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  • Facebook Won’t Pull Shockingly Graphic Indian Prostitution Page [UPDATED]

    UPDATE: It looks like Facebook has removed the page, as I thought they would. But it was still active for a long time, and Facebook did delay in yanking it even after various content reports. Still shows how messed-up Facebook’s content-removal system can be.

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE: This post is NSFW

    Facebook – you’re sending some seriously mixed messages here.

    After yanking such highly-offensive content as artwork of Bea Arthur’s breasts, a New Yorker cartoon featuring the most rudimentary depiction of breasts that could ever exist, elbows that appear to resemble breasts, and various photos of women engaged in breastfeeding, Facebook has decided that a page for one of India’s most notorious red-light districts is a-ok.

    The page, Sonagachi (very NSFW), features graphic photos of breasts, vaginas, penises, oral sex, and even a series of photos apparently depicting a girl losing her virginity.

    It makes no point to hide what it is, listing this in the “about” section:

    Sonagachi is the largest red-light district in Kolkata, India and one of the largest in Asia. It is an area with several hundred multi-story brothels and estimated 11,000 sex workers

    The page hasn’t posted in months, but it is still filled with postings from others – some soliciting prostitutes. Plus, all of those photos…

    Blogger Liz Boltz Ranfield first spotted the page and called on Facebook to do something about it. She, along with a writer from Jezebel (and others), all reported the content to Facebook for removal.

    To their shock, Facebook replied with a “thanks but we can’t find any reason to remove it” email:

    Hi,

    Thanks for your recent report of a potential violation on Facebook. After reviewing your report, we were not able to confirm that the specific page you reported violates Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities.

    Learn more about what we do and don’t allow by reviewing the Facebook Community Standards: https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards.

    Thanks,
    Viki

    Interesting. Considering that the page features graphic nudity, sexual acts, and possibly sexual depictions of minors, this seems like an odd choice.

    Facebook’s terms of service clearly state that…

    “You will not post content that: is hate speech, threatening, or pornographic; incites violence; or contains nudity or graphic or gratuitous violence,” and that “You will not use Facebook to do anything unlawful, misleading, malicious, or discriminatory.”

    Seems like there’s plenty here to prompt the shuttering of the page.

    Just so we can understand this – this is ok:

    As is this:

    But this deserved to be yanked:

    (It was later reinstated with Facebook’s apology – but still, the content moderators felt they had reason to pull this at some point)

    In the past, many of these content-removal controversies could be attributed to two simple facts about Facebook: First, their content moderation is mostly outsourced, and second, there are billions of photos going up on Facebook every week. That means that it’s almost impossible to police all the content without some screw-ups.

    But this is different. This is Facebook’s content moderation being notified (multiple times) about content that is the epitome of what Facebook should be banning (per their terms of service), and the company is choosing to leave it up. It’s especially odd considering Facebook’s recent move to get tougher on harmful content after being pressured by various women’s groups

    I fully expect Facebook to eventually see the error in this judgement and yank the page. It’s inevitable with this much backlash. But, once again, we have an example of Facebook’s bad content moderation system at work. Something’s gotta change.

  • Wind Carried Beer Can DNA to Used Condom, Claims Rape Defendant

    Wind Carried Beer Can DNA to Used Condom, Claims Rape Defendant

    Today’s creativity in defense award goes to 20-year-old Marcelles Peter and his attorney, who are attempting to nullify DNA evidence by claiming that it was transferred by the wind.

    Peters is one of the six men charged in the gang rape of a 15-year-old Richmond high-schooler in 2009. The San Francisco Bay-area rape case garnered quite a bit of attention after the brutal nature of the crime was disclosed.

    On the night of the crime, the victim was leaving a homecoming dance at the school and was asked to join a large group of males in the campus courtyard. After the victim and the perpetrators drank copious amounts of alcohol, tre victim was propositioned for sex – an offer she refused. The men proceeded to beat and rape the girl for hours.

