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Nervous Chinese officials search pigeon anuses for bombs
The Verge ^
| 10/1/2014
| The Verge
Posted on 10/01/2014 7:20:24 AM PDT by Dallas59
Officials in China this week examined the anuses of 10,000 pigeons that were set to be released today in celebration of National Day, amid government fears of a possible terrorist attack. According to reports from state-run media outlets, the birds had their feathers, legs, and anuses searched for "suspicious objects" yesterday, before being packed onto a truck and sent to Tiananmen Square in Beijing for today's ceremony. Many reports on the probe disappeared from China's tightly-controlled media after being published, though some articles and tweets remain online. The entire process was reportedly videotaped.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: bombthreats; china; headlines; pigeons; workingdogs
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posted on
10/01/2014 7:20:24 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
To: Dallas59
I don’t think I’ll complain about my job today.
To: Dallas59
Wonder how much that job pays………….LOL!
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posted on
10/01/2014 7:21:45 AM PDT
by
basil
(2ASisters.org)
To: Dallas59
To: Dallas59
Oooo! Pigeon pooper pokers!
To: Dallas59
I can imagine a PLA member say, to himself of course, “I joined the army for this??????”...................
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posted on
10/01/2014 7:28:42 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: Dallas59
Pigeons have been bombing people for thousands of years.
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posted on
10/01/2014 7:28:47 AM PDT
by
moovova
To: Dallas59
That job must really stink.
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posted on
10/01/2014 7:30:06 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: Dallas59
Many reports on the probe.. I see the editor let that one slip in...
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posted on
10/01/2014 7:33:57 AM PDT
by
Timocrat
(Ingnorantia non excusat)
To: Dallas59
Pad your resume with that job description.
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posted on
10/01/2014 7:34:24 AM PDT
by
lurk
To: humblegunner
Headline:
Nervous Pidgeons Have Anuses Probed By Chineese Officials
To: Dallas59
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posted on
10/01/2014 7:37:21 AM PDT
by
aomagrat
(Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
To: Dallas59
They looked in the pigeon anus and found the SATIRE police.
To: Dallas59
Has the ChiCom gov’t been trolled? Somewhere, someone is raffing uncontrorabry.
To: Dallas59
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posted on
10/01/2014 7:42:54 AM PDT
by
Brother Cracker
(You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
To: Tijeras_Slim
It’s not the worst. It could be proctology.
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posted on
10/01/2014 7:44:22 AM PDT
by
Savage Beast
(Hubris and denial overwhelm Western Civilization. Nemesis and tragedy always follow.)
To: Dallas59
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posted on
10/01/2014 7:47:06 AM PDT
by
Attention Surplus Disorder
(At no time was the Obama administration aware of what the Obama administration was doing)
To: Dallas59
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posted on
10/01/2014 7:50:24 AM PDT
by
mykroar
(This is an insult to the nation's intelligence and these days, that isn't easy.)
To: Dallas59
Hey! Stop making fun! I am a Pigeon Anus Inspector, and it is a fine profession! In fact, we have a union: The OPAIN (Organized Pigeon Anus Inspector National)
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posted on
10/01/2014 7:50:37 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(First we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them.)
To: Dallas59
Technically, it’s a cloaca.
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posted on
10/01/2014 7:52:07 AM PDT
by
B Knotts
(Just another Tenther)
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