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General Category => Politics, Philosophy, News and/or Current Affairs => Topic started by: ttfg on June 18, 2009, 07:00:29 PM

Title: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on June 18, 2009, 07:00:29 PM
..for slightly interesting things that are not worthy of their own thread.

Woman junks mattress with fortune inside (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25619129-13762,00.html) no extra info on link for this one
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AN Israeli woman accidently threw out a mattress with more than $US1 million ($A1.25m) inside, setting off a frantic search through garbage at landfill sites.
The woman said she had purchased her elderly mother a new mattress as a surprise and threw out the old one, only to discover that her mother had hidden her life savings inside.
When she went to look for the mattress it had already been taken by garbage men, she said.
The woman searched several desposal sites but failed to recover the mattress.
Yitzhak Borba, the dump manager, said his staff  had helped the woman, saying she appeared "totally desperate".
He said he increased security at the site to deter would-be treasure hunters.
The woman said it could be worse.
"People have to take everything in proportion and thank God for the good and the bad," she said.

Japanese law lecturer jailed for mooning judge (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25620047-421,00.html)
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A JAPANESE law lecturer who bared her bottom to a judge will apply for bail pending an appeal against her recent convictions for threatening to kill court officials.
Megumi Ogawa, 41, was sentenced in March to six months' jail after a Brisbane District Court jury found her guilty of two counts each of using a carriage service to harass and using a carriage service to threaten to kill Australian Federal Court officials in 2006.

Tourist Chad Vance clung to Ghan train for two hours (http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,28318,25599450-5014090,00.html)
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Mr Vance said when he caught up to the stopped train, he started frantically banging on the windows of the first class dining carriage. He said the passengers ignored him because they "probably thought I was some crazy kid" outside.

Gerrit Blank survives meteorite hit (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25630575-13762,00.html)
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A YOUNG boy will be his mates' hero for a long time after survivng a direct hit by a meteorite, travelling at nearly 50,000 kilometers per hour
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on June 18, 2009, 08:01:29 PM
Man dons drag to collect dead mum's welfare (http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/18/2602444.htm)
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Thomas Parkin, 49, and accomplice Mhilton Rimolo, 47, face a 47 count indictment for collecting social security benefits amounting to $US52,000 and $US65,000 in rental assistance, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J Hynes.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on June 28, 2009, 01:55:42 PM
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Canadian kills women, feeds them to pigs

A Canadian farmer convicted of butchering women and feeding them to his pigs, who police say was the country's worst serial killer, will appeal his conviction, his lawyer said on Saturday.

Robert Pickton's lawyer Gil McKinnon said he will ask Canada's Supreme Court to decide if the former pig farmer had a fair trial.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/mp/5685708/canadian-kills-women-feeds-them-to-pigs/ (http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/mp/5685708/canadian-kills-women-feeds-them-to-pigs/)

Hahahahaha this subject was the plot of a Numb3rs episode recently.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Emperor Reagan on June 30, 2009, 05:40:11 PM
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updated 11:51 a.m. ET, Mon., June 29, 2009
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to allow victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to pursue lawsuits against Saudi Arabia and four Saudi princes over charitable donations allegedly funneled to al-Qaida.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31612811/ns/politics-white_house/ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31612811/ns/politics-white_house/)

No surprise, but it's kind of shitty that you can't sue real state sponsors of terrorist orginizations, while we'll go to war over spurious claims of state sponsorship of terrorism/wmds/whatever.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Emperor Reagan on July 02, 2009, 07:27:55 AM
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26673132/ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26673132/)

Aren't we in the middle of an "economic crisis?"  What the fuck is wrong with people.

Any parent that buys high heals for their baby should be beaten to death with said shoe and the babies should be drowned.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Nitya on July 02, 2009, 09:54:49 AM
Any parent that buys high heals for their baby should be beaten to death with said shoe and the babies should be drowned.
The babies are guilty by association!
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Emperor Reagan on July 02, 2009, 01:09:19 PM
Any parent that buys high heals for their baby should be beaten to death with said shoe and the babies should be drowned.
The babies are guilty by association!

Genetics.

Nature over nurture.  Kill them when they're little and save doing it later.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: (_)_)===D on July 02, 2009, 01:44:04 PM
Bonus for keeping them off the dole queue.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on July 02, 2009, 02:33:31 PM
We should just drown people who don't use birth control. Problem solved.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Emperor Reagan on July 02, 2009, 02:55:50 PM
So we get to drown all the Catholics?!?

I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE PARTY AT THE BEACH!
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Thrash on July 03, 2009, 07:02:06 AM
*hides*

Side note: I was CHRISTENED CATHOLIC; I'm HEATHEN now, believe you me!

*goes back to hiding*
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on July 03, 2009, 09:02:00 AM
You're not an idiot, you don't go around spreading your Davey gravy on every ovary you can get to. You will be spared when the revolution comes. Pun intended.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Emperor Reagan on July 10, 2009, 08:37:47 AM
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These are the geniuses who made an ugly mess of the core business of banking -- which is to make good loans. To make up for their huge losses in that business, bankers have essentially been reduced to flim-flam fee-scammers. Last year, assessment of consumer fees became the main business of banks, totaling 53 percent of the industry's income!
http://www.alternet.org/workplace/141192/big_bankers_mounting_sneak_attack_on_consumers/ (http://www.alternet.org/workplace/141192/big_bankers_mounting_sneak_attack_on_consumers/)

I actually joined a credit union and closed all of my accounts at big banks precisely because of the fees they were charging.  Chevy Chase Bank was charging me $10 a month just to have an account there after I cancelled direct deposit.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: (_)_)===D on July 10, 2009, 09:34:17 AM
Chevy Chase is such a dick.

On a serious note, I find it difficult to humor the notion that the fees free-for-all is a recent phenomena. It's been growing more and more outrageous for at least the last 12 years or more. The least offensive bank I've found so far was Commerce, now TD Bank. But really, how long will it be until they're absorbed by another bank that's putting the screws to the public?
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on July 10, 2009, 09:51:46 AM
Wachovia is pretty fee free. I've been with them for 5 years now and am pretty satisfied.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Emperor Reagan on July 10, 2009, 10:10:58 AM
When I was a teenager and got my first checking account, they used to call you when you had insufficient funds in your account and give you an opportunity to come in and make a deposit to cover it.  

Now they just charge you $39 and send you a slip in the mail 3 days later.  If you happen to make a mistake, if the bank makes a mistake, or if a merchant double or triple authorizes your check card, you can really get fucked because you won't know for a few days if you're not checking your online balance all of the time.  The absolute worst is when the bank makes an error resulting in bounced checks and you've got to argue with them to get them to refund the fees that were only incurred because they fucked something up.  



Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on July 10, 2009, 10:19:30 AM
Oh I totally agree. Steelie man and I go out for Thai, they swipe my card. It times out because during lunch rush credit card servers are overtaxed so they swipe it again. They double charge my card. Happens regularly. Wachovia usually resets the whole thing and refunds the overdraft fees. But yeah, the whole digitalization of the banking industry is supposed to make things faster and better.

I blame Mosh.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: (_)_)===D on July 10, 2009, 10:32:21 AM
Wachovia is pretty fee free. I've been with them for 5 years now and am pretty satisfied.

