News of the Weird

[Gordo]

^^^If that\'s true that\'s one of the funniest stories ever. Especially the two bits:  a) he missed the river and  b) was transported to the hospital separately from his own recovered penis.

[FrankZappa]

it came right off the ap wire. can\'t get much more of a valid source than that since pretty much all international news is just reprints of the ap.

[FreeSpirit]

Two men have been arrested and cops are searching for a third suspect in the early-morning shooting of Officer Damion Lawrence, 27, in Staten Island\'s Port Richmond neighborhood yesterday, however Lawrence himself may be in hot water as cops say he was carrying an eighth of an ounce of marijuana on him at the time of the shooting.

A pair of 18-year-olds, Allan Floyd of Harrison Avenue and Javon Rivera of Huedsen Street, were arrested yesterday and charged with robbery assault and criminal possession of a weapon.

According to the NYPD, staffers at Richmond University Medical Center found the marijuana in Lawrence\'s pocket when he arrived after the shooting. His injuries are not life-threatening and he may face disciplinary charges as a result of the pot possession.

Cops are still searching for Naquan Thomas, an 18-year-old who stands about 5-foot-11 and weighs about 146 pounds. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is being asked to call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or text 247637 (crimes) and enter tip577. All information will be kept confidential.

http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/cop_shot_on_staten_island_stre.html

[FrankZappa]

Strangers with candy?

Green Bay Press Gazette:

A 33-year-old woman who enrolled at Ashwaubenon High School posing as her 15-year-old daughter and practiced with the cheerleading squad told police she was trying to relive her high school years.
Wendy Brown was charged Friday in Brown County Court with identity theft, a felony, after using her daughter\'s documentation to become a student at the school. Officials said the woman stopped attending school after the first day, prompting a truancy investigation and leading to the discovery of the woman\'s true identity.
Brown enrolled using her daughter\'s official transcript, Social Security card, birth certificate and other personal identification, according to court documents.
School officials and teachers said the student appeared older but had a teenage-like demeanor. Brown had told teachers and some school officials that she and her mother had to leave Nevada to get away from her father.
"In school you see a lot of children who look older and dress older," said Don Penza, liaison officer. "At what point do you say, \'You\'re lying\'?"
Brown listed herself as the parent and an employee at a day care, but did not provide a phone number on school forms. During the investigation, officials were unable to contact Brown, and contacted the Nevada school listed on the transcript she provided.
School officials there said Brown\'s daughter was currently attending school. Brown\'s mother, who is the legal guardian of Brown\'s daughter, confirmed that and alerted them to Brown\'s history of fraud and identity theft.
School and law enforcement officials later discovered Brown was arrested Sept. 3 by Green Bay police and booked into the Brown County Jail on an unrelated misdemeanor charge. Brown admitted to the lie and said her daughter was unaware of the scheme.
"We find it not funny at all," said Lt. Jody Crocker.
The woman told officers she wanted to get her high school diploma and become a cheerleader because she had no childhood.
Crocker said he\'s not buying the story because of her lengthy history of fraud.
Brown County Assistant Dist. Atty. Beau Legois said Brown has a 2007 conviction for deceptive practices, a 2004 conviction for obstructing an officer and a 2002 burglary conviction. She was sentenced to five years in prison for the two older cases.
Brown is now jailed and bail is set at $9,500 on three criminal complaints.

[inthewhitelodge]

:wah:

what exactly do they use as "psychotropic medicine"?

didn\'t the government use to use ***

I have heard it confirmed that Timothy Leary worked in liason with several psychiatric/psychological professionals and used ***. I remember the name Aldous Huxley involved; perhaps by way of his written works? Anyhoo, it was apparent that certain "psychoses" were treated using *** therapy to explore some of their inner demons/selves...etc.

Some of the psychoses treated included homosexuality (when it used to be treated as a psychosis) and schizophrenia. Now that\'s pretty strange therapy.

[FrankZappa]

for a fun read, go declare your rights to a copy of the project mkultra documents under the freedom of information act.


:biggrin:

[Me!]

Ping-pong ball saves girl\'s life
by Roger Sinasohn Sep 29th 2008 3:00PM

Categories: Toddlers, Medical conditions, Weird but true

I\'m a big fan of finding new uses for things, and this is a great example. A two-year-old Australian girl, born with biliary artresia, was undergoing surgery to receive a liver transplant when Dr. Albert Shun found a problem. It seems that the adult-size liver was too big and was putting pressure on the girl\'s blood vessels -- a potentially deadly situation.

Dr. Shun came up with a creative way to solve the problem. "I rang my wife and asked her to go to Big W and buy me some ping-pong balls," he said. The doctor used the ping-pong ball to keep the liver off the arteries and relieve the pressure. "There shouldn\'t be any complications. We are in a unique situation in Australia because we have a low donor rate so we have to be adaptable," he said.

