Once again a few news items that you simply can’t make up. This is the third part of the series. The other two parts can be found in the archives. You can’t make this kind of stuff up I, and You can’t make this kind of stuff up II

Iran’s parliament votes to label CIA, U.S. Army ‘terrorist’ groups

The Iranian parliament on Saturday voted to designate the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Army as terrorist organizations, IRNA, the country’s state-run news agency, reported.

The Iranian parliament says the U.S. Army and the CIA are “trained terrorists,” IRNA reported.

The CIA and the U.S. Army “trained terrorists and supported terrorism, and they themselves are terrorists,” the parliament said, according to IRNA.

The Iranian parliament said the condemnation was based on “known and accepted” standards of terrorism from international regulations, including the U.N. charter.

So apparently the US Navy, Airforce, Marines, NSA, FBI, etc, etc, etc aren’t terrorist organizations by the “standards” Iran is using. I believe all in all Paul Gimigliano, a CIA spokesman said it best There are some things that don’t even deserve comment. This is one.

6 die from brain-eating amoeba in lakes

It sounds like science fiction but it’s true: A killer amoeba living in lakes enters the body through the nose and attacks the brain where it feeds until you die.

Even though encounters with the microscopic bug are extraordinarily rare, it’s killed six boys and young men this year. The spike in cases has health officials concerned, and they are predicting more cases in the future.

“This is definitely something we need to track,” said Michael Beach, a specialist in recreational waterborne illnesses for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Yeah, but no thanks. I don’t fancy having my brain eaten by anything let alone an amoeba.

Strong Canadian dollar said hurting pot exports

The strong Canadian dollar has hit the illegal marijuana sector just as it has other industries that export to the United States, one of Canada’s best known legalization advocates said on Thursday.

But western marijuana growers have also benefited from Canada’s strong economy, especially the booming Alberta oil patch, which has increased domestic consumption, according to Marc Emery, a founder of the British Columbia Marijuana Party.

I guess it shouldn’t suprise me but for some reason it does. Also anyone want to explain to me why we’re still throwing billions of dollars down the drain going after marijuana?

Court won’t declare chimp a person

He’s now got a human name — Matthew Hiasl Pan — but he’s having trouble getting his day in court. Animal rights activists campaigning to get Pan, a 26-year-old chimpanzee, legally declared a person vowed Thursday to take their challenge to Austria’s Supreme Court after a lower court threw out their latest appeal.

A provincial judge in the city of Wiener Neustadt dismissed the case earlier this week, ruling that the Vienna-based Association Against Animal Factories had no legal standing to argue on the chimp’s behalf.

Well to be honest I know a lot of people less deserving of the title “person” than a chimp would be…

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