The unimportant news thread

[Turner]

Recent Azerbadjan billion-bribery stories in the media are nothing but the result of a campaign set up by George Soros and World-Armenianism, the regime says in an official statement:

"We know that it is George Soros and his henchmen – who have an international reputation of cheaters, tricksters, frauds and liars in relation to Azerbaijan and its leadership – that are behind this campaign. George Soros's dirty actions should be seriously investigated. The Armenian lobby, which acts in concert with him, carries out a dirty campaign against the President of Azerbaijan and his family. But despite their efforts, this campaign has not yielded any results. The fact that one of the co-authors of the article, which was published by The Guardian newspaper, is Armenian Dina Nagapetyan once again shows that these dirty accusations are at the same time another disgusting action of the world Armenianism."

http://en.apa.az/azerbaijan-politics/foreign-news/george-soros-and-armenian-lobby-which-act-in-concert-with-him-carry-out-dirty-campaign-against-azerbaijani-president-and-his-family-presidential-press-service.html

[Spineur]

The tarot card drawer Pilar Martinez is not Salvator Dali's daughter

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41180146

[North Star]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/09/05/officer-shoots-ohio-newspaper-photographer-after-confusing-his-tripod-and-camera-for-a-gun/

New Carlisle, Ohio deputy shoots a newspaper photographer several times without warning, mistaking a camera on a tripod for a weapon as the photographer was setting up to document a traffic stop, in full view of the deputy. "We know the deputy. This is a small town of 5,000 people ... We know the deputies. We work with them on a daily basis. We have an excellent relationship with them," the victim said.

[Todd]

Gaydar is a real thing now.

[Karl Henning]

Rush Limbaugh indicates he's evacuating Palm Beach days after suggesting Irma is fake news

[geralmar]

[Ken B]

Gullible is not in any dictionary, researchers find.

[Spineur]

Jennifer Lawrence claims that Harvey and Irma hurricanes are god punishment sent for electing Donald Trump.
Maybe god ordered an earthquake for Chapas because Mexicans didnt want to pay for the wall...

[Parsifal]

Jennifer Lawrence claims that Harvey and Irma hurricanes are god punishment sent for electing Donald Trump.
Maybe god ordered an earthquake for Chapas because Mexicans didnt want to pay for the wall...

Proof the right wing doesn't hold a monopoly on idiocy. Well, we knew that after Rosie O'Donnell.

[Karl Henning]

Gullible is not in any dictionary, researchers find.

I saw a great one-panel cartoon on a time . . . .

[bwv 1080]

Perhaps they should start naming Hurricanes after extreme metal bands

[Ken B]

Perhaps they should start naming Hurricanes after extreme metal bands

We should call the big ones "atonal" ...

 

Kidding, kidding. Now serial on the other hand ...

[North Star]

We should call the big ones "atonal" ...

 

Kidding, kidding. Now serial on the other hand ...

I thought you'd suggest we call them all La mer.

[kishnevi]

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/the-mysterious-voynich-manuscript-has-finally-been-decoded/

[geralmar]

[Ken B]

They are very woke in Indiana. They realize these things are all just socially constructed.

[Karl Henning]

They are very woke in Indiana. They realize these things are all just socially constructed.

Well, depending on how she self-idennifries ....

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[Todd]

North Korea "illegally" exported $270 million in goods.  The purchasing countries are not limited to China, and include putative US ally India.  Of interest to me is the use of the word "illegally" in the AP original story.  The even tougher upcoming sanctions will no doubt put an end to such chicanery.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Well, depending on how she self-idennifries ....

[Ken B]

"Asset forfeiture" -- it's not just for the rich! https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170911/08593738186/cop-cleans-out-wallet-unlicensed-hot-dog-vendor-just-because-he-can.shtml