bristol-Zoo-parking-attendant/story-11266383-detail/story.html
Shit! ;)
Gregoshi
03-28-2015, 11:47
Sometimes reality is stranger than fiction. Other times, not so much. :shrug:
Kadagar_AV
03-29-2015, 19:38
This groupon employee made my day...
Knowing fully well what would happen when they posted about a dildo-look-alike-thingy... They answered EVERY consumer question brilliantly ;)
http://distractify.com/megan-mccormick/banana-bunka-lovin/
HopAlongBunny
04-27-2015, 23:56
Is this a little troubling for the perception of justice in America?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/04/27/the-bloods-and-crips-anti-cop-ceasefire-in-baltimore.html
When two notorious street gangs form an alliance to combat police brutality, one might be inclined to think that justice in America might need some work.
Hooahguy
04-29-2015, 02:31
Is this a little troubling for the perception of justice in America?
False.
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/gang-members-we-did-not-make-truce-to-harm-cops/32609810
HopAlongBunny
05-09-2015, 15:57
No they didn't make a truce to harm police officers; that's not what the article says, as I read it.
Rather they are making common cause to protect the community, and rebuild.
The troubling part is gangs uniting to act as a buffer against the police.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/baltimore-riots-bloods-and-crips-deny-uniting-to-takeout-local-police-officers-10212225.html
The hysteria about "taking out" cops seems to have come from a police dep't source.
Gregoshi
05-10-2015, 11:54
Let's put a little weird into this Baltimore discussion: Weird Al Yankovic at the Pier Six Pavilion, Baltimore, June 13 (http://www.piersixpavilion.com/event/744657-weird-al-yankovic-baltimore/)
Kralizec
05-12-2015, 18:50
Sweden deploys underwater gay man to scare off Russian submarines (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/swedish-peace-group-uses-gay-sailor-sign-to-fend-off-russian-submarines-10243242.html)
An eye for an eye and an anti-aircraft gun for a nap. (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/13/north-korean-defence-minister-executed-by-anti-aircaft-gun-report)
Gregoshi
05-14-2015, 08:28
An eye for an eye and an anti-aircraft gun for a nap. (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/13/north-korean-defence-minister-executed-by-anti-aircaft-gun-report)
Anti-aircraft guns are necessary to execute someone in the High Command.
Gregoshi
05-16-2015, 05:50
Fruit of the Doom (http://news.yahoo.com/man-says-didnt-mean-kill-stepdad-underwear-200005200.html)
InsaneApache
07-06-2015, 13:07
A young man who was drinking and celebrating the Fourth of July tried to launch a firework off the top of his head, fatally injuring himself, authorities said on Sunday.
Devon Staples and his friends had been drinking and setting off fireworks on Saturday night in the backyard of a friend’s home in the small eastern Maine city of Calais, said Stephen McCausland, a spokesman for the state department of public safety.
Staples, 22, of Calais, placed a fireworks mortar tube on his head and set it off, McCausland said.
The firework exploded, killing Staples instantly.
His death is the first fireworks fatality in Maine since the state legalised fireworks on 1 January 2012, authorities said.
Calais is on the Canadian border near New Brunswick.
State fire marshals were investigating several other Fourth of July fireworks accidents involving injuries in Friendship, Jefferson, Lebanon and Woodstock. They said most of the accidents involved burns and eye injuries. McCausland said further details were expected to be released later on Sunday.
In 2011, lawmakers voted to repeal a 1949 state law banning fireworks, reasoning that the industry would create jobs and generate additional revenue
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/05/maine-firework-kills-man-head
A bit of a hot head if you ask me.
Random Americans thinks Gibberish sounds like "What the fuck".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=82&v=D1P-RcBZuzY
I am not hearing it at all...
According to Umm Layth (http://linkis.com/tumblr.com/3V4CG), a wahabbi (and a member of Al-Baghdadi's organisation) blogger, ISIS has published the following announcement, in an effort to solve some rather pressing matters:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CJogTr8WoAAGwtm.png:large
Apparently, during those mass-weddings, we didn't recognize the real victim.
