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A couple hours after a man was charged with killing his cousin, the cousin's wife and their 4-year-old son, investigators found three bodies Monday. "We've found two bodies and what appears to be the body of a child," Mississippi Department of Public Safety spokesman Warren Strain said. Earnest Lee Hargon was charged with three counts of capital murder in Yazoo County Court and was ordered held without bond. Michael Hargon, his wife, Rebecca, and the couple's son, James Patrick -- disappeared from their Yazoo County home February 14.
Before the hearing, Hargon was escorted by police from a car to the courthouse, where a handful of relatives of the slain family jeered. "You bastard!" one family member shouted. "You're not such a bad boy now, are you?" another taunted.
Dressed in an orange jumpsuit and handcuffed, Hargon answered several questions from Judge Pamela May before being led away. May appointed a public defender for Hargon at his request. Authorities said they would seek the death penalty against Hargon because they believe he killed his cousin's family during a kidnapping or an attempted kidnapping. "That's one of things that make it capital murder -- when it's in a commission of an underlying felony and kidnapping would be the underlying felony that supports capital murder in this case," said District Attorney James Powell.
Strain told reporters that Hargon became a suspect in the case the day after the family was reported missing. Strain told CNN earlier that an inheritance dispute between Michael and Earnest "goes to motive." An uncle died, leaving land to Michael Hargon and none to Earnest Lee Hargon, Strain had said. Apparently the "uncle", who had adopted Earnest, felt he wasn't stable or responsible enough for the inheritance. Then Earnest went and proved him right.
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From the 'You can't make this up' department - EFL. Not WOT related so delete if needed.
Seattle's posh public potties are open for business. After a decade of discussion, five self-cleaning, space-age style chambers were finally opened to the public yesterday. There were no long lines, but those who did give it a whirl emerged from the futuristic facilities looking amazed, and sometimes a little nervous. Seattle has been waiting years for the high-tech toilets. Councils and mayors have debated the issue. It's been a topic on the campaign trail. Made in Germany, and leased by the city, the public restrooms are expected to cost a total of about $600,000 a year. They will be paid for through sewer revenues. Since the 1980s, Seattle business owners have said the lack of public restrooms was the top issue facing downtown. This is why I decided not to live in Seattle....
Business owners across the city have been forced to figure out ways to keep drug users and others out of their bathrooms while keeping the toilets open to customers. The toilets were the focus of a face-off between former Mayor Paul Schell The idiot who said Ok to the anarchists(sp?) for the WTO riots in Seattle and NO! to seattle residents and taxpayers for a new year 2000 celebration at Seattle Center
and the council three years ago. The council approved the public facilities, but Schell vetoed the plan. but here he was right - 600K/year? WTF?
In a rare move, the council, accusing Schell of potty politics, overrode the veto and pushed ahead on the privies. Yesterday Drago and Councilman Nick Licata, who also led the effort for public restrooms, joined in celebrating the first flush. "These facilities are self-cleaning, safe, well-situated throughout the city and are free for anyone to use," said Licata. "They will be beneficial to local businesses because tourists, shoppers, residents and the homeless are equally accommodated."
No doubt they'll be very comfortable, sitting together as it were...
Washington state law prohibits charging people to use public restrooms. The gleaming chambers that opened yesterday are intended for anyone who can't head right home when nature calls. They could be a salvation to the elderly, parents with children, and the homeless. They are roomy, well-lit and completely private -- for 15 minutes. I'm sure the -er- sexual entertainment industry will love them.....
"People will be more likely to use them because they stay clean," said Susan Stoltzfus, a spokeswoman for Seattle Public Utilities.
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Noooo! It's a Haliburton and chainey plot to steal Seattlean's precious bodily fluids and sell it to the Germans. Don't let them get away with this.
antiglobo grunge-trash rant off
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Now you know why they're raising rates on the poor for medical care.
A German hunter stabbed a wild boar to death in a stairwell after the beast rammed through the bolted front door of a block of flats and stormed up to the sixth floor, a Berlin newspaper reported on Tuesday.
He killed the Birthday Boar Hog?
