Ridiculous News of the Day

[Smokin Joe]

They were crappy dancers.

_{and the story is fake.}

There are sickos out there who would have paid extra to sit up front...

[GtHawk]

There are sickos out there who would have paid extra to sit up front...

Up front? Hell they would have paid a premium for a lap dance!
I will never understand the japanese


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UDcfOkOeTw

[Smokin Joe]

Up front? Hell they would have paid a premium for a lap dance!
I will never understand the japanese


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UDcfOkOeTw

Sigh...must be a fad. This, too, will pass.

[thackney]

Car Thief Climbs Crane, Strips Naked at Port of Los Angeles in WILD Police Chase Caught on Camera
http://gcaptain.com/car-thief-climbs-crane-strips-naked-at-port-of-los-angeles-in-wild-police-chase-caught-on-camera/
August 17, 2017

...A bizarre incident at the Port of Los Angeles Wednesday night as a high-speed police chase ended with the suspect entering the port where he climbed a giant ship-to-shore crane and stripping naked before plunging to his death....

...News helicopters captured the man on camera pacing around, waving at police, dancing and doing “calisthenics”, as the media described it. After a few hours on the crane the man even took off his clothes.

Tragically, after more than three hours on the crane, the man either fell or jumped to his death, landing on the containership docked at the terminal....

[Smokin Joe]

Car Thief Climbs Crane, Strips Naked at Port of Los Angeles in WILD Police Chase Caught on Camera
http://gcaptain.com/car-thief-climbs-crane-strips-naked-at-port-of-los-angeles-in-wild-police-chase-caught-on-camera/
August 17, 2017

...A bizarre incident at the Port of Los Angeles Wednesday night as a high-speed police chase ended with the suspect entering the port where he climbed a giant ship-to-shore crane and stripping naked before plunging to his death....

...News helicopters captured the man on camera pacing around, waving at police, dancing and doing “calisthenics”, as the media described it. After a few hours on the crane the man even took off his clothes.

Tragically, after more than three hours on the crane, the man either fell or jumped to his death, landing on the containership docked at the terminal....

Drugs? Most likely!  Sad that the crew had to clean that one off the decks...for the crew.

[GtHawk]

Car Thief Climbs Crane, Strips Naked at Port of Los Angeles in WILD Police Chase Caught on Camera
http://gcaptain.com/car-thief-climbs-crane-strips-naked-at-port-of-los-angeles-in-wild-police-chase-caught-on-camera/
August 17, 2017

...A bizarre incident at the Port of Los Angeles Wednesday night as a high-speed police chase ended with the suspect entering the port where he climbed a giant ship-to-shore crane and stripping naked before plunging to his death....

...News helicopters captured the man on camera pacing around, waving at police, dancing and doing “calisthenics”, as the media described it. After a few hours on the crane the man even took off his clothes.

Tragically, after more than three hours on the crane, the man either fell or jumped to his death, landing on the containership docked at the terminal....

I don't usually watch these things, but this one was a bit different, especially when the guy bailed and started running up the steps, walking, walking really slow, those cranes are really high! You could see the guy wasn't right in the head, waving his arms and hands around. Glad I had better things to do than keep watching. Not surprised he jumped, he was erratic from the get go.

[Wingnut]

I don't usually watch these things, but this one was a bit different, especially when the guy bailed and started running up the steps, walking, walking really slow, those cranes are really high! You could see the guy wasn't right in the head, waving his arms and hands around. Glad I had better things to do than keep watching. Not surprised he jumped, he was erratic from the get go.

Where the hell is Dirty Harry when you need him.   This all could have been prevented.

[GtHawk]

Where the hell is Dirty Harry when you need him.   This all could have been prevented.

Well I bet there will be a lot of second guessing and blaming the police for letting him spend so much time circling around the cranes before they move in.

[Wingnut]

Well I bet there will be a lot of second guessing and blaming the police for letting him spend so much time circling around the cranes before they move in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nglh-BExEus

[Smokin Joe]

A different spin on bearing arms....

https://asiancorrespondent.com/2017/08/chinese-man-two-human-arms/#ieW11iFF4pUC7ZrL.97

[mountaineer]

Charleston man arrested for alleged vandalism
By MetroNews Staff in News | August 22, 2017 at 10:16PM

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The man who allegedly spray-painted “Black Lives Matter” on the side of two Charleston buildings was arrested Tuesday evening.

