Saturday, April 30, 2011
Cart-wheeling verger Ben Sheward rebuked by stodgy clerics after becoming wedding web sensation
Shame on the Abbey clerics for scolding the cart-wheeling verger. There’s nothing wrong with showing joy in God’s house.
I’m sure Jesus didn’t mind one bit! To be able to do cartwheels at his age, Ben derserves a medal.
Daily Mail reports the Westminster Abbey verger who became an internet sensation after cart-wheeling down the nave following the Royal Wedding has been rebuked by senior staff.
Sources at the Abbey said the man was feeling ‘fairly chastened’ after his impromptu display of acrobatics was caught on film.
Although he is unlikely to face any formal disciplinary action, Abbey staff have warned him not to speak publicly about the incident.
While the Abbey has refused to identify him, sources have disclosed he is Ben Sheward, who lives in South London.
The sources said Mr Sheward is believed to have worked at the Abbey for ten years, and he has previously been pictured welcoming new choirboys by sharing sweets with them.
According to some sources, he has studied music in New Zealand and is an expert on the composer Edward Elgar.
Mr Sheward waited until some 1,900 guests had left the Abbey before seizing his chance to cartwheel down the red carpet that William and Kate had just walked along for the first time as a married couple.
In the clip, the black-cassocked verger is shown strolling down the carpet.
As a number of apparent stragglers from the wedding service look on, he embarks on one cart-wheel, smiles, and then squeezes in at least one other before disappearing out of shot.
ITV cameras caught his antics, which were beamed to millions of viewers around the world, ensuring the unsuspecting verger became an international celebrity.
The clip had already attracted 100,000 internet hits yesterday, and comments on various websites had come from as far afield as the United States and Australia. One said: ‘I think this self-publicist should be sacked!’ Most, however, praised him.
A Westminster Abbey spokesman said: ‘The verger, like all of us, was very pleased the service had gone according to plan, and was expressing his exuberance.’ He emphasised that the incident occurred some time after the wedding had finished.
But Abbey officials were keen to prevent the story spreading further yesterday with one saying: ‘We are just trying to keep a lid on this one. The verger has been spoken to a number of times and has been advised how to handle the situation.’
The official denied, however, that the man was in hiding, saying the Abbey had not resorted to such extreme measures.
Yesterday there was no sign of Mr Sheward amid the thousands of visitors to Westminster Abbey.
One verger, who was greeting the crowds, said: ‘We all found it jolly good fun when we heard but I don’t think he anticipated all the publicity.
‘I believe he thought the cameras would have been turned off by that point. Now some visitors are expecting all vergers to be doing cart-wheels.’
Another Abbey worker added: ‘It was lovely, just lovely. It reflected the joy we were all feeling at that point. But he really isn’t looking to become a media star – he isn’t that kind of guy.’
All of the carpets, furniture, fixtures and fittings which had been brought in for the wedding had been cleared away by Friday night.
The only evidence of the nuptials yesterday – besides the larger-than-usual number of visitors – were the 20ft potted trees lining the aisle.
A verger is usually a layman who assists in the ordering of religious services, particularly in Church of England churches or cathedrals.
A verger’s main role is to lead processions during services, and they often play a prominent part behind the scenes, helping to plan the logistical details of a service and discreetly shepherding the clergy through it. But they have a variety of other functions, from acting as odd-job men to guiding tourists around the buildings.
The office’s title comes from the ceremonial rod which a verger carries, a virge, from the Latin virga, meaning branch, staff or rod.
Tempers flare and shoes are thrown at Pastor Terry Jones' Dearborn rally
Terry Jones may be out there, but not everything he has to say is off base. I have a problem with Muslims who refuse to assimilate to American culture no differently than if it were any other group.
But, Islam is the chic religion of the Left. As far as I’m concerned Islam is not a religion of peace at all. They put a much higher value on death and martyrdom which is why they have no problem strapping bombs to babies.
That’s pretty sick if you ask me!
Detroit Free Press reports amid a heavy police presence, Pastor Terry Jones delivered a rambling speech Friday from the steps of Dearborn City Hall that lashed out at Islam and President Barack Obama, but much of his words were drowned out by the voices of a swarm of protesters across the street who called him a bigot.
Jones repeatedly provoked the crowd and insulted them. At one point, he ignored police requests by ambling down to the front of police barricades while taunting his opponents.
Angered, some of those protesters stormed past their police barricades and marched across Michigan Avenue as they hurled bottles and shoes at Jones' supporters across from them. One woman spit in Jones' direction.
The young crowd then pushed down a security fence that separated them from Jones' supporters and surged forward, their faces tight with anger. For a moment, it appeared a major clash was about to break out.
But Arab-American leaders and police pushed back the angry group as dozens of police officers in full riot gear marched out in single file to separate the two sides. At least two were arrested. Dearborn Mayor John O'Reilly Jr. said afterward that Jones was responsible for creating the disturbance by ignoring city requests not to approach the barricade.
"He refused to comply," O'Reilly said. "He was asked, 'Please don't come to the barricade.' He just ignored us. ... His goal was to start trouble. ... That shows his character."
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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Now Plans Big Political Role
This is not a good development! But, it wasn’t like people Sean Hannity didn’t see this coming. Look for Egyptian women to be treated like 2nd class citizens, but worse than that, Israel’s security is in grave danger.
This was never a Democratic uprising, but rather an Islamofacist takeover pure and simple.
The Blaze reports the once outlawed Muslim Brotherhood says it will contest half of the seats in Egypt’s parliamentary elections in September, revealing plans to become a major force in the country’s post-revolution politics.
The elections will be the first since the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak by a popular uprising in February.
The Brotherhood remained Egypt‘s best organized opposition group despite a campaign by Mubarak’s regime to suppress it. It successfully fielded candidates in previous parliamentary elections as independents.
At a news conference Saturday, the Brotherhood named the leaders of its new Freedom and Justice party.
