the "Headline That Caught My Attention or the WTF" thread

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When [Queen Elizabeth II]('https://people.com/tag/queen-elizabeth/') is laid to rest in London next week, there will be a familiar face keeping watch over the crowded streets: model and TV personality [Penny Lancaster]('https://people.com/tag/penny-lancaster/'), the wife of rocker [Rod Stewart]('https://people.com/tag/penny-lancaster/https://people.com/tag/rod-stewart/').

Lancaster, 51, is a special constable with the City of London Police, and confirmed to [Good Morning Britain]('https://twitter.com/GMB/status/1569234037717303296') that she'll be on duty for the Monday [state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II]('https://people.com/royals/queen-elizabeth-funeral-date-announced/'), who died "peacefully" at Balmoral Castle on Sept. 8 at age 96.

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[HEADING=2]Beyond Meat COO Doug Ramsey arrested for allegedly biting man’s nose after Arkansas college football game[/HEADING]
PUBLISHED MON, SEP 19 20226:39 PM EDTUPDATED TUE, SEP 20 20222:21 PM EDT
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[Amelia Lucas]('https://www.cnbc.com/amelia-lucas/')[@THXAMELIAN]('https://twitter.com/@Thxamelian')

FAKE MEAT MAKES YOU AGGRESSIVE?

what the............

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Personal responsibility is over

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Personal responsibility is over

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That ship sailed years ago, about the time they put auto kill switches on lawn mowers, not the blade motion, but to even start the damn things...

Looks like we'll have a new version of the "Andre" story...

[HEADING=2][SIZE=7]Wayward seal wanders into Massachusetts pond, evades police, turns self in[/SIZE][/HEADING]
[pressherald.com/2022/09/23/wayward-seal-wanders-into-massachusetts-pond-evades-police-turns-self-in/]('https://www.pressherald.com/2022/09/23/wayward-seal-wanders-into-massachusetts-pond-evades-police-turns-self-in/')

Associated Press September 23, 2022

BEVERLY, Mass. — A gray seal that wandered into a Massachusetts pond and evaded authorities’ attempts to capture him turned himself in Friday after waddling up to the local police station.

The gray seal first appeared earlier this month in Shoe Pond in the city of Beverly, northeast of Boston. The animal is believed to have traveled to the pond from the sea via a river and drainage pipes.

The seal quickly became a local attraction and was even named “Shoebert” after his chosen pond.

Firefighters and wildlife experts used boats and giant nets in an effort to capture the wily animal Thursday but gave up after several fruitless hours. Early Friday morning, however, Shoebert left the pond, crossed a parking lot and appeared outside the side door of the local police station looking, according to a police statement, “for some help.”

The seal was quickly corralled by a team of wildlife experts, firefighters and the police department’s “entire midnight shift,” according to a Facebook post from the Beverly Police Department.

“Shoebert appeared to be in good health and was a little sassy in the early morning hours,” the department noted.

The seal was transported to Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Connecticut, where aquarium staff will perform a medical exam before releasing him back into the wild, Sarah Callan, manager of the aquarium’s animal rescue program, wrote in an email.

“He is acting like a typical, feisty, 4-year-old gray seal,” Callan added. “We are planning to release him in a quiet, remote location near other seals.”

Obviously the Website Editor for the NY Times is NOT a King Crimson Fan...

The article is about Robert Fripp, of course, and is quite interesting. It talks about a King Crimson documentary which I'm going to want to see. Right now, I'm thinking of grabbing some of the weed friends left here, putting on the headphones, and listening to Islands or In the Court of the Crimson King or Lizard or something else from my college "daze".

Wait, maybe I want to really go to Dairy Queen, but dang it, it's a 40 miles round trip*...

*

Too funny, didn't know that you could be too drunk to pass a polygraph test...

[HEADING=2]Montauk angler Edward Pollner sues claiming he was too drunk to pass polygraph that cost him prize money[/HEADING]
He lost his golden oppor-tuna-ty.

A professional angler is out nearly $200,000 in prize money from a Rhode Island fishing tournament because officials don’t believe his nearly 200-pound catch was above board, according to a lawsuit.

Edward Pollner, 58, and his captain, Rudolf Bonicelli, failed a lie-detector test administered by tourney officials.

The fishermen’s defense? They were too drunk to pass it.

Pollner says the test was unfair — and invalid — because he and his buddy were drinking like fish in celebration of the giant bigeye tuna they caught.

He is now suing competition host Tri-State Tournaments, claiming it was wrong to administer the polygraph so soon after they returned to dock. Rules allow seven days for a test to be administered. Such tests are given after fishing tournaments to ensure winners have followed all the rules.

“Both Mr. Pollner and Mr. Bonicelli had consumed alcohol provided by Tri-State at the post-tournament ceremony, and Mr. Bonicelli informed the polygraph examiner that he had not slept the night before,” Pollner said in court papers. “Despite the fact that their alcohol consumption and Mr. Bonicelli’s fatigue made them unsuitable examinees under widely accepted polygraph standards, Tri-State proceeded with the polygraphs.”

