According to the American Federation of Astrologers, news is going around that a shift in the position of constellations has caused every person's astrological sign to change.
Be advised, it's bogus. IMHO, it's all bogus.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Wearing Rosary Beads to School Got Me Suspended, Texas Girl Says
For once I am rather on the side of the school here. Brainless gang bangers do wear the beads around their necks as pretty ornamentation rather than for any religious reasons and if I were a parent of a kid at the school concerned, I would want gang activity discouraged as much as possible.
But practicing Catholics should of course be allowed to have them at school. Practicing Catholics don't usually wear them as a necklace anyway as that would make them very difficult to use in their intended purpose -- which is to count off the number of prayers said.
Posted by John J. Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.).
For once I am rather on the side of the school here. Brainless gang bangers do wear the beads around their necks as pretty ornamentation rather than for any religious reasons and if I were a parent of a kid at the school concerned, I would want gang activity discouraged as much as possible.
But practicing Catholics should of course be allowed to have them at school. Practicing Catholics don't usually wear them as a necklace anyway as that would make them very difficult to use in their intended purpose -- which is to count off the number of prayers said.
"A Texas girl is calling for an apology from her middle school after she says she was suspended for wearing rosary beads around her neck, khou.com reports.
Jonae Devlin, 14, reportedly told the station that she wore the prayer beads at Hodges Bend Middle School in Houston because they remind her of her late grandmother, a devout Catholic. "I wear them for my grandmother," she told the station. "It makes me feel like she's with me all the time."
The school's principal ordered that the girl be suspended for one day, arguing that the beads violate the school dress code, khou.com reported. "She said, 'I’m going to give you the choice to take it off or be suspended,' and I said, 'You might as well suspend me,'" Devlin told the station.
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Posted by John J. Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.).
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Anna Fermanova Guilty in Smuggling Case - Updated
Anna Fermanova
On Friday, 24-year-old Latvian-American woman Anna Fermanova pleaded guilty to the attempted smuggling of night-vision sniper scopes to Russia.
She faces a possible 10 years in prison when sentenced on April 29.
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Babe Accused of Smuggling Night-Vision Scopes
[Previous 7/28/10 post]
(New York City) A 24-year-old Texas woman, Anna Fermanova, has been accused by federal authorities of trying to smuggle night-vision scopes to Russia.
Fermanova lives in the Dallas TX suburb of Plano. Her family immigrated to the U.S. when she was nine years old.
According to a federal affidavit, Fermanova tried to smuggle three night-vision rifle scopes to Russia in March without obtaining the proper export license.
Anna Fermanova
On July 15, the feds finally picked her up.
Fermanova was booked into custody and released on $50,000 bail.
Companion post at TJR.
Anna Fermanova
On Friday, 24-year-old Latvian-American woman Anna Fermanova pleaded guilty to the attempted smuggling of night-vision sniper scopes to Russia.
She faces a possible 10 years in prison when sentenced on April 29.
Babe Accused of Smuggling Night-Vision Scopes
[Previous 7/28/10 post]
(New York City) A 24-year-old Texas woman, Anna Fermanova, has been accused by federal authorities of trying to smuggle night-vision scopes to Russia. Fermanova lives in the Dallas TX suburb of Plano. Her family immigrated to the U.S. when she was nine years old.
According to a federal affidavit, Fermanova tried to smuggle three night-vision rifle scopes to Russia in March without obtaining the proper export license.
The devices were seized as Fermanova was boarding a plane for Moscow at JFK International Airport, according to the document.
She was allowed to complete the trip but was arrested after her return on a charge of attempting to export US munitions.
Anna Fermanova
On July 15, the feds finally picked her up.
The federal affidavit states that Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel are investigating Fermanova and others for attempting to export US military commodities to Russia without the proper licences.Latvian-born Fermanova said the scopes would be used for hunting. Her lawyer, Scott Palmer, said, “She is quite sexy, you could say, but she is not a spy.”
The affidavit details how agents found the scopes in Fermanova's luggage on March 1. Some identification markings on the devices were covered with black marker pen, according to the document.
