News of the Weird

[Beskar]

https://i.imgur.com/XicdaQn.jpg

[Montmorency]

Australian government crisis (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/04/opinion/australia-parliament-citizenship.html?ribbon-ad-idx=5&rref=opinion) as the deputy PM and a number of legislators in minor parties turn out to be dual-citizens (which is disqualifying to sit in Parliament).

[Beskar]

Woman trapped in window trying to retrieve poo after Tinder date

A woman who threw her poo out of her date's toilet window because it "would not flush" had to be rescued after she got stuck trying to retrieve it.
The amateur gymnast was on a first date with Bristol student Liam Smith when she "panicked" and threw the faeces out of the window.
It did not land in the garden, but became wedged between two non-opening windows.
After climbing in head first after it, she became wedged.
Mr Smith had to call the fire service for help.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-41167296

[Montmorency]

Scotland's oldest snow patch expected to melt (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-41305464)


https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/12538/production/_97846057_snowpatch.jpg

[Montmorency]

Australian government crisis (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/04/opinion/australia-parliament-citizenship.html?ribbon-ad-idx=5&rref=opinion) as the deputy PM and a number of legislators in minor parties turn out to be dual-citizens (which is disqualifying to sit in Parliament).

Bloody oath, it's still happening. It's getting worse (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/nov/11/citizenship-crisis-john-alexander-resigns-and-triggers-byelection).

[Beskar]

So, the Tories voted in Parliament that Animals don't feel pain...
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-government-vote-animal-sentience-cant-feel-pain-eu-withdrawal-bill-anti-science-tory-mps-a8065161.html

[Husar]

"The eyes to the left *random number*, the nose to the right *random number*"

What are they doing, face yoga? :clown:

I figure they mean "ayes" and "nos" as in yes and no votes, because linguistically they still live in the middle ages or something. :rolleyes: :sweatdrop:

[Montmorency]

Bosnian Croat war criminal (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-warcrimes-bosnia/bosnian-croat-war-crimes-convict-dies-after-taking-poison-in-u-n-court-idUSKBN1DT1E7) demonstrates Goering-do in court:

https://i.imgur.com/30KdBKj.png

[Crandar]

Good news, exploiting the heavy winds, the residents of Phaleron finally threw away the controversial red angel statue, identified as Beelzebub himself, by reputable sources.

It was an operation performed by 15 outraged locals, who stated that violence became necessary, when the exorcism of the previous morning failed to expel the creature.

http://www.iefimerida.gr/news/386663/apisteyto-poreia-me-psalmodies-kai-agiasmo-kata-toy-glyptoy-aggeloy-sto-faliro-eikones

[Beskar]

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/5689/production/_99735122_mumie_2.jpghttps://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/CBB9/production/_99735125_044272890-1.jpg

Whilst there is a somewhat uncanny resemblance to Boris Johnson, it turns out the mummified Basel woman is his great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandmother.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42805485

[Crandar]

Alright, I understood the case of the Neo-Nazi (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/05/23/a-neo-nazi-converted-to-islam-and-killed-2-roommates-for-disrespecting-his-faith-police-say/?utm_term=.ea465c410dc6). Mentally unstable kid searching for self-confirmation.

But that's treason, damn treason (https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/01/24/europe/germany-afd-islam-arthur-wagner-intl/index.html?__twitter_impression=true)I say!

[Montmorency]

Alright, I understood the case of the Neo-Nazi (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/05/23/a-neo-nazi-converted-to-islam-and-killed-2-roommates-for-disrespecting-his-faith-police-say/?utm_term=.ea465c410dc6). Mentally unstable kid searching for self-confirmation.

But that's treason, damn treason (https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/01/24/europe/germany-afd-islam-arthur-wagner-intl/index.html?__twitter_impression=true)I say!

Is this the new 'anti-homosexual conservative found soliciting sex in public bathrooms'?

[Montmorency]

Pork chops


Tennessee sheriff taped saying 'I love this shit' after ordering suspect's killing (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/06/tennessee-sheriff-caught-on-tape-killing-suspect-lawsuit)
Oddie Shoupe is being sued for excessive force after telling deputies to shoot unarmed Michael Dial rather than risk damage to police cars

A Tennessee sheriff is being sued for using excessive force after he was recorded boasting he had told officers to shoot a man rather than risk damaging police cars by ramming him off the road.

