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Fuck FOAD.
Oops, I see Runt has posted it.
Searched for this thread to post that very same story Rtt, thats just mental shit right there.
Itâs fairly obvious what happened here. The birds were part of a cult that just engaged in mass suicide.
Something about the other part of the story sounds a bit fishy.
Congresswoman, 6 Others, Killed By Gunman
by NPR Staff
January 8, 2011
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and six others died after a gunman opened fire at a public event on Saturday, the Pima County, Ariz., sheriffâs office confirms.
The 40-year-old Democrat, who was re-elected to her third term in November, was hosting a âCongress on Your Cornerâ event at a Safeway in northwest Tucson when a gunman ran up and started shooting, according to Peter Michaels, news director of Arizona Public Media.
At least three other people, including members of her staff, were injured. Giffords was transported to University Medical Center in Tucson.
Giffords was talking to a couple when the suspect ran up and fired indiscriminately from about four feet away, Michaels said.
The suspect ran off and was tackled by a bystander. He was taken into custody. Witnesses described him as in his late teens or early 20s.
Giffords was first elected to represent Arizonaâs 8th District in 2006. The âCongress on Your Cornerâ events allow constituents to present their concerns directly to her.
Giffords was married to astronaut Mark Kelly, a veteran of Desert Storm. They have two children.
Wow. America. What a country.
Although in fairness it might be an idea to do that to some Fianna Fail TDs.
This is more funny than weird
GARDAI found themselves locked inside a pub after they tried to arrest a publican who told them they should be out investigating serious crime.
Sligo District Court heard yesterday gardai arrested Labour Party councillor Jimmy McGarry â co-owner of Mooneyâs pub in Maugheraboy, Sligo â but could not leave the premises because the door was locked and the accused told his daughter not to open it.
Det Gda Cathal Duffy told Judge Kevin Kilrane he arrested McGarry, a former Mayor of Sligo, after the publican called him a âfing b**dâ.
He said McGarry was aggressive and threatening and asked him why he was not worrying about serious crime in Sligo.
Gda Thomas OâGriofa said McGarry called him a âprickâ and told him he obviously liked a few pints himself, judging by the size of his belly.
The judge was told gardai found 10 to 12 people on the premises at about 12.50am on March 10, 2008. Closing time was 11pm. They found fresh pints of Guinness and other drinks, and a DJ playing music.
Det Gda Duffy said McGarryâs daughter Aideen, who was in charge of the premises on the night, was very co-operative but got visibly upset when they tried to arrest her father.
Gardai said McGarryâs wife, Louise, tried to hold on to him when he was arrested.
Gda OâGriofa tried unsuccessfully to force the door open, shouldering it a number of times, but then Aideen McGarry opened it. McGarry wriggled so much to avoid arrest that his jacket came off and he almost lost his shirt.
Jimmy McGarry insisted that he did not use the terms âa f***ing bastardâ or âprickâ.
He said he became concerned when gardai spent nine minutes interviewing his daughter and a niece in the snug.
Licence
He told his daughter not to open the door because he feared what would happen if he was taken outside, he told the court.
He later apologised to Gda OâGriofa for the comment about his belly. :lol:
Judge Kilrane dismissed a charge of resisting a garda in the execution of his duties, saying he did not believe there had been criminal intent, as he did not believe the accused knew why he was being arrested.
He applied the Probation Act on a public order charge and fined him âŹ200 for selling liquor without a current licence.
A cat has received a jury duty summons after his owner put his name on the pets section of a census form. Tabby Sal has been called to sit in judgement at a US court, even though owner Anna Esposito filed for his disqualification on the grounds he was âunable to speak and understand Englishâ. Bizarrely, officials denied the request, meaning Sal and Mrs Esposito may have to attend a Boston court on March 23. The cat is currently searching for a get-out âclawsâ. The bemused owner said: âWhen they ask him guilty or not guilty, whatâs he supposed to say - meow?â A U.S judicial branch website states that 'jurors are not expected to speak perfect English.
Super stuff in The Tribune the other day. Best quotes bolded:
UK refuses visa to Thai wife of Irish farmer
Farmer told earnings fall ÂŁ4.65 short of what he legally requires to support her, despite their living together since 2006.
Suzanne Breen reports
An Irish farmer is being forced to live apart from his Thai wife of four years because the British government says his earnings fall ÂŁ4.65 short of what he legally requires to support her.
Eugene McElroy said his wife, Saowanit Hiranchat, has been refused a visa to return to their Co Tyrone home from Thailand because the British Home Office has stated that his weekly wage is inadequate to âmaintain and accommodate herâ.
âIâm heartbroken and I canât make head nor tail of it,â McElroy told the Sunday Tribune. "Iâve no money problems. I own my home, 50 acres of land, and a lot of cattle. Iâve no mortgage. But they wonât take that into account. Their silly bureaucratic rule is preventing me being with the woman I love.