Man, Wachovia fucked me so many times. The most craziest was when I had enough of their bullshit charges and decided to switch banks. Here's a shorthand version of the last time they fucked me:

They put a HOLD for no reason whatsoever on a $1500 check I deposited which then caused the following checks to bounce:

The check I used to open a new account at a competing bank
The checks I had written drawn on the new account
The checks I had written to the Wachovia account that I was waiting to clear before I closed the account.

All of the sudden all of my money was being stolen because of Wachovia's hold on this check that I had no idea about. When I went to the branch to find out what the fuck was going on they were all like, "There's been a hold placed on this check you deposited."

I was like, "For what? I've been banking here for years and I've never even heard of such a thing."

Their reply: "Sorry, but we reserve the option to place holds on checks whenever we feel it's required."

So, basicly, they saw that I was depositing a large check in my own name into another bank and decided to totally fuck me. Their little stunt cost me like three or four hundred dollars. How can they get away with such blatant theft?

It's also Wachovia's policy (and no, they're not alone) to process transactions in order from largest to smallest, thereby hitting you with as many fees as possible if you overdraw your account.

Example: You have 50 bucks in your account and the following transactions are posting today: -$15, -$30,  -$5, -$10, -$5.

Here's how they process it (regardless of what time of day or even DAY the transactions originally were created).

-30, -15, -10 (now you're overdrawn five bucks), -5, -5. They just hit you for THREE overdraft charges instead of one by processing the transactions this way.

Banks make me sick. They're another indication of what's wrong with this country.




Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on July 10, 2009, 10:36:16 AM
Oh we definitely need reform. The problem is when you reform something to make it more consumer positive and less profit oriented, no one wants to do it and service suffers greatly. So you'll walk into a bank and the Guatemalan woman who was working at Hardees last week is now your bank teller.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Emperor Reagan on July 10, 2009, 11:09:58 AM
Society should in general be less profit oriented.

In general, the only way you make huge profit margins is either by fucking someone over (banks & customer fees, for example) or redistributing costs (taxpayers subsidizing various industries, environmental and social costs being picked up by taxpayers, etc.).
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Emperor Reagan on July 10, 2009, 11:16:39 AM
Society should in general be less profit oriented.

In general, the only way you make huge profit margins is either by fucking someone over (banks & customer fees, or cutting benefits for your employees, for example) or redistributing costs (taxpayers subsidizing various industries, environmental and social costs being picked up by taxpayers, etc.).
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: mosh on July 13, 2009, 07:22:08 PM
I blame Mosh.

It is true. It's all my doing, mwhahahahahaha....

I closed my cheque account about a decade ago, and havent suffered for it at all. There's nothing I cant do electronically that I could do with a cheque.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on July 13, 2009, 08:16:28 PM
Inflict paper cuts.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on July 14, 2009, 02:18:11 AM
Ummmm paoper cuts
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Drugmoth on July 14, 2009, 02:20:22 AM
Had Tru been hitting the sauce?
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on July 14, 2009, 02:26:38 AM
posbaly
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: mosh on July 24, 2009, 12:49:47 AM
Only in Florida
Council employee fired over porn star wife (http://www.smh.com.au/world/council-employee-fired-over-porn-star-wife-20090724-dv46.html)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: 13chemicals on July 26, 2009, 05:19:53 AM
Just shows that porn is bad for people with the porn star as one of the people in the relationship, and bad for people's relationships where one of the partners watches porn.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on July 28, 2009, 12:39:06 AM
So porn is just generally bad? When did this happen and why wasn't I informed.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: mosh on July 28, 2009, 05:32:23 AM
You have been misinformed... porn is actually healthy for you...
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Nitya on August 10, 2009, 04:32:25 PM
Cat Downloads Child Porn (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/deadlineusa/2009/aug/07/cat-download-child-pornography)

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Dogs have been blamed for eating homework - now a Florida man says his cat downloaded child pornography.

Police are charging Keith Griffin of Jensen Beach, Florida with 10 counts of possession of child pornography after finding more than 1,000 images on his personal computer.

Griffin told police he had been downloading music, and that his cat jumped on the keyboard when he left the room. He said "strange things" appeared on the computer when he returned.

He is being held in Martin county jail on $250,000 bond. No word on any charges against the cat.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on August 10, 2009, 06:28:37 PM
Only in Florida...

Isn't that called "The Townsend Defense"?
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: FAH-Q on August 10, 2009, 06:34:28 PM
Nah, we won't get fooled again.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on August 10, 2009, 07:29:05 PM
*rimshot*

Wanna do standup on my charters?
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: fyrenza on August 11, 2009, 04:02:35 PM
Society should in general be less profit oriented.

In general, the only way you make huge profit margins is either by fucking someone over (banks & customer fees, or cutting benefits for your employees, for example) or redistributing costs (taxpayers subsidizing various industries, environmental and social costs being picked up by taxpayers, etc.).

Hot DAMN, i'm not the ONLY fool around here that hits the Quote button instead of the Modify button!   ;D

i'm beginning to like you more and more, Rag!
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on August 11, 2009, 04:41:41 PM
Politically you two aren't really that far apart.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: fyrenza on August 11, 2009, 04:55:18 PM
Politically you two aren't really that far apart.

So i'm noticing!  Good thing i went with my second choice for reaction ~ waiting and reading more ~ rather than the First:

"You Suck-Fuckin'-Son-Of-A-Bitch-UNCLE-Fucker!!!"   ;D
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Nitya on August 25, 2009, 08:42:17 AM
Is wearing a 'Hitler' moustache a good idea? (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8218726.stm)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Nitya on August 27, 2009, 04:25:29 PM
Nude Model Arrested (http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/aug/27/metropolitan-museum-nude-model-arrest)

US prisoners get spending money to boost economy (http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/aug/27/us-prisoners-stimulus-money)

Japan politicians seek enlightenment from higher forces than voters (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2009/aug/27/japan-election-liberal-zen-buddhism)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: fyrenza on August 27, 2009, 06:39:24 PM
Nude Model Arrested (http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/aug/27/metropolitan-museum-nude-model-arrest)

US prisoners get spending money to boost economy (http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/aug/27/us-prisoners-stimulus-money)

Japan politicians seek enlightenment from higher forces than voters (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2009/aug/27/japan-election-liberal-zen-buddhism)


This is starting to be Some Serious Shit ...
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on August 27, 2009, 09:25:27 PM
Cats can do weird shit with computers. They know key combinations that aren't documented anywhere!
I'm tellin ya ...
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on August 27, 2009, 09:33:41 PM
Yeah like the guy who got busted with kiddie porn and blamed it on his cat?

Or was that specifically what you meant...?
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: 13chemicals on August 28, 2009, 01:00:00 AM
Nope it's not good for anyone, (porn).  It makes women insecure and allows men to objectify women.  I went to see this movie last night named Amarcord and it just shows how different the way men thought 40 years ago.  Men thought women with curves were hot and wank worthy and now they have to be skinny with big fake tits and look 18.  It's impossible to live up to that image as a woman and that is why more and more women are feeling less and less worthy of being sexy.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: bagman on August 28, 2009, 02:22:19 AM
Fuck! That was last night and tonight at the Paramount eh? Love Amarcord. That kid gets some big fat titty-sucking action haha.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on August 28, 2009, 09:11:51 AM
40 years ago men thought women with curves were hot and wank worthy and now they have to be skinny with big fake tits and look 18.