...Apparently, during those mass-weddings, we didn't recognize the real victim.
I can sooo relate to this. Having so far endured six weeks of house renovations, I am also seeking martyrdom.
Veho Nex
07-24-2015, 15:57
Random Americans thinks Gibberish sounds like "What the fuck".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=82&v=D1P-RcBZuzY
I am not hearing it at all...
0:59 Robbie Broadway is a concerned mother.
More for the Random Thoughts Thread, but political toilet cubes have to go somewhere.
https://i.imgur.com/34mslOO.jpg
Gregoshi
08-17-2015, 04:39
Well, it is the right place for a political message.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2015/aug/18/robbers-machete-sword-pittsburgh-surveillance-video
Montmorency
09-02-2015, 12:51
It's always good to see the militias stand up to IS.
Kadagar_AV
09-06-2015, 18:48
Don't bring a sword to a sword fight...
InsaneApache
09-07-2015, 11:32
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xWWEOYdzXvM/Vea7w1DlpEI/AAAAAAAAQrs/Uo9oNyCUV94/s1600/irony.jpg
Kadagar_AV
09-07-2015, 17:24
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xWWEOYdzXvM/Vea7w1DlpEI/AAAAAAAAQrs/Uo9oNyCUV94/s1600/irony.jpg
It annoys me that 1984 was written as a warning, but has been used as an instruction manual...
Montmorency
09-08-2015, 18:46
That's not ironic.
The thinking you're following seems to be '1984 = surveillance'.
That's a childish grasp of the themes. In fact, the point is that while the state carefully monitors the populace, the populace generally ignores the state or takes it for granted. Thus, they cannot perceive their "oppression".
To call that image ironic is to imply that Orwell's message was that we should embody the Three Monkeys, when in fact it's the opposite.
Kadagar_AV
09-08-2015, 18:50
That's not ironic.
The thinking you're following seems to be '1984 = surveillance'.
That's a childish grasp of the themes. In fact, the point is that while the state carefully monitors the populace, the populace generally ignores the state or takes it for granted. Thus, they cannot perceive their "oppression".
To call that image ironic is to imply that Orwell's message was that we should embody the Three Monkeys, when in fact it's the opposite.
Thank you for your deep and worthy insights...
EDIT: Kept the sarcasm but removed the demeaning.
That's not ironic.
The thinking you're following seems to be '1984 = surveillance'.
That's a childish grasp of the themes. In fact, the point is that while the state carefully monitors the populace, the populace generally ignores the state or takes it for granted. Thus, they cannot perceive their "oppression".
To call that image ironic is to imply that Orwell's message was that we should embody the Three Monkeys, when in fact it's the opposite.
When the house of someone who was against surveillance features a surveillance camera, there is a certain irony in that.
Not sure what exactly your problem is.
Montmorency
09-09-2015, 04:20
I just explained why that interpretation is not quite right.
I just explained why that interpretation is not quite right.
Oh, I may have read it a bit differently earlier.
So Orwell was not against surveillance or what exactly are you saying?
Because if he was, it's still ironic. :shrug:
That he thought the population itself was not doing enough against surveillance does not seem to have anything to do with him being against it, I don't see how that would remove the irony if he was against surveillance himself.
And your last sentence has nothing to do with the irony in the picture either as far as I can tell. The reaction of the population to surveillance has nothing to do with the irony.
I simply find your explanation confusing as it seems to miss the point.
InsaneApache
09-09-2015, 10:37
I simply find your explanation confusing as it seems to miss the point.
He was being ironic.
Montmorency
09-09-2015, 12:51
That he thought the population itself was not doing enough against surveillance does not seem to have anything to do with him being against it, I don't see how that would remove the irony if he was against surveillance himself.
And your last sentence has nothing to do with the irony in the picture either as far as I can tell. The reaction of the population to surveillance has nothing to do with the irony.
I simply find your explanation confusing as it seems to miss the point.
