Sheboygan police got a surprise after they stunned a man during a traffic stop: They opened his trunk and found a live chicken. The man told the officers he got the fowl from a local fast food restaurant, police Capt. James Tetzlaff said.
Chicken from a Mickey D's usually comes in amorphous pieces.
The incident started about 2 a.m. Friday with a traffic stop. The 34-year-old Sheboygan man threw a pack of cigarettes out of his car window and then tried to run, Tetzlaff said. The pack contained three-fourths of an ounce of cocaine, he said.
An officer pursued the man, caught him, punched him in the head and knocked him to the ground, Tetzlaff said. The man tried to run again, and the two were struggling when a second officer zapped both with a stun gun. The second officer zapped the suspect again before he was able to handcuff him, Tetzlaff said.
The man was taken to a hospital, where he received six stitches for two cuts on his face. The chicken was taken to the Sheboygan County Humane Society. Police are recommending charges including cocaine possession with intent to deliver, resisting arrest and operating while intoxicated, Tetzlaff said.
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Sheboygan is not close enough to Dearborn so any attempt to tie the camo-clothed AK-47 totin' loonie from last week to this loonie are not going to work.....
Johannesburg - Two alleged car thieves were shot by police after a car chase in Bosmont on Saturday, Johannesburg police said. Captain Bhekizizwe Mavundla said police had spotted a suspicious white VW Golf on the corner of Majuba and Matrossberg streets in Bosmont around 11am. The car was occupied by three men. When approached by police, the three jumped into a black VW Golf and drove away.
Police gave chase and the three abandoned the car. They were then pursued on foot. The two men were each shot in the leg after police warned them to stop and they did not, Mavundla said. The third man was not arrested and was still at large.
Police determined that the white VW Golf was a stolen car. Both cars were confiscated. The men, both aged 22, were admitted to the Helen Joseph Hospital in a stable condition and under police guard. They were expected to appear in the Johannesburg magistrate's court on Monday.
CARACAS (Reuters) - A Venezuelan man who had been declared dead woke up in the morgue in excruciating pain after medical examiners began their autopsy. Carlos Camejo, 33, was declared dead after a highway accident and taken to the morgue, where examiners began an autopsy only to realize something was amiss when he started bleeding. They quickly sought to stitch up the incision on his face.
"I woke up because the pain was unbearable," Camejo said, according to a report on Friday in leading local newspaper El Universal.
An autopsy Y-incision just has to hurt.
His grieving wife turned up at the morgue to identify her husband's body only to find him moved into a corridor; and alive.
Reuters could not immediately reach hospital officials to confirm the events. But Camejo showed the newspaper his facial scar and a document ordering the autopsy.
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Well, it says alot about " cannot wait to have ""universal healthcare" with free tickets. Nevermind the man that spent 8 to 10 years, maybe more. No, he must be a moron because he would never let this kind of patient into his OR. Oh, are we talking about anyone around this person did not know how to check a pulse?
Thats pretty damning.
Well, maybe government healthcare can save government costs by letting people die. Thats utopia to you fools.
#8
"I'm not dead!"
"What?"
"I'm not dead!"
"'Ere. He says he's not dead!"
"Yes, he is."
"I'm not!"
"He isn't?"
"Well, he will be soon. He's very ill."
"I'm getting better!"
"No, you're not. You'll be stone dead in a moment."
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I think I saw that happen on 'Heroes' a few episodes back.
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Gorb- How 'bout "Chavezian Stew" next time?
Actually, I was thinking, Chavezlent Green....
