Ridiculous News of the Day

[Skeptic]

Sorry...

[Wingnut]

That is not news.  That is a stupid human trick! 

[Sanguine]

So, did he get the bug?

[Machiavelli]

Donald Trump Invented A Weird New Way To Toss A Coin, And People Can’t Get Over It

Lee Moran
HuffPost
December 11, 2018

President Donald Trump used a bizarre technique to toss the coin before the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, and people noticed.

Twitter users poked fun at Trump after he launched the coin at Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday into the air like this:

Read tweets and watch video clips

Some of the tweets are pretty funny, especially those defending Trump.

[TomSea]

Man trapped for two days in grease vent

A man has been rescued after spending two days trapped in a grease vent at a vacant Chinese restaurant in California, police say.

Emergency crews responded to reports of "a faint voice calling for help" from the building in the San Francisco area.

The man was said to have been exhausted and suffering from dehydration, but he is expected to make a full recovery.

Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/man-trapped-for-two-days-in-grease-vent/ar-BBQSO3m

I'm glad they got him out. That would be scary.

[Smokin Joe]

 

I'm glad they got him out. That would be scary.

That wasn't pork.....

[Frank Cannon]

I'm glad they got him out. That would be scary.

I'll say. The grease in the vent of a San Fran Chinese restaurant isn't going to be beef or pork fat. Meow.

[GtHawk]

I'll say. The grease in the vent of a San Fran Chinese restaurant isn't going to be beef or pork fat. Meow.

 Do you fancy Chinese food?

              No. You're not supposed to eat that stuff.

              They use cats in the chop suey.

              Don't eat that stuff.

[Machiavelli]

I'll say. The grease in the vent of a San Fran Chinese restaurant isn't going to be beef or pork fat. Meow.

Sorry...

[corbe]

WSU stocks men's bathrooms with FREE menstrual products

Celine Ryan
California Senior Campus Correspondent @celinedryan
on Dec 14, 2018 at 5:27 PM EDT

•Washington State University has begun stocking men's bathrooms on one of its campuses with free menstrual products.

•The new offering is part of a system-wide effort to be more inclusive of transgender individuals.

In an effort to demonstrate its “commitment to inclusivity,” Washington State University has begun stocking men’s restrooms with free menstrual products.

The initiative is one of many focusing on “improving the transgender community experience on campus,” and is currently being tested in three restrooms on the Pullman, Wash. campus.  The university is in the process of “assessing similar needs” at other WSU campuses to determine which men’s rooms will receive new accommodations. 

Additional changes include allowing students to choose a name other than their legal name for their student identification card and a new policy requiring all new buildings to have gender-neutral single-user restrooms. Some individuals found the practice of requiring a legal name on student identification cards “alienating” for transgender students who use chosen names.

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https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11645

[mountaineer]

WSU stocks men's bathrooms with FREE menstrual products

[sneakypete]

WSU stocks men's bathrooms with FREE menstrual products

Celine Ryan
California Senior Campus Correspondent @celinedryan
on Dec 14, 2018 at 5:27 PM EDT

•Washington State University has begun stocking men's bathrooms on one of its campuses with free menstrual products.

•The new offering is part of a system-wide effort to be more inclusive of transgender individuals.

In an effort to demonstrate its “commitment to inclusivity,” Washington State University has begun stocking men’s restrooms with free menstrual products.

The initiative is one of many focusing on “improving the transgender community experience on campus,” and is currently being tested in three restrooms on the Pullman, Wash. campus.  The university is in the process of “assessing similar needs” at other WSU campuses to determine which men’s rooms will receive new accommodations. 

Additional changes include allowing students to choose a name other than their legal name for their student identification card and a new policy requiring all new buildings to have gender-neutral single-user restrooms. Some individuals found the practice of requiring a legal name on student identification cards “alienating” for transgender students who use chosen names.