Ray Hensley Jr., 36, of Charleston, allegedly painted the message on the side of the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences on Washington Street East and the building of Fox’s Pizza on Ruffner Avenue sometime early Tuesday morning.

Hensley was also arrested for four charges including one for obstructing, one for trespassing and two for shoplifting.

According to the Charleston Police Department, more charges are expected to be filed once a detailed examination of other sites are completed.

The ridiculous part of this story?


Yeah, he's white.
Apparently, he's been writing "Black Lives Matter" all over the place. Just standing up for his peeps.

[GtHawk]

The ridiculous part of this story?


Yeah, he's white.
Apparently, he's been writing "Black Lives Matter" all over the place. Just standing up for his peeps.

Don't judge him by his "outside", he self identifies as a Watusi.

[Cyber Liberty]

Don't judge him by his "outside", he self identifies as a Watusi.

And I'm OK with that, as long as he doesn't have Diarrhea.

[Wingnut]

Don't judge him by his "outside", he self identifies as a Watusi.

[mountaineer]

I'd like to get one of those t-shirts, please.

[corbe]

Melania Trump wears stilettos again on way to Texas

 By Josh Delk - 09/02/17 03:12 PM EDT

First lady Melania Trump wore stilettos for her departure Saturday to Texas to meet with victims of Hurricane Harvey, after facing criticism for wearing similar shoes on a trip earlier this week.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/348992-melania-wears-stilettos-again-on-way-to-texas

[Cyber Liberty]

Melania Trump wears stilettos again on way to Texas

 By Josh Delk - 09/02/17 03:12 PM EDT

First lady Melania Trump wore stilettos for her departure Saturday to Texas to meet with victims of Hurricane Harvey, after facing criticism for wearing similar shoes on a trip earlier this week.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/348992-melania-wears-stilettos-again-on-way-to-texas

They're just pissed she looks so damned good in them.  That gal from Vogue who bitched about it looked like a bag lady made up to look like Raggedy Ann.

[berdie]

They're just pissed she looks so damned good in them.  That gal from Vogue who bitched about it looked like a bag lady made up to look like Raggedy Ann.

I can't find the thumbs up emogi...but thumbs up. It wouldn't have mattered what she wore...they would have found fault.

[Suppressed]

Smugglers caught because they got their Chinese characters the wrong way round
Language blunder gives sugar carriers a bitter lesson after it attracts coastguards’ suspicions
PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 05 September, 2017, 2:19pm
UPDATED : Tuesday, 05 September, 2017, 2:19pm
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2109812/smugglers-caught-because-they-got-their-chinese-characters-wrong



A foreign ship was caught with smuggled cargo last week because the crew did not know Chinese and put the wrong characters on the front of the vessel.

[...]

But they raised the eyebrows of Chinese coastguards because they were painted the other way round. The paint was much fresher than that on the rest of the ship, which was docking at the Yancheng harbour on Thursday, according to the report.

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Officers found 1,300 tonnes of sugar in the cargo bay, held in plastic bags with wording that suggested the origin of production was in Thailand.

[...]

The crew lowered the Panamanian flag and painted the Chinese characters on the bow, because Chinese authorities were less likely to inspect domestic ships.

But the painters did not speak Chinese and held the template in the wrong direction, getting the characters back-to-front.

[...]

I love the unmatched paint, too.  Not sure I believe the story, but it's amusing to think about.

[Suppressed]

Chaos erupts as tick on display goes missing during press conference
September 6, 2017 (Mainichi Japan)
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170906/p2a/00m/0na/003000c

MIYAZAKI -- An ixodid tick that was on display here during a press conference at the Miyazaki Prefectural Government office on Sept. 4 has gone missing, causing chaos, the Mainichi Shimbun has learned.

The tick was presented to the media as part of the prefectural government's drive to warn people about "severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS)," which is transmitted by ixodid ticks.

It had been brought to the conference venue by a prefectural government employee, and placed on a sheet of white paper together with another ixodid tick that had died after sucking some blood. The live tick suddenly went missing following a photo session.