    One bystander described the attack as such:

    “They were kicking her in her head and they were beating her up, robbing her and ripping her clothes off; it’s something you can’t get out your mind. I saw people, like, dehumanizing her; I saw some pretty crazy stuff. She was pretty quiet; I thought she was like dead for a minute but then I saw her moving around.”

    Now, years later, Peter has a creative defense that he hopes will call into question his role in the attack. According to Fox News, his claim is that wind from a police helicopter must have carried his DNA from a beer can to a broken used condom found at the scene.

    Peter’s trial has just begun. Last year Manuel Ortega, the oldest defendant in the case, admitted guilt and was sentenced to 32 years in prison. Another defendant, Ari Morales, was sentenced to 27 years in prison this January. The other defendants are still awaiting trial.

    [Photo via KTVU]

  • Taco Bell Reacts to Employee Who Licked Tacos

    Earlier today, the internet went a bit crazy over an image of a Taco Bell employee licking a huge stack of taco shells. The image was posted to the Taco Bell Facebook page by a poster named Jj O’Brien Nolan, who criticized the restaurant for its employees and food preparation standards.

    As Taco Bell is one of the more actove companies with regards to social media, the company’a hours-long delay in responding became worrisome. Now, the restaurant has acknowledged the photo and implied that its “zero tolerance” policy with regards to food handling procedures could mean a swift firing for the youth in the picture. The company also stated that it believes the image to be a “prank” and that it also believes the taco shells in question were never served to customers. Taco Bell’s reply, in full:

    “Hi Jj – We have strict food handling procedures and zero tolerance for any violations. We believe this is a prank and the food was not served to customers. We are conducting an investigation and will be taking swift action against those involved.”

    Jj O'Brien Nolan22 hours ago

    This sure says a lot about your employees, food treatment, and what they post on the internet. Ridgecrest, California

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  • You Can Buy NYC Psychiatric Center’s Morgue Fridge on eBay, You Know, If That’s Your Thing

    You Can Buy NYC Psychiatric Center’s Morgue Fridge on eBay, You Know, If That’s Your Thing

    If you have a giant garage and do a lot of wild game hunting, or if you want to throw a really cool party – this eBay listing may be right up your alley.

    It appears that the Manhattan Psychiatric Center is looking to get rid of a giant refrigerator. It’s 6 feet wide x 8 feet deep x 6 feet tall – so there’s plenty of room for your meat and beer. They say that the refrigerator is used but in good condition and it currently runs just fine.

    Oh, I almost forgot to mention – it’s a morgue refrigerator

    (image)

    Now I’m not saying that this is so creepy that whoever chooses to purchase this has to be planning something rather sinister, but this thing is so so creepy that whoever chooses to purchase this has to be planning something rather sinister.

    But if you do have a use for such an item, please note that they won’t deliver it to you – you have to arrange your own pickup. And all sales are final.

    The current bid is $1.825 with 67 bids. if you’re looking for a new fridge that will likely be the cause of your death – be it entrapment, possession, or killer spirit – you have until June 6th at 6:00 am PDT to place a bid.

    [via Geekosystem]

  • Taco Bell Employee Licks Taco Shells in Facebook Photo Posted to Official Page

    A photo of a Taco Bell employee licking a large stack of hard taco shells has gone viral, and Taco Bell has yet to respond.

    The odd thing about the photo, other than the guy licking the tacos, is that it was posted on Taco Bell’s official Facebook page by another Facebook user.

    “This sure says a lot about your employees, food treatment, and what they post on the internet,” says the poster.

    As you would expect, the photo is receiving a lot of attention.

    “It really doesnt matter if the food was to be thrown out or not. He is a representative of taco bell while working and in uniform, and by doing this AND posting it online for the world to see he is ruining the reputation of the company,” says one Facebook commenter.

    “First of all, he’s wearing a taco bell uniform.. He is in taco bell, and he is licking bulk taco shells.. What are we supposed to think? I think not only him but the little girl who took the picture should get fired, mainly for stupidity,” says another.

    Not everyone seems to think it’s a big deal.

