News of the Weird

[drone]

I saw that yesterday and, being the geek that I am, immediately wondered about the logistics of such a request. Thousands of post-natal women hooked up to milking machines to supply the quantities necessary. Dietary management to keep the quality and taste consistent and safe. Health screening for infectious diseases. The list goes on. I can only imagine how hard B&J busted out laughing at this.

[Lemur]

Mmm, also, human beings take all sorts of medications that cows do not, many of which get passed through to their milk. Just imagine trying to sort out which mommy was on which anti-depressant before hooking her up to the milking machine.

When did PETA get so loony? I'm old enough to remember when they were more about cat shelters and neutering pets. When did they jump the shark?

[Crazed Rabbit]

When they took puppies from shelters and killed them? When they had the bloody 'Your mommy kills bunnies' poster made to give out to kids?

Anyways, a more light-hearted bit of news that proves Catholics have better sense of humor than Presbyterians ( ) :

(Yes, I'm well aware it could be a fake)

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[Gregoshi]

PETA Urges Ben & Jerry's To Use Human Breast Milk

Would you like your ice cream in a cone:



or a cup?

[seireikhaan]

When they took puppies from shelters and killed them? When they had the bloody 'Your mommy kills bunnies' poster made to give out to kids?

Anyways, a more light-hearted bit of news that proves Catholics have better sense of humor than Presbyterians ( ) :

(Yes, I'm well aware it could be a fake)

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I sincerely hope that is real. Awesome.

[spmetla]

Crazed Rabbit FTW!

[Lemur]

Of course, the only problem with Crazed Rabbit's pikkies is that according to Catholic theology, dogs do not have souls. They are admitted to heaven only as a comfort for their human owners. So if you have a dog you don't like, no heaven. And if a dog has no human master, no heaven. 'Cause they're soulless.

I would go on but this is maybe too silly.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Will you stop ruining our fun with your lousy reality?

CR

[Gregoshi]

...according to Catholic theology, dogs do not have souls.

According to Cat-holic dogma?

[Fragony]

Strongly build they are these swedish chicks.

This is pretty ehhhhhhhhhhh

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7636577.stm

[ShadesPanther]

Yar this be a fine haul of booty!




Somalia's pirates seize 33 T-72 tanks

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A Ukrainian ship seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia was carrying 33 tanks and other weapons, the Ukrainian defence minister has confirmed.

Earlier, the country's foreign ministry said the ship had a crew of 21 and was sailing under a Belize flag to the Kenyan port of Mombasa.

There has been a recent surge in piracy off the coast of Somalia.

Russia announced on Friday it would start carrying out regular anti-piracy patrols in the waters off Somalia.

A navy spokesman said a warship had been sent to the area earlier this week and the aim of the deployment was to protect Russian citizens and ships.

Somalia has not had an effective national government for 17 years, leading to a collapse of law and order both on land and at sea.

Somali pirates are currently holding more than a dozen hijacked ships in the base in Eyl, a town in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland.

It was not immediately clear where the Ukrainian ship had been taken.

Speed boats

The Ukrainian foreign ministry said the captain of the Faina cargo ship had reported being surrounded by three boats of armed men on Thursday afternoon

Defence Minister Yury Yekhanurov confirmed that 33 Russian T-72 tanks and "a substantial quantity of ammunition" were aboard.

He said all the weapons had been sold in compliance with international agreements, according to a Ukrainian news agency.

The cargo's final destination was unclear, with reports suggesting either Kenya or south Sudan.

Security analyst Knox Chitiyo told the BBC the incident showed that the waters off Somalia's coast had "become a global security problem".

"Piracy has become big business and there seems to be no concerted response to the problem," said Mr Chitiyo, from the London-based Royal United Services Institute.

Last week, France circulated a draft UN resolution urging states to deploy naval vessels and aircraft to combat piracy in the area.

France has intervened twice to free French sailors kidnapped by pirates. Commandos freed two people whose boat was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden earlier this month.

After an earlier raid in April, six arrested pirates were handed over to the French authorities for trial.

International navies have been escorting humanitarian deliveries to Somalia, where a third of the population needs food aid.

Flourishing industry

Pirates have seized dozens of ships from the major shipping routes near Somalia's coast in recent months.

Senior UN officials estimate the ransoms they earn from hijacking ships exceed $100m (£54m) a year.

A Canadian sailor patrols in a helicopter off Somalia, 17 September 2008
International navies have been escorting aid deliveries

Pirate "mother ships" travel far out to sea and launch smaller boats to attack passing vessels, sometimes using rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs).

Authorities in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland say they are powerless to confront the pirates, who have been growing in strength.

In Eyl, where ships are held for ransom, a flourishing local industry has developed.

Insurgents in Somalia, not known to have links to the pirates, are currently battling a combination of government troops, their Ethiopian allies and African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu and other parts of southern Somalia.

The US has an anti-terror task force based in neighbouring Djibouti and has carried out several air strikes against the Islamic insurgents, accusing them of sheltering al-Qaeda operatives.

[drone]

Two cases of medical mishaps:

Man Sues Doctors After Penis Amputated

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A Shelby County man and his wife said two doctors amputated the man's penis without his consent, and have filed a lawsuit.

According to the lawsuit, Philip Seaton, 61, went to have a circumcision last October as part of treatment for a medical condition. Seaton said when he woke up from the procedure, he realized his penis had been amputated.