The tick's sudden disappearance caused commotion in the room, with journalists and prefectural employees frantically searching for it, but to no avail. As a countermeasure, the prefectural government released two types of insecticide across the press room.

[...]

At a press conference the following day, Miyazaki Gov. Shuji Kono apologized, saying, "We should have taken better safety precautions."

[Cyber Liberty]

Artist's rendering of the missing tick....

[Cripplecreek]

Chaos erupts as tick on display goes missing during press conference

If someone comes into the medical facility where I work is found to have bedbugs, examining rooms are quarantined and the area where they sat in the reception area is roped off for several feet around. The funny thing is that the exterminator uses rubbing alcohol to kill them. The hospital wants those areas quarantined for 24 hours but the exterminator says 2 hours is more than enough.

They just shrug their shoulders over cockroaches.

[Suppressed]

They just shrug their shoulders over cockroaches.

Surprising, considering some people are allergic to them.

[corbe]

Police seek 'mad pooper' woman jogger who's defecating shamelessly on people's front lawns
Fox News       

A woman dubbed as the "Mad Pooper" is accused of defecating in front of houses in Colorado Springs.

Colorado Springs cops are hunting a woman dubbed “the Mad Pooper,” who’s been caught defecating in front of houses for weeks.

Cathy Budde told KKTV the unidentified woman has been relieving herself in front of Budde’s Colorado Springs home for at least seven weeks. Her children even caught the “mad pooper” squatting with her pants down in front of the house.

"They are like, 'There's a lady taking a poop!' So I come outside, and I'm like…'are you serious?'" Budde told KKTV. "'Are you really taking a poop right here in front of my kids!?' She's like, 'Yeah, sorry!'"

<..snip..>

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/09/20/police-seek-mad-pooper-woman-jogger-whos-defecating-shamelessly-on-peoples-front-lawns.html

[Smokin Joe]

There is something in the air in the Front Range...

Lest we forget:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/markmeckler/2017/06/now-can-legally-defecate-urinate-denver-sidewalks-thanks-liberals/

https://hotair.com/archives/2017/06/12/denver-okays-public-pooping/?utm_source=hadaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl

[jmyrlefuller]

Greeneville, TN: Residents mistake Halloween decorations for an actual crime scene
http://wate.com/2017/09/20/greene-county-residents-mistake-halloween-decorations-for-crime-scene/

[Suppressed]

Hurricane victims call sex hotline after FEMA mistakenly tweets wrong number
POSTED 7:17 PM, SEPTEMBER 22, 2017, BY TRIBUNE MEDIA WIRE
http://wgntv.com/2017/09/22/hurricane-victims-call-sex-hotline-after-fema-mistakenly-tweets-wrong-number/

[mountaineer]

Hurricane victims call sex hotline after FEMA mistakenly tweets wrong number

So that's what FEMA employees have been doing! 

[musiclady]

So that's what FEMA employees have been doing! 

 

[Smokin Joe]

That happened to me on a wellsite. I called an instrumentation company's tech support line and dialed "800" instead of "866"...and got a sex hotline. I just told the lady that was not the sort of technical support I was looking for...and got the number right the second try.

[Suppressed]

Woman gets $400K package of oxycodone; wanted yoga mat
Tuesday, October 3rd 2017, 1:29 pm EDT    Tuesday, October 3rd 2017, 1:44 pm EDT
http://www.waff.com/story/36511109/woman-gets-400k-package-of-oxycodone-wanted-yoga-mat

ROCK HILL, SC (WSOC/CNN) - A woman walked out to meet her mail carrier, thinking a yoga mat she ordered had arrived. Instead, she was handed a heavy box filled with $400,000 worth of illegal oxycodone.

[...]

"Most of this is counterfeit, and it comes from other countries. And it's being shipped in," York County drug agent Marvin Brown said.

It's likely the package was supposed to be sent to the woman's old apartment that's now vacant, and someone was supposed to watch the place and pick it up, he said. Instead, it was forwarded to the woman's new address, he said.

[...]

Excerpt.

