Silly/Odd News Stories from around the World

[MUAHAHAHAHAHA]

Amen to this:


http://uk.news.yahoo.com/earliest-ma...175153101.html


I guess that means end of the year party will be on as usual. So happy I could cry.

[GDB]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

Shocking report shows child pornography being openly traded on Facebook



What the fck is wrong with this world......

What's worse is how long it likely took those pages to be found and reported. Actually, the fact they had to be reported at all is horrendous. Shouldn't one of the first things that the FBI does in terms of pedophile searching is to check facebook for simple group names like that? Like half of those spell out exactly what they are.

[andyjay729]

WW2-era plane found in the Egyptian desert.

Yes, relics from the war pop up quite often, but check out the condition this plane is in after 70 years in the Sahara. And it was just by happenstance that it was found by a Polish oil prospector.

[Dhomochevsky]

Originally Posted by GDB

What's worse is how long it likely took those pages to be found and reported. Actually, the fact they had to be reported at all is horrendous. Shouldn't one of the first things that the FBI does in terms of pedophile searching is to check facebook for simple group names like that? Like half of those spell out exactly what they are.

If I ever stumbled upon childporn online, the last thing I would do, is tell anyone about it.
When accessing the picture is already the crime, then how could I be sure, I wouldn't get in trouble myself just for finding it?

Reasoning and logic seems to be absent when it comes to that topic. Better not get involved at all.

[ganbaru]

Gold! Haiti hopes ore find will spur mining boom
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...05-11-17-02-38
It would be nice if ( some of) the money could stry and help Haiti but I wouldn't be surprised if the ned up scewed up again.

[Ithekro]

Wasn't that what the Spanish were after 500 years ago? Well that and a quicker (not already controlled) route to the East Indies?

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by ganbaru

Gold! Haiti hopes ore find will spur mining boom
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...05-11-17-02-38
It would be nice if ( some of) the money could stry and help Haiti but I wouldn't be surprised if the ned up scewed up again.

"If the mining companies are honest and if Haiti has a good government, then here is a way for this country to move forward," said Bureau of Mines Director Dieuseul Anglade.

the Haitians are doom.

[Mr Hat and Clogs]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

Shocking report shows child pornography being openly traded on Facebook

What the fck is wrong with this world......

Regardless of the fact that its disgusting it is ridiculously facepalm worthy. I mean COME ON look at the names of those groups. They aren't even trying to hide it.

I do find all the comments that are now wanting Facebook or Zuckerberg banned because of this or charged with not moderating it enough. Did anyone consider the possibility that FB left the pages up for longer then they should because they could have been working with the FBI to track down members of these groups?

Originally Posted by Dhomochevsky

If I ever stumbled upon childporn online, the last thing I would do, is tell anyone about it.
When accessing the picture is already the crime, then how could I be sure, I wouldn't get in trouble myself just for finding it?

Reasoning and logic seems to be absent when it comes to that topic. Better not get involved at all.

That is also true.

[Vexx]

Originally Posted by GDB

What's worse is how long it likely took those pages to be found and reported. Actually, the fact they had to be reported at all is horrendous. Shouldn't one of the first things that the FBI does in terms of pedophile searching is to check facebook for simple group names like that? Like half of those spell out exactly what they are.

Well, it certainly makes it a snap job for the world's authorities to find all the STOOPID offenders. Kind of like the idiot that gets nailed displaying stolen loot hauls on their Facebook pages.

Much of the population of the world (internet user bracket) is simply that stupid.

[AnimeFan188]

"It's history's most famous unsolved crime spree. In 1888, a serial killer who came
to be known as Jack the Ripper gruesomely murdered five prostitutes in London's
Whitechapel district. More than 100 men, from Lewis Carroll to Queen Victoria's
grandson, have since been labeled suspects, and the guesswork has spawned an
entire field of study, known as "Ripperology." Now, a new book turns the
speculation on its head, by arguing that Jack the Ripper was actually a woman."

See:

http://news.yahoo.com/jackie-ripper-...211027739.html


I guess that vacation to Jyusenkyo springs was what pushed him/her over the edge.

[sneaker]

What about aliens? Is there any proof that Jack the Ripper was not a man but in fact an alien?

[Anh_Minh]

What, you mean Black Butler had it right? Was a demon involved?

[MrTerrorist]

Originally Posted by AnimeFan188

"It's history's most famous unsolved crime spree. In 1888, a serial killer who came
to be known as Jack the Ripper gruesomely murdered five prostitutes in London's
Whitechapel district. More than 100 men, from Lewis Carroll to Queen Victoria's
grandson, have since been labeled suspects, and the guesswork has spawned an
entire field of study, known as "Ripperology." Now, a new book turns the
speculation on its head, by arguing that Jack the Ripper was actually a woman."

See:

http://news.yahoo.com/jackie-ripper-...211027739.html


I guess that vacation to Jyusenkyo springs was what pushed him/her over the edge.

My God! Fate/Apocrypha got it right.

[andyjay729]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

What, you mean Black Butler had it right? Was a demon involved?

Or El Chupacabra?

[MeoTwister5]

And Saintess just popped a aneurysm.

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by sneaker

What about aliens? Is there any proof that Jack the Ripper was not a man but in fact an alien?

he was kidnapped by Aliens, the Vorlons.

[Ithekro]

He was an energy being/alien in Star Trek back in the 1960s.

The Babylon 5 version was sort of nice in how he was presented. And especially how they show us who he really was. His last line is rather hauntingly cold.

Interestingly there is a "King Arthur" in Babylon 5 as well. Michael York played him rather well.

[Merilyn Mensola]

Father Jumps From Moving Car To Save Daughter In Wenzhou, China (VIDEO)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...ref=weird-news

[MrTerrorist]

Look Saintess! Real-life cat girls.

Also something nice....and bad.

Good Foreigners Doing Good and Bad Foreigners Doing Evil

[Tom Bombadil]

Originally Posted by Merilyn Mensola

Father Jumps From Moving Car To Save Daughter In Wenzhou, China (VIDEO)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...ref=weird-news

China's explosion of the number of cars has far out paced the general population's awareness for safety regulations.