No. Think of it this way: Orwell is watching.
Kadagar_AV
09-09-2015, 13:30
No. Think of it this way: Orwell is watching.
I'm sure you think you have some sort of a point... But you do kind of come of as rambling now...
No. Think of it this way: Orwell is watching.
Very ironic indeed.
InsaneApache
09-10-2015, 11:30
One thing you don’t generally expect at a homoeopathy conference is for any of the “medicines” to have drastic side effects.
So when 29 delegates at an alternative medicine seminar in Germany started staggering around the site, suffering from violent convulsions, delusions and hallucinations, police suspected foul play.
It now appears that what the intoxicated delegates had taken was not homoeopathic medicine, but instead a dangerous psychedelic drug.
Tests indicate they had all taken 2C-E, or Aquarust, an amphetamine that was banned in Germany in 2014.
The German press are already describing the incident as the “collective trip of Handeloh”, the small town outside Hamburg where it took place.
Police say they are investigating to find out whether the delegates knowingly took the banned drug, or were the victims of a macabre prank.
When an ambulance was called to the conference last Friday, paramedics found delegates staggering around, talking incoherently and suffering from hallucinations.
Others were curled up on the ground with severe cramps. The paramedics were so concerned they called for support, and a staggering 160 emergency workers converged on the site, including helicopter teams.
“There must have been a multiple overdose,” Torsten Passie, a member of a German government commission on narcotics, told NDR television.
“That argues against the people being aware what they were taking.”
The drug “heightens the emotional experience”, Mr Passie said. “An overdose can cause delusions and psychosis-like symptoms.”
Those affected included doctors, as well as homeopaths and alternative medicine practitioners, according to reports.
The owner of the seminar centre distanced her team from the incident.
“We didn’t have anything to do with it,” Stekfa Weiland said.
The leading German alternative medicine association disowned the conference.
“I dissociate myself quite strongly from what happened at Handeloh,” Heinz Kropmanns, president of the Association of German Naturopaths, told NDR.
“If I find out one of our members has participated, he will be thrown out of the association.”
Police said any possible prosecution would depend on the result of investigations into whether the delegates had knowingly taken the drug.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/11853937/German-homoeopathy-conference-ends-in-mass-psychedelic-overdose.html
:laugh4:
Montmorency
09-11-2015, 10:28
http://www.academiclibrary.com/
The articles are donated and published from scholarly students attending junior high school, high school, and college.
http://www.academiclibrary.com/view/Biographies/Nate_Martin_Is_.htm
:laugh4: :laugh4: :sweatdrop:
I really, really, really hope this is true:
Man uses racoon to bypass vehicle breathalyzer, hilarity ensues (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11901890/Man-uses-raccoon-to-get-around-a-breathalyser-and-is-then-attacked-by-it.html)
It tells the tale of our hero, a male Marine, who got a bit too drunk on a night out, left the bar and then decided to try and drive a vehicle that only opens if you pass a breathalyser test.
He failed the test, but then spied a raccoon and decided to put it to use. According to the memo, he 'utlized the raccoon' to blow into the breathalyser.
Hooahguy
10-05-2015, 19:37
US Senate candidate admits to sacrificing a goat and drinking its blood. (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/ct-senate-candidate-drank-goats-blood-20151005-story.html)
Montmorency
10-07-2015, 07:25
It's -
it's actually not satire.
Wait, really? None of the people
Sweden, beautiful Sweden. (http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/10/05/worlds-first-lesbian-bishop-calls-church-remove-crosses-install-muslim-prayer-space/)
Greyblades
10-07-2015, 20:50
They'll let anyone be bishops these days.
...I miss kadagar.
Montmorency
10-08-2015, 06:26
Lol, yet more wingnut drivel. The bishop, during a board-meeting with a church's administration in which someone raised the question of how to deal with non-Christians who wanted a place to pray, suggested "leasing" a room in the building as a non-denominational prayer room. This isn't a new concept, unless you're a troglodyte.
...I miss Horetore.
