The "News of the Weird" Thread

http://www.mlive.com/search/index.ss...mes?NEB&coll=4

I know journalism school teaches you to make the opening of a story catchy, but this takes the cake.

Chinese Scientists create remote control pigeons. :roll: I guess they have nothing better to do.

In light of todays weather ---------May a cyber contol gaggle of geese crap on the weatherman's windshield today :uzi:

Former Canadian Defense Minister says that governments have alien UFO's and should use them to control global warming.





Methinks that hockey season is coming to a close or something.





Or maybe he has had one too many LaBatt Blues.


Read it to believe it.

http://www.playfuls.com/news_0000264...t_Suicide.html

Even if it's not true, the image is still pretty darn funny.
The running around aprt, not so much the other part.

Man executed after 25 years on Texas death row
Sun2Surf - 2 hours ago
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (March 8, 2007): A man who spent 25 years on Texas death row was executed by lethal injection yesterday for a 1980 murder after prison officials had to carry him to the death chamber.

Abe plans new investigation into wartime brothels International Herald Tribune
Japan to study wartime 'comfort women' Guardian Unlimited

Not news of the weird, but a weird grouping of news. This is a cut/paste from Google News front page (it'll probably change by the time I finish typing this). Kind of an odd assortment of articles to group together.

http://www.stclairrecord.com/news/19...then-sues-both

I'm moving to Canada.

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Originally Posted by ctenidae

Man executed after 25 years on Texas death row
Sun2Surf - 2 hours ago
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (March 8, 2007): A man who spent 25 years on Texas death row was executed by lethal injection yesterday for a 1980 murder after prison officials had to carry him to the death chamber.

Abe plans new investigation into wartime brothels International Herald Tribune
Japan to study wartime 'comfort women' Guardian Unlimited

Not news of the weird, but a weird grouping of news. This is a cut/paste from Google News front page (it'll probably change by the time I finish typing this). Kind of an odd assortment of articles to group together.

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I wonder if that's a record length of time for the state of Texas spent on death row. Isn't their average like 3 months or thereabouts?

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Originally Posted by Marc

I wonder if that's a record length of time for the state of Texas spent on death row. Isn't their average like 3 months or thereabouts?

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Only if the inmate is mentally handicapped. But let's not go there.

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Originally Posted by ctenidae

Only if the inmate is mentally handicapped. But let's not go there.

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So what you're sayin is... if I want to kill someone, don't do it in Texas...