What weird news stories make you either laugh out loud, or just say "huh?'

[Merlin the Elder]

   I saw that in the news.  That's guys face will take a while to heal..
   Man, shoplifters being robbed, muggers getting beat up, what's the world coming to? Tsk.

Yeah...ain't Karma a beach? 

[Merlin the Elder]

One question.... How the ^%@$??

http://www.digtriad.com/news/article/206912/1/Car-Lands-Of-Roof-Of-Fresno-Apartment-Complex

[Archer]

One question.... How the ^%@$??

http://www.digtriad.com/news/article/206912/1/Car-Lands-Of-Roof-Of-Fresno-Apartment-Complex

         

                 Parking rules are a difficult concept for visitors to grasp.  

           

                   .... and where do you leave the ticket when there are no wipers ?

[Merlin the Elder]

                   .... and where do you leave the ticket when there are no wipers ?

Shove it up their...er..umm...exhaust pipe?

[DonaCatalina]

Would not want to be unemployed in Germany
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/1482371/If-you-dont-take-a-job-as-a-prostitute-we-can-stop-your-benefits.html

[Archer]

Lost object with a value of 14 arses

http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2012/01/roman-brothel-token-discovered-in.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheArchaeologyNewsNetwork+%28The+Archaeology+News+Network%29

[Elennare]

Would not want to be unemployed in Germany
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/1482371/If-you-dont-take-a-job-as-a-prostitute-we-can-stop-your-benefits.html

Wow...I'm speechless!  So, by trying to reduce trafficking of women, Germany has (inadvertently?) turned their job centers into traffickers.  If they want to make prostitution legal, and allow brothels to advertise for workers, fine.  But to *force* women to take those jobs?!?!?  That's just sick!     Also, how is it "too hard" to tell brothels apart from bars?

[Auryn]

That (german article) is ridiculous,
how have they not already corrected this??

[Archer]

Someone's most expensive divorces list . . .

Rupert Murdoch's divorce from Anna Murdoch; "the most expensive divorce in history" at $1.7 billion

Adnan Khashoggi's divorce from Soraya Khashoggi; estimated at $874 million

Craig McCaw's divorce from Wendy McCaw; estimated to exceed $460 million

Mel Gibson's divorce from Robyn; estimated at $425 million

Michael Jordan's divorce from Juanita Jordan; estimated to exceed $150 million and was considered by Forbes Magazine to be "the most expensive celebrity divorce" in history, as of April 2007

Charles Edgar Fipke's divorce from Marlene Fipke; estimated at $200 million

Neil Diamond's divorce from Marcia Murphey; estimated at $150 million

Harrison Ford's divorce from Melissa Mathison; estimated at $118 million

Greg Norman's divorce from Laura Andrassy; estimated at $103 million

Tiger Woods' divorce from Elin Nordegren; estimated at $100 million

Steven Spielberg's divorce from Amy Irving; estimated at $100 million

Madonna's divorce from Guy Ritchie; estimated at $90 million

Kevin Costner's divorce from Cindy Silva; estimated at $80 million

Kenny Rogers divorce from Marianne Rogers; estimated at $60 million

James Cameron's divorce from Linda Hamilton; estimated to exceed $50 million

Paul McCartney's divorce from Heather Mills; estimated at $48.6 million

Michael Douglas' divorce from Diandra Douglas; estimated at $45 million

Ted Danson's divorce from Casey Coats; estimated at $30 million

Donald Trump's divorce from Ivana Trump; estimated at $25 million

Lionel Richie's divorce from Diane Richie; estimated at $20 million

Mick Jagger's divorce from Jerry Hall; estimated between $15 and $25 million

             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dConQiDAr0

[Merlin the Elder]

I wonder if Rupert Murdoch would marry me... I'd divorce him for a lot less than $1.7 billion.

[Rowan MacD]

  This is 2012, not 1640 right?