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https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11645

Somebody PLEASE explain to me why any of us should give a damn about some freaks who are MAYBE 1/4 of 1 percent of the population getting offended because we don't kiss their asses?

Call me naive,but I was under the impression we elected representatives to run and defend the nation,not hold hands with the mentally ill.

[mountaineer]

Police: Traffic stop leads to head-butting, flying underwear
The Associated Press
Posted: Dec. 24, 2018 8:00 am Updated: Dec. 24, 2018 10:31 am

NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say a suspected drunk driver head-butted a state trooper and his wife threw her shoes and underwear in protest after they were pulled over on Long Island.

New York State Police say Michael and Alexandra Nelson quickly turned belligerent during the 1:30 a.m. Sunday stop on the Southern State Parkway in Hempstead, New York.  ...  Rest of story

Come on, now, who among us has not tossed panties at a cop now and again? Was that wrong?

[mountaineer]

Oh, the humanity!

Food and beer spill ties up Friday's Route 80 commute
By Jennifer Jean Miller New Jersey Herald
Posted: Dec. 23, 2018 12:01 am

ALLAMUCHY -- An overturned truck on Route 80 westbound in Warren County on Friday evening complicated commuters' rides home, with the left lane of the highway shut down for cleanup efforts for about five hours.

Cases of beer and frozen food spilled from the back of the truck onto the highway  ...

Rest of story 

[Applewood]

Dancing FBI agent who accidentally shot man at Denver bar pleads guilty

DENVER (AP) — A dancing FBI agent who accidentally shot a man in the leg after doing a backflip at a Denver bar will avoid jail time after pleading guilty Friday to third-degree assault.

Chase Bishop, 30, struck a plea deal with prosecutors and was sentenced to two years of probation, The Denver Post reported . He also must pay more than $1,600 in fines and court costs.

Footage of the June 2 shooting at Mile High Spirits and Distillery shows Bishop dancing in the middle of a circle of people before doing the backflip. The gun falls to the ground mid-flip and discharges as Bishop picks it up. The agent then puts the gun into a waistband holster and walks away with his hands up.

More at:

https://www.ksl.com/article/46453471/dancing-fbi-agent-who-accidentally-shot-man-at-denver-bar-pleads-guilty

[Cyber Liberty]

Oh, the humanity!Rest of story 

[mountaineer]

Scott MacFarlane  Verified account @MacFarlaneNews
FLASHER arrested outside White House. Person stopped by police after lowering pants, facing White House and taking picture with friends
10:51 AM - 24 Dec 2018

Okay, which Briefer is in D.C. today?

A man was arrested outside the White House early Sunday morning after a police officer saw him pull down his pants while facing the White House to take a photo with friends.

According to police, a group of four people were getting their photo taken by a fifth person outside the White House just before 1:30 a.m. Sunday. One person turned his back to the camera man and pulled down his pants, exposing himself.
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An officer witnessed the incident and placed the man under arrest.

The man, whose name was not released, was charged with indecent exposure and later released.  WXXV

[Wingnut]

So dropping trow and "mooning" is against the law in DC?  With all the assholes in that town the jails would be full.

[mountaineer]

He was facing the White House. Not sure if he was mooning the photographer or making a political statement toward the president. 

[bigheadfred]

He was facing the White House. Not sure if he was mooning the photographer or making a political statement toward the president. 

I'm surprised he wasn't arrested for impersonation...

[roamer_1]

Come on, now, who among us has not tossed panties at a cop now and again? Was that wrong?

Somehow, @mountaineer , that has never worked out very well for me. 

[Sanguine]

Somehow, @mountaineer , that has never worked out very well for me. 

Whose panties are you throwing? 

[bigheadfred]

Whose panties are you throwing?

Is that some kind of offer?

[Sanguine]

Is that some kind of offer?

 

[roamer_1]

Whose panties are you throwing?

Yeah... boxers mostly... Maybe that's the problem.... 