Fermanova told the agents she covered the markings "so they would be less noticeable" when she tried to take them overseas without a licence, the affidavit states.
Fermanova was booked into custody and released on $50,000 bail.
Companion post at TJR.
California Woman Accused of Killing Daughter
(Paso Robles, California) After an extensive investigation, a 42-year-old local mom, Erin Christine Martin, has been accused of killing her infant daughter.
(Paso Robles, California) After an extensive investigation, a 42-year-old local mom, Erin Christine Martin, has been accused of killing her infant daughter.Martin called 911 on June 16 saying her 3 and 1⁄2-month-old child wasn’t breathing.Martin is charged with murder.
After hospitalization at Twin Cities Community Hospital in Templeton and Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, the baby was pronounced dead June 18.
Officials determined Martin’s blood-alcohol level was 0.23 percent the night of the incident from a specimen obtained the same night.
History spot
Above is one of the most famous campaign posters from the Democratic party. It is from the 1866 Pennsylvania gubernatorial race. Hiester Clymer (D) versus James White Geary (R) suggests that a vote for Clymer is for the white man while a vote for Geary is for the ‘negro’
Posted by John J. Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.).
Above is one of the most famous campaign posters from the Democratic party. It is from the 1866 Pennsylvania gubernatorial race. Hiester Clymer (D) versus James White Geary (R) suggests that a vote for Clymer is for the white man while a vote for Geary is for the ‘negro’
Posted by John J. Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.).
'Mister Doubtfire' Fools Babes for Sex
(Glasgow, Scotland) A 26-year-old local woman, Samantha Brooks, has been accused of obtaining sex by fraud for allegedly tricking two women into believing that she was a man and consequently engaging in sex with them.
She posed as Mr. Lee Brooks for at least eight years and reportedly proposed to one of the women.
However, despite the weirdness it's probably safe to assume that some actual Scottish men are pissed that Samantha Brooks gets more trim than they do.
Tip: slwlion
(Glasgow, Scotland) A 26-year-old local woman, Samantha Brooks, has been accused of obtaining sex by fraud for allegedly tricking two women into believing that she was a man and consequently engaging in sex with them. She posed as Mr. Lee Brooks for at least eight years and reportedly proposed to one of the women.
Brooks faces two charges of obtaining sexual contact by fraud, which are broken down into various subsections, the High Court in Glasgow heard today.Call me curious. Where in Scotland does one find perfectly stupid women who will have sex with a pretend-male, cancer-suffering, stabbed and bandaged burn patient? Frankly, this report sounds like a porn video script.
The charge alleges that she pretended to each woman that she suffered from testicular cancer and that they could not therefore handle her penis, in an attempt to induce each to believe that she had a penis.
It alleges she tried to hide her breasts from the women by telling one that she had suffered burns on her back and needed to wear bandages around the chest area.
She allegedly told the other that she had suffered a stab wound to the torso which meant she had to wear bandages and clingfilm around the chest.
However, despite the weirdness it's probably safe to assume that some actual Scottish men are pissed that Samantha Brooks gets more trim than they do.
Tip: slwlion
Friday, January 14, 2011
Rat Allegedly Bites Inmate's Penis
(Long Island, New York) In 2007, a 54-year-old Nassau County man, Peter Solomon, was arrested for menacing his wife and jailed when a rat entered his trouser and bit his manhood.
Solomon claims the jail is infested with rodents and the jail officials know it.
Tip: slwlion
(Long Island, New York) In 2007, a 54-year-old Nassau County man, Peter Solomon, was arrested for menacing his wife and jailed when a rat entered his trouser and bit his manhood.
Solomon claims the jail is infested with rodents and the jail officials know it.
According to court documents, Solomon claims at night a rat "or similar rodent" emerged from a hole in his mattress and bit him on the penis and hand, drawing blood.Jail officials deny that there is a rodent problem and claim they are exempt from lawsuits. Nevertheless, on Wednesday a federal judge ruled that Solomon's lawsuit can proceed.
