Zimmerman's brother says George is worried about 'vigilantes'

I have no comment on the merits of either party's position in this discussion, but:

Furthermore, don't you have better things to do with your time than making your continuous posts on this forum with your (usually) miscalculations!!!

How is this for blunt -- get a life!!!!According to the Yahoo groups messages search function, Player A has made ( Read more... )

New Mexico Governor's Grandparents Were Illegal Immigrants

"Gov. Susana Martinez, who supports a bill that would prevent illegal immigrants from obtaining driver's licenses in New Mexico, has acknowledged her father's parents came to the United States without papers. What do you think?"

Granted that one incident, no matter how ironically timed, doesn't prove anything; nevertheless:

A bareheaded motorcyclist participating in a ride to protest mandatory helmet laws was killed when he was thrown over the handlebars in Onondaga, New York ( Read more... )

Sarah Palin says jury duty comes before bus tour

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said on Wednesday she was pausing her "One Nation" bus tour to answer the call of jury duty and denied media reports her much-hyped multi-state jaunt had been cut short ( Read more... )

Comcast is being sued for non-payment by the collection agency they engaged to hound their customers: "According to the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Comcast is being taken to court for non-payment by a bill collection agency it used to collect past-due payments from customers. The suit alleges that Comcast agreed to pay $5 for each account it closed and ( Read more... )

This would be funny if it weren't so sad:

Yesterday, Andrew Sullivan put up a post about an extremely brutal hate-crime attack on an openly gay man. The 2-minute news report he embeds is depressing, but there was something to laugh about at the end. The studio interviewed one of the attackers' friends, who proudly displayed this tattoo: [image ( Read more... )

The merits of the proposed laws may be debatable (they go further than the CA must-use-handsfree law), this comment is high-larious:

Ugh, first the red light cameras, now cell phone bans. We're becoming like Nannyfornia! If you're going to pass these invasive laws, may as well legalize pot while you're at it.Which sorta reminds me of this tweet ( ( Read more... )

via boingboing, here's one for JP's make-this-stuff-up tag:

Kentucky Stomper Wants An Apology From Woman He Assaulted

"I don't think it's that big of a deal," Profitt said. "I would like for her to apologize to me to be honest with you ( Read more... )

Not a joke: "Jimi Heselden, the owner of the Segway company, has died after riding one of the two-wheeled machines off a cliff and into a river. The multi-millionaire businessman, 62, fell into the River Wharfe while inspecting the grounds of his North Yorkshire estate on a rugged country version of the Segway."