That's me, always fashionably late...
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Emperor Reagan on August 28, 2009, 11:34:04 AM
I've long thought the most attractive feature in a woman was wanting to fuck me...body type isn't such a big deal.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: tricky on August 28, 2009, 11:52:17 AM
Know what I really want in a girl?

Me.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on August 28, 2009, 02:34:56 PM
Oh but you're not self-absorbed at all!

Have you and your mirror synched your periods yet?
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: 13chemicals on August 29, 2009, 02:42:18 AM
I bet Tricky and I will be synched up after Japan.  Yay!  Girl talk!
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: FAH-Q on August 29, 2009, 02:40:54 PM
Know what I really want in a girl?

Me.

?
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on August 29, 2009, 05:16:25 PM
Too many posts without news links.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: FAH-Q on August 29, 2009, 06:24:32 PM
Know what I really want in a girl?

Me.

?

Damnit, that didn't fucking work. It was supposed to be the Pi symbol.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on August 29, 2009, 07:46:29 PM
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and now they have to be skinny with big fake tits and look 18.

Yeah this is not really accurate. Just as they are trying to sell that image to young girls for some reason so to are they expecting people such as yourself to reinforce it.

It simply isn't true, men still like mature women with curves. But what we want doesn't seem to matter anymore that's all.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Nitya on September 01, 2009, 01:15:33 PM
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/mar/27/schoolsworldwide.foodanddrink (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/mar/27/schoolsworldwide.foodanddrink)  -  It amused me.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/sep/01/ex-bnp-member-fined-names-leak (http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/sep/01/ex-bnp-member-fined-names-leak)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Doormouse on September 01, 2009, 10:54:46 PM
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/wildlife-group-condemns-a-911-tsunami-ad (http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/wildlife-group-condemns-a-911-tsunami-ad) - hilariously poor taste
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: underclass on September 02, 2009, 02:56:01 AM
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10594761 (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10594761)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on September 02, 2009, 03:10:49 AM
"even though she and husband Jim Bob were on Weight Watchers"

ahahaha.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: 13chemicals on September 02, 2009, 05:43:04 AM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1210341/Being-bad-good-Playing-blaring-rock-music-skipping-housework-actually-boost-health.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1210341/Being-bad-good-Playing-blaring-rock-music-skipping-housework-actually-boost-health.html)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: FAH-Q on September 02, 2009, 03:35:16 PM
I like it!
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: 13chemicals on September 03, 2009, 02:43:02 AM
I like it too, but I don't know how much of it is true.  People are always chasing after that next new fact or statistic.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: tricky on September 03, 2009, 10:21:00 AM
If that article is true I must be the healthiest person that ever lived!
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: underclass on September 07, 2009, 01:42:12 AM
Yakuza group forcing members to take 'gangster exam'
OTSU -- Japan's largest and most notorious organized crime group, the Yamaguchi-gumi, is forcing members to take a "gangster exam" in order to reduce costly damages suits, police have discovered.

An affiliate based in Shiga Prefecture is distributing written tests on the revised Anti-Organized Crime Law, which allows higher-ranking gang members to be sued for the actions of their subordinates, as a preventative measure against future lawsuits. Police believe the test has been introduced by Yamaguchi-gumi groups across the country.

Police first discovered the test during an investigation of a member of the affiliate. A 12-question exam paper, complete with model answers, was among the items confiscated.

Questions included "What kind of activities are banned?" with "dumping industrial waste; bootlegging fuel; theft of construction vehicles and other expensive items; phone fraud scams" etc. listed as the correct answers.

The model answer to the final question, "What are you required to do in all your activities?" was: "report and consult with my bosses."

Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on September 07, 2009, 03:18:56 AM
I thought all Yakuza have moved into 'protection' for business owners. Seems I might be right. As far as organized crime goes, I like the Yaks, they seem far more reasonable than others.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Doormouse on September 23, 2009, 09:37:30 PM
Crazy Right-wing nuts kill a guy: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=8655943 (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=8655943)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on September 24, 2009, 12:46:55 AM
That's fucked up. Classic first paragraph though..
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: mosh on September 24, 2009, 04:08:13 AM
This is important news: http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/lifematters/female-soldiers-in-push-for-safer-bras-20090923-g2mj.html (http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/lifematters/female-soldiers-in-push-for-safer-bras-20090923-g2mj.html)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: underclass on September 24, 2009, 04:10:47 AM
time for a career change. it's sweedish bra testing from now forth!
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on September 24, 2009, 07:13:35 AM
I think we need proof that Swedish female conscripts actually NEED bras. I mean, much like the majority of female posters here, one must occasionally ask oneself, "Would I buy shoes if I had no feet?"
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Daddy on September 24, 2009, 10:35:32 AM
No need for titty fucking, then.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: tricky on September 24, 2009, 01:19:46 PM
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Doormouse on September 29, 2009, 10:06:59 PM
Rather than starting a new thread, I'll ask here:
Nick, did you get any part of the tsunami today? Good wild beach or anything?
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: underclass on September 29, 2009, 11:37:26 PM
not in Tokyo. The surfers liked it in Kiwiland however
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on September 30, 2009, 04:19:25 AM
NKG seemed to go on about it forever.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Doormouse on October 03, 2009, 06:32:52 PM
I don't want to go and dig up all the articles again, but this coming year (2010) is projected by NASA as the start of the peak of the current solar cycle (it's supposed to run until 2012). Not only that, but astronomers are pretty much in agreement that this solar-max is supposed to be a true doozy. It's supposed to approach 1958 emission levels which means that I'm going to be looking out my windows a lot more this winter around 4 or 5AM. In '58, the aurora was apparently so strong that telegraph operators were able to use the fluctuations in the magnetosphere to communicate without any power, and the lights were visible as far south as Cuba!

Apparently our communication satellites appear to be in some danger of getting knocked out, and our power grids may also be effected. Canada lost power during a much smaller solar max in the late 80s. But despite all this I think it's worth it. Auroras are about the closest we get to magic in this modern day of bells and whistles. Let the sun knock out our artificial lights and force us to be overwhelmed by the splendor above.

Although winter is the most common time for Auroras, I'd really like to see one this summer when I plan to head to Easter Island for the solar eclipse. An aurora over an eclipse would be the event of the century.

EDIT: Dang. I actually went back to find the articles after posting this only to discover that the predictions have been recalculated:
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/29may_noaaprediction.htm (http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/29may_noaaprediction.htm)
Maybe it won't be so impressive after all, and maybe it'll be more like 2013... Ah well...
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: 13chemicals on October 04, 2009, 01:35:50 AM
If there is a 2013...
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Emperor Reagan on October 05, 2009, 07:58:44 AM
Don't worry, there won't be.


Here's some crazy Christian fundamentalists who want you to pay them a few thousands dollars to show your children images of aborted fetuses and try to convince your children that there is no separation between church & state through punk rock!

http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2009/10/01/bachmann-to-raise-funds-controversial-christian-punk-ministry (http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2009/10/01/bachmann-to-raise-funds-controversial-christian-punk-ministry)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: 13chemicals on October 05, 2009, 05:29:31 PM
I don't have any children because they are all aborted fetuses.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Daddy on October 05, 2009, 06:03:10 PM
One of my children was a miscarriage at five and a half months. It was probably for the better. I was 17 at the time.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: FAH-Q on October 05, 2009, 06:10:37 PM
I could've had a seven year old right now.