The young girl is now up and running about like a normal two-year-old. "She is so normal now. She is a happy kid," said the girl\'s mother. Sounds like a good use of a ping-pong ball to me

[tyzack]

Ping-pong ball saves girl\'s life
by Roger Sinasohn Sep 29th 2008 3:00PM

Categories: Toddlers, Medical conditions, Weird but true

I\'m a big fan of finding new uses for things, and this is a great example. A two-year-old Australian girl, born with biliary artresia, was undergoing surgery to receive a liver transplant when Dr. Albert Shun found a problem. It seems that the adult-size liver was too big and was putting pressure on the girl\'s blood vessels -- a potentially deadly situation.

Dr. Shun came up with a creative way to solve the problem. "I rang my wife and asked her to go to Big W and buy me some ping-pong balls," he said. The doctor used the ping-pong ball to keep the liver off the arteries and relieve the pressure. "There shouldn\'t be any complications. We are in a unique situation in Australia because we have a low donor rate so we have to be adaptable," he said.

The young girl is now up and running about like a normal two-year-old. "She is so normal now. She is a happy kid," said the girl\'s mother. Sounds like a good use of a ping-pong ball to me

Central/Western Mass has a store called the Big Y.
Worcester used to have a store called the Big D.

Therefore, Big W is funny.

[tyzack]

RBANA, Ohio (AP) -- A defendant had a hard time facing the music.

Ludwig van Beethoven\'s music fails to appeal to a man fined for playing rap music too loudly in his car.

Andrew Vactor was facing a $150 fine for playing rap music too loudly on his car stereo in July. But a judge offered to reduce that to $35 if Vactor spent 20 hours listening to classical music by the likes of Bach, Beethoven and Chopin.

Vactor, 24, lasted only about 15 minutes, a probation officer said.

It wasn\'t the music, Vactor said, he just needed to be at practice with the rest of the Urbana University basketball team.
"I didn\'t have the time to deal with that," he said. "I just decided to pay the fine."

Champaign County Municipal Court Judge Susan Fornof-Lippencott says the idea was to force Vactor to listen to something he might not prefer, just as other people had no choice but to listen to his loud rap music.

"I think a lot of people don\'t like to be forced to listen to music," she said.

She\'s also taped TV shows for defendants in other cases to watch on topics such as financial responsibility. As she sees it, they get the chance to have their fine reduced "and at the same time broaden their horizons."

[Spacey]

Fair enough.

There is so much honesty in this article.

[derickw]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081010/ap_on_re_us/connecticut_same_sex_marriage

[Spacey]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081010/ap_on_re_us/connecticut_same_sex_marriage

You are a mean hearted bastard.

Fags?

Really?

I hear Poland has the highest per capita of fags in the world.

Truth?

[SlimPickens]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081010/ap_on_re_us/connecticut_same_sex_marriage

You are a mean hearted bastard.

Fags?

Really?

I hear Poland has the highest per capita of fags in the world.

Truth?

i heard they\'re the highest per capita beastiality in the world

[derickw]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081010/ap_on_re_us/connecticut_same_sex_marriage

You are a mean hearted bastard.

Fags?

Really?

I hear Poland has the highest per capita of fags in the world.

Truth?

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081010/ap_on_re_us/connecticut_same_sex_marriage

You are a mean hearted bastard.

Fags?

Really?

I hear Poland has the highest per capita of fags in the world.

Truth?

i heard they\'re the highest per capita beastiality in the world

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[jocelyn]

A woman in Italy was kept a prisoner in her own home by her husband for 50 years, police have revealed.
 
The wife was only allowed out of the house when accompanied by him, and was not allowed to speak with anyone else.

She raised the alarm when she was admitted to a hospital at Trento, a few miles from her home in the nearby Val di Non in northern Italy, for heart trouble.

She told doctors that her jealous husband had kept her a prisoner in their home virtually since the day they married in 1958.

The couple, who were not identified, are both in their seventies and are believed to have two grown-up children.

He locked her inside the house when he went out, and would not even let her watch the television.

A police spokesman said: "Once the hospital informed us of the woman\'s story we acted immediately and informed the local prosecutor.

"It appears that the woman was kept a virtual prisoner in her own home for 50 years. She was only allowed out when her husband was with her and if he went out on his own he would lock all the doors and windows.

"At 5pm when he came back he would lock the place down, She was not even allowed to see her children and they were not allowed to visit.

"The TV was also forbidden and there were also times when he would beat her.

"It\'s a very sad story and the woman\'s life has been made a misery by her husband – if it wasn\'t for the fact she was admitted to hospital and bravely decided to speak out her ordeal would have continued."

Trento prosecutor Fabio Biasi requested an order for the man to be removed from his house and taken to secure accommodation while the investigation continued.