Tuesday, December 09, 2014
Cat plays whack-a-finger
I couldn't locate the original upload of this video.
YouTube link. Alternative YouTube link. LiveLeak link.
Update: Many thanks to Koreus for emailing me the original video.
YouTube link. Alternative YouTube link. LiveLeak link.
Update: Many thanks to Koreus for emailing me the original video.
Disabled man scared off would-be burglars with walking frame-mounted gun
Sixty-eight-year-old Joseph Sapienza suspects the men who attempted to break into his home in Gastonia, North Carolina, on Thursday night thought he would be an easy target because he’s disabled and uses a walking frame.
But after scaring away the would-be thieves, Sapienza taped a note to his door, in which he attempted to make it clear that his trigger finger works just fine.
“(If) you try to break in my house again, I will be waiting on you,” reads the note. “Enter at your own risk.” Sapienza was watching television in his bed at 7:42pm. He heard someone prying off the lock and pulling the nails to the latch out of his front door. He grabbed his .45-calibre handgun, put it in a holster on his walker and began shuffling toward the sound.
He flipped a hallway light on, yelled out to announce he was armed, and yanked open the door to see two men wearing ski masks. They jumped off his porch and practically tripped over one another trying to flee, Sapienza said. “It was like a Keystone Cops scene,” he said. “When they saw the .45, one ran one way up the street, and the other went the other way.”
Sapienza has been disabled since 1980, when he was riding his bicycle to work and was hit by a truck, breaking his pelvis. He now uses a motorised scooter to get around outside, and thinks the suspects saw him as an easy target. “People see me as an easy mark,” he said. “They probably thought ‘we’re going to get this man’s money.’” He hopes the suspects don’t come back, for their own sakes. “I’m pretty proficient with it,” he said of his .45. Police are investigating, but have so far made no arrests.
“(If) you try to break in my house again, I will be waiting on you,” reads the note. “Enter at your own risk.” Sapienza was watching television in his bed at 7:42pm. He heard someone prying off the lock and pulling the nails to the latch out of his front door. He grabbed his .45-calibre handgun, put it in a holster on his walker and began shuffling toward the sound.
He flipped a hallway light on, yelled out to announce he was armed, and yanked open the door to see two men wearing ski masks. They jumped off his porch and practically tripped over one another trying to flee, Sapienza said. “It was like a Keystone Cops scene,” he said. “When they saw the .45, one ran one way up the street, and the other went the other way.”
Sapienza has been disabled since 1980, when he was riding his bicycle to work and was hit by a truck, breaking his pelvis. He now uses a motorised scooter to get around outside, and thinks the suspects saw him as an easy target. “People see me as an easy mark,” he said. “They probably thought ‘we’re going to get this man’s money.’” He hopes the suspects don’t come back, for their own sakes. “I’m pretty proficient with it,” he said of his .45. Police are investigating, but have so far made no arrests.
Woman punched twin sister in the face during argument over boyfriend and sex toy
48-year-old Florida woman Heidi Creamer, punched her twin sister in the face on Sunday afternoon during an argument over “Heidi’s boyfriend and a sexual toy (vibrator),” according to a police report.
A “verbal altercation” between the siblings turned violent when Heidi walloped Holly with a closed fist.
After knocking her sister to the ground, Heidi allegedly “punched, scratched, and pulled Holly’s hair” during the ensuing struggle in the apartment the sisters share with Heidi’s boyfriend. When police arrived at the pair’s Ellenton apartment, Heidi was locked outside, pounding on the front door and screaming obscenities at her bloodied sister.
Heidi was “screaming and her body was shaking,” noted an officer, who added that Creamer “attempted to break free from my grasp several times.” After being placed in a squad car, Heidi “began screaming that she was fighting with her sister Holly over a vibrator and her boyfriend.”
Officers did not detail the exact nature of the duo’s dispute over either Heidi’s boyfriend or the vibrator. Charged with domestic battery, Heidi was booked into the Manatee County jail, where bond has yet to be set. Heidi is said to have multiple prior arrests for drunk driving and battery.
After knocking her sister to the ground, Heidi allegedly “punched, scratched, and pulled Holly’s hair” during the ensuing struggle in the apartment the sisters share with Heidi’s boyfriend. When police arrived at the pair’s Ellenton apartment, Heidi was locked outside, pounding on the front door and screaming obscenities at her bloodied sister.
Heidi was “screaming and her body was shaking,” noted an officer, who added that Creamer “attempted to break free from my grasp several times.” After being placed in a squad car, Heidi “began screaming that she was fighting with her sister Holly over a vibrator and her boyfriend.”
