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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Miami cop killer is half-brother of 1972 hijacker
...the cop killer is dead, the hijacker is still on the lam.
Posted by: Seafarious || 09/15/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Ishmael LaBeet. "Ishmael?" Methodist?
Posted by: JohnQC || 09/15/2007 10:07 Comments || Top||

#2  The hijacker is also a mass murderer.

We're all half-brothers. ... What can I say? My father got around,'' said Keith.

Not only did he "get around" but from the one-family crime wave spawned by him, he probably didn't stick around much either.

According to newspaper accounts of the 1972 massacre, the attackers rounded up as many as 15 people into a nearby patio. Four Miami residents were among them. Eight were ordered to kneel in a circle and systematically shot to death with a shotgun and .45-caliber and 9mm pistols. The four from Miami, two couples vacationing together, were among the dead.

The five black robbers, who had screamed racial, anti-white insults during the massacre, according to witnesses, then fled with $731 from the cash register and the personal effects of the dead. Thirteen years later, on New Year's Eve, 1985, Ishmael LaBeet overpowered guards from the Virgin Islands Department of Corrections who were escorting him on a flight from St. Croix to New York.

LaBeet forced the American Airlines flight with 198 people aboard to divert to Havana, Cuba, where he was taken off the plane by Cuban authorities. The plane later made the flight to New York with the rest of the passengers. Ishmael LaBeet remains a fugitive, and his crime still resonates with locals to this day.


Whenever somone advocates restoring ties with Cuba, ask them why Ishmael LaBeet has never been returned for trial in the United States. I guess oppressed minorities who slaughter innocent vacationers make the best communists.
Posted by: Zenster || 09/15/2007 10:16 Comments || Top||

#3  My parents had a home in St. Croix when that happened. That incident basically killed the tourist trade in St. Croix.

If the Cruzians want to stay mired in poverty forever, they can. Tourists have plenty of other places they can go.

Al
Posted by: Frozen Al || 09/15/2007 12:44 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Teen emerges from ocean with shark locked onto abdomen
Caught Via AOSHQ
An Oakland Park teen who went swimming at the beach Thursday emerged with a nurse shark latched onto his abdomen.

A well-aimed punch by a Broward Fire-Rescue lieutenant forced the 3- to 4-foot-long shark to release its grip before it could do any serious damage to the teen. Brandon Chapman, 14, was treated and released at Broward Medical Center on Thursday evening for minor injuries from the shark.

The Broward Sheriff's Office said Chapman was in about three feet of water at Anglin's Fishing Pier in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea when the shark went after him just before 5 p.m. Thursday.

Someone at the fishing pier called the police about a shark attack, and officers arrived with fire-rescue personnel, who considered using an ax and a "Jaws of Life" extrication tool to separate the teen from the shark.

Fire Rescue Lt. Rob Melendez delivered the punch to the shark's nose that forced it to release its grip. "The shark was tossed back into the ocean and quickly swam away," the Sheriff's Office said.
Posted by: Frank G || 09/15/2007 10:46 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Teen emerges from ocean with shark locked onto abdomen

Clealy a confused teen aged shark who thought he had ahold of Lindsay Lohan.


a onto his abdomen.
Posted by: Red Dawg || 09/15/2007 12:35 Comments || Top||

#2  Perhaps tossing back a shark with a predilection for biting waders was not so wise?
Posted by: john frum || 09/15/2007 13:08 Comments || Top||

#3  It's just gender confusion. The shark feels he's a remora trapped in a shark's body.
Posted by: Dar || 09/15/2007 14:01 Comments || Top||

#4  john frum, "not so wise"?
How about utterly stupid?
Posted by: twobyfour || 09/15/2007 15:08 Comments || Top||

#5  It's a nurse shark. It might have given him a hickey.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/15/2007 19:02 Comments || Top||

#6  So, after being gnawed on by a 3-4 foot nurse shark, the 14 yo kid was treated and released? Must've been a heckuva "abdomen". The shark probably thought he'd latched on to the Sta-Puff marshmallow man.
Posted by: mrp || 09/15/2007 20:25 Comments || Top||