    “This was obviously done out of humor. I know most of you don’t see it as this, but this is friggin hilarious, sit back and just laugh at it,” says one Facebooker.

    Taco Bell is one of the best companies out there in terms of social media use. Not only do they take the time to respond to tons of users on both Twitter and Facebook, but they are usually quite funny and engaging. Earlier this year, they even unveiled their new Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos via a Vine video. Pretty savvy.

    But there’s been no response from Taco Bell concerning this photo, and it’s been on their Facebook page for 16 hours. Either someone on Taco Bell’s social media team is really slacking, or the company simply thinks it’s not a big deal. Either way, it’s generating a lot of buzz.

    If this scenario sounds familiar, that’s because Taco Bell isn’t the only fast food restaurant to have to deal with unsanitary food photos hitting Facebook. Back in February, a KFC employee was fired after a photo of her licking a tray of mashed potatoes went viral.

    [h/t Gawker]

  • Teacher Fakes Illness for a Year, Claims She’s Dying to Avoid Work

    Many working adults know that playing hooky isn’t just reserved for kids, but the lies one Polk County, Florida teacher made up to skip out on work are just plain shocking.

    According to school district officials Ashley Barker, a first-grade teacher at Laurel Elementary School, concocted a convincing story of illness in which she claimed she and her father were both dying.

    As WFTV reports, the deception went on for an entire year. During that time, school officials simply took Barker at her word. They let her come and go as she pleased and made special accommodations for time off. The school district was unwilling to give an actual number on how much time Barker took off as a result of the fake illness.

    After investigators caught wind of allegations that Barker’s story might not be true, she apparently told them that she had just been at home the whole time.

    “Wow. That’s kind of scary. Because if she lies about that, she can lie about anything,” said one parent.

    Scary is one word for it. Parents leave their most important things in the world, their children, with educators. This sort of betrayal of confidence is sure to leave its mark. Barker has been terminated but is apparently fighting it.

    What an odd story.

  • Singer Sues McDonalds, Claims Vocal Damage from Glass in Chicken Sandwich

    Singer Sues McDonalds, Claims Vocal Damage from Glass in Chicken Sandwich

    McDonald’s is guilty of a lot of things – maybe under-salting their fries every now and then, exposing children to clowns at an early age, and maybe ruining my diet. But are they guilty of causing a woman to lose her beautiful singing voice?

    That’s just what 52-year-old Brooklyn resident Jacqueline Simpson alleges. She has filed a lawsuit claiming that her voice was ruined after she bit into a penny-sized shard of glass while eating a chicken sandwich. She says that the incident occurred in 2010 in a McDonald’s near the World Trade Center.

    “Now when I sing, I have a hoarse, rattly voice,” Simpson told the NY Post. “I still sing alto, but I can’t sing soprano like I used to.”

    Her case is currently with the Brooklyn Supreme Court.

    “I have to make a lot of calls for work, and I have to tell people that I’m not a man. Before, that never happened.”

    According to the FindLaw blog, food-related injuries are usually treated as a product liability claim. More specifically – strict liability.

    Under the strict liability theory, this is because Mickey D’s a business that sells chicken sandwiches regularly; they should be held responsible if any product (or sandwich) leaving their facilities is defective. A piece of glass — the size of a penny, according to Simpson’s claim — would certainly be construed as defective

    But there are a lot of questions about this lawsuit. Did Simpson swallow the glass? Is that how she claims it affected her singing voice? And the incident reportedly happened nearly three years ago – why wait so long? Is there physical (or medical) evidence?

    McDonald’s and liability lawsuits – they seem to go together like, well, hash browns and a McMuffin.

  • LAPD Officer Arrested, Charged with Molesting Two Young Girls

    A Los Angeles Police Department officer is due in court on Tuesday, where he will face charges of performing lewd acts with minors inside his Castaic home.

    Officer Miguel Schiappapietra, 28, was arrested on Saturday at his home and charged with two counts of lewd acts with a child. He was held on $100,000 bail.

