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[gotbeer]

Texas teen electrocuted while holding cellphone in a bathtub

I think we have a darwin award winner here.

[gotbeer]

Police Shoot People Dressed As The Joker And Harley Quinn

Is that a gun in your hand, or are you just happy to see me?

[Blarg]

Well there goes our plan for this weekend and I had that Joker costume custom made. 

[Redondo]

Huge iceberg breaks off Antarctica

One of the biggest icebergs ever recorded, a trillion-ton behemoth more than seven times the size of New York City, has broken off of Antarctica, triggering disagreement among scientists over whether global warming is to blame.

The event, captured by satellite, happened sometime in the past few days when the giant chunk snapped off an ice shelf.

While such “calving” of icebergs is not unusual, this is an especially big one. It covers an area of roughly 2,300 square miles, a bit smaller than the size of the state of Delaware. Its volume is twice that of Lake Erie, according to Project MIDAS, a research group based in Britain.

[gotbeer]

4 hours ago, Redondo said:

Huge iceberg breaks off Antarctica

One of the biggest icebergs ever recorded, a trillion-ton behemoth more than seven times the size of New York City, has broken off of Antarctica, triggering disagreement among scientists over whether global warming is to blame.

The event, captured by satellite, happened sometime in the past few days when the giant chunk snapped off an ice shelf.

While such “calving” of icebergs is not unusual, this is an especially big one. It covers an area of roughly 2,300 square miles, a bit smaller than the size of the state of Delaware. Its volume is twice that of Lake Erie, according to Project MIDAS, a research group based in Britain.

False news, until I get pieces of the iceberg in my Whiskey.

[Tank]

52 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

False news, until I get pieces of the iceberg in my Whiskey.

something like this?

[gotbeer]

2 hours ago, Tank said:

something like this?

Yes.  But I hear iceberg ice is more blue. 

[gotbeer]

Jimmy Carter out of hospital after dehydration scare in Canada

Word is, that the Angels medical staff will be doing Tommy John surgery on him next week.  Habitat for Humanity will be looking for someone that is good with the lumber to make up for his absence. 

[gotbeer]

This Woman Was Sleeping in Bed When a Mountain Lion Jumped on Her

Don't feel bad Puma, it has happened to all of us.  You go bowl and have a few beers with the guys.  You stumble home, crashing through the window, only to realize you are at the wrong house. 

[Tank]

DC sniper appeals his sentence.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/05/26/dc-sniper-lee-boyd-malvos-life-sentence-thrown-out.html?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_1741397

[Blarg]

Okay, new sentence.

Death penalty.

[gotbeer]

21 hours ago, Blarg said:

Okay, new sentence.

Death penalty.

I agree.  Or sentence him as a terrorist, and send him to Guantanimo Bay as an enemy combantant.

[Redondo]

 

CHILLING MESSAGE
Skydiver sent wife video warning of suicide plunge

A skydiver in Florida sent his wife a video on Tuesday saying he was "not going to pull the cord" moments before jumping to his death, police said. 

Capotorto Vitantonio, 27, was at Skydive DeLand, 22 miles southwest of Daytona Beach, about 10 a.m. when he jumped from a plane and didn't pull the cord to open his parachute, the Orlando Sentinel reported.

DeLand Police released a revised report Friday saying Vitantonio's wife, Costansa Litellini, 25, received a video from her husband saying he was "not going to pull the cord and that he was going somewhere wonderful." She ran into the skydiving center begging the employees to radio the plane to stop her husband.

[Redondo]

• Bride-to-be calls off wedding, throws party for homeless

An Indiana woman threw a party for the homeless after calling off her $30,000 wedding.

Sarah Cummins told the Indianapolis Star that she called off the wedding week ago but was left with a nonrefundable contract at the Ritz Charles and a plated dinner for 170 guests.

Cummins said she decided that rather than throw away the food she would bring some purpose to the event and contacted area homeless shelters.

"For me, it was an opportunity to let these people know they deserved to be at a place like this just as much as everyone else does," Cummins said.

Several local businesses and residents donated suits, dresses and other items for the guests to wear.

