Not a very flashy one, but still a contender.
TORONTO (Rooters) - Just about everything that could go wrong did go wrong for a would-be robber this week and led to his quick arrest.
While trying to rob a convenience store in Edmonton, Alberta, on Wednesday the man slammed the till with an aluminum baseball bat, jamming it before the clerk could open it, police said. "I think things went a little south after that," said Lisa Lammi of the Edmonton police.
As the robber tried to open the broken till, the clerk escaped, and with the help of others, barred the robber from leaving through the front door. The back exit was locked and barred. The man then tried to escape from the roof, but crashed through the store's ceiling. "He seemed to be having some complications along the way," Lammi said.
RALEIGH, N.C. - As defense attorneys unleashed another attack on the credibility of the woman at the center of the Duke lacrosse rape case, word emerged that she is about to give birth. News of the accusers pregnancy comes roughly nine months after the team party where she says she was raped by three men in a bathroom. The pregnancy was confirmed late Thursday by a person familiar with the case, speaking to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity. Fox News and WRAL-TV in Raleigh reported the woman gave birth Thursday night. Balance at the link.
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...And the last report I saw said 'negotiations' were underway to have a paternity test done - the proud mama apparently is, shall we say, reluctant.
Mike
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he's an evil man, a racial huckster, opportunistic politician and petty hubristic tyrant. He'll lose his job and his law credentials. Hope the Durham racial tribe and teh Ethnic Studies Academia go down with him, as well as the School Pres. who has the spine of a Frenchman
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Nifong deserves some serious jail time with Bubba as his roomie.
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WTF? I was hearing all day about the baby not being due until February.
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it's not, but apparently she was like a Salvation Army Christmas pot - taking contributions from all comers (so to speak), before and after the "rape". She's a lying 'ho
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For thousands of years rulers 'debased' their coinage by substituting cheaper metal into their gold and silver coin which were currency based upon the actual value of its prime content. Now we have prime content composed of debased metal which is worth more than the marked value of the coinage.
Ever think about revaluing the currency by looping off the last digit? Oh wait, yeah I forgot the gasoline prices - 215.8 heh.
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Actually, the above illustration is misleading. Perforating the penny involves piecework, capital equipment, utility mains costs, fixturing, tooling depreciation, material handling labor, inventory control and related overhead.
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Nope, just a 1/4 inch drill and bit.
I know the story, a Nickel washer was 15 cents, so the plumber simply drilled holes in nickles and saved 10 cents each.
Very old story.
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So, you just lay the penny, unplugged electric drill and drill bit on the ground (benches cost money, just like drills and bits), and they magically assemble themselves to bore through the penny. How interesting. If your personal time has no value, that would eliminate the labor costs, but everything else in the equation is an expense of some sort.
If you kill it, they will come, I guess. Fancy squirrel stew or roast fox? TV chef gets meals from tarmac to table
Will fresh badger burgers replace Turkey Twizzlers? A new series from Jamie Oliver will champion the culinary merits of roadkill.
In the BBC programme Road Kill Café, viewers are shown how to forage by the roadside for foxes, squirrels and chickens that have met a sticky end.
Fergus Drennan, a food forager who supplies restaurants including The Ivy and Olivers Fifteen, demonstrates how to test animals for rigor mortis. If the death is recent, Drennan promises to create a tasty meal from tarmac to table within 24 hours of bumper impact.
The programme, created for BBC Three by Olivers Fresh One production company, aims to show that fresh fox, hedgehog and badger have a nutritional value that is greater than supermarket meats.
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Just when Indonesia, etc just got over its BIRD FLU Cases, someone has to come along and show why eating long-dead, maggots-rich? smelly? carrion is finger-licking good.
After years of ridicule the inhabitants of the Swedish village of Fjuckby have had enough.
Tired of the mirth caused by the name of their tiny hamlet, a number of Fjuckby residents have handed in an application to Swedish authorities for a small change that could make a big difference by becoming Fjukeby.
"The word 'Fjuckby' today appears to spontaneously and repeatedly lead to associations concerning certain carnal activities between people and between animals," the residents wrote in their plea to the Surveyors Office.
