The United States government reportedly began coordinating with NATO its plans for a possible military attack against Iran.
The German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel collected various reports from the German media indicating that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are examining the prospects of such a strike.
According to the report, CIA chief Porter Gus, in his last visit to Turkey on December 12, requested Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to provide military bases to the United States in 2006 from where they would be able to launch an assault.
The German news agency DDP also noted that countries neighboring Iran, such as Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Oman, and Pakistan were also updated regarding the supposed plan. American sources sent to those countries apparently mentioned an aerial attack as a possibility, but did not provide a time frame for the operation.
Although Der Spiegel could not say that these plans were concrete, they did note that according to a January 2005 New Yorker report American forces had entered Iran in 2005 in order to mark possible targets for an aerial assault.source: http://www.jpost.com
We've all heard about people having guts or balls. But do you really know the difference between them?
GUTS: is arriving home late after a night out with the guys, being assaulted by your wife with a broom, and having the guts to ask: "Are you still cleaning, or are you flying somewhere?"
BALLS: is coming home late after a night out with the guys, smelling of perfume and beer, lipstick on your collar, slapping your wife on the ass and having the balls to say: "You're next."
I hope this clears up any confusion on the subject.
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. - A woman who police thought deliberately tried to swallow her cell phone during an argument with her boyfriend was apparently the victim of an assault instead, authorities said. Police have a suspect in the bizarre incident that sent the 24-year- old woman to the hospital last week, Sgt. Allen Kintz said. Police would not say whether the boyfriend was the suspect and would not explain exactly what they believe happened. "It appears she didn't voluntarily swallow this phone," Kintz said. "It's not quite the way it was first portrayed."
Early Friday, police responded to a call from a Blue Springs man who said his girlfriend was having trouble breathing. Police arrived to find a woman with a cell phone lodged in her throat.
Police were initially told the boyfriend wanted the phone and the woman tried to swallow it so that he could not get it.
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This is probably the best e-mail I've seen in a long, long time. The following has been attributed to State Representative Mitchell Aye from GA. This guy should run for President one day...
"We the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid more riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior, and secure the blessings of debt free liberty to ourselves and our great-great-great-grandchildren, hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny, guilt ridden, delusional, and other liberal bed-wetters. We hold these truths to be self evident: that a whole lot of people are confused by the Bill of Rights and are so dim they require a Bill of NON-Rights.
ARTICLE I: You do not have the right to a new car, big screen TV, or any other form of wealth. More power to you if you can legally acquire them, but no one is guaranteeing anything.
ARTICLE II: You do not have the right to never be offended. This country is based on freedom, and that means freedom for everyone -- not just you! You may leave the room, turn the channel, express a different opinion, etc.; but the world is full of idiots, and probably always will be.
ARTICLE III: You do not have the right to be free from harm. If you stick a screwdriver in your eye, learn to be more careful, do not expect the tool manufacturer to make you and all your relatives independently wealthy.
ARTICLE IV: You do not have the right to free food and housing. Americans are the most charitable people to be found and will gladly help anyone in need, but we are quickly growing weary of subsidizing generation after generation of professional couch potatoes who achieve nothing more than the creation of another generation of professional couch potatoes.
ARTICLE V: You do not have the right to free health care. That would be nice, but from the looks of public housing, we're just not interested in public health care.
ARTICLE VI: You do not have the right to physically harm other people. If you kidnap, rape, intentionally maim, or kill someone, don't be surprised if the rest of us want to see you fry in the electric chair.
ARTICLE VII: You do not have the right to the possessions of others. If you rob, cheat, or coerce away the goods or services of other citizens, don't be surprised if the rest of us get together and lock you away in a place where you still won't have the right to a big screen color TV or a life of leisure.
ARTICLE VIII: You do not have the right to a job. All of us sure want you to have a job, and will gladly help you along in hard times, but we expect you to take advantage of the opportunities of education and vocational training laid before you to make yourself useful.