The beast from the local forest sped past a group of children playing outside and into the building in a Berlin suburb, probably in search of food. Petrified neighbours peered through their spy holes fearing their doors would not hold - and called 36-year-old hunter Conrad Meyer. "I grabbed him around the neck and then stabbed him square in the heart with my hunting knife," Meyer told the BZ daily newspaper, which showed him in traditional green hunter's hat and camouflage kit dragging the carcass away.
"A wild boar, rampaging in your apartment building? I'll be right over, as soon as I change..."
Wild boars often cause havoc in Berlin. Last April one jumped into bed with an elderly couple and in January a man was treated in hospital after a boar crashed into his living room.
When I was stationed in Berlin, one of my people used to ride her bike to work through the Grunewald. One night she was chased halfway up the hill by a boar hog who didn't like her bike. She was not happy, for the rest of the night.
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Wild boar, yummmm! Makes great bratwurst. I might have to start visiting Germany. Never been to Berlin.
On second thought, I'll just move to Ouray, Colorado. Was there last year in mid-May, and there were something like 800 deer in the city limits - of a town with a population of about 2000. Venison is gooooooddd!
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this isa not funny! that poor animal probly just hungry and now he dead! how would you like if you looking for food and some jackass in camo come up and knife you. this guy probly get heself all horny thinking he some kind of tarzan or nambo or something. if you watch the croc hunter he never a kill any animal and he whoop this meyer guy any day. they could had call spca and they shoot pig with a dart that put him to sleep and move him to forest were no blockhead in camo come charging at him with a knife.
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Wild boar are just like people in that they will eat both plants and meat. They have killed and eaten humans in the past. Taking one on with a knife means a decent chance of the boar getting his licks in. Don't feel so sorry for the boar.
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Muck4doo, your writing never made a whole lot of sense until now. Why is that? I imagined a Vietnamese guy saying what you wrote.
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Doo4brains, I think the idea was to have a block party with the boar on a spit with an apple in his mouth. It's mother nature in action, man. What do you think the croc hunter feeds the crocks, tofu. Crocodiles donât eat alarm clocks - that was just a movie - they eat dead animals. People eat bacon and then take a dump; bacteria and microbes eat the doodoo and then the cycle begins anew. Haven't you heard Ted Nugent's cover of Circle of Life?
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Too bad they can't do a capture and release in some nice out of the way place, like say Mecca
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Taking a boar on with a knife takes brass cajones! Looks like pork is on the menu. I'll toss back a Jaegermeister in honor of stout Conrad tonight.
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"Petrified neighbours peered through their spy holes fearing their doors would not hold - and called 36-year-old hunter Conrad Meyer."
WTF? Was he in the yellow pages under "Hunter?"
P.S. - Wild boar is exceptionally tasty.
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I'll disagree on the taste of wild hog... I've tried to eat swine that have spent their time eating seafood... it'll make you think again. I'll stick to birds. That being said I'm very fond of pigs in general.
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Shipman, the wild boar I had was lean and tasty. I am ashamed to admit it, but it was in Gaul.
I am a fan of pigs, too. Churchill had a great quote about why he preferred pigs to cats or dogs: "Dogs will look up to you and cats will look down on you, but a pig will look you right in the eye."
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I think I dated her for awhile, in my younger days...
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TAIF Eleven male students were lashed in front of a girls' school, in fulfillment of a court sentence, reported Al-Jazirah. The students were reported to the authorities after repeatedly harassing female students before and after school. Parents in the area expressed their support for this course of action because of their concern for their daughters' safety. For a first offense, the sentence is lashes while for repeated offenses, the punishment includes a jail sentence. Normally they'd flog the girls for getting the boys all worked up.
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JIZAN A Shariah court has sentenced a man to four years in jail and 600 lashes for bewitching a female high school student. Everyone knows you're supposed to burn witches at the stake.
The man confessed saying he resorted to magic after all other attempts to get the girl to notice him failed "because of her religious beliefs". "The force is strong with this one"
Relatives of the girl say they were alerted to the man's occult activities when the girl fell ill.
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Come on, guys. Let's give chainey a break. Just because he has an original edition of the Necronomicon in his office doesn't mean he has gone over to the Dark Side. At least not completely.