Mike
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HydroCarbon based fuels will continue to be economically imortant in the transportation market for a long time to come. For comercial aviation I really do not see any way to replace them with H2 as attractive as that may be due to storage problems. But IF (an admittedly big if) we had a sufficently cheap form of electrical generation we could manufacture the fuels from the base elements on an industrial scale. Plus as the price of oil goes up (and it will) such fuels would become ever more attractive. Cheap enough electical generation would allow the production of truely viable electric vehicles that would at first provide an atternative to hydrocarbon fueled vehicles and then at a later date largely replace them. Tue electrics face range abd battery costs for replacements but there are other means to run an electric. Envision a conductive pick-up on the bottom of the vehicle with power cables buried in the roadway. Get on the interstate and when you get off a transmitter in the car sends the information to a reciver at the exit and it goes into your account balance. True they could be able to track your movements but with credit and debit cards much less internet use the ability to track poeple to day has greatly expanded. For the generation capacity take your pick. As I understand it an area 100 miles on a side could supply all of the current electrical needs of the US. Even without resorting to carpting over 10 or 40 thousand square miles of the desert south west how much land is avialable in the Us on highway right ot ways? In power plant terms I would throw 500M$ at this
If it works fine. It it doesn't, well we piss away a hell of a lot more money on hairspay and such every year. But finding a way to break the hydro-carbon economic cycle is the key to getting rid of asholes like this and defeating the Islamofacists IMO
Youssif, the 5-year-old burned Iraqi boy, rounded the corner at Universal Studios when suddenly the little boy hero met his favorite superhero.
Spider-Man was right smack dab in front of him, riding a four-wheeler amid a convoy of other superheroes. The legendary climber of buildings and fighter of evil dismounted, walked over to Youssif and introduced himself.
Spidey then gave the boy from a far-away land a gentle hug, embracing him in his iconic blue and red tights. He showed Youssif a few tricks, like how to shoot a web from his wrist. Only this time, no web was spun.
"All right Youssif!" Spider-Man said after the boy mimicked his wrist movement.
Other superheroes crowded around to get a closer look. Even the Green Goblin stopped his villainous ways to tell the boy hi. Youssif remained unfazed. He didn't take a liking to Spider-Man's nemesis.
Spidey was just too cool.
"It was my favorite thing," the boy said later. "I want to see him again."
He then felt compelled to add: "I know it's not the real Spider-Man."
This was the day of dreams when the boy's nightmares were, at least temporarily, forgotten. He met SpongeBob, Lassie and a 3-year-old orangutan named Archie. The hairy, brownish-red primate took to the boy, grabbing his hand and holding it. Even when Youssif pulled away, Archie would inch his hand back toward the boy's and then snatch it.
he boy giggled inside a play area where sponge-like balls shot out of toy guns. It was a far different artillery than what he was used to seeing in central Baghdad, as recently as a week ago. He squealed with delight and raced around the room collecting as many balls as he could.
He rode a tram through the back stages at Universal Studios. At one point, the car shook. Fire and smoke filled the air, debris cascaded down and a big rig skidded toward the vehicle. The boy and his family survived the pretend earthquake unscathed.
"Even I was scared," the dad said.
"Well, I wasn't," Youssif replied.
The father and mother grinned from ear to ear throughout the day. Youssif pushed his 14-month-old sister, Ayaa, in a stroller.
"Did you even need to ask us if we were interested in coming here?" Youssif's father said in amazement.
"Other than my wedding day, this is the happiest day of my life," he said.
Just a day earlier, the mother and father talked about their journey out of Iraq and to the United States.
They also discussed that day nine months ago when masked men grabbed their son outside the family home, doused him in gas and set him on fire. His mother heard her boy screaming from inside.
The father sought help for his boy across Baghdad, but no one listened. He remembers his son's two months of hospitalization. The doctors didn't use anesthetics. He could hear his boy's piercing screams from the other side of the hospital. Video Watch Youssif meet his doctor and play with his little sister »
The father knew that speaking to CNN would put his family's lives in jeopardy. The possibility of being killed was better than seeing his son suffer, he said.
"Anything for Youssif," he said. "We had to do it."
They described a life of utter chaos in Baghdad. Neighbors had recently given birth to a baby girl. Shortly afterward, the father was kidnapped and killed. Then, there was the time when some girls wore tanktops and jeans. They were snatched off the street by gunmen.
The stories can be even more gruesome. The couple said they had heard reports that a young girl was kidnapped and beheaded --and her killers sewed a dog's head on the corpse and delivered it to her family's doorstep.
"These are just some of the stories," said Youssif's mother, Zainab.