"This regrettable fact breeds feelings of weariness, embarrassment and conditioned shame among the residents..."
Annette Torensjo at the Swedish surveyors' office, in charge of deciding on the matter, said name changes were granted only rarely, though another village changed its name from Krakanger, literally meaning "vomit regret", in the 1950s.
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Other name changes being contemplated include the town of Ruddy Bumpucker, Australia; Dipshiat, N.J.; Bungole, KY; Gonorea, WA; Gorda Pueta, NM; and Chordee, IL.
A good looking chap walked into an agent's office in Hollywood and said "I want to be a movie star." Tall, handsome and with experience on Broadway, he had the right credentials.
The agent asked, "What's your name?"
The guy said, "My name is Penis van Lesbian."
The agent said, "Sir, I hate to tell you, but in order to get into Hollywood, you are going to have to change your name."
"I will NOT change my name! The van Lesbian name is centuries old, I will not disrespect my grandfather by changing my name. Not ever."
The agent said, "Sir, I have worked in Hollywood for years... you will NEVER go far in Hollywood with a name like Penis van Lesbian! I'm telling you, you will HAVE TO change your name or I will not be able to represent you."
"So be it! I guess we will not do business together" the guy said and he left the agent's office.
FIVE YEARS LATER.....
The agent opens an envelope sent to his office. Inside the envelope is a letter and a check for $50,000. The agent is awe-struck, who would possibly send him $50,000? He reads the letter enclosed.
"Dear Sir, Five years ago, I came into your office wanting to become an actor in Hollywood, you told me I needed to change my name. Determined to make it with my God-given birth name, I refused. You told me I would never make it in Hollywood with a name like Penis van Lesbian. After I left your office, I thought about what you said. I decided you were right. I had to change my name. I had too much pride to return to your office, so I signed with another agent.
I would never have made it without changing my name, so the enclosed check is a token of my appreciation.
An unemployed actor comes home to find his wife crying and holding her torn dress.
She tells him that his agent, Lenny, came to the door, but as soon as he found out he wasn't home, he tore her dress and raped her right there on the living room floor.
She managed to get away and run into the kitchen, where she threw pots and pans at him, but he was a sex maniac. He raped her again on the kitchen table. She got away again, and ran upstairs.
He chased her and raped her two more times, once in the bedroom and once in the bathroom. Then he just stomped out of the house!
"My agent? Lenny? My agent?...", he asked, dumbfounded.
Belgians jammed government switchboards and ambassadors frantically called home after a hoax television broadcast interrupted normal programming to report that the king and queen had fled the country and an independent Flanders had been declared.
The country's French-speaking politicians accused broadcasters of fuelling separatist tensions in Belgium. State television broke from planned schedules at the peak viewing time on Wednesday night to show well-known journalists reporting that "the Flemish parliament has unilaterally declared the independence of Flanders".
Particularly shocking to Belgians was the "news" that King Albert II and Queen Paola had fled the country on an air force jet. The monarchy is regarded by many as the only glue holding the country together and preventing disintegration into a French-speaking Wallonia and a Flemish-language Flanders.
RTBF television only ran a disclaimer 40 minutes into the broadcast following the intervention of Fadila Laanan, the Walloon media minister.
Guy Verhofstadt, the prime minister, described the programme as irresponsible.
RTBF said it was intended to provoke debate amid growing Belgian concern over increases in Flemish anti-immigrant and separatist sentiment.
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What will happen next? Will we see the emergence of Wallooney suicide bombers blowing themselves up in Flemish breweries? Flemish death squads ethnically cleansing towns and districts of all French speakers? Marshall law? Cheese shops and cafes boarded up? Frantic negotiations at, er, the Hague.
Ahh the folly of tribalism. You can have centuries of mostly peaceful and prosperous co-existence, but there is always some grievance just below the surface that will bubble up to split people apart and spark violence and war. Can America remain immune forever?
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Immune? Us? Lol. We've had quite a few "family squabbles", thanks. We had one little kerfuffle that resulted in over a million casualties. Got kinda nasty for a coupla years. More will come, no doubt.
