News of the Weird

[Lemur]

Support for gay marriage firm and rising



As you can see from this chart, Americans' support for gay marriage, which had one been limply hanging in the 10% range, has firmly thrust upward into the 50% area, thus splitting the electorate into two quivering, moist halves. Some sort of bump or ridge in 2005 creates an outlying statistical pressure, but the firm movement of public opinion obviously pushed past that knob of discontent.

Some used to speculate that support for gay marriage was a lot like a turtleneck sweater, with a leading edge of opinion that would come and go as various supporters stood erect to be counted or shrank back in the face of controversy. As this graph demonstrates, the evolution of public opinion has been much more like a German helmet, with a strong push forward that was only (briefly) interrupted by the "ridge" of 2005.

[Vladimir]

Looks like that graph needs to see a doctor.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Miami; City of Adventure.

MIAMI -- Heard the one about the judge, the taco vendor, the pistol-packing Iraq war vet and the thief on roller blades?

It apparently happened Wednesday when Al Diaz of The Miami Herald was preparing to photograph the Taqueria Mexicana Orale taco truck at Northwest 27th Avenue and 17th Street for a feature story. He briefly placed his camera on a chair to set up some lighting equipment.

Seizing the moment, a man on wheels snatched the camera and whooshed down 16th. Someone munching a taco yelled, "That guy just grabbed your camera!"

Taco stand owner Moises Gonzales, incensed at the interruption, tore out on foot after the roller-blader. A food inspector joined him.

That's when Deborah White-Labora happened along. A judge in Miami-Dade's drug court, White-Labora was driving a white Scion minivan with her two children, 17-year-old Christopher and 20-year-old Amanda, having just visited the bank to pick up some travelers checks en route to Miami International for a flight to Peru.

Gonzales flagged down the van, barked out "follow that man!" or words to that effect, and the pursuit continued.

The minivan overtook a roller-blader at 3071 NW 18th Terrace. Christopher bounded out of the car and "pounced like a cobra" on the skater, said Amanda. Gonzales, the taco maker, joined the fray.

Ian Vaquero, in whose front yard the chase ended, didn't know what to make of the wrestling match. So the Iraq war vet sorted things out the Miami way, drawing his 9mm Smith & Wesson and telling everyone to freeze.

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[Gregoshi]

Well played with the puns Lemur (about 14?!!!!...a record?) , but isn't that just a tad graphic by Org standards?

Looks like that graph needs to see a doctor.

Agreed, but it also looks like that graph did see Alice.

[Hosakawa Tito]

Breaking News: Officials seek court order to kill Lemurs!

Run Lem, RUN! We'll hold'em off long as we can.

Are they mad? There must be a better way than kill'em all, let God sort it out.

[drone]

The octosquids are opening the cyberwarfare front, activating their deep cover agents.

Hacker arrested for octopus virus

A hardened computer hacker has been arrested on suspicion of writing a computer virus that systematically destroys all the files on victims' PCs and replaces them with homemade manga images of squid, octopuses and sea urchins. Between 20,000 and 50,000 computers may have been infected.

Masato Nakatsuji, 27, of Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, was quoted as telling police: "I wanted to see how much my computer programming skills had improved since the last time I was arrested."

[aimlesswanderer]

Lucky he chose octopi, it could have been much much worse.

[Lemur]

Breaking News: Officials seek court order to kill Lemurs!

Upsetting story has sad ending: "Update, 5:30 p.m. Friday: A Washington County judge has ordered euthanasia and rabies testing for the lemurs. Results are expected over the weekend. Reached Friday, Jeff Ash, the owner of the petting zoo, said 'it’s pretty sad for the little lemurs, cute little things.' "

Meanwhile ...

3D Imax PORN! (File under "About damn time.)

No ordinary porn flick, "3-D Sex & Zen: Extreme Ecstasy" is being touted as the world's first IMAX-3-D erotic film.

First out of the gates, the soft porn Hong Kong film comes as the stricken industry, hit hard by free Internet porn in recent years, turns to 3-D as a potential money-spinner, following on from the success of Hollywood blockbusters such as James Cameron's Avatar.

"Somehow when you're doing a 3-D movie you always want to make an impressive image because the viewers ... are going to buy tickets with double or even triple the ticket price to get into a world they've never seen before," said the U.K.-educated Sun

"It's not just erotica, they want some 'wow factor!.'" [...]

Taking almost twice the time to shoot than conventional films and with a higher budget, more advanced equipment and elaborate lighting, the takeup of 3-D productions has been relatively slow in the porno industry despite early excitement at its promise.

"We have to change the lenses for a long time, the setting, lighting, we need more time than a normal movie," said Japanese porn star Saori Hara after completing a scene.

Despite this, other major 3-D sex flicks are now reportedly in the works.

[Gregoshi]

3D Imax PORN! (File under "About damn time.)

No ordinary porn flick, "3-D Sex & Zen: Extreme Ecstasy" is being touted as the world's first IMAX-3-D erotic film.

Finally, a real reason to duck at a 3D movie.

