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"Otis Williams, lead singer of another Motown hit-maker, the Temptations. "A few years ago in Las Vegas, I told Levi, 'You are our black Frank Sinatra.' Levi could phrase a song just as beautifully."
Personally I don't know why Otis would want to slander Levi that way. Talk about damning with faint praise. RIP Mr. Stubbs.
Back in my yoof the Tops and Temps were definitely in my top ten list. "And the band played on..."
The 94th Airlift Wing, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, and the United States Air Force have teamed up with David Schultz Airshows LLC to bring a fantastic aerial event to the Atlanta area! This two day show on 18-19 October, 2008 will feature the BEST in airshow entertainment today. This year's event will feature the USAF Thunderbirds along with the USAF Academy Wings of Blue Parachute Team, the USAF F-22 & F-15E Demos, US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet Demonstration, Sean Tucker, Jill Long, Red Eagle Air Sports, John Klatt, the Air Force Reserve Jet Car, and many others.
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They usually put on a good show and i know there are a few other Rantburgers in the north Georgia area, so I shared the heads up. I've arranged Transportation (i can't drive) so I will get to see it and I am rather excited at the opportunity to see the F22 in action for the first time.
if I'm lucky, I'll get a chance to post an after-action report tonight.
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RAJSHAHI, Oct 17 (BSS): Masud alias Murgi Massud (35), a front-ranking leader of the outlawed Purbo Bangler Communist Party (ML-Lal Potaka), ...
So the Purbos are going to need another #3 ...
... was killed in a shootout between his cohorts and police at Taherpur Pabnapara under Bagmara Upazila Friday.
How the mighty Purbos have fallen, now to be whacked by mere policemen ...
Police sources said, Masud alias Akash alias Sabuj, son of Nur Muhammad ...
... who no longer knows him ...
... of Ramrama village under the same upazila, was a fugitive of twelve systems four sensational murders and two arms cases.
Sensational? We got yer sensational right here ...
Acting on a tip off, ...
... thanks to the ever-helpful Mahmoud the Weasel ...
... police conducted operation in a mango orchard of Taherpur Pabnapara ...
... no, we don't know where that is ...
... when Masud was holding a clandestine meeting with his associates.
Couldn't they have hired the local VFW hall?
Police team captured Masud from his locality and subsequently handed him over to Bagmara police.
Who thumped him down elebenteen flights of stairs ...
On his painfully-extracted confessional statement, ...
Did he confess to torching the Hindenburg or did they stop at the Lindbergh baby?
... a police team was taking him to nearby Taherpur area to arrest his other accomplices and recover hidden firearms.
And there our radiocast ends. You can figure out the rest, but if you can't, check in again soon for another exciting edition of Tales from the Crossfire Gazette Top Outlaw Killed in Gunfight!
Let me guess:
1. Sense police.
2. Open fire on cops.
3. Cops return fire.
4. Masud catches bullet on spot.
5. "Rosebud!"
6. Cohorts vanish into the night.
7. "He's dead, Jim"
8. Find local gun and three round of bullet.
9. The End
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Heh, the article really does end there. I guess everyone already knows the ending. Headline says man killed, but it's not confirmed by the article. Does the writer work for the New York Times?
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While unfortunate, and some haggling can be made about the sentence length, the bottom line is that this comes under the "one punch fight kill" rule of thumb.
This usually happens during a mutual argument, when one person finally swings, connects, and the other person drops dead. There was no, zero intent to kill, and the fatal blow was either very unlucky, only indirectly resulted in the fatal blow from a fall, or exposed an internal flaw in the victim.
In this case, it wasn't even a blow, it was a push, which could not anticipate the victim falling just so as to cause a lethal injury.
And while the perp is unsympathetic, that matters far less than it being during an argument, as much as if the older man had swung first, and the younger man dropped dead.
Such accidental kills are fairly common, such as a little league baseball player hit by a ball or flying bat, who drops dead; a slap across the face that "causes" a lethal stroke; even negligent homicide caused by leaving someone in distress like a heart attack, after an argument.
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Which is why the gentleman in question only got a manslaughter-length sentence. Perhaps he will stop abusing his girlfriend in public once he gets out.
LANCASHIRE (LifeSiteNews.com) - Public homosexual activity in parks and public bathrooms must not be impeded by law enforcement officials except as a last resort, says a new set of draft guidelines for UK police.
Deputy Chief Constable Michael Cunningham of Lancashire Police, who drew up the 21-page report, titled "Guidance on Policing Public Sex Environments", wrote, "In any event it is not for the police to take the role of moral arbiter." Rather than arresting those who have sex in public, the police should instead guard the "human rights of those people who frequent open spaces" to seek anonymous copulation partners, an activity known as "cruising."
"The police role is to ensure that any complaints are dealt with fairly and professionally and that where individuals are engaged in lawful activity they may do so safely," said the report. Mr. Cunningham is the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) spokesman on homosexual issues.
The constable encouraged police to study sex websites for insight into the whereabouts of homosexual sex hot spots. Such websites show, among pornographic advertisements, dozens of public haunts for homosexual men seeking anonymous sex - among the most notorious being Dartford Heath, where public sex has been said to have spiraled "out of control."
The report complained that previous activity on the part of police officers to stop public sex has alienated the gay community. The report blames law enforcement for leading to homosexual "self-harm," citing the fact that some homosexuals have attempted suicide who "may have been arrested, charged or come into contact with the police in such a situation."
