Today is Wednesday, January 6, 2010. It is the sixth day of the year with 359 to go.
Today’s History
In 1838, the telegraph was successfully demonstrated in New Jersey.
In 1912, New Mexico became the 47th state.
Today’s News
Someone Needs an Ass-Whooping
An 11-year old Florida girl is undergoing a psychiatric evaluation after she tried to set her mother on fire. The girl and her 15 year old boyfriend tried to kill her mother by pouring gasoline on the floor and bed while the mother slept. Once the bedroom was aflame, the young couple fled the scene in the mother’s car. Luckily, the smoke alarm went off and she was able to escape without serious injury. The girl eventually went back to the scene of the crime, and the police found the boy at his friend’s house. Both were taken into custody. The mother said everything started because she had questioned her daughter about taking cigarettes.
She don’t need a psych eval. She needs her ass whooped. I need to understand why an 11 year old has a boyfriend in the first place. She’s still in elementary and he’s in high school. I was just talking to somebody about today’s bad ass kids, but the parents are the ones who raised them to be this way. A little less talky and a little more whoop that ass and there wouldn’t be all these problems. I also notice they don’t mention a father; that’s half the problem right there.
A Different Kind of Baby Mama Drama
A Vermont family court has decided that the birth mother of a 7 year old girl must give up custody to her former lesbian partner. The two women were in a relationship when they decided to have a baby by artificial insemination. The couple broke up a year after the baby was born. One woman renounced homosexuality and became an evangelical Christian, and moved back to her home in Virginia. The birth mother stayed a lesbian, and lived with the child in Vermont. Since the court decided that the newly non-lesbian woman should have primary custody, the birth mother took the child and disappeared. She has had no contact with her attorneys since the ruling. The court stated they tried the case as if they would any heterosexual custody battle. The birth mother tried to appeal to the Supreme Court, but the Court decided not to hear the case.
I hate how these articles don’t exactly tell you everything. Why did they give custody to the non-birth mother? Was she somehow a better mother than the birth mother? Or did they give custody to her because she’s suddenly not gay anymore and now is a Christian? I can’t really say what should happen because I don’t know why the judge picked one over the other. Since the girl is only 7, they don’t really seek her opinion on where she would like to go, but I wonder who she had been living with mostly. Let this be a lesson to people. It doesn’t matter if you’re gay or straight, we all got the same crappy relationship problems. Don’t have kids with someone that probably isn’t going to be long term. If you’re gay you have to be particularly careful because the law is just not on your side. In most states, you can’t even get married. If you end up having a kid, what happens to the kid after it’s over?
Here We Go Again
Seems like we didn’t learn our lesson in 2009 about the wacky 911 calls. A moronic Florida man is the first of 2010 to make a bizarre 911 call. The man called 911 to report that he had been beaten and shot. He said that his nose was broken and that he was bleeding from the ears. When police arrived, they discovered that he had not been attacked at all, but merely wanted a ride to another bar. Naturally, officers refused to assist and the man kicked the police officer in the knees. He had to be Tasered into submission before they could arrest him.
So usually you call a taxi when you need a ride to a bar. Ever hear of phone-a-friend? I don’t think the police department provides hack services, but this guy did luck out. He got a free ride all right: to jail.
Mobile Meth Market
A gas station attendant in Tennessee called police after he noticed that a car had been sitting at one of the gas pumps for more than an hour. When the attendant went to check on the car, he noticed that the driver was asleep in the driver’s seat. Police arrived on the scene to find the man was cooking meth in the backseat. Meth-cooking is extremely volatile and has been known to cause major explosions. Needless to say, the man was arrested and a HAZMAT team dismantled the moving meth lab.
Wow, what a genius. Let’s cook a highly explosive substance at a gas station and hope for the best. Do people even think sometimes? What a way to ring in the New Year.
