That seems to be the thrust of reports over Christine O’Donnell’s past references to dabbling in witchcraft before she became the Republican nominee for Governor of Delaware. You have to love this country. Who needs an immigration debate when Delaware is debating whether one of its major candidates “is or was ever a practicing witch?” If true, this could prove an advantage with Sarah Palin going to Iowa to campaign this week. Palin has had prior experience with people working in the area since she has been given a protection from witchcraft. This could make for an interesting first meeting between President Palin and Governor O’Donnell. Indeed, Palin could argue that she is the only expected presidential candidate currently able to meet with O’Donnell without fear.
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Florida police have arrested faux doctor Ana Josefa Sevilla in one of the growing number of cases involving unlicensed cosmetic operations. In this case, Servilla is accused of using “Fix-a-Flat” aerosol instead of Botox.
Continue reading “Fake Florida Doctor Arrested After Using “Fix-a-Flat” to Augment Woman’s Buttock”
The Montana Republican Party has adopted its official platform, which contains a standout provision: a call to criminalize homosexuality.
Continue reading “Montana GOP Reaffirms Position on Criminalizing Homosexuality”
California campaign finance disclosures reportedly show that the campaign to defeat marijuana legalization is being funded in part by the alcohol industry which does not relish the idea of joints replacing shots as intoxicants of choice.
Continue reading “Kettle Calling the Pot Black: Alcohol Lobby Pumps Money Into Anti-Pot Legalization Campaign”
Something stinks in the campaign of New York GOP Senatorial nominee Carl Paladino. Over 200,000 citizens received a mailer that Paladino intentionally scented with a “landfill” odor in his campaign against Democratic nominee Andrew Cuomo.
Continue reading “Dirty Politics: New York GOP Nominee for Governor Sends Citizens Garbage Scented Mail”
Jamie Carlos Hernandez, 41, may have lost that note to self reading “mask first, robbery second.” The Michigan man put on his son’s Darth Vader mask to conceal his identity but waited to put it on after he entered the store and while being filmed by security cameras.
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Police in Vancouver, Washington have found the culprit in the horrific acid attack of a woman — it was the woman herself. Bethany Storro has admitted that she did it to herself.
Continue reading “Canadian Woman Admits to Faking Acid Attack”
The Senate trial for United States District Court Judge Thomas Porteous has been suspended for the the Jewish holiday. It will resume on Tuesday.
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The third day of the Senate trial for United States District Court Judge Thomas Porteous starts today. The witnesses include a former judge and former prosecutor. We are likely to start our case on Wednesday . . .
Continue reading “PORTEOUS IMPEACHMENT TRIAL — DAY THREE”
And so it begins. Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have taught robots for the first time how to deceive humans. Didn’t we learn anything from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Continue reading “Hello, Dave: Scientists Develop Robot With Ability to Deceive Humans”
A top party leader and associate of German Chancellor Angela Merkel is under fire this week for arguing that Poland may have been as responsible as Hitler for the outbreak of World War II. Erika Steinbach said Poland had mobilized its troops months before the Nazis invaded in September 1939.
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We previously followed the case of former Officer Donnie Breeden, 39, who was accused of killing David Hall in a hit and run and then telling friends “I’m a cop. I can’t go to jail.” Well, he will but only for one to two years.
Continue reading “Former Officer Drinks, Drives, Kills Man, Flees Scene, and Then Orchestrates Cover-up . . . Receives One to Two Years in Jail”
St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church is being sued. The complaint targets the famous bell of the 104-year-old Gothic church which has rung for prayers, marriages, and other occasions for generations. Most residents associated the 5,000-pound bronze bell with their community but a resident has filed a complaint that silenced the bell under a threat of $700 per day if it rings in violation of the city’s noise ordinance.
Continue reading “For Whom the Bell Tolls: City Silences Bell in 104-Year-Old Gothic Church”
Steven Frederick Molin, 58, insists it was a simple accident after his mother, Emily Belle Molin, 85, fell out of his moving car. Police, however, are skeptical and believe that Molin pushed his mother out of the car moving at 40 mph and then ran her over, backed up, ran over her again, and then backed up and ran her over a third time.
Continue reading “Son Arrested After ‘Accidentally” Running Over Mother — Allegedly Three Times”
If you have not previously encountered Christine O’Donnell (who is running for the Republican nomination in Delaware), she is becoming the new face of the Tea Party and what some hope is the new Republican party. One issue that makes her stand out is her rather expansive definition of what constitutes adultery.
Continue reading “Meet Christine O’Donnell: Tea Party Candidate For Delaware’s Next Senator”