ARTICLE IX: You do not have the right to happiness. Being an American means that you have the right to PURSUE happiness which, by the way, is a lot easier if you are unencumbered by an over abundance of idiotic laws created by those of you who were confused by the Bill of Rights.
ARTICLE X: This is an English speaking country. We don't care where you are from, English is our language. Learn it or go back to wherever you came from!
(lastly....)
ARTICLE XI: You do not have the right to change our country's history or heritage. This country was founded on the belief in one true God. And yet, you are given the freedom to believe in any religion, any faith, or no faith at all; with no fear of persecution. The phrase IN GOD WE TRUST is part of our heritage and history and if you are uncomfortable with it, TOUGH!!!!
If you agree, share this with a friend. No, you don't have to, and nothing tragic will befall you if you don't. I just think it's about time common sense is allowed to flourish.
Tuesday, December 20, 2005 There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
A Social Issues Christmas Carol
Ebenezer Stooge .................... Boaz Frankel Scratchit ............................... Starlyin Jacob Snarley ........................ ZakJan Ghost of Christmas Past .......Mr. Enigma Ghost of Christmas Present ..Lord Merciful Voo Ghost of Christmas Future ....Intelligent Chatter Tiny Mind .............................. Isabellah
It was the night of Christmas Eve, a night like any other for Ebenezer Stooge, as he sat at his desk plowing through pages of tedious insults, as his enemy list grew larger around him.
Scratchit: (answering nasty PM's) Stooge, could I ask you a question about Christmas?
Stooge: No.
Scratchit: Please Stooge, I'm only asking for one night of merriment filled with the sounds of laughter and joy. You know Stooge, Christmas sounds.
Stooge: (food dribbling down his chin) Bah Humfuck! I said no! Now back to work Scratchit. We have people to torment tonight.
Scatchit goes back to answering gossipy PM's
Scratchit: I just want one night of fun, Christmas is as good as any.
Stooge: Bah Humfuck! Little wonder you haven't made progress as a bitch in the past five years. If you want a career on Pal Talk radio, you must spend all night, every night, tormenting people to make this room large in numbers. Then, and only then, will a Red Coat show up so we can kiss their ass. Then we get fame and power.
Scratchit goes back to typing, muttering something obscene under her breath. Stooge resumes slinging racial slurs and epithets.
Stooge: (mumbling and scratching his ass) Bah Humfuck! Damn the do gooders. Why should I waste my time insulting, tormenting, torturing, lying and ridiculing people, if all you want to do Scratchit is play nice at Christmas? Without colossal crowds, I'll never get my status as Admiral Asshole of Social Issues back. Don't you understand I'll use anyone for that?
Jacob Snarley enters the room moaning, shackled with a half used blue name and a ban from a Red Coat.
Snarly: Green names now, is it?
Stooge is shocked to hear his nemesis in the room.
Stooge: (cleaning out his ears with a fork) Why, if I didn't know better, I'd swear that is the voice of my old friend, now arch enemy, Jacob Snarley. But it can't be, she is long gone from this program due to my cunning and ruthless ways.
Snarley: As hateful as ever I see Stooge.
Stooge: That's right Snarley, but shouldn't you be banned?
Snarley: I am.
Stooge: ( beginning to shake, after repeated attempts to bounce Snarley from the room) Go away
Snarley: (laughing) Not so easy to get rid of me now, is it Stooge? I've come to give you one last chance to change your ugly ways before it's too late. Tonight you will be visited by three ghosts. No Red Coat can help you either.
Snarley leaves the room, moaning loudly as she drags her heavy banning ball and chains.
Stooge tosses off Snarley's warning, and goes back to insulting people in his room. Calling Pluribus a liar, SpicyCajun a sand-nigger lover, MothersBrule a dirty Injun, Jannhere a trouble maker, SwanSongstress a slut, and CharlesNewYork a coward, as he dots and bounces anyone who is not his personal sycophant.
THE PAST
Mr. Enigma enters the room.
