Chuck’s Hand-Picked Overnight Weird News for Monday
Olympia, Wash., jury is forced to decide which of the two parties has the greater legal right to the same bullshit
Ms. JZ Knight has been blessed since 1977 with the ability to channel the 35,000-yr-old spiritual warrior Ramtha, and if you're that gifted, you want to share, which means the Ramtha School of Enlightenment, charging big bucks for breakthroughs, e.g., teaching greater "focus" by "finding" a symbolic card on a fence while blindfolded. A woman whose name is Whitewind Weaver took the classes and later incorporated some of Knight's finely-honed originality into her own spiritual classes, such as using Knight's phrases "so be that," "neuronet," and "turn to your neighbor." It'll be up to a jury this week to decide whether Weaver stole Knight's genius. (Bonus: Knight was last in News of the Weird in 2000 because she said she had heard, from Ramtha during one of her channeling sessions, that two local rapists on trial had confessed, but it turns out Ramtha was the only one who heard 'em [NOTW 673, 12-31-2000]). The Olympian (Friday) // The Olympian (Thursday)
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It's good to be a British prisoner: Par-teeee!
Britain's justice minister hit the ceiling when he found that rehab-minded officials at London's Holloway Prison had held a vampire-themed dance party, with dress-ups and "blood," to cheer up the inmates, including several female murderers, and when The Sun ran some photos of the killer-gals having fun, victims' relatives went nuts. The Sun // The Sun (original report)
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Bad week for priests
One in Chioggia, Italy, has been sent down for re-training after being discovered in bed with a lady parishioner (discovered by her husband, that is). (2) Rev. Christopher Layden was arrested in Urbana, Ill., and charged with dealing cocaine from the rectory (with mugshot). Daily Telegraph (London) // Associated Press via MSNBC
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Ya gotta love the "crazy hardhead"
Ray Wilkinson, 67, a retired, disabled carpenter and Marine Corps veteran, toughed out Hurricane Ike from what was almost ground-zero (Surfside Beach). Sitting there drinking beer, he saw "all kinds of goodies floating away, like my refrigerator . . .." But anyone who ignored this particular evacuation order is a fool, right? Wilkinson agrees. "I didn't say I had all my marbles." "I'm just a crazy, old hardhead." "I don't advise it unless you're nuts." He added that he was never scared and that he did not pray. Houston Chronicle
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Update: Gil Duff
Readers of the ol' News of the Weird Daily might remember Gil, of Cincinnati, from his stretch of nine days in late April and early May, when he was arrested four times for being passed-out-drunk (three, inside porta-johns). Got him again last Thursday night. Porta-john. WCPO-TV (Cincinnati)
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Update: Palm Beach County ballots
They finally found those missing 3,478 ballots that disappeared between primary day two weeks ago and recount day [Weird Universe, 9-5-2008], which would have been fine except that they also found 139 more ballots that had disappeared (only no one knew that until they turned up). The machine manufacturer (Sequoia Voting Systems) said everything's working just fine, just fine. WPTV (West Palm Beach)
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Your Daily Loser
Trevell Cowan, 18, Madison, Wis., walked in to a convenience store wearing a bandana over his face (except the eyes) and carrying a gun. A clerk ran outside and flagged down a passing cop, who grabbed Cowan, and the best Cowan could come up with that he had just came in to the store to fill out an application for a job, and, well, the bandana, and the gun . . . ehh. Wisconsin State Journal [scroll down]
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People Whose Sex Lives Are Worse Than Yours
Dr. Praminder Mankoo was convicted in Britain for his cutting-edge hair-loss treatments on a 48-yr-old female patient, mainly, fondling her breasts and holding her face against his junk. Daily Mail (London)
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Your Daily Jury Duty
[no fair examining the evidence; verdict must be based on mugshot only]
Laura Obzera's a school nurse, for heaven's sake, treating sick kids, but that doesn't matter. She's been charged with having sex with teenagers, and this-here is what matters: Chicago Tribune
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Eyewitness News
[news videos goin' around]
A slide show of what are supposedly the World's Most Repulsive Foods (y'know, grubs, whole rat, ox penis, caterpillar fungus, stuff like that) GreenDaily.com [link from Fark.com]
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More Things to Worry About on Monday
In Hermiston, Ore., a house with more than 700 hoarded turtles ("red-eared sliders," which are known to carry salmonella) . . . . . A woman came home in Winter Garden, Fla., on Friday night to find an SUV submerged in her backyard pool, with two expired people inside, the apparent result of poor driving . . . . . Cliches Come to Life: A busload of British tourists sightseeing in remote Peru were surrounded by about 50 pissed-off local villagers swinging axes at the invaders (and it took their guide four hours to talk their way out of it) . . . . . Hard-core domestic fight in Springfield, Ill.: They angrily played bumper cars with each other down a main drag last Thursday night . . . . . Sounds Like a Joke (but maybe not): A woman working for a bomb-disposal contractor in Iraq sued the company for assigning her to a "dangerous workplace" (because she had to work in several warehouses whose floors had basically been pigeons' toilets). Today's Newsrangers: Steve Miller, Ray Rideout, Allison McCalla, Matt Mirapaul, Gary Davidson, Sandy Pearlman, Mark Neunder, Emory Kimbrough, Joe Littrell, Philip Urban
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Ms. JZ Knight has been blessed since 1977 with the ability to channel the 35,000-yr-old spiritual warrior Ramtha, and if you're that gifted, you want to share, which means the Ramtha School of Enlightenment, charging big bucks for breakthroughs, e.g., teaching greater "focus" by "finding" a symbolic card on a fence while blindfolded. A woman whose name is Whitewind Weaver took the classes and later incorporated some of Knight's finely-honed originality into her own spiritual classes, such as using Knight's phrases "so be that," "neuronet," and "turn to your neighbor." It'll be up to a jury this week to decide whether Weaver stole Knight's genius. (Bonus: Knight was last in News of the Weird in 2000 because she said she had heard, from Ramtha during one of her channeling sessions, that two local rapists on trial had confessed, but it turns out Ramtha was the only one who heard 'em [NOTW 673, 12-31-2000]). The Olympian (Friday) // The Olympian (Thursday)
Comments 'ramtha_lawsuit'
It's good to be a British prisoner: Par-teeee!
