Chuck’s Hand-Picked Overnight Weird News for Wednesday
Update: The reality TV show Hurl! debuted last night
This Washington Post review tells you all you need to know because you certainly didn't need to see it (on the G4 cable channel) (though the climaxes, into buckets, were obscured by animations). "'Hurl!, in other words, is for people who found Fear Factor much too nuanced and intellectually complex." Washington Post
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Those deceitful orchids, tricking pollinators
Even Charles Darwin wondered (in his first book after The Origin of Species) why orchids needed to pretend to be female wasps to take precious sperm from the males ("pseudocopulating"). And now, an Australian researcher writing in The American Naturalist has an explanation. New York Times
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An "American craze" that Chuck's never heard of is big, big, big on London's Fleet Street
Both the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail gave big play this week to photographer Dean Fidelman's calendar of nude rock-climbers (with samples!). This'll "take Britain by storm," promised one. Daily Telegraph // Daily Mail (even more photos!)
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And "you're not very good at it," said the judge
Mr. Dana Reid, 33, college-degreed, turned to drug-dealing as a "major trafficker" in ecstasy and marijuana, and had the book thrown at him in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Said the judge: "What was going on in your head? You're an intelligent guy. [T]his is not the appropriate way of life for you. Not only is it illegal, but you're not very good at it . . .." Chronicle Herald (Halifax)
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Inspiring, heart-warming story (sorry about this; I know you expect more from the Cynic Laureate so I won't let this happen too often)
Dr. Bindeswar Pathak, an Indian Brahmin, is mortified at how his country, despite laws against it, continues to oppress the lowest-class, untouchable Dalits, who in many parts of the country are still relegated to toilet-bucket cleaners. He's rescued 56, given them opportunities to middle-class-up themselves, and brought 36 to the United Nations to publicize 2008 as the Year of Sanitation (since 2.6 billion Earthlings do not have access to clean and safe toilet facilities). CNN
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Catholic school principal throws it all away to have backyard sex romp
Gabriel De Jesus, 41, Greenburgh, N.Y., met two other guys and cavorted naked in the back yard of a vacant house on Sunday afternoon. The neighbors called police because of the trespassing aspect. One of the men got away by sprinting away through the 'hood. Yes, he was naked, but . . .. WCBS-TV (New York City)
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"Don't hit him again! That's my dad!"
Attempted robbery of a pizza joint in Denton, Tex., by a guy in a wig and dark glasses. Employees Rudy and Stephanie on duty. Rudy jumped on the robber and started to beat him. The wig and glasses came off. Stephanie recognized the perp: her dad. Later arrested, also, were Stephanie's mom and Stephanie's husband (but police said Stephanie had nothing to do with it). Dallas Morning News
Comments 'denton_pizza'
Update: Australian court overturns Sydney's no-annoying law
Well, of course it was void because, said Federal Court judges (of the state-passed law), there is "no intelligible boundary" on what can cause annoyance. [Ed.: Still, though obviously violative of basic notions of due process of law, that's for Other People. As for Chuck, it's a blessed "YIMBY" law, i.e., Yes, In My Back Yard. Do not annoy me!] Sydney Morning Herald
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People Whose Sex Lives Are Worse Than Yours
Mr. Kelly Pecor of Sacramento, Calif., surely belongs here today, but we need better reporting than that done by San Francisco's KPIX-TV, which disclosed only that his adult sister had caught him "using her five-month-old bulldog, Chateau, to masturbate." KPIX-TV
Comments 'kelly_pecor'
Your Daily Jury Duty
[no fair examining the evidence; verdict must be based on mugshot only]
Charles Knight, 62, was arrested in Charlotte, N.C., for supposedly having child porn on his computer, but, come on, that can't be right because after all, he's a church volunteer and has been mentoring Boy Scouts for several decades! (Oh, wait! I'm not supposed to look at the evidence.) Time Warner Newschannel 14 (Raleigh)
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More Things to Worry About on Wednesday
Framingham, Mass., police made an arrest after neighbors reported a "loud argument" between two deaf women . . . . . The kinder, gentler Federal Communications Commission reduced $11.3 million in fines of two telemarketers to, um, $95,000 . . . . . Gas crisis continues: A south Los Angeles gang shooting was via a bicycle ride-by . . . . . Arrested in Clarion County, Pa., for violating a Protection From Abuse warrant: Robert K. Stalker, 41 [second story]. Today's Newsrangers: Sam Gaines, Jason Depew, Scott Langill, Stephen Taylor, Tim Trewhella
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This Washington Post review tells you all you need to know because you certainly didn't need to see it (on the G4 cable channel) (though the climaxes, into buckets, were obscured by animations). "'Hurl!, in other words, is for people who found Fear Factor much too nuanced and intellectually complex." Washington Post
Comments 'hurl_review'
Those deceitful orchids, tricking pollinators
Even Charles Darwin wondered (in his first book after The Origin of Species) why orchids needed to pretend to be female wasps to take precious sperm from the males ("pseudocopulating"). And now, an Australian researcher writing in The American Naturalist has an explanation. New York Times
Comments 'deceitful_orchids'
An "American craze" that Chuck's never heard of is big, big, big on London's Fleet Street
Both the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail gave big play this week to photographer Dean Fidelman's calendar of nude rock-climbers (with samples!). This'll "take Britain by storm," promised one. Daily Telegraph // Daily Mail (even more photos!)
