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[Doktor Howl]

From the You Can't Handle The Truth Department:

http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/pilots-union-says-probe-asiana-crash-revealed-too-much-too-6C10582948

[P3nT4gR4m]

Okay, so maybe Occupy wasn't so bad.

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/09/19369154-egypts-women-watch-protests-from-sidelines-amid-fears-of-sexual-violence?lite

My irony meter just shat fire. So it's not in the same ballpark but that ad, bottom right is at least the same sport from where I'm sitting 

[Junkenstein]

No surprises from anyone who's visited Ossett:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-23248503

Not had the best of welcomes. Would you believe it.

A cafe owner has put up a sign telling customers she is black because she is fed up with people walking out when they see the colour of her skin.

The sign on the door of Yeanon Cafe in Ossett, West Yorkshire, reads: "I am a black woman... If you are allergic to black people, don't come in."

Martha-Renée Kolleh said some people "take a look at me and walk out".

Local councillor Tony Richardson said he was "shocked" as he did not believe racism was widespread in the town.

A spokesman for Wakefield Council said it was "obviously concerned" by the issue which it had not been made aware of before."I would urge the business involved to get in touch with us as soon as possible," the spokesman added.

Figures for ethnicity from the 2011 Census show that of Ossett's population of 16,116, 97.5% (15,724) were recorded as white.

No prizes for guessing the skin colour of Tony.

"I am absolutely certain there is not a problem in Ossett. I have met thousands of people in Ossett and they are wonderful people, very diverse," he said.

Really?
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/twitter-storm-football-striker-sacked-after-racist-post-1-5560904

(Dubious link, demonstrates the point:
http://www.knowhere.co.uk/Ossett/West-Yorkshire/Northern-England/info/worstthings

A downside to the parochial feel of the town is that the people are very conformist. I suppose that it is good that we don't have any trendy nonconformists [I didn't know what Goths were until I was 14 and didn't know that thugs are supposed to wear Burberry and listen to rap music until a few weeks ago, from talking to Southerners]. However, even the young people tend to be very set in their ways and regard anything different from what they're used to as "a bit weird". This becomes uglier when it comes to racism. Considering that Ossett doesn't have many Asian people, it is quite bad that local elections always see around about 1 in 6 voting for the B.N.P. As I went to school in Wakefield, I knew Asian people and they all told me about how Asian families advise each other "Don't live in Cleckheaton and don't live in Ossett!" I took an Asian friend around Ossett on a night once and I had to cut it short, because we were going to end up getting beaten up, the way that I couldn't go anywhere without hard stares and comments. This part of Yorkshire is known for not being too tolerant and Ossett's not as bad as parts of Dewsbury, but it's still very racist. On a different note, I remember teachers at Ossett School who lived in Wakefield commenting on how "clannish" and "closed-minded" they thought that all their pupils were. There may be good points to a parochial town, but there are bad points as well.

Nigel made a point in another thread that it's pretty pointless asking majority about these kind of issues. I'd say this incident illustrates that perfectly.

ETA - The bold. Seems to be correct.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

http://gawker.com/shit-covered-man-caught-peeping-on-women-from-inside-re-710632810?utm_campaign=socialflow_gawker_facebook&utm_source=gawker_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

52-year-old Kenneth Webster Enlow of Tulsa was reportedly caught after a woman and her 7-year-old daughter spotted him peering up at them from inside the toilet.

"He went in there, climbed down in the septic and was looking up at the people utilizing that facility," Tulsa County Sheriff's Maj. Shannon Clark said in a statement.

Firefighters had to hose down Enlow, who was "covered in human waste," before transporting him to a local hospital for evaluation.

I was wondering how that would even WORK, given the structure of a toilet, but it was a shithouse http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/Peeping_Tom_arrested_after_found_in_bathroom_toilet/20130708_296_0_ATulsa513015

[Junkenstein]

Probably relevant to several spheres of interest:
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/07/orson-scott-card-boycott/

[McGrupp]

I may be missing something but this actually sounds kinda cool. Basically WalMart threatened to not build stores and possibly move other ones if legislators passed a living wage bill and the council said "fuck off*"

*probably not what was actually said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-council-approves-living-wage-bill-over-wal-mart-ultimatum/2013/07/10/724aab6e-e96f-11e2-a301-ea5a8116d211_story.html?hpid=z1

"The question here is a living wage; it's not whether Wal-Mart comes or stays," said council member Vincent B. Orange (D-At Large), a lead backer of the legislation, who added that the city did not need to kowtow to threats. "We're at a point where we don't need retailers. Retailers need us."

Should the bill be signed by Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) and pass a congressional review period, retailers with corporate sales of $1 billion or more and operating in spaces 75,000 square feet or larger would be required to pay employees no less than $12.50 an hour. The city's minimum wage is $8.25, a dollar higher than the federal minimum wage.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I love how Wal-Mart's all "WAH WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE IF YOU MAKE US PAY A LIVING WAGE"

Fuck off then, Wal-Mart.

[Doktor Howl]

I love how Wal-Mart's all "WAH WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE IF YOU MAKE US PAY A LIVING WAGE"

Fuck off then, Wal-Mart.

SO LONG, SCREWY!
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[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I love how Wal-Mart's all "WAH WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE IF YOU MAKE US PAY A LIVING WAGE"

Fuck off then, Wal-Mart.

SO LONG, SCREWY!
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[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

You know what I'm waiting for? Remember those "Made in America" stores that existed, what was it, in the 80's?

Eventually, something like that is going to come back.

[Junkenstein]

More random than news, still nice:
http://www.wewilldrivethemtotheairport.co.uk/

[McGrupp]

More random than news, still nice:
http://www.wewilldrivethemtotheairport.co.uk/

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

http://www.kctv5.com/story/22820222/viral-video-the-worlds-scariest-rabbit

Youtube user Gunnar Boettcher believes he may have found a majestic and magical creature living around his house.

Gunnar Boettcher jokes in his YouTube posting that the rabbit he caught on video feeds off of the dying souls of other rabbits.

After watching the video, many Internet users are saying this may be the world's scariest rabbit.

Gunnar Boettcher believes the creature may have a skin disease called Shope papilloma virus.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

http://www.kctv5.com/story/22820222/viral-video-the-worlds-scariest-rabbit

Youtube user Gunnar Boettcher believes he may have found a majestic and magical creature living around his house.

Gunnar Boettcher jokes in his YouTube posting that the rabbit he caught on video feeds off of the dying souls of other rabbits.

After watching the video, many Internet users are saying this may be the world's scariest rabbit.

Gunnar Boettcher believes the creature may have a skin disease called Shope papilloma virus.

AUGH THAT'S HORRIFYING!

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

http://www.kctv5.com/story/22820222/viral-video-the-worlds-scariest-rabbit

Youtube user Gunnar Boettcher believes he may have found a majestic and magical creature living around his house.

Gunnar Boettcher jokes in his YouTube posting that the rabbit he caught on video feeds off of the dying souls of other rabbits.

After watching the video, many Internet users are saying this may be the world's scariest rabbit.

Gunnar Boettcher believes the creature may have a skin disease called Shope papilloma virus.

AUGH THAT'S HORRIFYING!

Yeah. It's pretty scary looking. Parts of the internet are hating on that kid for not catching the rabbit and taking it to a vet.