A certain someone is jealous of Trump. (http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/10/10/marco-rubio-urges-attacks-russian-aircraft-syria/)
HopAlongBunny
10-16-2015, 23:33
Mexico strikes back:
http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/live-news/2015/10/trumps-hair-stars-in-new-play-in-mexico.html
Bad hair day?
...I miss Horetore.
Horetore and Kadagar are gone? Their back and forth was half the reason I visited the backroom.
Horetore and Kadagar are gone? Their back and forth was half the reason I visited the backroom.
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?148495-RIP-Horetore
and
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?150785-Quick-insert-%28Goodbye%29
Papewaio
11-30-2015, 20:18
http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-30/fishermen-rescue-wombat-struggling-to-keep-afloat-in-lake/6987724
"A pair of fishermen have rescued a wombat they found swimming more than 250 metres offshore at a lake in central Tasmania."
Politician goes to flood ravaged area and sings happy birthday to a woman who had her home flooded. (http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/12/10/jeremy-corbyn-wishes-cumbria-flood-victim-happy-birthday_n_8771736.html?1449765301)
Politician goes to flood ravaged area and sings happy birthday to a woman who had her home flooded. (http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/12/10/jeremy-corbyn-wishes-cumbria-flood-victim-happy-birthday_n_8771736.html?1449765301)
Oh boy with the Madras floods and Rahul Gandhi having visited them recently I was so sure this would be about him.
A new nominee (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/donald-trump-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize-for-vigorous-peace-through-strength-ideology-a6850636.html) for the Nobel Peace Prize.
British man sells fresh air to China:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/man-sells-british-fresh-air-to-wealthy-chinese-elite-for-80-a-jar-a6857461.html
Leo De Watts, 27, sells air collected in the British countryside and ships it over to polluted cities Shanghai and Beijing, where the wealthy elite pay a hefty sum for a few seconds of inhalation.
The Aethaer products include air from Somerset, Wales and Dorset, with each area said to create air with different qualities.
British man sells fresh air to China:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/man-sells-british-fresh-air-to-wealthy-chinese-elite-for-80-a-jar-a6857461.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiabeNR_q0U
Rowdy Fowler Arrested in Police Raid of Cockfighting Ring (http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/More-than-130-roosters-seized-in-cockfighting-6876955.php)
https://i.imgur.com/1XWbK8f.jpg
Rowdy Fowler, 39, was taken into custody on suspicion of animal cruelty. Fowler owns the property at 1673 FM 2104 in Paige, Texas, about 45 miles east of Austin, according to the Bastrop County Sheriff's Office.
After receiving a noise complaint from a neighbor, deputies raided the property where dozens of people had gathered for the alleged cockfighting event, according to a news release.
Authorities seized 130 roosters, four of which "died as a result of their injuries," the release said.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/22/syrians-rescue-german-far-right-stefan-jagsch-from-car-crash-wreckage
Why didn't we think of this before, eureka moment. Let's combat radicalisation of youth by paying a trip from 20 European cities to theNetherlands and eat a herring with them.
Who cooks things like that up. Probably the same people who thought a free holiday to Marocco to catch butterflies would be a lfe-changing experience for hardened young criminals.
None of this is a joke.
The woman with 600 million IP addresses mapped to her home (http://fusion.net/story/287592/internet-mapping-glitch-kansas-farm/)
As a result, for the last 14 years, every time MaxMind’s database has been queried about the location of an IP address in the United States it can’t identify, it has spit out the default location of a spot two hours away from the geographic center of the country. [...] Which happens to be in the front yard of Joyce Taylor’s house.
“The first call I got was from Connecticut,” Taylor told me by phone this week. “It was a man who was furious because his business internet was overwhelmed with emails. His customers couldn’t use their email. He said it was the fault of the address at the farm. That’s when I became aware that something was going on.”
[...]
