Stolen from:theweaselking

Police: Mom gave teen son a gun to take revenge

"In one of the most chilling public statements ever made by a U.S. Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales questioned whether the U.S. Constitution grants habeas corpus rights of a fair trial to every American." - ROBERT PARRY of the Baltimore Chronicle

Gonzales Questions Habeas Corpus “There is no expressed grant of habeas in the Constitution; there’ ( Read more... )

Steve Irwin - Article stolen from shinannMy heart hurts for his family. The little I saw of Steve Irwin over the years, was enough to know that he was a very passionate man about everything he did. I remember seeing the 3 of them on Oprah one day, and I can remember thinking, what a "brave" woman his wife must be, because this guy is nuts! Not, lock him ( Read more... )

Borrowed from mynn

Police say couple's sextuplet claim was a con...Sarah Everson offered no explanation for the hoax. “I’m not talking to anybody right now,” she said, “because nobody gets it.”

I just can't fu@%ing believe the nerve of some people.

POX PARTIES!?!?!
I actually made a comment in a friends journal the other day about the chicken-pox vaccine. See link HERE. Although I agreed w/ exposing my OWN kids to one another if one got sick (instead of putting the sick child in "quarantine") since we, as a family, are pretty much exposed to all the same air, germs, etc, I couldn't imagine ( Read more... )

Rest In Peace

I'll admit..It took me a long time to understand Richard Pryor's brand of comedy. I just didn't get how a person could be so crass and funny at the same time....then I grew up. Sometimes, awful sh*t is just funny.
Hindsight, lessons learned, revelations, a slap in the face, OMG what was I thinking, you've got to be kidding me, ( Read more... )

Just plain political bad luck that, in June, Bush took his little ax and chopped $71.2 million from the budget of the New Orleans Corps of Engineers, a 44 percent reduction. As was reported in New Orleans CityBusiness at the time, that meant "major hurricane and flood projects will not be awarded to local engineering firms. Also, a study to ( Read more... )

-Found by tobidian:

(CNN) -- New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin blasted the slow pace of federal and state relief efforts in an expletive-laced interview with local radio station WWL-AM.

Mayor to feds: 'Get off your asses' <- Here is the transcript.

Excerpt:WWL: Well, you and I must be in the minority. Because apparently there's a section of our citizenry out ( Read more... )

Why is That?

Article: Black people loot, white people find?

This shit is why race relations never gets anywhere in this country.

The original blurbs are here: Blurb 1 & Blurb 2

[EDIT: 01/04/06 - Links no longer work.]

And since we're on the subject: Lost in the Flood - Why no mention of race or class in TV's Katrina coverage?

Taken from Rowling's Latest Book Beats Previous Potter Records Author JK Rowling's latest Harry Potter book has beaten the record of her last five boy wizard releases - by selling a staggering 6.9 million copies in America in just 24 hours. The eagerly-awaited Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince novel has earned more than $100 million in ( Read more... )