Thankfully steps were taken.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: 13chemicals on October 08, 2009, 01:01:00 AM
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: taiko on October 08, 2009, 09:44:48 AM
that's a stupid kid.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: (_)_)===D on October 08, 2009, 10:13:50 AM
Holy shit, he's utterly retarded.

He might as well be dealing drugs inside a police station.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Doormouse on October 08, 2009, 07:49:42 PM
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/us/politics/08genealogy.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/us/politics/08genealogy.html)

I thought this was pretty cool. It's a genealogical tale from slave to first lady.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Nitya on October 09, 2009, 11:40:41 AM
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2009-10-09-nasa-moon-probe_N.htm (http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2009-10-09-nasa-moon-probe_N.htm)

we watched this today in physics. it really was rather anti climatic but still, did get to see the moon in more detail. We watched live from NASAs webfeed.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Doormouse on October 09, 2009, 11:44:42 AM
Go Earth! We showed those moon men what's what...
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Phaedrus on October 09, 2009, 07:25:46 PM
Today was an interesting news day watching CNN.  Obama got the Nobel peace prize for existing in office for a few months, Palin publicly offered her support to two republicans running for office and they said, "No thanks, please go away.", Rush Limbaugh talked about buying the Rams and 90% of the team threatened to strike, and we declared war on the moon.

It was a good day.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: taiko on October 10, 2009, 02:17:21 PM
NO BOOM?

STUPID SYENS MEN.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: underclass on October 12, 2009, 03:46:06 AM
Biggest clusterfuck (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10602771) of 2009?
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on October 12, 2009, 06:41:56 AM
30-50 Rollies a DAY?!?! Jaysus...
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: taiko on October 12, 2009, 09:42:48 AM
Biggest clusterfuck (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10602771) of 2009?

If that were in the US, you'd be looking at a hundred million dollar lawsuit.  I wonder what will happen to the hospital in the UK; it sounds like it came down to a thorough investigation, and British resolve to adhere to policy.

Where's that thread about US Healthcare reform...?
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Nitya on October 12, 2009, 03:29:12 PM
Oh hospitals suck in the UK.

There was a woman who was on the radio today, she had gone undercover and filmed some undercover stuff for the BBC that was really shocking...
As a result she was struck from the nursing register. Now it seems she has a 1 year ban from nursing.


It may be free but it doesn't mean it's good.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: FAH-Q on October 12, 2009, 05:45:40 PM
30-50 Rollies a DAY?!?! Jaysus...

People in England smoke rollies like everyone else smokes regular cigs. They're just cheaper.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on October 12, 2009, 06:12:11 PM
Oh please. I'm around a lot of Irish and they smoke more than the Brits, they're naturally nervous or something. But 30-50? I was a heavy smoker, still am when I drink and don't get near that.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: FAH-Q on October 12, 2009, 06:30:01 PM
I used to do 40 daily, minimum. 60-80 if I went out. Not rollies, but I did used to smoke 'em when I was younger, and would smoke 20-25 in a day easy.

My mum cut down from 80 to 40 Gitanes/Gauloises a day when she was pregnant with me.

Some people smoke a lot, just sayin'.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: 13chemicals on October 13, 2009, 03:28:22 AM
I now smoke 2-3 cigs a day.  I'm no quitter.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Phaedrus on October 14, 2009, 05:56:29 PM
Damn, everyone tells me I smoke too much, and I've only ever been about a pack of Winstons a day.  Maybe a little over a pack sometimes, if I'm working on something and need to concentrate.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: FAH-Q on October 14, 2009, 06:03:09 PM
Yeah, that's too much.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: underclass on October 14, 2009, 07:30:05 PM
Yeah, that's too much.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: 13chemicals on October 15, 2009, 01:10:36 AM
1 is too many and a 1000 is never enough... blah blah blah.  Non-smokers annoy me when they get drunk and bum start bumming cigs from me. 
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on October 15, 2009, 01:20:42 AM
Totally.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: FAH-Q on October 15, 2009, 02:58:39 AM
This non-smoker doesn't ever just have one, no matter how drunk, because this non-smoker knows that just one = buying a pack tomorrow.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: 13chemicals on October 15, 2009, 03:35:30 AM
Who said you had to buy a pack to be a smoker?  You just take half of the pack from the dead beat your roommate is dating.  It's fool proof when the fools are sleeping.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: underclass on October 15, 2009, 03:46:12 AM
Non-smokers annoy me when they get drunk and bum start bumming cigs from me. 

Me in Japan, look forward to it
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on October 15, 2009, 07:06:09 AM
Non-smokers annoy me when they get drunk and bum start bumming cigs from me. 

Tulip. Seriously.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on October 15, 2009, 04:00:00 PM
Up, up and away !!

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/6-year-old-alone-in-hot-air-balloon-over-colorado/?hp (http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/6-year-old-alone-in-hot-air-balloon-over-colorado/?hp)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on October 15, 2009, 04:20:00 PM
Yeah I watched it unfold on The Weather Channel. It was empty. They're thinking the kid passed out from lack of oxygen and fell out. Nice.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Doormouse on October 15, 2009, 04:37:51 PM
It's on every channel.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on October 15, 2009, 04:38:46 PM
Just saw it 'live'. 6.37 am ? hmm. The ABC is going get in trouble for this one.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on October 15, 2009, 04:43:14 PM
Wonder how high a 6 year old would bounce from 5000 feet?
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on October 15, 2009, 04:49:27 PM
1' - 1'6" maybe. Depends on what he landed on.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Phaedrus on October 15, 2009, 06:11:41 PM
CNN's saying right now he was found alive and well.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: taiko on October 16, 2009, 09:22:48 AM
I weas hearing bits & pieces of this story at work.  On the drive home, NPR told me it was basically a media blitz over a child's hoax (it was a brother that said he'd climbed into the balloon).
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Doormouse on October 16, 2009, 12:55:39 PM
It was an encoded message by the news media.
Translation: Nothing noteworthy happened yesterday.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on October 16, 2009, 12:57:59 PM
The chance of broadcasting a 6yo kid crash and burn, live on TV, trumps anything on most days.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Doormouse on October 18, 2009, 01:03:36 PM
Publicity stunt. Charges filed.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on October 25, 2009, 09:03:28 PM
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on October 26, 2009, 02:49:46 AM
Holy shit, he's utterly retarded.

He might as well be dealing drugs inside a police station.

Hahahahahaha That reminds me, I actually DID deal drugs from the basement of a police station!

It had been partially converted to an independent club for youth. But the police station attached to it was still in use.

Anyone that looks at least 12 can buy beer in Germany. Or as some said could reach high enough to put their money on the counter.

I was about 19 at the time and I dealt hash and sometimes mescaline and acid.  Smalltime though. I also manufactured a few pipes.


Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on October 30, 2009, 01:46:44 PM
NZ dont want Nick to have kids....

