News of the Weird 2.0 (December 3, 2013)
News of the Weird 2.0
Angst, Confusion, Cynicism, Ridicule
Prime Cuts of Underreported News from Last Week, Hand-Picked and Lightly Seasoned by Chuck Shepherd
December 2, 2013 (part II)
(datelines November 23-November 30) (links correct as of December 1)
More Things to Worry About
Upskirt: Didn’t mean to, “everything went astray” when Jeffrey Kosinski bought that damned camera. People don’t take upskirts; cameras take upskirts! Grand Rapids Press
Obamacare Canada-Care! Or anything! If the girl stays here, they’ll make her do chemo, so her Amish parents--God bless ‘em--border-jump. Asssociated Press
“Police Warn of Clown Epidemic in Norfolk [UK]” Metro.co.uk
How stupid are anti-marijuana zealots willing to sound to make it seem like there are no dopers in Colorado? A few parents complain they’re helpless to ‘splain to their kids just why people might be toking on their front porches, and Denver city councilors think that’s a good point. Denver Post
n.b. If you read on the Internet last week that Greeks are purposely self-HIV-infecting to get gov’t benefits, change that to “couple of Greeks.” Washington Post
Boy becomes girl, girl becomes boy, new boy meets new girl. Hey, they look a hell of a lot happier thanyou! me! World’s Greatest Newspaper
15 Minutes: Anthony Weiner’s sext-receiver figures she can pay for her labia-tightening by auctioning off the flap. [Wanna bet against her? I didn’t think so.] Jezebel
The protest movement in Thailand don’t want your stinkin’ democracy and wants to eject the Shinawatra gang (most notably “Stupid Crab Bitch Water Buffalo Face”). Global Post
Julann Roe is a prominent libertarian on Yr Ed’s home turf and hit the news when she paid off her $11k property tax bill in $1's. Damn the gov’t, she says! [It’s so-o-o-o easy to be a libertarian when you live on 41 acres after being born (or married) on 3rd base and thinking you hit a triple.] TBO.com (Tampa)
What if one guy has a bigger database of child-abuse/porn images than every law-enforcement agency in the country? Maybe John Bidmead, 65, Cullompton, England, is that guy. (Bonus: He was watching stuff at the moment he was raided.) (Double Bonus: He’s also a bad, bad hombre.) BBC News
Survivalist in Barrie, Ontario: Here’s a photo of William Feldhoff’s command center. Whoa!. CNews.ca
Israeli Rabbinic court says to parents, Ya gotta snip, It’s the law. Associated Press via Fox News
“Giant Prehistoric Toilet Unearthed” --- BBC News [Word of the day: coprolite]
Last week, Santa groped an elf at Hanover Mall (Hanover, Mass.), but this story is only a placeholder for Yr Ed to re-explain again why he does not cover Santa weirdness--because when ya do “News of the Weird,” which is the gold standard, ya're under an obligation for the genre, and that would be too much for me each holiday season, given the limited payout (since all news organizations everywhere run all the cute stories they see). Washington Times
Your Weekly Jury Duty
[In America, you're presumed innocent . . . until the mug shot is released]
His lawyer’s work is cut out for him for this accused burglar (and, what, he is he leaking chromosomes? What are those strands across his face? Some of it's hair, but--.). The Smoking Gun
Newsrangers: Peter Swank, and the News of the Weird Board of Editorial Advisors.
Angst, Confusion, Cynicism, Ridicule
Prime Cuts of Underreported News from Last Week, Hand-Picked and Lightly Seasoned by Chuck Shepherd
December 2, 2013 (part II)
(datelines November 23-November 30) (links correct as of December 1)
More Things to Worry About
Upskirt: Didn’t mean to, “everything went astray” when Jeffrey Kosinski bought that damned camera. People don’t take upskirts; cameras take upskirts! Grand Rapids Press
“Police Warn of Clown Epidemic in Norfolk [UK]” Metro.co.uk
How stupid are anti-marijuana zealots willing to sound to make it seem like there are no dopers in Colorado? A few parents complain they’re helpless to ‘splain to their kids just why people might be toking on their front porches, and Denver city councilors think that’s a good point. Denver Post
n.b. If you read on the Internet last week that Greeks are purposely self-HIV-infecting to get gov’t benefits, change that to “couple of Greeks.” Washington Post
Boy becomes girl, girl becomes boy, new boy meets new girl. Hey, they look a hell of a lot happier than
15 Minutes: Anthony Weiner’s sext-receiver figures she can pay for her labia-tightening by auctioning off the flap. [Wanna bet against her? I didn’t think so.] Jezebel
The protest movement in Thailand don’t want your stinkin’ democracy and wants to eject the Shinawatra gang (most notably “Stupid Crab Bitch Water Buffalo Face”). Global Post
Julann Roe is a prominent libertarian on Yr Ed’s home turf and hit the news when she paid off her $11k property tax bill in $1's. Damn the gov’t, she says! [It’s so-o-o-o easy to be a libertarian when you live on 41 acres after being born (or married) on 3rd base and thinking you hit a triple.] TBO.com (Tampa)
What if one guy has a bigger database of child-abuse/porn images than every law-enforcement agency in the country? Maybe John Bidmead, 65, Cullompton, England, is that guy. (Bonus: He was watching stuff at the moment he was raided.) (Double Bonus: He’s also a bad, bad hombre.) BBC News
Survivalist in Barrie, Ontario: Here’s a photo of William Feldhoff’s command center. Whoa!. CNews.ca
Israeli Rabbinic court says to parents, Ya gotta snip, It’s the law. Associated Press via Fox News
“Giant Prehistoric Toilet Unearthed” --- BBC News [Word of the day: coprolite]
Last week, Santa groped an elf at Hanover Mall (Hanover, Mass.), but this story is only a placeholder for Yr Ed to re-explain again why he does not cover Santa weirdness--because when ya do “News of the Weird,” which is the gold standard, ya're under an obligation for the genre, and that would be too much for me each holiday season, given the limited payout (since all news organizations everywhere run all the cute stories they see). Washington Times
Your Weekly Jury Duty
[In America, you're presumed innocent . . . until the mug shot is released]
His lawyer’s work is cut out for him for this accused burglar (and, what, he is he leaking chromosomes? What are those strands across his face? Some of it's hair, but--.). The Smoking Gun
Newsrangers: Peter Swank, and the News of the Weird Board of Editorial Advisors.
Comments
Thailand: it's not as if the Shinawatras are particularly democratic themselves. The "democracy" they're protesting against is about as democratic as Putin's Russia or Erdogan's Turkey, and Thailand has (AFAIK) never had any real democracy - no wonder they think it's a sham.
Libertarian: never known an honest one.
Libertarian: never known an honest one.
Posted by Richard Bos on 12/03/13 at 09:03 AM
Th accused burglar on The Smoking Gun is a ringer for a young Charles Manson
Posted by F.U.D. on 12/03/13 at 10:14 AM
"Police Warn of Clown Epidemic in Norfolk [UK]” is less amusing than the more precise "Police Warn of Clown Epidemic in Gaywood [UK]”. who could take such a warning seriously?
Posted by tadchem on 12/03/13 at 03:13 PM
Libertarian- Bravo! Who hasn't wanted to do that in response to an idiotic government or corporate bureaucracy?
Posted by RobK on 12/04/13 at 09:31 AM
The mug shot was good, my favorite was photo 2, That is some serious hair!
Posted by Billy on 12/05/13 at 06:27 AM
Commenting is not available in this channel entry.
Category: