WASHINGTON - Igbal Asghar reached across the counter at Super Halal Meat market and passed two butchered chickens to the man with the familiar face. Then he ducked into the walk-in freezer to fetch the customer's second order, goat meat.
Yummy! Goat meat! The very thought makes me want to...
When the butcher stepped out seconds later, the customer's severed left hand lay on the floor by the meat saw, Asghar said.
"'Scuse me, Mahmoud! Is that your hand?"
The customer ran down the Springfield store's center aisle and into the front parking lot, leaving a trail of blood and yelling repeatedly that he was "not a terrorist."
"I am not a terrorist! I am a nut! I'm a nut in pain... I'm a nut with significant blood loss... And shock... And no goat meat..."
Outside, another witness said, the man announced that he had used the meat saw to cut off his hand "for Allah."
Really. That sort of sentiment only seems to occur to people who bonk their heads on the floor five times a day, 365 days a year. I think it's accumulated minor traumas adding up to a major loss of coherence...
Rescue workers arrived minutes after the incident Saturday evening and took the man -- and his detached hand -- to Inova Fairfax Hospital. Fairfax County police declined to comment or release the man's name yesterday, saying no charges would be filed.
"Muldoon! See if there's any laws against slicing off your own hand with a meat saw!"
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Close. That's Fred Gwynne (aka Herman Munster).
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Hand must have offended him. No one at Mike's American Grill gave a damn, all continued to dine and party. Just another "off hand" day in lovely Springfield.
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Really. That sort of sentiment only seems to occur to people who bonk their heads on the floor five times a day, 365 days a year. I think it's accumulated minor traumas adding up to a major loss of coherence...
And all this time they blamed Muhammed Ali's condition on all those boxing bouts.
PANAMA CITY, Fla. - Hundreds of hours of videotape seized by deputies in their 2003 search of "Girls Gone Wild" producer Joseph Francis' condominium cannot be used in court, a judge ruled. Circuit Judge Dedee Costello suppressed all evidence Tuesday gathered during the searches. Defense attorneys argued the search warrants were not specific about what deputies were looking for in the condominium.
They're looking for videos of hot naked girls, and no, I'd don't have a link. Dammit.
Francis was arrested after two 17-year-old girls claimed a "Girls Gone Wild" cameraman videotaped them in sexual situations. Authorities say Francis targeted underage girls for his videos.
Let me guess, they were all 'college students'.
Deputies seized 700 items that formed the basis for most of the 42 charges against Francis and his company. The case is set for trial this year, and Francis, 33, could face decades in prison if convicted. State Attorney Steve Meadows said he would have to wait until the order is finalized to know how badly it would damage his case. "The obvious strength of this case is that much of the illegal conduct alleged is caught on videotape," he said.
"We're still reviewing the tapes. Luckily, we've got plenty of officers who offered to help."
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Darn. This guy is a total scumbag. He provided free alcohol to any attractive girl, and then taped them. We call those types sex offenders.
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Return the film and just buy a copy when its released. Then its just an administrative effort to follow the paperwork for all those pieces of paper that have to filed by the maker IAW US Code that everyone is an adult. Boring, time consuming, but appearently the DA had better follow through or this is just a case of making headlines for some reelection bid. Can we say Duke Lacrosse?
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Yes, if it wasn't for this guy, those virginal 17-year-olds would have lived chaste and upright lives, never straying from the path of virtue and purity.
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A MAN was bruised but alive after a Saint Bernard dog thrown out a two-storey window landed on him as he was walking down the street in the southern-Polish city of Sosnowiec.
The 50kg dog was pushed out of the window by its drunken owner on Monday, police said. "The dog had a soft landing because it fell on a man," said police spokesman Grzegorz Wierzbicki. "The dog escaped with just a few scratches."
"The man was also more in a psychological state of shock than physically hurt."
The one-year-old dog, named Oskar, was placed in an animal shelter while police investigate its owners for animal abuse.
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Lots of links from pages also don't work, but you should be able to waste a few hours here
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3dc - I laughed out loud at my company's first web site! I couldn't even remember what we had done, and that it looks sooooo bad! But, it was done with the first version of HTML.
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - War protester Cindy Sheehan has purchased a 5-acre plot in Crawford with some of the insurance money she received after her son was killed in Iraq. The group she helps lead, Gold Star Families for Peace, says on its Web site that it will return next month to protest the war in Iraq in the small town near Waco where President Bush has a ranch. Like last year, Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in Iraq in 2004, will again demand to meet with the president.
``We decided to buy property in Crawford to use until George's resignation or impeachment, which we all hope is soon for the sake of the world,'' Sheehan said in a newsletter set to be sent to supporters Thursday. ``I can't think of a better way to use Casey's insurance money than for peace, and I am sure that Casey approves.''
Her anti-war gathering in Crawford is scheduled for Aug. 16 through Sept. 2. But Bush is scheduled to be at his ranch mainly during the first two weeks of August. Sheehan, from California, reinvigorated the anti-war movement last summer with her peace vigil, which started in ditches off the road to Bush's ranch. As it grew, the group also set up its protests on a private, 1-acre lot closer to the ranch.