But over the next several months, the calls and visits intensified. When law enforcement agents asked companies like Google and Facebook for the IP addresses used by suspected criminals and then mapped them using tools like this that relied on the MaxMind database, it pointed at the Taylor house. Amateur sleuths who spotted IP addresses used by visitors to their websites or on message forums were so convinced that the Taylor house was the source of their various problems that they created reports about it on Facebook, YouTube, Reddit, the Ripoff Report and Google Plus. (Even today, if you Google the house’s address, it returns a series of websites detailing nefarious activities.)
The harassment continued to the point where the local sheriff had to intervene. He placed a sign at the end of the driveway warning people to stay away from the house and to call him with questions.
Shaka_Khan
05-26-2016, 18:27
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36367221
Microsoft accused of Windows 10 upgrade 'nasty trick'
By Zoe Kleinman
Technology reporter, BBC News
Microsoft has faced criticism for changing the pop-up box encouraging Windows users to upgrade to Windows 10.
Clicking the cross in the top-right hand corner of the pop-up box now agrees to a scheduled upgrade rather than rejecting it.
This has caused confusion as clicking the cross typically closes a pop-up notification.
The upgrade could still be cancelled when the scheduled time for it to begin appeared, Microsoft said.
The change occurred because the update is now labelled "recommended" and many people have their PCs configured to accept recommended updates for security reasons.
This means dismissing the box does not dismiss the update.
Brad Chacos, senior editor at the PC World website, described it as a "nasty trick".
"Deploying these dirty tricks only frustrates long-time Windows users who have very valid reasons to stick with operating systems they already know and love," he wrote.
Microsoft said: "With the free Windows 10 upgrade offer ending on 29 July, we want to help people upgrade to the best version of Windows.
"As we shared in October, Windows 10 will be offered as a 'recommended' update for Windows 7 and 8.1 customers whose Windows Update settings are configured to accept 'recommended' updates.
"Customers can choose to accept or decline the Windows 10 upgrade."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/24/swarm-of-bees-follow-grandmothers-car-for-over-24-hours-attempti/
I always knew, someone, someday, would militarize our music. (http://indianexpress.com/article/world/world-news/uk-troops-use-bollywood-music-as-new-psychological-warfare-weapon-against-isis-2829327/)
Next, they'll start dropping copies of Shah Rukh Khan's latest hit movies. ISIS cadres will surrender in waves.
I of the Storm
06-02-2016, 09:49
I'm sure this violates the Geneva convention.
But then again, does it apply to ISIS combatants at all?
Jolly good, carry on!
InsaneApache
06-02-2016, 10:06
They should have played some One Direction that would have really effed em up. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIXg9KUiy00
http://www.allswimchile.cl/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Ginja-.-Aguas-Abiertas.jpg
The Olympic torch arrives in Brazil, the beloved host-country. Meanwhile, the Brazilian army executes their Olympic games mascot in cold blood (http://gizmodo.com/brazil-just-shot-and-killed-its-own-olympic-mascot-1782414344).
Oh, the Latin America and her pronunciamentos...
Dutch politics is just cooler http://www.geenstijl.nl/mt/archieven/2016/06/tk2017_piratenpartij_naar_20_z.html#comments best promo for a political party ever (nsfw, contains nudity, posted with permission)
Blond one is the party-leader, fetish-model and master in.. who cares
I admit it right away, I only read the title so far:
Royal Brunei Airlines' first all-female pilot crew lands plane in Saudi Arabia - where women are not allowed to drive (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/royal-brunei-airlines-first-all-female-flight-deck-crew-lands-plane-in-saudi-arabia-where-women-are-a6931726.html)
Pokemon Go is a free application that allows its users to catch Pokemon, fight other trainers and earn badges by traveling in the real word.
So, far Pokemon are not the only thing discovered by the players (http://kotaku.com/teen-plays-pokemon-go-outside-finds-dead-body-1783369790), while it turned out that Sandshrew isn't found in the caves (https://www.facebook.com/143359822402689/photos/a.155432537862084.40926.143359822402689/1141877905884204/?type=1&theater).
