WOW Thread. I can't believe this actually happened.

[Curly]

Teacher arrested after knocking over child

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[Boing]

[h=1]EgyptAir hijacker in custody, all passengers evacuated, officials say[/h]
https://www.cnn.com/2016/03/29/europe/hijacked-egypt-air-jet/index.html

 

[Vongolo]

Get a load of this.

Cruise Company Charges Man Extra Because His Wife Died

https://www.newser.com/story/222800/cruise-company-charges-man-extra-because-his-wife-died.html

 

[Candyman]

Mattie Rogers (Team USA Weightlifter) Lets One Get Away -


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...opping-235lb-barbell-smashing-gym-window.html

 

[nopulse]

 

[blackram]

This is as close to a dinosaur fight as you're ever going to see in modern times! :biggrin2:

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[video=youtube_share;hPj-SPD_NIg]https://youtu.be/hPj-SPD_NIg[/video]
Bulldozers battle on northern China streets (Video)

Posted by: News Apr 19, 2016 in Science Leave a comment

Like a duel between rival street gangs, two Chinese construction firms have taken their feud to the streets.

Half a dozen bulldozers and front-end loaders got into a battle royale on a Chinese street on April 17th, using their buckets and blades as weapons to push and claw at one another.

A video captured at the scene showed the clash involving at least six bulldozers ramming into each other or trying to evade the scuffle. A few seconds into the video, one of the bulldozers is toppled over by a rival counterpart. A figure is seen crawling, unhurt, out from the defeated digger and running for cover while a second bulldozer comes and tries to lift the fallen one back to its feet.

The brawl soon covered the entire street in dust and blocked the oncoming traffic, but came to an end when the police arrived on the scene. The six vehicles were all damaged to various extents and two of the drivers suffered from minor injuries.

Xu Feng, a local government official in Xingtang county said Monday, the bulldozers belonged to two competing businesses and refused to comment further on the cause of the fight or arrest until an investigation was conducted.

China’s construction industry has fallen on hard times with two-thirds growth decrease from last year. The real estate construction takes up a quarter of the economy and the slump in the industry has resulted in major layoffs in the glass, cement and steel sectors.

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Bulldozers battle on northern China streets (Video) - News of the World

 

[Willy]

This is as close to a dinosaur fight as you're ever going to see in modern times! :biggrin2:

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[video=youtube_share;hPj-SPD_NIg]https://youtu.be/hPj-SPD_NIg[/video]
Bulldozers battle on northern China streets (Video)

Posted by: News Apr 19, 2016 in Science Leave a comment

Like a duel between rival street gangs, two Chinese construction firms have taken their feud to the streets.

Half a dozen bulldozers and front-end loaders got into a battle royale on a Chinese street on April 17th, using their buckets and blades as weapons to push and claw at one another.

A video captured at the scene showed the clash involving at least six bulldozers ramming into each other or trying to evade the scuffle. A few seconds into the video, one of the bulldozers is toppled over by a rival counterpart. A figure is seen crawling, unhurt, out from the defeated digger and running for cover while a second bulldozer comes and tries to lift the fallen one back to its feet.

The brawl soon covered the entire street in dust and blocked the oncoming traffic, but came to an end when the police arrived on the scene. The six vehicles were all damaged to various extents and two of the drivers suffered from minor injuries.

Xu Feng, a local government official in Xingtang county said Monday, the bulldozers belonged to two competing businesses and refused to comment further on the cause of the fight or arrest until an investigation was conducted.

China’s construction industry has fallen on hard times with two-thirds growth decrease from last year. The real estate construction takes up a quarter of the economy and the slump in the industry has resulted in major layoffs in the glass, cement and steel sectors.

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Bulldozers battle on northern China streets (Video) - News of the World

:don'twantto-see:/

 

[007]

 

[User-E]

Not a good look for him, he makes a very ugly woman. :don'twantto-see:/

 

[Wanker]

• From 1999 through 2014, the age-adjusted suicide rate in the United States increased 24%, from 10.5 to 13.0 per 100,000 population, with the pace of increase greater after 2006.
• Suicide rates increased from 1999 through 2014 for both males and females and for all ages 10–74.
• The percent increase in suicide rates for females was greatest for those aged 10–14, and for males, those aged 45–64.
• The most frequent suicide method in 2014 for males involved the use of firearms (55.4%), while poisoning was the most frequent method for females (34.1%).
• Percentages of suicides attributable to suffocation increased for both sexes between 1999 and 2014.

Suicide is an important public health issue involving psychological, biological, and societal factors (1, 2). After a period of nearly consistent decline in suicide rates in the United States from 1986 through 1999 (3), suicide rates have increased almost steadily from 1999 through 2014. While suicide among adolescents and young adults is increasing and among the leading causes of death for those demographic groups (4), suicide among middle-aged adults is also rising (5). This report presents an overview of suicide mortality in the United States from 1999 through 2014. Suicide rates in 1999 are compared with 2014 for both females and males across age groups, and percentages are compared by method (firearms, poisoning, suffocation, and other means).
Read more: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db241.htm

 

[User-E]

 

[blackram]

That was an expensive training session!:don'twantto-see:/

 

[User-E]

That was an expensive training session!:don'twantto-see:/

It was hilarious listening to the guy laughing while he filmed it. :rofl!:

 

[blackram]

It was hilarious listening to the guy laughing while he filmed it. :rofl!:

I'm betting that those were the military personnel assigned to film the airdrop itself. :biggrin2:

 

[Wanker]

 

[papasmerf]

Indonesia police confiscate sex toy mistaken for 'angel'


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36189614

Indonesian police have confiscated a sex toy from a remote village after its inhabitants and some on social media mistook it for an "angel".
The doll was found in March floating in the sea by a fisherman in the Banggai islands in Sulawesi province.
His family took care of the doll, and pictures soon spread online along with claims it was an angel.
Police investigated amid fears the rumours would cause unrest, and found it was in fact an inflatable sex doll.

 

[Signingin]

[h=1]Fort McMurray burning[/h]
https://www.news1130.com/2016/05/03/downtown-fort-mcmurray-burning/

 

[BlueBalls]

[h=1]All of Fort McMurray under mandatory evacuation order[/h]Tens of thousands of people forced to flee homes as wildfire approaches.

 

[Boing]

[h=1]It was raining ash’: Wildfire sparks exodus from Fort McMurray[/h]

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/new...ss-exodus-from-fort-mcmurray/article29850485/

 

[Dan]

This is nuts.