The Strange News Around the World Thread

[rockonin]

Post weird, stupid and crazy news stories here.

A week-long rant on aliens, God and evil ended with a Wisconsin man stabbing his neighbor to death over the man’s wife, police say.

Officers took Young J. Choi, 29, into custody on Thursday night after he allegedly killed a neighbor with a long, decorative sword and zealously told people to call him God, according to a Watertown police report.

Choi is charged with homicide in the death of his neighbor, Dustin Vanderheyden, 27, during bloody assault at their boarding house over a bar.

The criminal complaint details how a brave neighbor tried to stop Choi from attacking Vanderheyden. David Gerard, 24, tried to grab the sword with his bare hand, but he didn’t realize it was a sharp weapon. He had cuts and lacerations to his hand.

Vanderheyden helped his neighbors evade the crazed and violent outburst, but he was seriously injured in the attack and died during surgery. He had stabbing injuries all over his body and an avulsion to his head, court documents show.

“There was blood and hair everywhere,” neighbor Eric Pann told dispatchers during the 911 call.

Pann hid in a bathroom as Vanderheyden repeatedly screamed: “I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”

Choi then barged in on the hiding spot and declared he stabbed Vanderheyden as he washed the blood off the weapon, the police report said.

His interview with police took a twisted turn when he called his actions “fate and destiny” and the universe was to blame for Vanderheyden’s death. Choi believed the officers were badgering him for a statement.

“What do you want me to tell you? Want me to say I feel bad about it? Are you checking my humanistic nature? Checking all my psychological bounds? Or am I just a ruthless killer?” Choi asked the officer.

[OGLemon]

wow, crazy

[nobody]

http://www.mysuncoast.com/news/local/br ... f6878.html
http://nypost.com/2014/06/20/cardboard- ... ree-hours/
http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/21/darpa-blockade/

[m8son666]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -meat.html
very strange

[rockonin]

Icelandic girl denied passport due to ‘illegal’ name

A ten-year-old Icelandic girl, Harriet Cardew, has been denied a passport as her name is not accepted by the Icelandic Naming Committee.

“They have deprived our daughter of freedom of movement,” the girl’s mother, Kristín Cardew, told visir.is. “It is in violation of the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child,” she added.

​Kristín and her husband, Tristan Cardew, who was born in the U.K., have four children together: Lilja and Belinda, born in France, and Harriet and Duncan, born in Iceland. As Harriet and Duncan have not been approved by the Naming Committee, their names are listed as stúlka (‘girl’) and drengur (‘boy’) Cardew in the National Registry and have appeared as such in their passports until now.

When Kristín went to arrange for a new passport for Harriet last week so that the family could travel to France, she was told that because her name is not approved, a passport cannot be issued in her name. A lawyer at the National Registry told her that the it is “cleaning out” the individuals who are listed as stúlka or drengur. It was not mentioned in the original news story whether Duncan will receive a passport.

Only when both of a child’s parents are foreigners, or if a child has an Icelandic first or middle name, can a child be given a foreign name, Kristín added.

The couple contacted the British Embassy to arrange for an emergency passport so that they can go ahead with their travel plans.

Tristan told visir.is that the National Registry or the District Commissioner’s Office should have let them know that Harriet would be denied a passport so that they could have arranged for a British passport on time.

The couple have sent the Ombudsman a letter and have not ruled out taking the matter to court.

The case of Blær Bjarkardóttir, a 15-year-old girl who sued Icelandic authorities to have her name officially approved (she too had been known as ‘girl’ in the National Registry), made international headlines last year. She went on to win the

[Harkat]

^Thats mad. One of my oldest friends is icelandic, gonna ask him about that lol.

[rickyarbino]

Fucking absurd imo. They're blatantly going to pronounce it Icelandicly...

[rockonin]

Yeah its pretty weird and over the top. How can you dictate what name someone cant have in a democracy.

[rickyarbino]

Tbf, my names have been chopped and screwed in the UK, US, and Portugal because it's too long. I don't really even have a name if you think about it.

[_ronzlo_]

Retired US Marine claims he spent 17 years on MARS protecting five human colonies from Martians

[rockonin]

It's on The Mirrors website.

But i have heard about his before. The hacker Gary Mckinnon found out about the off world human personnel didn't he when he hacked Nasa.