“They said ‘we’re ramming him,’” Sheriff Oddie Shoupe of White County said on tape in the aftermath of the killing of suspect Michael Dial. “I said, ‘Don’t ram him, shoot him.’ Fuck that shit. Ain’t gonna tear up my cars.”

Shoupe arrived on the scene shortly after police had shot Dial at the conclusion of a low-speed chase, clearly upset he had missed the excitement.

“I love this shit,” Shoupe said, apparently unaware that his comments were being picked up by another deputy’s body-worn camera. “God, I tell you what, I thrive on it.

“If they don’t think I’ll give the damn order to kill that motherfucker they’re full of shit,” he added, laughing. “Take him out. I’m here on the damn wrong end of the county,” he said.


Lawsuit: Tennessee county operated 'eugenics scheme' on inmates (https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2017/08/17/lawsuit-tennessee-county-eugenics-scheme-birth-control-inmates/574374001/)

White County Sheriff Oddie Shoupe, his staff and Judge Sam Benningfield were "playing God," Donovan said.

The lawsuit says Shoupe conspired to "sterilize" as many inmates as possible, offering them less time in jail in a practice that was inherently coercive and in violation of their constitutional rights. Mario Williams, a lawyer with Nexus, said 42 men agreed to undergo vasectomies.

Fuck, this fellow is almost too ludicrously evil to be portrayed as an '80s villain. He even has the name for it.

[Husar]

Since the other thread is closed and this is really weird anyway:

http://abc7chicago.com/religion/church-holds-gun-blessing-ceremony-for-couples-with-ar-15-rifles/3154598/


Church holds gun blessing ceremony for couples with AR-15 rifles

NEWFOUNDLAND, Pa. -- Worshippers clutching AR-15 rifles drank holy wine and exchanged wedding vows in a commitment ceremony at a Pennsylvania church.

The event Wednesday at the World Peace and Unification Sanctuary led a nearby school to cancel classes.

The Rev. Sean Moon leads the church. He said in a prayer that God gave people the right to bear arms. Moon is the son of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, a self-proclaimed messiah who founded the Unification Church, often described as a cult.

[Crandar]

I :love: my president!

https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2018/mar/12/paok-salonkia-owner-ivan-savvidis-invades-pitch-with-a-gun-video

[Montmorency]

Swedish Government Sends Instructional Materials on Preparation for War or Disaster to All Households for the First Time Since 1961 (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/21/world/europe/sweden-disaster-handbook.html)

https://www.msb.se/Upload/Forebyggande/Krisberedskap/Krisberedskapsveckan/Fakta%20om%20broschyren%20Om%20krisen%20eller%20Kriget%20kommer/If%20crises%20or%20war%20comes.pdf


Sweden's combined defences are in place to protect the country, our freedom and our right to live as we ourselves choose to. All of us have a duty to act if Sweden is threatened.

In Sweden there is a duty to contribute to total defence. This
means that everyone who lives here and is between the ages
of 16 and 70 can be called up to assist in various ways in the
event of the threat of war and war. Everyone is obliged to
contribute and everyone is needed

For many years, the preparations made in Sweden for the threat of war and war have been very limited. Instead, public authorities and municipalities have focused on building up the level of preparedness for peacetime
emergencies such as flooding and IT attacks. However, as the world around us has changed, the Government has decided to strengthen Sweden's total defence. That is why planning for Sweden's civil defence has been resumed. It will take time to develop all parts of it again.

If Sweden is attacked by another country, we will never give up. All information to the effect that resistance is to cease is false.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_D_zkUtmpY


Edit: Of course, I would be remiss not to mention Norway's (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16FAPzgcwSY) efforts.

[Hooahguy]

GOP politician faces primary challenger with the same name.
(http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/390250-gop-lawmaker-faces-primary-challenger-with-the-same-name)


Ron M. Estes, as he will appear on the ballot, announced Thursday that he will challenge incumbent Rep. Ron Estes, according to Roll Call.


“I believe Kansas Republicans deserve a Rep. Ron Estes who will show up and represent Fourth District Kansans,” he said in a statement. “I feel compelled to run in and win this primary to defend our Kansas values.”


Estes, a first-time candidate whose campaign website dubs him the “real” Ron Estes, referred to the congressman as “an embarrassment” and “the epitome of the DC Swamp.”


