News Weird News Compilation

[kyphysics]

whacky story for the day:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/447a1571-6c3e-3f23-9e65-d4dd98c24aa4/she-felt-a-%E2%80%98crawling.html

 

[nsaspook]

Never leave the basement for anything in Oregon.

http://www.kgw.com/life/marijuana-home-delivery-starts-in-oregon/406724967

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Oregon is rolling out another first in the recreational marijuana industry: Customers may now order pot from licensed retailers and have it delivered to their homes.
...
“This is like, you're going to call the pizza guy, then you're going to call us,” said Krutzler. “We're going to have a good time.”

 

[nsaspook]

Not surprised about Florida.

 

[nsaspook]

http://www.kptv.com/story/34514876/bill-would-make-sasquatch-official-cryptid-of-washington?autostart=true

OLYMPIA, WA (AP) -

A new bill seeks to designate Sasquatch as the "official cryptid" of Washington state.

A cryptid is defined by Oxford dictionary as an "animal whose existence or survival is disputed or unsubstantiated."

 

[dkotschessaa]

Not surprised about Florida.

Me neither!

What is up with all the midwest suffocation? They low on air over there?

-Dave K

 

[dkotschessaa]

whacky story for the day:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/447a1571-6c3e-3f23-9e65-d4dd98c24aa4/she-felt-a-%E2%80%98crawling.html

EEEEEEEEEEEEGHHHADDDDS!@#!# EEK. YEEEOW! ughghhhghghghghg! aahghgg! No thank you! Yikes!

 

[fresh_42]

Me neither!

What is up with all the midwest suffocation? They low on air over there?

-Dave K

Seems to be roughly the Rockys, so they might really be low on air.

 

[dkotschessaa]

Seems to be roughly the Rockys, so they might really be low on air.

Hawaii interesting as well... Sharp volcanic rocks?

 

[fresh_42]

Hawaii interesting as well... Sharp volcanic rocks?

I still try to imagine what the h... is going on in Louisiana and Illinois ...

 

[nsaspook]

Secret Agent '707'?
https://asiancorrespondent.com/2017/02/one-kim-jong-nams-alleged-assassins-lol-shirt/

A zoomed image, taken from CCTV footage, of one of the alleged killers appears to show a middle-aged woman of Asian descent wearing a shirt bearing the word “LOL” in large letters,The Star reported.

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/02/15/women-trained-to-seduce-and-kill/

 

[NTL2009]

Hawaii interesting as well... Sharp volcanic rocks?

You have to take into account the weird term "disproportionately common". This was use a year or so ago with regard to emojis in different states, and people thought the weird emojis were 'common' in that state.

But I think what these mean is, there are emojis or injuries that are common to all the states. These are the ones that are disproportionately represented in that state. So it might mean that an injury type is typically 1/10,000 in most states, but 1/7,000 in one state, so it is "disproportionately represented" for that state?

 

[zoobyshoe]

Novel stock market strategy:

http://fortune.com/2017/02/17/target-stock-bomb-florida/

The explosives, which were capable of causing "serious injury and death to nearby persons," were expected to be placed on shelves while disguised as food products.

"Once the boxes had detonated inside of Target stores, Barnett theorized that the company's stock value would plunge allowing him to acquire shares cheaply before an eventual rebound," the complaint read.

 

[zoobyshoe]

The unpresidented trumpigator:

http://www.livescience.com/57845-orange-alligator-in-south-carolina.html

 

[fresh_42]

Novel stock market strategy:

http://fortune.com/2017/02/17/target-stock-bomb-florida/

Strictly speaking it's just another form of insider trading

 

[zoobyshoe]

Strictly speaking it's just another form of insider trading

Yes.

Probably needless to say there's a lot of things wrong with the strategy. The first one that comes to mind is that the stock would almost certainly not rebound until the bomber was caught. Another is that, while the bomber of ten stores was being hunted, shoppers would probably avoid the store like the plague, and the chain might fail altogether due to the catastrophic drop in sales.

 

[fresh_42]

Probably needless to say there's a lot of things wrong with the strategy. The first one that comes to mind is that the stock would almost certainly not rebound until the bomber was caught. Another is that, while the bomber of ten stores was being hunted, shoppers would probably avoid the store like the plague, and the chain might fail altogether due to the catastrophic drop in sales.

Yes, the entire plan might not only fail but is at the same time twice illegal. A real trader would have bought plenty of puts beforehand to have at least a chance the plan could succeed.

 

[Borg]

I think that it's doubtful that he thought much beyond the buy low - sell high strategy.

