Archive for the 'Crime' Category
Monday, November 17th, 2008
in order to assess blame for the cause of this latest tragedy.
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AFP
The photo shows the horrific, southern California fire.
Look closely.
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Whose face appears in the terrible flames?
Is it Osama?
Satan?
The A.I.G. CEO?
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No.
It is Anthony Quinn as the bedouin leader, Auda abu Tayi,
from the 1962 David Lean classic–LAWRENCE OF ARBIA.
I don’t get it it!
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Image: (Anthony Quinn […]
Posted in California, Movies, Crime, Holier Than Thouists-Conservative Evangelical Arm, Natural Disasters |
Monday, October 6th, 2008
May I present the Merciless Brothers–
Ming and G. Gordon…
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MEDIA MATTERS for AMERICA
October 4, 2008
On October 4, The New York Times published a 2,140-word front-page article about Sen. Barack Obama’s association with former Weather Underground member William Ayers — at least the 18th Times article this year mentioning that association. But the Times has yet to […]
Posted in Terrorism, Crime, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Watergate |
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
I realize this is not a laughing matter, but it proves that we Americans may not be as violent as our reputation would have the world believe.
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September 23, 2008
CEO murdered by mob of sacked Indian workers
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Left Front supporters block a national highway in support of the Tata car project
(Parth Sanyal/Reuters)
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Thousands of protesters recently forced Tata […]
Posted in Business, India, Nature, Automobiles, Crime |
Saturday, August 9th, 2008
Two Charged in Medical-Care Billing Scam
The Wall Street Journal
By AMY KAUFMAN
August 7, 2008; Page A14
LOS ANGELES — A top hospital official and the operator of a homeless facility face federal criminal fraud charges for their alleged involvement in an elaborate plan to recruit homeless individuals for unnecessary health-care treatment and then bill the government for […]
Posted in Society, Health, Crime, Medicine |
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
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Wal-Mart Warns of Democratic Win
By ANN ZIMMERMAN and KRIS MAHER
August 1, 2008;
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is mobilizing its store managers and department supervisors around the country to warn that if Democrats win power in November, they’ll likely change federal law to make it easier for workers to unionize companies — including Wal-Mart.
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In recent weeks, thousands of […]
Posted in Business, Movies, Labor, Crime, Wal*Mart, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Voting, Cartoons |
Monday, July 28th, 2008
Justice Officials Repeatedly Broke Law on Hiring, Report Says
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In this Aug. 27, 2007 file photo, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announces his resignation during at a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. A new Justice Department report concludes that politics illegally influenced the hiring of career prosecutors and immigration judges, and largely lays the […]
Posted in administration, Gonzalez, Crime, Department of Justice |
Monday, July 28th, 2008
Police: Man shot churchgoers over liberal views
By DUNCAN MANSFIELD, Associated Press Writer 16 minutes ago
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - An unemployed man accused of opening fire with a shotgun and killing two people at a Unitarian church apparently targeted the congregation out of hatred for its liberal social policies, police said Monday.
Posted in Religion, Society, Crime, Weapons |
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
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The story and video is here.
Images: (cork) nexternal.com via homebrewheaven.com (band-aid) via cofp.com;(McCains)(hear) AP Photo via samimajed.wordpress.com; (see) via mittreport.com via sayanything.com; (speak) via thewashingtonnote.com
Posted in administration, Law, Constitution, Bush, John S. McCain III, Crime, 2008 Presidential Campaign |
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
It appears they could not have been expert shoplifters.
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Tue Jul 15, 10:53 AM ET
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Three Romanian boxers banned for life for shoplifting have had their suspensions reduced to a year, a senior official said Tuesday.
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Images: (Boxer-left) fit-senior.com;(Boxer-center) ryoku.co.uk; (Boxer-right) ROCKY via youngvictorboxing.com (store) meti.ro; (eggs) z.about.com via goeasterneurope.about.com; (dress) via artnet.com;
Story is here.
Posted in Boxing, Crime, Rumania |
Monday, July 14th, 2008
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via Barnes & Noble
The Outlaw Presidency
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Monday, July 14, 2008; 12:47 PM
Another major book chronicling the descent into lawlessness of the Bush presidency is out this week. This one is by Jane Mayer of the New Yorker, and it’s called “The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror […]
Posted in administration, Constitution, Bush, Torture, Terrorism, Books, USA, Geneva Accords, Crime |
Sunday, May 25th, 2008
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Images: (Main) AP Photo via huffingtonpost.com; (Crime Story’s Luca) via epguides.com
Posted in Religion, Television, Crime, Chicago |