Officers did not detail the exact nature of the duo’s dispute over either Heidi’s boyfriend or the vibrator. Charged with domestic battery, Heidi was booked into the Manatee County jail, where bond has yet to be set. Heidi is said to have multiple prior arrests for drunk driving and battery.
Cutting method of onion on sandwich dispute led to man throwing snake at restaurant employee
Police in Saskatoon, Canada, charged two men on Monday morning after one of them allegedly threw a snake over the counter at a Tim Hortons during a sandwich dispute.
Police were called to the restaurant at approximately 7:30am. Staff members had fled the store in fear after a snake was thrown behind the counter. They reported that two male customers had been arguing with an employee about the preparation of their sandwiches.
The men wanted their onions diced. As the argument escalated one of the men reached into the pocket of his friend's coat, pulled out a snake and threw it behind the counter. No one was physically injured. Officers were able to quickly locate the snake and determined it was non-poisonous.
They took the snake and the two men, who were located nearby, into custody. The men are now facing charges of mischief and causing a disturbance. Officers have located a temporary home for the snake until it can be released into the wild in the spring.
Police were called to the restaurant at approximately 7:30am. Staff members had fled the store in fear after a snake was thrown behind the counter. They reported that two male customers had been arguing with an employee about the preparation of their sandwiches.
The men wanted their onions diced. As the argument escalated one of the men reached into the pocket of his friend's coat, pulled out a snake and threw it behind the counter. No one was physically injured. Officers were able to quickly locate the snake and determined it was non-poisonous.
They took the snake and the two men, who were located nearby, into custody. The men are now facing charges of mischief and causing a disturbance. Officers have located a temporary home for the snake until it can be released into the wild in the spring.
Airline executive under investigation over claims she delayed plane due to way nuts were served
A Korean Air executive is under investigation over claims she delayed a plane due to the way she was served nuts.
Heather Cho demanded the removal of a crew member from a flight last Friday for failing to serve nuts on a plate.
Ms Cho, a vice-president of the firm, forced the Incheon-bound flight to taxi back to the terminal in New York.
The airline said checking service standards was part of her job, and she had the pilot's backing. But officials said she was a passenger at the time. A junior attendant had offered Ms Cho macadamia nuts in a bag, instead of serving the nuts on a plate. Ms Cho, daughter of company boss Cho Yang-ho, then questioned the chief flight attendant over in-flight service standards and ordered him off the plane.
Korean Air said the plane arrived 11 minutes late, and that the decision to expel the senior flight attendant had been made in consultation with the pilot. The airline said that checking of quality of service was one of Ms Cho's jobs, as she is in charge of in-flight service for the carrier.
The transport authorities are investigating whether Ms Cho's actions infringed aviation law. "Even though she is senior vice president at the company, she was a passenger at that time, so she had to behave and be treated as a passenger," a South Korea transport ministry official said.
The airline said checking service standards was part of her job, and she had the pilot's backing. But officials said she was a passenger at the time. A junior attendant had offered Ms Cho macadamia nuts in a bag, instead of serving the nuts on a plate. Ms Cho, daughter of company boss Cho Yang-ho, then questioned the chief flight attendant over in-flight service standards and ordered him off the plane.
Korean Air said the plane arrived 11 minutes late, and that the decision to expel the senior flight attendant had been made in consultation with the pilot. The airline said that checking of quality of service was one of Ms Cho's jobs, as she is in charge of in-flight service for the carrier.
The transport authorities are investigating whether Ms Cho's actions infringed aviation law. "Even though she is senior vice president at the company, she was a passenger at that time, so she had to behave and be treated as a passenger," a South Korea transport ministry official said.
Cooking eggs over a burning tyre on driveway of home frowned upon by police
A new cooking innovation has been described as “bizarre” and “dangerous” by police in Australia after a group of residents in Moulden, Northern Territory, were caught cooking eggs over a burning tyre on their driveway.
Duty Superintendent Louise Jorgensen said police and firefighters were called to the residence after neighbours reported a “burning smell” and “heavy smoke” coming from the property in Bonson Tce at around 3pm on Sunday.
“(The) Fire Brigade attended and determined that there was a burning tyre in the driveway and the residents were trying to cook eggs over it,” Supt Jorgensen said. “The firies went there and bizarrely people were trying to barbecue over a burning tyre. If you’ve ever seen a tyre on fire you’d know it’s quite a blaze.