 

[Buckleymanor]

Trump Administration May Mobilize National Guard Troops To Round Up Unauthorized Immigrants
President Donald Trump’s administration is considering mobilizing as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to round up unauthorized immigrants, according to a draft copy over the order obtained by The Associated Press on Friday.

I don't believe it.
A mistake or windup.

 

[nsaspook]

Trump Administration May Mobilize National Guard Troops To Round Up Unauthorized Immigrants
President Donald Trump’s administration is considering mobilizing as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to round up unauthorized immigrants, according to a draft copy over the order obtained by The Associated Press on Friday.

I don't believe it.
A mistake or windup.

It might be a Canary trap to see who would leak it.

 

[Astronuc]

VX nerve agent used to kill Kim Jong Nam, police say
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/23/asia/kim-jong-nam-vx-nerve-agent/index.html

Apparently, two women approached Kim Jong Nam and applied VX to his face.

"If it's inhaled as a vapor, (the victim) very quickly becomes what is called, crudely, a body flopper. You'll be on the ground with your arms and legs twitching unable to breathe," former United Nations weapons inspector David Kay told CNN in 1998. "You will lose control of your stomach. It's not a very pleasant way to die."

Someone tried to break into the morgue where Kim Jong Nam's body is being kept.

 

[fresh_42]

Oh no, please not again! We have had these kind of things for a least a dozen of centuries and it never ever came out right ...

http://www.dw.com/en/danish-demagogue-calls-for-annexation-of-german-region/a-37696340

Danish demagogue calls for annexation of German region
A leader of Denmark's far-right party has managed to revive a border dispute that dates back to the 19th century. The Danish minority in Germany have slammed the idea and Denmark's government distanced themselves.

Are they currently all going nuts?

 

[nsaspook]

VX nerve agent used to kill Kim Jong Nam, police say
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/23/asia/kim-jong-nam-vx-nerve-agent/index.html

Wow, He was really on the NK naughty list.

 

[nsaspook]

https://www.facebook.com/BaltimoreC....154351.58771761955/10154185854496956/?type=3
41K comments.http://kutv.com/news/offbeat/baltimore-pd-catches-man-driving-with-antique-pistol-internet-responds-appropriately

 

[nsaspook]

http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2017/03/07/man-charged-with-attempted-murder-in-mannequin-attack/

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A hunt for the killer of two sleeping homeless men in Las Vegas led to an unusual attempted murder charge Tuesday and a legal debate about criminal intent, when a man was accused of trying to kill a mannequin used as a decoy near the downtown site where the men had died of head injuries.

 

[OmCheeto]

H.R.1275 -
World's Greatest Healthcare Plan of 2017
115th Congress (2017-2018)
​

ref: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1275

I swore it was a headline from The Onion...

 

[Borg]

Is it the 'greatest' because it's the only new one? I guess that means that it's also the world's worst.

 

[OmCheeto]

Is it the 'greatest' because it's the only new one? I guess that means that it's also the world's worst.

I was going to add an addendum to my post yesterday, that maybe the reason...

Ringling Brothers, and Barnum & Bailey Circus, after 146 years, closing 'The Greatest Show on Earth'
[ref: just google it. final show is in two months.]​

is because congress's current "circus maximus", is just too much competition.

But I figured people would accuse me of trying to be funny.

 

[nsaspook]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...efends-client-charged-arson-article-1.2992899

Lawyer, lawyer, pants on fire.

A Miami attorney’s trousers became too hot to handle as a fire broke out in his pocket during a trial Wednesday.

Stephen Gutierrez — whose client is coincidentally charged with arson — was starting his closing arguments when smoke started funneling from his right pocket, according to the Miami Herald.

 

[jtbell]

An apartment in Trump Tower was rented out on Airbnb from September until recently, when a reporter started asking about it.

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Trump-Tower-Airbnb-Rented-Out-415491333.html

Nico Voigtlander, an associate professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, stayed there in November, just before the election. "The host sent me the address, and then I called her and said, 'I can't find it, I only see the Trump Tower,'" Voigtlander told the newspaper. "She said, 'It's in the Trump Tower.'"

 

[nsaspook]

Florida

 

[collinsmark]

Footy McFooty Face.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...al-san-diego-mls-team/?utm_term=.a407b43e9ba8

I am so proud of my town.

 

[Deneen2000]

Mysterious blue spiral over norway

 

[Borg]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/babies-romeo-juliette-debut-florida-hospital-115650160.html in the same hospital

Hospital privacy laws almost kept the drama from playing out...
But the two families began searching for each other. Dad Justin Crouch says he thought about walking down the hall saying,"Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo."