Besides, I thought it was pretty funny when he sent that monkey's paw to Aristide
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Voting with a thunderous "aye," Killington residents endorsed a plan Tuesday for the ski resort town to secede from Vermont. The overwhelming voice vote inside the elementary school opened the next chapter in what could be a long and costly push to join New Hampshire, a state 25 miles to the east. Town officials estimated between 200-300 people attended the meeting, and that about two-thirds of them supported the idea in the voice vote. "Other towns have been sitting back and waiting for Killington to break ground," said Jim Blackman, 46. "It is Killington's obligation to break that ground." Blackman's comments were echoed by many of the dozen-odd residents who spoke at the town meeting.
Their comments mirrored Killington's long-standing frustration over how much the town of roughly 1,000 pays the state in taxes and how little residents say they get in return to pay for the town's school and municipal services. That frustration drove town officials to launch the secession movement last fall. The town already has spent about $20,000 studying the feasibility and potential advantages of joining New Hampshire, the state where it was originally chartered in 1761. Secession activists say the legality and economic rationale behind the plan are sound. Vermont lawmakers have given the plan a lukewarm reception. They have said it is largely symbolic and probably will be voted down by the Legislature. "The state is treating us like a cash cow," said David Lewis, the town manager. Not everyone at the meeting was in favor of the plan, however. "I was born and raised a Vermonter, and I hope to always be," said resident Julie Thomas, 38. At the heart of the displeasure with Vermont is the state's new system of financing education, adopted in 1997 under order of the Supreme Court, which dramatically increased property taxes in communities, like Killington, deemed to be property wealthy. The last time we had a secession, it wasn't pretty...
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"At the heart of the displeasure with Vermont is the state's new system of financing education, adopted in 1997 under order of the Supreme Court, which dramatically increased property taxes in communities, like Killington, deemed to be property wealthy."
Does it matter at all to the socialists that they are tearing us apart? Or is that the whole point?
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The term "self-government" has been tossed around a lot lately, mostly designed to be inplemented elsewhere. The problem is, our lawyer class had created a nation where self-rule is almost a thing of the past. It may take another civil war - or a true revolution - to return this nation to its original roots, and dump the nanny state imposed government coming from the lips of judges and lawyers.
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Or is that the whole point?
What do you expect from the state that gave us Howling Howard Dean?
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Yep, across the country, the courts are out of control - legislating from the bench on the one hand (as in this case) while selectively upholding the law on the other. California has been the model for this experiment and the infection is spreading. It's an interesting question OP. This has the makings of both a civil war and a revolution. The two may in fact erupt simultaneously. At this pace something's gonna blow....people are really gettin' pissed at having so much crap rammed down their throats.
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03/02/2004 16:38 Comments ||
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Heh heh hehhhh....
Our Nefarious Plan to take over the eastern seaboard is proceeding apace.
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Vermont State Motto: "Freedom and Unity"
New Hampshire State Motto: "Live Free or Die"
Killington statement to Vermont: F--k off and die"
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good for them - if i lived in a state where dean was gov i would want to get out too...plus no income tax in Hew Hamshire is a plus
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Before they make a final decision, they ought to consider that the winters in New Hampshire are considerably colder, so their heating costs might go up.
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Mike - Stop it! You're killing me! Before we get all fuzzy over Killington just remember they give as good as they got. When I was there last I was charged $5.95 for something called a lotay or capitchino or some like that. To me it was just a cup 'o Joe.
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Cyber Sarge---That idea has been batted around for many years, as I remember from my growing up in Northern California. Everyone would have to agree...do not see that happening any time soon.
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Police arrested six shivering protesters on Monday after they braved cool temperatures and staged a nearly naked pillow fight outside Harvard University to promote animal rights. people get very brave when it something for they believe in.
A nearly naked pillow fight? How about some cudgels!
The five women and one man, members of the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, were arrested on criminal misdemeanor charges, said police spokesman Frank Pasquarello.
One guy having a pillow fight with five babes? Wasn't this a commercial last year? What're they trying to sell this year?
"This is nothing compared to what the animals go through," protester Karla Waples, wearing nothing but pasties to cover her nipples and a pair of panties, shouted to reporters as she was led in handcuffs to a waiting police van. animal have to go naked all year
Yo, Karla! Nice honkers!