From the "You Can't Fix Stupid" files...

[HEADING=2]Montana woman Amber Rose kills, skins husky after mistaking it for wolf[/HEADING]

[[SIZE=7]You Can't Fix Stupid[/SIZE]]('https://nypost.com/2022/09/27/montana-woman-kills-skins-husky-after-mistaking-it-for-wolf/')

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[HEADING=2]Super squash: 2,554-pound pumpkin carves out new US record[/HEADING]

Mon, October 3, 2022 at 2:23 PM

CLARENCE, N.Y. (AP) — A 2,554-pound pumpkin grown in upstate New York has set a new U.S. record for the heaviest.
State and national records fell over the weekend at the Great Pumpkin Farm in the Buffalo suburb of Clarence, when Scott Andrusz's entry broke the previous national record of 2,528 pounds, [The Buffalo News reported.]('https://buffalonews.com/news/local/local-pumpkin-weighing-2-554-breaks-national-record/article_95dbec5c-4264-11ed-8941-fbfb9846b97b.html')

what the......

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[HEADING=2]6 Women In Neon Green Leotards Attack 2 New York Subway Riders[/HEADING]

David Moye
Tue, October 4, 2022 at 3:40 PM

Two women were attacked early Sunday morning on a New York City subway by a mysterious group of women in neon green full bodysuits.

A video of the assault [shared on social media]('

The assailants escaped the scene with a cellphone and a handbag, [police told the New York Post]('https://nypost.com/2022/10/03/nyc-subway-attack-by-neon-green-clad-women/').

Personal responsibility is over

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Yeah, unfortunately personal responsibility is LONG over on that one
If so many peeps didn't drink and drive and kill innocent peeps it wouldn't be an issue

[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-warns-foreign-efforts-sway-205807927.html[/URL]

Thank Poseidon they're tiny!!!

The video in this article may give you the heebie jeebies!!!

[[SIZE=7]Killer Mosquito Larva!![/SIZE]]('https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/science/mosquito-larvae-harpoon.html?unlocked_article_code=fGQbieiYpsdnMzZYkhFzWwJN1iUU5KTgyVqAdL7F-P4uQ5ZcL-kqvv3FoQEjp4XxpeG7RxuRG8kPv0rh4bZq1DKuPNOTzKpcR9sRyM1CTgYQ8lXOuiT-wGa9xk4lROquF0avfHDtwmJB1uZPFoBzapbgmsWv_6i7egwlWA7kxgU9SgxB9zeIWcUMVATBQgbx-eIHgMT-D-qcvVFjnjgon-nGIemNccbmB84vU12Te2j8ljvajEfH8twRk7VLCQatC_9_Y2M6GVeIjAww6DCr9PvlsCRunZtqrQnCTcwY11XLtGU80macjSAxLweWxqOyUQvtBtKIGUBwXZTDW71QOyw&smid=share-url')

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[HEADING=2]Bloody crew of sunken boat seen using bare hands to battle sharks off Louisiana coast[/HEADING]

Mark Price
Mon, October 10, 2022 at 4:26 AM

The U.S. Coast Guard witnessed a scene straight out of ”Jaws” on Sunday, Oct. 9, when it found the crew of a sunken fishing boat fighting off sharks in the Gulf of Mexico.

All [three men ]('https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7456624/coast-guard-rescues-3-overdue-boaters-offshore-empire-la')were plucked alive from the water and rushed to a hospital, the Coast Guard said in a news release.
Two of the three suffered shark bites to their hands, with one showing signs of hypothermia, officials said.
Identities of the men were not released.

The rescue happened 25 miles off Empire, Louisiana, as the Coast Guard was searching for a fishing boat reported missing late Saturday, Oct. 8. Empire is about 55 miles southeast of New Orleans.

It was later discovered the 24-foot center console boat had sunk around 10 a.m. Saturday, leaving the crewmen in the water for more than a day, officials said.

A Coast Guard helicopter spotted the men Sunday, and a rescue boat “arrived on scene and witnessed two of the boaters fending off sharks, along with injuries to both boater’s hands.”

“The two boaters were pulled from the water by the boat crew before additional injuries could occur,” officials said.

The third boater was “hoisted” from the water by helicopter, officials said.

A Jayhawk helicopter took the three to University Medical Center New Orleans, “where the boaters were reported in stable condition,” officials said.

“We searched an area roughly the size of Rhode Island and are thankful to have found these missing boaters,” Lt. Commander Kevin Keefe said in the release.

“If the family member had not notified the Coast Guard, and if these three boaters were not wearing life jackets, this could’ve been a completely different outcome. We appreciate the assistance of the boating public, who were instrumental in helping identify possible areas where these boaters could have been operating before the vessel became in distress.”

