Miscellaneous News Thread

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Vehicle explosion closes Canada-U.S. border crossing near Niagara Falls: FBI​

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Toronto, Canada and Global Breaking News – CP24

Most recent News News business news stories and video from CP24

www.cp24.com

Some articles say all 4 Canada - New York border bridges are closed.

 

[scotchandcigar]

Should the plural of uterus be uteri?

Uterae? Uterum?

 

[scotchandcigar]

"The Rainbow Bridge" - I thought that was only for pets.

 

[Channel98]

What the "heil" is wrong with these people???

Iowa school apologizes for using Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler’s words for ‘Respect Quote of the Day’

An Iowa school district has apologized for using a phrase attributed to Heinrich Himmler, the Nazi mastermind of the Holocaust — as the “Respect Quote of the Day” in a morning announcement.…

nypost.com

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

It was an inappropriate quote regardless of the source. The source makes it worse.

 

[scotchandcigar]

I don't think there are any Jews in Iowa.

 

[MonoStereo]

I don't think there are any Jews in Iowa.

Then they've wasted millions on their new state advertising campaign : "IOWA : NOW WITH JEWS!!!!"

 

[sadchild]

If this was a random hate crime, fry the fucker

Mother of Palestinian student shot in Vermont thought he would be safer in U.S.

"The doctors are currently saying it's unlikely he'll be able to use his legs again," Price tells NPR by phone from her home in Ramallah. "He's confronting a life of disability, a potentially irreversible change to his life and what it means for his future."

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/27/1215362007/vermont-palestinian-shooting-mother-west-bank?ft=nprml&f=191676894

 

[scotchandcigar]

If this was a random hate crime, fry the fucker

Mother of Palestinian student shot in Vermont thought he would be safer in U.S.

"The doctors are currently saying it's unlikely he'll be able to use his legs again," Price tells NPR by phone from her home in Ramallah. "He's confronting a life of disability, a potentially irreversible change to his life and what it means for his future."

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/27/1215362007/vermont-palestinian-shooting-mother-west-bank?ft=nprml&f=191676894

I saw an in-depth report on this yesterday. 3 very bright young men, medical students and all that. And yes, if you're looking for real irony, this story has it.

 

[Channel98]

And of course the shooter pleaded "not guilty." Our nation's jails and prisons are full – and yet nobody is ever guilty of anything.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

And of course the shooter pleaded "not guilty." Our nation's jails and prisons are full – and yet nobody is ever guilty of anything.

That's how it works. Make the state/prosecutor prove their case. Sometimes the don't. Ask OJ.

 

[Channel98]

"Up your nose with a rubber hose" is an insult popularized on the 1975-79 sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter. "Up your nose with a pair of chopsticks" is a new one.

Man shocked to discover source of headaches for 5 months is pair of chopsticks inside his skull

A man in Vietnam was surprised to find that the cause of his severe headaches for five months was a pair of chopsticks lodged inside his skull.

www.foxnews.com

 

[scotchandcigar]

How the hell did chopsticks get lodged in my brain?!?!

Hmm, well there was that drunken fight 5 months ago...

 

[Jon]

Man who crowdkilled furry at hardcore show wanted by police

According to local Austin news outlet KXAN, the Austin Police Department is actively seeking public assistance to identify a person of interest in connection with an alleged assault that took place at The Ballroom a...

lambgoat.com

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I read the article and I still have no idea what happpened. What is crowdkilling?

 

[Channel98]

Crowdkilling is a sport for morons and idiots.

CrowdKilling, idiots have a new game | Public Pressure

There is a new trend in live music called "Crowd killing" which takes places at hardcore metal gigs and consists behaving "as violently as possible" at gigs.

magazine.publicpressure.io

 

[HecticArt]

How the hell did chopsticks get lodged in my brain?!?!

In America, they tell us not to run with scissors....
In Asia.....it's chopsticks.

 

[JHDK]

Im usually very anti protester and pro Israel but i know the us was built on protesting and I'm all for that but gluing hands to art or blocking traffic is bs. but in this case they didn't block the street and they only hurt themselves. gotta kinda admire the commitment.

Atlanta Protester Critically Injured After Setting Self On Fire Outside Israeli Consulate

"We believe it was an act of extreme political protest that occurred," Atlanta's police chief said, adding that authorities found a Palestinian flag at the scene.

www.huffpost.com

 

[HecticArt]

Been done before.

 

[JHDK]

I know I made this a joke. And I really do feel that people who block roads should be run over but can you imagine caring about something so much you drench yourself in gas and light a match?

Its easy to say they're bonkers and they probably are. But kids like to protest and make a scene. I kinda dig it.