    According to police, Schiappapietra lured two young girls, both under the age of 10, into his home and molested them. The LAPD provided no other details on the actual assaults, or whether there was any prior relationship between Schiappapietra and the girls. Schiappapietra had only been living in the neighborhood for just over a month.

    The LAPD says that he has been placed on paid administrative leave pending both the criminal investigation and an internal investigation. Schiappapietra has been a member of the LAPD for 6 years.

    Stories of child abuse are always hard to stomach, but they’re even more terrible when the alleged perpetrator holds a position of power – especially one whose job is to protect.

    [via LA Times]

  • Russian Dash Cam Catches Insane Car Flip [VIDEO]

    Just when you thought Russian dash cams couldn’t possibly catch anything more insane than we’ve already seen, this clip, dated May 13th, comes along and forces a complete O_O.

    If you want to skip right to it, go to about 30 seconds in. There, you’ll see a car launched at least 20 feet into the air, flip, and land off-camera.

    If you’re looking for a Russian dash cam video that doesn’t scare the crap out you, check out this clip that captures to good in humanity.

    [via reddit]

  • Kentucky Man’s Overnight Grocery Party Involved Beer, Steaks, Birthday Cake, and 57 Cans of Whipped Cream

    Kentucky Kicks Ass. Seriously. It’s full of history, horses, mountains, rolling hills, great food, better bourbon, beautiful women, and we gave you George Clooney.

    But here in Kentucky, we also produced Trevor Runyon, whose overnight grocery party for one would make Barney Stinson rethink his criteria for legen…wait for it…

    A Mount Washington ValuMarket manager found an odd scene when he opened up the store on Monday morning. Little did he know, but he was gazing upon one of the most epic parties one could ever throw for himself.

    Here’s a brief list of everything Trevor Runyon reportedly did on Sunday night, according to WAVE 3 News:

    • Used (note, used, not necessarily consumed) 57 cans of Reddi-Wip whipped cream.
    • Cooked and consumed 6 steaks
    • Smoked an untold amount of cigarettes
    • Ate an untold amount of shrimp
    • Ate at least part of a birthday cake
    • Peed himself and found replacement clothes
    • Fell asleep in the rafters of the store

    Apparently, Runyon was able to sneak into the grocery store at closing time on Sunday. He’s been taken into custody, after the fire department was called to get him out of the rafters. That’s one nitrous party for the books.

    …DARY.

  • Newt Gingrich Is Puzzled, Apparently Doesn’t Know the Word ‘Smartphone’

    Newt Gingrich and the fine folks at Gingrich Productions are puzzled. Truly puzzled. Just what the hell do you call a phone that has apps, lets you take pictures, and allows you to browse the interwebs?

    “Think about it. If it’s taking pictures, it’s not a cell phone. If it has, um, a McDonald’s app to tell you where McDonald’s is based on your GPS location, that’s not a cell phone. If you can get Wikipedia or get Google, that’s not a cell phone. If you can watch YouTube, that’s not a cell phone – or Netflix…think about it.”

    Apparently, Gingrich wants help in deciding what we should call these futuristic devices. Here’s what he has to say on his YouTube channel:

    To call this a “cell phone” or a “handheld computer” fails to capture the change that has taken place. It is a change in kind, not just a change in scale, and just as drivers of the earliest cars called them “horseless carriages”, our language has not caught up. So having failed for several days to come up with an adequate term for the device we call a “cell phone,” we want to open the discussion up to you. Let us know in the comments what you think we should name it, and we’ll feature the best ones in a future newsletter.

    It’s a smartphone, Newt. A smartphone. I kind of get what you’re saying, but it’s a smartphone.

    Check out the bizarre video below:

  • Foul-Mouthed Kid Loves Hot Cheetos, Is Probably Yelling at You on Xbox LIVE Right Now

    This is a kid. If you have a kid, and it’s not this kid, congratulations. Right now, this kid is probably calling you a queer on Xbox LIVE. When this kid grows up, he’s probably going to make people feel very uncomfortable in subways.