Quote
it would be far better for this appalling underclass to be offered financial inducements not to have children, given the toxic environment that they would provide for any child in their care

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26280835-23109,00.html (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26280835-23109,00.html)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on October 30, 2009, 02:55:29 PM
Well what would you expect from a country that BEATS IT'S CHILDREN!!!!! (http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25963302-16953,00.html)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Emperor Reagan on October 30, 2009, 03:09:58 PM
There are nearly 7 billion people on this planet.  At current growth rates, we'll hit 9 billion by 2050 if we don't hit our Malthusian catastrophe before then.

I'm against paying people to not reproduce.  I'm for random, forced sterilization.

Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on October 30, 2009, 03:13:25 PM
And lots of it.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Emperor Reagan on November 01, 2009, 12:13:33 PM
Also, if we wiped all the Catholics & Muslims off of the face of the earth, we could reduce population by nearly 3 billion!
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: fyrenza on November 02, 2009, 10:53:07 PM
Sounds like a plan!

Who can you hire to DO the dastardly deed?
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on November 03, 2009, 12:28:34 PM
I'm willing to do it. But I'll need a hell of a lot of ammo!

Oh, and an expense account.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Doormouse on November 03, 2009, 12:35:11 PM
Vote on gay marriage if you're reading this, Dylan. The Maine vote is today. Do it, fag.

Also there's a medical marijuana vote on the Maine ballot.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Doormouse on November 05, 2009, 05:03:41 PM
43 shot in Fort Hood by 2 or 3 shooters. One of them was a Major. Not bad. Anybody live near there?
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Emperor Reagan on November 05, 2009, 05:33:45 PM
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/carrie-prejean-miss-usa-pageant-lawsuit-sex-tape/story?id=9005288 (http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/carrie-prejean-miss-usa-pageant-lawsuit-sex-tape/story?id=9005288)

That stupid cunt Carrie Prejean hated on gays, managed to get herself fired (seriously, how?!?) from being a beauty pageant winner, then thought it would be a good idea to sue the pageant officials while apparently having a sex tape in circulation.

I do like that Jesus apparently thinks engaging in premarital sex (and videotaping it!) is ok, but gay marriage is an affront to Christian values.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on November 05, 2009, 06:12:55 PM
Another dumb bitch. With nice tits.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: FAH-Q on November 05, 2009, 06:21:37 PM
The best money can buy!
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: fyrenza on November 06, 2009, 02:51:36 AM
43 shot in Fort Hood by 2 or 3 shooters. One of them was a Major. Not bad. Anybody live near there?

It's up north, between Austin and Fort Worth/Dallas, so the Austinite's are the closest.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on November 06, 2009, 05:00:15 AM
Only one shooter. The base Psychiatrist.

 
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on November 06, 2009, 05:07:51 AM
... with a brand new take on self-medicating.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on November 06, 2009, 06:46:41 AM
NPR reported last night that he had been reprimanded for proselytizing Islam to his patients returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, but he was recently promoted to Major so that can't be right. Anyway if he had been doing that one of his patients would have fragged him long ago...
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on November 06, 2009, 08:54:09 AM
Well, it clearly isnt the army's fault.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on November 06, 2009, 09:27:26 AM
Clearly. Because when you come back from a year of Muslims trying to kill you, the first person you want to tell your troubles to is a Muslim...

EDIT: Corrected for clarity.

ADDED: It's obvious (based on reporting) that this guy has had issues with the wars, being in the army and his fellow soldiers for quite some time. So lest you think I was serious, this guy should have been cut loose a long time ago. Unfortunately when the army needs warm bodies to both dispatch and stop flying bits of metal they don't really give a shit what a number in a uniform thinks.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Doormouse on November 06, 2009, 09:34:28 AM
We should probably round up all Muslims and place them in internment camps for the duration of this war on terror. It would keep obvious Al-Qaeda events like this from happening and how could it have any negative splashback? It worked in WWII, and the Japanese love us.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Emperor Reagan on November 06, 2009, 09:42:35 AM
If you also include catholics and evangelicals, then I am all for "internment camps" in the sense that conspiracy theorists keep imagining them - with guillotines & mass graves.

It'll be an implementation of my population reduction plan and can set an example for the rest of the world!
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on November 06, 2009, 10:04:00 AM
Oh just cut out all the bullshit and spray birth control over every landmass.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Doormouse on November 06, 2009, 10:22:28 AM
Yeah, but with a little bit of the arbeit macht frei, we could work down the national debt. I like the idea of camps.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: (_)_)===D on November 06, 2009, 11:32:23 AM
you fucking nazi
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on November 06, 2009, 11:40:01 AM
Lead can be used for 'birth control'.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Doormouse on November 06, 2009, 01:23:34 PM
you fucking nazi
Muslim sympathizer!
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: fyrenza on November 06, 2009, 02:34:56 PM
If the whole point of "war" is to Conquer New Territory,

when did anyone decide that Occupation of conquered territories was Politically Incorrect?

SNAP!  Oh yeah :

when the loser's started whining and crying about their culture, their belongings and their rights,

which, if they LOST, they really don't HAVE any of, anymore.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Doormouse on November 06, 2009, 02:48:57 PM
Victors in wars of conquest have never considered the complaints of the conquered to be politically relevant.
I think you have the wrong idea about why we're at war.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: fyrenza on November 06, 2009, 02:57:01 PM
Not really ~ i'm trying to look at the whole Idea of war, and what it's supposed to accomplish.

The reason  for war?

Is ALWAYS "We don't agree with them, nor particularly like them."  Oh!  And the ever-popular:  "We want what they've got."
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Doormouse on November 06, 2009, 03:18:24 PM
Sounds like you're under the false impression that we're at war with Afghanistan and/or Iraq.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on November 06, 2009, 07:36:47 PM
If the whole point of "war" is to Conquer New Territory,

think you have the wrong idea about why we're at war.

Their "territory" was conquered long ago when it was split up and provisioned out to various puppet leaders by the British to limit any single factions power.
The one thing they never really conquered and never will, is the people themselves.

The US is committed to maintaining an artificial reality in the middle east. 
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: underclass on November 07, 2009, 06:42:04 AM
Zoomie - please let the purchaser of this (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10607887) be you. Please.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on November 07, 2009, 06:57:59 AM
That has to be the worst of it's kind I have seen over the last 15 years. (since they became really cool)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on November 07, 2009, 07:31:05 AM
OK but I want the same NHRA sticker and I want the piping and trim in burgundy, not blue.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: underclass on November 10, 2009, 12:48:47 AM
(http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/693/newssh.jpg)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on November 10, 2009, 07:09:11 AM
I SOOOOOO hope that's Essex Ave in Baltimore...
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on November 10, 2009, 09:40:05 AM
One of the Highschools I went to is burning as a type this. I heard the trucks racing to a fire, wet for a drive and sniffed the location out. Should have a pic of it in the morning.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: taiko on November 10, 2009, 10:05:40 AM
One of the Highschools I went to is burning as a type this. I heard the trucks racing to a fire, wet for a drive and sniffed the location out. Should have a pic of it in the morning.

Oh, sure.  You were supposed to have a video of you getting your ass kicked, too.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on November 10, 2009, 10:23:33 AM
The 3 frames I am visible in the vid wasent worth the lawyer to get a copy.