Seaton has suffered mental anguish, pain, and has lost the enjoyment of life, according to the lawsuit.

and

Man sues Md. doctor, says butt stapled shut

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BALTIMORE – A man alleging a Maryland doctor stapled his rectum shut during an operation — causing him to go without defecating for 17 days — took his federal lawsuit to trial Monday in Baltimore.

Ronald Watkins, 64, of West Virginia, is suing Manuel Casiano, a doctor in Frederick County, for allegedly botching a 2004 surgery that left Watkins with permanent bowel problems.

“The reason for suing Dr. Casiano is very simple: His rectum was stapled shut,” said Julia Lodowski, who with attorney Emily Malarkey is representing Watkins and his wife, Brenda.

Lodowski told jurors in U.S. District Court that Watkins now experiences “rectal discharge” and needs to wipe himself between 12 and 15 times a day.

[spmetla]

Goes to show that doctors shouldn't take shortcuts.

[Gregoshi]

Man sues Md. doctor, says butt stapled shut

Spackle works better I'd think.

[Marshal Murat]

Seriously?

That's when the teller apparently expressed her crime-fighting skepticism.

[Conqueror]

Chinese news agency reports the successful launch of Shenzhou VII rocket... hours before the actual launch

On Thursday morning, Xinhua posted a story on its website saying the Shenzhou capsule had been successfully tracked flying over the Pacific Ocean even though the rocket and its three astronauts had not yet been launched.

The article, dated September 27, described the rocket in flight, complete with a sharply detailed dialogue between the three astronauts.

[KukriKhan]

Seriously?

CENTEREACH, N.Y. -- Police said a bank teller in suburban New York had a simple question for a would-be robber: Are you serious?

Hey, that's Gawain's hometown.

[FactionHeir]

Too hot for you

[Abokasee]

Few I thought they where going to breast feed injured puppies.

[Lemur]

It's been a while since I ran across a news item so clearly destined for NotW:

32-year-old Michelle Allen of Middleton, Ohio was just minding her business, urinating on a neighbor’s porch while dressed as a cow, when cops told her to please go home. Later that day, cops were called once again as Allen was blocking traffic and chasing terrified children. It was at this point that cops went ahead and decided to arrest her.

I'll get in ahead of Gregoshi and ponder why she was so udderly confused. I guess she did it 'cause she cud.

[CountArach]

Greg is going to milk this one for all it's worth.

[Gregoshi]

Greg is going to milk this one for all it's worth.

You'd think so, wouldn't you?

[KukriKhan]

Middleton is just outside Cinncinnati - we outta ask Sasaki Kojiro about this one. For all we know, Monday was Moo-day there and everyone dressed up as farm animals... Isn't this where Jerry Springer was once Mayor? Perhaps she was just trying out for the show?

And "smelling of alcohol"? C'mon: who'd do such while sober? I'd need at least half a bottle of Jack to put on the suit, much less walk around in public.

[Lemur]

Chuck Norris Area man punches shark to rescue his dog.

Greg LeNoir watched in horror as the shark's mouth opened wide, chomping a large set of teeth on his beloved 14-pound dog, Jake.

''Noooooo,'' LeNoir shrieked, fearing the worst. [...]

Jake, a 28-month-old dog adopted from an animal shelter, unexpectedly encountered the shark, which was about five feet long. As Jake disappeared under the water, LeNoir conquered his own fear and sprang to action.

''I clenched my fists and dove straight in with all my strength, like a battering ram,'' LeNoir, 53, said Sunday, reliving the frightening ordeal. ``I hit the back of the shark's neck. It was like hitting concrete.'' [...]

The shark let go of Jake, and the dog popped to the surface, frantically swimming the few yards to shore. LeNoir followed, paddling through a red trail of blood from the dog.

At VCA Upper Keys Animal Hospital in Islamorada, veterinarian Suzanne Sigel and emergency on-call assistant Callie Cottrell patched Jake's wounds.

''Amazingly, he wasn't critical,'' Sigel said. ``He's one lucky dog.''

The shark's teeth punctured Jake's skin and some muscle on the dog's abdomen, chest and back in a pattern that looked like ''an upside-down smile,'' Sigel said.

Jake also suffered lacerations on his right side and front left leg, with skin hanging like ribbons, LeNoir said.

''The shark put almost all of Jake in his mouth, except for his head and three of his legs,'' LeNoir said.

Sigel reexamined Jake on Monday and said the pooch is expected to recover.

[KukriKhan]

Beirut would have loved that story.

So do I.

[Gregoshi]

This thread has just punched the shark...

[Viking]

Llamas ruin graveyard

I'm afraid I have no English source for this, but the picture speaks for itself.

The priest and inhabitans of Engerdal [Eastern Norway] despair as llamas take their share of gras and flowers in the local graveyard.

[...]

The beasts come from a farm that lies a few kilometre north of the graveyard. Farmer and owner of the llamas, John Nygård, understands that people are angry.

According to Nygård, it's young males that flee because they are chased off by the head male who wants the females for himself.

[CountArach]

that story couldn't get any llamer.

[naut]

that story couldn't get any llamer.

Alpac-up your stuff and get your coat CA.

[Lemur]

Alpac-up your stuff and get your coat CA.

You have no idea how long I spent trying to come up with a pun involving the word "alpaca." Damn your eyes, sir!