    Despite what the title of this video says, this is not the funniest thing ever. I don’t even have a problem with the kid’s foul mouth. F*ck it, he’s right. Flamin’ hot cheetos are awesome. But don’t hate on banana chips, bro. They’re sweet, plus they have, like, mad potassium. Plus, who ever told him to drink ketchup? That’s just bad parenting.

    [via HyperVocal]

  • Pregnant T-Mobile Employee Forced to Use Vacation Time to Go to the Bathroom [UPDATED]

    Pregnant T-Mobile Employee Forced to Use Vacation Time to Go to the Bathroom [UPDATED]

    UPDATED with comment from T-Mobile’s Larry Myers below

    ORIGNAL ARTICLE: A former T-Mobile employee is speaking out about her terrible last few months working at a call center in Nashville, Tennessee. According to Kristi Rifkin, her ordeal started when she became pregnant with her second child and her pregnancy forced her to take a few extra breaks.

    As Rifkin tells it in a blog post on MomsRising.org called Why I Believe in Paid Sick Leave, everything was going fine at her job until she got pregnant.

    “It was a very, very rough pregnancy. I was taking medication to keep me from going into labor. I was going to the doctor twice a week, seeing both a regular obstetrician and a high-risk obstetrician. I had to drink a lot of water and go to the bathroom pretty frequently, which is what normal pregnant women do,” she says.

    But her supervisor quickly warned her that frequent trips to the bathroom may cause her productivity to drop, which could result in her termination.

    “Being on the phone was my job, so if I wasn’t, I risked being written up and possibly fired. Essentially the message was, ‘You can go, but understand that if you don’t meet that metric at the end of the day, week and month, we have the opportunity to fill your seat.’ They didn’t tell me that I couldn’t use the toilet. But the reality was that this is a metric on how your job is measured and if you don’t meet it, then you do not have your job.”

    Eventually, her supervisor told her that if she really had a medical necessity to use the bathroom so often, she should get a doctor’s note. Of course, she and her doctor thought it was ludicrous, but she complied.

    After a sit-down with H.R., it was decided that Rifkin could use the bathroom as much as she wants, but T-Mobile wasn’t going to pay for it. That meant that she had to clock out and back in for every bathroom break.

    “At the same time, I was under so much pressure to keep my sales up. I would sprint – as much as a heavily pregnant woman can — between my desk and the bathroom to make sure I squeezed every second I could out of my work day. Everything I did was scrutinized. I felt picked on. Someone was always watching over my shoulder, monitoring my performance,” says Rifkin.

    In the end, she says she wound up using vacation time just to go pee.

    Eventually, her doctor ordered full medical leave. The Family Medical Leave Act requires that employers provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave and job security for eligible employees – so Rifkin’s job was there when she got back after 7 weeks.

    But not for long. According to ABC News, she was soon fired over what amounted to a small clerical error; apparently she “failed to remove an extra-charge feature from a customer’s account, the commission for which was 12 cents.”

    “Moms shouldn’t have to choose between their jobs and the health of their families. But too often, companies that are fixated on their bottom lines force women to make this choice. I know. It happened to me,” says Rifkin.

    T-Mobile has made a statement. Although they won’t discuss specific employees, a spokesman said this:

    “T-Mobile employees enjoy generous benefits including paid-time-off and short and long-term disability coverage. The company has leave of absence policies in line with regulatory requirements.”

    UPDATE: I’ve received a lengthy and detailed comment from T-Mobile U.S. Chief People Officer Larry Myers:

    Sensational headlines are hard to ignore. Here are some facts you should know:

    • Of course we make reasonable accommodations for all of our employees when they need time away from servicing our customers’ needs – and we did that three years ago in 2010 for this employee.
    • Our industry-standard policies have been in place since 2008 and are understood by all of our call center employees.
    • Beyond the breaks that are built into every shift for all of our call center employees, we have additional flexibility to give employees the time they need – especially when there is a medical need.
    • After all reasonable accommodations have been exhausted, employees have a choice – they can take additional, unpaid breaks, or they can choose to apply their paid time off benefit. These decisions do not result in adverse performance evaluations.
    • When a medical situation is involved and there is even more need for time away from the job, we work closely with our employees to consider potential Leave of Absence (LOA), then consider Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) time off.
    • For this particular former employee, all of these things were discussed and utilized.
    • T-Mobile is a values-based organization that has 5 times in a row been awarded as one of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies.” And our employees continue to tell us that they enjoy working at T-Mobile. In a recent anonymous third party employee satisfaction survey, 78% of T-Mobile’s employees said they are satisfied with their job and 83% said they are proud to work at the company, placing T-Mobile on par with the top 25% of all companies surveyed in the United States.