Under Saddam Hussein, there was more security and stability, they said. There was running water and electricity most of the time. But still life was tough under the dictator, like the time when Zainab's uncle disappeared and was never heard from again after he read a "religious book," she said.
Sitting in the parking lot of a Target in suburban Los Angeles, Youssif's father watched as husbands and wives, boyfriends and girlfriends, parents and their children, came and went. Some held hands. Others smiled and laughed.
"Iraq finished," he said in what few English words he knows.
He elaborated in Arabic: His homeland won't be enjoying such freedoms anytime soon. It's just not possible. Too much violence. Too many killings.
His two children have only seen war. But this week, the family has seen a much different side of America -- an outpouring of generosity and a peaceful nation at home. "It's been a dream," the father said.
He used to do a lot of volunteer work back in Baghdad. "Maybe that's why I'm being helped now," the father said.
At Universal Studios, he looked out across the valley below. The sun glistened off treetops and buildings. It was a picturesque sight fit for a Hollywood movie.
H/T Newsbuster.org
Bidwell Junior High School administrators said a letter sent home with students in an eighth-grade class Tuesday was a good idea for a history lesson, with bad execution. The letter, which appeared to ask parents to renounce their U.S. citizenship, prompted phone calls to the school from several irate recipients.
Principal Joanne Parsley said teacher Mike Brooks never intended to have parents sign the letters, or forward them on to President Bush, to whom they are addressed. "It was a well-intended lesson that didn't shake out too well," she said, adding that Brooks would not be subject to disciplinary action.
What's the 'well-intended' part?
Reached at home, the teacher said his U.S. History class is studying the Declaration of Independence, and he decided to write a letter putting the document into modern language. His intention, he said, was to send it home for parents to review, and possibly discuss with their children. He concluded the letter with "After careful consideration of the facts of our current situation, I have decided to announce to everyone that I am no longer a citizen of the United States, but a free and independent member of the global community."
"The point was, I wanted to ask parents if they would sign such a letter if conditions that existed prior to the Revolution were happening now," he said. "I just wanted to start a discussion."
Sure. Just start a discussion. That's what pomo's generally say when they're caught.
Parsley said Brooks sent the letter out with no explanation or disclaimer, and was relying on students to tell their parents it was part of a lesson plan.
She said several parents reacted adversely to the letter, but a few sent them back signed.
Okay. They've renounced their citizenship. They'd better get a green card or a visa from the 'independent global community' or we'll deport them. Maybe we should deport them anyway.
Chico resident Michael Hill said he was told by his daughter, Kaytlen Hill, 13, that the assignment was to have parents sign the letter and return it to class Wednesday. "The lesson being taught in class was that the U.S. kidnaps innocent people and takes them to Cuba, where they are kept indefinitely and tortured," Hill said he learned through his daughter.
Seems like Teacher Brooks has been busy. Wonder what other 'history' he's been teaching?
When Hill asked her if Brooks mentioned Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where the U.S. imprisons terrorist suspects, he said his daughter replied "yes."
He said his daughter broke into tears when she talked about Brooks mentioning illegal wiretaps and other surveillance directed against innocent people. "I think I was more irritated by the classroom discussion than the letter," he said.
I think you're right. Wonder if Mr. Brooks taught the class that 9/11 was an 'inside job'?
Brooks said he was trying to establish a parallel between attitudes during Revolutionary times, and those of today. "When it was written, the Declaration was considered an inflammatory document," Brooks said. "There were a lot of loyalists around then."
What parallels exist to today, exactly?
The teacher said the letter led to some "wonderful discussion" on Wednesday.
Parsley and Chico Unified School District Assistant Superintendent Bob Feaster said they were shocked when they first saw the letter, which had gone out with no administrative approval, but wanted to give Brooks a chance to explain. Parsley said he came up with good arguments for the unusual lesson plan, but would do things a little differently next time.
Since he was caught.
Today, Parsley said, the teacher will send another letter home with students, explaining exactly what the first letter was about, and assuring them that it was only for classroom discussion.