A spokesman for the congressman criticized the challenge, calling the move an “attempt to deceive Kansas voters.”


I might tune in for this primary just for this reason.

[edyzmedieval]

http://www.euronews.com/2018/07/20/when-a-number-plate-becomes-a-political-statement

Romanians across the EU have resorted to custom number plates for protest.

[Husar]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/bavaria-one-german-state-to-launch-its-own-space-program/ar-BBNUFGO


But it was the unveiling of the "Bavaria One: Mission Zukunft" ("Bavaria One: Mission Future") that got Söder international attention on Tuesday, as he was standing in front of a giant emblem for the program bearing his own face.

I could swear that was something dictators like to do. :sweatdrop:

[Fragony]

What a pig https://shoeuntied.wordpress.com/2017/08/08/australian-pig-steals-18-beers-from-campers-gets-drunk-fights-cow/?fbclid=IwAR0rlD3my2xjXzMr9b9R-AEpwh2cr8EVR7OtSKnbnxiWgjd6YKRMvNBlbkA

[a completely inoffensive name]

What a legend. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46453983

[Crandar]

The Eurabia project has already begun. Dutch leaders are converting to Islam (https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2019/02/former-outspoken-pvv-parliamentarian-converts-to-islam/) en masse.

[Montmorency]

Duterte: Drug war failed (https://www.manilatimes.net/duterte-drug-war-failed/535127/)

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has admitted his administration’s war on drugs was a failure.

At a campaign rally in Malabon City on Tuesday evening, Duterte, whose promise to eradicate illegal drugs in three to six months helped him capture the presidency in 2016, said the drug problem was “swallowing” the country.

[...]

Late last month, Duterte said the drug situation in the country had “worsened” and that law enforcers were close to giving up.


Duterte, however, said the drug war was a failure because it was a “worldwide problem.”

That is - some refreshing candor.

[Furunculus]

legless napoleonic prof pulled out of river found with research assistants arms in his backback:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/10/womans-arms-found-in-backpack-of-russian-professor

[InsaneApache]

https://twitter.com/cjsnowdon/status/1193562748011069442

Jesus Wept.

[Montmorency]

https://twitter.com/cjsnowdon/status/1193562748011069442

Jesus Wept.

https://twitter.com/SofiaBNewman/status/1193038094028754944

ACANVG (All cops are not very good)


In other news (https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/22/baldwin-florida-food-desert-city-owned-grocery-store/), Trump-voting small town closes its last grocery store and opens new, collectively-managed one under municipal ownership.

[edyzmedieval]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXkY8rBiPPo

Quintessentially British.

[Montmorency]

Another horse found killed with ear removed in east France (https://www.connexionfrance.com/French-news/Horse-found-killed-with-ear-removed-in-eastern-France)
The 18-month-old foal was found dead and mutilated in the latest in a series of deadly attacks on horses and donkeys in France.

Hmmm

[Pannonian]

Manhunt launched after Head of Army declared 'missing in action' after being dropped in wrong field (https://uk.news.yahoo.com/manhunt-launched-head-army-declared-192004366.html)

A manhunt was launched after the head of the army was declared 'missing in action' after being dropped in the wrong Salisbury field.

General Sir Carleton-Smith, Chief of the General Staff, was “lost” after the Army Wildcat helicopter he was travelling in on Tuesday landed at a site 600 metres away from where he was expected on Salisbury plain.

A defence source told The Daily Telegraph: “There was an ‘Oh s*** moment’ when they realised they had lost the head of the army. His visit was a really big deal and they had everything planned out.

[Hooahguy]

Former Israeli space security chief says aliens exist, humanity not ready (https://m.jpost.com/omg/former-israeli-space-security-chief-says-aliens-exist-humanity-not-ready-651405/amp?__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwAR0xo34WLSj360ErzrtuWpXsUS7bVbIBvwcGQXztKNty5SIdUMVtadJqMfM)


Has the State of Israel made contact with aliens? According to retired Israeli general and current professor Haim Eshed, the answer is yes, but this has been kept a secret because "humanity isn't ready."

Speaking in an interview to (the newspaper) Yediot Aharonot, Eshed – who served as the head of Israel's space security program for nearly 30 years and is a three-time recipient of the Israel Security Award – explained that Israel and the US have both been dealing with aliens for years.


