Silly/Odd News Stories from around the World

[Daniel E.]

Originally Posted by Mystique

This gave me a good chuckle for a full 5 mins. This guy had to be smoking something to be this dumb xD

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I remember seeing a similar story once; About a lady that had a fondness for stealing things. Right after getting out of court, she went back to the store were she was caught and tried to steal something again.

And of course, she got caught again!

[Pendevous]

Jellyfish is immortal

Meat the Benjamin Button of the deep.

[Anh_Minh]

More donut politics...

Dunkin' Donuts and Mideast politics go together like … Well, they don't, and that seems to be the problem of late. First, the doughnut franchise served as a hideout for Lebanese Army troops and a CNN correspondent when violence erupted in Beirut last month. Then this week the company found itself smack dab in the center of more political tumult. A recent ad by the doughnut giant was deemed dangerous by a handful of conservative bloggers because of its potential ties to the Arab world. The bloggers went on the attack when they saw spokesgal Rachael Ray wearing what they felt was a kaffiyeh, or Arab headdress, as a neck scarf. It was in fact a black and white paisley scarf, not traditional Arab garb, but that didn't matter when blogger Pam Geller posted the following under the header "Rachel [sic] Ray: Dunkin Donuts Jihad Tool": "Have you seen Rachel [sic] Ray wearing the icon of Yasser Arafatbastard and the bloody Islamic jihad. This is part of the cultural jihad," wrote Geller.

[Xellos-_^]

no wonder all those cops hangout in donut shops, they are looking for terrorist.

[Vexx]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

More donut politics...

This is a rather old story (the Rach Ray "terrorist scarf") and it basically quickly outed all the drooling idiots in the right wing (along with the "terrorist fist jab" and other bits of brain-eating complete lunacy doled out to the "20%ers").

Sometimes its really hard to believe how poorly wired extremist nutjobs can be.

[Shadow Kira01]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

More donut politics...

Ridiculous as it is. I don't even see anything wrong with what she is wearing at all. That's obviously a scarf, how did people not realize something so simple? However, the design of the scarf does look rather unique. Perhaps, this is a new type of fashion. No big deal.

[Mystique]

Originally Posted by Shadow Minato

Ridiculous as it is. I don't even see anything wrong with what she is wearing at all. That's obviously a scarf, how did people not realize something so simple? However, the design of the scarf does look rather unique. Perhaps, this is a new type of fashion. No big deal.

People see only what they want to see and if someone is looking for a terrorist and related items to it, they'll find it on anything.
Delusion at its finest.

Bet the stylist is kicking themselves for picking the scarf which prob has some kinda designer brand label on it

[Vexx]

Actually, no... most people who heard about the story laughed their asses off at the morons and nimrods who blogged it or took it as anything other than painfully absurd.

[Shadow Kira01]

Whalers fire water at activists in Antarctic Ocean

Considering that the Sea Sherpherd are terrorists engaging in illegal acts of violence against the scientific whale research group that is approved by the government, their clashes are somewhat laughable. One side tosses "rancid butter" and "paint", while the the whale research group responds with "water guns" and "golf balls" rather than actual self-defensive actions.

It sounds so much like kids at a playground. Although this is actually a serious clash but it gives a rather funny impression.

[Vexx]

The japanese_whalers vs Greenpeace shenanigans are very ritualistic almost like the hyper-organized Korean protesters vs riot police I recall from a few decades ago.

I'm not really fond of either the whalers ("research" -snort- more like obsolete industry with good lobbyists) or the Greenpeace interceptor activists (they end up looking a bit like PETA loons and could be more effective with filming and lobbying).

I'd really hesitate to call Greenpeace or their actions "terrorist" -- that just dilutes the word. They're *annoying* and *interfering*, perhaps even *vandalistic* but they haven't blown up any whaling ships I know of.

(unlike the French special units that illegally blew up the last Greenpeace ship for interfering with nuclear tests ....)

[ganbaru]

Originally Posted by Vexx

(unlike the French special units that illegally blew up the last Greenpeace ship for interfering with nuclear tests ....)

The Raimbow Warrior sunk by the section 5 of the DGSE...
That was some unrequired pub for everyone involved

[Kamui4356]

http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp...4&nav=menu86_2

Apparently Comcast customers in Tucson, Az got something a bit unexpected during the superbowl... Porn clips. They're investigating how it got there, and giving a credit to customers though. It'd be funnier if they charged them for the content instead.