Stooge: (shaking with fear, attempting to bounce him) I thought you were dead?
Enigma (laughing) My dear man, the rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated. I am here to remind you of what Social Issues use to be. Touch my nightshirt, and come with me back to the beginning.
Stooge's outstretched hand touches the aura of Enigma genius, and suddenly they see all the rooms from years gone by. Stooge is shocked, and racked with painful curiosity.
Enigma: (pointing) Look! Enigma's Corner. It was a good room for people with brains. Your supercilious shallow attempts to be more than the congenital idiot you are, never bothered me, but they did my friends. Then you made every attempt to destroy what I'd created.
Stooge (trying to look away) I thought you were all horrible nasty people that had to be obliterated from the face of Social Issues. Like the Muslims, and blacks, and Native Americans and anyone else that didn't act, or think like, me?
Enigma: See, over there, it's Peppi, Robert, Pstur, Xcalibur, Stefhaj, MomofAngelBaby, Karl Marx, all having fun with my lovely wife Molly and me.
Stooge: (wiping a tear from his eye) I never knew you were having fun, I thought you were all ugly mean Brits.
Enigma: (pointing to another room) Social Tissues, remember them? Windy, Maggie Dawson, Hey Richie, KimDeer, Bubzie, Mac_Talla, all minding their own business.
Stooge: (soft voice) Yes, I remember them. I didn't like them, but you didn't like them either Enigma.
Enigma: (frowning and pointing) God gave you two ears and one mouth for a reason, use them both wisely Stooge. Look there, see those people laughing at Goddess and God snuggling in the corner, and there, Barrister, Boats, Rykelle, Chirper, and Granddad. RunninFerCover, and his funny songs,Tornado and Sabrina sitting in a room made for two. Sensibly Forward and Oooga Booga causing shit. Olivia and her wonderful friends room. Do you remember them?
Stooge (wiping snot on his sleeve) What happened to them all ?
Enigma: Some died, some changed their names, some banned for life, while others remained, but were never the same. They couldn't take your horse shit any longer.
Stooge: (looking around) What happened to Starlyin's room, I don't see it?
Enigma. (waving his egg sandwich in the air) Her room was the largest, it's over there.
Stooge: (sad voice as he watches) They are all laughing at Nummy's humor. Tickadeeboo and DuhhMale are teasing Starlyin. Moxy is arguing with everyone. So many people enjoying themselves. And over there I see the Rat Pack, with Karma, Sinatra, Andrea, Getty, Athena, and Pete the Crumb. What a wild bunch. They did enjoy themselves, didn't they?
Enigma: Yes Stooge, they did, but the best is yet to come. Look!
Stooge (deep sobs) Show me no more Enigma. If you have a drop of decency, you will stop this torture.
Enigma: (chortling) Me? Decent? Don't be foolish.
Stooge: (laying on the floor pounding his fists and kicking his feet) It's my old radio show. The room is flooded with people. I am famous, and Jacob Snarley is right there with me. Take5 too. They are my friends. We are a team. Why? Why? Why are you doing this to me Engima.......Engima?
Stooge is nudged by Scratchit in PM.
Stooge: (wiping tears from his chin) What do you want now Scratchit?
Scratchit: Tiny Mind just sent me a message, can she come into the room? After all it's Christmas.
Stooge: (venomous) Bah Humfuck! Are there no rooms for her to go to with Conservative Atheist? No rooms for the outcasts, the downtrodden, the banished and banned? She is not my problem. Now get back to hate and gossip Scratchit, or there'll be no green name for you.
Scratchit goes back to spreading rumors in PM.
PRESENT
Lord Merciful Voo enters the room
Stooge: (hitting bounce button repeatedly) Get out of my room, Voo.
Stooge: (corner cringing) Don't tell me, I know, I have to go with you.
Voo: (laughing louder) Yes, you do, now touch my ego and we'll be off.
Stooge grabs Voo by the ego, as they soar above Social Issues.