#7  Nurse sharks are pretty lame as man-eaters...they generally eat snails, urchins, crabs...and have small mouths. The "ax and Jaws-of-life" would do more damage to the kid...truly a great example of brainless journalism hype
Posted by: Frank G || 09/15/2007 20:44 Comments || Top||

#8  OK, the Sun-Sentinel has a picture of Brandon Chapman, and he's as skinny as a rail. Chapman lifted the fish out of the water to show him off to passerby and the shark twisted around and bit him.
Posted by: mrp || 09/15/2007 20:58 Comments || Top||


Anonymous idiots of the day submission - Could this be your house?
This is from This Old House. Twenty things to try to avoid while remodeling/decorating.

Click on the link and step through the pics!
Posted by: gorb || 09/15/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Oh. My. God.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut || 09/15/2007 1:01 Comments || Top||

#2  It's OK, that's structurally rated duct tape.


Heehee
Posted by: Seafarious || 09/15/2007 1:09 Comments || Top||

#3  #17 is the winner. That slacker didn't even solder the wires onto the plug tines!
Posted by: Zenster || 09/15/2007 8:39 Comments || Top||

#4  The trash-can vent cover lid was a nice fix, though. Very nicely fastened down, too.
Posted by: Sgt. Mom || 09/15/2007 8:57 Comments || Top||

#5  SQUEAK! *swings scythe*
Posted by: The Death of Rats || 09/15/2007 11:13 Comments || Top||

#6  This person's house?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8449178763625099828
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 09/15/2007 11:58 Comments || Top||

#7  Hell, they'd still get 800k for that house in parts of the Bay Area.....
Posted by: Swamp Blondie || 09/15/2007 18:43 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Minuite-bees on border patrol
A Border Patrol agent ...
Oops. Friendly fire.
... and three Guatemalan illegal border crossers were taken to Sierra Vista Medical Center at midday Friday after being attacked by bees. The swarm descended on them while they were hiking down a mountainside in the Huachuca Mountains southwest of Sierra Vista.

The incident occurred at about 10:30 a.m. as two agents escorted a group of 32 illegal entrants. A 39-year-old Guatemalan woman and a male Border Patrol agent were stung between 60 and 100 times, said Richard DeWitt, Border Patrol Tucson Sector spokesman.

The woman was taken by helicopter to the hospital after she suffered anaphylactic shock and passed out. The agent also sustained injuries when he fell down while trying to run away from the bees. Both were released from the hospital in the late afternoon, DeWitt said. The other two border crossers, a 26-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man, had less-serious injuries from the bee stings.

The other crossers suffered minor cuts, bruises and a few stings but didn't need to be taken to a hospital.
They do need to be taken to the airport. Were they?
Posted by: Gary and the Samoyeds || 09/15/2007 07:45 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Sierra Vista - nice town. Ft. Huachuca area has some of the highest numbers of illegals and drug-smugglers, in fact, the base has an observation balloon (with cameras/sensors) tethered to scan for crossers.
Posted by: Frank G || 09/15/2007 9:10 Comments || Top||

#2  Caliphornia already gives illegals better Health Care than the basic Health Care Package offered to every *UCSF Health Care Worker. [*University of Caliphornia @ San Francisco]

Consider; In just *one of the the most sick f'n Liberal cities in North America, young Drs and Nurses, Nurse Assistance, Med Assistance, Techs, etc. grumble and resent the 100% free and FULL medical care that the Illegal-Baby-Factories receive here in CA.

[*Malibu, all of Moron [Marin] County, Santa Cruz, Berkeley, Davis, etc. etc. etc.

If that weren't enough.. and In addition, The Super PC Rat Bastids who run the Evil Asylum called San Francisco are currently kicking off a fully insured program for every resident in SF.