Solomon sued for damages saying the jail was indifferent to his treatment and weren’t concerned with the rodent problem.
Tip: slwlion
Woman Gets Prison for Facebook Feud Death
(Pontiac, Michigan) A 23-year-old local woman, Torrie Emery, has pleaded no contest to the second-degree murder of 21-year-old Alesha Abernathy. Consequently, Emery was sentenced to 18 to 60 years in prison.
Reportedly, Emery was feuding via Facebook with Danielle Booth, a passenger in Abernathy's car, when Emery rammed the car. Booth was seriously injured and Abernathy died.
(Pontiac, Michigan) A 23-year-old local woman, Torrie Emery, has pleaded no contest to the second-degree murder of 21-year-old Alesha Abernathy. Consequently, Emery was sentenced to 18 to 60 years in prison.Reportedly, Emery was feuding via Facebook with Danielle Booth, a passenger in Abernathy's car, when Emery rammed the car. Booth was seriously injured and Abernathy died.
Emery apologized to the family of 21-year-old Alesha Abernathy, who was killed in the July 21 crash that involved a dispute with another woman over the affections of a prison inmate.Senseless.
Emery's 3-year-old daughter was in the car at the time.
Authorities say Emery saw rival Danielle Booth in the passenger seat of Abernathy's car and gave chase.
Governor Fires Parole Board
(Wilmington, Massachusetts) Last month, 60-year-old Woburn Police Officer Jack Maquire was gunned down during an armed robbery by a recent parolee, Domenic Cinelli.
As a result, Gov. Deval Patrick fired the Parole Board.
(Wilmington, Massachusetts) Last month, 60-year-old Woburn Police Officer Jack Maquire was gunned down during an armed robbery by a recent parolee, Domenic Cinelli.
As a result, Gov. Deval Patrick fired the Parole Board.
Cinelli, a former heroin addict and career criminal, was also killed after he robbed a Kohl's department store the day after Christmas. The incident drew headlines nationwide and immediately brought sharp criticism down on the state's parole board, a board that determines whether prisoners should be released before their prison sentences are complete.Cinelli was serving three life sentences and, still, the state of Massachusetts couldn't keep him locked up. Maybe it's just me, but one would think that three life terms would automatically eliminate parole of any kind.
Patrick accepted the resignations yesterday of five members of the state's Parole Board, including its chairman, who voted to parole Cinelli in November 2008. Cinelli, who was serving three concurrent 15-years-to-life sentences, was released four months after the vote.
Patrick also fired several parole department employees who were involved in the handling of Cinelli's parole.
Virginia Teacher Guilty - Updated
(Lebanon, Virginia) The trial of former Lebanon Middle School teacher Connie Beth Klewer concluded this week with guilty verdicts on all five charges.
Klewer was convicted by a jury after 45 minutes of deliberations.
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Virginia Teacher Booked for Indecent Liberties with Boy
[Previous 7/16/09 post]
(Lebanon, Virginia) A 37-year-old science teacher at Lebanon Middle School, Connie Beth Klewer, was arrested last week for allegedly taking indecent liberties with a boy younger than 15 years old.
Klewer has been charged with using a communications device to solicit a minor, buying alcohol for a minor, indecent liberties with a child while in a supervisory relationship, indecent liberties with a child, abuse and neglect of a child while being responsible for the care of a child, and possession of child pornography.
It's not known whether the alleged victim was a student in Klewer's class.
Klewer was booked into custody at the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail without bond.
(Lebanon, Virginia) The trial of former Lebanon Middle School teacher Connie Beth Klewer concluded this week with guilty verdicts on all five charges.Klewer was convicted by a jury after 45 minutes of deliberations.
Brian Patton, Russell County Commonwealth’s Attorney, was the prosecutor on the case. During his opening statement, Patton summarized the case, which was largely based on graphic images, and sexually explicit emails and text messages sent by Klewer to the victim’s cell phone and email account.[…]The jury recommended 32 and one-half years in prison for Klewer. Official sentencing is scheduled for March 13.