Voo: (cackling loudly) I said my ego Stooge, and that is not my ego (slaps Stooge's hand). Look at Mainstream Politics, I stole the idea of a political room from SusieQ and Barrister, after my disastrous free-for-all room failed miserably. I'm credited with raising the bar for hate in Social Issues.
Stooge: (in awe) You sure did Voo, but how do you keep your numbers so high ?
Voo: (twirling his briefs) Hate my boy, pure, honest, unadulterated, vile, degrading, humiliating hate. Only way to go. It's like a pit bull fight ring in my room. I bring in the poor dumb slobs who want to fight at all costs, toss in two foolish, fame seeking, flesh dripping bones, like Karl and Karen Dances, sprinkle it all with arrogant idiots like Nooogie, Imilac, bwpolecat, Vic RG Swan and Tom Joad (use to be Grandad), give them all hats, and it's the perfect recipe for a Social Issues success story.
Stooge: (sad face) But I want to be famous.
Voo: You don't have the brains or balls for it Stooge, you are too wrapped up in being an ass kissing sycophant to the Red Coats. I, on the other hand, don't give a shit about them.
Stooge: But what about the other rooms. I destroyed them. Doesn't that count for anything?
Voo: You didn't destroy them, you only destroyed Starlyin's room. The Europe room took the Enigma leftovers, Greeneyes has the abused by Starlyin group, Campingfool the house on wheels idiots, Slammer and Truman got the short bus drop offs, and the rest are walking dead heads who travel from room to room waiting for a train wreck. As soon as any of them smell blood, they swam. I draw first blood, I have the large crowds. I win.
Stooge: (jaw dropping) My room is shit? People just wasting time till something better comes along?
Voo: (hysterical with laughter) You got it Bozo Brain. You did all my dirty work, and I didn't have to lift a hate word, you fool. First you drove the decent folks, like Pluribus, Janhere, and SpicyCajun, from your room, and then you got rid of the only drawing card you had ---- MothersBrule. How dumb is that? I snatched up that bit of crazy before you could say "Sioux the bastard". Now my room is so big, I had to give Karl a spin off room.
Stooge: (sobbing) No! No! I'm the most important person in Social Issues Voo. Me, only me! Voo? Voo? ...........Voo?
Scratchit (shouting on mic) What's the matter with you Stooge, Voo isn't in the room?
Stooge: I didn't say Voo, I said Bah Humfuck, and get back to work Scratchit.
FUTURE
Intelligent Chatter enters the room
Stooge: (seeing new name in the room) Come to the mic, or leave the room now. I need some information from you, so that I can abuse you.
Intelligent Chatter: (smiling) Stooge, you can't bully me. I am here to show you Social Issues in the Future. Kiss my kindness and follow me.
Stooge: But, I don't want to go, I'm tired, and afraid.
Intelligent Chatter (hits Stooge over the head with a Christmas bell) Better?
Stooge: (rubbing side of head) Yes, thanks, I needed that. Where are we going?
Intelligent Chatter: I am going to show you the future of Social Issues.
Intelligent Chatter and Stooge arrive in Starlyin's room, where everyone sits quietly staring at a computer tower in the corner on its side and covered with cobwebs.
Stooge: (curious look on face) Whose computer is that?
Intelligent Chatter: It's Tiny Mind's, she doesn't need it any longer.
Stooge: Why?
Intelligent Chatter: There were no rooms left for her to go to, so she just sat in that corner until one day there was nothing left but a pile of bones. Even then a brain could not be found. So sad.
Stooge: (pointing) And those people?
Intelligent Chatter: That old woman unable to move or speak is MothersBruleSioux, she just talked herself out one day, and hasn't moved since. Tickles, why he became so nice , he turned to sugar and was dropped into a coffee mug by mistake. That is Dr. Addy taking everyone's pulse. Goddess is in the corner trying to pick up that old guy from England who died a year ago. We don't have the heart to tell her he's dead, but I guess it doesn't matter any way. That's Charles and Sally over there, playing cheaters checkers, they love to hide each other's teeth for excitement.
