Jesus Jihad, a two-time convicted felon, said on the witness stand Thursday that his prison instinct took over when he began stabbing his wife last year. The rush from that instinct didn't subside until his wife was lying dead with 11 stab wounds, mostly in her back, in a parking lot in front of the couple's apartment. Jihad recalled that attack and the details that led to it Thursday as he took the stand in his murder trial.
Jiahd said the incident began because he thought his wife was conspiring with her sister to get him arrested, knowing if he had any contact with the law he would be subjected to a lengthy prison term because of his past felony record. But when he tried to talk to her about it in the kitchen of the couple's apartment, she became angry and a wrestling match began, he said from the witness stand. Jihad said he could not get through to his wife because she was high on cocaine and at that point knew he was in trouble for at least striking a woman during their scuffle. "The full force of the law was going to come down on me," said the convicted rapist and murderer. "So, I grabbed a knife and I stabbed her. That is how it happened. The rest of it, everyone already explained to you."
Jihad is accused of stabbing his wife, Aisha Hendricks, to death during a knife wielding rampage July 8, 2007, which also resulted in him critically wounding her sister, Emma Bowens, and slashing the face of Hendricks' son, D'Anthony Holmes, then 15. Hendricks, 35, was stabbed 11 times with two different kitchen knives and then thrown down a flight of stairs outside the couple's apartment on the 2300 block of 92nd Avenue in Oakland. Jihad, 56, who is being prosecuted under the state's "Three Strikes" law, faces life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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Another Jailhouse Philosopher. If Capote or Mailer were still around, he'd be the subject of their newest Pulitzer prize winner. Other then them and their ilk, the only people this will impress will be his fellow cons.
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well you're going back too where your instincts will work well.it's LOSE LOSE SITUATION FOR THE PPL OF THIS STATE . IF THEY PUT HIM ON DEATH ROW THEY WIILL HAVE TOO TAKE CARE OF HIM FOR 30 YEARS AND IF HE GETS LIFE THEN HE WOULD PROB LIVE TOO BE A 100
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As they say in Texas, "some folks jus' need killin'. This POS is one of them. He doesn't deserve a trial, he should be immediately killed in whatever way will leave his body most useful for science/organ donation and thus quickly disposed of. Hell, at least that way he would have been good for something other than causing a life full of problems for other people. Worthless bastard should have been executed long ago, apparently.
Of all the movies about the current Iraq War, good or bad, passionate or indifferent, The Lucky Ones is the only one to embrace "daft." This all-over-the-place road-picture dramedy puts three wounded GIs in a minivan and takes them to a bar and a church, through a car wreck and a tornado, dealing with each other's "issues" willy-nilly along the way. It's something of a well-intentioned mess.
Tim Robbins plays Cheever, the cynical Army reserve sergeant on his way home to his wife and son and suburban St. Louis life after a long tour and a back injury. Rachel McAdams is Colee, the limping, drawling and way-too-chatty country girl-private delivering a dead comrade's treasured guitar to his surviving relatives.
Michael Peña plays T.K., the luckiest one of all. He was hit by shrapnel, but the M-16 in his lap absorbed most of the blow. Not all of it, though. He has sexual-dysfunction worries.
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It is aggravating that if someone were just to produce a low budget movie with Americans as the good guys in the Iraq war, it would probably be a huge hit.
Hell, you could film it in Iraq, with Iraqis as extras and even supporting stars. To avoid any sectarian problems, make al-Qaeda the bad guys, and script the movie based on real anecdotes by US and Iraqi military.
The Pentagon would probably give full cooperation, which would multiply your budget by a factor, and you could use veterans as actors.
Even going direct to DVD, you would probably clear $50M net.
A rule of thumb is that a drama is made by its villains, not its heroes. No problem here. Some of the al-Qaeda shit would be banned in one of the Saw movies. It would have to be seriously toned down, and parts would have to be edited out to make it just an R rating (even though it would not need a rating, being DVD release.)
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I don't support Tim Robbins or his wife Susan Sarandon in their endeavors. They can get on without me. They think we are all chumps.
This movie sounds a lot like a remake of a movie about three retuning wounded vets during the WWII era except for the car wreck, tornado, personal issues, willy nillyness, Tim Robbins, etc. Forget it, it doesn't really sound similar.
An alarming number of students were conspicuously absent from class when schools in the East Valley reconvened in August.
Half of the 10 school districts in the area reported a loss in enrollment from the same time the previous year. Some of the biggest hits were felt in Mesa, Tempe and Apache Junction districts, where about 2,500 students who were expected to be there never showed up.
Despite tremendous growth in the East Valley over the last decade, the inability to predict population variations, the effects of competition created through open enrollment and the sudden change in the housing market have left school administrators and governing boards guessing about the future of their schools and grasping at ways to quickly address the holes left in their budgets as students seemingly disappear. And no mention of illegal aliens in the entire story. Authorities are "mystified". Could it be UFOs abducting children?
