Did I miss anything interesting while I was out today ?

[In_The_Wind]

[intaglio]

1. not much

Gun nuts, outrage junkies, bad humour, plenty of companionship.

[In_The_Wind]

2. Oh. Just the normal stuff.

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[EdwardSmith74]

3. A 72-year old man was killed by three caged tigers while feeding them.

Also, somebody reeled in a 40 lb fish estimated to be 200 years old.

Slow news day.

[In_The_Wind]

4. Holy crap! Do you have links? Why was the old man able to get that close to tigers ?

What kind of fish was it ?

[EdwardSmith74]

5. It's on the front page on news.yahoo.com.

[In_The_Wind]

7. I found a great story about 35 lobsters that won't be on the supper plate.

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/nature/post/extraordinarily-rare-bright-orange-lobsters-caught/


Maybe, I'll have better luck if I Google those stories.

[EdwardSmith74]

8. Scroll down about 2/3 of the screen to find the stories.

[In_The_Wind]

10. After doing a yahoo search, I found it:

Reuters 22 hours ago
Nature

ROME (Reuters) - A 72-year-old man was killed by three tigers in a closed-down zoo in northern Italy after he entered the animals' cage to feed them, media reports said on Tuesday.

The zoo, in the mountainous area of Pinerolo near Turin, was closed due to financial difficulties in 2009 and its owners had not managed to relocate nine tigers and one leopard kept there, the Corriere della Sera daily reported.

The tigers attacked the zoo's caretaker suddenly as he was feeding them, and his wife raised the alarm, state broadcaster RAI said. Emergency services confirmed his death at the scene

Locals had previously expressed concerns about the tigers, which were not sterilized and recently had cubs.

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IMO: 72 is too old to be doing a job that dangerous!

[hrmjustin]

6. Egypt is having a moment.

[In_The_Wind]

11. LNB looks like more than "a moment"

Egypt Interim to Be Short, Followed by Elections-Agency

Egypt's Morsi offers consensus government

President Morsi’s Spokesman Claims Military Coup Is Under Way In Egypt

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[Aristus]

9. George Zimmerman supporters are standing their ground in GD.

"Oops! He shouldn'ta ast that question! Prosecutor ain't too bright, is he?"

The usual...

[In_The_Wind]

12. Who in their right mind will support Zimmerman?

[Aristus]

13. Gun-humpers.

If GZ is acquitted, it will vindicate the supporters of those cockamamie 'stand-your-ground' laws, and, not incidentally, open the door for legally sanctioned vigilante murders.

All one will have to do is complain of 'feeling threatened' in order to get away with murder.

We're not quite there yet. Some stupid shit in Texas tried that. Even recorded himself confronting his neighbor over loud music, I think. You can hear him on the recording. It sounds like he is reciting from a list of phrases approved for citing the SYG law. Things like: "I'm standing my ground! I'm in fear for my life! I shall have to shoot you!"

The guy shot his neighbor, and was justly convicted of murder. So we're not there yet. But if GZ is acquitted, we could head there in a scary hurry...