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I had to laugh when I read this one. LOS ANGELES, (AP) — A minister who was arrested on charges of marijuana possession has sued police for $30 million, contending his civil and religious rights were violated because he heads a church that uses pot during worship.The Rev. Craig X Rubin, 41, is the founder […]
Tonya is the Chicago mother who stabbed her two children to death in April of 2005. Nine year old Christian and his three year old sister Grace were stabbed “more than 200 times each.” (Incidentally, not that it really matters I suppose, but according to the autopsies, she actually stabbed them more than 550 times […]
By Jefferson Flanders The critics who have lambasted 300, the new movie retelling the story of the heroic Spartan stand against the Persians at the battle of Thermopylae, have it all wrong—they just haven’t appreciated the movie for its distinctive cinematic virtues. Some are offended by what they see as the film’s political incorrectness (Dana […]
Horomsi:Remembering our murdered students!Gamsu executive consists of nia agents! Horomsi: In few weeks time, Gambians will mark the brutal killing of our loved ones by Jammeh’s blood thirsty security forces. About 14 unarmed students were murdered in cold blood by men of the Gambia National Army and the infamous police intervention unit the (PIU). Vicious […]
New State House Press Director Working On Saja Taal’s Sacking? By Landing Badjie,Our National Correspondent The newly-appointed Director of Press at State House, Mr. Ebrima J.T. kujabi is said to be busy to ensure Dr. Saja Taal of Observer is sacked. Mr. Kujabi is said to be infuriated by Dr. Taal’s recent actions of hiring […]
Independent Newspaper Under Armed Guard! By Landing Badjie, Our National Correspondent Independent Under Armed Guard The compound that used to house the once popular bi-weekly Independent newspaper is now literally turned to a security base and a forest. The Independent newspaper was very vocal about the Jammeh administration but the paper was closed down following […]
I couldn’t do this to a stranger, much less my own brother. Imagine that you have a rare tissue type, and you have leukemia. You need a bone marrow transplant or you’ll die within the year. Now imagine that the one and only person in the entire country who has been found to be a […]
Darien Plass, 14, had been drinking when he swiped his mother’s van and went for a joyride. He lost control and crashed into a utility pole late Friday. He died at the scene.Andrew Coit, 18, and several other friends of Plass went to the spot where he had died and set up a memorial. The […]
Stay at home folks, and lock your doors. Berlin is packed to the gills right now with all kinds of shady European heads of state intent on celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome. And although it took them weeks of haggling (it always does, that’s just what Europeans do), […]
The First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. In Tinker vs. Des Moines Independent Community […]
From The Gathering Storm Blog We could have easily lost WWII if… The Nazis didn’t hound Einstein and other scientists out of Germany. If German scientists developed the A-Bomb first delivered by V2s. If the German navy had more U-Boats in the Atlantic at the start of the war and won the Battle of the […]
I had the opportunity to talk to Corey Fayman about his new book Blacks Beach Shuffle. This is a great book involving murder, high tech vaporware, music, and other mayhem. Using San Diego as the tranquil backdrop Corey introduces us to a rich set of carefully crafted characters. Can you tell us a little about […]
News Item: Budget rocket reaches space Han Solo [Harrison Ford’s character in the Star Wars movies] didn’t work for any government, national or planetary. He was a privateer. He kept his old hulk of a ship going by scavaging parts just about anywhere he could find them. Science fiction, once again, became the harbinger of […]
[Thus far the Bush administration has managed to attack the wrong targets in its “war on terror.” When it might have caught up with bin Laden in Afghanistan, it diverted it energies to Iraq, leaving both countries now in chaos with populations favoring American departure ASAP. Now its apparent target of another possible attack is […]
The funniest guys in the China blogsphere have a must-see post for you guys. It has been up for a few days, but is timeless. A preview: 2500 BC: Chinese scientists rename the fatherland “the motherland†after determining the sex of China. 1600 BC: The great Yu, last of the Five Legendary Rulers, promises to […]
An earthquake of 6.9 on the west coast of central Japan has killed one person and injured over 100 people. A tsunami warning was issued, but when the earthquake was downgraded from 7.1 to 6.9 and only a 20 inch wave was reported, the tsunami warning was recinded. Another quake in the southern Pacific near […]
The Philippine Star reports that 88 percent of emails coming from the Philippines are spam, making the Philippines the worst offender of the spam wars. Of course, since China is much larger and generates more emails, the absolute number of spam coming from China greatly outnumbers those from here, even though only 37% of their […]
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