“It was bizarre behaviour.” Supt Jorgensen said the group were not charged with any offences. “Apart from the fact that it is unlawful to light fires in urban areas it surely must be recognised that burning rubber is not an appropriate heat source for cooking,” she said. “Or for positive neighbourly relations. And it’s dangerous.”
Duty Superintendent Louise Jorgensen said police and firefighters were called to the residence after neighbours reported a “burning smell” and “heavy smoke” coming from the property in Bonson Tce at around 3pm on Sunday.
“(The) Fire Brigade attended and determined that there was a burning tyre in the driveway and the residents were trying to cook eggs over it,” Supt Jorgensen said. “The firies went there and bizarrely people were trying to barbecue over a burning tyre. If you’ve ever seen a tyre on fire you’d know it’s quite a blaze.
“It was bizarre behaviour.” Supt Jorgensen said the group were not charged with any offences. “Apart from the fact that it is unlawful to light fires in urban areas it surely must be recognised that burning rubber is not an appropriate heat source for cooking,” she said. “Or for positive neighbourly relations. And it’s dangerous.”
Reason for man directing traffic on busy road with bag of frozen peas unknown
Police in Australia's Northern Territory were alerted by a concerned motorist on Monday afternoon.
A male was standing in the middle of a busy road in Darwin trying to direct peak-hour traffic using a bag of frozen peas.
The reason for this was not known. Police arrived to the reported location within nine minutes after the report. The man had since left the area and was not located.
There was no traffic hazard on the road to explain his bizarre actions. Police added that traffic direction is best left to trained personnel.
A male was standing in the middle of a busy road in Darwin trying to direct peak-hour traffic using a bag of frozen peas.
The reason for this was not known. Police arrived to the reported location within nine minutes after the report. The man had since left the area and was not located.
There was no traffic hazard on the road to explain his bizarre actions. Police added that traffic direction is best left to trained personnel.
Animal rights group PETA ordered to remove 'indecent' anti-dairy campaign billboard poster
Animal rights campaigners were ordered to take down an “indecent” billboard poster in Nottingham after a request from Notts County Football Club, only one day after it was put up.
The poster was promoting a campaign calling on people to ditch dairy products and was put up outside the ground.
It contained the slogan “some bodily fluids are bad for you” and a photo of what appears to be the aftermath of a sex act. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said it was “cheeky”, but passers-by disagreed. Richard Brown, 27, said he wasn’t comfortable with the image. He said: “It’s clear what they are doing but I think it’s a bit naughty. I’ve got a seven-year-old daughter and young people aren’t stupid, they can read and it’s not great that they can see things like this that are indecent.
“I don’t think it helps get the message out. The only thing I get from this is wonder why they thought it was appropriate, not anything about milk.” The billboard was the only one of its type in England, with PETA saying this is because they were “presented with a suitable space”. Commercial Director at Notts County Damian Irvine said: “Once the content of this advert was identified we informed advertising company Space Outdoors who agreed the content was not in keeping with our community and family-focused values.
“The agency committed immediately and proactively to change the advert.” PETA Director Mimi Bekhechi said: “The billboard was a cheeky way to alert passers-by to the dangers of drinking cows’ milk. Dairy products wreak havoc on human health, and the dairy industry’s routine cruelty to cows, who are used as nothing more than milk machines, should persuade anyone not to swallow products made with cows’ milk.”
It contained the slogan “some bodily fluids are bad for you” and a photo of what appears to be the aftermath of a sex act. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said it was “cheeky”, but passers-by disagreed. Richard Brown, 27, said he wasn’t comfortable with the image. He said: “It’s clear what they are doing but I think it’s a bit naughty. I’ve got a seven-year-old daughter and young people aren’t stupid, they can read and it’s not great that they can see things like this that are indecent.
“I don’t think it helps get the message out. The only thing I get from this is wonder why they thought it was appropriate, not anything about milk.” The billboard was the only one of its type in England, with PETA saying this is because they were “presented with a suitable space”. Commercial Director at Notts County Damian Irvine said: “Once the content of this advert was identified we informed advertising company Space Outdoors who agreed the content was not in keeping with our community and family-focused values.
“The agency committed immediately and proactively to change the advert.” PETA Director Mimi Bekhechi said: “The billboard was a cheeky way to alert passers-by to the dangers of drinking cows’ milk. Dairy products wreak havoc on human health, and the dairy industry’s routine cruelty to cows, who are used as nothing more than milk machines, should persuade anyone not to swallow products made with cows’ milk.”
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