Looks like Mr May is going to hit the stage as a fashion icon after the First Lady of SamCam branding.
http://metro.co.uk/2016/07/13/theresa-mays-husband-steals-the-show-in-sexy-navy-suit-as-he-starts-new-life-as-first-man-6005294/
Below the neck corporate and above neck Peckham Hipster with those glasses.
Hooahguy
08-05-2016, 01:58
My home state, ladies and gentlemen. (http://abovethelaw.com/2016/06/the-best-transcript-of-all-time-you-be-the-judge/)
NSFW for language.
My home state, ladies and gentlemen. (http://abovethelaw.com/2016/06/the-best-transcript-of-all-time-you-be-the-judge/)
NSFW for language.
I saw that in a linked clip of Rick and Morty.
Hooahguy
08-05-2016, 03:10
Oh right, I should probably link to that video. Its just as amazing as you might think. NSFW for language, of course.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vN_PEmeKb0
This clip was hilarious and extremely nsfw. I can't believe they went on like that for so long.
Montmorency
08-05-2016, 03:30
It's the adversarial system we deserve.
Veho Nex
09-11-2016, 06:51
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/09/09/texas-mattress-store-under-fire-for-911-twin-tower-sale-commercial.html
Got no words for this one.
Shaka_Khan
01-12-2017, 11:03
https://www.yahoo.com/news/police-texas-man-caught-cocaine-hidden-under-belly-175212866.html
Police: Texas man caught with cocaine hidden under belly fat
Nigel Farage hired by Fox News as a political analyst (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38695203)
Nigel Farage has been hired as a commentator for American TV network Fox News, the broadcaster has announced.
The former UKIP leader will provide political analysis for the main channel, and the Fox Business Network's daytime and primetime programmes.
Mr Farage has been one of the UK's most prominent supporters of US President Donald Trump and appeared alongside him during his election campaign.
He was the first UK politician to meet Mr Trump after his win in November.
It comes shortly after he was given his own nightly show on UK radio station LBC.
Mr Farage travelled to Washington for Mr Trump's inauguration on Friday.
After the ceremony he tweeted his approval saying: "A very strong speech by @POTUS. He means it."
He also appeared on Fox Business to comment on the inauguration. He said: "Listening to the speech today, this is a political revolution and it's very exciting."
'Donald Trump'-fish discovered in Blackpool (http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/offbeat/donald-trump-frogfish-discovered-at-sea-life-centre-1-8348390)
Staff at a Sea Life Centre in Blackpool staged their own inauguration ceremony after visitors spotted a fish with a striking resemblance to the new US President...
News of the Weird - Middle East edition: Saudi regime writers are blaming Iran (https://twitter.com/alheezan/status/828340448066433024) for a 9/11 joke in an old episode of Family Guy.
Shaka_Khan
03-10-2017, 16:36
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfCjAMYiko0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BB99Aon2vI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZDqFRQKYYI
Shaka_Khan
03-10-2017, 16:36
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfCjAMYiko0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BB99Aon2vI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZDqFRQKYYI
Fisherking
06-18-2017, 12:07
Not an everyday occurrence: https://www.ncscooper.com/cascade-shores-family-cited-for-viking-funeral-at-scotts-flat-lake/
Shaka_Khan
06-23-2017, 03:56
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSeXZG5Bq1I
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40436177
Canuck the crow's attacks halt Vancouver mail delivery
Postal deliveries have been suspended in part of a Canadian city after a well-known crow called Canuck attacked a mailman.
Canada Post said it would not resume deliveries at several addresses in East Vancouver "until such time as the hazard no longer exists".
Canuck is said to have drawn blood after biting a letter carrier.
The bird is known for riding the city's SkyTrain and stealing shiny objects, including a knife from a crime scene.
Canada Post spokeswoman Darcia Kmet told the BBC: "Unfortunately, our employees have been attacked and injured by a crow in that Vancouver neighbourhood while attempting to deliver the mail.
"Regular mail delivery was suspended to three homes due to it being unsafe for our employees.