Three of Cummins seven bridesmaids, along with her mother and aunts, came to support her at the event

[gotbeer]

On 7/9/2017 at 11:20 AM, Homebrewer said:

OK ...maybe one of you can explain to me what this is? @Adam?

WTF is a "gender reveal" party? The article gives no clue.  "Playing doctor" with cake and ice cream and parents watching?

9 people shot, 1 dead at gender reveal party in Ohio

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/07/09/nine-shot-party/462650001/

Everyone remember this.  Turns out.

Woman Who Claimed She Lost Baby During Gender-Reveal Party Mass Shooting Was Not Pregnant: Police

Something tells me she's either an attention whore or pathological liar.  And this shooting isn't as random as they are making it out to be. 

[Redondo]

Man catches record-setting trout in Utah

An Idaho fisherman earned bragging rights after he reeled in a record-setting trout in Utah. 

Sidney Cellan, of Soda Springs, Idaho, caught the 48-inch trout at Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Utah on July 3, Fox 13 reported. He went fishing with a guide from Creative Fishing Adventures. 

"It weighed 57 pounds. It took about 30 minutes to bring in," Cellan told Fox 13. 

Cellan posed in a few pictures with the trout before tossing it back in the lake.

[Redondo]

Self-described drug dealer calls 911, reports stolen cocaine

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. –  Calling 911 to report a stolen bag of cocaine probably wasn't the best idea for a self-described Florida drug dealer.

But Okaloosa Sheriff's officials wrote on Facebook that 32-year-old David Blackmon did just that on Sunday morning.

The post says Blackmon called 911 to report a robbery in Fort Walton Beach. Blackmon told the responding deputy that someone entered his car and took $50 and about a quarter ounce of cocaine from the center console.

The report says the deputy spotted some cocaine and a crack rock on the console and a crack pipe on the floorboard by the driver's side door.

Blackmon is charged with possession of cocaine and resisting arrest without violence. He was released from jail on Tuesday, but records don't list a lawye

[gotbeer]

On 7/19/2017 at 6:05 PM, Redondo said:

Man catches record-setting trout in Utah

An Idaho fisherman earned bragging rights after he reeled in a record-setting trout in Utah. 

Sidney Cellan, of Soda Springs, Idaho, caught the 48-inch trout at Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Utah on July 3, Fox 13 reported. He went fishing with a guide from Creative Fishing Adventures. 

"It weighed 57 pounds. It took about 30 minutes to bring in," Cellan told Fox 13. 

Cellan posed in a few pictures with the trout before tossing it back in the lake.

Man, Trout got fat while rehabbing with the Bee's.

[Tank]

1 hour ago, gotbeer said:

Man, Trout got fat while rehabbing with the Bee's.

wait till you see him after he gets married.

[gotbeer]

The Famous Easter Island Heads Have Hidden Bodies

Kind of looks fake, but it's from Forbes.  I find it fascinating that something we knew forever really has a vast very different history to it. 

And sorry, no the aliens did not build them.

Edited July 27, 2017 by gotbeer

[JAHV76]

12 hours ago, gotbeer said:

The Famous Easter Island Heads Have Hidden Bodies

Kind of looks fake, but it's from Forbes.  I find it fascinating that something we knew forever really has a vast very different history to it. 

And sorry, no the aliens did not build them.

Digging up something like this could lead to bad luck kinda like the idol the Brady's had in Hawaii

 

 

or not

[Redondo]

 

• Security officer allegedly steals $100G first day on job

New Jersey security officer has been charged with stealing $100,000 from a business on his first day of work, Fairfield police said.

Larry Brooks, 19, of Elizabeth, was working for Garda, a cash vault and armored car company, when he was captured by company surveillance cameras taking the money, NJ.com reported.

Township police Chief Anthony Manna said security officers reportedly found $85,900 in a parked vehicle in Elizabeth, but added there was no definitive conclusion of what happened to the remaining cash. 

[Tank]

wow, on his first day? LOL.

[gotbeer]

Man dies from penis enlargement surgery in first ever fatal case

Should I be worried?

[Blarg]

On 7/28/2017 at 10:17 PM, Tank said:

wow, on his first day? LOL.

He's a go getter.