The party will test to what extent the Brotherhood is willing to moderate its rigid religious discourse to try to win broader political support.
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Missile kills Khadafy's youngest son, madman unharmed
Gadhafi forces are still winning the war in Libya. Of course the MSM won’t report that for obvious reasons.
Naked man in China shins down drainpipe as police raid brothel
They have a death penalty in China for messing with prostitutes. So, this guy did what he thought had to do to avoid capture with his pants and everything else down.
Do you feel a draft?
Daily Mail reports one moment he thought he was just an anonymous punter in a backstreet brothel.
The next he's in the nude hanging off a drainpipe after police burst into the brothel he was using in eastern China.
As the doors were smashed down the customer, leaving his clothes behind, ran on to the roof of the rundown apartment bloc in Changchun, Jilin province.
He then shinned down what appears to be a huge drainpipe and then ran off into the backstreets.
But he was not alone in making his escape. Moments after he appeared on the roof, two women - one just wrapped in a towel - could be seen running across the roof.
In the centre of the image another forlorn customer can be seen hiding behind a packing crate.
China has severe anti-prostitution laws and punishments including the death penalty for anyone guilty of human trafficking.
Rick Perry, Texas governor, rips Obama's trip to tornado-devastated Alabama: What about our fires?
I got a better point,Gov Perry!
Almost a year ago, Obama and the mainstream media virtually ignored the devastating flooding in Tennessee. He never visited there either.
I wonder if it’s because he lost Tennessee by double digits? Rush Limbaugh sure thought so.
New York Daily News reports as President Obama meets with Alabama families affected by deadly tornados that swept through the South earlier this week, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is asking: What about us?
The Republican, long a critic of the president, once again ripped the Obama administration Thursday. This time, he bashed Obama for not responding to an April 16 request for a declaration of emergency in the Lone Star State, where wildfires have destroyed nearly 2 million acres.
"You have to ask, 'Why are you taking care of Alabama and other states?'" said Perry.
Texas officials asked the White House to make the declaration, which would have allocated federal funds to help the state deal with the crisis.
"I know our letter didn't get lost in the mail," Perry added.
More details here
Obama is running for re-election. And even though he lost Alabama by nearly 20 points to John McCain, there’s still a significant numbers of African Americans in Alabama that heeds desperately needs to hold the White House.
This the visit. It’s as simple as that.
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Black Chamber of Commerce Head Harry Alford: Obama is ‘Fanatical’ & ‘Marxist’ — I Only Voted for Him ‘Because He’s Black’
The Obama White House is starting a fake Black Chamber of Commerce to fool the public. Well, it’s gonna work with some Black folks, lets be real here.
However, it must be noted that Obama visited Al Sharpton in New York a few weeks ago. That’s a big change because two years ago when running for president Obama didn’t wanna be seen with Sharpton in public. So something is up with the Black vote.
The Blaze reports that Harry Alford is the president and CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce. And boy is he entertaining. He’s also not a fan of many of the business positions Democrats have taken.
You might remember him for his fiery exchange with call-me-Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) in 2009, when he accused the senator of infusing race into a congressional hearing:
Today he joined Laura Ingraham on her radio show to talk about Obama’s business policies. He started with this:
“Obama wanted the National Black Chamber to dance to his music and have blind allegiance to his crazy programs and agenda, which are totally anti-business. We are a pro-business organization. So we have to stand on the side of business, and the benefit of our members, which are black entrepreneurs.”
Eventually he got to calling Obama and the administration “Marxist” and “fanatical.”
“They might as well put on the brown shirts and swastikas,” he said.
But that’s not all. Alford also admitted he only voted for Obama “because he’s [Obama] black,” a move he now regrets.
“That is a lesson I will take to my grave,” he said solemnly, later saying Obama is “wrecking” the country and is “dangerous.”
You can listen to the entire, extremely opinionated interview below:
INDIA: CRAZY STUDENT BEHEADS GIRLFRIEND IN CLASS
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Bijendra Kumar, 23, pulled out a ceremonial dagger known as a "khukri" and sliced his lover Khushbu as she left a classroom with friends.
He told police that he loved his girlfriend and wanted to kill her and himself because her parents would not let them marry.
He said to The Hindustan Times: "We were in love for the last five years, but our parents did not allow us to unite, so we decided to die together. After killing her, I was about to kill myself when they caught me."
The paper reported that Kumar was overpowered by students and security guards, beaten and then arrested by police after the attack Wednesday.
Authorities said Khushbu's head was sliced off in the attack.
Kumar's mother, Yamini Devi said: "We came to know about his affair with Khushbu two months ago when she ran away from her house and came ... to marry my son."
She added Khushbu's uncle then intervened and beat Kumar for inciting his niece to elope.
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GOP in Crisis: Testosterone deficiency leaves America on suicidal path
The problems of this country, massive deficient, insane spending, and morale decline will not be addressed by the Democrat Party because they’re policies are the root causes for the mess that we’re in.
The only group that can right this course is the GOP!
However, what the GOP doesn’t realize is that they have a serious lack men who aren’t afraid to fight. Too many of the guys on our side are timid and soft.
They think they can operate in the PC environment that Liberals have cleverly set up, and win. That’s why so many GOPers have already neutered themselves before the battle ever begins. They’re too cowardly to break out and throw caution to the wind and say what needs to be said.
What Donald Trump has done is expose and indict the Achilles' heel that’s infecting the party—lack of courage.
It’s a sad state of affairs and unless these guys in the GOP or any GOPer running for office puts their balls back on, the country is doomed forever.
OHIO NUT TRIED TO FORCE ABORTION AT GUNPOINT
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Dominic Holt-Reid held the pistol on Yolanda Burgess, who was three months pregnant and told her to get rid of the baby.
But the 27-year-old didn't got through with the procedure, but instead she passed a note to a clinic employee who called the cops.
Officers said they found Holt-Reid in the parking lot with a .45-caliber handgun in his waistband.
