Maggots, Karma, Caning, Plus No Doggy Mink Coats
News of the Weird Daily
Monday, February 16, 2009 [Friday catch-up]
10 pet trends that must die
Katie Rolnick, writing on Salon.com, has all you need to know from the news about pet owners who are much too carried away with their cute little snookumses, like with pet weddings, dog yoga, social networking websites for pets, mink coats for dogs, handcrafted wooden cages for birds, and more. Many of these have been in News of the Weird, but Ms. Rolnick has all the links for you in one place. Well done. Salon.com
Comments 'pet_trends'
FDA tolerates mold . . excreta . . maggots . . mildew . . .
Of course it's impossible to totally, absolutely purify food, and also we wouldn't like the price if companies had to reduce objectionable stuff by too much so the Food and Drug Administration has lists of "acceptable levels," depending on the type of food. Canned mushrooms, for example, can have 15 maggots per 100 grams of drained mushrooms without drawing FDA attention. "[Y]ou're probably ingesting one to two pounds of flies, maggots, and mites each year without knowing it." Now you do. New York Times
Comments 'fda_tolerates'
Husband was "exercised to death" by wife
Christine Newton-John, 41, pleaded guilty in Chardon, Ohio, after a surveillance video showed her 73-yr-old husband splashing in an apartment-house pool, trying desperately to get out of the water, only to have her block his exit 43 different times, until he had a fatal heart attack. (Bonus: Christine was born "John," but got surgery in 1993 and picked her name as a fan of Olivia N-J.) Plain Dealer
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More Things to Worry About
Montana apparently has no Recession worries, seein' as how the Senate last week had time to hold a hearing on naming the whole-wheat huckleberry variety the official state pancake. Billings Gazette
Unclear on the Concept: A bomb threat forced evacuation of all 1,850 students from a high school in Buda, Tex., . . well, all except the 8 special-needs kids, who had to stay put. (Bonus: The principal said she left 'em in place out of "compassion," because it was cold outside.) KXAN-TV (Austin)
The 9-yr-old in Oregon, Wis., was blocking his dad's view of the TV and wouldn't move out of the way, so dad shot him in the ass with a BB gun, and dad was arrested (but . . the kid got out of the way). Capital Times (Madison)
Karma-get-him: Nicholas Hernandez, 25, awaiting trial in a Houston, Tex., DUI-crash case in which his passenger died, was killed in a crash Thursday while a passenger in a car driven by a drunk pal. Houston Chronicle
19 schoolteachers were identified as poor performers by their pupils' test scores and so were taken out and beaten with the cane, which is, alas, apparently improper in Tanzania. BBC News
Comments on Things to Worry About?
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Your Daily Loser
Graham Nickerson, 27, somehow, he said, "lost" his trousers in the process of relieving himself in the woods [Ed.: How does that happen?], and that's why he was roaming around in his underwear and why he broke into a home to find some pants to wear and why he settled on a Depends garment he found and why he was wearing it when the cops rousted him after he passed out in the home of the 92-yr-old woman. AWI. Chronicle Herald (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Comments 'graham_nickerson'
People Whose Sex Lives Are Worse Than Yours
He's still loose, but last Thursday at 11 a.m., he was on the Katy Trail in Dallas, Tex., standing still, waiting for joggers to come along. And he was naked. And his body was painted orange. Dallas Morning News
Comments 'orange_man'
Your Daily Jury Duty
["In America, a person is presumed innocent until the mug shot is released"]
Steven Young, 27, Urbandale, Iowa, might have been drunk and out of control (though that was merely one cop's opinion). (Bonus Standing Fearlessly Against Oppression: "You can't hurt me [with that Taser]. I'm a man.") Des Moines Register
Comments 'steven_young'
Today's Newsrangers: Stephen Taylor, Lance Ellisor, Mindy Cohen, Philip Urban, Harry Farkas, Doug Linker, Ginger Katz, Larry Ellis Reed, Kelvin Norton, Cindy Hildebrand, Karl Luhrs
Monday, February 16, 2009 [Friday catch-up]
10 pet trends that must die
Katie Rolnick, writing on Salon.com, has all you need to know from the news about pet owners who are much too carried away with their cute little snookumses, like with pet weddings, dog yoga, social networking websites for pets, mink coats for dogs, handcrafted wooden cages for birds, and more. Many of these have been in News of the Weird, but Ms. Rolnick has all the links for you in one place. Well done. Salon.com
Comments 'pet_trends'
FDA tolerates mold . . excreta . . maggots . . mildew . . .