[SZonian]

Bear Rips Off, Eats Woman’s Arm At Christmas Party

https://www.ibtimes.com/bear-rips-eats-womans-arm-christmas-party-2745753

[bigheadfred]

Bear Rips Off, Eats Woman’s Arm At Christmas Party

Bet the bear would have liked to beat her with it first.

[Applewood]

Who invited the bear to the party anyway? 

[bigheadfred]

Who invited the bear to the party anyway?

A party so bad it was unbearable?

[sneakypete]

The good news is she has finally lost the 20 lbs she has been trying to lose for years.

[mountaineer]

A party so bad it was unbearable?

Fred, your humor is simply disarming.

[Wingnut]

Who invited the bear to the party anyway?

Lord Buckley or maybe Jimmy Buffett?

"Mr. Bear, I love every hair on your 27 acre body. I know you got a lotta friends over there on the other side of the hill. There's ole' Rear Bear, Tall Bear, Freddy Bear, Kelly Jair, Relly Bear, Smelly the Bear, Smokey the Bear, Pokey the Bear; I want you to go back over there tonight and tell 'em I'm feelin' right. You tell 'em I love each and every one of 'em like a brother and a sister; but if they give me any trouble tonight, I'm gonna run every Goddamned one of 'em off the hill."

[bigheadfred]

Fred, your humor is simply disarming.

The poor thing. Lost it playing poker. Now nothing left but a life of crime. Unless she works at a casino as a...

[verga]

Bear Rips Off, Eats Woman’s Arm At Christmas Party

https://www.ibtimes.com/bear-rips-eats-womans-arm-christmas-party-2745753

Teh second part of this sentence goes without saying: The unnamed 53-year-old woman was reportedly an employee at the guesthouse and was spotted heavily drinking at the party, according to reports.
Reminds me of the time several years ago that another drunk jumped into the bear pit in the NYC zoo. They had to shoot the bear. bad choice, there are a whole lot more drunks than bears in NYC.

[Skeptic]

That can't be good.

[240B]

The bear was likely starving. It saw the arm as food and ate it. I've heard of this before. People buy lions and tigers and bears for pets, and then can't afford to feed them the hundreds of pounds of meat they need per week. When the owners run out of food, they usually become the substitute entre'e, if they are stupid enough to enter the cage.

[bigheadfred]

The bear was likely starving. It saw the arm as food and ate it. I've heard of this before. People buy lions and tigers and bears for pets, and then can't afford to feed them the hundreds of pounds of meat they need per week. When the owners run out of food, they usually become the substitute entre'e, if they are stupid enough to enter the cage.

It seems more and more, the term "dangerous wild animal", refers to a person.

[mountaineer]

Well, here's someone desperate for attention:

This Portlander Is Getting Married to a Boyfriend Made from Boxed Wine
Mazel tov to the happy couple.
By Rebecca Jacobson 11/20/2018 at 11:00am Published in the December 2018 issue of Portland Monthly

If you can’t be with the one you love, Stephen Stills wrote, love the one you’re with. Or, if you’re Michael James Schneider and the one you love has just shattered your heart, build yourself a whole new swain out of drained boxes of wine. There’s a good chance you’ve already come across Schneider’s project: last February, the Portlander tweeted four photos of himself posing with a somewhat cubist, very DIY sculpture. “i do not have a boyfriend so i made one out of boxes of wine,” he wrote. Within a day, the tweet had gone viral. Stories from Vice, BuzzFeed, the British tabloid Metro, and even an Armenian newspaper followed. ...

Since then, the couple has enjoyed bike rides, breakfast in bed, and summertime sandcastles, all meticulously documented—like any other true romance of our time—on Instagram. And in August, #boxwineboyfriend popped the big question in the scenic surrounds of Southeast Portland’s Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden. Nuptials are slated for Saturday, February 9, at downtown’s Hi-Lo Hotel (located on SW Harvey Milk Street, natch).  ...