"We are monitoring the situation when delivering the mail to other residents on the street. If our employees believe it is safe to deliver to those three addresses, they do so."
Shawn Bergman, who maintains the Facebook group, Canuck and I, which chronicles the crow's exploits, said the bird had repeatedly attacked a Canada Post worker, causing broken skin and bleeding.
Shortly afterwards letters stopped arriving at his home and two adjacent properties.
He wrote on the Facebook group that it has been about two months since he or his neighbours received any mail.
"With the neighbours getting upset, there have been both subtle and not so subtle threats against Canuck's safety," he writes.
Mr Bergman received a response from Canada Post that said: "We are safeguarding our employees by not delivering to areas where the crow has been known to attack until such time as the hazard no longer exists."
Canuck's anti-social behaviour has even stooped to crime-scene tampering.
In May 2016 he swooped to steal a blade that had allegedly just been used to threaten police officers.
One of the constables gave chase and the bird dropped the vital piece of evidence before making his getaway.
Crow attacks are not uncommon in Vancouver, with one online database mapping the birds' assaults.
Greyblades
06-29-2017, 12:58
Crows do not forget. Or forgive.
Gregoshi
06-29-2017, 15:03
Obviously a male crow. ~D
The unofficial Canada Post motto:
"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. But crows? Forget it!"
KukriKhan
06-29-2017, 23:10
Nert
Donald Trump: Could the US president pardon himself?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40693249?
Montmorency
07-23-2017, 19:14
Donald Trump: Could the US president pardon himself?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40693249?
Very interesting idea, and I could see the shape of arguments either way. Since it only applies in the context of litigation, we can only test the viability of self-pardon if Trump pardons himself and is then brought to court by the government for the various things we imagine could be pinned on him. The judge makes a decision in that case, then the inevitable appellate decision, and finally to the Supreme Court.
Notably, even if legitimate and successful the act of self-pardoning could then be considered as criminal (e.g. obstruction), and it would not apply to state-level prosecutions or to impeachment proceedings.
And I don't know at all what to make of this development, but apparently, contrary to consensus, Ken Starr in the investigation of Bill Clinton way back when asserted that (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/us/politics/can-president-be-indicted-kenneth-starr-memo.html):
“It is proper, constitutional, and legal for a federal grand jury to indict a sitting president for serious criminal acts that are not part of, and are contrary to, the president’s official duties,” the Starr office memo concludes. “In this country, no one, even President Clinton, is above the law.”
No idea if that holds up.
Whither executive immunity on all levels?
Montmorency
08-06-2017, 11:07
NIXON DEMORALIZED?
An analysis (http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2053168017704800) of the Presidential Daily Diary for Richard Nixon's tenure suggests that Nixon suddenly abdicated his White House work halfway into the Watergate scandal, up to the time of his resignation - but maintained his public appearances.
(Check "the analysis" spoiler for the graphs, if you find this TLDR)
Abstract
On August 9, 1974, Richard M. Nixon formally resigned the presidency; however, folklore hints Nixon informally
quit fulfilling his duties well before then. As Watergate became less “a third rate burglary” than “high crimes and
misdemeanors,” rumors of President Nixon’s wallowing, wandering, drinking, and mumbling swirled. Yet evidence
for such assertions has been thin, and prevailing scholarship offers compelling reasons to believe Nixon’s institutional
protocols overrode his individual proclivities. This study offers a new, systematic look at Nixon’s presidency by coding his
public events and private interactions with top government officials during every day of his presidency. Contrary to our
expectations, the results corroborate the rumors: Richard Nixon effectively quit being president well before he resigned
the presidency. In fact, it turns out there was a defining moment when Nixon disengaged from his administration: on
December 6, 1973, the day Gerald Ford was confirmed as Vice President.
Intro
1.
"In the scholarly parlance, then, “presidency-centered” theories of presidential behavior have largely supplanted “president-centered” ones"
2. Presidents since at least Nixon have operated within a "standard model" of internal operation, where "issues and advisors reach the president per a rigid protocol, following a clear chain-of-command, led by the president, managed by a Chief of Staff, channeled through a cadre of advisors, and informed by a vast array of domain-specific experts"
3.