Patton told the jury that the victim trusted Klewer and even warned her that his mother had found his phone, however, she still continued to send explicit text messages to him and made arrangements to meet him at a local park. On July 9, 2009, Klewer was arrested while waiting on the 14 year old boy, sitting in her car with her phone in her hand.
Virginia Teacher Booked for Indecent Liberties with Boy
[Previous 7/16/09 post]
(Lebanon, Virginia) A 37-year-old science teacher at Lebanon Middle School, Connie Beth Klewer, was arrested last week for allegedly taking indecent liberties with a boy younger than 15 years old.
Klewer has been charged with using a communications device to solicit a minor, buying alcohol for a minor, indecent liberties with a child while in a supervisory relationship, indecent liberties with a child, abuse and neglect of a child while being responsible for the care of a child, and possession of child pornography.
It's not known whether the alleged victim was a student in Klewer's class.
Klewer was booked into custody at the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail without bond.
Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh respond to Arizona shooting
Excerpt:
Posted by John J. Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.).
Excerpt:
"Conservative media figures like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh are raising fears that liberals could use the Tucson, Ariz., shootings as an excuse to clamp down on their voices, even as two prominent liberals made public statements urging that the Federal Communications Commission and Fox News do just that.
Limbaugh and Beck, along with other conservative voices like Sarah Palin and Bill O’Reilly, had come under fire in the hours after the shooting from liberals such as Keith Olbermann and Paul Krugman, who accused them of using violent rhetoric that could push an unhinged person over the edge. But no link has been found between suspected shooter Jared Lee Loughner and any of these media figures or Palin.
Limbaugh railed against the left’s attempts to “massage” the shooting “for their political benefit,” saying Democrats were just waiting for an excuse to “regulate out of business their political opponents.”
“I wouldn’t be surprised if somebody in the Obama administration or some FCC bureaucrat or some Democrat congressman has it already written up, such legislation, sitting in a desk drawer somewhere just waiting for the right event for a clampdown,” Limbaugh said. “They have been trying this ever since the Oklahoma City bombing.”
In fact, Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), the third-ranking Democrat in Congress and one of the more outspoken voices in the wake of the shooting, blamed vitriol in the public discourse for the events and told the Charleston Post and Courier on Monday he wants to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine, a defunct policy requiring media to cover both sides of controversial issues that many in the industry expect would mean the death of conservative talk radio.
Source
Posted by John J. Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.).
Hooker Plants Hammer in Customer's Head
Jeez! If you follow the news, it's hard to dispute that this has been a odd week for some guys.
We have one guy whose family jewels were shot up, one guy getting a hatchet in his head, another guy accused of sex with a dead woman, and now a prostitute's customer gets a hammer to his head.
Tip: slwlion
Jeez! If you follow the news, it's hard to dispute that this has been a odd week for some guys.
We have one guy whose family jewels were shot up, one guy getting a hatchet in his head, another guy accused of sex with a dead woman, and now a prostitute's customer gets a hammer to his head.
(Miami, Florida) Police said a man who had just been released from prison was the victim of a violent attack with a hammer by a hooker Wednesday. The bloody crime scene happened on the corner of NW 5th Court and 67th Street.So, the hooker takes the hammer away from the non-paying customer, Mr. Mann, who seemingly wasn't all that manly. She then pops Mann in the head and police find him bloody and unconscious. Mann is currently stable at the hospital.
The 39-year old Katrina Major hasn't been charged with a crime, but she is currently being questioned at the police station. She suffered minor injuries in the fight, in which police said she went from victim to attacker.
At around 1 p.m., a dispute over payment between the prostitute and potential client, 48-year-old Douglas Curtis Mann, escalated into violence.
Tip: slwlion
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Woman Buries Hatchet in Husband's Head
(Bozeman, Montana) A 52-year-old local woman, Kimberly Parac-Kesler, was arrested Wednesday for allegedly planting a hatchet into the skull of her physically disabled husband.
Reportedly, Kimberly and her husband returned from a local bar, each with a snoot full, and commenced arguing. During the argument, she grabbed the hatchet and buried it in her husband's head. The husband has survived although he has a large laceration in his head.