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... grasping at ways to quickly address the holes left in their budgets as students seemingly disappear.
When school budgets are set by population the integrity of the system is based upon preserving the flow of money to one's own little fiefdom. There is no loyalty to the taxpayer in economizing the resources. The Tranzies* never grasped that they took the money from other school districts that need it just as much, if not more.
*Transnational Progressive [aka International Socialist] who have no loyalty to an American national identity or border. They want to loot American resources for their own agenda. They demand obedience from the serfs taxpayer but give no loyalty or respect in return.
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Gee, that's too bad. only down side, what will the school do with all those dual languae ( or spanish only) texts if there are only English speaking students there?
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Last year, when the districts learned they had a butt load of unneeded ESL teachers, and already had a full complement of Spanish teachers, they made the ESL teachers an offer. Learn some other language to teach if you want to keep working.
#4
what's the problem here. I think if the school systems know that students are illegal aliens the they shit report the entire family too the INS. I know it's not the kids faults but I have enough trouble affording my kids education and by them making taxes higher too educate an illegal is a slap in the face
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That'd make sense, sinse. Too much sense, in fact. It's against the law for the schools to ask for proof of citizenship. You probably know this already but I remember when I was a young whippersnapper a long, long time ago I worked with school administrators in a very, very conservative California school district. I was ignorant and naive and my mouth dropped open when they told me that. I couldn't believe it. The two older men looked at each other and nodded when they saw the expression on my face.
But now, let's tie this in with a more current topic. How many of those 2500 students belonged to families who defaulted on their sub prime mortgages when they went back to Mexico?
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It's a good question how many went back to Mexico. I read elsewhere that North Carolina is now the fastest growing State in the US, because it is very liberal to illegals. Canada is also getting a lot of Mexican illegals, because it does not require passports of Mexicans to enter.
Remember also that Arizona was early on the bandwagon to e-Verify and prosecuting employers for hiring illegals, which was believed (no stats) to cause a big outflow of illegals at the time. And yes, Joe Arpaio's efforts as well, which truthfully I think were more PR than practical.
Otherwise, one city named Guadalupe, just South of Phoenix, has no police right now because they were policed by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (Joe again), and have canceled the contract.
Ironically, they are not Mexican, but Yaqui Indian, who are so government averse that many of them, though citizens, have little or no paper proof.
Another city in East Phoenix Metro is actually paying a landscaper $75,000 to fight the charge that they knowingly hired illegals.
Dozens of Muslim protesters attacked participants of Bosnia's first-ever gay rights festival in Sarajevo on Wednesday, injuring at least two journalists and one police officer. The scuffle broke out at the end of the opening ceremony of the four-day festival in front of the Academy of Fine Arts in downtown Sarajevo. Police said at least eight people were injured when attackers dragged some people from vehicles and beat others in the street. A policeman was also injured.
Sarajevo hospital said six people were admitted with head wounds and that a Danish visitor was the most seriously hurt. "When I was getting out of the academy, I was suddenly struck in the back," Pedja Kojovic, a local journalist, told reporters. "Three other people then came running and beat me up."
Emir Imamovic, a journalist who tried to help Kojovic, was severely beaten, police said.
A heavy police deployment prevented more violence from spoiling the event, with a security cordon keeping protestors shouting "kill the gays" and "Allahu Akbar" (a Muslim expression meaning God is Greatest) at bay.
About 50 people participated in the opening day of the festival, which had already prompted fears of violence. Islamic media campaigned this month against the organization of the festival during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and anonymous death threats were made against its organizers and media that supported it. Organizers said the timing of the indoor festival of art, film and workshops about sexual minorities was coincidental.
Many, including members of various ethnic political parties, have declared homosexuality an illness and labeled the behavior deviant.
Sarajevo, known for centuries for the peaceful coexistence of its Muslims, Christians and Jews, became a majority Muslim city after the 1992-95 war.
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Emir Imamovic, a journalist who tried to help Kojovic, was severely beaten, police said.
Funny how the order of the day is "never get involved" - unless it's a cause the journalist supports, in which case it's get involved. Sickening.
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Interesting journalistic cover word "becoming".
Personally I'd much rather have 2 million gays in the UK than 2 million followers of the paedo-prophet.
Incidentally, Soho in London is so cosmopolitan that the gays are complaining that "their" bars are being filled up with non-gays. hehe makes me laugh anyway.
CHICAGO, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. federal agents say they have enough evidence to indict Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich for fraud and conspiracy, WBBM-TV, Chicago, reported Thursday. The CBS-owned station also said an indictment of Blagojevich, the first Democrat elected to Illinois' governorship in 30 years, was "not imminent."