Stooge: (in disbelief) Where is Voo, and the rest of the people? Why no rooms but this one?
Intelligent Chatter: All gone. Voo tripped over his own tongue and died in the fall. Karl, as always, was right behind him when it happened, but they were unable to pull Karl's head out of Voo's ass before he asphyxiated. Karen Dances jumped off the top of the Google building when she heard the news. Then the rest of his room drowned themselves in political rhetoric. It was horrible.
Stooge: What about Chat Attack, Joan, Andrea, Luan and Kaboom?
Intelligent Chatter: Luan and Kaboom married, Joan ran away with Slammer to live in Utah and raise goats. Andrea found Elvis outside of Vegas in a tent, and they are living happily at Graceland. Chat is working for Saturday Night Live, as a writer. Campingfool and Zippergate sell beer to AA members, Tornado changed his name to King of Gondor ,and last heard, he's doing well at the home for the cyberly insane. Crazy Cajun is running for President. Zulu MaGoo her running mate, and all round errand boy. E Pluribus and Janhere have a small porn book store in Utah, and the last that was seen of USMC 48, was in a bell tower screaming... "Top of the world Ma, Top of the world."
Stooge: (scratching his nuts) The Brits?
Itelligent Chatter: (holding back tears) They lost their lives during a chip pan fire at Enigma's annual Christmas party.
IMMIGRANTS, NOT AMERICANS, MUST ADAPT. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Americans.. However...... the dust from the attacks had barely settled when the "politically correct! " crowd began complaining about the possibility that our patriotism was offending others.
I am not against immigration, nor do I hold a grudge against anyone who is seeking a better life by coming to ! America. Our population is almost entirely made up of descendants of immigrants. However, there are a few things that those who have recently come to our country, and apparently some born here, need to understand. This idea of America being a multicultural community has served only to dilute our sovereignty and our national identity. As Americans...... we have our own culture, our own society, our own language and our own lifestyle. This culture has been developed over centuries of struggles, trials, and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom.
We speak ENGLISH, not Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese, Gaelic,Japanese, Russian, or any other language.
Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society, learn the language!
"In God We Trust" is our national motto. This is not some Christian, right wing, political slogan.. We adopted this motto because Christian men and women.......on Christian principles............. founded this nation..... and this is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home.........because God is part of our culture.
If Stars and Stripes offend you, or you don't like Uncle Sam, then you should seriously consider a move to another part of this planet. We are happy with our culture and have no desire to change, and we really don't care how you did things where you came from. This is OUR COUNTRY, our land, and our lifestyle. Our First Amendment gives every citizen the right to express his opinion and we will allow you every opportunity to do so! But once you are done complaining....... whining...... and griping....... about our flag........ our pledge...... our national motto........or our way of life.....I highly encourage you to take advantage of one other Great American Freedom.......
Cave-Grown Marijuana Operation Busted in Tennessee HARTSVILLE, Tenn. Three men were busted in what police say was a sophisticated pot growing operation like something out of a James Bond movie. The Marijuana was grown inside a cave with special lighting and devices to keep the temperature right. These guys even spliced into the power lines to steal some of the power to grow these plants. This operation would grow 100 pounds of pot every 8 weeks. District Attorney Tommy Thompson claims they where growing it faster in the cave than outside. Brian Gibson, Greg Compton and Fred Strunk where arrested in Florida and are now in jail. Compton and Gibson's bail was set at 5 million and Strunk's bail was set at 15 million. source:http://tennessean.com
Stalin ordered the creation of half-man, half-ape super-warriors...
THE Soviet dictator Josef Stalin ordered the creation of Planet of the Apes-style warriors by crossing humans with apes, according to recently uncovered secret documents.
Moscow archives show that in the mid-1920s Russia's top animal breeding scientist, Ilya Ivanov, was ordered to turn his skills from horse and animal work to the quest for a super-warrior. According to Moscow newspapers, Stalin told the scientist: "I want a new invincible human being, insensitive to pain, resistant and indifferent about the quality of food they eat."