Jailhouse New Year’s
A Sicilian man decided that the only way to ring in the New Year’s was to do it in style: by being in jail. He showed up at a police station in Rome and requested to be arrested because he would rather be in jail than with his family when the clock struck 12. He was told that since he had not committed a crime, the police would not be able to honour his request. The man then went to a candy shop next door, stole several pieces of candy and some chewing gum, after threatening the owner with a box cutter. The owner called police and the man waited patiently for police to arrest him for robbery.
If it was that serious, why didn’t he just leave? He could have went to a friend’s house or just sat in his car some place until his relatives left. I don’t understand why he felt the need to go to such extremes.
Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems
Florida police believe that a man who won $30 million in the lottery may have been killed for his money. The man, who had previously lived with his mother, won the money several years ago and ever since, people had been hitting him up for money. His mother describes him as very generous and that he just didn’t know how to say no. He bought a million dollar home, a Nissan Altima and a Rolex from a pawn shop. He was planning to start a foundation for the poor. He later shacked up with some woman who became his financial adviser. This woman bought the million dollar home from him, then made a video in which the man stated that he wanted to lay low because people wouldn’t leave him alone. The woman claims she made the video because she was scared of what might happen. Police are currently investigating the woman. The man’s mother hopes that he is gone to some private island, but police think he may have been killed.
They say more money, more problems. I watched a special once on lottery winners and it showed that most people who win the lottery wind up even more broke than they were before they won the money. A few people committed suicide because they couldn’t stand the constant pressure from other people, begging for money. A lot of them also end up being drug addicts and drunks. I already know that money would make me much worse, and that’s probably why God didn’t make me rich in the first place.
Can’t Say Bomb On An Airplane
A German man and his family were not allowed to board a flight after he continually joked about having explosives in his underwear. He was trying to make jokes about the Nigerian terrorist that tried to bomb a plane in Detroit, but instead, he got himself arrested and fined. Airline personnel removed the man and his family from the line when he wouldn’t stop with the jokes. German authorities arrested him but found no traces of any explosive material. The airline would not allow the family to catch a later flight and has also stated they will not reimburse the family for the vacation they booked. They will also receive several thousand dollars in fines to cover the cost of the investigation.
Way to go, jackass. Apparently, they had booked an expensive vacation package to Egypt. If I had been the wife, I would have kicked him in the balls and told the airline that we weren’t together anymore.
Today’s Thought
Very few men are wise by their own counsel; or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself, had a fool to his master. ~Ben Johnson
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Friday, October 16, 2009
Daily News October 16
Today is October 16, 2009. It is the 289th day of the year with 76 to go.
Today's History
In 1793, during the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, was beheaded.
In 1859, racial abolitionist John Brown initiated the raid on Harper's Ferry.
Today's News
Red Light, Green Light
A brothel in Berlin is offering discounts for customers who think about the environment. If you take public transportation or ride a bicycle to the whorehouse, then you can get a 5 euro discount (about $7.50) off your service! The brothel owner said they are rewarding these customers because times are hard and they are seeing a drop off of business because of the economy. Nobody is travelling for business anymore and the locals don't come around as often. For those who are saving money with public transportation, they can also save money with their favourite hooker. And in case you didn't know, prostitution is legal in Berlin.
I guess hoes want to go green too! Save the earth. Ride a hoe.
No Wedding Bells
A Louisiana justice of the peace refused to issue a marriage license for an interracial couple because he said he was worried about the children the couple might have in the future. He said it was his experience that interracial marriages do not last long and if they had any children, they would suffer. He insists that he is not a racist, but after having this discussion with white and black people, he has come to the conclusion that mixed children do not fit in well with black society and neither do they fit in well with white society. The couple will be filing a discrimination suit.
