Things that make you go What the F**k?

[omagh_gael]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/23586290

[johnneycool]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/23586290

Get that to the nearest power station or furnace and watch it burn, 14 tonnes of fat, pubes and wipes could power a large town for the evening.

[ballinaman]

[Cold tea]

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1273980/shenzhen-wealthy-adults-feed-human-breast-milk

While many Chinese parents continue to struggle to find safe and trusted milk powder for their babies, some in Shenzhen are paying to enjoy a new "nourishment" – human breast milk – and a few of them are doing so by breast feeding, according to Chinese media.

Increasing numbers of adults have been hiring wet nurses so they can consume breast milk for its nutritional value, Lin Jun, a manager of Xinxinyu Household Service Company in the southern city of Guangdong, told the Southern Metropolis Daily. Lin went on to say that his company is promoting and expanding its breast milk supply business from babies to adults, the newspaper reported on Tuesday.

"Clients can choose to consume breast milk directly through breastfeeding ... but they can always drink it from a breast pump if they feel uncomfortable," the paper quoted Lin as saying. He claimed breast milk was now popular among adults with high incomes and high-pressure jobs and who suffered from poor health.

"Quite a few of our clients hire in-house wet nurses to ensure a supply of fresh breast milk on a daily base," Lin said in the report, adding "wet nurses rarely raise objections as long as the price is right."

A spokesperson for the company who refused to be identified on Tuesday claimed the report was entirely false, insisting his company's household services did not include recommending wet nurses. The allegations were malicious gossip aimed at driving his company out of business, he told the South China Morning Post by phone.

However, Xinxinyu Household Service Company's advertisements can be seen on a number of marketing websites, promoting the high quality services of its wet nurses, as well as its nannies, stewards, confinement nurses and tutors. The advertisements state that the company's wet nurses can provide services to adults in poor health. Photos online show wet nurses and staff with what appear to be company logos on the walls.

According to the newspaper report, a wet nurse who provides breast milk to adults can earn an average monthly wage of 16,000 yuan (HK$20,238). A healthy and attractive wet nurse can earn even more, the paper was told.

The claims seem to be supported by adverts placed by Xinxinyu on at least one recruitment website for positions of wet nurses with monthly salaries of between 12,000 to 20,000 yuan.

"Consuming human breast milk is quite popular among my social circle ... spending 10,000 to 20,000 yuan hiring a wet nurse is not uncommon at all," Southern Metropolis Daily also quoted an anonymous client as saying, "although only a few people would suck breast milk directly from a wet nurses' nipples."

The anonymous client said he paid 15,000 yuan to a wet nurse and had her live at his home for a month, according to the report.

Legal experts have warned that the practice may be a form of sexual service. "There is an essential difference between sucking on a breast and drinking from a pump, as the former largely exceeds the necessity of diet," Guangdong lawyer Mei Chunlai said.

But Shenzhen police told the paper that it would be difficult to prove if the act was a sex crime as it was hard to acquire evidence.

[muppet]

You couldn't make it up


http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/minibus-with-corpse-inside-issued-with-parking-ticket-on-belfast-street-29472104.html

The UK is the only place on earth where that could happen. Adherence to banality is more important than free thinking. If the same situation arose tomorrow, there would be another parking ticket.

[heganboy]

There are only 22 countries in the world that have not been invaded by Britain

Every schoolboy used to know that at the height of the empire, almost a quarter of the atlas was coloured pink, showing the extent of British rule.
But that oft recited fact dramatically understates the remarkable global reach achieved by this country.
A new study has found that at various times the British have invaded almost 90 per cent of the countries around the globe.
The analysis of the histories of the almost 200 countries in the world found only 22 which have never experienced an invasion by the British.
Among this select group of nations are far-off destinations such as Guatemala, Tajikistan and the Marshall Islands, as well some slightly closer to home, such as Luxembourg.