Neither the FBI, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald nor Blagojevich's office had any immediate comment on the report.
Fitzgerald's office said June 30, 2006, it was looking into "very serious allegations of endemic hiring fraud" in the Blagojevich administration. Prosecutors also mentioned Blagojevich in an indictment as the intended beneficiary of at least one extortion attempt by Blagojevich fundraiser and businessmen Antoin "Tony" Rezko.
Rezko was convicted June 4 on 16 of the 24 counts against him. He awaits sentencing in October on mail and wire fraud, aiding and abetting bribery and money laundering convictions. He still faces two more trials.
The Chicago Sun-Times has reported Rezko could cut his prison time significantly by cooperating in investigations of other public figures, including Blagojevich. But Rezko lawyer Joseph Duffy called the idea of his client's involvement in other prosecutions "bogus."
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Indict a CHICAGO DEMOCRAT tied to The One on the eve of an election? Wouldn't look good if Barry had to testify in open court or even to a Grand Jury before the election, now would it?
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Illinois prisons are once again running low on Gubernatorial inmates. Only George Ryan remains in jail. Otto Kerner, Jr. was convicted of bribery and other charges and sentenced to three years in prison, but was released early when he developed terminal cancer and passed away in 1976. Daniel Walker served 18 months of a seven year sentence and remains with us, as far as I know.
Pack a smallish bag Governor Blagoveich. Joliet will furnish most of what you need.
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This has been building for a while. Blago also goes by the street name "unindited (as of yet) co conspirator B" during the Rezko trial.
Once Tony flips, Blago gets his turn on the stand.
What many outside of Chicago don't know is Blago thought HE was to be the new annointed one heading for the White House as recently as 2002.
Rezko was placing multiple bets by bankrolling both Blago and Obama at the same time.
You better flip, Tony, before sentencing, or we will see you in 2020.
The government has ordered an inquiry into reports of girls from the northeast being trafficked to Malaysia for sex work. NGOs claimed that as many as 150 girls were reported to have been promised jobs in Singapore but landed up in clubs in Kaula Lampur instead.
The ministry of overseas Indian affairs (OIA) has ordered an inquiry into the reports. "I am looking into the matter. We have also alerted our embassies in Singapore and Malaysia," Vayalar Ravi, OIA minister said. The minister has directed the Protectorate of Emigrants (PoE) officer to track records on the basis of which these girls were taken.
Complaints were received from Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) and Shakti Vahini regarding trafficking of girls from Zeliangrong community in Tamenglong district in Manipur. The two NGOs were alerted after three girls escaped from their traffickers in Malaysia and were rescued by a priest. He, in turn, got in touch with NPMHR, Unifem and Shakti Vahini.
Shakti Vahini's executive director Ravi Kant said, "This information only hints at what could be a larger racket of human trafficking from the N-E." While details are not forthcoming, NGOs said that a Singapore-based group was recruiting girls not just from Manipur but Guwahati, Kolkata, Dimapur and Shillong. NGOs also claimed that five girls on their way to Singapore were intercepted and rescued at Dimapur recently.
The N-E has emerged as a source-transit-destination point for trafficking of women and children. The region's proximity to the country's porous borders has made human trafficking from Nepal and Bangladesh easy while girls from Manipur, Nagaland and Assam find their way to Delhi, Mumbai and southeast Asian countries.
Human trafficking, coupled with trafficking of drugs and arms, has left the entire region in turmoil and internal strife. Concerned over the increasing number of fake recruiting agencies, the ministry has planned to strengthen the Emigration Act that will allow authorities to take stringent action against fraudulent agents. The amendments to the legislation are in the pipeline.
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If Malasia had "The Sun" news-paper, it woul be titled
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.
Jesus Jihad, a two-time convicted felon, said on the witness stand Thursday that his prison instinct took over when he began stabbing his wife last year. The rush from that instinct didn't subside until his wife was lying dead with 11 stab wounds, mostly in her back, in a parking lot in front of the couple's apartment. Jihad recalled that attack and the details that led to it Thursday as he took the stand in his murder trial.
Of all the movies about the current Iraq War, good or bad, passionate or indifferent, The Lucky Ones is the only one to embrace "daft." This all-over-the-place road-picture dramedy puts three wounded GIs in a minivan and takes them to a bar and a church, through a car wreck and a tornado, dealing with each other's "issues" willy-nilly along the way. It's something of a well-intentioned mess.
Dozens of Muslim protesters attacked participants of Bosnia's first-ever gay rights festival in Sarajevo on Wednesday, injuring at least two journalists and one police officer. The scuffle broke out at the end of the opening ceremony of the four-day festival in front of the Academy of Fine Arts in downtown Sarajevo. Police said at least eight people were injured when attackers dragged some people from vehicles and beat others in the street. A policeman was also injured.