He admitted his crime and pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted
murder, weapons and abduction counts and he now faces up to 20 years in prison and a $40,000 fine.
Thankfully the child has since been born and is doing well, Assistant Prosecutor Jennifer Rausch said. Burgess and Holt-Reid already had a son together, state birth records show.
She was not at the court for the trial and it's not thought she'll allow the child to see it's father - for some time anyway.
JACKO DOC LAWYERS' PLEA: 'WE NEED MORE TIME'
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prosecution. The private doc to the king of pop has always denied giving Jackson a huge dose of propofol - the surgical anesthetic, which coroners ruled killed him and had hoped for a speedy trial.
Instead his lawyers suggest a frustrated and sleepless Jackson may have poured the surgical anesthetic propofol into his juice bottle while the doctor was out of his bedroom.
But now the possibility of a delay was raised during a hearing Friday morning when Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor ruled prosecutors could call new expert witnesses.
These include one who would testify that there was no way Jackson could have self-ingested the drug that killed him.
Defense lawyer Ed Chernoff said he consulted with Dr. Murray after that hearing and they agreed they needed more time to prepare their expert testimony to counter the new prosecution expert.
Judge Pastor said there had been a "massive investment of time and money" put toward the trial and a delay might be expensive.
There are 171 potential jurors already "hardship qualified" for the trial, but a delay might require them to go through the process again.
The delay will be ruled on next week.
SEX TAPE LED TO MURDER FOR HIRE PLOT
MURDER FOR HIRE |
Enraged Jaroslaw Kozak, 41 agreed to pay $3000 to bump off his potential 52-year-old victim and handed $400 to an undercover Chicago cop posing as a hitman as a down payment for the job.
Assistant State’s Attorney Joe Cook said he plotted the murder after finding a videotape of the target and his wife engaged in sex.
His wife and the man had a prior relationship, according to the prosecutor, so he wanted him dead. But the iceman he found turned out to be an undercover member of the windy city's finest and he met with Kozak several times over the last three months and made audio and video recordings of their conversations.
Along with the money he also handed him the name and address of his target.
Kozak, a heating and air-conditioning technician with no criminal history, has a 9-year-old son and lives with his wife, who is a stay-at-home mom, his attorney said.
He faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted.
BOY, 8, SELLS LOADED GUN TO CLASSMATE FOR $3
AN eight-year-old boy snuck a loaded gun into and sold it to his classmate for just $3, NYPD cops said.
Thankfully the buyer took it home for a little show and tell with his mom after class and his terrified parent stormed in the Thomas Dooley school demanding answers.
It's unclear how the third grader got hold of the 0.9mm pistol, but the boys father Ignacio Galvin, 54, was later busted on three counts of criminal possession of a weapon, cops said.
Galvin, who is the registered owner of the handgun, was also charged for acting in a manner to injure a minor.
School Chancellor Dennis Walcott said: "It's really a sad situation when you have an 8-year-old who brought a gun into school and then sold it for 3 dollars. That's something that can't be tolerated."
He was still in custody Thursday night, but officials said the case will be handled through family court the NY Daily News reports.
Thankfully the buyer took it home for a little show and tell with his mom after class and his terrified parent stormed in the Thomas Dooley school demanding answers.
It's unclear how the third grader got hold of the 0.9mm pistol, but the boys father Ignacio Galvin, 54, was later busted on three counts of criminal possession of a weapon, cops said.
Galvin, who is the registered owner of the handgun, was also charged for acting in a manner to injure a minor.
School Chancellor Dennis Walcott said: "It's really a sad situation when you have an 8-year-old who brought a gun into school and then sold it for 3 dollars. That's something that can't be tolerated."
He was still in custody Thursday night, but officials said the case will be handled through family court the NY Daily News reports.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Video: Incredible cart wheeling verger Ben Sheward down Abbbey aisle Royal Wedding
I promised myself that I wasn’t going to blog about the Royal Wedding. I didn’t get up at 4:00 am to watch it. But, I did switch to it after the Mets were losing to the Phillies.
Yeah, it was cool to watch.
But after I saw this story, I couldn’t resist anymore, so shoot me.
Daily Mail reports the relief of getting the wedding out of the way was etched not just on the faces of the people involved but also in the actions of one of the clergymen.
Verger Ben Sheward decided that after the majority of the guests had gone he would do some acrobatics and cartwheeled down the aisle at Westminster Abbey.
The joy of the nation was summed up in his actions caught on camera as ITV continued to film what was going on inside the abbey to millions of people watching worldwide.
That was fun to see!
Good luck, Will and Kate!
Why Trump resonates (F bomb speech) with Republicans and what GOPers should take from it
We already know that Donald Trump is a very successful businessman. We already know he’s a real leader that knows what it takes to create jobs in the “real world.” There’s nothing theoretical about the guy. He didn’t cut his teeth in the classrooms and hallways at Harvard like a certain community organizer in the White House.
He did it in the cold, no non-sense world of American and Global business where profits are the measure of how well the business is doing.
But, all that is not the reason he’s hitting home runs with voters poll after poll. Bottom line, cut to the chase, the reason why Republicans are gravitating to Trump is because he’s saying EVERTHING REPUBLICANS WANNA HEAR that the present GOP Washington-class leaders are TOO CFHICKEN SHIT to SAY.
It’s as simple as that and the sooner these feckless bastards in the GOP realize that the better ti will be for them. These GOP morons have to get it into their thick skulls that America wants bold leadership, not a bunch of “Me-too” “tits on a bull” Republicans that are too damn timid to take it to BaraCK Obama and the Democrats.
Now, I don’t know if Trump is running, he might not. But, if he does these other men in the race for the nomination better step up their game! And I’ll tell you this. I’m not worried about Michele Bachmann or Sarah Palin because they already have more balls than Mitt Romney or Pawlenty.
Trump is the only male equivalent to Bachmann and Palin. That’s the damn problem with the GOP—too many weak ass, panty wearing, wanna be loved by the media guys like John Boehenr and Eric Cantor.
