BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. -- A North Fort Myers man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in harboring a 13-year-old girl kept as a sex slave and housekeeper.
U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington gave Fernando Pascual, 22, what she considered a lenient sentence Tuesday. As part of a plea deal, Pascual pleaded guilty in March to charges of sex trafficking and harboring an illegal immigrant for commercial gain. His sentence of 10 years was in exchange for the victim not having to testify because she was traumatized, Covington said.
"These are truly horrible crimes you have committed and they will not be tolerated in the United States," Covington said.
Pascual, his sister, Matilde Pascual Andres, and Andres' husband, Pascual Miguel Sebastian, were charged in May 2005 with harboring a young girl in a Cape Coral home. Prosecutors said the girl was bought in Guatemala and brought to Cape Coral, where she was raped, beaten and forced to work.
Matilde Pascual Andres also was sentenced Tuesday to 22 months in prison for her role. Pascual Miguel Sebastian was sentenced to 16 months in May on a similar charge.
"This is finally a chance ... to move forward," said Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney Doug Molloy.
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Guess the old adage of "Never mess around with a married woman," never crossed your mind a5089? You deserve what you get when you mess with another man's woman. Of course, only in Western societies is this taboo/shocking. Back in the tribal areas (or even the US back in our infancy) I imagine this went on all the time.
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Dundee: "Ha,you call that 'a cutting implement'?
Now, this is a 'cutting implement'!"
Just doesn't have the same ring to it does it?
A priest who was at the centre of a furore over homosexuality in the Church of England has entered a civil partnership with his long term partner, another male priest, gay activists said on Tuesday. Conservatives in the Church of England reacted to the news with dismay and said it would aggravate the row over homosexuality in the Anglican Communion, the loose federation of Anglican churches worldwide.
Jeffrey John, dean of St Albans, entered into the civil partnership with Grant Hollings, a Church of England chaplain, in a ceremony at a register office in southern England last week, the activists told Reuters. Britain introduced the partnerships for same-sex couples last December, with the same legal rights as heterosexual marriage. They are widely referred to as "gay marriages" although the law does not call them that. John and Hollings have been together for many years and say their relationship is celibate. Under Church of England rules, clergy are allowed to declare themselves gay and enter a civil partnership, as long as they disavow practising gay sex.
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African Anglican union leaving the "flock" in 4, 3, 2....
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There is no 'furor' over homosexuality in the church. The church is made up of believers. (You know, those backward, ignorant Dinosaurs like me who actually believe God meant what He said and said what he meant in the Bible.) There is a furor, however, among religious people and church-goers. These folks may be many things, but they are not now, nor have they ever been, believers. As such, they are by definition, not the church.
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Very well stated, mcsgeek! I, for one, am one of those "dinosaurs" too. Of course, it's all for power, money or politics for those pushing these agendas on the Church.
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I just want to point out to the mods that, sooner or later, they're going to need this pic.
Fred can modify it to the original title of the play, The Gay Divorce. The Hays Office insisted on a name change, since they didn't want it implied that a divorce could be gay. Divorcees, though, could let it all hang out.
Terrific sets in that movie. It's one of those movies which makes it look as if the world was all set to step from the 1930s right into today, but then Hitler intervened and we didn't get around to the bright shiny future until some time in the Seventies.
The Federal Government wants to hold illegal fisherman and asylum seekers intercepted in Australia waters for up to a month in a prison ship.
Customs is searching for a vessel that can be converted to hold up 30 detainees and be armed with mounted machine guns.
The move is part of the Government's bid to strengthen Australia's border protection.
A spokesman for Customs Minister Chris Ellison says the ship will have the capability to remain at sea for extended periods of time.
The ship will cost up to $10 million a year to lease.
The Federal Opposition has condemned the plan.
Labor's customs spokesman Joe Ludwig says it is a patchwork approach to protecting Australia's northern waters and he is worried about the rights of those held on board.
"Whether these detainees do have access to all of the rights that you would expect them to have access to, and 30 days is a long time to be held at sea, and then you've got to look at the vessel itself and whether its will be capable of sitting out there for 30 days," he said.
Senator Ludwig says the fishing industry believes a fully fledged coast guard is needed to protect Australia's northern waters.