[james0246]

^What really elevates the whole situation from a simple giggle to a full blown laugh is the fact that the provider for the Comcast Super Bowl signal is a company called Cox Communications.

[0utf0xZer0]

Originally Posted by Kamui4356

http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp...4&nav=menu86_2

Apparently Comcast customers in Tucson, Az got something a bit unexpected during the superbowl... Porn clips. They're investigating how it got there, and giving a credit to customers though. It'd be funnier if they charged them for the content instead.

Wouldn't surprise me if it was a prank by some tech at Comcast. Nerds sometimes do stupid things for fun, like hanging Volkswagens from bridges (the specialty of a local engineering school, they've even hit the Golden Gate).

Heck, the woman who co-owned the computer store I worked at for a bit even confiscated a Microsoft Office "Aim for the Target!" suction cup gun and target promo set from some of the other techs because she figured it was affecting discipline.

[ZephyrLeanne]

Originally Posted by Vexx

The japanese_whalers vs Greenpeace shenanigans are very ritualistic almost like the hyper-organized Korean protesters vs riot police I recall from a few decades ago.

I'm not really fond of either the whalers ("research" -snort- more like obsolete industry with good lobbyists) or the Greenpeace interceptor activists (they end up looking a bit like PETA loons and could be more effective with filming and lobbying).

I'd really hesitate to call Greenpeace or their actions "terrorist" -- that just dilutes the word. They're *annoying* and *interfering*, perhaps even *vandalistic* but they haven't blown up any whaling ships I know of.

I consider them terrorists. Imagine they blow up a oil refinery one fine day. Where' the ISA when you need it most? Singapore, use your mighty ISA!

[Vexx]

Originally Posted by ShimatheKat

I consider them terrorists. Imagine they blow up a oil refinery one fine day. Where' the ISA when you need it most? Singapore, use your mighty ISA!

So you're calling Greenpeace terrorists when they have done no such thing and its actually against their charter. Why don't we call people who creatively protest a grocery store's activities terrorists then?

You're just diluting the word "terrorist" - it makes the word meaningless. Might as well call bankrobbers, identity thieves, and jaywalkers terrorists.

That is an incredibly bad mental slope to be on.

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by ShimatheKat

I consider them terrorists. Imagine they blow up a oil refinery one fine day. Where' the ISA when you need it most? Singapore, use your mighty ISA!

Lol you don't want to be detained by the ISA, they have more jurisdictional powers than the regular policemen you encounter in daily patrols.

And using the water cannon is a smart idea. In the cold Antarctic, nothing beats giving someone you hate a really bad hypothermia.

[Shadow Kira01]

Originally Posted by Vexx

The japanese_whalers vs Greenpeace shenanigans are very ritualistic almost like the hyper-organized Korean protesters vs riot police I recall from a few decades ago.

I'm not really fond of either the whalers ("research" -snort- more like obsolete industry with good lobbyists) or the Greenpeace interceptor activists (they end up looking a bit like PETA loons and could be more effective with filming and lobbying).

I'd really hesitate to call Greenpeace or their actions "terrorist" -- that just dilutes the word. They're *annoying* and *interfering*, perhaps even *vandalistic* but they haven't blown up any whaling ships I know of.

(unlike the French special units that illegally blew up the last Greenpeace ship for interfering with nuclear tests ....)

I am pro-whaling. Whales had been a seafood dish for centuries. However, whales are generally more expensive than other fishes which means that not everybody actually eat it. The whalers did not just started their research whaling programs just to annoy Greenpeace but the other way around. However, the Sea Sherpherd crew are definitely not just targetting Japanese whalers but many other nations and research crews as well.

Their actions can be considered as "terrorism" but it is allowed by the international law due to the complexity of the issue. The ship is registered with Netherlands, while its crew members are mainly from the United States and Australia. Their activities of terrorism are usually seen on international waters which makes it more difficult to actually charge them with assault and terrorism. Unfortunately, the United Nations cannot intervene on it..

Edit: I think this issue is brought up in the wrong thread, considering its sensitive nature. This is supposed to be a thread on silly and odd news.

[Vexx]

yes, I'll drop it but I think several people here are really misusing the word "terrorism"

[Vexx]

And just to really jerk this thread back on track:

Bad news for catgirl and other mimimode fans:Study questions usefulness of animal-human embryos

Apparently, making hybrid embryos is a lot trickier than initially advertised (actually they're hoping to use animal DNA as control switches for generating stem cells 'in a vat').