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This extremely passive-aggressive airplane feud is one for the ages.
It took place on Thanksgiving Day between a middle-aged woman known as “Diane” and a righteously-indignant TV producer, Elan Gale, who live-tweeted the entire hilarious, maddening encounter as it happened. Continue reading “Annoying Airplane Passenger Thinks She’s The Only One Who Celebrates Thanksgiving”
Business Insider – by Rob Wile
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Slate.fr reports a Croatian community association in France is suing Bob Dylan and the French version of Rolling Stone magazine for racism.
Dylan, of course, was at the vanguard of the artistic wing of the Civil Rights movement, so it may seem impossible that anyone could accuse him of such a thing. Continue reading “Bob Dylan Is Getting Sued For ‘Racism’”
Huffington Post – by GILLIAN FLACCUS
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A former Marine who was awaiting trial in the deaths of six people, including four homeless men, died after ingesting Ajax in his jail cell, his lawyer said Friday.
Itzcoatl (ihts-KWAH’-tehl) Ocampo, 25, apparently accumulated the cleaning product over time while in custody, said his attorney, Michael Molfetta, who was briefed on the death. The incident raises serious questions about how well Orange County jail deputies were supervising Ocampo, who had mental health issues, Molfetta said. Continue reading “Suspect In Homeless Serial Killings Was Killed By Ajax: Lawyer”
A 29-year-old shopper was pepper sprayed and arrested Thursday in a New Jersey Walmart after arguing with a store manager about a TV and attacking an officer, police said.
Richard Ramos of Newark was charged with disorderly conduct, aggravated assault on a police officer and resisting arrest, according to Garfield police. Continue reading “Shopper Pepper Sprayed, Arrested in Argument Over TV at New Jersey Walmart”
A woman reportedly used some sort of a stun gun on a fellow shopper during a vicious Black Friday brawl at the Franklin Mills Mall in Philadelphia.
The incident, which was caught on video, occurred at around 2:30 a.m. Friday. Two women can be seen exchanging punches and wrestling on floor. Suddenly, one of the women pulls out what appears to be a stun gun to shock her foe. Continue reading “Shocking Video of Vicious Black Friday Brawl will Leave Many Wondering Which Direction our Society is Heading”
Prosecutors celebrated when a jury in 2010 convicted three New Orleans police officers for their roles in the post-Hurricane Katrina killing of Henry Glover and the ensuing elaborate cover-up, which included burning his body in an attempt to mask what investigators said was a bad shot by a rookie cop.
Then-U.S. Attorney Jim Letten called the jury’s verdict “a positive moment for the city.” New Orleans’ top FBI agent at the time said he convictions were one of his proudest accomplishments. Continue reading “Trial opens Monday for ex-NOPD officer charged with killing Henry Glover after Hurricane Katrina”
Yale Daily News – by ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER
Samuel See, assistant professor of English at Yale, was found dead on Sunday in a New Haven jail, according to spokespeople for the State Judicial Branch and the New Haven Police Department.
See was found dead at police headquarters at 1 Union Avenue, the detention facility where he was placed after being treated for injuries related to a domestic dispute over the weekend. See is on leave this semester from the English department, where he focuses on British and American modernist literature. Continue reading “Professor found dead in New Haven jail”
A Winter Haven, Fla., mom is accused of shooting and killing her daughter while the girl held her 4-month-old daughter in her arms.
The Orlando Sentinel reports that Adele Bing, 52, told police she shot her daughter in a case of mistaken identity and that authorities should lock her up “for good” according to an arrest report. Continue reading “Adele Bing Mistook Her Daughter For Boyfriend, Killed Her: Cops”
An officer was shot Wednesday afternoon in Inglewood, Calif., according to several local news outlets.
The suspect is barricaded inside a home with at least one hostageheld at gunpoint, according to CBS Los Angeles. An armored SWAT vehicle, more than a dozen police cars from multiple law enforcement agencies and at least one police helicopter responded to the scene, according to KTLA. Continue reading “Police Officer Shot; Suspect Barricaded In Inglewood Home”
Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)- An anti-freedom policy has been spreading across United States police departments, the legalized theft of citizens guns.
Recently, it occurred in Georgia. I am not talking about forfeiture laws. They are related but have been covered elsewhere.
