Silly/Odd News Stories from around the World

[Cosmic Eagle]

Originally Posted by AnimeFan188

On India-China border, reports of UFOs skyrocket:

""Over 100 UFOs seen along China border," said a headline in Tuesday's Times of
India.

Indian troops guarding the often-tense 2,100-mile border between the two Asian
giants say the objects seen in recent months are yellow spheres that appear to
lift off from the Chinese side, slowly traversing the sky for three to five hours
before disappearing. Indian military officials have reportedly ruled out Chinese
drones — 99 of which reportedly were documented during the first 10 months of
2012 — or low-orbit satellites."

See:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,5138335.story

Those Foo Fighters sure love stalking earth's military...

[AnimeFan188]

Alien Detection was suppressed by the BBC - top boffin:

"The BBC tried to put the kibosh on rock-star physicist Brian Cox's plan to
eavesdrop on a planet with a radio telescope - because the corporation was
apparently afraid the discovery of alien life could violate the Beeb's editorial
guidelines."

See:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11...al_guidelines/

[Malkuth]

Brothel donates photocopy machine to elementary school

Patras, Greece

Unfortunately, the local education supervisor denied the donation, reasoning that it is better for kids not to have photocopies and obstruct their education, rather than accept the donation from legally employed and hard working tax-payers

source (in Greek)

[willx]

Secrets, Schemes, and Lots of Guns: Inside John McAfee’s Heart of Darkness

As dawn broke over the interior of Belize on April 30, an elite team of 42 police and soldiers, including members of the country's SWAT team and Special Forces, converged on a compound on the banks of a jungle river. Within, all was quiet. The police called out through a bullhorn that they were there looking for illegal firearms and narcotics, then stormed in, breaking open doors with sledgehammers, handcuffing four security guards, and shooting a guard dog dead. The compound's owner, a 67-year-old white American man, emerged bleary-eyed from his bedroom with a 17-year-old Belizean girl. The police cuffed him and took him away, along with his guards.

http://gizmodo.com/5958877/secrets-s...=recirculation

All signs point to: crazy

[Xellos-_^]

many many many pages back in the News Thread.

[ganbaru]

Originally Posted by Malkuth

Brothel donates photocopy machine to elementary school

Patras, Greece

Unfortunately, the local education supervisor denied the donation, reasoning that it is better for kids not to have photocopies and obstruct their education, rather than accept the donation from legally employed and hard working tax-payers

source (in Greek)

Helping first soccer teams and now a school.
Are the brothels in greece making that much profit ?

[Ithekro]

Well if the foreign investors aren't there to help the industry, they will help the ecomony in other ways. Sampling the locals wares.

[Malkuth]

Originally Posted by ganbaru

Helping first soccer teams and now a school.
Are the brothels in greece making that much profit ?

I have no idea... I guess, it's the only job that will always have more demand than offer

Nonetheless, news like this are a good example how much the greek state was destroyed by the program which was supposed to save it... and the most ridiculous fact is that after two rescue programs over the past years, the third ones objective is to return the economy at the state it was when the government asked for help. It's just depressing just reading about it; I can not even begin to imagine how the people at my age feel when half of them have no job and the other half get one third of their salary

[kyp275]

Originally Posted by Malkuth

Nonetheless, news like this are a good example how much the greek state was destroyed by the program which was supposed to save it.

I'd say Greece was brought down by years of cooking the book and kicking the can down the road until the cans got too big and too heavy and finally broke Greece's foot on the last kick

[Xellos-_^]

Former Morning Musume Maki Goto has shocked her many fans with the news that she has accepted a million dollars to appear in 2 hardcore porn movies.
The 27-year-old ex-Morning Musume has signed to appear in 2 pornographic movies, having been paid 80,000,000 yen for the appearances, according to reports from rag Weekly Jitsuwa:

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is that 1mil dollars or 1mil yen?

[Sumeragi]

It says 80,000,000 yen.

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by Sumeragi

It says 80,000,000 yen.

that is a lot of zeros

which buys a lot of self respect apparently.

[Malkuth]

Originally Posted by kyp275

I'd say Greece was brought down by years of cooking the book and kicking the can down the road until the cans got too big and too heavy and finally broke Greece's foot on the last kick

Oh! it is (and was) much worse than you can imagine, but I don't want to start a rant about all the reasons I left the country I was born 8 years ago.

Nonetheless, that does not change the fact that the current saviors (IMF, ECB, and Merkel/Schauble) made the situation far worse than anyone could have ever imagined. On top of that, they even debate now if they will forfeit the profit from the short-term loans they gave with the first rescue package, that has been paid up already.

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

is that 1mil dollars or 1mil yen?

Finally, they will turn Shining Musume IRL

Originally Posted by Sumeragi

It says 80,000,000 yen.

That is a little less than half a million per film... pretty good.

[willx]

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

is that 1mil dollars or 1mil yen?

Oh dear, that will shock my friend.. He was a huge fan of hers back in .. Well, 99 I guess? He used to show me so many videos of her.. This was when I didn't even know idol groups existed..

The outcome is uncertain

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by willx

Oh dear, that will shock my friend.. He was a huge fan of hers back in .. Well, 99 I guess? He used to show me so many videos of her.. This was when I didn't even know idol groups existed..

The outcome is uncertain

how old is your friend, in 99 she would have been 14

[willx]

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

how old is your friend, in 99 she would have been 14

Heh, he's my age, so he would have been 16? I say that .. But he's somewhat of a lolicon now I believe..

Caution is required

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by willx

Heh, he's my age, so he would have been 16? I say that .. But he's somewhat of a lolicon now I believe..

Caution is required

*looks over some of Maki's photos

she is no loli now.

[AnimeFan188]

Originally Posted by Cosmic Eagle

Those Foo Fighters sure love stalking earth's military...

Foo Fighters are awesome!

Oh wait, you meant the other kind of Foo Fighters.

Never mind.

[FateAnomaly]

At 27 it wouldn't be long before her tag change to MILF anyway so she might as well cash in while she still have some looks.

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by FateAnomaly

At 27 it wouldn't be long before her tag change to MILF anyway so she might as well cash in while she still have some looks.

her younger brother is also doing AV

i wonder if that 1mil include incest scenes