    Please consider the facts, and judge for yourself.

    Larry Myers, Chief People Officer
    T-Mobile US, Inc.

  • Wingsuit Cave Flight Is Certifiably Insane [VIDEO]

    Want to see something absolutely nuts? Ok, follow me.

    “Alexander Polli does the never before done – a tactical flight through a narrow cave on a rugged mountainside. The flight starts with a jump from a hovering helicopter, Alexander reaches speeds of 250 km/h (155 mph) while following a precise trajectory leading to the cave opening, he then fully commits and flies directly through the narrow opening of the ‘Batman Cave!’”

    Or, in other words: Good lord no no no no no…HOLY Faaaa…

    Check it out below for 2 minutes of sweaty palms.

    [EpicTVadventure]

  • Bing Suggests You Search for ‘Sex Games for Kids’ and a Bunch of Other Questionable Queries

    Updated with comment from Microsoft below.

    Like Google, Yahoo, and most other search engines, Bing offers to autocomplete queries in their search box. While Google calls this feature “autocomplete,” Bing calls it “search suggestions.”

    Well, it looks like Bing is suggesting that you search for some pretty disturbing stuff.

    I was pointed in the right direction thanks to a reddit post. “Why don’t you have a seat over there, Bing,” it read, referencing Dateline NBC host Chris Hansen’s famous line on the show To Catch a Predator.

    Ok, I’ll bite. Here’s what Bing’s search suggestions suggest:

    Say what? It appears that Bing is suggesting that I search for “sex games for kids,” and “sex games for kids in bed” and “sex games online for children.” Hm, ok then.

    Digging a little deeper with the questionable queries produced similar results. For instance, here’s what Bing suggests when you search for “sex kids”:

    And here’s a Bing search for “sex child…”:

    Even worse, here are Bing’s suggestions for what I’m sure is one of their (and any search engine’s) most popular single-word queries, “sex”:

    Damnit, Bing.

    Also, changing your SafeSearch settings to strict does nothing to eliminate these results. When you think about it, it would probably look even worse for Bing if it did, because that would indicate that Bing felt that a search suggestion like “sex games for kids in bed” was an appropriate suggestion for a moderate level SafeSearch.

    “Still seeing inappropriate content? SafeSearch uses advanced technology to filter adult content, but it won’t catch everything. If SafeSearch is set to Strict or Moderate and you’re seeing adult content, tell us about it so we can filter it in the future,” says Bing.

    But this isn’t a SafeSearch problem, this is a search suggestions problem. You can turn search suggestions off in your settings, but by default they are on. That means that the average person that pulls up bing.com and searches for “sex g…” sees these questionable suggestions.

    Now, I guess the next big question is whether or not Bing has a responsibility to filter out these search suggestions.

    On one hand you could make the argument that Bing doesn’t have to manually edit which search suggestions it gives for particular queries. The suggestions are clearly based upon popular and recent searches from the Bing community – and if that’s what they’re searching for then hey – let it be.

    On the other hand, Google limits its autocomplete results. Here’s what you’ll see when you search “sex games” on Google:

    And here’s what you see when you search “sex kid”:

    As you know, Google also censors other questionable searches. They won’t give you suggestions for sexual terms like “boobs” or “pussy,” and they won’t even display curse words like “fuck” or “shit” in autocomplete results.

    They also censor any search that has to do with the illegal downloading of copyright protected content. For instance, “game of thrones torrent” won’t autocomplete.