Comments 'nude_climbers'
And "you're not very good at it," said the judge
Mr. Dana Reid, 33, college-degreed, turned to drug-dealing as a "major trafficker" in ecstasy and marijuana, and had the book thrown at him in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Said the judge: "What was going on in your head? You're an intelligent guy. [T]his is not the appropriate way of life for you. Not only is it illegal, but you're not very good at it . . .." Chronicle Herald (Halifax)
Comments 'dana_reid'
Inspiring, heart-warming story (sorry about this; I know you expect more from the Cynic Laureate so I won't let this happen too often)
Dr. Bindeswar Pathak, an Indian Brahmin, is mortified at how his country, despite laws against it, continues to oppress the lowest-class, untouchable Dalits, who in many parts of the country are still relegated to toilet-bucket cleaners. He's rescued 56, given them opportunities to middle-class-up themselves, and brought 36 to the United Nations to publicize 2008 as the Year of Sanitation (since 2.6 billion Earthlings do not have access to clean and safe toilet facilities). CNN
Comments 'dalit_inspiring'
Catholic school principal throws it all away to have backyard sex romp
Gabriel De Jesus, 41, Greenburgh, N.Y., met two other guys and cavorted naked in the back yard of a vacant house on Sunday afternoon. The neighbors called police because of the trespassing aspect. One of the men got away by sprinting away through the 'hood. Yes, he was naked, but . . .. WCBS-TV (New York City)
Comments 'gabriel_dejesus'
"Don't hit him again! That's my dad!"
Attempted robbery of a pizza joint in Denton, Tex., by a guy in a wig and dark glasses. Employees Rudy and Stephanie on duty. Rudy jumped on the robber and started to beat him. The wig and glasses came off. Stephanie recognized the perp: her dad. Later arrested, also, were Stephanie's mom and Stephanie's husband (but police said Stephanie had nothing to do with it). Dallas Morning News
Comments 'denton_pizza'
Update: Australian court overturns Sydney's no-annoying law
Well, of course it was void because, said Federal Court judges (of the state-passed law), there is "no intelligible boundary" on what can cause annoyance. [Ed.: Still, though obviously violative of basic notions of due process of law, that's for Other People. As for Chuck, it's a blessed "YIMBY" law, i.e., Yes, In My Back Yard. Do not annoy me!] Sydney Morning Herald
Comments 'update_annoying'
People Whose Sex Lives Are Worse Than Yours
Mr. Kelly Pecor of Sacramento, Calif., surely belongs here today, but we need better reporting than that done by San Francisco's KPIX-TV, which disclosed only that his adult sister had caught him "using her five-month-old bulldog, Chateau, to masturbate." KPIX-TV
Comments 'kelly_pecor'
Your Daily Jury Duty
[no fair examining the evidence; verdict must be based on mugshot only]
Charles Knight, 62, was arrested in Charlotte, N.C., for supposedly having child porn on his computer, but, come on, that can't be right because after all, he's a church volunteer and has been mentoring Boy Scouts for several decades! (Oh, wait! I'm not supposed to look at the evidence.) Time Warner Newschannel 14 (Raleigh)
Comments 'charles_knight'
More Things to Worry About on Wednesday
Framingham, Mass., police made an arrest after neighbors reported a "loud argument" between two deaf women . . . . . The kinder, gentler Federal Communications Commission reduced $11.3 million in fines of two telemarketers to, um, $95,000 . . . . . Gas crisis continues: A south Los Angeles gang shooting was via a bicycle ride-by . . . . . Arrested in Clarion County, Pa., for violating a Protection From Abuse warrant: Robert K. Stalker, 41 [second story]. Today's Newsrangers: Sam Gaines, Jason Depew, Scott Langill, Stephen Taylor, Tim Trewhella
Comments 'worry_080716'
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