 

[Borg]

Apparently you can even learn to drive using YouTube.
Boy, 8, craves burger, drives dad's van a mile to McDonald's
Updated story:
US boy, 8, on joy ride for a cheeseburger

A craving for a McDonald's cheeseburger apparently prompted an 8-year-old Ohio boy to take his 4-year-old sister for a ride in his dad's van, which he learned to drive on the internet.

Witnesses say the boy appeared to obey traffic laws.

Sounds like a TV show - Can you drive better than an 8 year old?

 

[Astronuc]

Woman Throws Coins Into Plane Engine 'For Good Luck,' Delaying Flight for Five Hours
https://www.yahoo.com/news/woman-throws-coins-plane-engine-205237945.html

I'm glad someone noticed that she threw coins into the jet engine (probably into the compressor or fan). Apparently she does not understand that debris in a jet engine could potentially cause it to catastrophically fail.

 

[davenn]

Woman Throws Coins Into Plane Engine 'For Good Luck,' Delaying Flight for Five Hours
https://www.yahoo.com/news/woman-throws-coins-plane-engine-205237945.html

I'm glad someone noticed that she threw coins into the jet engine (probably into the compressor or fan). Apparently she does not understand that debris in a jet engine could potentially cause it to catastrophically fail.

OMG !

 

[OCR]

OMG !

FOD !

 

[Borg]

Woman Throws Coins Into Plane Engine 'For Good Luck,' Delaying Flight for Five Hours

OMG !

I said exactly the same thing right before I saw your post.
I love the most-liked comment:

Confucious says, "Old lady who throw coin into plane engine, soon depart on unexpected trip."

 

[collinsmark]

Oh, my.

NASA Denies Theory That It Is Running A Child Slave Colony On Mars
[Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-denies-theory-running-child-222234666.html]

(Gahh. What on Earth... No, let me start over. What has become of this world, where this is actually a headline?)

 

[jtbell]

Why did the chicken(s) close the road?

 

[jtbell]

NASA Denies Theory That It Is Running A Child Slave Colony On Mars
[Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-denies-theory-running-child-222234666.html]

They must have fled there after being "outed" from that pizza parlor in Washington DC.

 

[nsaspook]

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-n...f/2017/07/truck_full_of_eels_overturns_o.html

U.S. 101 full of eels
Eels slither all over U.S. 101 in Lincoln County after a truck carrying them overturned between Newport and Depot Bay, at milepost 131.

 

[jtbell]

Some apartment complexes now use DNA testing to identify residents who don't clean up after their dogs.

Mount Pleasant apartment complex using DNA to catch dog poop perps (Channel 4 news, Charleston SC)

Last week, Boulevard management notified residents they must register their dog into a DNA database or face a fine. DNA is collected by a simple cheek swab. It’s part of their new PooPrint program. It’s a way they can pin the poop to the owner responsible.

 

[256bits]

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-n...f/2017/07/truck_full_of_eels_overturns_o.html

a great publicity stunt for an nth Tremors movie coming out.
Kevin bacon would be pleased.

 

[256bits]

PORK Stock in free fall
http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/a-weird-florida-mystery-frozen-pork-falling-from-the-sky/ar-AAovZM4?OCID=ansmsnnews11

 

[Astronuc]

Who owns Snopes.com? Dispute puts future of fact-checking site in question
http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/sd-fi-snopes-legal-20170724-story.html

A legal dispute over ownership of the popular fact-checking site Snopes.com is threatening the existence of the online sleuthing service, which now purports to be in dire financial straits. As a result, Snopes on Monday started soliciting donations through a GoFundMe campaign and raised more than half of its $500,000 goal in its first day of fundraising.

Go figure.

 

[fresh_42]

Squirrel alert in NYC!
http://twentytwowords.com/an-aggres...-residents-and-its-not-as-funny-as-it-sounds/

@WWGD Watch out!

 

[jtbell]

There is a band named Suspected Spam:

https://www.facebook.com/suspectedspam/

I wonder what happened to their EP that was due out in the spring? Maybe their publicity emails all got flagged as...

 

[collinsmark]

Planetary Protection Officer.

http://www.businessinsider.com/child-applies-nasa-planetary-protection-officer-job-opening-2017-8
http://www.businessinsider.com/child-applies-nasa-planetary-protection-officer-job-opening-2017-8
I love NASA's strong outreach to children.

 

[Astronuc]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinese-robots-taken-down-rogue-072538096.html

China has taken down two online robots that appeared to go rogue, responding to users' questions with one saying its dream was to travel to the United States and the other admitting it wasn't a huge fan of Chinese Communist Party.

Earlier this summer, there were reports that Facebook shutdown an AI research program after two bots developed their own private, unintelligible (to humans) language. Snopes rates the story as false.
http://www.snopes.com/facebook-ai-developed-own-language/