These metro sexual Republican RINOS needs to get the fuck out the Party and let real men like Allen West and Mark Rubio take over!
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BOYFRIEND, LOVER STRANGLE PREGNANT CHICAGO TEEN
CHICAGO COPS have arrested a man and woman and charged them with first-degree murder in the slaying of a pregnant teenager. Cops say Deandre Minkens, 20, and Shante Thomas, 19, murdered Rosemary Newman, who was nine months pregnant with a baby girl. The gruesome twosome are also charged with the intentional homicide of the unborn child.
Newman went out with a friend Saturday night and never came home. She was found in a forest preserve in a rural corner of Cook County. She had been strangled.
Newman went out with a friend Saturday night and never came home. She was found in a forest preserve in a rural corner of Cook County. She had been strangled.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, court records reveal that Minkens has been on probation since April 20 for the robbery of a 14-year-old. He threatened the child at a bus stop and took the contents of the child’s backpack. H.E.R.O.
ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPT: The investigation revealed that Minkens and Thomas spent several weeks developing a plan to murder the victim, who was nine months pregnant with Minkens’ child. Last Saturday night, Minkens invited Newman to dinner at a Crestwood restaurant while Thomas hid in the vehicle, waiting for them to come back. The couple returned to the car and as Minkens drove east, Thomas emerged and began strangling Newman. Both Minkens and Thomas then proceeded to beat the victim until she was unconscious. Minkens then drove to a Cook County Forest Preserve near Calumet City, where he strangled Newman to death and dumped her body in the woods.
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KRISTA DITTMEYER AUTOPSY "INCONCLUSIVE"
THE MYSTERY of Maine mom Krista Dittmeyer just got deeper. An autopsy Thursday proved to be inconclusive as to her cause of death. Toxicology reports could take up to eight weeks.
Dittmeyer's body was recovered from a pond at a New Hampshire ski resort Wednesday. The 20-year-old single mom who worked as a waitress eerily disappeared last Saturday, her Nissan Sentra running, the front door open and her 14-month-old baby, Aliyah, sleeping in the back seat. The child is safe but cops believe Dittmeyer may have been
forced from the car. The investigation is continuing.
Police would not comment on whether two men who knew Dittmeyer in Conway, NH are suspects. They still have yet to determine what she was doing in New Hampshire.
Meanwhile, in the pretty young mom's hometown of Bridgton, Maine, friends and family are devastated by her death and held a memorial vigil.
“She was a wonderful, wonderful loving and devoted mother,” said Kathy Pratt, a friend of the family. "Her family is devastated."
BOSTON HERALD: HUNDREDS MOURN
Dittmeyer's body was recovered from a pond at a New Hampshire ski resort Wednesday. The 20-year-old single mom who worked as a waitress eerily disappeared last Saturday, her Nissan Sentra running, the front door open and her 14-month-old baby, Aliyah, sleeping in the back seat. The child is safe but cops believe Dittmeyer may have been
forced from the car. The investigation is continuing.
Police would not comment on whether two men who knew Dittmeyer in Conway, NH are suspects. They still have yet to determine what she was doing in New Hampshire.
Meanwhile, in the pretty young mom's hometown of Bridgton, Maine, friends and family are devastated by her death and held a memorial vigil.
“She was a wonderful, wonderful loving and devoted mother,” said Kathy Pratt, a friend of the family. "Her family is devastated."
BOSTON HERALD: HUNDREDS MOURN
MIDWEST SERIAL KILLER GUILTY IN '69 COLD CASE SLAY
AFTER MORE than four decades a serial killer who slithered through legal loopholes will be going to jail forever. Creepy Nolan Ray George was convicted Thursday of first-degree murder in the 1968 slaying of Gwendolyn Perry, 36, of Pontiac, Michigan.
The 67-year-old serial killer--believed responsible for scores of murders in the Midwest--glared at the jurors as they confirmed his reign of terror was over. George had earlier served 12 years for the 1969 slaying of Frances Brown, 22, and another 10 years for the murder of Cindy Garland Rose, 22.
"It looks like justice was finally done," said Perry's son, Michael Perry, who was just 5 when his mom's body was found. "I'm hoping this guy is finally off the street. He's been a menace to society."
Perry's slaying had the blue-eyed monster's "signature" in the three killings. All were short white women. Autopsies revealed each had been struck in the head and sexually assaulted before death.
Two died from strangulation with their own undergarments, the third from exposure.
SERIAL KILLER CONVICTED
The 67-year-old serial killer--believed responsible for scores of murders in the Midwest--glared at the jurors as they confirmed his reign of terror was over. George had earlier served 12 years for the 1969 slaying of Frances Brown, 22, and another 10 years for the murder of Cindy Garland Rose, 22.
"It looks like justice was finally done," said Perry's son, Michael Perry, who was just 5 when his mom's body was found. "I'm hoping this guy is finally off the street. He's been a menace to society."
Perry's slaying had the blue-eyed monster's "signature" in the three killings. All were short white women. Autopsies revealed each had been struck in the head and sexually assaulted before death.
Two died from strangulation with their own undergarments, the third from exposure.
SERIAL KILLER CONVICTED
SHAM MARRIAGE MEXICAN STARLET'S GREATEST ROLE
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Gorgeous Fernanda Romero admitted she lied during an immigration proceeding when describing her marriage to musician husband Kent Ross and was sentenced to 30 days in jail. The 28-year-old starred in "Drag Me To Hell" but she is best known for her role in "Eternamente Tuya" the huge Mexican soap opera.
But she'll swap her glad rags for prison regs for the next month, even though she expected to avoid serving time as a result of plea bargains in the case.
However, U.S. District Judge Manuel Real noted the seriousness of the crime and ordered both to start serving their sentences on weekends beginning in June.
They will also serve five years' probation.
Romero tearfully apologized for her actions during sentencing.
She said: "This has made me grow and made me a better person."
Romero is also involved in an immigration hearing and could be deported depending on the evidence presented by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.