âWeâve lived together in Dungannon since we got married in 2006. Weâve been as happy as the dayâs long. She went back to Thailand for her motherâs funeral in October and now they wonât let her come home. Sheâs on the phone crying every day.â
McElroy (49) met Saowanit (40) when he visited Thailand for the wedding of an Irish friend to a local woman. "It was love at first sight. I went back two months later, married her, and brought her home.
âShe nursed my mother until she died and sheâs a great help on the farm. She drives the tractor and cleans out after the cows. Sheâs a lethal good girl too. She neither smokes nor drinks.â
After marrying McElroy, Saowanit was granted a 30-month visa to live in the UK. In 2009, she applied for a European Economic Area permit but was refused on a temporary technicality.
She was appealing that decision when her mother died. The British Home Office knew she had left Northern Ireland to go to the funeral. âThis is a horrendous situation for the couple,â said their solicitor Padraigin Drinan. âSaowanit will be stranded in Thailand for at least six months until her appeal is heard.â
McElroy said he was lost without his wife: "The cows are ready for calving and I need her home. Iâm desperately lonely. The house is empty without her. All Iâve got now is the TV. Iâm so frustrated, I feel like going out for a good feed of drink but I need to keep my wits about me to fight these Home Office boys."
Sounds like the Link Walsh only smarter.
âThe cows are ready for calving and I need her home. Iâm desperately lonely. The house is empty without her. All Iâve got now is the TV. Iâm so frustrated, I feel like going out for a good feed of drink but I need to keep my wits about me to fight these Home Office boys.â
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Thatâs not saying much.
A touch of the Stephen Ireland case about this one:
A Scottish footballer faked his sisterâs death in order to explain why he skipped work for two weeks.
Airdrie United player Scott Gibson has admitted that he even created a bogus death certificate to âproveâ to bosses that his sister had died.
The Daily Record reports that Gibson, 25, worked part-time as a court custody office to supplement his income from Scottish Division Two side Airdrie United.
But the father of two â who was sacked by Airdrie on Thursday after a street brawl with team-mate Ryan Wallace over a hairdresser â claims his life had spiralled out of control after he had been thrown out of his home after breaking up with a former girlfriend.
Gibson failed to turn up to his job for a fortnight, and when challenged to explain himself upon his return claimed that his sister had died.
âScott hadnât been turning up for work and nobody seemed to be able to get a hold of him,â a former colleague told the newspaper.
"When he eventually came back in after two weeks off, he told bosses his sister had died - but everyone else knew it wasnât true.
âThen word started to get around about him presenting a fake death certificate and everyone was disgusted. We all thought he was sick in the head.â
Gibson, who claims to be âfull of remorseâ over the incident, explained that the breakdown of his relationship had triggered the astonishing sequence of events.
âI had problems through work and anxiety and depression due to my family and relationship breakdown,â he told the Daily Record.
"I took time off work through stress and anxiety and being really upset.
"When I went back after two weeks, the manager asked why I was off and, off the cuff, I said there was a death in the family and left it at that.
"A week later, a manager asked me who had died and the first person that came into my head was my sister.
"The conversation ended there but three or four days later, I was suspended because they said they had information that my sister hadnât died and they were holding an investigation.
"I went to a meeting and they asked for a death certificate. I had dug myself a hole and couldnât get out of it and so the death certificate was provided. I immediately realised Iâd made a massive mistake and I told my sister.
"I apologised and told her it was because of the stress of me becoming homeless, splitting with my partner and problems in work. She was a bit upset.
"I did make a mistake and I resigned before I could be sacked and I have apologised to everyone involved.
"As far as I know, thatâs the end of it. Iâm full of remorse over what happened.
"I didnât phone in because I had other priorities like trying to sort out my relationship and somewhere to stay.
"I was living in my car and trying to get to see my kids.
âI now have a new partner and Iâm slowly getting back to normal.â
Though he is currently without either a job or a club, Gibson claims that he will be returning to football soon - and that his sister has forgiven him for the incident.
âIâve got three or four clubs interested and will hopefully sign a new contract soon. My sister is talking to me now and weâve sorted things out,â he said.
Man killed by bird at cockfight
A man attending an illegal cockfight in the US has died after being stabbed in the leg by a bird that had a knife attached to its own limb.
The Kern County coroner in California said 35-year-old Jose Luis Ochoa was declared dead at a hospital about two hours after he suffered the injury on January 30th.
A postmortem concluded Mr Ochoa died of an accidental âsharp force injuryâ to his right calf.
Sheriffâs spokesman Ray Pruitt said it was unclear if a delay in seeking medical attention contributed to Mr Ochoaâs death. Tulare officials are investigating, and no arrests were made at the cockfight.
Cockfighting is a sport in which specially bred roosters are put into a ring and encouraged to fight until one is incapacitated or killed. The sport is banned in the US.
Polite robber in Canada:
âI am robbing you Sirâ.
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