And this by no means refers to immigrants, with Eshed clarifying the existence of a "Galactic Federation."

:inquisitive:

The main reason why I dont believe this is because it insinuates that Trump kept his mouth shut about something.

[ReluctantSamurai]

Geez, Monty....and I thought country rats were brazen:laugh4:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/09/chipotle-rats-new-york-avocado


Although the restaurant is closed, staff are still regularly coming in to clean in an effort to help stave off the infestation. This includes some pretty serious survival tactics, including stomping rats and whacking them with broom handles.

:viking:

[Montmorency]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL0x5oBFC1w

[ReluctantSamurai]

RELEASE THE KRAAKEN! :laugh4:

Those rats would eat cats for lunch, easy....:sweatdrop:

[Hooahguy]

Rodents are a huge problem in DC too. My apartment used to have a mouse problem. Then I got a dog and within a week she killed one and we never saw a mouse again. :smash:
She's also killed a few while out on walks, its really amazing seeing a dog killing a rodent, that head shaking that they do to kill the rodent is something else. She does the same thing when she plays tug of war with me which gets me thinking about whats going through her brain...

[Crandar]

The US face a grave shortage (https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/08/business/ketchup-shortage-heinz/index.html) of their most iconic culinary landmark. An inevitable repercussion of Xiden's subservience to the Politburo or the first sign of the Kraken's emergence?

[Xantan]

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/bill-hwang-lost-20-billion-2-days-archegos-collapse-report-2021-4-1030288757

So... someone lost 20 billion USD in 2 days.

2... days...

[Hooahguy]

So apparently there's a shortage of garden gnomes (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-56748561) now? Man 2021 is proving to be as bad as 2020.


The ornaments are in short supply with raw materials hard to come by and the recent blockage of the Suez Canal contributing to the national shortage.

Ian Byrne, assistant manager of Highfield Garden World in Whitminster, said there had been a "massive upswing" in the sales of garden gnomes.

"We haven't seen a gnome in six months now unfortunately," he said.

Mr Byrne said garden centres had experienced a "boom" and that their popularity was causing issues with the availability of many popular items.

"There aren't any [gnomes]. There's definitely a shortage. It's a combined thing with garden centres being so busy, I looked at some figures based on March which said garden centres were 97% busier than they were in 2019.

[Montmorency]

So apparently there's a shortage of garden gnomes (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-56748561) now? Man 2021 is proving to be as bad as 2020.

Good thing I found one for the Org.

Garden Gnome

[Pannonian]

Franco-Belgian border changed for the first time since the post-Waterloo settlement. (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/04/farmer-moves-border-stone-for-tractor-and-makes-belgium-bigger)

[Xantan]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/audrey-francisquini-fake-student-instagram-page_n_609c2525e4b014bd0ca719a9

Getting arrested for Instagram clout.

????

[Hooahguy]

Thats just sad...

[Shaka_Khan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBtMbBPzqHY


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygB4EZ7ggig


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNsxtNUeFB4



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTt7a751960

[ReluctantSamurai]

Ehhh...didn't really know just where to post this, but News of the Weird seems appropriate:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/09/texas-republican-louie-gohmert-climate-change

Put this right next to the Jewish space lasers causing forest fires, I guess.....:shrug:

[Hooahguy]

Joe Biden to give Boris a hand in sausage war as he tries to beat off EU
(https://metro.co.uk/2021/06/10/joe-biden-to-wade-into-sausage-wars-between-boris-johnson-and-eu-14749365/)
What a title. They knew what they were doing.

[Crandar]

Osama bin Laden's niece is protesting against Biden in Geneva with a "Trump Won (https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1405183917959925771)" flag.

[Montmorency]

Osama bin Laden's niece is protesting against Biden in Geneva with a "Trump Won (https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1405183917959925771)" flag.

This is old news (https://www.businessinsider.com/osama-bin-ladens-niece-backs-donald-trumps-re-election-2020-9), but it stands to reason that bringing downfall to America runs in the bin Laden family. :smash:

[Furunculus]

If you criticise the far-left, you must be far-right:
https://mrwinstonmarshall.medium.com/why-im-leaving-mumford-sons-e6e731bbc255

[Hooahguy]

The problem with what Winston Marshall wrote isnt that criticizing the far-left means you are far-right, its who he was specifically praising. Andy Ngo is a well-known provocateur who is known to selectively edit coverage to make his point. Not to mention his association with far-right groups such as the Proud Boys. So I wager that was the main reason why people were so angry.