Parsley said she doesn't believe Brooks has any political agenda to advance.
Oh no, course not, just a simple teacher trying to inspire his students; just a complete coincidence that his lesson plan came out of the Democratic Underground ...
Hill contended the lesson put forth by the teacher is inappropriate for middle-school students. His daughter reportedly told him the letter was an assignment, and she'd be in trouble if he didn't sign it. "How many did sign it, maybe without reading or understanding it?" Hill said.
A few who are now no longer US citizens.
On Wednesday, Hill said he requested his daughter be put in another history class, which was done immediately. He said Parsley responded to his phone call promptly Wednesday morning. She promised that Hill, and possibly some other upset parents, would get a personal letter of apology from the school.
Not enough. Mr. Brooks should be looking for work in the food service or bowling industries.
#3
"After careful consideration of the facts of our current situation, We have decided to announce to everyone that you are no longer an employee of the Chico Unified School District, but a free and independent member of the unemployed community."
Sincerely the Parents and School Board
That Declaration of Independence from Traitors and a frogmarch out of the school in front of the student body is the only response needed. But alas, California is infested by a curious species of poisonous, spineless, bloodless jellyfish.
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"After careful consideration of the facts of our current situation, I have decided to announce to everyone that I am no longer a citizen of the United States, but a free and independent member of the global community Umma."
#5
There's reason to believe that when it comes to the all-important issue of teaching worldviews and moral frameworks, American public schools are so sharply and consistently biased, they disqualify themselves for the core task of educating citizens. There are many ways to see the school establishment's bias. One is to look at the SATs--the standard tests that virtually all college-bound high school students take, that deeply influence high school teaching. Reading The Official SAT Study Guide ("#1 Best Seller," "The only book with SAT practice tests created by the maker") is one way to get some idea of the state of mind in the education world.
Here's a sentence from a passage that students are quizzed on. "The First World War is a classic case of the dissonance between official, male-centered history and unofficial female history." You might object that the idea of "official history" is a sham and a crock, unless you refer specifically to accounts commissioned by the combatant governments themselves. But this silly assertion is presented as if it were fact.
Or: "The reluctance in accepting this obvious fact comes from the Eurocentric conviction that the West holds a monopoly on science, logic, and clear thinking. To admit that other, culturally divergent viewpoints are equally plausible is to cast doubt on the monolithic center of Judeo-Christian belief: that there is but one of everything--God, right way, truth--and Europeans alone knew what it was." Breathtakingly absurd, breathtakingly offensive. "Europeans alone" were sufficiently interested in foreign cultures to find out what they were about. Europeans have been subject to periodic bouts of obsession with non-European cultures, from medieval fascination with Muslim philosophy and architecture through Picasso and his colleagues' 20th-century fixation on African art and onward to the present. Does Christianity hold that there is one Testament, one virtue, one sin, one Gospel, one martyr, one saint, one great man, one art, one science, one planet? Are Rousseau and Shelley part of "European culture," and all the aggressive radicals who came after? And what will Jewish, Christian, and Muslim parents think of an exam that describes monotheism as a "Eurocentric" conceit? What kind of imbecile could write such a passage?--and offer it to unwitting high school students as fact?
Naturally there are countless passages about downtrodden women and minorities, and famous women and members of minorities. One set of questions mentions these names: Duke Ellington, Margaret Atwood, one "Lois" (a student), Maya Angelou, and Rilke (who doesn't rate having his first name mentioned). It often seems as if white men just barely exist. Psychoanalysis, for example, is apparently mentioned once in this big book, in this question: "Anna Freud's impact on psychoanalysis was------, coming not from one brilliant discovery but from a lifetime of first-rate work." Her father might have had some "impact" on psychoanalysis too, but evidently it isn't worth speaking of.
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.
CARACAS (Reuters) - A Venezuelan man who had been declared dead woke up in the morgue in excruciating pain after medical examiners began their autopsy. Carlos Camejo, 33, was declared dead after a highway accident and taken to the morgue, where examiners began an autopsy only to realize something was amiss when he started bleeding. They quickly sought to stitch up the incision on his face.