"The impact of enforcement can also be severe and rarely resolves the community problems associated with the existence of a public sex environment," wrote Cunningham.
"This impact can be extreme and can include humiliation, breakdown of relationships and the 'outing' of men living in an opposite sex relationship being perceived as 'gay.'"
The ACPO already enforces guidelines for police officers handling the public indecency claims against homosexual cruising, which emphasize "the value of building trust with local LGBT communities" to ensure that action against homosexual activity be "fair, necessary, and legitimate." The guidelines were authored by the ACPO Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Working Group in 2000 to provide "a comprehensive LGBT policing strategy centered around anti-homophobia."
Cunningham's report will now be submitted for approval by a committee of senior police officers before it is put in place across England and Wales.
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Okaaaay....does heterosexual public sexual activity also enjoy the same protection? Or is that so oppressive that the perps have to be arrested for a "hate crime"?
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"In any event it is not for the police to take the role of moral arbiter."
Who's he kidding? What does he think laws are? Why is it illegal to take someone else's possessions by force? Why is it illegal for one individual to murder another? Because "We the people" have determined that these acts are not to the public benefit (although in some cases...).
However ALL laws are about morality in one form or another. And to claim that LEOs are not in "the role of moral arbiter" is farcical.
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I think there are other states where the applicable GOP should be doing the same thing, as well as demanding the fabled Obambi birth certificate for citizenship verification for POTUS. Seems to me the Constitution states that as a requirement for entry into this particular game.
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a quote from the blog (not mine) - I think this very poignant - Are you reading Todd?
Who is OBAMA?
OBAMA is:
Spread the (your) wealth, ACORN (vote fraud),Frank Davis(communist sexual perverted author), Ayers(got off on a legal technicality TERRORIST), Resko(slum lord FELON), Wright(Obamas I never heard him say those things racist minister for TWENTY YEARS!!), Rashid Khalidi(MUSLIM PLO spokesman,helped get Obama into Harvard), ODINGA(muslim Kenyen wanabe dictator), Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, NO complete doner list disclosure, NO Birth Certificate, Most Liberal in Senate, TOTAL Gun Control, No right to self defense in home, Late Term Abortion, Same SEX MARRIAGE, Health Care as a RIGHT, More Government Entitlements, More Taxes, Licenses for ALL !, for Talk with all nations as equals, Pull the troops out now, The war is un-winable, Cant we all just get along,
Ill give you what you want .
Get the picture .
Friends and Associates do mean something
VIRGINS do not hang around with prostitutes, patriots do not hang around with terrorists.
It IS that simple!!!
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich."You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong."You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift."You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down."You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred."You cannot build character and courage by taking away peoples initiative and independence."You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they can and should do for themselves. : (attributed to Abraham Lincoln)
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Given this kind of immature crap, the left has absolutely no shred of an excuse left they can use to whine about any of the perceived insults from conservatives that their overactive imaginations can dream up. But don't tell a liberal that or they'd call you a racist or whatever they think is discrediting enough so they can dismiss you. BTW: Does anyone know where "Global Climate Change" ran off to? I haven't heard much about it lately. Perhaps global warming has decided to suspend activity until after the election.
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seems the sun took a nap, and the climate warming has started to reverse. i was always confused how the warming on the earth was man made, but the shrinking ice caps on Mars and warming of Jupiter moons was unconnected.
guess I need a moonbat with a 'Hockey stick' and the Goracle to keep me straight.
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After months of in-depth consultations Indonesian lawmakers have decided that bikinis are acceptable attire for beaches in the mainly Muslim country, an MP said Friday.
The move will bring a sigh of relief from Indonesia's lucrative tourism industry, which has expressed concern over a new anti-pornography bill being pushed by conservative Muslim parties.
"Tourists will be able to wear bikinis in special tourist areas, such as in Bali, so Indonesia's tourism industry won't be hurt by this legislation," Democrat Party lawmaker Husein Abdul Azis told AFP. "We are listening to the protests of stakeholders and people at large," he added, referring to fears the tourism industry would suffer if bikinis were criminalized.
Indonesia has declared 2008 "Visit Indonesia Year" and hopes to attract seven million visitors, earning 6.7 billion dollars in foreign exchange revenues. However, tourist arrival figures indicate the target is unlikely to be reached.
Politicians, artists, rights activists and tourism entrepreneurs on the mainly Hindu island of Bali, Indonesia's premier tourist destination, have vowed to launch a campaign of non-compliance if the pornography bill is passed.
But Azis, a member of the committee drafting the bill, said dramatic changes had been made to earlier versions in a bid to iron out problems. Lawmakers said the bill could be passed by the end of the month.
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No whining. This is Rantburg and Fred is Fred. You should know better than to to have taken the bait.
If you can still read this, then you still have a chance to save your eyesight. Here's what you'll need to get the image off your retinas. Get to work!
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.
RAJSHAHI, Oct 17 (BSS): Masud alias Murgi Massud (35), a front-ranking leader of the outlawed Purbo Bangler Communist Party (ML-Lal Potaka), ...
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After months of in-depth consultations Indonesian lawmakers have decided that bikinis are acceptable attire for beaches in the mainly Muslim country, an MP said Friday.
