What's in the news?

[Lustful Bride]

US Navy ship again fires warning flares at Iranian ship when it drifts far too close to it.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-navy-fires-warning-flare-at-iran-vessel-in-persian-gulf/ar-BBAnMbT?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=HPCOMMDHP15

[Missy]

Not news really at all, like should I post this here? is there a place to post something like this anyway???

Adam Savage (the mythbuster) turns out to be a really cool dude.

[Missy]

Okay so this is a little more newsy.

Jake Tapper espouses some essential values to a healthy functional democracy

[Trigon]

They are still both twitter posts though

[Missy]

yeah the secodn was a news clips though so I call it counts.

[Trigon]

yeah the secodn was a news clips though so I call it counts.

::) ::) ::)

[Missy]

Really its a clip about people believing Trumps claims without evidence. I don't care if you agree with the part I zero in on or not. Some days it seems as if America is ironically losing its greatness :/

[Trigon]

Some days it seems as if America is ironically losing its greatness :/

Yes indeed. The effects of his presidency will far outlast America itself though: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/opinion/the-planet-cant-stand-this-presidency.html?_r=0

[Beorning]

Toronto firefighters rescue a woman stuck on a construction crane:

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/04/26/woman-stuck-on-a-crane-at-wellesley-and-church.html

How the heck did she get there???

[Lustful Bride]

Toronto firefighters rescue a woman stuck on a construction crane:

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/04/26/woman-stuck-on-a-crane-at-wellesley-and-church.html

How the heck did she get there???

From what I understand, stuff like that is fairly normal for firefighters to deal with. That's not even close to how crazy their calls can be X3

[Beorning]

Okay, so do I explain how she did climb this thing!  :-)

My theory? She's a rookie superhero who ran out of power mid-flight  ;D

[Oniya]

Climbing up is often a lot easier than climbing down.  Climbing up, it's just a matter of focusing on the next hand hold.  Climbing down, you're suddenly hit with how high up you are, and that's when people freeze.

[Beorning]

Yeah, but note that she *had* to climb down to end up where she was found. She didn't just climb up to the top of the crane, she also climbed sideways along the crane's arm and then down the line to the hook thing. What the heck?

I'd love to learn the story behind this incident...

[Lustful Bride]

Couple married for 69 years die together, still holding eachother's hands.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-news/after-69-years-of-marriage-husband-and-wife-die-holding-hands-just-minutes-apart/ar-BBArBI9?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=HPCOMMDHP15

:'( Its so sweet but so heartbreaking.

[gaggedLouise]

Latest sabre-rattling boast from Kim's guys in Pyongyang:

"The slightest provocation will be met with an attack /on the US/ that will make the earth's crust crack!"  :P

Okay, so Kim Jong-Un is moving into Godzilla territory...great. ^_ ^

[Cassandra LeMay]

Yeah, but note that she *had* to climb down to end up where she was found. She didn't just climb up to the top of the crane, she also climbed sideways along the crane's arm and then down the line to the hook thing. What the heck?

I'd love to learn the story behind this incident...

My impression from what I read on CBC is that she might be a thrill-seaker who climbed up there just because she could.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/crane-rescue-toronto-1.4088128

[Trigon]

Yeah, so this is now happening: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/randy-weber-marriage-equality_us_59023d75e4b05c39767d0722?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

According to this report, a Republican congressman from Texas is now praying to his god to "forgive" the USA for allowing marriage equality. In case anybody forgot that the GOP is filled to the brim with Anti-LGBTQ bigots...

[Trigon]

Sorry for double post, but perhaps also pertinent; North Korea has launched yet another ballistic missile: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39750240

It was a complete failure of course, but again they seem determined.

[Missy]

I kind of feel bad for them really, there's just enough stupid people in just the right places.

[Missy]

Admiral says NK crisis at worst point

[Lustful Bride]

Teacher harrases 11 year old student, and tells her to go kill herself.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/%e2%80%98go-and-kill-yourself%e2%80%99-a-louisiana-teacher-told-an-11-year-old-student-authorities-say/ar-BBAwUtX?li=BBnb4R7&ocid=HPCOMMDHP15

I don't even have words for how disgusted I am.

[Trigon]

Finally some good news for the Democratic Party; there is now a pro-Bernie primary challenger for Nancy Pelosi: http://observer.com/2017/04/nancy-pelosi-pro-sanders-primary-challenger-stephen-jaffe/

Hopefully they can finally kick those corporate Democrats right out, and replace them with people who can actually come up with real solutions to our nation's problems!

[Lustful Bride]

Young man in Russia may get 3 years in prison for playing pokemon go in a Russian church.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-man-played-%e2%80%98pok%c3%a9mon-go%e2%80%99-in-a-russian-church-he-may-spend-3-1-2-years-in-prison-for-it/ar-BBAyLSk?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=HPCOMMDHP15

Man...the world has gotten so weird in the last decade.

[TheGlyphstone]

Man...the world has gotten so weird in the last decade.

Along similar lines, Turkey has banned TV dating shows.

https://www.rt.com/news/386639-turkey-bans-dating-shows/

[gaggedLouise]

Young man in Russia may get 3 years in prison for playing pokemon go in a Russian church.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-man-played-%e2%80%98pok%c3%a9mon-go%e2%80%99-in-a-russian-church-he-may-spend-3-1-2-years-in-prison-for-it/ar-BBAyLSk?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=HPCOMMDHP15

Man...the world has gotten so weird in the last decade.

Can't help thinking of the plumber, back in the 1930s, who had a habit of turning down the volume of the radio during the daily readings of "children's letters to Stalin" (read out with a booming voice). He was tagged by a neighbour and sentenced to several years in labour camp for (of course) anti-Soviet activities...  ::)