I wonder if the cops ever thought of sending them to their rooms?
Random found image of bongs.
Pa. brothers face charges after broken bong brawl
January 23, 2012 | WPVI.com
Two western Pennsylvania brothers are charged with simple assault and marijuana possession charges after what police are calling a brawl over a broken bong
Ferndale police tell the Tribune-Democrat of Johnstown they responded to a fight call Wednesday in which one man was reportedly brandishing a screwdriver while the other hid in his bedroom.
After investigating, police say 18-year-old Tyler Kamler told them 23-year-old Brandon Kamler became upset when Tyler asked him about the broken bong – a glass or plastic water pipe commonly used to smoke marijuana. Police say they later found some small bags of marijuana, an ashtray and two smoking pipes buried in a flower bed after asking Brandon Kamler if there were other drugs in the house.
The brothers don’t have attorneys and declined immediate comment when called at home Friday.
What if the kid is just a Dukes of Hazard fan? Apparently, the stars and bars is a “symbol of white supremacy.” Hmm. She was not suspended for wearing the garment but for her attitude when asked to remove the garment. Hmm. What crap.
East Windsor teen suspended over Confederate flag shirt, mom says school is wrong
Lisa Coryell, For The Times | nj.com | November 14, 2011, 3:54 PM
EAST WINDSOR — A Kreps Middle School parent who says her daughter was suspended for wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with the image of the confederate flag says the school overstepped its boundaries and violated her daughter’s right to free speech.
Jane West says she’s thinking about withdrawing her daughter, Torri Albrecht, from the school even as district officials insist that the flag — viewed by many as a racially charged symbol — was not the reason the girl was suspended.
“They’re saying that now because they know they really went too far this time,” West said. “If there wasn’t a problem with the sweatshirt, why did the vice principal call at 10 after 8 on Monday to demand that I bring a change of clothes for my daughter?”
“He told me he had a bunch of students and a bunch of teachers come into his office to say they were disturbed by it,” she said.
West said she told the assistant principal, Jermaine Blount, he was crazy if he thought she was coming out with a change of clothes for the eighth-grader.
“The Indian kids wear their turbans. The Jewish kids wear their yarmulkes. That’s their birthright,” she said. “I told him that Torri was born in Virginia. That flag is her heritage and I’m not telling her to take it off. He said ‘I guess she’ll have to suffer the consequences.’”
Selling plants for 10¢ each is small time poaching, marginally better than collecting aluminum cans, but times are tough all over. Perhaps the state should the raise the fine for collecting to more than $25?
Venus fly traps in the wilds near the NC coast. Note the plants clumping habit as well as the tall attractive blooms. Image Miss Fidget circa 2003.
Poaching a threat to rare Venus flytrap plant
by Joel Allen | http://www.carolinalive.com | 01.26.2012
Three people have been arrested in Brunswick County, NC and charged with digging up 200 Venus flytrap plants. Joyce Whaley, 71; her nephew, Kasey Whaley, 31; and his wife Elizabeth Whaley, 27, reportedly told North Carolina wildlife officers that they wanted to sell the rare plants for about 10 cents a piece.
Those who study the Venus flytrap say poaching can be a real problem for the plant’s continued survival.
Its unique ability to capture insects makes the plant popular with kids and adults, but it’s our fascination with this rare carnivorous plant that also makes it a tempting target for poachers.
“People mistakenly think if they find a patch, they can harvest the entire patch, take them home and make money. That’s not really the case. You can buy Venus flytraps now in any of the big box stores,” said Coastal Carolina University botanist Dr. James Luken.
The only place in the world where the Venus flytrap is found in the wild is within a small stretch of coastal North and South Carolina, including Horry County.
The man was later identified as David Allen Canterbury. Maybe if he has used stuffed monkeys instead of a light saber he would not have been tasered.
David Allen Canterbury. Image kgw.com
Portland police arrest man after alleged ‘Star Wars’ light saber assault at Toys R Us
By Kate Mather, The Oregonian | December 14, 2011 | www.oregonlive.com
Police arrested a man who allegedly assaulted three people with a blue light saber at a Hayden Island Toys R Us Wednesday night.
A 9-1-1 caller reported the incident about 9:50 p.m. and said the man was inside the store, 1800 Jantzen Beach Center, swinging the “Star Wars” weapon of choice at customers, said Sgt. Pete Simpson, a spokesman for the Portland Police Bureau. While the caller was on the phone, the man then left the store — light saber in hand — and walked out to the parking lot.
There’s fraud and then there is what these people did. Amazing they got away with it for so long.
Ex-Manhattan chiropractor living in style in Seattle?on welfare: feds?
NANCY DILLON | nydailynews.com | December 06, 2011
A former Manhattan chiropractor and his alleged wife have been living the high life in a million-dollar Seattle mansion while cashing welfare checks for the last eight years, federal authorities claim.
David Silverstein and Lyudmila Shimonova are the subjects of a new federal lawsuit claiming they collected approximately $135,000 in housing welfare while posing as a dutiful landlord and destitute mother of two.
Investigators said contrary to their filings with welfare officials, the husband and wife have fat bank accounts, own a black Jaguar XJR4D and jet away to week-long vacations in Mexico, Paris, Israel, Turkey and the Dominican Republic.
According to a complaint filed Friday, the couple claimed they were not married, that Shimonova lived alone with her two children and that Silverstein lived at his office address.
This guy is the McGyver of criminals. This story is brought to you by the letter P.