The analysis is contained in a new book, All the Countries We've Ever Invaded: And the Few We Never Got Round To.
Stuart Laycock, the author, has worked his way around the globe, through each country alphabetically, researching its history to establish whether, at any point, they have experienced an incursion by Britain.
Only a comparatively small proportion of the total in Mr Laycock's list of invaded states actually formed an official part of the empire.
The remainder have been included because the British were found to have achieved some sort of military presence in the territory – however transitory – either through force, the threat of force, negotiation or payment.
Incursions by British pirates, privateers or armed explorers have also been included, provided they were operating with the approval of their government.
So, many countries which once formed part of the Spanish empire and seem to have little historical connection with the UK, such as Costa Rica, Ecuador and El Salvador, make the list because of the repeated raids they suffered from state-sanctioned British sailors.
Among some of the perhaps surprising entries on the list are:
* Cuba, where in 1741, a force under Admiral Edward Vernon stormed ashore at Guantánamo Bay. He renamed it Cumberland Bay, before being forced to withdraw in the face of hostile locals and an outbreak of disease among his men. Twenty one years later, Havana and a large part of the island fell to the British after a bloody siege, only to be handed back to the Spanish in 1763, along with another unlikely British possession, the Philippines, in exchange for Florida and Minorca.
*Iceland, invaded in 1940 by the British after the neutral nation refused to enter the war on the Allies side. The invasion force, of 745 marines, met with strong protest from the Iceland government, but no resistance.
* Vietnam, which has experienced repeated incursions by the British since the seventeenth century. The most recent – from 1945 to 1946 – saw the British fight a campaign for control of the country against communists, in a war that has been overshadowed by later conflicts involving first the French and then Americans.
It is thought to be the first time such a list has been compiled.
Mr Laycock, who has previously published books on Roman history, began the unusual quest after being asked by his 11-year-old son, Frederick, how many countries the British had invaded.
After almost two years of research he said he was shocked by the answer. "I was absolutely staggered when I reached the total. I like to think I have a relatively good general knowledge. But there are places where it hadn't occurred to me that these things had ever happened. It shocked me.
"Other countries could write similar books – but they would be much shorter. I don't think anyone could match this, although the Americans had a later start and have been working hard on it in the twentieth century."
The only other nation which has achieved anything approaching the British total, Mr Laycock said, is France – which also holds the unfortunate record for having endured the most British invasions. "I realise people may argue with some of my reasons, but it is intended to prompt debate," he added.
He believes the actual figure may well be higher and is inviting the public to get in touch to provide evidence of other invasions.
In the case of Mongolia, for instance – one of the 22 nations "not invaded", according to the book – he believes it possible that there could have been a British invasion, but could find no direct proof.
The country was caught up in the turmoil following the Russian Revolution, in which the British and other powers intervened. Mr Laycock found evidence of a British military mission in Russia approximately 50 miles from the Mongolian border, but could not establish whether it got any closer.
The research lists countries based on their current national boundaries and names. Many of the invasions took place when these did not apply.
The research covered the 192 other UN member states as well as the Vatican City and Kosovo, which are not member states, but are recognised by the UK government as independent states.
The earliest invasion launched from these islands was an incursion into Gaul – now France – at the end of the second century. Clodius Albinus led an army, thought to include many Britons, across the Channel in an attempt to seize the imperial throne. The force was defeated in 197 at Lyon.
Mr Laycock added: "On one level, for the British, it is quite amazing and quite humbling, that this is all part of our history, but clearly there are parts of our history that we are less proud of. The book is not intended as any kind of moral judgement on our history or our empire. It is meant as a light-hearted bit of fun."
The countries never invaded by the British:
Andorra
Belarus
Bolivia
Burundi
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo, Republic of
Guatemala
Ivory Coast
Kyrgyzstan
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Mali
Marshall Islands
Monaco
Mongolia
Paraguay
Sao Tome and Principe
Sweden
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
Vatican City

source http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/9653497/British-have-invaded-nine-out-of-ten-countries-so-look-out-Luxembourg.html

[muppet]

Ireland wasn't invaded.

Ourselves and the Vatican invited them in.

[armaghniac]

The people in Leinster invited the British.

[ballinaman]

Mathieu Valbuena (France) v Belgium

[muppet]

http://www.newslo.com/texas-board-of-education-revises-textbooks-slaves-were-unpaid-interns/

DALLAS — The Texas Board of Education has drawn scrutiny in recent years for its efforts to revise its curriculum to favor more conservative-friendly versions of history and science. After revising textbooks last year to emphasize Christian influences on the Founding Fathers and introduce Intelligent Design to biology classes, the Board voted nine to zero today to change official nomenclature regarding slavery. In Texas, students will now be taught that slaves were not kidnapped and exploited against their will, but were actually "unpaid interns."

"While African workers were not compensated monetarily," the new curriculum guidelines acknowledge, "by working outside picking cotton, they gained valuable career experience and were provided with ample networking opportunities."
- See more at: http://www.newslo.com/texas-board-of-education-revises-textbooks-slaves-were-unpaid-interns/#sthash.z41mze7H.dpuf

[theskull1]

As scummy as our scumbags are...we're a long shot from this....I hope 

Some empty souls out there

http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/chinese-boy-6-has-eyes-gouged-out-in-gruesome-attack

[Minder]

As scummy as our scumbags are...we're a long shot from this....I hope 

Some empty souls out there

http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/chinese-boy-6-has-eyes-gouged-out-in-gruesome-attack

Stopped reading that after a couple of paragraphs, unbelievable.

[muppet]

I don't think I want to read that.

[haveaharp]

Fuckin desperate, but there is a simple fact here, human life is a lot less valued by some races. This is not a racist statement just how it is.

[seafoid]

Fuckin desperate, but there is a simple fact here, human life is a lot less valued by some races. This is not a racist statement just how it is.

it is not so much about race as poverty.