The "News of the Weird" Thread

[Abubob]

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/12...ged-train-fare-is-barred-from-financial-jobs/

On one hand, ludicrous punishment for a miniscule crime, on the other, good for the FCA, because if he's willing to do this, what else would he do, or has he done that didn't get caught?

If ethics matter, then ethics matter, right?

"If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won't be honest with greater responsibilities. - Luke 16:10

 

[ctenidae]

"If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won't be honest with greater responsibilities. - Luke 16:10

That book's got some good advice, that's for sure.

 

[skiNEwhere]

The "News of the Weird" Thread

Guy trades in his business truck bearing his name and number, which somehow ends up in Syria with terrorists. WTF!!?

http://blog.caranddriver.com/texas-plumbers-truck-traded-in-ends-up-in-syria-with-terrorists/

 

[ctenidae]

FTFA: Remember: Get your business’s identifying info off your vehicles before sending them to auction. Especially if those vehicles are capable of lugging a homebrew anti-aircraft rifle.

Classic. I like the comment about the truck being from Texas, so wondering if the machine gun was stock.

 

[bigbog]

The level of priority=time spent in each segment(AnimalPlanet's North Woods Law)....was astounding a few days/nights ago....
Not a regular of the show...but happenned to watch the other day/night as one of the shows dealt with the woman lost on the AT around Spaulding Mtn/Sugarloaf..or to the south. One of the shows, either previous to, or after....spent ~10min dedicated to an illegally owned Burmese Python:-o and an Alligator:-o..yet dedicated around 30min+ on Maine wardens observing and busting a bunch of guys for passing around & smoking a single joint while shooting ducks.
I'm in no way sanctioning smoking pot while handling firearms.....but to give that an extended priority over coverage of the mentally challenged who bring pythons and alligators into the state and most likely dump them outside...to avoid arrest, to crawl around in Maine's woods, grasslands and waters.....Bizarre.
I guess I missed this when originally filmed back in the spring/summer/fall, and it was in the southern portion of the state...but nonetheless... but when you've spent so much time in the woodlands and hiked so many miles around Maine, with it's location of relative temperature invulnerability...and then you watch this.... They probably slapped their hands and sent them to ..meh'...Good Behavior.
I didn't catch the sentencing...but like hanging would not be beyond my opinion..lol.

 

[ctenidae]

http://www.businessinsider.com/lazard-intern-quits-to-pursue-porn-2015-1

2nd paragraph is a keeper. Of course, the Twitter comment is good, too. Hell, the whole article is full of win.

 

[bvibert]

http://www.businessinsider.com/lazard-intern-quits-to-pursue-porn-2015-1

2nd paragraph is a keeper. Of course, the Twitter comment is good, too. Hell, the whole article is full of win.

You can get fired for that? Crap...

 

[legalskier]

Girlfriend falls to her death after jumping up in excitement as her boyfriend proposed to her on top of a cliff

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...riend-proposed-cliff-Ibiza.html#ixzz3QRJaRagR

 

[gmcunni]

man's best friend . . .

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...HUA-jailed-wife-spots-abusing-family-pet.html

 

[legalskier]

Owner of Brooklyn Maraschino Cherry company kills himself after police find huge marijuana-growing operation: sources


http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...-kills-drug-operation-found-article-1.2127732

 

[bigbog]

Guy trades in his business truck bearing his name and number, which somehow ends up in Syria with terrorists. WTF!!?

http://blog.caranddriver.com/texas-plumbers-truck-traded-in-ends-up-in-syria-with-terrorists/

Are you kidding skiNEwhere? ...Not much of the YouTube army is legitimately purchased.. Stolen stuff from all around the globe.
A lot of the ISIS campaign is to legitimize the previous & Pentagon-based Iraqi strategy.
Constant Conflict = good for business for defense contractors...

 

[legalskier]

Scientists Demand Investigation After More Mysterious Holes Appear In Siberia

http://www.iflscience.com/environme...scovery-several-new-mysterious-craters-russia

 

[legalskier]

First full body transplant is two years away, surgeon claims
Doctor plans to graft a living person’s head on to a donor body using procedures he believes will soon be ready

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/feb/25/first-full-body-transplant-two-years-away-surgeon-claim


"It's alive!...It's ALIVE!!"

 

[bvibert]

First full body transplant is two years away, surgeon claims
Doctor plans to graft a living person’s head on to a donor body using procedures he believes will soon be ready

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/feb/25/first-full-body-transplant-two-years-away-surgeon-claim


"It's alive!...It's ALIVE!!"

That just doesn't sound like a good idea...

 

[legalskier]

In tragic twist, fire extinguisher factory burns down


http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/national/tragic-twist-fire-extinguisher-factory-burns-down/nkckb/

 

[Not Sure]

That just doesn't sound like a good idea...

Haha 1971 Movie , bringing the races together

 

[Not Sure]

http://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2015/03/man_dies_in_cemetery_when_head.html

 

[skiNEwhere]

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...sMziFBp4zS5qyMzeBUXxM/story.html#skip-target1

 

[wa-loaf]

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...sMziFBp4zS5qyMzeBUXxM/story.html#skip-target1

Doesn't seem weird to me.

 

[skiNEwhere]

Doesn't seem weird to me.

I guess you do all your landscaping with animals then