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Thanks, Casey! You're the gift that keeps on giving!
Well Cin, I'm sure that Casey DOESN'T approve. My evidence is his repeated statements, attested to by everyone who knew him, that he supported the mission, believed in it, and was proud to serve. On the day he was killed, as you know, he VOLUNTEERED to go on a rescue mission to help some trapped comrades, only to be ambushed and killed himself. What's YOUR evidence, Cin? You're not worthy to drink your hero son's bathwater, you shameless wench.
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I could be wrong, but I believe you would have to a license to operate a Renaissance Festival in Texas. Couldn't you just picture Sheehan in chain mail? Deeeeelicious!
Appearently, from her son's Servicemans Group Life Insurance. The military insurance the servicemembers and [now finally] the government contributes to. They take a deduction from the monthly pay. Guess her son either actually wrote her on the paper or left it open to 'By Law' which meant she probably got a part.
KUALA LUMPUR: The best-kept secret in global diplomacy is out US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will perform a piano recital at the annual gala of Asias top security meeting, diplomats and reports said.
The ASEAN Regional Forum this year has a heavy agenda with conflict raging in the Middle East, a missile crisis on the Korean peninsula, and fury over Myanmars refusal to embrace democratic reforms.
But foreign ministers from the 26-nation grouping will have some light relief at the traditional gala dinner during which the world's top diplomats put aside protocol and perform hilarious skits and musical routines.
US secretaries have been particularly keen to poke fun at themselves, with Colin Powell belting out YMCA two years ago and Madeleine Albright donning bowler hat and tuxedo in a show-biz turn that brought the house down in 2000. Rice however a trained pianist with a famously serious demeanour is expected to perform a work from one of her favourite composers, who include Brahms and Shostakovich, the New Straits Times said.
Diplomats based in Kuala Lumpur said they were all expecting a Rice recital, but that the delegations were anxious to keep their acts under wraps after months of planning and rehearsals.
Im sworn to secrecy on this one, one diplomat said. Were all keeping each other in suspense about this. Its all under wraps for everyone, people dont like to reveal their performance and its all a sensitive issue.
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In honor of HB, Ms. Rice's selection will be that famous Welsh muzzie hymn by Adamsachmad... "Nearer, my Allan to Thee." Please ignore the incoming IDF incoming and ....sing along.
Nearer, my Allan, to Thee, nearer to thee!
Even though it be a cross, That raiseth me
Still all my song shall be, nearer, my Allan, to thee
Nearer, my Allan, to Thee, nearer to thee!
Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down
Darkness be over me, my rest a stone,
Yet in my dreams I'd be, nearer, my Allan, to thee
Nearer, my Allan, to Thee, nearer to thee!
There let the way appear, steps unto heaven
All that Thou sendest me, in mercy given
Angels to beckon me, nearer, my Allan, to thee
Nearer, my Allan, to Thee, nearer to thee!
Then with my walking thoughts bright with Thy praise
Out of my stony griefs Bethel I'll raise
So by my woes to be, nearer, my Allan, to thee
Nearer, my Allan, to Thee, nearer to thee!
Or if on joyful wing, cleaving the sky
Sun, moon, and stars forgot, upward I fly
Still all my song shall be, nearer, my Allan, to thee
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Down with divisiveness was the message Wednesday delivered by Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean as he told a group of Florida business leaders that Republican policies of deceit and finger-pointing are tearing American apart. Dean called President Bush "the most divisive president probably in our history."
"He's always talking about those people. It's always somebody else's fault. It's the gays' fault. It's the immigrants' fault. It's the liberals' fault. It's the Democrats' fault. It's Hollywood people," Dean said. "Americans are sick of that. Even if you win elections doing that, you drag down our country."
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Put your leftwing out of business permenantly and we can talk.
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"He's always talking about those people. It's always somebody else's fault. It's the gays' fault. It's the immigrants' fault. It's the liberals' fault. It's the Democrats' fault. It's Hollywood people," Dean said.
I don't recall Bush ever making any such remarks.
This is the kind of dishonest bullshit that drove me out of the Democratic Party after 31 years. I will *NEVER* vote for another one of these lying bastards, not even for County Animal Control Officer.
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If the Democrats of yesteryear were alive today, which party would they belong to?
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"If the Democrats of yesteryear were alive today, which party would they belong to?"
I don't know what party they'd belong to, but I'm pretty certain JFK wouldn't be too happy with what the Democrats have become.
The Democratic Party used to be the party of the Working Man, dedicated to making sure everybody got a fair shake. The Democratic Party used to be the party of citizenship and service whose President said, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." The Democratic Party used to be a party that believed in America and believed that America and what it stands for are worth defending and promoting around the world. The Democratic Party used to be a party that proclaimed, "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
But no more.
