We definitely need a thread like this for PDD. Post your odd news articles here.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8071299.stm

Cash for Aussie 'grateful dead'

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The Australian government has admitted that cash hand-outs aimed at stimulating the economy have been sent to thousands of people who are dead. The money was part of a multi-billion dollar package under which every tax-payer was entitled to a payment of up to A$900 ($700, £440). About A$14m of the money went to dead people, ministers said, and A$25m to Australians living overseas. Local media have dubbed the deceased recipients "the grateful dead". Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner said that the money would still help Australia's economy. "Even where they go to people who are dead, of course they go to the estate," he told local media. "The estate typically is going to consist of ordinary Australians who will in turn get the payments, and on balance over time, will spend those payments." He did acknowledge that a "tiny proportion" of the money might be spend overseas, by expatriates. But another minister said more than 99% of the money had gone to the right people. Members of the opposition were not appeased. "If anybody saw any of the dead out there spending up big at Harvey Norman or Coles or Woolworths, please let me know," ABC news quoted Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham as saying.

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Good idea, Magnetonium... the PDD needs a little comic relief from time to time. Here is my offering for today:

"RUSSIAN GIRL FOUND BEHAVING LIKE DOG"

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RUSSIAN child protection officers have taken into care a five-year-old girl who barks and laps up food like a dog having had more contact with canines than humans, police said. The girl had been found in a filthy apartment living with relatives but also large numbers of cats and dogs, with whom she appeared more comfortable, police in the Eastern Siberian city of Chita said in a statement. Never allowed outdoors, the girl had not learnt to speak but instead tried to communicate by barking. When discovered by child protection officers, the unwashed girl was dressed in filthy clothes and "threw herself at people like a little dog". "In all these years, the girl managed to master the animal language only," the statement said, adding that the girl could understand Russian, while not speaking it. "For about five years the girl was 'brought up' by several dogs and cats and not once went outside," the statement said. Currently living in a care facility and receiving medical and psychiatric help, the girl continues "to jump against the door and bark" if her carers leave the room she is occupying, the statement said. It added that the girl had a good appetite but preferred to lap up food from a plate rather than use a spoon. The police statement dubbed the girl "Mowgli" after a fictional character in a children's book by the Anglo-Indian writer Rudyard Kipling. Police plan to open a criminal investigation for abuse, it added. In March, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged action on child abuse, saying 760,000 children were living in "socially hazardous conditions''.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,2757...5-23109,00.html

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Originally posted by The17sss Good idea, Magnetonium... the PDD needs a little comic relief from time to time. Here is my offering for today: "RUSSIAN GIRL FOUND BEHAVING LIKE DOG" http://www.news.com.au/story/0,2757...5-23109,00.html

This is actually a known condition and surprisingly, many children exhibit this kind of behavior.

http://www.feralchildren.com/en/index.php

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Originally posted by ziptnf This is actually a known condition and surprisingly, many children exhibit this kind of behavior. http://www.feralchildren.com/en/index.php

Yeah, in country like Russia where hundreds of thousands of youth are abused and mistreated, I dont need science to see the story. Its a sad article. Maybe it will embarass them [politicians] enough to do something about it. From what I've heard, the child is behaving more like an animal than they say in the media. Oh, and dont take my word for it:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8070814.stm

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Earlier this year, President Dmitry Medvedev called for more action on child abuse. He said 750,000 children in Russia were living in "socially hazardous conditions".

EDIT: According to the website that was brought up in the previous post:

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Feral children, also known as wild children or wolf children, are children who've grown up with minimal human contact, or even none at all. They may have been raised by animals (often wolves) or somehow survived on their own. In some cases, children are confined and denied normal social interaction with other people.

http://www.feralchildren.com/en/sho....php?ch=natasha

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Natasha Mikhailova had been confined in a room with dogs and cats for several years, in the home she shared with her father Viktor Lozhkin and her grandparents. When found, Natasha hadn't had any contact with her mother Yana Mikhailova for two years. Natasha was treated as a family pet and as a result, when she was found at the age of 5, she couldn't speak, walked on all fours and barked like a dog, and lapped up food and drink with her tongue. Although 5 years old when found, Natasha was the size of a two year old.

