Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

It seems 2012 had one more bizarre story to squeeze in before we start discussing fiscal cliffs and double-dips, but it is a good one; Voodoo pimps.

Spain's Interior Ministry says police have arrested 17 people on suspicion of smuggling Nigerian women into Spain and forcing them into prostitution using threats including claims they would cast Voodoo spells on them if they didn't comply.

An investigation began when police detected in January that around 10 women had been brought into the country illegally using a small boat.

Police said that following an investigation its raids seized computer equipment, mobile phones, false identity and work permit documents, as well as objects which detectives said were allegedly used in "Voodoo rituals."

Officers tracked down the suspected pimps in cities throughout Spain and arrested 16 Nigerian nationals and one Ugandan citizen, a statement released Sunday said. It was not clear when the arrests took place.

The only thing this story is missing is Liam Neeson.

Bizarrely,
Lewis

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*-- Florida woman arrested after post-sex row --*
PALMETTO, Fla. - A 50-year-old Florida woman was locked up this weekend after allegedly beating up her younger boyfriend due to unsatisfying sex. Jennie Scott was booked into Manatee County jail on a misdemeanor battery charge for allegedly whacking Jilberto Deleon, 32, with a stick and threatening to upgrade her weapon of choice to a pipe wrench, The Smoking Gun website reported. The arrest report indicated Scott became enraged when her paramour wrapped up his part of the tryst first and then decided to call it quits. A witness called the sheriff's department after seeing Scott on top of Deleon "punching and scratching" him. Scott refused to go quietly and police told her she would be maced if she didn't stop kicking at the patrol car window. Investigators concluded alcohol played a significant role in the fracas, The South Florida Sun Sentinel reported.


*-- 2013 names predicted: Kindle, Pearl, Roy --*
AUSTIN, Texas - A baby-naming website says it predicts next year popular U.S. infant names will include: Hashtag, Tweet, Android and Pearl, Florence, Nellie and Eleanor. Officials of the social baby-naming website Belly Ballot, which collects real-time data on what names parents are selecting from around the globe, said based on naming data from more than 1,000 parents on the website, along with 10,000 votes from their friends and family, the website predicts the following naming trends:

-- Tech inspired names such as Kindle will be popular.
-- To create a unique name, many parents are choosing name combinations of two, three or more names such as Uma Thurman who named her daughter Rosalind Arusha Arkadina Altalune Florence Thurman-Busson.
-- Grandparents' and great-grandparents' names are making a strong comeback. Drew Barrymore named her daughter Olive so expect more kids named Roy, Charles, Frank, Albert and Bertha.
-- Not an entirely new trend, but more parents are using surnames for given names such as Grant, Kennedy, Hayes, Townes, Brick, Drake, Fletcher, Sutton and Copeland.
-- Using traditional names with unusual spellings such as Jaxon, Jaxen, Avah, Xakery, Josilyn and Braedyn.

In under 2 minutes, the Belly Ballot website allows parents to choose their favorite names and invite friends and family to vote on them via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.


*-- READER COMMENTS --*
Hi, Lewis, I notice the pic you keep on the B. News, but I wonder who is who of those included. If it isn't everyone, how about an updated pic with first names attached? Are you on this pic? -Dori in Indiana
[Funny...I never seem to be in the office when they plan these staff photos.]

NO COMMENTS for your last ezine of the year? NO WAY!!! The comments are what MAKES IT! Some of the things people say are out there so to be funny as heck! Oh, well. Maybe next year!--Rita
[I was actually out of the office last Thursday and Friday. You wouldn't begrudge me a couple vacation days around the holidays, would you?]

Dear Lewis, You have made my year with all your mixture of stories and comments. You tell it like it is, some with humor, some right to the point, but not with rudeness, it is not your style when you give your opinion, that shows character... and you a quite a character with your witty opinions. Don't ever change, you have a great column. Happy New Year to you and your family. -Nancy-St. Michaels, Md.
[And same to you.]

Lewis, much as I enjoy the reader comments and your responses, I feel your comments about postal workers in poor taste. I am not a postal worker but the ones I know are hard workers, however, as in any large organization there are slackers. I am sure you know a few even in the tiny little organization where you work. -Bill
[Oh, you know TZ too?]

If we use the logic of the hoplophobes (those who fear guns)- then we need to have new laws to regulate ice picks and screwdrivers. I believe it just supports the correct view that PEOPLE kill each other, not the tools they use to do it with. But this is a minority view in todays society that wants to blame everybody and everything besides the person making the mess. -corky

Lewis... About the dude in Joliet who got stabbed in the head with a screwdriver... Since he was screwing the other guy's wife, her husband was just returning the favor by trying to "screw" him! -BB
[That's it! We need stronger screwdriver laws.]

*-- END OF READER COMMENTS --*
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