A school buring always has a pic pub'd somewhere.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: underclass on November 10, 2009, 10:04:51 PM
(http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/2386/neighbours.jpg)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on November 10, 2009, 10:19:55 PM
Tru, why don't you just ask her out?
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on November 11, 2009, 01:32:27 AM
(http://images.whereilive.com.au/images/uploads/2009/11/11/090deb628c82ffb78010585d1be7be4e_resized.JPG)

HA. I was standing behind the guy who took this pic... I think.  There was about oh 7 people snapping shots.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Emperor Reagan on November 11, 2009, 12:41:41 PM
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/world/asia/11policy.html?_r=2&hp (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/world/asia/11policy.html?_r=2&hp)

Looks like keeping gold ole Robert Gates around had another little devil sitting on the president's shoulder trying to get him to expand the war in Afghanistan.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on November 11, 2009, 06:01:55 PM
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Emperor Reagan on November 11, 2009, 06:47:39 PM
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on November 11, 2009, 06:57:26 PM
Exactly why I don't give a shit. The place  needs an internal revolution. Look what it did for the French!

On second thought, just nuke 'em.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Daddy on November 11, 2009, 06:58:37 PM
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/four-men-in-nude-carwash-romp/story-fn3dxiwe-1225796126794 (http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/four-men-in-nude-carwash-romp/story-fn3dxiwe-1225796126794)

I read this and just thought... Four Oz men on bad times? Or just another day at L-G?
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: fyrenza on November 12, 2009, 01:12:22 AM
That Police Sergeant was real With-It, eh?

i know that when i'm running around, nude, in the car wash,

the ONLY thing i'm concerned about "putting out" is my eyes ...
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: fyrenza on November 12, 2009, 07:01:10 PM
This just in:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/bizarre/6714992.html (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/bizarre/6714992.html)

Down in the Comments:
    
thaweedsmoker wrote:
FOr the first time in my life I want to go to prison
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: mosh on November 14, 2009, 12:57:57 AM
Exactly why I don't give a shit. The place  needs an internal revolution. Look what it did for the French!

Or Iran.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on November 14, 2009, 08:00:23 AM
Unfair comparison.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: taiko on November 14, 2009, 08:49:56 AM
Okay, fine - Boxer Rebellion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_Rebellion).  Happy now?
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: mosh on November 14, 2009, 06:04:25 PM
The Boxers lost. The Persians didnt. And its hardly an unfair comparison, the Iranians got what they wanted at the time, Westerners out. The French got what they wanted at the time, Royalty out.

Maybe I should have mentioned Cuba instead?
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: taiko on November 14, 2009, 08:02:49 PM
The Boxers lost.

Maybe Zoomie's more comfortable with a rebellion that ends in eventual failure.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on November 14, 2009, 09:03:32 PM
The Jockstrap Club - John Hughes

/game thread.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread
Post by: ttfg on November 15, 2009, 03:59:19 PM
Shoot first...

"It was about 1am and running away from us - from the tail end it just looked like a big pig,"

http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/11/16/101241_ntnews.html (http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/11/16/101241_ntnews.html)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on November 18, 2009, 06:52:34 PM
FOR THE LOVE OF CHRIST NOOOOO!!!! (http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/108191/leggo-your-eggo-theres-a-waffle-shortage)

In other news, DON'T YOU LIMEY FUCKS LET HERSHEY GET CONTROL OF CADBURY!!! (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_bi_ge/us_hershey_cadbury_2)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on November 18, 2009, 07:05:41 PM
We lost Arnott's even after somebody poisoned the biscuts in protest of the same to Campbell Soup. Didnt do any harm... 'cept them job losses.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on November 25, 2009, 01:23:57 AM
Record company exec arrested for failure to tweet

http://www.itwire.com/content/view/29590/532/ (http://www.itwire.com/content/view/29590/532/)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on November 26, 2009, 03:37:43 AM
Quote
elony assault, endangering the welfare of a child, obstruction of governmental administration, reckless endangerment, and criminal nuisance.

Trumped up bullshit, I hope he sues. Then again, he's a record exec, I hope they hang him.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: mosh on November 26, 2009, 12:04:47 PM
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-world/pig-farts-spark-australia-gas-scare-20091126-juec.html (http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-world/pig-farts-spark-australia-gas-scare-20091126-juec.html)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on November 26, 2009, 01:41:56 PM
HA. That one was fwd to me 10 times today.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: mosh on November 26, 2009, 04:16:14 PM
I've been in Axedale, and yes, the inhabitants ARE that stupid.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on November 26, 2009, 09:59:43 AM
HAHAHAHA (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_state_dinner_uninvited_guests)

Look at Biden goin' for some titty!
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: underclass on November 26, 2009, 10:58:25 AM
please america, admit that it was funny and move on. I bet you wont, but it would be nice
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on November 26, 2009, 11:50:56 AM
You know that ain't gonna happen. Heads will roll at the Secret Service. And every nutjob with an avx to grind will try to crash every function from now on.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: underclass on November 30, 2009, 06:39:51 AM
I love this, New Zealand just joined the space race. Check out the video at the BBC, complete with sheep running away from the launch site

BBC News - Space rocket tested in New Zealand (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8386067.stm#id8380000/8386000/8386067)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on December 01, 2009, 03:35:00 PM
60 miles, pfft not even remotely orbital.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on December 01, 2009, 06:06:05 PM
Yeah stick to what you know: Sheep and Hobbits.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: underclass on December 01, 2009, 06:52:21 PM
You guys are just jealous that you have to share your rockets with Russians
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on December 01, 2009, 07:07:19 PM
And here's where I make some smartass remark about sharing with the worthy but Balor's been quiet lately, let's keep it that way.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on December 01, 2009, 08:22:42 PM
man this sucks. I was kinda looking forward to seeing this thing in stores.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/30/crunchpad-end/ (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/30/crunchpad-end/)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Doormouse on December 01, 2009, 08:52:03 PM
I like Balor's rantings. They're actually pretty quality even when I disagree with them at a fundamental level.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: underclass on December 14, 2009, 01:01:42 AM
Bwahahahahaha! (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/4344890/Virgin-the-worlds-best-passenger-complaint-letter.html)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: mosh on December 14, 2009, 03:36:32 AM
that's old news
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: taiko on December 14, 2009, 10:13:01 AM
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on December 18, 2009, 02:58:20 PM
Kookie kooikie lend me your comb

Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYCuslbXC6c#normal)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Doormouse on December 20, 2009, 03:52:24 PM
Brittany Murphy died.

I think that's a real pity because she was smoking hot.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: dorky on December 21, 2009, 03:08:19 PM
http://nobodyputsbabyinahorner.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/megafaultr1artworkpic.jpg (http://nobodyputsbabyinahorner.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/megafaultr1artworkpic.jpg)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on March 07, 2010, 02:45:36 PM
http://www.nybreakingnews.com/news/The-European-Poker-Tournament-holdup-by-a-German-Gang-caught-on-camera-1267984326/ (http://www.nybreakingnews.com/news/The-European-Poker-Tournament-holdup-by-a-German-Gang-caught-on-camera-1267984326/)

This will all over the net but hey... it's a weird one.

