The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Frownland

As far as I've seen, the shooter is the only casualty and only a few people were harmed.

It's a female shooter too. Pretty rare.

Despite the lack of casualties guns and PMS are a scary mix. It’s a good thing women are incompetent.

[grindy]

It's always nice to see women confidently participating in typically male activities. You go, girl!

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by grindy

It's always nice to see women confidently participating in typically male activities. You go, girl!

She’s like that bitch who wanted to play in the NBA.

[Trollheart]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

She’s like that bitch who wanted to play in the NBA.

Now Blown Away?

[Trollheart]

At least it wouldn't have taken long to get that one on YouTube.

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Trollheart

At least it wouldn't have taken long to get that one removed from YouTube.

ftfy

[Chula Vista]

Attorneys can switch sides mid-settlement?

"Defendant Bill O'Reilly asks the Court to resolve a dispute by relying on the very Agreements he seeks to shield from public view," judge Batts wrote.

The judge's ruling means that certain terms of the settlements are coming to light for the first time. A motion filed Wednesday by Neil Mullin and Nancy Erika Smith, the attorneys representing the three plaintiffs, claims that the settlement reached with Andrea Mackris, a former Fox News producer who filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against O'Reilly in 2004, required her to "lie -- even in legal proceedings or under oath -- if any evidence becomes public, by calling evidence 'counterfeit' or 'forgeries.'"

The potential penalties etched in the settlements were particularly onerous. If Mackris goes public about the details of the settlement, the agreement stated that she "shall return all sums paid under this Agreement, forfeit any future payments due under this Agreement, disgorge to O'Reilly the value of any benefit earned or received as a result of such disclosure, and pay to O'Reilly all reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred by O'Reilly in attempting to enforce this Agreement."

The filing asserts that Mackris' attorney, Benedict Morelli, switched sides and agreed to become O'Reilly's lawyer while negotiating the agreement.

"This profoundly unethical conflict left Ms. Mackris virtually without legal counsel," the filing said. Morelli did not respond to a request for comment.

[Lilja]

This happened last week but why not:

Sweden withdraws child marriage pamphlet

Essentially a pamphlet was produced by the Immigration board and Social services in Sweden for new immigrants who are married to children or considering it. Instead of saying that it is illegal to marry children, it mainly stated that it was inappropriate to live with a child in marriage in Sweden and that these children will be counted as coming alone even if they are married when they get here.

[OccultHawk]

Let’s hear it for Frankie

Autopsy: Mom strangled kids before leaping to her death from bridge

[Frownland]

Tour bus to Masters flips on Georgia highway; several injured in crash


No fatalities