[Beskar]

Finally, a real reason to duck at a 3D movie.

I am going to sue you for the mental images prompted from this statement which resulted in mental disturbance.

[Hosakawa Tito]

Unathletic Orangutans. But it's not like they're dumb. Orangutans mime.

[Gregoshi]

Unathletic Orangutans. But it's not like they're dumb. Orangutans mime.

Silly prmimemate.

[Hosakawa Tito]

Artisanal Pencil Sharpening.

"I'm going to have this nice, authentic, considered reaction with your pencil," Rees said. "I just want to treat it with respect. And get it really freaking sharp."

Now that's the entrepreneurial spirit.

[Beskar]

Salty water leads to conviction of assault

[Crazed Rabbit]

Attractive Women; apparently a rarity in Washington state.

EVERETT -- Nice-looking women in short shorts quickly complicated an otherwise ordinary four-car pileup this afternoon.

About 4:15 p.m., four drivers crashed into each other on northbound I-5 near 41st Street in Everett.

State troopers cleared the highway. The drivers and passengers were waiting by the side of the road, including several young women in summertime garb, Keith Leary with the State Patrol said.

More drivers crashed, apparently while checking out the women.

Leary personally saw two more accidents happen within a minute involving distracted drivers. Speed also was a factor, he said.

Only minor injuries were reported, and no one was taken to the hospital. Traffic was back to normal within minutes, though police were waiting for a tow truck around 5:30 p.m.

Leary reminds drivers to follow posted speed limits -- and to keep their eyes on the road.

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[Fragony]

Go bull, too bad nobody died. Just let that beautiful creature be why such mindless cruelty. http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/1080...t_publiek.html

edit wrond thread. But the Spanish are sick when it comes to animals, after a hunt they hang the dogs, good fun I guess. Why would you do such a thing to a dog they love you.

[Hosakawa Tito]

Manpacks is your savior. Never wash your underwear again! Just wear it till it rots and get new ones in the mail!

[Crazed Rabbit]

An Oregon man is literally paralyzed by love. Yes, I used the word literally correctly;

Matt Frerking, 39, from Portland, Oregon, is left immobile if he even has a romantic thought or sees others showing displays of affection.

The affliction has been diagnosed as a combination of the chronic sleeping disorder narcolepsy with cataplexy, a sudden weakening of the muscles which renders the person temporarily immobile but still aware of their surroundings and able to hear.

For Mr Frerking the feeling that sparks an attack is love and being around his family can send him into a state of physical paralysis.

He is unable to put his arm around Trish, his wife of 13 years, and suffers attacks on anniversaries. He can suffer attacks several times a day

“Holding hands in public is something that we can do for a few seconds at most, and that’s about it,” Mr Frerking said.

“Putting my arm around her is something that I don’t do unless we’re sitting down and I know that it won’t matter that much if I just flop over. I have to limit those things very carefully.” During an interview with ABC News, he described having to avoid “warm and fuzzy” feelings before passing out after looking at photos in his wedding album.

Attacks are also triggered by trailers for romantic films and Mr Frerking said he tries to stave them off by thinking about scientific research.

Carol Ash, a sleep specialist at the Sleep for Life Center in New Jersey, said: “In someone like Matt strong emotions are flipping a switch.”

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[Gregoshi]

An Oregon man is literally paralyzed by love. Yes, I used the word literally correctly;

So essentially, turn-ons are turn-offs.

[Fragony]

Dang RIP Anne Frank tree, just got timber'ed by the storm



Very very :(

[Hosakawa Tito]

Prince for a day. Must have been a bit awkward without the kilt.

[Beskar]

Prince for a day. Must have been a bit awkward without the kilt.

I am sure this is a Lemur moment, as I already seen this before on here.

[Ronin]

Referee kills player in football game.

Man...talk about harsh!
what about a red card referee? let's take this one step at a time!

[Vladimir]

I'll toss a cat before I toss a salad: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38847582...ope/?GT1=43001

On second thought, while I'm down there...

[Hosakawa Tito]

I'll toss a cat before I toss a salad: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38847582...ope/?GT1=43001

On second thought, while I'm down there...

Or you can just lightly season & stir fry...

[naut]

This little cow eats grass,
This little cow eats hay.
This little cow drinks water,
This little cow runs away,
This little cow does nothing,
But just lies down all day.

[Hosakawa Tito]

Idiot of the Day.

Paul McClure, his defence lawyer, said Mr Wiles's excuse was "lack of thought processes" at the time and poverty.

Now he's $800 poorer, pretty expensive lesson.

[Lemur]

Dog who ate beehive wins unusual pet insurance award

A Labrador that ate a beehive containing pesticides and thousands of dead bees won an award on Monday that recognized the most unusual pet health insurance claim in the United States.

Ellie, who fully recovered from her encounter with the beehive in southern California, beat a border collie that ran through a window to get at a mailman, and a terrier that bit a chainsaw.

[Vladimir]

Who can save us from the Octisquids. (no, that wasn't a question)

[Hosakawa Tito]

Tree predicts lottery win. Better have protection before shaking that money tree.