Thursday, August 27, 2009

Whacky News Day

Every once in a while Google News dredges up an amusing array of crazy stories. Here are some from this morning:

There's a Spanish village that hosts an annual mushy tomato festival in which folks batter each other with over-ripe tomatoes. Gives a whole new meaning to tomato sauce.
"The origins of the event are unclear although it is thought to have its roots in a food fight between childhood friends in the mid-1940s in the city."
The UN declares Australian Aborigines right to self determination is being denied by a law that prohibits alcohol and porn in their communities.
"It undermines the right of indigenous peoples to control their own destinies, their right to self-determination."
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"Two years ago troops, medical staff and social workers were deployed in an attempt to combat violence and rampant abuse of children in some aboriginal communities. Racial discrimination laws were suspended to allow the controversial policy to be implemented.

Alcohol and pornography were banned in the communities and indigenous residents were forced to spend a portion of their welfare payments on essentials such as food.

Some activists say the measures violate human rights because they only target Aborigines."
Apparently child abuse is a human right. Just one more reason to dismantle that useless organization.

Police have wild time herding zoo fugitives
"It took 12 officers more than four hours, a roll of yellow police tape and a bag of apples to lure four reluctant llamas, a yak and a wallaby back into their pens yesterday morning after someone broke in and set the animals free."
Keystone robbers fail at bizarre burglary attempt
"For the three would-be robbers it was a very simple plan: Steal a backhoe, drive it to a gas station at nighttime and use the backhoe's shovel to tear open an ABM.

But the plan didn't work - the backhoe's shovel couldn't smash open the ABM casing and the three had to flee in a stolen truck."
And for the really whacky news, am I the only one who has noticed that the MSM is now celebrating every event in which a radical Islamist is captured or killed? Funny how that works. During Dubya's term in office, these folks were heroes just "resisting" American imperialism.

US Missile strikes kill six militants in Pakistan

Afghan Taliban Commander is Captured in Raid

Now, apparently, it's okay to call them "militants" and hiding behind civilians is no longer an acceptable excuse.

And, wonder of all wonders, Iran's head fascist backtracks on the foreign agitators meme and admits that wide spread abuses have been committed by his own goons. The guy is shaking in his boots. Hallelujah!

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