[Montmorency]

If you criticise the far-left, you must be far-right:
https://mrwinstonmarshall.medium.com/why-im-leaving-mumford-sons-e6e731bbc255


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtkU5CGpBHQ

[Hooahguy]

Well this (https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/07/australia/australia-musk-duck-imitation-scli-intl-scn/)was unexpected.


An Australian musk duck has been recorded saying "You bloody fool" in the first documented instance of the species mimicking human speech.

A hand-reared male named Ripper was recorded imitating the phrase during a courtship display, according to a study published Monday. The authors said he could have learned it from his caretaker.

[spmetla]

Well this (https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/07/australia/australia-musk-duck-imitation-scli-intl-scn/)was unexpected.

lol, guess the Duck has decided on the negging approach to courtship!

[spmetla]

Austrian man mummifies dead mother to keep receiving her social security
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/10/europe/austria-man-mummifies-dead-mother-scli-intl/index.html

CNN)Austrian police have found the body of a woman who, they say, was mummified by her son so he could keep claiming her social security.

The 66-year-old man confessed to keeping his mother's body in the basement of a property in the Innsbruck-Land region of western Austria after officers visited the house on Saturday, according to a police statement sent to CNN on Friday.
The 89-year-old woman is thought to have died in June 2020, police said, but the man kept her body in order to continue receiving her pension and care allowance.

Why is it when there's weird news from my birthland that it's always the creepest shit?

[spmetla]

Turkey: 'Missing' man joins search party looking for himself
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58746703


A missing man in Turkey accidentally joined his own search party for hours before realising he was the person they were looking for, local media reports.

Beyhan Mutlu had been drinking with friends on Tuesday when he wandered into a forest in Bursa province.

When he failed to return, his wife and friends alerted local authorities and a search party was sent out.

Mr Mutlu, 50, then stumbled across the search party and decided to join them, NTV reported.

But when members of the search party began calling out his name, he replied: "I am here."
He was taken aside by one of the rescuer workers to give a statement.

"Don't punish me too harshly, officer. My father will kill me," he reportedly told them.

Police then drove Mr Mutlu home. It is not clear if he was given a fine.

[Hooahguy]

Just a bit of local news (https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/prince-georges-county-officials-new-plan-catch-loose-zebras-after-one-dies/65-acf219b9-1a86-402d-9f4e-026ab833fed7): Officials hope to capture loose zebras with new plan involving even more zebras


Prince George's County officials have revealed a new plan that they hope will lead to capturing two zebras that have been on the loose since the beginning of September.

Three zebras escaped from a farm in Upper Marlboro and the group has been roaming around the area ever since. Unfortunately, one of the zebras died when it was caught in an illegal snare trap on September 16.

According to a press release from Maryland's Department of Natural Resources, the new plan involves using more zebras. [...]

Officials say the owner and caretaker have taken two zebras from the herd and are keeping them in an enclosure in the center of a corral. The hope is that by utilizing food and the other zebras, the loose zebras will return to the corral and the herd.

My money is that the other zebras free the two in the enclosure and the herd will grow. Fast forward to 2050, and the zebras have taken over Maryland. :rolleyes:

[drone]

My money is that the other zebras free the two in the enclosure and the herd will grow. Fast forward to 2050, and the zebras have taken over Maryland. :rolleyes:
Can zebras ford the Potomac? Be a shame if they break into the fancy Middleburg pastures and start cranking out zorses...

[Hooahguy]

I dont know, but that would be hilarious. Zebras are good swimmers according to google so Im sure theres a place for them to cross it.

[Crandar]

American Jews visit Syrian Jews in Damascus (https://www.timesofisrael.com/12-brooklyn-jews-reportedly-visit-syria-with-support-of-assad-regime/), but the biggest news is that healthcare tourism in Syria is booming:

One group member said the visit was partially to receive dental care, which is far cheaper in Syria than in the United States.

[Montmorency]

One group member said the visit was partially to receive dental care, which is far cheaper in Syria than in the United States.