Parac-Kesler has been charged with assault with a weapon. She was booked into custody at the Gallatin Detention Center with bail set at $10,000.
(Bozeman, Montana) A 52-year-old local woman, Kimberly Parac-Kesler, was arrested Wednesday for allegedly planting a hatchet into the skull of her physically disabled husband. Reportedly, Kimberly and her husband returned from a local bar, each with a snoot full, and commenced arguing. During the argument, she grabbed the hatchet and buried it in her husband's head. The husband has survived although he has a large laceration in his head.
Parac-Kesler has been charged with assault with a weapon. She was booked into custody at the Gallatin Detention Center with bail set at $10,000.
USS John P. Murtha
United States Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, the official responsible for naming naval warships, has decided to name a new U.S. Navy ship after late Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha. Mabus stated Murtha's military and congressional record and "unwavering support of our sailors and Marines" as the basis for the selection.
The naming of the USS Murtha occurred last April and opposition to the selection has been growing, largely because of Murtha's loud pronouncement that U.S. Marines involved in Iraq are murderers. Ostensibly, Secretary Mabus believes that calling American Marines murderers is a demonstration of Murtha's "unwavering support." I would suggest "unequivocal betrayal" is more accurate.
In any event, there's no confirmation that Secretary Mabus ponders naming another ship after Jane Fonda for her "unwavering support" of sailors and Marines. It's arguably unclear whether it makes a difference which nation's sailors and Marines are being supported.
United States Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, the official responsible for naming naval warships, has decided to name a new U.S. Navy ship after late Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha. Mabus stated Murtha's military and congressional record and "unwavering support of our sailors and Marines" as the basis for the selection.
The naming of the USS Murtha occurred last April and opposition to the selection has been growing, largely because of Murtha's loud pronouncement that U.S. Marines involved in Iraq are murderers. Ostensibly, Secretary Mabus believes that calling American Marines murderers is a demonstration of Murtha's "unwavering support." I would suggest "unequivocal betrayal" is more accurate.
In any event, there's no confirmation that Secretary Mabus ponders naming another ship after Jane Fonda for her "unwavering support" of sailors and Marines. It's arguably unclear whether it makes a difference which nation's sailors and Marines are being supported.
Man Unknowingly Has Sex with Corpse
(Washington, Indiana) Last weekend, a 55-year-old Geneva, Ohio, man, Richard Elwood Sanden, was arrested for abuse of a corpse and possession of marijuana.
Reportedly, Mr. Sanden was engaged in hot Saturday night sex with a 48-year-old female acquaintance when he realized he wasn't punching her ticket. Presumably, attempts to step up the jiggy-jiggy also produced no response so Mr. Sanden checked the woman's breathing. She wasn't.
Sanden called an ambulance and police were alerted. The woman's death continues to be investigated.
(Washington, Indiana) Last weekend, a 55-year-old Geneva, Ohio, man, Richard Elwood Sanden, was arrested for abuse of a corpse and possession of marijuana.Reportedly, Mr. Sanden was engaged in hot Saturday night sex with a 48-year-old female acquaintance when he realized he wasn't punching her ticket. Presumably, attempts to step up the jiggy-jiggy also produced no response so Mr. Sanden checked the woman's breathing. She wasn't.
Sanden called an ambulance and police were alerted. The woman's death continues to be investigated.
Cleaning Up After Illegals
What a great country! Instead of preventing people from illegally entering the United States, state officials are launching an effort to clean up the tons of garbage discarded by illegals.
What a great country! Instead of preventing people from illegally entering the United States, state officials are launching an effort to clean up the tons of garbage discarded by illegals.
Attempting to draw attention to the amount of trash left by those crossing the U.S.-Mexico border of Arizona, state officials have launched a new website called azbordertrash.gov.Funding is provided by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.
Currently, the site has posted that they are looking for volunteers to clean up the 370 mile borderland along Arizona’s border with Mexico.