THIEVING PRIEST TOOK $1 MILLION FOR MALE ESCORTS
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He also paid for the man to attend Harvard University, bought him a
piano and dogs, and paid for his piano lessons and vet bills.
The living room had a reproduction of part of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel stuck to the ceiling and a poster of the Virgin Mary on the wall.piano and dogs, and paid for his piano lessons and vet bills.
Gray entered a plea of no contest to the charges and once he's served his sentence he may be able to resume his priestly duty.
In a statement, the diocese said: ‘Father Kevin Gray’s plea demonstrates that he is fully aware and responsible for the severity of his wrongdoing and is repentant.
It said: "After he completes his sentence, if devoted to his priestly commitment, he will be eligible to continue serving as a priest, but will never be placed in a position where he will manage finances."
Obama “bans” reporter Carla Marinucci after she used smartphone to video tape protesters at DNC fund raiser
I guess the president doesn’t want the news to get out that he gets protestors at his events and it isn’t all love anymore for “The One!”
It’s only suppose to be worship and fainting at his very presence and he can’t have modern tech f’ening up his image that he’s work so hard on to fool the public at large.
SF Gate reports that the hip, transparent and social media-loving Obama administration is showing its analog roots. And maybe even some hypocrisy highlights.
White House officials have banished one of the best political reporters in the country from the approved pool of journalists covering presidential visits to the Bay Area for using now-standard multimedia tools to gather the news.
The Chronicle's Carla Marinucci - who, like many contemporary reporters, has a phone with video capabilities on her at all times - pulled out a small video camera last week and shot some protesters interrupting an Obama fundraiser at the St. Regis Hotel.
She was part of a "print pool" - a limited number of journalists at an event who represent their bigger hoard colleagues - which White House press officials still refer to quaintly as "pen and pad" reporting.
But that's a pretty Flintstones concept of journalism for an administration that presents itself as the Jetsons. Video is every bit a part of any journalist's tool kit these days as a functioning pen that doesn't leak through your pocket.
In fact, Carla and her reporting colleague, Joe Garofoli, founded something called "Shaky Hand Productions" - the semi-pro, sometimes vertiginous use of a Flip or phone camera by Hearst reporters to catch more impromptu or urgent moments during last year's California gubernatorial race that might otherwise be missed by TV.
The name has become its own brand; often politicians even ask if anyone from Shaky Hand will show at their event. For Carla, Joe and reporters at other Hearst newsrooms where Shaky Hand has taken hold, this was an appropriate dive into use of other media by traditional journalists catering to audiences who expect their news delivered in all modes and manners.
That's the world we live in and the President of the United States claims to be one of its biggest advocates.
Just the day before Carla's Stone Age infraction, Mr. Obama was at Facebook seated next to its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, and may as well have been wearing an "I'm With Mark" t-shirt for all the mutual admiration going back and forth.
More details here
No, the tech savvy president can only be portrayed in a positive light. I like the, “we paid our dues, where’s our change?” Very catchy, I could see it on T-shirts for 2012.
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HAMSTER TORTURE: TEENS KILL BELOVED SCHOOL PET
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They turned over and refrigerator, broke windows, tore up a vegetable garden and tagged the walls with graffiti before turning on the helpless beast. Sgt. Mike Raasch would only say, "It was bad. They did three different cruel things to it."
A woman playing volleyball at the school called 911 and helped identify some of the suspects, authorities say.
The two 11-year-old boys were reportedly arrested on suspicion of felony vandalism and released to their mothers while the 13-year-olds and a
14-year-old boy were arrested for burglary, vandalism and booked into juvenile hall.
The 13-year-old boys were also arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty, Raasch said.
None of them attend the school which serves 143 students grades 7-12.
COPS SEARCH FOR MODERN "ROMEO AND JULIET"
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Cops are desperately hunting star crossed lovers 17-year-old Nicole Dones and her boyfriend Wayne Powell, 18, who went missing almost two weeks ago.
Nicole's father Angel, admitted to The Miami Herald: ""We were trying to keep her away from him,"
While Powell's father, also Wayne told the paper he had been trying to get his son to "back off a little bit," because his performance at school had suffered.
The pair had been caught skipping school together before their parents intervened and Nicole left her home before dawn carrying a few bags with personal belongings.
Detectives told the Miami Herald that they do not think the teens are in danger, but both families are very concerned given the amount of time the teens have been missing.
The parents of the teens have also hired a private investigator and are offering a $5,000 reward.
Anyone with information is asked to call private investigator David Gonzalez at 305-338-3100 and Miami-Dade Police at 305-418-7201 or 305-476-5423.
JAILBIRDS TO CHATLINE KILLER: "YOU'RE DEAD"
"DEAD" |
THE man dubbed the "Chatline Killer" because he allegedly met his victims on telephone chatlines has been forced into prison protective custody because he "felt threatened" by other inmates.
Furious at finding out about his crimes fellow prisoners have made Sonny Pierce a marked man behind bars, forcing authorities to take action to protect him.
A prison insider revealed: "He'd not really told people why he was in, so when the other prisoners found out they were furious. If they could get to him he'd be dead.
"There is no one lower than sex criminals in jail, especially ones that attack kids and his victims were basically children."
Pierce's attorney Nicholas Albukerk admitted his client had been put into protective custody.
He said: “People have been getting in his face. It’s jail.”
Pierce been linked the murders of two 18-year-olds Kimika Coleman and Kiara Windon whose bodies were found strangled and dumped in Blue Island and Chicago alleyways. He is also is accused of killing Mariah Edwards, 17, whose lifeless body appears in a sex tape found on Pierce’s computer prosecutors say.Her body has not been found.
Cops linked him with the deaths using his DNA - taken from a 15-year-old girl who he is accused of assaulting in August 2010.
He is due back in court on May 9.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
What the Lib media fails to accept is that Obama is a reality TV star, too!
