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2010-10-07
Posted by:Fred

#12  TW,
Please come up with another excuse so America can feel better about this senseless murder as well.


American-reared college kid -- possibly an American citizen, possibly a legal resident -- rides a bus through known Mexican drug gang territory and gets killed. Unfortunately Darwin wins. I'm not sure what the issue is, wr.
Posted by: trailing wife   2010-10-08 00:02  

#11  Brownsville & Matamoros are sister cities, separated by the Rio Grande, like a smaller version of El Paso & Juarez.
Posted by: Glenmore   2010-10-07 19:31  

#10  was killed Sept. 30 in Matamoros -- just outside Ciudad Mante in the southern part of Tamaulipas

Mexican geographic note: Matamoros is in northern Tamaulipas, not southern. Ciudad Mante is in southern Tamaulipas, not northern.
Posted by: badanov   2010-10-07 13:54  

#9  There are a great many oblivious people in the world. And even more who assume that being American protects them from their own stupidity.
Posted by trailing wife 2010-10-06 12:41|| 2010-10-06 12:41|| Front Page Top


Texas College Student Shot and Killed in Mexico

A Texas college student was shot and killed in Mexico after the bus he was riding on was hijacked by suspected members of a Mexican drug cartel, The Brownsville Herald reports.

Jonathan William Torres, an 18-year-old college freshman at the University of Texas at Brownsville, was killed Sept. 30 in Matamoros -- just outside Ciudad Mante in the southern part of Tamaulipas -- a university spokeswoman told the newspaper.

Torres was reportedly on his way to visit family when his bus was allegedly ambushed by members of Mexican organized crime. At least two people were killed in the attack, according to a U.S. official who spoke to the newspaper on condition of anonymity.

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TW,
Please come up with another excuse so America can feel better about this senseless murder as well.
Posted by: wr   2010-10-07 13:31  

#8  Can You Pick The Future Politician?

Is that Barack in the middle?
Posted by: Frozen Al   2010-10-07 11:46  

#7  "Uncle" Ronny, of course.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2010-10-07 11:38  

#6  Can You Pick The Future Politician?

Conservative or liberal?
Posted by: gorb   2010-10-07 10:26  

#5  lucky chairs
Posted by: Frank G   2010-10-07 10:00  

#4  Just pretty girls warming chairs.
Posted by: Fred   2010-10-07 08:51  

#3  Oooh -- is this week's theme silent movie stars in chairs?
Posted by: trailing wife   2010-10-07 03:10  

#2  One of the funniest comics Matt Groening ever did was "My War with The Ghost of Mary Pickford". :D
Posted by: Pstanley   2010-10-07 01:07  

#1  Birthday/Daily Gam Shot (Hat Trick)

Diana Lynn aka Jane Stacy in "My Friend Irma" aka Jane Linden in "Bedtime for Bonzo" (Died in 1971 at age 45)



Can You Pick The Future Politician?
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC   2010-10-07 00:40  

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