Listen -- and this is for everyone who posts articles: no one is out to get you or one-up you or anyone else. If you do it right, it's there. If it's worthy, and formatted half-way decently, it gets published - if not, and it's worthy, it gets cleaned up. Sheesh. Had this already existed in the pen, mine would've been flagged as a Dupe... happens to me regularly, in fact. But not on this one. I'm sure you're right and you don't make mistakes, but...
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No problem, FR - I just wanted you to know it wasn't there. I didn't know what you were talking about and wanted you (and others) to know how it works. I dunno where your post went - I didn't see it or touch it. Peace.
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There has been the odd bit of violence related to these concerns over the years. Just Phlegms and Loons having a bit of fun. Think French and Germans without the humor or the food.
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FR and .com; it was there, but .com got there first, so I deleted FR's post in the queue. That happens frequently late at night: if three people post the same article we keep the first and dump the other two (without notice). If one of the articles is suitably adorned and decorated with superior snark we'll keep that one instead.
During the day it's easy (or should be) to check to see if we have the article already posted before doing one yourself; but at night there's really no way for a non-mod to know. I don't think we're going to fix that one anytime soon.
Sorry!
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Think French and Germans without the humor or the food.
I have to disagree with the last bit, Chuck. Food in Belgium is far, far superior. Not necessarily their traditional recipes, but these are people who regularly murder meat inspectors who'd otherwise keep them from feeding tenderizing hormones to the veal and beef animals. One of the best wine shops I know in the world in terms of selection and the knowledge of the staff (granted, my experience is limited, but even so) was in my neighborhood chain grocery store; the very best roast beef I've ever tasted was made there, too. Restaurants in France and Germany don't begin to compare, whether at a neighborhood bistro or a 5-star extravaganza, either in terms of food prep or portion size -- where the Belgians rival American restaurants. And at least in the Brussels area, where we were, the sheer variety of cuisines on offer makes the Friday dinner date almost a matter of closing one's eyes and poking a finger in the telephone book -- unlike France, where mostly what you get is French food, more or less well prepared (not that I dislike French cooking, but sometimes one wants a change that isn't Chinese or Italian).
/sorry, but I've never been able to match the quality of ingredients here. *wistful sigh*
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Besoeker dear, I could never forget your milk tarts, specially when you're out there somewhere being a hero. But I want them to be fresh for Xmas... And I've got to get through Hanukkah first -- 6 lb worth of grated potates to fried into potato pancakes - and we light the first candle tonight. *sigh* I really shouldn't be playing hookey here, but I had to make sure the world hadn't fallen to pieces during my morning nap.
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Whahahaha, thank you kind lady, but no hero here. Too old for that, I'm a simple FOBBIT, stuck in a dusty FOB, getting fat on army chow. The real heros are these 19 and 20 year olds. God bless them all.
I suppose Ned Flanders having his own cartoon series makes sense in a tv-executive sort of way, but who knew the Belgians were such big fans of The Simpsons.
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My favorite NHL goalie has Ned Flanders on the back of his helmet. Peter Budaj
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It appears that Belgium is the land of French tax evadersex-patriots. This telling line Favored destinations include Switzerland with its tradition of banking secrecy, but also Belgium, in particular for entrepreneurs who have sold their companies and seek to avoid both capital gains and wealth taxes. No wonder the panic.
I've often had articles I'd posted (usually later in the evening since I work a lot of nights and swing shifts) either disappear or even appear the next day (though usually with my nym as the poster, but sometimes not).
Hey, it's the luck of the draw, guys. Nothin' t' git yerselves upset fer.
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I jes pulls my shift (the overnight segment) and pubs 'em when they shows up, usually with a little clean-up, mebbe adding a graphic, sometimes with an in-line. Then I get manic and delete everything insight! Bwahahahaha. Lol.
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"hoax television broadcast interrupted normal programming to report that the king and queen had fled the country and an independent Flanders had been declared"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. *chuckle* *snort*
Shades of "War of the Worlds."
Best laugh I've had all day.
I think the Flemish should really do it. What are the pseudo-Phroggie Walloons gonna do about it - issues a strongly worded letter?
Protect the poppies. FREE FLANDERS!