Quote
He further added that one of the men started putting in 500 euro notes in his bag while the other pinned down the security guard to the ground with the help of knife. As these men tried to get away with the money the security guard managed to catch hold of one of the robbers. But he was shocked and was not able to decide that whether it was just a publicity stunt or not as it is difficult to trust that an armed robbery can take place during the day in Berlin.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on March 15, 2010, 02:03:27 AM
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/6934159/hefty-mum-set-to-become-super-sized (http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/6934159/hefty-mum-set-to-become-super-sized)

Quote
The 42-year-old mum-of-one insists she's healthy, despite needing a mobility scooter to leave the house, reports the Daily Mail./
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: mosh on March 15, 2010, 05:15:24 AM
Calling Zoomie, calling Zoomie... your new cumbucket is waiting..
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on March 15, 2010, 05:35:04 PM
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/03/14/article-1257850-08B61CCD000005DC-662_634x569.jpg)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on March 15, 2010, 06:00:27 PM
No.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on April 01, 2010, 11:27:44 AM
Code: [Select]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
okay blocked the embed due to content.

Here's the skinny.

17 year old goes to slumber part, jokester decided to cover her with nicotine patches while shes passed out... a little while later the taken on a phone clip starts being recorded, she's now prob in a coma but she's on the ground spasming, shit, piss and vomit all over the place that just keeps coming out... that's why the block of embed... it's somewhat disturbing, but the good part is where the future doco maker decides to 'interview' the paramedics around the 10 min mark... wont get out of their way... dont know there's a camera phone cap'n the exchange... they wind up with a second patient <-- that's the best bit.


Rumor is she lived. Hunting to real news link now.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Thrash on April 01, 2010, 12:30:31 PM
Nicotine is the one of the most poisonous substances to humans ...
Dumb fucks!
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on April 01, 2010, 12:57:10 PM
Cute.

Anyway the LHC was fired up to 50% power yesterday 3-30-10 smashing two 3.5 TeV beams together creating the highest energy man made particle collisions in history.

No black holes!

http://lhc-machine-outreach.web.cern.ch/lhc-machine-outreach/ (http://lhc-machine-outreach.web.cern.ch/lhc-machine-outreach/)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on April 01, 2010, 01:00:06 PM
Very true.

but...

They have not finsihed the repairs hence the 50% power they will be running on till 2013... so there is still hope.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on April 01, 2010, 01:51:50 PM
Hahahahahaha

A would-be saboteur arrested today (04-01-2010) at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland made the bizarre claim that he was from the future. Eloi Cole, a strangely dressed young man, said that he had travelled back in time to prevent the LHC from destroying the world.
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/0,39029552,49305387,00.htm (http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/0,39029552,49305387,00.htm)

The LHC successfully collided particles at record force earlier this week, a milestone Mr Cole was attempting to disrupt by stopping supplies of Mountain Dew to the experiment's vending machines. ...
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on April 01, 2010, 02:08:39 PM
An interesting animation of how the LHC operates.

end of the world?, the Large Hadron Collider ( LHC ) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQNpucos9wc#)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Doormouse on April 01, 2010, 05:29:57 PM
I promise you if this were an anonymous post board I'd be trolling the crap out of this thread just now.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on April 02, 2010, 05:06:53 AM
Yeah well the end of worlders believe that there could have been microblackholes generated or stranglets and we would have no means of detecting them until they grew big enough to be a problem. Especially with micro black holes. If one were ejected with less momentum than required to reach escape velocity it would oscillate in a transverse pattern back and forth through the earth losing momentum as it did and would eventually settle in the core of the planet where the consumption process would then really begin.

The planet would literally collapse from the inside out. But the time scale is up for grabs. Some think it may take less than five years for it presence to be known but that could stretch to a much longer period, even billions of years because nothing can be previously known about such a potential occurrence. 
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Nitya on April 16, 2010, 01:14:08 PM
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on April 16, 2010, 02:03:35 PM
IT'S THE NEW PEARL HARBOR!!! DAMN NIPS!!!

Actually, don't fileshare and don't worry about it.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on April 16, 2010, 02:32:22 PM
Nope, not worried.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: fyrenza on April 18, 2010, 10:50:21 AM
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/17/aussie-cookbook-recalled-recipe-includes-freshly-ground-black-people/?test=latestnews (http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/17/aussie-cookbook-recalled-recipe-includes-freshly-ground-black-people/?test=latestnews)

Aussie Cookbook Recalled After Recipe Includes 'Freshly Ground Black People'

NewsCore

It is a tiny misprint, but an Australian publisher had to pulp a cookbook after one recipe called for "salt and freshly ground black people" to be added to the dish, AFP reported Saturday.


That's almost as good as the wet-vacs / wet-backs thang!  lol
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: mosh on April 18, 2010, 11:00:56 AM
Everyone likes the taste of dark meat apparently.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on April 18, 2010, 05:32:45 PM
I'd like a pair of Zoe Saldana's thighs. And whatever is between them.

To go.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Doormouse on April 18, 2010, 05:41:48 PM
I'll have what he's having.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: FAH-Q on April 18, 2010, 06:23:03 PM
Me three!

[contrived laughter]

"Zoe Saldana's thighs: always a good decision"
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on May 08, 2010, 01:32:38 PM
I like looking at this stuff and comming up with reasons for it. (swap between map views and imagine how easy it would to spin the weak minded with the pretty graphics.)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/2432632/UK-General-Election-2010-political-map.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/2432632/UK-General-Election-2010-political-map.html)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: fyrenza on May 08, 2010, 10:29:34 PM
I'm high AND drunk.

I'll need a SHITload more instructions than just "swap between map views!"

Cripes.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: mosh on May 14, 2010, 09:43:33 AM
Man bitten on dick by deadly spider
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/incywincy-spider-causes-world-of-pain-for-skinnydipping-tourist-20100514-v2hb.html (http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/incywincy-spider-causes-world-of-pain-for-skinnydipping-tourist-20100514-v2hb.html)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on May 14, 2010, 12:57:30 PM
Quote
He woke to find his penis swollen and painful

Happens to me every fuckin' day... feel my pain Daddy?
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: mosh on June 27, 2010, 11:35:11 PM
This should happen more often on monuments/geographical features of national importance:
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/no-frock-on-the-rock-was-tribute-says-stripper-20100627-zc2g.html (http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/no-frock-on-the-rock-was-tribute-says-stripper-20100627-zc2g.html)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on June 28, 2010, 12:42:40 AM
Defecating on the steps of the Vatican should be a regular daily occurrence. It's all those assholes deserve.

Actually they deserve a nuke up their ass.
Title: Bizarre
Post by: Tru on July 04, 2010, 10:58:47 PM
Yellow jackets sting nearly 100 Alameda County Fair visitors

http://thetvrealist.com/gossip/Yellow-jackets-sting-nearly-100-Alameda-County-Fair-visitors-2905220.html (http://thetvrealist.com/gossip/Yellow-jackets-sting-nearly-100-Alameda-County-Fair-visitors-2905220.html)

Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Thrash on July 05, 2010, 02:15:29 AM
Fuck bees!
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on July 05, 2010, 11:58:54 PM
Not Bee's, Wasps. Much fucking worse.

Bee's can only sting you once. These are aggressive as hell will chase you quite a long ways and can sting you as many times as they can get away with before you crush the fuckers.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: FAH-Q on July 06, 2010, 12:49:17 PM
Not Bee's, Wasps. Much fucking worse.