Before their arrest, the activists chanted "Love in, Fur out" halleluya!
as they frolicked on a mattress outside the Ivy League school. A large crowd, including several blue-collar workers, watched the protest with broad smiles across their faces. they worry about the animals to.
I think they were eye-balling the titties.
"We thought we'd seen it all, but this is a first," said Scott Nelson, an electrician on his lunch break.
You still haven't seen it all. They were wearing pasties!
It was the latest in a string of publicity stunts by the group, whose supporters include former "Baywatch" milk maid star Pamela Anderson. Just last month, PETA members staged a topless Valentine's Day protest outside luxury leather goods maker Louis Vuitton's flagship store on the Champs-Elysees in Paris. Monday's demonstration was not meant as a criticism of Harvard, a PETA spokesman said. Rather, it came hours before PETA Vice President Dan Mathews, among those arrested, was due to address Harvard Professor Brian Palmer's popular "Personal Choice and Global Transformation" class. somehow i know chainey behind breaking up pieceful protest. time to write my senater.
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Sorry Muckster, as a member in good standing of the Vast Right Wing Consipiracy®
(Local 1270) I can assure you that it is in fact Mr Ashcroft, who has assigned a special task force to oversee all PETA busting activities in coordination with the US Beef Council.
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That's right, Ashcroft is in charge of domestic repression, chainey is in charge of overseas operations. Didn't you get your copy of the org chart?
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To put it in a manner that "muck4doo" would understand:
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people like this really piss me off...if they put just a 1/3 of thier energies into helping their fellow man instead of some animal we could take care hunger in the world. but these people would rather fight for the rights of a animal while stepping on the homeless guy sleeping in the gutter. really whacked priorities......
go hug your mom and get off that fucking tree.....
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people like this really piss me off...if they put just a 1/3 of thier energies into helping their fellow man instead of some animal we could take care hunger in the world. but these people would rather fight for the rights of a animal while stepping on the homeless guy sleeping in the gutter. really whacked priorities......
go hug your mom and get off that fucking tree.....
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Rex! Icksnay on the Aineychy. No muck nothing to see here. Pay no attention to that black helicopter over your house at this time. We (VRWC) love PETA and animals. Juicy tender animals with BBQ sauce, mmm mmm! Is it wrong to feed PETA members to lions?
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PETA was formed by the CIA to prevent people from seeing that Louis Vitton is actually one of our grey masters sent to earth to steal our oil for haliburton which is really a front organization for the men in black hit squads.
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Aye, Bonnie Lasses in the temperate zone. We do not see too many attired like that up north.
Ladies and Gentlemen: Current Barrow, Alaska Weather
Clear, blowing snow, visibility 5 miles, -13F, Winds east at 26 mph, windchill -41F.
One will literally freeze ones t--s off at those temperatures.
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PETA (Pathetic Egotistical Timorous Assholes) are one of a hundred groups trying to force changes on human nature. They have about as much success as the Flat-Earth society of succeeding. Unfortunately, there are always a few idiots out there that will join - and support - anything that is "anti-establishment", simply because they feel they should be in charge, and don't have the intelligence, courage, or intestinal fortitude to actually WORK toward something worthwhile. They also always seem to believe they can piss into the wind without consequences. Total nutcases. These poor children need deep psychoanalysis, and should be placed in proper foster care - say, with an Iowa beef farmer. I'm sure in time they would either be cured, or turned out to pasture...
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OP, look what youv'e done now. Fox has decided to borrow your creative genious. Comming this fall: The Simple Life 2 in Iowa, now with pasties.
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I wish that non-plussed, frisbie fetching, labador happened by and really peed on their protest.
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and how many of the spectators even noticed the signs and slogans?....
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03/02/2004 22:12 Comments ||
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Uh...er.......oh, yes, Frank. Signs and slogans. Yeah, those. Uh, what about 'em? I was thinking that socialist chicks were like picking ripe strawberries in summer....*sigh* (/nostalgia)
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Police arrested six shivering protesters on Monday after they braved cool temperatures and staged a nearly naked pillow fight outside Harvard University to promote animal rights. 