:-D
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OK politicians - going to mouth that lie about Jobs Americans will not do anymore?
Loss for one is another's gain
Applicants line up to fill jobs left empty by Swift plant raid
By Fernando Quintero, Rocky Mountain News
December 15, 2006
GREELEY - The line of applicants hoping to fill jobs vacated by undocumented workers taken away by immigration agents at the Swift & Co. meat-processing plant earlier this week was out the door Thursday.
Greg Bonifacio heard about the job openings on television and brought his passport, his Colorado driver's license, his Social Security card and even a color photograph of himself as a young Naval officer to prove his military service.
"I don't want to hassle with any identification problems because of my last name," said Bonifacio, a 59- year-old Thornton resident of Filipino heritage.
Bonifacio was hoping to get a job in production or fabrication. So was Nathan Korgan, a former construction worker whose company closed and moved to California.
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And unemployment takes a drop in that region - thanks to kicking out illegals who had jobs and sent money back to Mexico.
Now they are jobs that AMERICANS have, and money that stays in the local economy to create more jobs!
WAKE THE HELL UP AMERICA!
Illegals are BAD for the US Worker and the US economy. And in this case they were horrible - they were obviously holding jobs that would have otherwise gone to US citizens, and money that would have stayed in the local economy, and they were stealing other people's identities to do it, thereby ruining other lives.
Illegals are not someone to be pitied, they are used by companies to depress wages and avoid complaints about work conditions; the companies use illegals to SCREW the working man. And on top of that, they provide the "sea of humanity" in which terrorist can hide, to cross our borders and plan attacks against us.
Secure the Borders.
No Amnesty for Criminals.
Fines and jail time for those who knowingly employ them.
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I thought these were jobs Americans won't do. This is another reason Pubs lost. Too stubborn to stop mouthing this nonsense. This really upset people border to border. Not we see the lie. Pay more and you'll have all the applicants needed. No one wants to be a slave. Unless they already are, like in Mexico.
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Everytime I drive past a construction site and I see all the illegals I get pissed, I know for sure these are job US citizens will do. This is proof of it.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Khaliq-uz-Zaman on Thursday sentenced Mohammad Yaqoob and his nephew Arshad Mehmood to death on two counts and a Rs 100,000 fine each for killing Mumtaz Elahi, a retired Lahore corps commander, and his wife Ms Salma, during a theft in Elahis house.
The court also sentenced them to seven years imprisonment and a Rs 20,000 fine each, on the charges of theft and three years imprisonment with Rs 20,000 fine each, on another offence. The court also ordered that they should undergo a one-year imprisonment, if they failed to pay the fine.
According to the prosecution, Yaqoob and Mehmood clubbed Elahi and his wife to death as they woke up when the convicts were busy stealing valuables at night.
Ghalib Market police registered a case against them on September 21, 2003 and recovered all stolen items from them.
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I'm confused. Death penalty + imprisonment + fine?
MULTAN, Pakistan A man wielding an ax killed a woman, her three young children and mother-in-law in eastern Pakistan, police said on Thursday. The victims had been struck repeatedly in their heads on Wednesday night in their home in Pakpattan, a farming town in the eastern Punjab province, area police chief Raja Riffat Mukhtar said.
A 35-year-old woman, Rukhsana Ajmal, mother of the three slain children two girls, 10, 8, and a boy, 5 -- were killed in the attack, Mukhtar said. Her mother in law was also killed. Killing the boy means it was a feud; if it was just over honor only the woman and girls would have been bashed.
Neighbours heard the victims scream before they died, Mukhtar said. A man was seen running away from their house, he said.
A motive for the attack was not known and police are questioning the slain childrens father who was not at home when the attack happened but he is not a suspect or has been formally arrested, he said. Got an alibi from the local holy man, did he?
Police will also investigate to determine whether one or more attackers carried out the killings, Mukhtar said adding that there was no immediate evidence to suggest that the family was attacked because of a feud. In Pakistans deeply conservative rural areas family feuds are common. Yup, somebody insulted second cousin Mahmoud's mustache and that means there's hell to pay.