Preston James Phipps, 24, of Des Moines
Des Moines police officer assaulted with toy monkey
Jan 9, 2012 | by Tom Alex | desmoinesregister.com
A man arrested in a theft from a convenience store is accused of attacking a police officer with one of the stolen items — a stuffed monkey.
Preston James Phipps, 24, of Des Moines, was arrested late Saturday night after allegedly causing problems at the Git-N-Go convenience store at 2601 S.W. Ninth St. in Des Moines.
Police Officer Andrew Pirtle said in a report that he saw a man carrying two stuffed animals leaving the store about 10:20 p.m. Moments later the officer was flagged down and informed that the man had just made a mess in the store.
Usually audiences in the USA have no idea the TV show they are watching was inspired by an identical show in another country. Think it is a weird idea? FRIENDS, THE OFFICE, and moldy oldie THREE’S COMPANY are all inspired by shows in far away places. Thanks to MOST EXTREME ELIMINATION CHALLENGE which was basically edited from Takeshi’s Castle with a snarky new commentary in English by ‘Vic Romano’ and ‘Kenny Blankenship’ many American’s thought WIPEOUT was REALLY familiar.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 25 (UPI) — ABC and production company Endemol have settled a 2008 lawsuit brought by Tokyo Broadcasting System alleging their show “Wipeout” was a ripoff of its shows.
The Hollywood Reporter said documents filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles this past week showed a settlement was reached Nov. 30 with the help of a federal judge acting as a mediator. The terms of the settlement were not revealed, the entertainment newspaper reported Saturday.
P’shaw, 15 months seems a light sentence. This guy was creepy and when one considers the number and type of images he had in his immediate possession it is hard to believe he never acted out on his dark urges.
Lahey’s collection included pornographic photos featuring Catholic imagery, including young boys wearing crucifixes and rosary beads engaged in sex acts, and a man dressed as a monk hitting a young boy’s bare buttocks with a paddle.
Lahey gets 15-month jail sentence for child porn
January 4, 2012 | By The Canadian Press
Former Antigonish bishop likely to leave jail soon; will serve two years probation
A disgraced Roman Catholic bishop who got busted with hundreds of pornographic photos of young boys has been sentenced to 15 months in jail and two years probation.
But since Ontario Court Justice Kent Kirkland is giving Raymond Lahey double credit for the time he has served since last spring, the cleric has essentially done his jail sentence already.
Kirkland also imposed a series of stringent probation rules.
Since he was a car thief stealing a firetruck was a natural.
Thomas Francis Kelley
Escaped inmate still at large, last seen in Spring Valley
www.ktla.com | January 2, 2012
SAN DIEGO — Law enforcement officers Monday sought a prisoner who stole a fire engine to escape from Richard J. Donovan state prison in Otay Mesa on New Year’s Day.
Thomas Francis Kelly, 51, was locked up for a parole violation stemming from a a 2008 car theft conviction, Lt. Patrick Logan of the state prison system said.
Kelley was in the minimum security section of the prison working as a prison firefighter and scheduled to be released in December 2013, Logan said.
Kelley was reported missing during a head count about 9:30 p.m. Sunday, Logan said.
Priests are peaceful men of god right? Apparently, not always. They can also act like sullen little boys who use cleaning their rooms as good reason to beat each other. Click here to read a very similar story about priests having a bloody brawl at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in 2008. Classy guys, really classy the way you are setting such a good example for people all over the world who keep the faith. Happy Birthday Jesus or a memorial gift for Christopher Hitchens?
Peace be with you brother?
Jesus wept.
Soldiers supervise the working priests. Talk about a nanny state.
Clergymen in a Broom Fight at the Birthplace of Jesus
By Amrutha Gayathri | http://www.ibtimes.com | December 29, 2011
An annual cleaning ritual at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, one of the most sacred and oldest continuously operating churches in the world, ended up in a broom fight between the rival clergy belonging to three separate monastic communities.
The church built over a cave, which is traditionally regarded as the birthplace of Jesus, is jointly administered by Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic authorities. According to convention, the right to own a portion or structure of the Church lies with the monastic community which cleans it up. This accepted practice may have led to the clash between clergymen who accused each other of encroachment by tidying up portions which didn’t belong to the community.
This story gets me “right here.” Imagine every person you see has a list of dreams in their pocket. What would your list have on it? Condolences to Ms Fountain’s friends and family.
Todd Maisel/New York Daily News Donna Fountain, 38, a home health attendant and single mom, was killed by a hit and run driver on Eastern Parkway and Troy Avenue Christmas morning, leaving behind her only son, Eliajah, 8. This is her photo from her ID.
Donna Fountain, 38, a home health attendant and single mom, was killed by a hit-and-run driver on Eastern Parkway and Troy Ave. on Christmas morning. A note she left behind lists her dreams.
Brooklyn woman killed in Christmas hit and run died with pocketful of dreams Donna Fountain leaves behind 8-year-old son
BY Helen Kennedy & Kevin Deutsch | NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | December 27 2011, 6:00 AM
Updated: Tuesday, December 27 2011, 6:00 AM
Donna Fountain carried her list with her everywhere, five items written out in pencil headed simply “My Dreams.”
Her goals: find a great job, buy a house by age 45, start a sanctuary for gay and lesbian teens, marry the woman of her dreams and watch her son, Elijah, graduate from college.
Donna Fountain will never see any of her dreams come true.
At just 38, she was cut down on Christmas morning by a hit-and-run driver in Crown Heights as she headed out to work as a home health care aide.
