Silly/Odd News Stories from around the World

[Eisdrache]

Japanese dad challenges daughter's boyfriend to video game grudge match.

[AnimeFan188]

Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’ The Pentagon’s
Mysterious U.F.O. Program:

"In the $600 billion annual Defense Department budgets, the $22 million spent on the
Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program was almost impossible to find.

Which was how the Pentagon wanted it.

For years, the program investigated reports of unidentified flying objects, according to
Defense Department officials, interviews with program participants and records
obtained by The New York Times. It was run by a military intelligence official, Luis
Elizondo, on the fifth floor of the Pentagon’s C Ring, deep within the building’s maze.

The Defense Department has never before acknowledged the existence of the
program, which it says it shut down in 2012. But its backers say that, while the
Pentagon ended funding for the effort at that time, the program remains in existence.
For the past five years, they say, officials with the program have continued to
investigate episodes brought to them by service members, while also carrying out
their other Defense Department duties."

See:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/u...arry-reid.html


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U.S. Department Of Defense Video Shows Unknown Object Intercepted
By U.S. Navy Super Hornet And We Have No Idea What It Was.:

https://theaviationist.com/2017/12/1...a-what-it-was/


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There I Was: The X-Files Edition:

https://fightersweep.com/1460/x-files-edition/


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Head of Pentagon’s secret ‘UFO’ office sought to make evidence public:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...=.e070e1e48177

[MrTerrorist]

TSA agents are apparently still confused as to whether the District of Columbia is in the U.S. (Hint: it is)

I think the TSA should update their requirements to become a TSA agent is to learn all the US states and territories and World Geography.

[Anh_Minh]

Or at least distribute a cheat sheet to all their agents.

[MrTerrorist]

The FBI Once Thought ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Was Communist Propaganda

Makes me wonder of how deluded and petty Edgar Hoover was.

[MrTerrorist]

Roy Moore files last-minute lawsuit challenging Alabama result

What a sore loser. Rather than accept he lose because of the scandals of his past, he instead accuses a conspiracy try to stop him from winning.

[MrTerrorist]

Donald Trump's new ambassador to Netherlands struggles to defend claim Muslims 'burned' Dutch politicians

The best part was this:
“This is the Netherlands, you have to answer questions.”

[MrTerrorist]

Trump Supporters Tried To Arrest London's Mayor. People Laughed At Them

I'm laughing too on how much of a failure these guys are.

[Skulkraken]

Car Crashes Into 2nd Floor Dentist's Office

Haha, how does someone even manage to do something like this?

[AnimeFan188]

This former Navy pilot, who once chased a UFO, says we
should take them seriously:

"Fravor has been in the news recently after the New York Times broke the story that the
Pentagon had a secret program that investigated reports of UFOs. The Defense
Department says it closed down the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program
in 2012 after five years, but the program’s backers say it remains in existence,
investigating UFO reports from service members while carrying out other duties."

See:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...bDM/story.html

[Ithekro]

New California declares its independence from California (to remain in the United States of America)

I would be in this new state it seems.

[ChuckE]

Originally Posted by Ithekro

New California declares its independence from California (to remain in the United States of America)

I would be in this new state it seems.

Straight from Fallout But it seems somehow sudden and no specific news around the world or forums

[SeijiSensei]

Russia has been trying to fuel secession movements in both California and Texas. Representatives of both groups met with other
"independence" movements from places like Puerto Rico and Catalonia in Moscow last fall.

http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/...nap-story.html

A Facebook site promoting Texas secession was funded by the Russians as well.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...believed-them/

[Ithekro]

This isn't the first time California has tried to split itself up, nor their have been many attempts and many suggestions. My History Thesis paper was on the subject matter some 17 years ago, and since there have been at least two (now three) more attempts to break up the most populated state in the Union.

This version seems to want to go through the legal methods of state separation via the US Constitution, rather than the other methods used in the past. Ironically, the one that almost worked was the State of Jefferson back in 1941, as its movement was gaining ground and had a realistic gripe with California and Oregon's state governments. But the bombing of Pearl Harbor quieted down talks of succession, and the war effort saw new roads made and more industry needing the resource of the region anyway, so the locals more or less got what they wanted.....except they still would get mostly ignored politically by Sacramento and Salem.

[AnimeFan188]

Originally Posted by SeijiSensei

Russia has been trying to fuel secession movements in both California and Texas. Representatives of both groups met with other
"independence" movements from places like Puerto Rico and Catalonia in Moscow last fall.

http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/...nap-story.html

A Facebook site promoting Texas secession was funded by the Russians as well.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...believed-them/

China wants to stir the pot as well:

China threatens to arm Hawaii separatists who want kingdom:

"China has suggested arming Hawaii’s independence activists in retaliation for U.S.
arms sales to Taiwan and recently threatened to challenge American sovereignty by
making legal claims to the Pacific islands as its territory."

See:

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...s-who-want-ki/

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by Ithekro

This isn't the first time California has tried to split itself up, nor their have been many attempts and many suggestions. My History Thesis paper was on the subject matter some 17 years ago, and since there have been at least two (now three) more attempts to break up the most populated state in the Union.

other then pot, is there another source of tax dollars in the state of jefferson?

[Ithekro]

Back in 1940 it had a large logging and mining industry up there, but the roads were terrible making it difficult to profit on either, especially after any major storm and any time it snowed.

[MrTerrorist]

The Guy Who Played Barney the Dinosaur Now Runs a Tantric Sex Business

Well, looks like i won't see the song "I love you, you love me" the same way again.

[Galaxian]

‘Nutella Riots’ in France Show Price of a Sweet Tooth

They would go nuts if they ever went into a Costco.

[Key Board]

Originally Posted by MrTerrorist

The Guy Who Played Barney the Dinosaur Now Runs a Tantric Sex Business

Well, looks like i won't see the song "I love you, you love me" the same way again.

I wonder if they can sue him for pregnancy or is it part of the "no protection" clause