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I figure he dreamed one of the women looked at him in a sensual way. The mother in law had the gall to look at him without a veil when she tried to stop him. That's justification enough. The kids are easy to justify as they go to allan anyway when they die.
Welcome to sharia (that rhymes with diarrhea) law, LLL.
AP presents us with another heart-wrenching tale of how the evil capitalistic system forces the poor man to steal a loaf of bread in order to feed his starving family.
MINNEAPOLIS A spot notorious for sales of fake identifications was open for business this week despite the message immigration enforcers hoped to send with the recent high-profile raid on a Worthington, Minn., meat packing plant. Just to make sure their Moonbat consumers can be confident that AP is on the up and up they cite the holy grails of liberal journalism...
Even the New York Times reported last summer on the spot the parking lot of the Kmart store on Lake Street and when a reporter for Minnesota Public Radio went there he found four young men with fake IDs to sell.
One Felon young man, who spoke on the condition that he not be named, acknowledged that he sold false identifications, but he said they werent stolen. He said the only way some people could find work was with his documents, and he was glad to help them. His benevolence knows no bounds. Clearly he only charges enough to cover his costs and if forced, would gladly provide his service free of charge. A modern day Robin Hood he is.
The raid in Worthington that resulted in 230 arrests wouldnt slow down the trade in fake IDs, he said, because thousands of people will move in to replace those who were arrested.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say that any immigrant caught without documents can be deported. However, immigrants using stolen identification documents or piggybacking on a legitimate Social Security number can be sent to prison.
In the recent national raid of facilities owned by Greeley, Colo.-based Swift & Co., Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said about 5 percent of the 1,282 arrests resulted in identity theft charges. However, he said that number could rise as agents look into more workers cases and into rings of vendors who steal and sell illegal documents.
Because of the low percentage of identity theft arrests, Katherine Fennelly, a professor of public affairs at the University of Minnesotas Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, said the governments focus on identity theft was misleading. She said illegal immigrants take on false identities to making a living for themselves, not to run up another persons credit card account. Yessss Thats really just the unfortunate by-product in all of this. After all, what are they supposed to do when Master Card sends them a juicy introductory offer with a sweet APR and a six-month payment deferral?
As there are with any group, there are going to be people who are breaking the law intentionally in that regard, she said. Any Group?
But the bulk of people are just here to work, and trying to find some kind of document that will permit them to work not to steal identity and steal funds from others, but just to work. Just so there was no confusion that theyre only here to work I felt it necessary to say it three times in a row. She said the nations failed immigration policy was to blame for turning otherwise honest workers who want to better their lives into criminals.
Nonetheless, the law is the law, said Tim Counts, spokesman for ICE in Bloomington, Minn.In working with the Federal Trade Commission, they have identified possibly hundreds of victims who are U.S. citizens or legal immigrants, who may have had their identities stolen and used by individuals to get jobs at Swift, Counts said. So that absolutely was the priority. But we also have an obligation to enforce the nations immigration laws, and that includes arresting people who are in the country illegally. Counts said the recent raids did focus on those using the false documents, but he said ICE also routinely patrols that Kmart parking lot and other places to shut down the fake ID trade in Minnesota. Apparently getting a quote from some poor slob that actually got his credit scorched as a result of this activity didnt fit into APs little narrative this time.
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She said the nations failed immigration policy was to blame for turning otherwise honest workers who want to better their lives into criminals.
And the only reason there is homelessness in America is because you have a door with a lock on your home. It's your insensitivity to the plight of the homeless that turn otherwise honest occupants into criminals for entering your house.
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Heh Tu! Those dumpsters are the Twin Cillys' number one hot spot for finding chucked stiffs. Even the cops dont go back there after dark. Maybe thats why ICE leaves this guy alone. Another classic example of Jobs Americans arent willing to fill.
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Nevada state senator and also-ran in this year's Republican primary for governor says the Legislature should consider letting teachers carry guns in classrooms to stem a rise in school violence.
"I would expect enough teachers would be interested so it would serve as a deterrent," said Sen. Bob Beers, R-Las Vegas. He said he's preparing a bill to introduce when state lawmakers convene in February.