Relatives Accused in Witchcraft Killing

ABC NewsBy Timon Woodward

Relatives who suspected a British teenager of practicing witchcraft beat and drowned him Christmas Day 2010 as he "begged to die" because of the pain they were inflicting, prosecutors alleged  in a London court.

Kristy Bamu, a 15-year-old boy from Newham, east London, allegedly died at the hands of Eric Bikubi and his partner, Magalie Bamu, Kristy's sister. Both of them have denied the charges.

Bikubi and Bamu allegedly forced Kristy's four siblings to join in the attack.

The alleged attackers hit the teen with sticks, metal bars, a hammer and chisel, prosecutors said, and he "begged to die" because of the pain from the beating.

"It was only when he [Bikubi] realized that he [Kristy] wasn't moving that he stopped what he was doing ... by then it was too late," prosecutor Brian Altman said.

Kristy suffered more than 100 injuries.

Kristy and his siblings had arrived in London from Paris to see the East London couple for Christmas. But Kelly, Kristy's elder sister, said the trip turned sour when Eric Bikubi accused her and Kristy of practicing witchcraft and sorcery.  Eric Bikubi also accused them of influencing his 3-year-old son.

"Despite her own siblings' denials that they were sorcerers, Magalie Bamu joined her boyfriend in repeating these fantastic claims and participating in the assaults," Altman alleged.

"They beat them, refusing to let them eat, drink or sleep for days while the punishments being meted out became increasingly violent, with them using many implements found in the flat as weapons of torture," Altman said.

"However, it was Kristy Bamu who became the focus of Bikubi's attention and, in a desperate attempt to prevent any further suffering, he and his two sisters were eventually to admit to being sorcerers. Wickedly, the defendants also recruited sibling against sibling as vehicles for their violence," Altman told the court.

[Archer]

A little bit of "huh" in the news . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY_gzHXxf3c

[DonaCatalina]

http://www.chron.com/news/article/Ice-storm-blankets-Washington-day-after-snowstorm-2623913.php

Charles Hetrick wears a kilt as he plays with "Zeus," his Chow-German Shepherd mix in the snow, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, in Tacoma, Wash. Hetrick says he has worn kilts for last six years and didn't think twice about going with bare legs Wednesday despite the cold.

[Archer]

news out of Wales, unexplained,  so far . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbtYr1aNvX8

It may be weird news to some that at the end of the fiscal year 2010 there were 5,135 inventions that were under secrecy orders restricting their publication if disclosure would be detrimental to the national security.  Thanks to the Invention Secrecy Act of 1951, these inventions that produce free energy are deemed detrimental. What a shame.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2l5Z9T_x8A

Would it not be a boost to the economy for the populations to retain what they spend for their electric bills; fuel expenses and such ?  Would it really be detrimental to national security or detrimental to a select group ?   Thanks to those who are making these decisions for us because,  we are apparently not smart enough to make decisions for ourselves. 

[Archer]

More news to provide a "huh" . . . Largest Solar Flare since 2005  . . .

     First comes electromagnetic radiation, followed by radiation in the form of protons.

Then, finally the coronal mass ejection — that's the plasma from the sun itself — hits. Usually that travels at about 1 or 2 million miles per hour, but this storm is particularly speedy and is shooting out at 4 million miles per hour, Biesecker said.


Source:  http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/story/2012-01-23/solar-storm/52754706/1

  More information ?   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30TXQkNBB9k

  A massive sunspot released a M9-class solar flare (one step below the most powerful x-class flares) on January 23, 2012. The resulting coronal mass ejection may set off geomagnetic storms on Earth by January 24th or 25th. - (so we are told).

View it ?   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W5FVFDGz60

Scientists watching the sun with a new NASA satellite launched in 2010 — during the sun's quiet period — are excited.

"We haven't had anything like this for a number of years," Pulkkinen said. "It's kind of special."

   Breaking out the sun screen while posting this . . . "huh"