No longer the party of the working man, the Democrats have become the party for the NON-working man: the party for every parasite, freeloader, freak, fuckup, felon and fatass who thinks the world owes him a free lunch, unlimited second helpings, and a personal escort to the front of the chow line ahead of everybody else, because they're too goddamned lazy to get off their friggin' asses and work for a living like the rest of us.
The Democrats are no longer the party of service and citizenship: they have become the party of smacked-asses, cranks, misfits and malcontents, to whom the Party says, "Ask not what you can do for your country; ask-- no, DEMAND!-- that your country do more for you! You shouldn't have to do ANYTHING for your country! You're a victim, and this country OWES you!!!"
No longer believing in America, the Democrats have become the party of America-haters, the party of loathesome vermin like Michael Moore, to whom it gave a seat of "honor" next to Jimmy Carter at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
And far from being willing to pay any price or bear any burden to assure the success of liberty, the Democrats now are unwilling to make even the least effort to bring freedom to those far from our shores. Instead they spout mindless crap like "No blood for oil!" and "Bush Lied, People Died!"
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Remember this?: eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!...then its on to oblivion...eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
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I don't think today's Democrat is anything like yesterday's Democrat, either. It seems it has drifted to the point of having been pretty much hijacked a few years ago by moonbats susceptible to every conspiracy theory that comes down the pike. People like to blame Bush, but I don't feel that's the problem, just a coincidence that people can't seem to separate from cause. Why does this party exist? If it were to be offered as a brand new party today as compared to the Democratic party of yesteryear, would it really be able to attract a lot of members? Have its members forgotten to do a reality check and have drifted with the party to wherever dysfunctional eddy it has ended up today? Does this party really have enough relevance to continue to win in the future, or are people going to abandon it come vote time? Is the party's present form really reflective of the thinking of a large part of American society? If so, what has changed?
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"I for one am tired of these fundo breeder homophobe so-called Christians and the Israel lobby and the racist inbred southern yahoos and greedy bloodsucking super-rich capitalists--no, not you, Mr. Soros! I meant those other guys over there--and all the rest of those un-American Rethuglican bastards dividing this country with their hate-filled name-calling. I say we line 'em all up against the wall and shoot 'em! Yeeeaaaggghh!"
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Common perception was that Democrats disavowed the label Liberal because it evolved into a moniker that represented Tax and Spend. The truth is, politically speaking; the essence of the word Liberal means that when making decisions it is prudent to take other viewpoints into consideration. Something Dean and his Progressive supporters are incapable of doing.
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He's the most divisive DNC chairman in history, far outpacing McAuliffe. An Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade Kaffiyeh wearing tool, accusing the Iraqi PM of being an anti-semite. That Kaffiyeh is the very definition of anti-semitism. Apparently the man's hypocrisy knows no bounds. But then again, neither does other dems'.
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Our side is the one that's supposed to stop being divisive, not his.
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Once we have voter ID in place throughout the US, democrat turnout will fall to about 38 percent. At that point, republican cross dressers could be winning elections over them. We should attempt to find and support good men and women to run as republicans. Good people to do good public service. Put a final end to the corruption of democrat mindless spending and all the uninvestigated crimes associated with todays democrats.
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He's a great Vermontacrat and American. Hope he lives to be 150 and is remains active in dumocrat politics until the day he dies. He's absolutely the best thing going for the Republicans since the Hilderbeast and Ted.
CHINIOT: Five people were killed and 12 others injured in a firing incident some 30 kilometres from Chiniot on Wednesday. According to police, a panchayat was convened at Mohallah Mochian Wala, in the jurisdiction of Bhowana police station, to settle a property dispute between the Chaddhar and Jappa clans.
The meeting was going on when a proclaimed offender, Gulzar Ahmed, alias Gulzari Jappa, along with accomplices opened fire on his rivals and later escaped the scene. Gulzar Ahmed was wanted by the police in several cases of dacoity, robbery, murder and attempted murder. Five people died at the scene and 12 were injured.
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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
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WASHINGTON - Igbal Asghar reached across the counter at Super Halal Meat market and passed two butchered chickens to the man with the familiar face. Then he ducked into the walk-in freezer to fetch the customer's second order, goat meat.
PANAMA CITY, Fla. - Hundreds of hours of videotape seized by deputies in their 2003 search of "Girls Gone Wild" producer Joseph Francis' condominium cannot be used in court, a judge ruled. Circuit Judge Dedee Costello suppressed all evidence Tuesday gathered during the searches. Defense attorneys argued the search warrants were not specific about what deputies were looking for in the condominium. 
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Down with divisiveness was the message Wednesday delivered by Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean as he told a group of Florida business leaders that Republican policies of deceit and finger-pointing are tearing American apart. Dean called President Bush "the most divisive president probably in our history." 
CHINIOT: Five people were killed and 12 others injured in a firing incident some 30 kilometres from Chiniot on Wednesday. According to police, a panchayat was convened at Mohallah Mochian Wala, in the jurisdiction of Bhowana police station, to settle a property dispute between the Chaddhar and Jappa clans.
