The Official WTF Thread

[Vidor]

Brooklyn couple--one a psychologist, one a motivational speaker--who hosted self-help radio show called "The Pursuit of Happiness", kill themselves

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bro ... -1.1363804

[docellis]

[Molly]

City alderman sends request for donations to help pay daughter's college tuition. Hey dude, there's this new thing called student loans!!!

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt ... 7d18f.html

Everything I've read about student loans indicate they are a racket and a good way to spend decades in debt.

It's $14K and change. That should not put her debt for decades.

[stlouie_lipp]

A Bexar County jury on Wednesday acquitted Ezekiel Gilbert of murder in the death of a 23-year-old Craigslist escort.

During closing arguments Tuesday, Gilbert's defense team conceded the shooting did occur but said the intent wasn't to kill. Gilbert's actions were justified, they argued, because he was trying to retrieve stolen property: the $150 he paid Frago. It became theft when she refused to have sex with him or give the money back, they said.

The Texas law that allows people to use deadly force to recover property during a nighttime theft was put in place for “law-abiding” citizens, prosecutors Matt Lovell and Jessica Schulze countered. It's not intended for someone trying to force another person into an illegal act such as prostitution, they argued.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_ ... 581027.php

[lukethedrifter]

Go Texas!!

[heyzeus]

sigh.

Bexar County is San Antonio, btw.

[longhornbaseball]

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[Radbird]

Teacher screens 'Saw' for 6th-grade class, gets suspended

[JL21]

Teacher screens 'Saw' for 6th-grade class, gets suspended

Yeesh. I'm all for introducing kids to horror, but:

a) not at school

b) not [expletive] "Saw"

[cardsfansince82]

My neighbor's idea of lawn care is letting his yard grow to about eighteen inches and then using a crappy cordless electric weedeater to "mow" the entire thing down to about eight inches. Not only does it look dumb, but it takes him like four hours to do it.