    Over on Bing, it’s a totally different story:

    Bing doesn’t really filter any of the types of searches that Google does. Last year, we pointed out that Bing was suggesting painless ways to kill yourself while Google was displaying the suicide prevention hotline.So, if they’re going with a true hands-off approach to any sort of search suggestion censoring, what’s different about queries about sex games for kids?

    Well, it’s the “c’mon, dude” argument I guess. As in, Bing…c’mon dude. It doesn’t help that instead of “autocomplete,” Bing’s version of the technology is called “search suggestions.” So, when you think about it, Bing is suggesting that you search for “sex kids movies” and “sex games with kids in bed.”

    C’mon, dude.

    I’ve reached out to Bing for comment and will update when I hear back.

    UPDATE:

    As you know, Facebook partners with Bing for their search results. And you can find the same questionable suggestions inside Graph Search results:

    UPDATE 2: A Microsoft spokesperson has given me this:

    “We’re reviewing the guidelines for search suggestions related to this type of query.”

    Well have to see if anything changes.

  • ‘Haunted’ Car Parts Allegedly Pulled from Fatal Ryan Dunn Crash For Sale on Craigslist

    ‘Haunted’ Car Parts Allegedly Pulled from Fatal Ryan Dunn Crash For Sale on Craigslist

    This is a weird one.

    As you may remember, Jackass star Ryan Dunn drunkenly crashed his Porsche in West Goshen, Pennsylvania back in the summer of 2011, killing himself and his passenger.

    And apparently, someone recovered some small parts from the crash and is attempting to sell them on Craigslist.

    Joe.ie tipped me to the posting, which comes from Philadelphia. It offers up the parts (small enough to fit inside a shoebox) for $300.

    Apparently, the original collector doesn’t want them anymore – because they may be haunted.

    “A week after the accident I went to the accident and scooped up minor parts I saw lying on the ground. The parts are all remotely tiny, and all fit in a shoebox. I don’t want them anymore because weird shit has happened since I put it under my bed. I guess it’s because it’s a weird thing to have, but I was a huge Jackass fan and thought it would be a cool something to have. If you want proof they are his parts, I have pictures of the crash site I took myself,” reads the ad.

    (image)

    We’ve tried to contact the poster and will let you know if we find anything else out. I guess you really can find anything on Craigslist.

  • ‘Craigslist Killer’ Convicted of Murdering Victims of His Phony Labor Ad Scheme

    In the conclusion to one of the stranger homicide cases to spring from a classifieds website that you’ll ever hear, 53-year-old Richard Beasley from Akron, Ohio, has been convicted of kidnapping and murdering three men that he found using a phony Craigslist ad.

    We first told you about this case back in November of 2011 when the Beasley and his then-16-year-old accomplice were arrested and charged with the murders.

    As the story goes, a South Carolina man answered a Craigslist ad for a general labor job on a 700-acre cattle farm in Noble county, Ohio. He said that he was told he’d be living on the farm, and thus was instructed to bring all of his belongings with him. When he arrived, two men led him into the woods and pointed a gun at his head. He managed to escape, but was clipped in the arm while fleeing.

    This led police to uncover the scheme, which they said involved Beasley and his accomplice placing phony Craigslist ads offering jobs to out-of-work laborers. The goal was to bring unsuspecting workers out to their farm, where they would rob and kill them.

    Police first uncovered one shallow grave filled with a body. Suspecting more victims, police eventually found the evidence to charge Beasley and his accomplice with multiple homicides.

    Beasley has been found guilty on all counts, including aggravated murder, aggravated attempted murder, aggravated robbery, grand and petty theft and ID theft.

    His younger accomplice, 18-year-old Brogan Rafferty, was tried and sentenced last November to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

    Beasley, a former preacher, will be sentenced on March 20th. The death penalty will be considered.

  • Woman Tried to Sell Her Kids on Facebook for $4,000, Say Police

    You can post tons of pictures of your kids on Facebook. Sure, it’s annoying and it may get you unfriended, but it’s your right. You can create an account for your kid, if you want. Sure, it’s technically against Facebook’s rules, but what the hell -people do it for their dogs and cats all the time. You can even take videos of your kids playing and put them on Facebook or create an event for their birthday party.