Damn, you know he must be up to some funny business with a pretext like that. Almost all countries on the planet have cheaper dental care than the United States, most of them not Syria - including, uh, Canada and Mexico (https://www.cda-adc.ca/jcda/vol-75/issue-2/117.pdf).

They should have called Operation Gideon a medical-tourist excursion to Venezuela for the lulz.

[Crandar]

Meanwhile in Colombia (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/11/20/colombia-police-nazi-germany-president/)...The warplane (https://twitter.com/BLUPacifico/status/1461474237697478657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) was super cute.

[Crandar]

During illegal pushbacks (our prime-minister becomes super mad (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-09/greek-prime-minister-snaps-about-refugees-at-a-news-conference), when you mention them), an Italian interpreter working for Frontex, was beaten up, robbed and expelled to Turkey by the Greek police (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/01/world/europe/greece-migrants-interpreter-expelled.html), which took him for a fellow immigrant.

[Montmorency]

At last...


SUICIDE MACHINE THAT CAN BE CONTROLLED BY BLINKING FACES ‘NO LEGAL ISSUES’ IN SWITZERLAND (https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/suicide-machine-sarco-euthenasia-assisted-dying-b1970685.html)

A coffin-shaped capsule that allows occupants to kill themselves has passed legal review in Switzerland, according to its creators.

The Sarco machine can be operated from the inside –conceivably just by blinking if the person suffers from locked-in syndrome – and works by reducing the oxygen level in the pod to below a critical level.

The process takes less than a minute and death occurs through hypoxia and hypocapnia, which is intended to allow a person to die relatively peacefully and painlessly.


“Gas may never be an acceptable method for assisted suicide in Europe due to the negative connotations of the Holocaust,” Dr Nitschke told The Independent in a 2018 interview. “Some have even said that it’s just a glorified gas chamber.”

Bruh what it's veritably the opposite of a gas chamber.

I agree there should be alternative models available however:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbmQxZkSswI

In all seriousness, from a certain point of view this is the pinnacle of human ingenuity.

[Montmorency]

Crandar

What does it say (https://twitter.com/WarInUkraineYet/status/1535002890825261062).

[Crandar]

Crandar

What does it say (https://twitter.com/WarInUkraineYet/status/1535002890825261062).

"We do nothing wrong, on the contrary, we are super patient, please don't indulge in inflammatory rhetoric."

It's written perfectly. A few months ago, when Netanyahu tried a similar trick, he messed up and the tweet ended up being self-contradictory.

[spmetla]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/goat-accidentally-neutralises-several-invaders-183020164.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAFVF1GkuKn87hzTvjXXnuKLFXtRv5a_RPfL56k8N2qi3djwMDRhji64ZQrlnhaCCRNENOwNWxXlRCU dGosha6HWdCZ7NSpqKHiXO3Ai-ppEqOW1aHXEiGs-Vbw_7vFLlNdnw_FrOUEzF82RfeyPB_Hrxog1IhC5BiOCSIRspUwSx
Goat accidentally neutralises several invaders in Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Ukrayinska Pravda
Mon, June 20, 2022, 11:30 AM?1 min read
Mykhailo Zagorodniy ? Monday, 20 June 2022

A nanny goat has injured several Russian servicemen by triggering their tripwires with pinned grenades in the village of Kinski Rozdory in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

Ukraine?s Chief Intelligence Directorate has shared a curious incident that happened at a local hospital.

A total of 40 invaders have been stationed at the medical institution in Kinski Rozdory.

The Russian military installed a "circular defence" and placed tripwires around the perimeter of the hospital.

The aggressors regretted this decision after a goat from a neighbouring farm decided to pay a visit to the hospital.

As the frightened animal moved chaotically around the area, she accidentally "disposed of" several grenades.

The unexpected "guest?s" actions triggered a chain reaction, wounding several Russian soldiers to varying degrees.

It is not currently known whether the goat survived the incident.

Not sure if true or Ukrainian propaganda but believable anyhow, trip wire devices are usually pretty sensitive.

[spmetla]

U.S. funeral home owner who sold body parts pleads guilty to fraud
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-funeral-home-owner-who-sold-body-parts-pleads-guilty-fraud-2022-07-05/

July 5 (Reuters) - A former Colorado funeral home owner pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a federal charge of defrauding relatives of the dead by dissecting their family members' corpses and selling the body parts without permission, a practice exposed in a 2018 Reuters investigative report.

