Below is today’s column exploring the growing anger of voters and the possible linkage of controversies ranging from the bank bailouts to immigration to the BP oil spill.
A London Museum has triggered a controversy when it displayed an iconic picture of Sir Winston Churchill on its exterior with his equally iconic cigar airbrushed away into history. The well-known photograph shows Churchill with the cigar firmly in his clenched teeth, but the visitors to the exhibit Churchill’s Britain At War Experience are greeted with a smoke-free version. I suppose Churchill himself would take it in good humor and simply repeat his prior observation that “once in a while you will stumble upon the truth but most of us manage to pick ourselves up and hurry along as if nothing had happened.”
In Nevada, the sentence of Michelle Lyn Taylor, 34, is attracting considerable debate. Taylor was convicted of lewdness with a minor under 14 after kissing a friend’s 13-year-old child, putting his hand on her breast, and offering to have sex with him. Her sentence? Life in prison.
This story is absolutely horrific. In Western North Carolina, Richard Butler went with his girlfriend, Bethany Lott, 25, on a hike to the top of a mountain. His plan was to propose to her at the top. However, when they reached the top, lightning struck and killed Lott.
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In New Port Richey, Florida, Christopher Bukowski, 39, had a curious defense for the officers after being arrested for trying to choke his wife: “If you were married, you would understand.”
Continue reading “Alleged Strangler to Police: “If You Were Married, You Would Understand””
The respected International Committee for the Red Cross has released a statement denouncing Israel’s blockade of Gaza as a violation of international law.
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The amazing videotape below shows an encounter of Rep. Etheridge (D, NC-02) with college students outside a Nancy Pelosi Fundraiser. The students are presumably conservative activists but Etheridge quickly turns physical after the students ask the congressman to confirm that he supports the Obama agenda.
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With a series of failures in the Gulf in dealing with the BP spill and complaints over the lack of action from the government, help has finally arrived by one of the most trusted groups in America: the Hooter girls. Hooters has announced that its employees will be donated their torn pantyhose to help absorb the oil — that is over 100,000 pairs pantyhose.
Continue reading “Hooters Booms: The Women of Hooters Step Forward To Clean Up Gulf Oil Spill”
For those who do not believe we need health reform, they might want to talk to Kathy Myers, 41. Myers had a painful shoulder injury that had gone without medical attention because she lacked insurance. She was told that she would only be treated for emergency or life-threatening injuries . . . so she shot herself in the upper arm.
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Dennis Keith Brockus, 45, in Oregon died in an example of the danger of flying kites near cliffs or rock outcroppings. Brockus was reportedly chasing his kite when he fell off rocks and into the ocean.
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Dionysus (or Dionysos) of Greece was a God who was ready to drink most anything for a good time, particularly wine. Dionisio of Connecticut, however, may have out done him. After killing a man in a drunk driving incident, Gregory Dionisio, 22, decided to get rid of the evidence by drinking his own urine. It didn’t work. This week he was sentenced to five years in jail for killing Thomas Fleming, 50.
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I just saw these pictures on Reddit: proof that there is hope in the world for opposites to attract and natural enemies to live in harmony.
Things may have gotten more serious for Israel in the ongoing controversy of the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai. Interpol is looking for the agents involved in the operation with the aid of pictures from their false travel documents. Now, one of the alleged Mossad agents involved has been arrested in Poland and is being sought for extradition to Germany.
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Ryan Daniel Snodgrass, 28, would be a hero in most people’s book. However, the guide with Arkansas Valley Adventures was arrested by the Clear Creek sheriff’s office after he swam to a stranded 13-year-old rafter who fell off her boat in Colorado. Officers ordered no one to help the young rafter until a county rescue team was ready. Sheriff Don Krueger (left) is reportedly considering additional charges against another guide.
Continue reading “Hero or Felon? Police Charge River Guide For Trying To Rescue 13-Year-Old Girl”
A Saudi court has sentenced a man to four months in prison and 90 lashes for kissing a woman in a mall. This is yet another example of the Sharia based legal system in the Kingdom and the continued work of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.
Continue reading “A Kiss Before Flogging: Saudi Police Sentence Man to Jail and Flogging for Kissing Friend in Mall”