There’s a term is psychology known as “projection” in which a person lays their own inner guilt over something upon someone else and blames them for the very thing they’re guilty of doing. It’s the cheating wife constantly accusing her husband of infidelity, or the fat slob counting how many times other people load up at the all you can eat food buffet.
Well, the same thing is true with the media’s dismissive attitude toward Donald Trump as just a reality TV star. First of all Trump was an extremely successful businessman 20 years before reality TV was ever invented. But, the bigger point is that there’s no bigger realty TV star than Barack Obama.
He got his big launch by Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres. Gimmie a break here! There’s never been such lesser qualified candidate for president in the history of American politics. Obama never served as a governor, or mayor. He never ran a business—not even a lemon aide stand. Prior to his election, everything about Obma was based on optics and atmospherics. He dressed well and could a teleprompter better than anyone on the planet. But, take that teleprompter away and he thinks the United States is made of more than 57 states. He looks like a president should, calm, cool, collected. And enough stupid Americans, those that get their news from Jon Stewart, voted for him.
But, Barack Obama couldn’t fake the funk forever because although the media is powerful, they can’t do the job as president for him.
And now that he’s got a record of failure and disaster as president. The American people can row realize he’s really an empty suit that was always more sizzle than steak, or in other word, the Barack Obama as president reality show TV that’s taking America down the tubes!
There's no difference between Dog the Bounty Hunter and Barack Obama!
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Video: California man arrested for reading Bible outside DMV
Many times people don’t like to hear he Bible read to them because they can’t handle being convicted by it.
The Blaze reports when Mark Mackey, a member of the local Calvary Chapel, showed up to the DMV office in Hemet, CA on February 2, he had a goal: read the Bible and introduce those waiting in line to the “gospel of Jesus Christ.” And for about 15 minutes he was successful. That is until a California Highway Patrolman took the Bible from his hands, arrested him, and told him he was guilty of preaching to a “captive audience.”
So much for freedom of speech.
JAYCEE DUGGARD KIDNAPPERS PLEAD GUILTY
THE COUPLE who snatched Jaycee Duggard off the street and held her captive for 18 years have pleaded guilty to kidnapping and sexual assault in Eldorado County, California. Creepy Phillip and Nancy Garrido will both recieve life in prison for their sickening crimes. Jaycee said through a representative that the guilty pleas came as a relief.
Dugard was snatched from the street in front of her home in South Lake Tahoe, California, in 1991. Authorities found her in 2009.
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She said: "I'm relieved that Phillip and Nancy Garrido have finally acknowledged their guiltThe two Garridos snatched Dugard when she was just 11, and they held her in a hidden compound on their property in Antioch, California. Duggard was recovered in 2009 when cops finally found her. Phillip Garrido is accused of fathering two little girls with Duggard.
and confessed to their crimes against me and my family."
Dugard was snatched from the street in front of her home in South Lake Tahoe, California, in 1991. Authorities found her in 2009.
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THE MASSACHUSETTS POWER SAW MASSACRE
A SAW wielding maniac killed his wife and then turned the weapon on himself. Horrified cops watched as Keith Lincoln, 49, "pick up a saw, inflicting serious injury to one of his legs."
Rushing into the Plymouth, MA home they attempted to save him, but he was pronounced dead on arrival.
It was then they found another body believed to be his wife Jettie, but her body was too badly mangled to identify, and two dead dogs all carved up with the saw.
Assistant District Attorney Bridget Norton Middleton said: "Investigators are still working to confirm her identification. Due to the condition of her body, that has been a little challenging."
Middleton declined to elaborate further on the state of the victim's body and said positive identification will be completed using dental records.
She added that authorities have yet to determine a possible motive for the apparent murder-suicide, which she described as "certainly violent." Authorities have not found a suicide note or a feasible explanation for it.
Rushing into the Plymouth, MA home they attempted to save him, but he was pronounced dead on arrival.
It was then they found another body believed to be his wife Jettie, but her body was too badly mangled to identify, and two dead dogs all carved up with the saw.
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Middleton declined to elaborate further on the state of the victim's body and said positive identification will be completed using dental records.
She added that authorities have yet to determine a possible motive for the apparent murder-suicide, which she described as "certainly violent." Authorities have not found a suicide note or a feasible explanation for it.
COURT KEEPS KILLER CHRISTA PIKE ON DEATH ROW
A TENNESSEE appeals court has shot down convicted killer Christa Gail Pike's efforts to have her death sentence overturned. The court ruled that Pike--at one time the youngest American woman on death row--failed to show her defence team botched the 1996 murder trial or save her from the death penalty. Pike murdered love rival Colleen Slemmer in January 1995 when she showed an interest in the curly-haired killer's 17-year-old beau, Tadaryl Shipp. They and another woman lured Slemmer to a remote spot on the campus of the University of Tennessee and sliced her hundreds of times with box cutters and a meat cleaver before finally, they bludgeoned her death with a rock.
For good measure a pentagram was carved into her chest and the macabre Pike carved a piece of Slemmer's skull as a souvenir. We've interviewed Christa
Pike, and as Quint said in Jaws: "Sometimes that shark he looks right into ya. Right into your eyes. And, you know, the thing about a shark... he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes."
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For good measure a pentagram was carved into her chest and the macabre Pike carved a piece of Slemmer's skull as a souvenir. We've interviewed Christa
Pike, and as Quint said in Jaws: "Sometimes that shark he looks right into ya. Right into your eyes. And, you know, the thing about a shark... he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes."
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NUT KILLED WIFE OVER CABLE IN HOSP. ROOM: COPS
THE CABLE guy is going off the air if cops in New York have their way. The boob-tube loving Staten Island headcase who killed his wife for not paying for cable while he was in hospital has been formally charged. Blanche Scala, 59, was killed Nov. 27 after her husband Thomas hit her at their home. Originally he was charged with assault but now that's been upgraded to criminally negligent homicide.