IMHO: LET THE BEES STING [they just need training] AND THE BULLETS FLY!
Posted by: Red Dawg || 09/15/2007 12:28 Comments || Top||

#3  Hmmm. Killer Bees as a natural Border Fence. Someone should look into that.
Posted by: mcsegeek1 || 09/15/2007 12:50 Comments || Top||


Europe
France sets up new domestic intelligence agency
France announced Thursday the creation of a new intelligence agency, merging two long-standing services in a bid to improve the response to security threats. The new DRI agency will be made up of the RG police intelligence unit and the DST counter-intelligence service in a shakeup long advocated by President Nicolas Sarkozy, who served as interior minister under the previous government. Le Figaro newspaper on Thursday described the agency as a "French FBI" and said that Bernard Squarcini, the current head of the DST and a close aide to Sarkozy, was tipped to take its helm.
Posted by: Seafarious || 09/15/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Home Front: WoT
ESPN columnist does right by a wounded soldier
I found this nice article about a wounded Soldier who is also a Cornhusker fan. (scroll down to the bottom)
Posted by: Seafarious || 09/15/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Science & Technology
GWOT cell phone technology tracking breakthroughs.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/15/2007 06:36 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Thought I was screwed there for second.
Posted by: Glegum Guelph3539 || 09/15/2007 10:12 Comments || Top||

#2  You are - but only by those who can pay for the service. ;-)
Posted by: lotp || 09/15/2007 10:43 Comments || Top||

#3  Besoeker, is that you? I'm shocked!
Posted by: gorb || 09/15/2007 21:27 Comments || Top||


Southeast Asia
Soros keen to invest in Aceh.
Amid increasing demand in the biofuel production sector, one of Indonesia’s best performing export industries, comes news that billionaire fund manager George Soros is apparently keen to buy 20,000 hectares of oil palm plantation in the province of Aceh.

The Governor of Aceh, Irwandi Yusuf, met Soros in New York recently and said on 12th September:

Soros said that he was interested in developing an oil palm plantation of about 20,000 hectares at first. This kind of investment could provide a living for about 2,500 families in Aceh.

The former rebel leader of separtist movement GAM cum Governor however didn’t know the value of such an investment or the likely time frame, but promised that his administration would work hard to help Soros get things moving.

Both sides will immediately get to work on ensuring that the investment comes off.

Irwandi said Soros’ interest in investing in Aceh was proof of the province’s appeal to foreign investors:

We’ve got lots of land, there’s a lot of potential, above all in palm oil plantations. The problem is we don’t have the funds to develop it properly.

Jews

Not all ordinary people in Aceh are happy with Irwandi’s attempts to win investment from America. One person, Agam Putra, asks:
Why doesn’t he go to a Muslim country like Iran, why to a Jewish place, it’s like the people of Aceh are going to be Judaised.

One Zuriani Usman says:

We really support Mr Irwandi trying to find investors but why does he have to go to a Jewish country, I think there are a lot of Muslim countries which want to invest in Aceh.

Foreigners

Meanwhile on 14th September national Agriculture minister Anton Apriyantono said that hopefully by the end of the year regulations would be in place limiting the extent to which foreign investors could own or control land for palm oil plantations.
He said he didn’t know what the limits would be but that the purpose was to prevent the formation of trade monopolies.
Posted by: Classer || 09/15/2007 07:37 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Nobody in their right mind will touch Soros with a 10 foot pole. His agents have already been thrown out of half a dozen countries for trying to subvert the government or take power behind the scenes.

Soros just wants to rule a country, is that too much to ask?
Posted by: Anonymoose || 09/15/2007 12:00 Comments || Top||

#2  Let him have Aceh! They will not only cut his head off but after they will have a cookout with his remains!!!
Posted by: 49 Pan || 09/15/2007 19:50 Comments || Top||

#3  49 Pan, yea, Aceh and Soros deserve each other.
Posted by: twobyfour || 09/15/2007 20:36 Comments || Top||

#4  Does it count if you're a jew who hates jews?
Posted by: lotp || 09/15/2007 20:39 Comments || Top||

#5  No, lotp. It means that the cut is only delayed. Of course, the time frame depends on the Acehans' ability to recognize that hey are being mightily screwed.
Posted by: twobyfour || 09/15/2007 20:48 Comments || Top||



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