[_ronzlo_]

Michael Adrian, 26, was arrested in Lakeville, Minn., in June for frightening officials at Lakeville North High School by skateboarding in front of the school, in military dress, face covered by a bandana, with an arrow strapped to his arm, and concealing knives, a box-cutter, a slingshot, and pepper spray. Adrian told police he was merely “testing” the school’s security system by “looking like an a**hole.” (A judge ordered a mental evaluation.)

source

[_ronzlo_]

Rapper Andre Johnson speaks: I cut off my penis because sex is for mortals and I am a god


Rapper admits he was on drugs but says he knew what he was doing

Johnson left the rap community stunned following the incident in North Hollywood on 16 April, which left doctors unable to re-attach his penis, and he has remained silent in the month since.

He finally offered an explanation this week, telling E!: "Yes, I was using drugs that night, but I was in complete control.

"I cut it off because that was the root of all my problems. My solution to the problem was the realization that sex is for mortals, and I am a god. ...Those kinds of activities got me into trouble, and I came here to be a god."

The comments seem like those of a man struggling with mental health issues, but Johnson insists he is not "crazy" and said that he had been seing a psychologist after being discharged from hospital but was deemed okay.

As to why he hasn't spoken about the incident until now, he added: "People perceived me as crazy, so I never wanted to speak wholeheartedly on the matter."

"I didn't want to kill myself," Johnson continued. "That was just my response to the demons. They were doing their best to get to me, but being alive solidified my thoughts. ...I'm alive, penis or no penis."

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Seriously though: this seems like a case where religious belief informs a person's madness, i.e. the 5%er ideology (which is why he's calling himself a god.)

[bABGzus]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... etery.html

[_ronzlo_]

Icelandic Truth Commission: Lake Monster Does Exist


Lagarfljótsormurinn, the giant serpent rumored to inhabit the lake Lagarfljót near Egilsstaðir in East Iceland truly exists, as announced on Saturday by the majority of a 13-person truth commission established in 2012 by the Fljótsdalshérað municipal council.

The commission was given the task of determining whether a video of the alleged monster shot by Hjörtur E. Kjerúlf, which went viral, was authentic and whether he was entitled to a prize of ISK 500,000 (USD 4,300, EUR 3,300).

“I was told about the commission’s conclusion and I’d like to say that I’m extremely pleased to confirm that the majority of the commission was right,” Hjörtur told austurfrett.is.

While concluding that Hjörtur’s video was authentic, the commission determined that a photo shot by Sigurður Aðalsteinsson, who had also made claim to the prize money, did not show the actual serpent.

Hjörtur shot the footage through his kitchen window at farm Hrafnkelsstaðir in Fljótsdalur early one morning in February 2012.

The video was originally posted on the website of national broadcaster RÚV and, after Iceland Review reported on it, reposted multiple times.

The video has now been watched approximately 8 million times and has prompted film crews from abroad to come to the lake in search of the serpent.

Former mayor of Austur-Hérað promised the prize in 1997 to the person presenting evidence of Lagarfljótsormurinn’s existence.

After Hjörtur and Sigurður made claim to the prize, the truth commission was established.

“I’ve long since lost sight of whether its establishment was serious or a joke but we were given the task of taking a position and finish this project,” the commission’s chair Stefán Bogi Sveinsson commented.

The commission also recommended further studies of Lagarfjótsormurinn.

In addition, Hjörtur received an ISK 50,000 prize from local tourism cooperative Þjónustusamfélagið Fljótsdalshéraði for having marketed the region as a tourist destination with his video (see below).

[wub]

For the title along;

Kid Rock Subpoenaed To Produce Glass Dildo As Evidence In Insane Clown Posse Lawsuit

[hubb]

The thing about allowing and 'llowing names in iceland and the faraoe islands is because their languages are protected from (i just made this term up lol) - lingual inflation.
Everytime a new invention gets made and it doesn't have a lingual counterpart in either language, a small board will come up with one.
It's sort of the same in French where for example a computer is called an audinateur (sp). And it's the same with the names in the sence that if you are Svends daughter - then your last name will be Svenddottir. I think in that specific case it's about the extra vowels we have in scandinavia and when to use them etc.

Does these come up : æ, ø, å ?

You should use them they are great

[hubb]

For the title along;

Kid Rock Subpoenaed To Produce Glass Dildo As Evidence In Insane Clown Posse Lawsuit

http://www.stereogum.com/1696761/kid-ro ... -the-beef/ pretty good response

[rickyarbino]

Man invites daughter’s ‘rapist’ to dinner then tortures him to death

[nousd]

Blue-bloods don't get cold sores.

http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=13927

meanwhile,
a letter to Wire:

I'm pleased that Thurston Moore was able to take time out from his busy schedule to write in and call me a "ding dong". [Letters. The Wire 369]
It must be exactly this relaxed attitude that enables a man in his mid-fifties to continue to express himself like an adolescent skateboarder.
Good for him.
Daniel Spicer. Brighton UK.

was that one of you?

edit: or your fathers?