Megan Hess, who operated a funeral home called Sunset Mesa and a human body parts business called Donor Services from the same building, entered the plea to the charge of fraud at a hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Gordon Gallagher in Grand Junction, Colorado. Gallagher scheduled Hess, who had previously pleaded not guilty, to be sentenced in January, with the prosecution calling for 12 to 15 years in prison.

Hess, 45, admitted on Tuesday that through her funeral home, located in the town of Montrose in the western part of the state, she defrauded at least a dozen families seeking cremation services for deceased relatives. Instead of cremating the bodies, court records show, her body broker company harvested heads, spines, arms and legs and then sold them, mostly for surgical training and other educational purposes.

Hess had been scheduled to go on trial in three weeks along with her mother, Shirley Koch, who also previously pleaded not guilty. Koch's change-of-plea hearing is set for July 12.

After Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeremy Chaffin made his sentencing recommendation, the lawyer for Hess, Dan Shaffer, urged a lighter sentence of about two years in prison. Hess has been free on bond since her arrest.

During the hearing, the judge asked Hess to describe in her own words the crimes she committed. Hess initially called the whole affair a "legal travesty." When prodded by the judge, Hess agreed with the prosecution that she defrauded her victims, though she declined to go into detail.

Two family members and one friend of deceased people whose body parts were sold without permission by Hess spoke at the hearing. They told the judge that while they were still emotionally reeling from the episode and wanted to learn more details about what occurred, they welcomed the news that Hess had decided to plead guilty.

To increase sales, Hess targeted poor and vulnerable families as they grappled with a relative's final days, according to government court filings.

"Meeting with hospice on the 4th ... opening the floodgates of donors," Hess wrote to a prospective body-part buyer in 2014. "They have four or five deaths a day. Get ready!!!! ... How about a deal on full embalmed spines ... $950?"

Selling organs such as hearts, kidneys and tendons for transplant is illegal in the United States. But the sale of cadavers and body parts for use in research or education, which is what Hess did, is not regulated by federal law.

Few state laws provide any regulation, and almost anyone, regardless of expertise, can dissect and sell human body parts. After the Reuters 2018 investigation, Colorado's legislature strengthened the state's oversight.

Hess charged families up to $1,000 for cremations that never occurred, prosecutors said, and she also offered others a free cremation in exchange for a body donation. Many families received ashes from bins mixed with the remains of different cadavers, authorities said, and one client received concrete mix instead of a relative's ashes.

FBI agents found that Hess forged dozens of body-donor consent forms. In court documents, a former employee accused Hess of earning $40,000 by extracting and selling the gold teeth of some of the deceased, an allegation first revealed in the 2018 Reuters report.

The Reuters series uncovered the actions of Sunset Mesa and Donor Services. Former workers told Reuters about questionable practices at the facility, including the dismembering of bodies without the knowledge or consent of families.

About a month after the Reuters stories, the FBI raided the site and state regulators shuttered the funeral home and crematory. A federal grand jury indicted Hess and Koch in 2020.

What an absolute sick person, find it weird too though how apparently unregulated selling body parts is to various institutions. If someone had given me cement mix instead of the ashes of my loved ones I don't think I'd deal with it that well or civil.

[Montmorency]

selling body parts

Very common 200 years ago, albeit in less civilized fashion.

[Montmorency]

Israel will now require foreign passport holders in a romantic relationship with a Palestinian resident of the West Bank to inform Israeli security authorities in writing at a dedicated e-mail address within 30 days of the relationship’s start.

:daisy:
Hooahguy

[Hooahguy]

That proposed law didnt end up being enacted btw.


Anyways, I present this without commentary (https://www.wearecentralpa.com/news/regional-news/armed-pa-man-in-wig-trying-to-restore-trump-as-president-arrested-at-dairy-queen/?10974).


Armed PA man in wig trying to ‘restore Trump as President’ arrested at Dairy Queen

[Crandar]

For some mysterious reason, I can't access any news site mentioning the arrest.

Meanwhile, (again?) in Oklahoma (https://www.fox29.com/news/oklahoma-inmate-who-sued-over-alleged-baby-shark-torture-found-dead-in-cell).

[CameronEaston]

Thanks for sharing