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With Friends Like This ? Part II

Posted on March 26, 2010
First, President Barach Obama has Al Sharpton proclaiming that the health care bill was simply the fulfillment of his promise of socialism, here. Now, Fidel Castro himself endorsed the plan as a socialistic victory. In the meantime, conservatives are on fire about a clip of Ed Schultz calling for a socialist take over of [...

Repo This: Mother Arrested After Throwing Baby Threw Car Window

Posted on March 25, 2010
Dallas mother Krystal Gardner, 28, had a novel way to prevent the repo man from taking her 2001 Ford Expedition — she threw her 1-year-old child threw the window of the vehicle to prevent it from being taken. Gardner was apparently aware that state law prevents the repossession of a vehicle with a child inside...

Pope Spared American Priest Who Molested Hundreds of Deaf Boys

Posted on March 25, 2010
The sex abuse scandal has increasingly entangled Pope Benedict XVI and Vatican in allegations of the cover-up of molesting priests. Now, one case has directly implicated the Pope after it was learned that in the 1990s then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger effectively spared an American molesting hundreds of deaf boys...

Satanic Tweets: Sharia Court Bans Discussion of Amputation Punishment on Twitter and Facebook

Posted on March 25, 2010
An Islamic court in Nigeria has banned any debates on the use of amputations as punishment on Twitter, Facebook, or blogs to protect Islamic traditions from being mocked or disrespected. The Sharia Court in Kaduna blocked the Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria from holding a forum on the anniversary of the introduction of amputations as punishment...

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Palintology: Discovery Gives Palin Her Own Reality Show

Posted on March 25, 2010
It’s official. You will now be able to not just watch Sarah Palin offering sage political advice on Fox News, but then switch over to Discovery Channel to watch her new reality show. In a reported $1 million per episode deal, Discovery will feature interesting people and things in Alaska with Palin as [...

Early Human Gives Finger To Scientists: Proto-Human Discovery Shatters Theories on Early Human History

Posted on March 25, 2010
A finger bone found in a cave in 2006 in Russia has scientists re-examining their assumptions about early human history. A DNA analysis would suggest that proto-humans left Africa about a million years ago and traveled as far as Siberia. Of course, now that Sarah Palin is a host on Discovery Channel, she [...

?I Wasn?t There?: Amy Bishop Denies Even Being Present For Shooting

Posted on March 24, 2010
Former Alabama Professor Amy Bishop appears to be working on the evil twin defense. Despite witness accounting describing her killed his former colleagues, Bishop has declared “I wasn’t there.” Not surprisingly, Madison County District Judge Ruth Ann Hall ruled that there is probable cause that Bishop, 45, was there and committed the crimes...

Curbside Carrion: New Mexico Zoo Accused of Throwing Dead Giraffe in Trash Bin

Posted on March 24, 2010
The Rio Grande Zoo is accused of failing to separate its trash in a big way. Garbage collectors were a bit surprised to find a dismembered fully grown giraffe in a garbage bin. It turned out to be Kashka, a beloved animal from the zoo. Kashka recently was euthanized after suffering a debilitating leg [...

Pro-Life and Camera Shy: Obama To Sign Ban On Federal Funding of Abortion

Posted on March 24, 2010
After holding a large public ceremony for the signing of the health care bill, President Barack Obama is barring cameras when he signs the executive order needed to secure the votes for the narrow passage: a ban on federal funding of abortion. Rep. Bart Stupak and his colleagues will attend the signing but no cameras [...

North Carolina Woman Wins $9 Million For Alienation of Affection

Posted on March 24, 2010
If Elizabeth Edwards is serious about filing an alienation of affection lawsuit in North Carolina, here, she may want to chat with Cynthia Shackelford who just pulled in a $9 million verdict against her husband’s lover, Anne Lundquist, 49. That figure includes an impressive $5 million in compensatory damages and $4 million in punitive damages...

School Arranges for Teenager?s Abortion During School Hours Without Notifying Parents

Posted on March 24, 2010
Ballard High School in Seattle, Washington has triggered a dispute over parental rights when it arranged for an abortion of a teenage girl during school hours without notifying her parents. While the parents signed a consent form to allow her to use the clinic, they never agreed that such trips to the nurse would [...

Court Rules School Violated Lesbian?s Constitutional Rights in Canceling Prom But Declines To Order Relief

Posted on March 24, 2010
U.S. District Judge Glen H. Davidson has ruled that Itawamba Agricultural High School did violate the constitutional rights of Constance McMillen, 18, in canceling her class prom when she asked to attend with her girlfriend while wearing a tuxedo. However, the court declined to order that the school must hold the prom...

Video: Police Officer Stomps on Man on Ground During Arrest

Posted on March 24, 2010
This video has caused an outrage in Victoria, B.C. and triggered an investigation by the police department into excessive force by these officers. One officer is shown force stomping on one man and then ordering a bystander on the ground and stomping on him...

A Guy Walks Into a Bar in a Hospital Gown and an IV Needle In His Arm . . .

Posted on March 23, 2010
No, this isn’t a joke. Elbert Lewis Thompson, 20, walked into a Pittsburgh bar and ordered a drink. He stood out in his hospital gown and the IV needle still stuck into his arm. Thompson was the passenger in a car that was stopped by police. The car contained drugs and the driver [...