    These are examples of things that you can do that involve both your children and Facebook. Now here’s an example of something you can’t do.

    An Oklahoma woman has been arrested on human trafficking charges after she attempted to sell her children on Facebook.

    Sallisaw’s Misty Van Horn, 22, was taken in after it was discovered that she had been in negotiations with an Arkansas woman to sell her 10-month-old daughter for $1,000.

    According to the report, one of the Facebook messages read,

    “Just come to Sallisaw, it’s only 30 minutes away and I’ll give you all of her stuff and let y’all have her forever for $1,000.”

    Apparently, she even offered her other child, aged 2, as part of a package deal. The asking price for both kids? $4,000.

    Police says that they think Van Horn was trying to sell her kids in order to generate enough cash to post her boyfriend’s bond, who is currently in jail on an unknown charge. As of now, Van Horn is sitting in jail with her own $40,000 bond.

    [Oklahoman via The Daily Dot]

  • Netflix Tattoo Scores Guy Free 1-Year Subscription

    Netflix Tattoo Scores Guy Free 1-Year Subscription

    How much would it take for you to get a Netflix tattoo? Would you do it for a free year’s worth of the service?

    If you think you love Netflix and their selection of streaming offerings, you don’t. Unless you’ve permanently inked the name “Netflix” on your body, you don’t really love Netflix. Yes, I know you watched all of House of Cards in three days. You still don’t really love Netflix.

    Twitter user @TheRealMyron does. He loves Netflix a lot. TheRealMyron got a Netflix tattoo, and for his troubles received a free year of Netflix.

    In case you were wondering, Netflix didn’t ask this guy to get a tatto in order to receive a free year. He just did it to show his love, tweeted the photo @Netflix and they responded with the offer. Social media done right? I guess?

    Netflix’s streaming-only plan is $7.99 a month – so that means that TheRealMyron was awarded a prize worth $95.88 for his troubles. If Netflix decided to throw in unlimited DVDs too, that’s $191.76. And if they bumped him up to the Blu-Ray option, it means that his tattoo netted him $215.76

    Worth it!

  • Humans Yelling Like Goats Yelling Like Humans. Yeah.

    No, the internet couldn’t just leave it alone. Two minutes of goats yelling like humans wasn’t enough. Inserting a screaming goat into that one Taylor Swift song, and subsequently every other song under the sun also wasn’t enough.

    Now, we have humans yelling like goats yelling like humans.

    God, what is my life?

    [oldepayphone]

  • Swiss Nurse Posts Corpse Photos on Facebook

    Every week, it seems like somebody is making the news for forgetting that Facebook is a public forum and that people can actually see the things they post. A lot of the time, this lesson is learned in the form of a questionable photo that either gets the poster fired, arrested, or otherwise seriously embarrassed.

    This story takes that formula and adds “totally unnerving” to the mix.

    A Swiss nurse has run afoul of investigators after posting photos on Facebook showing her posing next to dead people – presumably people formerly under her care.

    In captions posted alongside the photos, the nurse refers to herself as the “soul thief”:

    “Guess she is asleep or is she dead? Hint: I’m the soul thief,” read one caption.

    “Yeah, your time is over. Send them to hell, where some of them belong. The rest goes into the hole for compost fertilizer, hehehe,” read another. Both are Google Translated from German, but you get the picture.

    According to reports, the nurse’s Facebook page was also full of “Satanic” imagery – “devilish images” and such.

    Officials in the town of St. Gallen, Switzerland said that they are looking into possible criminal charges. The Swiss nurses federation said that they were “shocked and saddened” by the nurse’s actions.

    Facebookers have been known to post photos of their deceased relatives at funerals and such (RIP GRANNY LOVE YOU #YOLO). But posting photos of dead people in your nursing care, well, that’s a whole other animal. Yikes.

    [20min via France 24 via Jezebel]