Meth-laden drone crashes near US-Mexico border

Police recover bags of methamphetamine from overloaded six-rotor drone as smugglers turn to new technology

Smuggling illicit drugs across international borders can now be added to pizza delivery and targeted assassinations on the growing list of applications for drones.

Police in the Mexican border city of Tijuana said a small unmanned aerial vehicle overloaded with methamphetamine had crashed into a supermarket car park.

It was spotted about two miles from the San Ysidro crossing with California by an anonymous caller.

Officers said they recovered six packets of the drug, weighing more than six pounds, which were taped to the six-rotor remote controlled aircraft.

"It's probable that the drone couldn't hold the weight of the cargo, and that's why it fell," police said in a news release, adding that they had no leads on who was behind the plot.

It is just the latest example of criminals using innovative methods to transport contraband across the border. Previous efforts have included catapults and tunnels.

David Shirk, an expert in Mexican security and justice at the University of San Diego, said it was difficult to see what technology might bring next.

"This is a potentially new threat if it became used in a widespread way," he told the U-T San Diego. "If it can be useful and productive, organized crime groups will find a way."

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/mexico/11361825/Metha-drone-crashes-near-Mexican-border.html

Greedy goat gets head trapped in a bag

Buzz the greedy goat gets his head stuck in a bag while trying to eat all the crumbs left at the bottom

Buzz, a Nigerian dwarf goat, was trying to eat the crumbs out of a chip bag on January 17 and wouldn’t give up easily.

He shoved his head further and further in search of crumbs until finally, it got stuck.

Poor Buzz had to wander around the backyard with the bag on his head until his owner heard the commotion and came to help.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/viral-video/11361454/Greedy-goat-gets-head-trapped-in-a-bag.html

Cat cuddles up to the statue of her dead friend

Cats and dogs have always been mortal enemies, however if Hollywood has taught us anything it’s that old rivalries can always be put aside in the event of a death.

When a Redditor known only as Noah’s dog died he decided to have a statue of his deceased friend made and hang the now unused collar around it’s neck.

However after bringing the tribute home Noah’s cat did something unexpected.

Upon seeing her fallen enemy the cat cuddled up to the statue, probably reminiscing of the times they had together.

Of course, the moggy’s face is ambiguous, and she could just be gloating that she outlived her rival.

We may never know…

Source: http://metro.co.uk/2015/01/21/cat-cuddles-up-to-the-statue-of-her-dead-friend-5031241/

Leader of German anti-Islam group quits after dressing up as Hitler for Facebook picture

A far-right leader in Germany who heads an anti-Islam group has been forced to quit after images of him dressed up as Hitler surfaced online.

Lutz Bachmann, leader of anti-Islamisation movement Pegida, posted the image of himself sporting the Nazi leader’s iconic toothbrush-mostache and side parting to his Facebook account, where it quickly went viral.

The image was reportedly accompanied with a conversation between Bachmann and a friend, in which he described immigrants in Germany as ‘cattle’, ‘trash’ and ‘scumbags’.

Bachmann, 41, quickly deleted his entire Facebook profile, however due to the outrage caused he stepped down from his position just as thousands of Pegida supporters were expected to take part in a rally in the city of Leipzig.

A Pegida spokesperson said the photo was intended as a ‘joke’.

Many German politicians expressed outrage at the image, and nearly every major German newspaper publication have run it on the front cover.

Sigmar Gabriel, deputy chancellor, condemned Mr Bachmann, saying: ‘In politics, whoever dresses up as Hitler is either a real idiot or a Nazi.

‘Everyone should think hard about following such a rat catcher.’

Source: http://metro.co.uk/2015/01/21/leader-of-german-anti-islam-group-quits-after-dressing-up-as-hitler-for-facebook-picture-5031110/

Haribo stop selling 'RACIST' sweets after social media outcry

The confectionery manufacturer removed the sweets, shaped like black faces, from sale after a Twitter backlash

Insensitive: Haribo told to stop selling 'racist' sweets which 'depict primitive African, Asian or Native American art' by customers in Scandinavia

Haribo have been forced to stop selling 'racist' sweets after a social media outcry.

The black liquorice faces have now been removed from the Skipper Mix bagged sweets sold in Sweden in Denmark.

Social media users have been in uproar over the images which some said reminded them of colonial times.

The company didn't feel the product had "negative connotations".

"We decided that we could keep the product while removing the parts that certain consumers found offensive," Head of Haribo Sweden Ola Dagliden told AFP.

"It wasn't something we saw as having negative connotations."

Uproar: Customers in Scandinavia were not happy about these Haribo sweets

One Danish user, Saam Kapadia, said that the sweets reminded him of Denmark's colonial past.

His tweet, translated into English, read: "Multiculturalism, colonial legacy or the slave trade? #haribo skipper mix makes me think about Denmark and my Danish heritage."

A picture of the sweets was apparently removed from the Haribo Sweden site on Friday.

It is not the first time a Swedish company has had to backtrack over images perceived as racist by customers.

In 2013 department store chain Ahlens sent out a Christmas catalogue to 650,000 households with a picture of two black figures dressed as butlers with prominent red lips.

A company spokesman said: "We have received both internal and external criticism of the picture and have now chosen to withdraw the catalogue from our stores."

Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/haribo-racist-sweets-outcry-forces-3034977

Three Women Arrested For Twerking And Peeing On City Hall

Three girls gone wild and they ended up being arrested for it. The girls can't control the fun their having that they even twerked outside the Beaverton, Ore., City Hall, exposed their genitals and also peed in the parking lot. The women identified as Coura Valazquez, 20 years old, Brittany Medak, 20 years old and Leokham Yothsombath, 22 years old will be facing multiple offenses which includes disorderly conduct, offensive littering, drug possession and tampering with drug records.

The scandalous incident started when Coura had come to a municipal building to a pay a fine when suddenly she and Leokham and Brittany began twerking (bending over and shaking their behinds) outside the city windows.  Coura and Brittany, even exposed their private parts. Afterwards, Medak lifted her skirt and started peeing in the parking lot. While Leokham, videotaped the naughty events using her cellphone.

The trio was stopped by Beaverton police and when the police inspected the car of Leokham, They found marijuana, cocaine and other prescription drugs inside the car. The trio are now being held in Washington County jail outside Portland and will be facing charges of disorderly conduct, offensive littering, drug possession and tampering with drug records.

Source: http://www.oddityworld.net/2014/05/three-women-arrested-for-twerking-and.html