In 1926 the Politburo in Moscow passed the request to the Academy of Science with the order to build a "living war machine". The order came at a time when the Soviet Union was embarked on a crusade to turn the world upside down, with social engineering seen as a partner to industrialisation: new cities, architecture, and a new egalitarian society were being created.
The Soviet authorities were struggling to rebuild the Red Army after bruising wars.
And there was intense pressure to find a new labour force, particularly one that would not complain, with Russia about to embark on its first Five-Year Plan for fast-track industrialisation.
Mr Ivanov was highly regarded. He had established his reputation under the Tsar when in 1901 he established the world's first centre for the artificial insemination of racehorses.
Mr Ivanov's ideas were music to the ears of Soviet planners and in 1926 he was dispatched to West Africa with $200,000 to conduct his first experiment in impregnating chimpanzees.
Meanwhile, a centre for the experiments was set up in Georgia - Stalin's birthplace - for the apes to be raised.
Mr Ivanov's experiments, unsurprisingly from what we now know, were a total failure. He returned to the Soviet Union, only to see experiments in Georgia to use monkey sperm in human volunteers similarly fail.
A final attempt to persuade a Cuban heiress to lend some of her monkeys for further experiments reached American ears, with the New York Times reporting on the story, and she dropped the idea amid the uproar.
Mr Ivanov was now in disgrace. His were not the only experiments going wrong: the plan to collectivise farms ended in the 1932 famine in which at least four million died.
For his expensive failure, he was sentenced to five years' jail, which was later commuted to five years' exile in the Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan in 1931. A year later he died, reportedly after falling sick while standing on a freezing railway platform.
Leon Czolgosz Timeline 1873 Leon Czolgosz born of Polish parents, Detroit. 1881 Family moves to Cleveland, OH. 1898 Nervous breakdown. Aug 1898 Czolgosz quits his factory job. 6 May 1901 Travels to Cleveland to see his anarchist hero, Emma Goldman, speak. 29 Jul 1901 An Italian-American anarchist assassinates King Umberto I of Italy. The incident entrances Czolgosz. On his arrest later, a clipping of the Umberto assassination was found on his person. 31 Aug 1901 Rents a room above a saloon in Buffalo, NY. 2 Sep 1901 Purchases a .32 Iver-Johnson revolver for $4.50, Buffalo NY. 5 Sep 1901 Sees McKinley speak at the Pan-American Exposition. 6 Sep 1901 While shaking hands at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, President William McKinley is shot twice in the abdomen at point-blank range with a .32 caliber revolver. He dies a week later. The assassin, an anarchist by the name of Leon Frank Czolgosz, actually is a lone gunman (for once). 14 Sep 1901 McKinley dies at 2:15 am. 23 Sep 1901 Eight hour, twenty six minute trial for the assassination of McKinley. Thirty four minutes later, guilty verdict. 29 Oct 1901 Leon Czolgosz electrocuted, 7:12 am, Auburn prison in New York. Three jolts, 1700 volts each. "I killed the President because he was the enemy of the good people--the good working people. I am not sorry for my crime." 29 Oct 1901 Sulfuric acid poured into Czolgosz' coffin.
Cleveland Ohio- Scotts Miracle-Gro company has made a statement to 6,000 employees in 21 states claiming that everyone who is a smoker can be legally fired and has till October to kick the habit. Scotts Miracle-Gro is trying to cut the cost of health insurance in the company located in Marysville Ohio and will help the employees try to kick the habit if needed. source:http://www.wkyc.com
Mother Injects Her Daughter to Cause Sickness Sarena Sherrard,30, is in big trouble after being charged with child abuse in which she was video taped by police injecting her 2 1/2-year-old daughter with human waste at Children's Hospital in Oklahoma City.
Sarena has a condition known as Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy in which she seeks attention from others by hurting her poor helpless little girl and getting attention from others.
