Something in the water?

Bomb Making at Landmark College (4.00 / 2)

...or how about the kid at Landmark College who made a "bomb" in his dorm room and set it off as a prank because he was bothered by another kid in the dorm. Essentially he blew up a plastic soda bottle with household chemicals (think Mentos and Coke). The police did a massive "investigation" and arrested him on a felony. He could face up to 10 years in jail and a $5,000 fine. Plus, he's been kicked out of school.

Seriously, he blew up a soda bottle.

http://www.reformer.com/localn...
 

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by: tombuch @ Sat Dec 03, 2011 at 19:40:48 PM UTC

Tough questions must be asked about security (4.00 / 5)

Woman determined to slam dead raccoon into municipal building.
Who could have predicted this potential weak spot in our homeland security?
Is this a random "raccooning", or part of an organized effort?
Might we be vulnerable to other road kill?
Could we be opossumed,squirreled?
Attacked with larger ungulates?
Yes, we even have to consider the until now unthinkable... we might be moose-ed?

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by: BP @ Sun Dec 04, 2011 at 00:06:35 AM UTC

"Moose-ed" (4.00 / 1)

Sounds like home-school for hunters! ;)

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by: Sue Prent @ Sun Dec 04, 2011 at 00:32:31 AM UTC

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Maybe (4.00 / 1)

Pete had a similar end.... And we've not been to the whole story.  

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by: bmike @ Sun Dec 04, 2011 at 00:35:01 AM UTC

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Made it to NPR (4.00 / 4)

This item made it onto the NPR news today. Couldn't believe my ears! Having not yet read today's paper, my first thought was to question why they were running a two-week-old "news" item.

But there it was on the front page. Way more important than the mayoral race and any possible conflict of interest by the local weekly. Samall acale Sylvio Berlusconi anyone?

Right, priorities ...

NanuqFC
It's not news, because there's never anything new reported. We will call it olds. ~ Paraphrase, source unknown (Sonia Johnson? Mary Daly?)

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by: NanuqFC @ Sun Dec 04, 2011 at 00:20:02 AM UTC

Poor Litter (0.00 / 0)

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by: daily enema @ Sun Dec 04, 2011 at 05:33:24 AM UTC

Don't worry... (4.00 / 2)

This woman will be found.  The ANG is readying Predator drones as we speak, special units of VSP are being trained to do house-to-house searches in the middle of the night, and facilities are being prepared in a rogue state (most likely New Hampshire) for detaining suspected co-conspirators.   "Extraordinary rendition" is being discussed at the highest levels, or not, as the case may be.

Heck - they've got this thing covered folks - Navy SEALS are right now mining Lake Champlain with explosives to prevent a water rescue.   If this search lasts until the Spring - and there is no reason to believe it won't - there will be special units patrolling beaver dams and the nearby roads so that beaver carcasses can never ever be used in this horrible manner again.

It may take years - decades even - to bring the perpetrator to justice.  

But it will be swift justice indeed when she is found.  No pictures though.

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by: Undamned Yankee @ Sun Dec 04, 2011 at 15:57:06 PM UTC

By the way... (4.00 / 2)

I was recently approached by one "Colonel C_", a veteran of our nation's successful counter-insurgency operations in the Middle East, and claiming strong knowledge of Vermont and Vermonters.

The decision has been made at the highest levels to contain the spread of what they are calling "Vermontic terrorism" by in part, reaching out to people that may - or may not - sympathize with the terrorists' goals for their cooperation.  

Being a flat-lander, he said, made them think that I might be approachable.   (Native Vermonters are known for being tribal and clannish). In turn for my co-operation, they offered me 50 goats and new trucks for me and my wives - which I turned down because I live in an apartment, and none of my wives are old enough to drive.  "How about $250,000 instead?", I asked.  

He returned to his HumVEE and brought me back a briefcase full of Krugerands, drachmas, Turkish lire, and Visa cash cards.  

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by: Undamned Yankee @ Sun Dec 04, 2011 at 16:32:26 PM UTC

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Definitely (4.00 / 1)

something in the water.

NanuqFC
You grow up the day you have your first real laugh yourself. ~ Ethel Barrymore

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by: NanuqFC @ Sun Dec 04, 2011 at 18:24:35 PM UTC

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Day Of Infamy (4.00 / 1)

Well, assault with a dead(ly) animal was an old Japanese plan for Dec. 7, 1941.  The third wave (which was canceled) was going to drop dead skunks all over our ships and planes at Pearl Harbor.  Not many people know this.  Most of them are dead, or have been imprisoned in solitary for decades.  Yes.  That lady must be a descendant of someone who leaked the info on this heinous plan.  A plan still classified and stored in the bottom drawer of the night custodian at The Smithsonian.  No wonder they are looking for her.  

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by: PeteySweety @ Mon Dec 05, 2011 at 19:43:40 PM UTC

Now I know the origin of the term "skunked." ;) (4.00 / 1)

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by: Sue Prent @ Mon Dec 05, 2011 at 20:18:27 PM UTC

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Update: Villain captured! (4.00 / 1)

Yes, Burlington's Most Wanted Racoon Carcass Abuser has been apprehended!  From the Freeps:

Police cited Katherine Gluck, 46, for misdemeanor disorderly conduct stemming from the incident which left the dead animal laying on the porch of City Hall.

However, a cover-up is clearly going on, as the article claims "Police believe Gluck acted alone".  Right!  And they expect us to believe in climate change too!

I feel safer already.

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by: Michael Inners @ Tue Dec 06, 2011 at 21:35:34 PM UTC

What an ironic name: Gluck. (4.00 / 1)

Disorderly conduct, huh?  Catch-fine-and release?

I don't see any mention of help.

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by: Sue Prent @ Tue Dec 06, 2011 at 22:22:19 PM UTC

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Front page news, wow (0.00 / 0)

That's "suspicion" of disorderly conduct.

What, no nice new booking photo, but a two year old one from a "prior":

A Jan. 2010 Burlington Police Dept. booking photo of Katherine Gluck.

Burlington police cite woman in City Hall raccoon tossing
6:32 PM, Dec. 6, 2011  
Written by Free Press Staff

Police have cited a woman they say is responsible for smashing a dead raccoon Nov. 17 against the front door of Burlington's City Hall along Church Street.

Police cited Katherine Gluck, 46, on suspicion of misdemeanor disorderly conduct.

http://www.burlingtonfreepress...

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by: stardust @ Wed Dec 07, 2011 at 00:29:19 AM UTC

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