Colorado Officer in Uniform and in a Marked Patrol Car Arrested for DUI

Posted on March 23, 2010
David Dolan, 48, is not your typical DUI suspect. He is not only a Colorado State Patrol trooper with 21 years of service but he was driving a marked patrol car when pulled over by police. Drivers had complained about a patrol car driving recklessly and officers stopped Dolan on Interstate 25...

A Randy Moment: Congressman Admits Screaming ?Baby Killer? on House Floor

Posted on March 23, 2010
The heckler who screamed “Baby Killer” at Rep. Bart Stupak (D., MI) during the health care debate has been uncovered. It was not, as widely assumed, a person in the public gallery. Rather it was Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R., TX) who has fessed up to the infraction, here...

England Expels Mossad Rep in London Over Dubai Hit

Posted on March 23, 2010
England took the remarkably light response of expelling Mossad’s representative in London over the use of false British passports in the Dubai hit on Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in January. What will be interesting is the degree to which Interpol seeks to interview the man, who is likely protected by diplomatic privilege...

Lunar Water: Now Available in Three Distinct Flavors

Posted on March 23, 2010
It appears that Earth is not the only place you can find different flavors of water. Scientists have found that the Moon has three flavors to choose from, including the acquired taste option of water with organic molecule diacetylene (H2C4). After the LCROSS mission, scientists have found 40 craters with as much as 600 million [...

Wedding Crasher: Russian Roulette At Wedding Ends With Guest Shooting Himself in The Head

Posted on March 23, 2010
What is a Russian wedding without a game of Russian roulette. In the video below, a guest brings a wedding to a close by playing a fake game of Russian roulette with what he thought was an empty gun. It wasn’t . . . as another guest found out...

Scout Scandals: Details Released in Another Abuse Case

Posted on March 22, 2010
Stories on child abuse with the Scouts are increasingly being heard, particularly after discovery in a recent lawsuit. One shocking account involves a brave 14-year-old counselor named Adam Steed (shown left) who refused to allow leadership to allegedly cover up the presence of a molester in their ranks...

Secret Service Warns Public That They Would Confiscate Any Cameras Used to Take Pictures of First Family

Posted on March 22, 2010
This story on the First Lady taking the kids to a Broadway show in New York has an increasing element: a warning by the Secret Service that anyone taking their picture would have their cameras confiscated. Perhaps the Secret Service General Counsel could point us to where in the Constitution and federal law [...

Rhode Island Teacher Hangs Effigy of Obama in High School Classroom

Posted on March 22, 2010
A recently fired teacher at a Rhode Island school left a final object lesson for high school students hanging in the classroom: an effigy of President Obama. The teacher and his colleagues were fired as part of an effort to comply with accountability standards at failing schools...

Video: Truck Pushes Car Down Highway at 60 MPH

Posted on March 22, 2010
This is an amazing video. A truck (lorry) in Yorkshire first hits a car and then speeds down the highway while the driver appears clueless that he has added a Renault and screaming driver to his load. Why does this video seem so appropriate on the morning after the health care bill’s passage? [...

Health Care Passes On Promise of Obama To Block Public Spending on Abortion

Posted on March 22, 2010
The health bill passed with 219 votes last night, but not until President Barack Obama issued an executive order that blocks federal funding of abortion — a move that unleashed a torrent of criticism from women’s groups who say that he broke his campaign promise and principles on the issue for passage...

With Friends Like This: Al Sharpton Insists That the Public Voted for Socialism With the Election of Obama

Posted on March 22, 2010
Al Sharpton is the gift that keep on giving for conservatives. His comment on CNN on socialism is likely to make the top hits for political commercials in the mid-term elections. Sharpton said “The American Public Overwhelmingly Voted for Socialism When They Elected President Obama...

Florida Man Arrested After Allegedly Breaking Into Home and Demanding Sex for $20

Posted on March 22, 2010
Jose Erebia, 27, has a rather distorted view of the criminal code. Erebia is accused of breaking into a home and demanding that a woman sell him sex for $20. The woman was house-sitting for her uncle when Erebia allegedly broke in and solicited her...

Canine Crooner

Posted on March 21, 2010
You have heard of cowboys singing cows into slumber. Well, here is dog wrangler warbling some pups into a deep sleep. His guy appears better than whale music. Three Dog Night, eat your heart out.

The Hump Closes

Posted on March 21, 2010
The Hump restaurant has closed after weeks of being embroiled in a scandal involving the sale of whale meat. The Los Angeles restaurant has declared that the closing is a “self-imposed punishment,” though it is doubtful that the restaurant could have survived the criminal prosecution and growing boycott...

Pelosi Passes on Deem and Pass

Posted on March 21, 2010
We have been following Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plan to use the controversial “deem and pass” tactic to pass the health care bill to help members avoid accountability for voting for the unpopular Senate bill. Now, after a week of widespread condemnations, Pelosi has backed down and said that there will be a straight vote...

Saudi Arabian Court Re-Sentences Television Host to Death for Sorcery

Posted on March 21, 2010
It appears that Lebanese talk show host Ali Hussain Sibat is again facing death for sorcery in Saudi Arabia. A court in Medina reaffirmed his conviction despite being reversed earlier by the court of appeals. He was convicted of claiming to be able to predict the future on his show, which is treated [...

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