Police claim that the child has had more than 15 surgeries and has been in the hospital for quite awhile in serious condition while the cause of her sickness was her very own mother. The mother will face life in prison if convicted.
Intel Criticizes '$100 Laptop' Program Intel Corp. Chairman Craig Barrett has blasted the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) media lab's plans to provide cheap $100 laptop computers for developing countries. The 'textbook' type computers will be delivered next year. "Mr. Negroponte has called it a $100 laptop — I think a more realistic title should be 'the $100 gadget'," Barrett, chairman of the world's largest chip maker, was quoted as saying. "The problem is that gadgets have not been successful." Nicholas Negroponte is in charge of the MIT media lab. He said that the new small, hand-cranked lime-green devices would be sold to governments for school kids at $100 each but that they will cost the general public $200. Barrett says it won't work.
GOLDEN, Colo. -- A former hospice worker was placed on 20 years of supervised probation and two years of work release after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a blind, deaf and nearly comatose 10-year-old girl with a terminal illness.
James Ernest Philpott, 55, apologized to the girl's family before his sentencing. He had pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust.
Police said Philpott told investigators he had sex with the girl because he wanted her to experience pleasure before she died. A licensed practical nurse, Philpott worked at the Hospice of St. John in Lakewood, Colo., at the time.
Philpott was arrested in 2004 after he allegedly told co-workers that he had sex with a 10-year-old girl and an 89-year-old woman at the hospice. During a phone conversation with a co-worker, he allegedly said the girl "was fun but the (elderly woman) was funner."
Charges were dismissed involving the elderly woman because she had dementia and wasn't sure whether the assault was real or a dream. Both have since died.
Philpott told police after his arrest that he had sex with the girl three times over a one-month period because he wanted her to experience pleasure before she died.
The alleged incidents took place in 2002 and 2003.
The hospice said he resigned in July 2004 for reasons unrelated to the allegations. His state license as a licensed practical nurse was suspended in September 2004.
Visiting Judge Frank Plaut first sentenced Philpott to 16 years to life but suspended the prison sentence and ordered probation and work release instead.
He warned Philpott he would re-sentence him to the original term for "one slip on one incident." source: http://www.thedenverchannel.com
SAN ANTONIO — A group of atheists at the University of Texas at San Antonio is putting a novel twist on the toys-for-guns programs run by many urban police departments. But instead of toys, they are handing out porn in exchange for bibles. “We consider the bible to be a very negative force in the history of the world,” student Ryan Walker said. Walker is part of a student group that calls itself the Atheist Agenda.
Club members this week posted fliers promoting what they call the “Smut for Smut” campaign then set up a table in the student union to collect religious materials and pass out adult magazines such as Black Label and Playboy.
The group is not officially sanctioned by the university and has raised the ire of several religious organizations on campus.
“In my opinion, there are no atheists. There are fools,” Pastor Rick Hawkins of UTSA’s Family Praise Center said. “So, that would be foolish propaganda. I don't know one believer that would take his Bible and turn it in for pornography.”
Hawkins obviously didn’t stop by the Atheist Agenda table, where several students had dropped off copies of the good book and walked away with skin mags.
Athiest Agenda isn’t the first student group to explore the idea of introducing porn to former bible toters. Members say they got the idea from students in Austin who ran a similar pro-porn drive.
Walker added that members thought it sounded like a creative way to exercise their freedom of speech.
In an unusual case of mistaken identity, a woman who thought a block of white cheese was cocaine is charged with trying to hire a hit man to rob and kill four men. The woman also was mistaken about the hit man. He turned out to be an undercover police officer.
Jessica Sandy Booth, 18, was arrested over the weekend and remains in jail with bond set at $1 million on four charges of attempted murder and four counts of soliciting a murder.
According to police, Booth was in the Memphis home of the four intended victims last week when she mistook a block of queso fresco cheese for cocaine — inspiring the idea to hire someone to break into the home, take the drugs, and kill the men.