... and apparently this condition is very HARD to treat.

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Oxana Malaya, the Ukrainian Dog Girl Lived with dogs Not really either a feral child or a confined child, but rather a neglected one, Oxana Malaya spent much of her childhood between the ages of 3 and 8 living in a kennel in the back garden of the family home in Novaya Blagoveschenka, Ukraine, although she did spend some time in the house with her alcholic and neglectful parents. Oxana Malaya, the Dog Girl Her childhood spent in the company of dogs meant that Oxana exhibited many of the characteristics of feral children. Her actions and sounds mimicked those of her carers: she would run about on all fours and bark. When first found in 1991 she could hardly speak. What has become of Oxana Malaya? In 2006 at the age of 23, Oxana Malaya still resides at a home for the mentally handicapped, the Baraboy Clinic in Odessa, where she helps look after the cows in the Clinic's farm. See Oxana Malaya's story Oxana Malaya has been featured in a number of television programmes, including Wild Child: The Story of Feral Children, made by Optomen Television for the Discovery Channel and also shown on Channel 4 (UK), and the first programme in the Confrontation series from NTV (Russia).

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Here's something you dont read about everyday. Despite the fact that "Illinois gun laws are said to be among the strictest in the US".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6662213.stm

Illinois baby obtains gun permit

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Bubba Ludwig may only be 10 months old, but he has already successfully obtained a gun licence in the US state of Illinois. Bubba's father, Howard Ludwig, applied on his behalf after his grandfather gave him a shotgun as an heirloom. Mr Ludwig said he had not expected to succeed, but he filled in the online form, paid $5 and the licence was his. US gun laws are regularly the subject of fierce debate, renewed recently after April's Virginia Tech killings. Gunman Cho Seung-hui was able to exploit a loophole in Virginia state law and obtain weapons despite having a history of mental illness. The loophole was later closed. Technical problems The licence includes a picture of a toothless Bubba and a squiggle that represents his best attempt at a signature. In an article in the Chicago Sun-Times, Mr Ludwig, 30, said that he expected the application to be turned down. Two rejections did in fact come, he said, but both related to technical problems - on one application he forgot to tick a box stating his son was a US citizen - rather than Bubba's youth. His third attempt was rewarded with a state firearm owner's identification card (FOID), complete with details of Bubba's height, weight and date of birth. 'No age restrictions' Illinois gun laws are said to be among the strictest in the US. But Illinois State Police, who oversee the application process, said that they had followed the law in this case. "Does a 10-month-old need a FOID card? No, but there are no restrictions under the act regarding age of applicants," the Associated Press news agency quoted Lt Scott Compton as saying. Mr Ludwig said Bubba's gun would likely remain at his grandfather's house until he was 14. "I'm not about to approve any unsupervised hunting or trap shooting for Bubba," he wrote in the Chicago daily. "Still, I'm glad he was able to get his FOID card. It makes an adorable addition to his baby book."

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this asshat and his underage boy-lover gives cops chase after stealing a bunch of Axe bodyspray from a Walmart.

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Originally posted by Q5echo >LINK< this asshat and his underage boy-lover gives cops chase after stealing a bunch of Axe bodyspray from a Walmart.

Shell shock for Russian village

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8074028.stm

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A Russian warship has mistakenly shelled a village near the northern city of St Petersburg, officials say. They say the small anti-submarine vessel fired up to 15 artillery rounds at Pesochnoye during target practice late on Thursday. No injuries were reported in the village. It was not immediately clear how much property damage there was. Some terrified villagers said they thought a war had started, Russia's Ria Novosti news agency reports.