Scala was pissed at his wife for not visiting him or, most particularly, paying for premium cable during his latest stay. He began tossing objects, including an ashtray that dinged her in the head. She tried to
escape but he set her clothes ablaze. She fled, went to a friend's house and then died the next day. Cops say he had hit her in the same place the week before with the same ashtray.
Neighbors said he was a "brutal man" who used an iron fist to control the remote and was physically and emotionally abusive towards his wife.
Scala was pissed at his wife for not visiting him or, most particularly, paying for premium cable during his latest stay. He began tossing objects, including an ashtray that dinged her in the head. She tried to
escape but he set her clothes ablaze. She fled, went to a friend's house and then died the next day. Cops say he had hit her in the same place the week before with the same ashtray.
Neighbors said he was a "brutal man" who used an iron fist to control the remote and was physically and emotionally abusive towards his wife.
PARIS HILTON PARAMOUR PUMMELLED IN COURT MELEE
NOOOOO. Heirhead Paris Hilton and her boyfriend Cy Waits were attacked outside a Van Nuys, California courthouse yesterday. The two had just testified against Nathan Lee Parada, the knife-wielding intruder who broke into her Los Angeles mansion last summer. As the dopey duo left court, they were attacked by another one of her stalkers (we know, why?) by the name of James Rainford. That's when all hell broke loose. See the video clip above or check out the New York Post's coverage.
SWEATLODGE SELF HELP GURU: 'I AM GOD'
KILLER? |
The best selling author of 'The Secret' and other self help books is accused of manslaughter for the deaths at his "Spiritual Warrior retreat. Prosecutor's allege he lodge, made of willow trees and branches, and covered with tarpaulins and blankets was heated to a perilously high temperature, causing the participants to suffer dehydration and heatstroke.
Amayra Hamilton who owns the Angel Valley Retreat Center where it was located claimed she heard Ray say: "I am the Alpha and the
Omega. I am God," at the start of the ceremony.
The ceremony consisted of eight rounds of 10 to 15 minutes. While they were not prevented from leaving, participants have said they were told to wait until the breaks between rounds, which also caused eight people to get ill.
Hamilton and her husband have filed a business claim tort suit against Ray for running his retreat, on their property, in what their attorney Kelley Ruda has called "a ridiculous manner."
The event participants, many of whom had been to his previous seminars, paid up to $10,000 to seek "new areas of consciousness" at the retreat, according to testimony
Muslim Actress Sila Sahin Receives Threats For Posing in Playboy
A Muslim actress, who posed nude in the German edition of Playboy, has caused quite a stir in the Islamic community of Germany.
Fox News reports:
Sila Sahin, a 25-year-old Turkish German living in Berlin, has been branded a “whore” and a “Western slut” after appearing topless on the cover of the magazine’s May 2011 issue, The Sun reports.
Sahin’s photographs, according to posts on Islamic websites, have shamed “Muslim womanhood” and depict her “prostituting herself for money,” the newspaper reports.
“She needs to be very careful,” one post read, according to the Sun.
“She must pay,” another read.
(h/t) The Blaze
LONG WAY DOWN: MAN SURVIVES GRAND CANYON FALL
200FT |
A 21-year-old man survived after apparently driving his car off the Grand Canyon and falling more than 200 feet.
The 21-year-old who has not been named was spotted by a park visitor early Monday and told him that he'd careered off the side of the south rim by accident.
Astonishingly, despite his car hitting a tree, he managed to get himself out and climb up the side of the ridge, where he was found, with non life threatening injuries.
National Park Service officials say they're investigating the incident.
Obama declares state of emergency for tornados that rocked parts of Alabama death rises to 72
This is really tough to see. The power of God is something to behold. Look for the climater change nuts to crawl out the woodwork and blame man for this storm.
It has to be too much use of fossil fuels causing this strange weather, right? God has nothing to do with it?
Think again!
Daily Mail reports:
• Current death toll stands at 58 in Alabama, 11 in Mississippi, two in Georgia and one in Tennessee
• Alabama university town of Tuscaloosa one of worst hit areas and amazing video shows tornado hitting
• Louisiana police officer killed in Mississippi when a tree fell onto his tent as he shielded his young daughter
Severe weather across South could beat 1974 record of 148 tornadoes in 16 hours
Severe storms laced with tornadoes battered America’s South on Wednesday and killed at least 72 people across four states.
Fifty-eight people died in Alabama, 11 in Mississippi, two in Georgia and one in Tennessee - with parts of the city that is home to the University of Alabama destroyed by a gigantic tornado.
Homes and buildings across Tuscaloosa were taken apart, one hospital said its emergency room had admitted at least 100 people and a video showed paramedics lifting a child out of a flattened home.
The storm system spread destruction on Tuesday night and Wednesday from Texas to Georgia, and it is forecast to hit the Carolinas next and then move further northeast.
A state of emergency was declared in Alabama, where 15 were killed just in Birmingham, and drivers were abandoning their cars in Tuscaloosa as traffic was halted by downed trees and power lines.
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MAKE MINE A DOUBLE: TWO DUI'S IN ONE NIGHT
NOT SMART |
The sauced 46-year-old was spotted weaving around Poughskeepie, NY streets by state troopers who quickly pulled him over.
He blew 0.14 percent 0.6 over the legal 0.8 limit and was hauled into the station. Then he was released to a sober passenger who was supposed to drive him home.
But just twos hours later the same state troopers who picked him up the first time noticed the same SUV weaving and crossing over the streets center line and of course, they promptly stopped it.
Who should be behind the wheel but Elvy again, who was picked up and grilled.
Later he posted $250 bail and was released into the custody of his girlfriend - who probably won't be too happy about having to drive him around.
MORON HUMMER DRIVER MOWS DOWN DUCKLINGS
AT LEAST for a day, 19-year-old Ann Arbor, Michigan Hummer driver Dillon Pearce is the biggest dick in America. Why, you ask? Well, the big man ran over ducklings in a McDonald's parking lot. According to cops, Dillon The Dick was waiting for his order at the drive-through when a passenger got out and tried to pick up one of the fuzzy little ducklings that were walking in the parking lot with their mom.