Totally. (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3208/2943877706_1e61cc6c16_b.jpg)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on July 06, 2010, 02:04:27 PM
(http://www.activepestcontrol.com/learn_more/images/big/hornet.jpg)

"Hornets usually are responsible for the large, football-shaped nests around homes and businesses in trees and on the sides of buildings.  These pests are extremely aggressive and have been known to repeatedly sting anyone or anything that disturbs them. They are black and white/yellow and will live in colonies of hundreds to thousands. Control can be accomplished at any time of day, but treating at night will ensure that most hornets are in the nest at the time of treatment. Do not use a flashlight during treatment, Hornets will follow the beam of light and attack its holder."
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: FAH-Q on July 06, 2010, 03:52:53 PM
WASPS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on July 07, 2010, 12:21:09 AM
D'oh! (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_00KAacxtpEM/Rpwq6WLSJ2I/AAAAAAAABpA/htSYJbqNYxY/s400/scan.1997-04.fhm.jpg)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Phaedrus on July 12, 2010, 04:18:38 AM
Best.  Headline.  Ever. (http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/this-summers-gayest-headline)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on July 16, 2010, 01:11:33 AM
Hahahaha Taliban Monkey Soldiers.

NMA 2010.06.30 ??? ????????? ?????? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7GIl4zKrV8#normal)


fake, http://gammasquad.uproxx.com/2010/07/the-taliban-monkey-soldiers-are-fake-but-dont-tell-taiwan-yet (http://gammasquad.uproxx.com/2010/07/the-taliban-monkey-soldiers-are-fake-but-dont-tell-taiwan-yet)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Nitya on August 14, 2010, 04:19:10 PM
I approve of this (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/05/garima-gospels-christianity-ethiopia)

^.^



...even if it is supposed to be a first name, not second.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on August 27, 2010, 05:36:29 PM
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/students-told-to-plan-terror-attack-20100825-13qx4.html (http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/students-told-to-plan-terror-attack-20100825-13qx4.html)

Now... had it been a muslim school, it might have made national tv headlines.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Nitya on August 29, 2010, 02:20:26 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-11068063 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-11068063)

I think that, and Reading, is all anyone cares about atm.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on August 29, 2010, 03:14:50 PM
Wow, and that wasn't interesting on Facebook. Last week. (http://www.forumspile.com/Old-NewsRocks.jpg)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Nitya on August 30, 2010, 02:49:03 PM
haha, fb? brilliant.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: hip on September 01, 2010, 06:18:45 AM
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/students-told-to-plan-terror-attack-20100825-13qx4.html (http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/students-told-to-plan-terror-attack-20100825-13qx4.html)

Now... had it been a muslim school, it might have made national tv headlines.

your meant to of said: "it might of made national tv headlines." why are you trying to sound all smart all of a sudden?
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Nitya on September 01, 2010, 06:23:03 AM
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/students-told-to-plan-terror-attack-20100825-13qx4.html (http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/students-told-to-plan-terror-attack-20100825-13qx4.html)

Now... had it been a muslim school, it might have made national tv headlines.

your meant to of said: "it might of made national tv headlines." why are you trying to sound all smart all of a sudden?

LOL.

Now THIS is ironic.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: ttfg on September 01, 2010, 06:41:37 AM
If she is typing to me, it must be the drugs.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on September 01, 2010, 08:15:10 AM
Such a waste...
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on September 01, 2010, 08:54:34 AM
Aw give her a break, she is a cutie after all.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Emperor Reagan on September 01, 2010, 09:20:15 AM
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703632304575451414209658940.html (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703632304575451414209658940.html)

Does this article mean that Japanese dudes are playing video games instead of boning hot Japanese chicks? 
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Nitya on September 01, 2010, 10:13:35 AM
Aw give her a break, she is a cutie after all.

best.logic.ever
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on September 01, 2010, 10:24:51 AM
Time tested and proven to be effective.

hehehehe
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Nitya on September 01, 2010, 10:51:19 AM
shes not gonna sleep with you yknow..


I think this is why I like girls best who dont 'know' theyre pretty, or just how pretty they are.. Ugly bitches who think they're beautiful qualify as the worst.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: FAH-Q on September 01, 2010, 11:02:37 AM
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/students-told-to-plan-terror-attack-20100825-13qx4.html (http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/students-told-to-plan-terror-attack-20100825-13qx4.html)

Now... had it been a muslim school, it might have made national tv headlines.

your meant to of said: "it might of made national tv headlines." why are you trying to sound all smart all of a sudden?

LOL.

Now THIS is ironic.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: hip on September 01, 2010, 01:50:59 PM
Sakhi: do yourself a favor and stop addressing my posts. You have proven yourself inept yet again. You can't possibly be this dense.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Nitya on September 01, 2010, 04:14:45 PM
But it's so much fun!
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: hip on September 01, 2010, 05:19:38 PM
Answer me this: when you read my posts do you get the sensation of something whizzing over your head?
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Nitya on September 01, 2010, 05:43:21 PM
Nah, my bf can aim.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on September 01, 2010, 08:02:05 PM
Right between the eyes then eh?
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: underclass on September 01, 2010, 11:04:38 PM
Nah, your bf can aim.

... would have been better
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on September 02, 2010, 12:23:52 AM
shes not gonna sleep with you yknow..



Eek, who would want to do that?
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: FAH-Q on September 04, 2010, 02:07:02 PM
Nah, your bf can aim.

... would have of been better
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Nitya on September 07, 2010, 12:56:49 PM
LOL.


And news wise..  (http://www.thecomet.net/news/bomb_disposal_experts_prepare_to_detonate_grenade_in_stevenage_town_centre_1_626168)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Nitya on September 09, 2010, 12:43:31 PM
I like how no one cares about my potential death.  :'(

=P
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on September 09, 2010, 01:08:33 PM
I suspect it was one of the demilitarized ones sold as paper weights.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: mosh on September 12, 2010, 10:19:23 PM
Man smokes Bible, Koran, rates whichs burns better (http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/brisbane-atheist-burns-koran-and-bible-20100913-157ao.html)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on September 13, 2010, 07:06:34 AM
I like the opinion poll at the end: Was burning the Koran and Bible disrespectful? Yes/No

Your media is as dense as ours.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: mosh on September 13, 2010, 07:23:25 PM
No shit... Murdoch dragged us all down to his level.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Thrash on September 30, 2010, 05:21:32 PM
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: mosh on October 02, 2010, 02:35:21 AM
Faked death.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Zoomie on October 02, 2010, 07:03:38 PM
No.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: FAH-Q on October 02, 2010, 08:11:14 PM
People are fucking horrible.
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: mosh on October 02, 2010, 11:57:12 PM
For Zoomie

http://www.theage.com.au/world/millenniums-on-druids-welcomed-in-from-cold-20101002-161zj.html (http://www.theage.com.au/world/millenniums-on-druids-welcomed-in-from-cold-20101002-161zj.html)
Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: Tru on November 06, 2010, 09:09:41 AM
>>Druids welcomed in from cold <<

hahahahahahahahahaqa


Title: Re: News Dump Thread.
Post by: mosh on December 06, 2010, 01:54:50 AM
http://www.theage.com.au/world/strangebuttrue/woman-calls-emergency-line-to-report-stolen-snowman-20101206-18ln6.html (http://www.theage.com.au/world/strangebuttrue/woman-calls-emergency-line-to-report-stolen-snowman-20101206-18ln6.html)