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India plans hot chilli grenades

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8119591.stm

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Indian defence scientists are planning to put one of the world's hottest chilli powders into hand grenades. They say the devices will be used to control rioters and in counter-insurgency operations. Researchers say the idea is to replace explosives in small hand grenades with a certain variety of red chilli to immobilise people without killing them. The chilli, known as Bhut Jolokia, is said to be 1,000 times hotter than commonly used kitchen chilli. Scientists at India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) are quoted as saying the potent chilli will be used as a food additive for troops operating in cold conditions. And the powder will also be spread on the fences around army barracks in the hope the strong smell will keep out animals. Other forms of pepper spray are commonly used for crowd control in many parts of the world.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8118257.stm

'Stoned wallabies make crop circles'

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Australian wallabies are eating opium poppies and creating crop circles as they hop around "as high as a kite", a government official has said. Lara Giddings, the attorney general for the island state of Tasmania, said the kangaroo-like marsupials were getting into poppy fields grown for medicine. She was reporting to a parliamentary hearing on security for poppy crops. Australia supplies about 50% of the world's legally-grown opium used to make morphine and other painkillers. We have a problem with wallabies entering poppy fields, getting as high as a kite and going around in circles. Then they crash Lara Giddings, government official "The one interesting bit that I found recently in one of my briefs on the poppy industry was that we have a problem with wallabies entering poppy fields, getting as high as a kite and going around in circles," Lara Giddings told the hearing. "Then they crash," she added. "We see crop circles in the poppy industry from wallabies that are high." Rick Rockliff, a spokesman for poppy producer Tasmanian Alkaloids, said the wallaby incursions were not very common, but other animals had also been spotted in the poppy fields acting unusually. "There have been many stories about sheep that have eaten some of the poppies after harvesting and they all walk around in circles," he added. Retired Tasmanian poppy farmer Lyndley Chopping also said he had seen strange behaviour from wallabies in his fields. "They would just come and eat some poppies and they would go away," he told ABC News. "They'd come back again and they would do their circle work in the paddock." Some people believe the mysterious circles that appear in fields in a number of countries are created by aliens. Others put them down to a human hoax.

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What a superstitiously messed up country.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8120859.stm

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The authorities in Sri Lanka have arrested a popular astrologer who predicted that the president will be ejected from office, police say. Chandrasiri Bandara announced last week that the government would flounder in September and October because of political and economic problems. The opposition have condemned the arrest and warned that the country is heading towards a dictatorship. Astrology is taken seriously by numerous Sri Lankan politicians. Inauspicious Police told the AP news agency that Mr Bandara told an opposition meeting that the prime minister would take over as president on 9 September and the opposition leader would become prime minister. He was arrested on Wednesday night to investigate the basis of his prediction, police spokesman Ranjith Gunasekera said. Mr Bandara made his forecast despite the president's high approval ratings following the defeat of Tamil Tigers rebels in May, bringing an end to nearly 26 years of civil war. "The CID (Criminal Investigations Department) is questioning the astrologer," Mr Gunasekara said. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (left) and Lt Gen Sarath Fonseka (18/05/09) President Rajapaksa takes astrological predictions seriously The astrologer predicted that a planetary change on 8 October will be inauspicious for parliament and the government may not be able to contain rising living costs - a forecast which correspondents say has already been made by private economists. "The crime which Chandrasiri Bandara committed was publishing an astrological column which was adverse to the government," said opposition United National Party General Secretary Tissa Attanayake. So convinced are Sri Lankan politicians over the accuracy of astrology that many have their own personal seers who decide the auspicious times to launch any new initiative. President Rajapaksa has declared himself to be a believer, telling foreign reporters earlier this year that he has often consulted a favoured astrologer for advice on what time to make speeches or to depart for trips. Mr Bandara - who has a weekly television show and writes controversial political columns for a pro-opposition newspaper - is one of the most popular astrologers in the country. Media rights groups have complained of continued efforts by the government to stifle freedom of speech despite the end of the war. On Wednesday the main media organisations in the country urged the government not to re-establish a body that can fine and imprison print journalists. According to Amnesty International, at least 14 journalists and staff at news outlets have been killed by suspected government paramilitaries and rebels since the beginning of 2006.