Vandalism at Catholic Church
(Anaheim, California) Sometime between 9PM Monday night and 6AM Tuesday morning, vandals defaced the exterior wall of St. Boniface Catholic Church with graffiti.
(Anaheim, California) Sometime between 9PM Monday night and 6AM Tuesday morning, vandals defaced the exterior wall of St. Boniface Catholic Church with graffiti.
Parishioners at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Anaheim discovered hateful -- and misspelled -- graffiti scrawled onto their house of worship this week.Investigators have preliminarily classified the vandalism as a hate crime.
"Kill THE CATHLICS!" was spray-painted on the church.
Long-time Green/Leftist Mike Roddy dehumanizes leading skeptic and compares him to Hitler
I guess that it is really pointless to argue with exploding rage but I will nonetheless do Roddy the courtesy of looking at his "argument" as if it were rational:
First note: His article on Morano that he refers back to is headed "Marc Morano, Professional Douchebag" and Roddy retains that level of profundity in what follows thereafter.
Second: A third of Americans don't matter? That is a fair summary of far-Leftist thinking as embodied in Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot and all that merry gang.
Third: Comparing Morano to Hitler is to compare a conservative journalist to a successful socialist political campaigner and powerful politician. It's hard to see any relevance in such a comparison.
Fourth: The second sentence of the second paragraph below has now been deleted from the site. Even Warmists can suffer shame, it appears
It still amazes me that people can quote Mark Morano with a straight face, and that he shows up as a guest on TV shows. One would think that even Fox would draw the line at stone cold lunatics. I wrote something about him and others a year ago for Buffalo Beast that ended up being pretty popular.
The scary thing is the size of his audience, even if it only reflects the views of about a third of Americans. Unfortunately, that popularity rating turned out to be enough for Hitler. After all, these kinds of people have lots of guns.
Relentless and funny ridicule of people like Morano and Watts may be the best weapon. They are, after all, more like badly wired toys than actual humans. It worked when McCarthy was exposed as an idiot on TV in 1954. And if Charlie Chaplin’s Hitler parody had been shown throughout Germany in the 1930’s, he would have been laughed out of office.
Peter Sinclair does a great job with the deniers in his Climate Crock videos. If they were expanded and shown nationally, Morano, Monckton, and the rest of them would be laughed out of the country, ending up, like McCarthy, as hopeless and forgotten alcoholics.
SOURCE
Posted by John J. Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.).
I guess that it is really pointless to argue with exploding rage but I will nonetheless do Roddy the courtesy of looking at his "argument" as if it were rational:
First note: His article on Morano that he refers back to is headed "Marc Morano, Professional Douchebag" and Roddy retains that level of profundity in what follows thereafter.
Second: A third of Americans don't matter? That is a fair summary of far-Leftist thinking as embodied in Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot and all that merry gang.
Third: Comparing Morano to Hitler is to compare a conservative journalist to a successful socialist political campaigner and powerful politician. It's hard to see any relevance in such a comparison.
Fourth: The second sentence of the second paragraph below has now been deleted from the site. Even Warmists can suffer shame, it appears
It still amazes me that people can quote Mark Morano with a straight face, and that he shows up as a guest on TV shows. One would think that even Fox would draw the line at stone cold lunatics. I wrote something about him and others a year ago for Buffalo Beast that ended up being pretty popular.
The scary thing is the size of his audience, even if it only reflects the views of about a third of Americans. Unfortunately, that popularity rating turned out to be enough for Hitler. After all, these kinds of people have lots of guns.
Relentless and funny ridicule of people like Morano and Watts may be the best weapon. They are, after all, more like badly wired toys than actual humans. It worked when McCarthy was exposed as an idiot on TV in 1954. And if Charlie Chaplin’s Hitler parody had been shown throughout Germany in the 1930’s, he would have been laughed out of office.
Peter Sinclair does a great job with the deniers in his Climate Crock videos. If they were expanded and shown nationally, Morano, Monckton, and the rest of them would be laughed out of the country, ending up, like McCarthy, as hopeless and forgotten alcoholics.
SOURCE
Posted by John J. Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.).
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