Uhm, is it 1963? I coulda swore it was 2009, but apparently we either went back in time or this is South Africa somewhere during the apartheid. Some of us, white and black, feel the sting of racism more than others do. Oh, wait, I forgot, he said he wasn't racist. Whatever. Some of us live this daily, and others either go through life blindly or maybe it truly has never happened to them. When you see stuff like this, you can hardly believe it, but then again, it almost doesn't surprise you. I'm just wondering how he thought he could actually get away with this unnoticed. You do know it's against the law to deny a marriage license based on colour, right? Just in case you didn't.
North Carolina, Anybody?
North Carolina could lose its appeal, if it ever had any, as a tourist attraction on October 29 after the state releases 20 very dangerous criminals based on an antiquated law. Some of the criminals were convicted of murder, rape and sexual assault of minors but they will be released because a law states that a life sentence is defined as 80 years. Most of these criminals have been denied parole repeatedly, but some earned good conduct credits which reduces the number of years they would have to spend in prison. One man raped a 15 year old girl after he had escaped from prison back in the 70s. Another woman murdered a state trooper while robbing a bank. There are 20 to be released and all but ONE was convicted of murder and/or rape. Law enforcement officials say that they hope these criminals have been rehabilitated but he doubts it, which is why they were given life sentences in the first place--because there is no hope for people like them. The state is still looking at a legal recourse, but so far, they have found nothing.
Well, I guess I won't be visiting any of the southern states for awhile. Just because they are in prison in North Carolina, don't mean they are going to stay there. Most of them will try to jump ship as soon as possible because they know that law enforcement will be keeping an eye on them. This is quite disturbing and once again our "humane" justice system is failing. I'm all for equal rights and whatever, but this is kind of ridiculous. Even if the law says eighty years, none of these people have been in jail for eighty years. If they had, they would all be dead. I can't see how their "good conduct" credits count for them. If they want to be the letter of the law, then call me back at the end of eighty years.
Stepfather, and Not the Movie Either
A Florida man is under arrest on attempted murder charges after he shot his step-daughter's boyfriend when caught the two of them having sex. The step-father went to the daughter's room and saw her and the boyfriend having sex. Instead of confronting them right then and there, he closed the door and went back down stairs to get a .45. He came back upstairs, opened the door and started blazing. The boy was screaming, don't shoot, don't shoot, but the father shot him 4 times in the leg and hip while he was struggling to put his clothes back on. The kid managed to get out of the house and down the street where a neighbour called the police. When the father went to court, it was discovered that he also had assault and weapons charges in St. Croix, where he is from.
Just so you know, it is perfectly legal for a 16 year old to have sex with an 18 year old in the state of Florida, however, it may not be legal IN YOUR PARENTS' HOME! Kids have sex, yeah, I know but seriously, at your house when your parents are home? Not a smart move. I feel sorry for everybody involved. Dumb girl for getting her boyfriend shot, dumb boy for getting shot and stupid daddy for overreacting. He should have just beat the kid up and threw him out the front door or something, but shooting him MULTIPLE TIMES, well, I hope you enjoy your 25 to life in prison. The boy will be crippled for life. The girl will be humiliated and the daddy is in jail. Have a nice life.
Celebrity News
TLC will sue John Gosselin for breach of contract, claiming that he makes unauthorised public disclosures about the show and appears on other shows for money when he is an exclusive employee of TLC. Even though he was fired from the show, he still made many appearances before he was fired. Yes, this public abortion is still on-going. TLC announced recently that Jon and Kate Plus Eight and any other version of the show, such as Kate Plus Eight will go off the air at the end of the month because Jon suddenly had an epiphany and thinks the show is bad for his children and the family. *rolls eyes* But apparently, he didn't think snatching over $200,000 out of the family bank account was harmful for the children. Whateves. The judge made him give back most of the money after Kate went crying to national television that she can't pay her bills. Now she will have to actually work like the rest of America to take care of the kids she claimed were crying because the camera crews were gone. Since daycare is outrageous these days, maybe she can ask the Octo-Mom to take care of them, since she obviously has some experience at exploiting multiple children.