This is a problem in many urban areas, and it is spreading. The policy is to impound guns, in extreme cases, all guns that officers come across, whether involved in any crime or not, then to refuse to return the guns until a judge issues an order to return them. As the attorney fees needed to obtain a court order can easily be 10 times what the gun is worth, most people do not bother. Continue reading “Legalized Theft of Guns”
Middletown, Connecticut –-(Ammoland.com)- In Middletown, Connecticut on November 25, 2013: During a Board of Firearms Permit Examiners meeting on November 14, 2013, Detective Barbara Mattson of the Connecticut State Police disclosed the name and the active permit status of at least one Connecticut State Pistol Permit holder on the public record.
This disclosure, prohibited by CGS 29-28(d), is both illegal and irresponsible. Continue reading “CT State Police Releases Confidential Info, Detective Barbara Mattson Illegally Exposes Permit Holders”
BELLEVUE, WA – -(Ammoland.com)- Supporters of Initiative 591, the common-sense background check measure that also prohibits government gun confiscation, will deliver their first batch of petitions bearing approximately 340,000 signatures this Thursday, Nov. 21 2013, to the Secretary of State’s office in Olympia.
I-591 is backed by a coalition of gun collectors, recreational shooters, sportsmen and law enforcement professionals, under the Protect Our Gun Rights umbrella organization. Continue reading “CCRKBA Coalition Moves to Prevent Gun Confiscation”
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QUEENSBURY, N.Y. – Coming soon to your local sheriff: 18-ton, armor-protected military fighting vehicles with gun turrets and bulletproof glass that were once the U.S. answer to roadside bombs during the Iraq war.
The hulking vehicles, built for about $500,000 each at the height of the war, are among the biggest pieces of equipment that the Defense Department is giving to law enforcement agencies under a national military surplus program. Continue reading “The spoils of war: Sheriffs, police nationwide getting armored vehicles left over from Iraq”
Oneida Daily Dispatch – by KAREN MATTHEWS
NEW YORK >> After months of debate about the risks of storing student data in the cloud, New York is pressing ahead with a plan to create a statewide database for every public school student’s grades, tests scores and attendance records — a tech startup proposal that drew interest from several other states that have now reconsidered.
Concerns from parents about who will have access to the information, how long it will be held and whether it will be used for marketing purposes have stalled the momentum of a startup that promised to bring efficiency and cost savings to record-keeping that is still largely handled district by district across the country. Continue reading “NY only state still planning to post students’ grades in cloud”
CNN – by Jim Sciutto and Chelsea J. Carter
Geneva, Switzerland (CNN) — A historic deal was struck early Sunday between Iran and six world powers over Tehran’s nuclear program that slows the country’s nuclear development program in exchange for lifting some sanctions while a more formal agreement is worked out.
The agreement — described as an “initial, six-month” deal — includes “substantial limitations that will help prevent Iran from creating a nuclear weapon,” U.S. President Barack Obama said in a nationally televised address. Continue reading “Obama: Iran nuclear deal limits ability to create nuclear weapons”
The French foreign minister says Iran and six world powers have reached a first stage agreement on curbing Tehran’s nuclear program in return for sanctions relief.
Laurent Fabius made the announcement without further details early Sunday in Geneva, in a fifth day of talks.
In Twitter postings, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and European spokesman Michael Mann both said that agreement was reached on preliminary steps to curb Iran’s nuclear program and ease economic sanctions. Continue reading “Diplomats: Iran, Six Powers Reach Nuclear Deal”
KillerMartinis – by Linda Tirado
There’s no way to structure this coherently. They are random observations that might help explain the mental processes. But often, I think that we look at the academic problems of poverty and have no idea of the why. We know the what and the how, and we can see systemic problems, but it’s rare to have a poor person actually explain it on their own behalf. So this is me doing that, sort of. Continue reading “Why I Make Terrible Decisions, or, poverty thoughts”
SF Gate – by SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A powerful storm system that has caused hundreds of accidents across the Western U.S. has marched eastward with predictions of widespread snow, freezing temperatures and gusty winds.
The fierce weather has caused at least eight deaths and prompted advisories Saturday afternoon in New Mexico and Texas. Continue reading “Powerful storm system blasts US West; 8 killed”
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