Investigators have not said what caused the fishing boat to sink, but the mishap left the men without any means of communicating their location, officials said.
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Kudos to the CG for being able to locate them.
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Where's Frodo & Sam when you need them?

[SIZE=6]‘Eye of Sauron’: The Dazzling Solar Tower in the Israeli Desert[/SIZE]
Looming over a remote village in the Negev, the Ashalim solar plant is, for some, a marvel of green technology. For others, it’s a boondoggle and an eyesore.

Wonder if our resident NYC Zoologist, [USER=129]@CELLFISH[/USER], can verify these data?

[HEADING=2][SIZE=6]Coyotes Came to New York City, but Not for Our Pizza[/SIZE][/HEADING]
The canine species seems to prefer the tastes of its homes in the wild over the movable feasts left behind by humans.

[Pizza rats]('https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/23/nyregion/pizza-rat-spurs-debate-on-how-to-clean-up-new-yorks-subway-system.html'). [Trash pandas]('https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/22/science/raccoon-learning-urban-wildlife.html'). [Rats with wings]('https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/12/science/pigeons-facts.html'). Animals in New York City seem like they thrive off New Yorkers’ refuse. Now that the city has a small coyote population, has it gained litter puppies? Fuggedaboutit.

You have probably never seen one, but “considering the number of potential habitats available to them, we estimate between 20 and 30 coyotes are here in the city,” said Carol Henger, an urban ecologist at Fordham University who studies the animals. The idea of a wild animal — not a dog, not a wolf, just big enough to be a little unsettling — haunting places like the Bronx makes the wilderness feel a little closer. But it also raises a question: What does a city coyote even eat?

Despite its urban surroundings, Dr. Henger and her colleagues discovered, a city coyote maintains a surprisingly wild diet. Urban and suburban coyotes, the researchers [reported]('https://peerj.com/articles/13788/') last month in the journal PeerJ, eat similar amounts of human food, which does not make up most of their sustenance. Instead, city coyotes eat what they have always eaten — small mammals, plants, bugs and whatever else they can get their paws on. Coyotes may be living in the city, but they are living alongside us, not off our stuff.

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[HEADING=2]Heidi Klum and Daughter Leni Share Kiss During Lingerie Photo Shoot[/HEADING]
Ashley Joy Parker
Tue, October 11, 2022 at 10:48 PM

Like mother, like daughter.

On Oct. 10, [Heidi Klum]('https://www.eonline.com/news/heidi_klum') shared a fun [behind-the-scenes video to Instagram]('https://www.instagram.com/p/CjkB_DhDBiD/') from a new [Intimissimi]('https://www.instagram.com/intimissimiofficial/') lingerie campaign shoot, which also starred her daughter [Leni Klum]('https://www.eonline.com/news/1331264/see-heidi-klums-daughter-leni-wear-moms-vintage-red-carpet-dress-to-prom'). In the black-and-white Reel, the supermodel, 49, and the rising fashion star, 18, are seen laughing and dancing in lacy bras and panties between photo takes.

In one standout moment, the two share a quick kiss on the lips before giggling and hugging each other. "Creative director ….my longtime friend @thomashayo," Heidi captioned the post. "Thanks for making us feel confident all day singing and dancing in our @intimissimiofficial."

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This is kinda creepy......
:oops:

Judging by the comments - so do others.

[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.yahoo.com/news/throuple-accused-torturing-killing-eating-120132882.html[/URL]

:oops:

Talk about slumming it!!!

*Netflix is inching closer to building a huge production studio on the Jersey Shore.

The tech giant has been selected as the top bidder for a piece of land [occupied by a former Army base]('https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/26/business/media/netflix-new-jersey-fort-monmouth.html') about 50 miles south of New York City, two people with knowledge of the decision said. Netflix still has several hoops to jump through — economic terms are not yet final, and more approvals are needed — but this gets it closer than ever to having a major production complex in the Northeast.

The company was bidding against several developers for nearly 300 acres of the site of Fort Monmouth, in the boroughs of Oceanport and Eatontown.

“If our plans are approved, we hope to build a facility that will create significant economic impact and job growth for New Jersey, a state loaded with creative talent and technical expertise,” the company said in a statement.

Netflix has also had a major proponent: Gov. Phil Murphy, who has been intent on bringing Hollywood productions back to New Jersey in a significant way.

“We are thrilled to hear that Netflix is interested in establishing a serious presence in New Jersey and look forward to working with them and the rest of the industry to create good-paying jobs and spur economic growth throughout the state,” Mr. Murphy said in a statement.

Netflix did not disclose the price of its bid. But apparently the company’s recent struggles — Netflix has lost subscribers this year, and its share price has taken a nosedive — did not affect its interest in the area, which it has been targeting since last year. The Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority appraised the parcel at $54 million, but several developers previously offered more than $100 million for just 89 acres of the 1,126-acre Army base.*