Rest of story at Portland Monthly

[sneakypete]

Well, here's someone desperate for attention:

@mountaineer

Ok,and can someone explain to me WHY this nutcase is allowed to run around free?

[mountaineer]

It's nearly impossible to involuntarily commit the mentally ill anymore,  no matter how much they need psychiatric help.

[GtHawk]

It's nearly impossible to involuntarily commit the mentally ill anymore,  no matter how much they need psychiatric help.

As anyone whose been to Portlandia can attest. Let's all thank the democrats and the ACLU for making our streets safer.

[bigheadfred]

Because more and more people are losing themselves and in the deceit, they truly believe in their utopia and do NOT understand it is really a dystopia.

[Skeptic]

I already responded to this once but I guess someone erased my post. I said,
"That can't be good."

[verga]

Well, here's someone desperate for attention:

The other day my wife and I watched an episode of SWAT. The bisexual female team member was contemplating entering into a polyamorous relationship with a couple that was getting married. The wife asked if this was a "new thing". I reminded her that the media has been trying to define deviancy down for quite a while and that they will do anything to "normalize the most bizarre behaviors. Reminded me of a quote I heard years ago. "You point to any item in the Sears catalog and somewhere in the world, there is someone that either wants to worship it as a god or have sex with it."

[mountaineer]

I reminded her that the media has been trying to define deviancy down for quite a while and that they will do anything to "normalize the most bizarre behaviors. Reminded me of a quote I heard years ago. "You point to any item in the Sears catalog and somewhere in the world, there is someone that either wants to worship it as a god or have sex with it."

Isn't that the sad truth!

[Cyber Liberty]

The other day my wife and I watched an episode of SWAT. The bisexual female team member was contemplating entering into a polyamorous relationship with a couple that was getting married. The wife asked if this was a "new thing". I reminded her that the media has been trying to define deviancy down for quite a while and that they will do anything to "normalize the most bizarre behaviors. Reminded me of a quote I heard years ago. "You point to any item in the Sears catalog and somewhere in the world, there is someone that either wants to worship it as a god or have sex with it."

So Rule 34 was around longer than the Internet?

[verga]

So Rule 34 was around longer than the Internet?

@Cyber Liberty actually had to look that one up, thanks for the reminder.

[Wingnut]

I only know and live by the Gibbs rules.   

[mountaineer]

NAACP links earthquake signs in Oregon to white supremacy
Associated Press
4 hrs ago

ORTLAND, Ore. — A new city policy requiring public signs on brick buildings warning they might collapse in an earthquake is part of a long history of white supremacy aimed at forcing black people to move out of neighborhoods, the NAACP of Portland, Oregon, says.

The group on Thursday decried the policy affecting some 1,600 unreinforced masonry buildings that are on average 90 years old, many in areas with a predominantly black population, The Oregonian/OregonLive reports.

The policy "exacerbates a long history of systemic and structural betrayals of trust and policies of displacement, demolition, and dispossession predicated on classism, racism, and white supremacy," the group said.

The NAACP said the policy will make it tougher for owners of brick buildings to get loans and will discourage investment. It says that means buildings will have to be sold, and that developers will demolish and redevelop, increasing the cost to live there and forcing current residents out. ...  More

Fine. Let a building fall on your heads, who cares?

[corbe]

Man Denies Ownership Of Syringes Found In His Rectum During Jail Strip Search


 
A Florida Man denied ownership of three syringes removed from his rectum during a 4:30 AM strip search at a county jail, according to a criminal complaint.

Cops arrested Wesley Scott, 40, early Friday on an outstanding warrant charging him with drug possession. While being searched in the field, Scott denied having any illegal items concealed on (or in) his body.

But when Scott, seen at right, arrived at the Pinellas County jail and was subjected to a strip search, he “removed three syringes from his rectum and provided them” to a jailer. Scott then claimed that he “found” the syringes and that "they were not his."

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http://thesmokinggun.com/buster/contraband/syringe-story-stinks-482093