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Not news but funny....funnier is that it's my home football team, the Toronto Argonauts...

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bizzare? i guess. more like gut-wrenchingly horrifying imo

>The Real Duke Rape Case<


what you won't see too much of (so far anyway) in the MSM about this waste of oxygen is that he's 1) gay, and adopted this child along with his partner whom he hid his vile acts from. 2) the child is black.

recall back in 2006 the other Duke rape case....

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It looks like Duke University has another rape case on its hands. This one may hurt the university nearly as much as the one that rocked its campus back in 2006. Unlike the previous case, this one appears to involve a credible confession of sexual abuse. Like the previous case, crucial facts are already being filtered through the prism of identity politics. Frank Lombard is the associate director of Duke’s Center for Health Policy. The university administrator was recently arrested by the FBI and charged with offering up his adopted 5-year-old son for sex. I tried to contact Frank Lombard over the weekend to probe his expertise regarding the health benefits of raping small children. So far, he’s declined to comment. University administrator Lombard is accused of logging on to a chat room online and describing himself as a “perv dad for fun.” The detective who wisely looked into the suspicious screen name says that Lombard admitted to molesting his own adopted son. All this was before allegedly inviting a stranger to travel to North Carolina from another state to statutorily rape his already-molested adopted son. If Lombard is convicted, he faces a maximum of 20 years in prison. His arrest comes about a year after the Court decided that child rapists cannot be executed because “society” has “evolved” to the point where such executions would be “indecent.” If this case goes to trial, it could be an interesting one to watch. But it will be just as interesting to watch the Duke faculty respond to these allegations. It didn’t take them long to respond when several white Duke Lacrosse players were accused of raping a black stripper. A whopping 88 professors signed a statement accusing the players of both racism and rape. Such was their regard for the presumption of innocence. Perhaps even more stunning was the response of some professors after it became apparent that the white lacrosse players were innocent. After that became so obvious the school had to readmit the students, Professor Kate Holloway resigned her committee assignments in protest. By the way, the most common form of faculty protest these days is to refuse to work. Most people think this kind of protest is caused by arrogance. But the actual cause is a thing called “tenure.” So it will be interesting to see how Duke faculty members respond to Frank Lombard. Because he is white, Lombard is fair game at Duke, isn’t he? But Lombard is also gay, so will that complicate things? Unfortunately for Frank Lombard, the affidavit in support of his arrest warrant shows that this second Duke rape case will also have a strong racial component. According to a confidential source (CS) a man using the user name “cooper2” or “cooperse” logged onto an internet-based video chat room. CS saw him perform oral sex on an African-American child under the age of ten. He also performed other acts on the child, which are too obscene to be described in this column. The user name “cooper2” has now been linked to Frank Lombard, the associate director Duke University’s Center for Health Policy. A second source has now alleged that “cooper2” has confessed to being “into incest” and that he has adopted two African American children. The only good news coming out of this story is about Frank Lombard’s live-in homosexual partner. The affidavit in support of Lombard’s arrest warrant shows that he made special arrangements when molesting the child – sometimes even by drugging the child – to make sure his partner did not find out. Records also indicate that Frank Lombard made a contribution to the Genesis Home in 2003. The Genesis Home is an organization that assists needy families in making a transition out of homelessness, in part by maintaining a child care center. The organization’s website features numerous photographs of African-American children under the age of ten. The Associate Press (AP) did not mention the fact that the five-year old offered up for molestation was black. Bringing that fact to light might be damaging to the political coalition that exists between blacks and gays. Nor did the AP mention that the adopted child is being raised by a homosexual couple. Bringing that fact to light might harm the gay adoption movement. I wrote this column because I believe that certain coalitions must be broken. And certain movements must be harmed. Let the political fallout begin. >LINK<

if this animal that molested a 5 yr. old black boy and attempted to pimp him out online gets put in prison for what he's allegedly done, how long do you give him to remain breathing unassisted while incarcerated in said prison? man, thats a tough one