Of course it's impossible to totally, absolutely purify food, and also we wouldn't like the price if companies had to reduce objectionable stuff by too much so the Food and Drug Administration has lists of "acceptable levels," depending on the type of food. Canned mushrooms, for example, can have 15 maggots per 100 grams of drained mushrooms without drawing FDA attention. "[Y]ou're probably ingesting one to two pounds of flies, maggots, and mites each year without knowing it." Now you do. New York Times
Comments 'fda_tolerates'
Husband was "exercised to death" by wife
Christine Newton-John, 41, pleaded guilty in Chardon, Ohio, after a surveillance video showed her 73-yr-old husband splashing in an apartment-house pool, trying desperately to get out of the water, only to have her block his exit 43 different times, until he had a fatal heart attack. (Bonus: Christine was born "John," but got surgery in 1993 and picked her name as a fan of Olivia N-J.) Plain Dealer
Comments 'christine_newtonjohn'
More Things to Worry About
Montana apparently has no Recession worries, seein' as how the Senate last week had time to hold a hearing on naming the whole-wheat huckleberry variety the official state pancake. Billings Gazette
Unclear on the Concept: A bomb threat forced evacuation of all 1,850 students from a high school in Buda, Tex., . . well, all except the 8 special-needs kids, who had to stay put. (Bonus: The principal said she left 'em in place out of "compassion," because it was cold outside.) KXAN-TV (Austin)
The 9-yr-old in Oregon, Wis., was blocking his dad's view of the TV and wouldn't move out of the way, so dad shot him in the ass with a BB gun, and dad was arrested (but . . the kid got out of the way). Capital Times (Madison)
Karma-get-him: Nicholas Hernandez, 25, awaiting trial in a Houston, Tex., DUI-crash case in which his passenger died, was killed in a crash Thursday while a passenger in a car driven by a drunk pal. Houston Chronicle
19 schoolteachers were identified as poor performers by their pupils' test scores and so were taken out and beaten with the cane, which is, alas, apparently improper in Tanzania. BBC News
Comments on Things to Worry About?
Comments 'worry_090216'
Your Daily Loser
Graham Nickerson, 27, somehow, he said, "lost" his trousers in the process of relieving himself in the woods [Ed.: How does that happen?], and that's why he was roaming around in his underwear and why he broke into a home to find some pants to wear and why he settled on a Depends garment he found and why he was wearing it when the cops rousted him after he passed out in the home of the 92-yr-old woman. AWI. Chronicle Herald (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Comments 'graham_nickerson'
People Whose Sex Lives Are Worse Than Yours
He's still loose, but last Thursday at 11 a.m., he was on the Katy Trail in Dallas, Tex., standing still, waiting for joggers to come along. And he was naked. And his body was painted orange. Dallas Morning News
Comments 'orange_man'
Your Daily Jury Duty
["In America, a person is presumed innocent until the mug shot is released"]
Steven Young, 27, Urbandale, Iowa, might have been drunk and out of control (though that was merely one cop's opinion). (Bonus Standing Fearlessly Against Oppression: "You can't hurt me [with that Taser]. I'm a man.") Des Moines Register
Comments 'steven_young'
Today's Newsrangers: Stephen Taylor, Lance Ellisor, Mindy Cohen, Philip Urban, Harry Farkas, Doug Linker, Ginger Katz, Larry Ellis Reed, Kelvin Norton, Cindy Hildebrand, Karl Luhrs
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