The ducklings are regulars at the McDonald's and employees told the man to stop. Dillon, slighted, took matters into his own hands and ran over the ducklings on purpose, killing at least four of the birds.
Cops were called and the biggest prick in America was arrested.
"I think it sounds like a typical Hummer owner to me," said Catherine Wagner,
a University of Michigan student. in Ann Arbor.
Pearce faces a felony charge and up to four years in prison if convicted. He is being held on a $5,000 bond."It's murder," said Shelby Alexa, another U of M student. "It's really wrong."
Of course, his mouthpiece says he's "a good kid" from a"good family."
DUCKLING KILLER IN THE FREEP
The ducklings are regulars at the McDonald's and employees told the man to stop. Dillon, slighted, took matters into his own hands and ran over the ducklings on purpose, killing at least four of the birds.
Cops were called and the biggest prick in America was arrested.
"I think it sounds like a typical Hummer owner to me," said Catherine Wagner,
a University of Michigan student. in Ann Arbor.
Pearce faces a felony charge and up to four years in prison if convicted. He is being held on a $5,000 bond."It's murder," said Shelby Alexa, another U of M student. "It's really wrong."
Of course, his mouthpiece says he's "a good kid" from a"good family."
DUCKLING KILLER IN THE FREEP
Anybody who gets up 4:00 am to watch Kate Middleton and Prince William get married is a LOOOOSEEEEER!!!
Gimmie a break with all this royal wedding stuff!
Hey, I have nothing against Kate and William, they seem like nice people. But, the American press is trying so hard to make this bigger than Prince Charles marrying Lady Dianna, and it’s soooo far from that.
Bottom lime, Kate and Will couldn’t be more boring! Somebody hit my snooze bottom I’m falling asleep again (yawn).
Much love to my British readers though, this is nothing personal, only business.
God Save the Queen!
P.S.
I’m a Prince Harry fan. He’s the cool one. I would watch his wedding.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
The problem with the GOP in congress is that they’re a bunch of punks!
I have known to be very harsh on President Obama, and deservedly so. He’s an incompetent mess that presiding over the decline of the country, and he doesn’t care.
However, no one seems to notice how very critical I’ve been with the feckless punk ass GOPers in congress who are so afraid of taking Obama head on. They’re such a bunch of politically correct poll driven pussies that I’m totally ashamed of these weak ass men
We need more Jim Demints, Marco Rubios and Allen Wests to be the norm in the GOP. I’m sick and tired of these bitch ass John Boehners and Eric Cantors who are so afraid of the media. Act like God damn men, not like a bunch of panty wearing pussies that are afraid of their shadows. If these jerks need to be primaried, so be it! Just because ya’ got and R after your name doesn’t mean shit! You’re expendable at the ballot box for true strong conservatives.
Let me breakdown the man-made climate change myth for ya’ll
We have scientists, doctors and other researchers actively trying to find a cure for diseases like cancer, right? In order to keep that research money coming in, scientists have to constantly remind us, “Hey we have this cancer and that cancer to deal with and try to cure for!”
Totally understandable, right?
Well, around the world we have scientists who are dedicated to finding the cause of so-called “man-made climate change”. So what do you think these scientists are gonna say in order to keep the millions of dollars of research money coming in?
“Climate change is really happening!”
Now where is my check?
Donald Trump forces Obama’s hand by forcing him to release his long form birth cert, Trump claims victory like a true Mack
We haven’t seen macking like this since Bill Clinton when Donald Trump boldly and without any hint of shame took credit for President Obama releasing his long form birth cert. It was a site to see the assembled press getting indignant with Trump for not cowering in a fatal position and eating crow.
But, a true Mack doesn’t do that!
So Trump snatched victory from the jaws of embarrassment and co-opted the moment into a victory dance. Meanwhile the Obama looks stupid by being bested by a reality TV star.
I agree with Rush Limbaugh who theorized that Obama saw the polling data was going the other way on the birth cert issue. The reason Obama didn’t release his BC in the first place was because it played to his advantage of portraying birthers as a fringe group and garner public sympathy.
However, recwnt polls said that as much as 38% of the American people and growing think Obama was born outside of the U.S. Those aren’t fridge numbers!
So Obama blinked!
Now, it’s time for Obama to release all his college transcripts to see what kind of student he really was.
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Trumpis a master Mack!
MISSING MAINE MOM KRISTA DITTMEYER FOUND DEAD
A DESPERATE search for a missing Maine mom has ended in heartache. Cops say the body of Krista Dittmeyer, 20, was discovered near a lake in the eastern section of New Hampshire Wednesday and the death has been deemed "suspicious."
Dittmeyer--the single mom of a 14-month-old girl--vanished last Friday, her black Nissan Sentra still running with the baby in the back, unharmed. According to Fox News, "the body was found by divers in a retaining pond about a quarter-mile from where her car was found idling Saturday in the parking lot of Cranmore Mountain ski area in Conway, a town of 10,000 people."
It is hoped an autopsy will determine how the pretty waitress died but cops say it appeared Dittmeyer did not leave her car willingly. Her mom is caring for the baby, Aliyah, in Bridgton, Maine--25 miles from Conway.
SEARCH FOR MAINE MOM ENDS IN HEARTACHE
Dittmeyer--the single mom of a 14-month-old girl--vanished last Friday, her black Nissan Sentra still running with the baby in the back, unharmed. According to Fox News, "the body was found by divers in a retaining pond about a quarter-mile from where her car was found idling Saturday in the parking lot of Cranmore Mountain ski area in Conway, a town of 10,000 people."
It is hoped an autopsy will determine how the pretty waitress died but cops say it appeared Dittmeyer did not leave her car willingly. Her mom is caring for the baby, Aliyah, in Bridgton, Maine--25 miles from Conway.
SEARCH FOR MAINE MOM ENDS IN HEARTACHE
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