[jmyrlefuller]

FDA fines bakery for listing 'love' as one of the ingredients in its granola

ingredients “must be listed by their common or usual name. ‘Love’ is not a common or usual name of an ingredient, and is considered to be intervening material because it is not part of the common or usual name of the ingredient,” the FDA wrote.

http://wivb.com/2017/10/04/fda-love-is-not-a-real-ingredient-in-bakerys-granola/

[Smokin Joe]

FDA fines bakery for listing 'love' as one of the ingredients in its granola

ingredients “must be listed by their common or usual name. ‘Love’ is not a common or usual name of an ingredient, and is considered to be intervening material because it is not part of the common or usual name of the ingredient,” the FDA wrote.

http://wivb.com/2017/10/04/fda-love-is-not-a-real-ingredient-in-bakerys-granola/

Just because their mommas didn't put love in any of their cookies when they were little, no doubt.

[DCPatriot]

FDA fines bakery for listing 'love' as one of the ingredients in its granola

ingredients “must be listed by their common or usual name. ‘Love’ is not a common or usual name of an ingredient, and is considered to be intervening material because it is not part of the common or usual name of the ingredient,” the FDA wrote.

http://wivb.com/2017/10/04/fda-love-is-not-a-real-ingredient-in-bakerys-granola/

I agree with the 'ridiculous' decision to fine them.

"ounces of Love"....tomorrow will see, "cup of tenderness", "commitment to perfection", and "angel's wings"

Ingredient labels are not supposed to be a marketing 'field'.   It's supposed to be a serious notice on the packaging.

[Smokin Joe]

I agree with the 'ridiculous' decision to fine them.

"ounces of Love"....tomorrow will see, "cup of tenderness", "commitment to perfection", and "angel's wings"

Ingredient labels are not supposed to be a marketing 'field'.   It's supposed to be a serious notice on the packaging.

Maybe they were one of those outfits adding the 'special sauce' in the back...

[Cyber Liberty]

I agree with the 'ridiculous' decision to fine them.

"ounces of Love"....tomorrow will see, "cup of tenderness", "commitment to perfection", and "angel's wings"

Ingredient labels are not supposed to be a marketing 'field'.   It's supposed to be a serious notice on the packaging.

I'm with you on this.  I saw this story on Fox Business Channel this morning, and my wife said she thought FDA was being humorless.  I said, "So am I when it comes to ingredient labels.  It's difficult enough sifting through all the unpronounceable chemicals looking for the ones that will kill me without having to deal with the cutsie additions."

[GtHawk]

I agree with the 'ridiculous' decision to fine them.

"ounces of Love"....tomorrow will see, "cup of tenderness", "commitment to perfection", and "angel's wings"

Ingredient labels are not supposed to be a marketing 'field'.   It's supposed to be a serious notice on the packaging.

Good thing there is no actual winery selling wine using this song for an ad.

Strawberries cherries and an angel's kiss in spring
My summer wine is really made from all these things

[thackney]

I agree with the 'ridiculous' decision to fine them.

"ounces of Love"....tomorrow will see, "cup of tenderness", "commitment to perfection", and "angel's wings"

Ingredient labels are not supposed to be a marketing 'field'.   It's supposed to be a serious notice on the packaging.

I am with you.  "Made with Love" is fine on the packaging.  Ingredients labels are not the place for marketing schemes.

[Suppressed]

Deputies: Pinellas Park man Googled 'how to rob a bank' then robbed a bank
Times staff
Tuesday, October 10, 2017 12:14pm
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/deputies-pinellas-park-man-googled-how-to-rob-a-bank-then-robbed-a-bank/2340560


William Joe Johnson, 26, stole an undisclosed amount of money from Achieva Credit Union at 10125 Ulmerton Road, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. [Pinellas County Jail]

PINELLAS PARK — Sheriff's deputies on Monday arrested a man accused of robbing a bank near Largo last week, then using the money on utilities, rent and a drug binge.

[...]

After an investigation, deputies found him at the hotel. In an interview, detectives said Johnson told them he was in need of money and searched on Google "how to rob a bank."

[...]

[Cyber Liberty]

Deputies: Pinellas Park man Googled 'how to rob a bank' then robbed a bank
Times staff
Tuesday, October 10, 2017 12:14pm
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/deputies-pinellas-park-man-googled-how-to-rob-a-bank-then-robbed-a-bank/2340560


William Joe Johnson, 26, stole an undisclosed amount of money from Achieva Credit Union at 10125 Ulmerton Road, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. [Pinellas County Jail]

PINELLAS PARK — Sheriff's deputies on Monday arrested a man accused of robbing a bank near Largo last week, then using the money on utilities, rent and a drug binge.

