Silly/Odd News Stories from around the World

[maplehurry]

Applications for Japan Self Defense Force Increase by 20% Thanks to Moe

[ganbaru]

Photographer sued over topless photo atop Empire State Building
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/...A0C1MT20140113

[willx]

Originally Posted by maplehurry

Applications for Japan Self Defense Force Increase by 20% Thanks to Moe

I'd be amused to see what the 1) drop-out rate is and 2) before and after shots! It's like getting people to do P90X!

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by willx

I'd be amused to see what the 1) drop-out rate is and 2) before and after shots! It's like getting people to do P90X!

Fitness can be trained. But I am not sure about attitude when it comes to keeping people in; from exchanges US seems to be the only one who treats each branch like a family (or rather, the Marine Corps).Other military enforce the stick and stone attitude to enforcing hierachy.

Scolding/screaming/shouting is a norm, but Asian militaries seem to have their officers enforce a "I am your god not your older brother/father", which is the other way round in the US forces I have seen.

[AnimeFan188]

6 Legitimate Organizations That Secretly Act Like the Mafia:

"In every system at every level of society, you're bound to come across at least one
group bent on exploiting you with puppy-punching ruthlessness. That's just
business: Profit makes you shady. We're pretty sure that was the name of one of
Eminem's albums, actually. On the other hand, we have very high expectations of
hospitals and charities and the guys administering justice behind the bench. If we
can't trust people like them not to use their position to exploit the rest of us, who
can we trust?

Answer: No one, it turns out."

See:

http://www.cracked.com/article_20716...ike-mafia.html

[Tiberium Wolf]

China starts televising the sunrise on giant TV screens because Beijing is so clouded in smog

Hilarious. I can't stop laughing. Instead of directing all efforts to solve the problem we have this.

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Tiberium Wolf

China starts televising the sunrise on giant TV screens because Beijing is so clouded in smog

Hilarious. I can't stop laughing. Instead of directing all efforts to solve the problem we have this.

Hard work pays off later. Procrastination pays off now.

Fare concessions unveiled for poly students, low-wage workers and persons with disabilities in the face of 6% transport fare hike

Student concessionary fares and monthly concession passes will also be extended to Singaporean students Fare concessions unveiled for poly students, low-wage workers and persons with disabilities registered with the Council on Private Education (CPE).

Being able to study in a private institution full-time means that the student/parent is able to afford the costs that is inclusive of tuition and human necessities. So why are we working-adults-part-time-students forced to foot the expense for these coddled little shits?

[Xefi]

Good luck going to the bathroom in Sochi
Source: http://msn.foxsports.com/buzzer/stor...n-sochi-012114

Going to the bathroon could be a new Olympic event in Sochi.

It seems the folks who will be at the Games this February will have to be open to having company when using the faciilites.

As you can see below, the stalls in Sochi come equiped with two toilets. It also doesn't look like a toilet paper dispenser is in a suitable location.

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comments: i guess it's going to be very fun when you have to go pooping over there.

"hey dog, mind passing the toilet paper? it's too fu*king far away. i don't want you to be staring @
my wiener, a$$ and sh*t."

[MrTerrorist]

The Brazilian ranch where Nazis kept slaves

Well that's disturbing.

[Dhomochevsky]

I do not see the problem with the toilets as long as there is a lock on the door.
The first one in gets two toilets for himself.

[Tiberium Wolf]

And are those bathroom multisex? If yes then couples can go in and have bathroom sex without the constrains of space.

[Lord of Fire]

Originally Posted by Tiberium Wolf

And are those bathroom multisex? If yes then couples can go in and have bathroom sex without the constrains of space.

Well, somehow I get the feeling they wouldn't want two people of the same sex in there, especially not if that's their intention.

[Anh_Minh]

Originally Posted by Dhomochevsky

I do not see the problem with the toilets as long as there is a lock on the door.
The first one in gets two toilets for himself.

So their bathroom stalls have redundancy. It sounds great until you wonder how bad their plumbers are that they'd install something like that, and if you want to spend time near a backed up, overflowing toilet.

[AnimeFan188]

Ghost ship filled with ‘disease-ridden cannibal rats’ lost in Atlantic: report:

"A ghost ship possibly filled with “disease-ridden cannibal rats” is reportedly adrift in
the Atlantic Ocean, primed to strike oil rigs or the European coastline.

The MV Lyubov Orlova, an ocean liner that disappeared while traveling to the
Dominican Republic in February when a tow line broke, is worth $1 million, according
to BBC."

See:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...dden-cannibal/

[MrTerrorist]

Canada 'orders Briton to stop selling Marmite and Irn Bru'

Well that's very impolite.

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by MrTerrorist

Canada 'orders Briton to stop selling Marmite and Irn Bru'

Well that's very impolite.

The Canadian agency director should be subjected to the Queen's Justice and be punished for barring the sale of British food on a British land.

Off with his head!

[MrTerrorist]

Why The Ridiculous Candy Crush vs. Banner Saga Conflict Is Happening

I hope the courts reject King.com plans to trademark :Candy" and "Saga".

[SaintessHeart]

35-year-old jailed 12 months for BDSM acts with minor

Former advertising director engaged in sexual acts with 15-year-old after befriending her online

SINGAPORE — A former telco advertising director was today (Jan 21) jailed 12 months for sexual offences involving an underage girl.

Kwek Chuan Shan, 35, had earlier pleaded guilty to two counts of underage sex, with five other charges taken into consideration for sentencing.
Kwek befriended the girl, who was then 15, through dating and social networking website OkCupid in 2012.

In his online profile, he said he engaged in “bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, sadism and masochism”. The girl contacted him, and in their email exchanges, told him she was 15 years old.

On two occasions in November 2012, the girl went to Kwek’s apartment in Redhill Close, where the pair engaged in sexual acts which included Kwek tying her to a homemade metal frame. He also took sexually-explicit photographs of her.

The incident came to light after a church friend informed the girl’s father that he had received
sexually-explicit photographs of her.

In pressing for the court to hand down a jail term of between 12 and 15 months, Deputy Public Prosecutor Sharmila Sripathy-Shanaz said Kwek’s offence was a serious one, given the wide age gap.

“The evidence shows he had no reservations about taking advantage of the easy opportunity which presented itself to him, and exploited it fully to gratify his lust,” she added.
Noting that the minor may have actively initiated the encounter, Ms Sharmila pointed out that the law places the onus on the male adult to exercise restraint and discipline in curbing carnality.

In mitigation, Kwek’s lawyer Amarjit Singh told the court that his client was remorseful about what he had done. Kwek also addressed the court and apologised unreservedly to the minor and her family for the damage he had caused them.

In sentencing, District Judge Low Wee Ping noted the “significant” age disparity between Kwek and the girl, but also observed that there was no evidence that Kwek had corrupted the minor, nor that he was in a position of trust with the minor.

Kwek could have been jailed a maximum of 10 years and fined on each charge. CHANNEL NEWSASIA

He got away with only 1 year. Wow.

[Cosmic Eagle]

Eh not just 1 year....

A STERN 1 year corrective treatment hor

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Cosmic Eagle

Eh not just 1 year....

A STERN 1 year corrective treatment hor

But he only got 1 year by going " Oji-chan will teach you about how the painful side of love can be enjoyable!".