An informant described the plot to police, who arranged a meeting between Booth and the undercover officer.
The undercover officer gave Booth some nonfunctioning handguns, bought ammunition for her because she was too young, and the two proceeded to the home under police surveillance.
Booth told the officer that any children inside the house old enough to testify would have to be killed, police said.
A search of the home with the permission of the occupants revealed no drugs — only the white, crumbly cheese common in Mexican cuisine.
"Four men were going to lose their lives over some cheese," said Lt. Jeff Clark, who heads Project Safe Neighborhoods.
My husband is a liar and a cheat. He has cheated on me from the beginning, and, when I confront him, he denies everything. What's worse, everyone knows that he cheats on me. It is so humiliating.
Also, since he lost his job four years ago, he hasn't even looked for a new one. All he does all day is smoke cigars, cruise around, and talk with his buddies while I have to work to pay the bills. Since our daughter went away to college he doesn't even pretend to like me and hints that I may be a lesbian. What should I do?
The highest court in South Africa has ordered the government in the country to allow same-sex marriages within the year. The Constitutional Court stated that laws be amended to define marriage as a "union between two persons". Justic Albie Sachs said: "The common law definition of marriage is declared to be inconsistent with the constitution and invalid to the extent that it does not permit same-sex couples to enjoy the status and benefits it accords heterosexual couples." The case was brought to the Constitutional Court by the home affairs department, which was appealing a ruling by the Surpreme Court that ruled current laws discriminate against homosexuals.
Squirrels Kill and Eat Dog Local media in Russia have reported how a gang of aggressive squirrels have bitten to death a stray dog which was barking at them in a park. Witnesses to the attack told of how the squirrels ran off with lumps of flesh when humans approached. The attack was witnessed by three local people in the parkland in the centre of Lazo, a village in the Maritime Territory. Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper quotes one of the witnesses saying "They literally gutted the dog," A scientist in the region claims that squirrels without sources of protein might attack birds' nests but attacking a dog is as yet unheard of adding "The little beasts are agitated because they have nothing to eat". source:http://news.bbc.co.uk
A federal judge on Wednesday barred the Indiana House from opening its sessions with specifically Christian prayers, ruling that such prayers amount to "an official endorsement of the Christian religion."
Judge David Hamilton advised House Speaker Brian Bosma that invocations given in the Legislature should not use the name of Jesus Christ or Christian terms such as savior.
Of 53 opening prayers given in the House during the 2005 session, 41 were given by clergy identified with Christian churches and at least 29 mentioned Jesus Christ, according to court documents.
Hamilton said that practice "amounts in practical terms to an official endorsement of the Christian religion."
"All are free to pray as they wish in their own houses of worship or in other settings," Hamilton wrote. "Those who wish to participate in a practice of official prayer must be willing to stay within constitutional bounds." Bosma called the ruling an "intolerable decision" that threatened free speech. He said he has directed his lawyers to study ways to overturn the decision.
The Indiana Civil Liberties Union challenged the prayer practices in a lawsuit on behalf of four people, including a Quaker lobbyist, who said they found the tradition of offering the usually Christian prayers offensive.
"The prayers send a very powerful message of exclusion to those who are not of that denomination," said Ken Falk, the ICLU's legal director.
Dozens of religious leaders signed a statement saying House prayers should honor religious diversity.
Judicial Watch to Monitor Hillary Clinton's Campaign for Re-election
The last time Hillary Clinton campaigned for the Senate in New York, she violated campaign finance laws by failing to report almost $2 million in contributions from former JW client Peter Paul leading to the federal indictment of her National Finance Chairman, David Rosen. To this day, she refuses to correct the record. Judicial Watch not only continues to seek justice in this matter, through its official complaint against Hillary Clinton with the Senate Ethics Committee and its public pressure campaign on the Department of Justice and the Federal Election Commission, but JW also recently launched a brand new campaign called, “Hillary Watch 2006.” more>>> www.judicialwatch.org