[...]

After an investigation, deputies found him at the hotel. In an interview, detectives said Johnson told them he was in need of money and searched on Google "how to rob a bank."

[...]

Shoulda used "Ipswitch."

[mountaineer]

Johnson told them he was in need of money and searched on Google "how to rob a bank."

Should have googled "how to rob a bank but i'm really just kidding."

[Smokin Joe]

Should have googled "how to rob a bank but i'm really just kidding."

"Unsolved bank robberies" might be the best search term...

[mountaineer]

Another clever bank robber:

Wilkinsburg Man Robs Bank, Stops To Buy Beer Nearby Minutes Later
October 12, 2017 6:52 PM By Julie Grant

WILKINSBURG (KDKA) — A suspected bank robber is behind bars Thursday after police caught him buying beer down the street minutes after the robbery.

Police say after he robbed the bank he was caught minutes later buying beer down the street. Police also say, this isn’t his first robbery.  ...

More at KDKA Pittsburgh.

[Free Vulcan]

Juvenile Prison Catches Worker Who Stole $1.2 Million Worth Of Fajitas

http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/15/juvenile-prison-catches-worker-who-stole-1-2-million-worth-of-fajitas/

Texas prosecutors have charged a former juvenile detention center employee with stealing $1.2 million worth of fajitas over a nine-year period in a Tex-Mex food trafficking scheme.

The scheme came to light when Gilberto Escaramilla, an employee of the Cameron County Juvenile Justice Department, took off work Aug. 7 and a delivery driver tried to drop of 800 pounds of fajitas. The detention center does not serve fajitas.

“If it wasn’t so serious, you’d think it was a Saturday Night Live skit. But this is the real thing,” Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz told the Valley Morning Star.

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Who wants to be a fajita millionaire?

[Gefn]

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Who wants to be a fajita millionaire?

He must have been very hungry. Or very high.

[Cyber Liberty]

He must have been very hungry. Or very high.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5rlbOqQq7w

[Gefn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5rlbOqQq7w

No Jack In THe Boxes near me. We do have a sonic which is a big deal besides McDonalds and BK.

And White Castle!!! (Harold and Kumar were there)
@Cyber Liberty

[Suppressed]

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Who wants to be a fajita millionaire?

My brother dated a descendant of the inventor of the "fajita".  "Fajita" is actually a cut of beef, not the strips.  But it has become corrupted, so "fajita strips" are now called "fajitas" and the word is used for chicken, etc.  The latter infuriated the family, who insisted that "fajita strips" were beef, and the others were just "chicken strips", etc.

[mountaineer]

Heel Striker: Woman Sets Marathon Record in 3-Inch Stilettos
As if 26.2 miles wasn't hard enough, one woman took her race to the next level.
By McGee Nall Tuesday, October 17, 2017, 1:30 pm

While training for a marathon, some runners might test their endurance by wearing heavy backpacks, tackling steep inclines, or running in intense heat. Irene Sewell's tactic of choice? Wearing high heels for 26.2 miles at Sunday's 7 Bridges Marathon in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

The 27-year-old Blacksburg, Virginia native first got the idea when she heard about a London woman who attempted a Guinness World Record by running a marathon in heels a few years ago. Unfortunately, that woman was disqualified when she took off her shoes less than halfway through the course and finished the race barefoot. ...  Rest of story at Runners World

[Sanguine]

Heel Striker: Woman Sets Marathon Record in 3-Inch Stilettos
As if 26.2 miles wasn't hard enough, one woman took her race to the next level.
By McGee Nall Tuesday, October 17, 2017, 1:30 pm

While training for a marathon, some runners might test their endurance by wearing heavy backpacks, tackling steep inclines, or running in intense heat. Irene Sewell's tactic of choice? Wearing high heels for 26.2 miles at Sunday's 7 Bridges Marathon in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

The 27-year-old Blacksburg, Virginia native first got the idea when she heard about a London woman who attempted a Guinness World Record by running a marathon in heels a few years ago. Unfortunately, that woman was disqualified when she took off her shoes less than halfway through the course and finished the race barefoot. ...  Rest of story at Runners World

Why?