For those of you who managed to be blissfully unaware of the Balloon Boy fiasco yesterday, it has been discovered that it was probably just a big publicity stunt. The family is freakish about science and they are always inventing things and doing crazy scientific experiments. The built some kind of hot air balloon that they will use to investigate extraterrestrials but it was alleged that the six year old unleashed the balloon that was tied to the house and jumped in it so he could go on his very own hot air balloon ride. His older brother claimed that he saw the younger one get in the balloon and this sparked a state wide search of flight paths and crop circles to look for the little brat. It turned out, he was hiding in the attic because "his father yelled at him." When interviewed, the boy blurted out that it was "apart of the show." Interviewers tried to further question him, but he clammed up and the daddy became "outraged" that such questions were even being asked. The family appeared on the show Wife Swap some time ago, and perhaps they are just media-hungry that they would pretend that their kid was floating away a mile above the earth. I bet if you slap their asses with some fines for the misuse of emergency personnel and services, they would keep all that scientific experimentation crap to themselves. They even had the national guard fly Blackhawks across farm land to look for him. Some people will do anything.
Today's Thought
What is time? The shadow on the dial, the striking of the clock, the running of the sand, day and night, summer and winter, months, years, centuries--these are but arbitrary and outward signs, the measure of Time, not Time itself. Time is the Life of the soul. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Today's History
In 1793, during the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, was beheaded.
In 1859, racial abolitionist John Brown initiated the raid on Harper's Ferry.
Today's News
Red Light, Green Light
A brothel in Berlin is offering discounts for customers who think about the environment. If you take public transportation or ride a bicycle to the whorehouse, then you can get a 5 euro discount (about $7.50) off your service! The brothel owner said they are rewarding these customers because times are hard and they are seeing a drop off of business because of the economy. Nobody is travelling for business anymore and the locals don't come around as often. For those who are saving money with public transportation, they can also save money with their favourite hooker. And in case you didn't know, prostitution is legal in Berlin.
I guess hoes want to go green too! Save the earth. Ride a hoe.
No Wedding Bells
A Louisiana justice of the peace refused to issue a marriage license for an interracial couple because he said he was worried about the children the couple might have in the future. He said it was his experience that interracial marriages do not last long and if they had any children, they would suffer. He insists that he is not a racist, but after having this discussion with white and black people, he has come to the conclusion that mixed children do not fit in well with black society and neither do they fit in well with white society. The couple will be filing a discrimination suit.
Uhm, is it 1963? I coulda swore it was 2009, but apparently we either went back in time or this is South Africa somewhere during the apartheid. Some of us, white and black, feel the sting of racism more than others do. Oh, wait, I forgot, he said he wasn't racist. Whatever. Some of us live this daily, and others either go through life blindly or maybe it truly has never happened to them. When you see stuff like this, you can hardly believe it, but then again, it almost doesn't surprise you. I'm just wondering how he thought he could actually get away with this unnoticed. You do know it's against the law to deny a marriage license based on colour, right? Just in case you didn't.
North Carolina, Anybody?
North Carolina could lose its appeal, if it ever had any, as a tourist attraction on October 29 after the state releases 20 very dangerous criminals based on an antiquated law. Some of the criminals were convicted of murder, rape and sexual assault of minors but they will be released because a law states that a life sentence is defined as 80 years. Most of these criminals have been denied parole repeatedly, but some earned good conduct credits which reduces the number of years they would have to spend in prison. One man raped a 15 year old girl after he had escaped from prison back in the 70s. Another woman murdered a state trooper while robbing a bank. There are 20 to be released and all but ONE was convicted of murder and/or rape. Law enforcement officials say that they hope these criminals have been rehabilitated but he doubts it, which is why they were given life sentences in the first place--because there is no hope for people like them. The state is still looking at a legal recourse, but so far, they have found nothing.