While Beers said teachers would have to undergo firearm safety training, Las Vegas-area school officials said that allowing more weapons on campus would make schools less safe.
"The more people who have guns, the more likely it is that there will be a shootout," said Clark County school Superintendent Walt Rulffes. He told the Las Vegas Review-Journal he was aware of no studies supporting Beers' argument that schools would be safer if teachers carried guns.
School trustee Sheila Moulton said teachers might need more training to identify and deal with potentially violent students. But she rejected the idea of arming teachers.
"That is not the solution," Moulton said. "I'm not for putting guns in the classroom even when teachers are trained on how to use them."
Clark County school police carry weapons, and district high schools typically have two officers on campus during school hours. Some large middle schools also have armed police officers. The district is the fifth-largest in the nation, with more than 300,000 students at 325 campuses.
Beers cited reports of more than a dozen guns confiscated at Clark County school students so far this year, and several recent instances of gun violence on and off Las Vegas-area campuses.
"We have banned guns in schools in Nevada and most of the rest of the nation for the last 20 years," Beers said. "Part of the problem is a small percentage of the population is brought up without a knowledge of and respect for guns."
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"Justified" ANTI-AMER AMERICAN SOCIALISM = the probs have to get worse so that Gubmint can save us all but then take away everything "for our own good".
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While I'm not at all opposed to letting teachers carry on school grounds, we need to address the problem at its source. It's the one or two percent of punk SOBs in high school who need expulsion ASAP. Make it MUCH easier to toss these bastards out into juvie hall/correctional school with no right of return and the problems will radically diminish.
Notice that Catholic schools NEVER have these problems? It's because they have a two-strikes policy; first time an offender is in the principal's office, he/she's told there won't be a second time. Second time, they're OUT. Permanently. Period, end of story. Do that with the public schools and the problem will all but go away. Send a message that there won't be any tolerance for this behavior and most of the would-be badasses will straighten up. The rest are incorrigible and will probably end up in prison anyhow.
I'm angry that we are spending so much time and money on these worthless jerks. We should first remember that we owe something to the kids who are trying to learn. These bad apples make that much more difficult and the sooner they are gone, the sooner the real business of the schools will be able to proceed.
There are a LOT of reasons that the homeschooling movement is taking off like a rocket in America but the fear of school violence is definitely close to, if not at, the top of the list. If this isn't addressed effectively, it won't be too many years until the entire concept of tax-supported public schools comes into such disrepute that the public will no longer be willing to fund them.
One last thing: this is, at bottom, a national security issue. Living in South Korea, I see, every night at 10:30 P.M., the big crowd of high school students leaving their high school. They've been there since 8 A.M. Some of the ones leaving at that time are going to yet ANOTHER school for further tutoring. This is the competition our kids are going to be facing. We need to jack our academic performance up DRASTICALLY to have even a hope of staying within hailing distance of these folks. Worrying about the screwup worthless punk bastards at the expense of students who are really trying is an expense we simply can't afford, not if we really intend to stay competitive in an increasingly complex world.
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mac, two words. Parental Responsibility.
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mac - my kids have attended Santana High in Santee, CA, where we had a fatal shooting (my daughter was in the hallway when it happened, her 16th birthday, and the lil shithead was in her class). The School district HAS a two strikes policy. One strike - you're sent to Chaparral HS, a "reform" school. Another and you're gone - GED/homeschool material
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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
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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Belgians jammed government switchboards and ambassadors frantically called home after a hoax television broadcast interrupted normal programming to report that the king and queen had fled the country and an independent Flanders had been declared.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Khaliq-uz-Zaman on Thursday sentenced Mohammad Yaqoob and his nephew Arshad Mehmood to death on two counts and a Rs 100,000 fine each for killing Mumtaz Elahi, a retired Lahore corps commander, and his wife Ms Salma, during a theft in Elahis house.
MULTAN, Pakistan A man wielding an ax killed a woman, her three young children and mother-in-law in eastern Pakistan, police said on Thursday. The victims had been struck repeatedly in their heads on Wednesday night in their home in Pakpattan, a farming town in the eastern Punjab province, area police chief Raja Riffat Mukhtar said.