Britain's justice minister hit the ceiling when he found that rehab-minded officials at London's Holloway Prison had held a vampire-themed dance party, with dress-ups and "blood," to cheer up the inmates, including several female murderers, and when The Sun ran some photos of the killer-gals having fun, victims' relatives went nuts. The Sun // The Sun (original report)
Comments 'prison_party'
Bad week for priests
One in Chioggia, Italy, has been sent down for re-training after being discovered in bed with a lady parishioner (discovered by her husband, that is). (2) Rev. Christopher Layden was arrested in Urbana, Ill., and charged with dealing cocaine from the rectory (with mugshot). Daily Telegraph (London) // Associated Press via MSNBC
Comments 'badweek_priests'
Ya gotta love the "crazy hardhead"
Ray Wilkinson, 67, a retired, disabled carpenter and Marine Corps veteran, toughed out Hurricane Ike from what was almost ground-zero (Surfside Beach). Sitting there drinking beer, he saw "all kinds of goodies floating away, like my refrigerator . . .." But anyone who ignored this particular evacuation order is a fool, right? Wilkinson agrees. "I didn't say I had all my marbles." "I'm just a crazy, old hardhead." "I don't advise it unless you're nuts." He added that he was never scared and that he did not pray. Houston Chronicle
Comments 'crazy_hardhead'
Update: Gil Duff
Readers of the ol' News of the Weird Daily might remember Gil, of Cincinnati, from his stretch of nine days in late April and early May, when he was arrested four times for being passed-out-drunk (three, inside porta-johns). Got him again last Thursday night. Porta-john. WCPO-TV (Cincinnati)
Comments 'gil_duff'
Update: Palm Beach County ballots
They finally found those missing 3,478 ballots that disappeared between primary day two weeks ago and recount day [Weird Universe, 9-5-2008], which would have been fine except that they also found 139 more ballots that had disappeared (only no one knew that until they turned up). The machine manufacturer (Sequoia Voting Systems) said everything's working just fine, just fine. WPTV (West Palm Beach)
Comments 'palmbeach_update'
Your Daily Loser
Trevell Cowan, 18, Madison, Wis., walked in to a convenience store wearing a bandana over his face (except the eyes) and carrying a gun. A clerk ran outside and flagged down a passing cop, who grabbed Cowan, and the best Cowan could come up with that he had just came in to the store to fill out an application for a job, and, well, the bandana, and the gun . . . ehh. Wisconsin State Journal [scroll down]
Comments 'trevell_cowan'
People Whose Sex Lives Are Worse Than Yours
Dr. Praminder Mankoo was convicted in Britain for his cutting-edge hair-loss treatments on a 48-yr-old female patient, mainly, fondling her breasts and holding her face against his junk. Daily Mail (London)
Comments 'praminder_mankoo'
Your Daily Jury Duty
[no fair examining the evidence; verdict must be based on mugshot only]
Laura Obzera's a school nurse, for heaven's sake, treating sick kids, but that doesn't matter. She's been charged with having sex with teenagers, and this-here is what matters: Chicago Tribune
Comments 'laura_obzera'
Eyewitness News
[news videos goin' around]
A slide show of what are supposedly the World's Most Repulsive Foods (y'know, grubs, whole rat, ox penis, caterpillar fungus, stuff like that) GreenDaily.com [link from Fark.com]
Comments 'repulsive_foods'
More Things to Worry About on Monday
In Hermiston, Ore., a house with more than 700 hoarded turtles ("red-eared sliders," which are known to carry salmonella) . . . . . A woman came home in Winter Garden, Fla., on Friday night to find an SUV submerged in her backyard pool, with two expired people inside, the apparent result of poor driving . . . . . Cliches Come to Life: A busload of British tourists sightseeing in remote Peru were surrounded by about 50 pissed-off local villagers swinging axes at the invaders (and it took their guide four hours to talk their way out of it) . . . . . Hard-core domestic fight in Springfield, Ill.: They angrily played bumper cars with each other down a main drag last Thursday night . . . . . Sounds Like a Joke (but maybe not): A woman working for a bomb-disposal contractor in Iraq sued the company for assigning her to a "dangerous workplace" (because she had to work in several warehouses whose floors had basically been pigeons' toilets). Today's Newsrangers: Steve Miller, Ray Rideout, Allison McCalla, Matt Mirapaul, Gary Davidson, Sandy Pearlman, Mark Neunder, Emory Kimbrough, Joe Littrell, Philip Urban
Comments 'worry_080915'
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