Well, I guess I won't be visiting any of the southern states for awhile. Just because they are in prison in North Carolina, don't mean they are going to stay there. Most of them will try to jump ship as soon as possible because they know that law enforcement will be keeping an eye on them. This is quite disturbing and once again our "humane" justice system is failing. I'm all for equal rights and whatever, but this is kind of ridiculous. Even if the law says eighty years, none of these people have been in jail for eighty years. If they had, they would all be dead. I can't see how their "good conduct" credits count for them. If they want to be the letter of the law, then call me back at the end of eighty years.
Stepfather, and Not the Movie Either
A Florida man is under arrest on attempted murder charges after he shot his step-daughter's boyfriend when caught the two of them having sex. The step-father went to the daughter's room and saw her and the boyfriend having sex. Instead of confronting them right then and there, he closed the door and went back down stairs to get a .45. He came back upstairs, opened the door and started blazing. The boy was screaming, don't shoot, don't shoot, but the father shot him 4 times in the leg and hip while he was struggling to put his clothes back on. The kid managed to get out of the house and down the street where a neighbour called the police. When the father went to court, it was discovered that he also had assault and weapons charges in St. Croix, where he is from.
Just so you know, it is perfectly legal for a 16 year old to have sex with an 18 year old in the state of Florida, however, it may not be legal IN YOUR PARENTS' HOME! Kids have sex, yeah, I know but seriously, at your house when your parents are home? Not a smart move. I feel sorry for everybody involved. Dumb girl for getting her boyfriend shot, dumb boy for getting shot and stupid daddy for overreacting. He should have just beat the kid up and threw him out the front door or something, but shooting him MULTIPLE TIMES, well, I hope you enjoy your 25 to life in prison. The boy will be crippled for life. The girl will be humiliated and the daddy is in jail. Have a nice life.
Celebrity News
TLC will sue John Gosselin for breach of contract, claiming that he makes unauthorised public disclosures about the show and appears on other shows for money when he is an exclusive employee of TLC. Even though he was fired from the show, he still made many appearances before he was fired. Yes, this public abortion is still on-going. TLC announced recently that Jon and Kate Plus Eight and any other version of the show, such as Kate Plus Eight will go off the air at the end of the month because Jon suddenly had an epiphany and thinks the show is bad for his children and the family. *rolls eyes* But apparently, he didn't think snatching over $200,000 out of the family bank account was harmful for the children. Whateves. The judge made him give back most of the money after Kate went crying to national television that she can't pay her bills. Now she will have to actually work like the rest of America to take care of the kids she claimed were crying because the camera crews were gone. Since daycare is outrageous these days, maybe she can ask the Octo-Mom to take care of them, since she obviously has some experience at exploiting multiple children.
For those of you who managed to be blissfully unaware of the Balloon Boy fiasco yesterday, it has been discovered that it was probably just a big publicity stunt. The family is freakish about science and they are always inventing things and doing crazy scientific experiments. The built some kind of hot air balloon that they will use to investigate extraterrestrials but it was alleged that the six year old unleashed the balloon that was tied to the house and jumped in it so he could go on his very own hot air balloon ride. His older brother claimed that he saw the younger one get in the balloon and this sparked a state wide search of flight paths and crop circles to look for the little brat. It turned out, he was hiding in the attic because "his father yelled at him." When interviewed, the boy blurted out that it was "apart of the show." Interviewers tried to further question him, but he clammed up and the daddy became "outraged" that such questions were even being asked. The family appeared on the show Wife Swap some time ago, and perhaps they are just media-hungry that they would pretend that their kid was floating away a mile above the earth. I bet if you slap their asses with some fines for the misuse of emergency personnel and services, they would keep all that scientific experimentation crap to themselves. They even had the national guard fly Blackhawks across farm land to look for him. Some people will do anything.
Today's Thought
What is time? The shadow on the dial, the striking of the clock, the running of the sand, day and night, summer and winter, months, years, centuries--these are but arbitrary and outward signs, the measure of Time, not Time itself. Time is the Life of the soul. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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