“All presidents share basically the same wiring, and they can be counted upon to behave in the same basic ways”. On the other hand, organization is not operation, and the latter is the place where presidents’ individual preferences should matter most
4.
Tantalizing tales of Nixon’s wallowing, wandering, drinking, and mumbling during Watergate hint that the scandal not only broke “the man,” but also “the model” he created. [...] “There was a time during the Watergate crisis when President Nixon was nearly incapacitated”
The Analysis
As Kissinger’s reflections indicate, Nixon’s personal
contacts with government officials constitute a particularly
good indicator of his work habits (as opposed to, say, his
social calendar). Fortunately, the Presidential Daily Diary
includes a comprehensive log of those interactions. Here is
the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum’s holding
description:
The Daily Diary of files represents a consolidated record of
the President’s activities. The Daily Diary chronicles the
activities of the President, from the time he left the private
residence until he retired for the day, including personal and
private meetings, events, social and speaking engagements,
trips, telephone calls, meals, routine tasks, and recreational
pursuits. For any given meeting, telephone call, or event, the
Daily Diary usually lists the time, location, persons involved
(or a reference to an appendix listing individuals present),
and type of event
https://i.imgur.com/wePNxXW.png
Discussion
As political scientists have eschewed “president-centered”
theories for “presidency-centered” ones, Richard Nixon’s
experience presents an intriguing case. While Mr Nixon’s
personality was once cited as integral to understanding his
presidency, recent research emphasizes Nixon’s role in
forging the institutional presidency. That President Nixon
embodied this intrinsic tension—“man” versus “model”—
inspired us to test whether Nixon’s work routines were as
robust as his model or as brittle as its creator.
To that end, we drew on an extraordinary archival
resource—the Presidential Daily Diary—to discover that
Nixon’s “system” did seem to discipline his deliberations
through his first term, and even into his second. However,
we also found strong evidence that Nixon “the man” ultimately
discarded his “model,” operating more or less in
isolation during his last eight months in office. Perhaps
most striking of all was how abruptly this change occurred,
upending White House deliberations in a single moment:
the day Gerald Ford was sworn in as Vice President.
A follow-up investigation of President Nixon’s public
activities—his public addresses, remarks, and news conferences
—evidenced no comparable decline. Even as his work
behind-the-scenes fell to one-seventh of the level it had
been during his first term, President Nixon continued to
hold public events, even into the waning days of his
besieged presidency. We thus find Richard Nixon maintained
the façade of working long after he quit doing the
work itself.
More valuable than clarifying the historical record on
Richard Nixon, his model, or his legacy are the broader
implications for understanding the modern presidency. The
first is a greater awareness concerns presidency research
and evidence. To date, most empirical data on presidents’
influence draw from their work outside the White House—
their relations with the citizens, reporters, lawmakers,
judges, and beyond—rather than on the chief executives’
activities inside the West Wing. There are many reasons for
this external focus—not the least of which is presidents
purposefully conceal their inner-workings—and much has
been learned about the nature of presidential influence with
others, especially its limits. Nonetheless, Nixon’s experience
reminds us that the place where “president-centered”
factors are likely to matter most is the very place the scholarly
literature and empirical record is thinnest: presidents’
work behind-the-scenes, inside the White House.
That leads to a second noteworthy lesson emerging from
this study: “presidency-centered” models of presidential
behavior presume presidents are purposeful, if not fully
rational. “Rationality” is a reasonable assumption in most
cases, and it has helped presidency scholars identify the
(considerable) constraints on presidents’ discretion and
influence. But as much as we have developed insightful
theories to help understand what happens when presidents
reach for the ceiling, it is important to recall just how little
we know about what happens when they fall to the floor—
because they can, as Nixon did.
Draw your own hasty conclusions and extrapolations (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?152445-Trump-Thread).
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