Bosnian Islamic leaders voiced anger after a local television station aired an episode of the popular US cartoon "South Park" depicting the Muslim Prophet Mohammed. "The broadcast (of the cartoon) is unacceptable and we condemn it and consider it to be a kind of provocation," Enes Ljevakovic, head of a Bosnian Islamic council, said Monday.
The broadcast (of the cartoon) is unacceptable and we condemn it and consider it to be a kind of provocation...
The South Park episode portraying the Muslim prophet, Jesus Christ, Krishna and Buddha as friends who fight against evil was shown on the private Sarajevo-based OBN network early on Saturday morning. "According to Islamic tradition, the presentation of Prophet Mohammed or any other prophet is unacceptable ... even if their presentation is not sarcastic but in positive light," Ljevakovic said. "The cartoon was even censored in the United States ... and that is what the local Bosnian television station should have done as well," he added.
OBN defended its decision to air the show, saying the cartoon presented prophets in a positive light that could be considered as a lesson in morality.
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That particular episode has never been censored in the US. Ljevakovic must be mistaking this episode with the more recent "Cartoon Wars" episode that Viacom censored.
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Nope, cf Destro comment; Lancasters over Dresden had this covered in his blog, too lazy to search for the link... wait... I think I'm mustering the will at this very moment... here it is.
As far as I know, the "Superfirends" ep never was censored in any western country, it even aired in France, though I didn't see that one (it was on a paying channel). Remember, it was BEFORE the muslim brotherhood so successfully blackmailed the West with its fabricated "cartoons controversy". Now, I don't think it would be aired without an afterthought, or even aired at all, depending on the PC climate.
The "Superfriends" one was never banned, but apparently a later one that was going to feature old Mo in an episode of "Family Guy" that Cartman was trying to keep from being broadcast kinda/sorta was censored by Comedy Central (at least, that's what they said during the episode, anyway.)
The episode was shown with a black screen saying Comedy Central wouldn't let them depict Mo, along with clips of OBL and Zawahiri (?spelling) getting their noses out of joint about it.
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The episode was shown with a black screen saying Comedy Central wouldn't let them depict Mo, along with clips of OBL and Zawahiri (?spelling) getting their noses out of joint about it.
You left out the part about showing Christ crapping on the American flag. While not subtle, Parker and Stone sure as hell showed who you can offend and who you can't.
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Uyp, the article linked in comment above pretty well sums it up.
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Yep, the great, peaceful and tolerant mooslimb religion - don't question it, don't even think about it.
The descendants of mohammad (& so-called descendants) have been laughing their way to the bank ever since. Never underestimate the stupidity of those who do not want to think for themselves or take responsiblity for their actions. So let's all sing it together - "Allan hates you this I know because the koran tells me so."
A Jewish youth centre in Sydney has been targeted in an attack that community leaders say is clearly linked to the war between Israel and Hezbollah. It is the second anti-Semitic attack in Sydney in four days. NSW Jewish Board of Deputies chief executive Vic Alhadeff said today that attackers had failed in their bid to set fire to the Jewish youth movement centre, adjacent to the Mizrachi Synagogue on Old South Head Road at Bondi. Investigations had shown the assailants had doused wooden blocks inside the building with petrol and tried to set them alight. The building, which is undergoing construction, was vacant at the time. Mr Alhadeff said the incident was clearly linked to tensions in the Middle East. "Whenever there is a rise in tensions in the Middle East, there is a clear increase in the number of anti-Semitic attacks in Australia," Mr Alhadeff said. "Racism has no place in our society." The Parramatta Synagogue, in Sydney's west, was the target of an anti-Semitic attack on Sunday evening when projectiles were hurled at its roof and blocks of concrete were thrown at two cars, smashing windows. NSW Police have responded by stepping up patrols outside Jewish and Islamic sites.
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"Whenever there is a rise in tensions in the Middle East, there is a clear increase in the number of anti-Semitic attacks in Australia," Mr Alhadeff said. "Racism has no place in our society."
T'ain't racism. It's jihad. So long as you have Muslims in your society, you'll have jihad.
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"Investigations had shown the assailants had doused wooden blocks inside the building with petrol and tried to set them alight." If you can't even set wood soaked in gasoline on fire, what does that say?
Enraged people went on rampage, burned tires and pelted stones on vehicles in several areas of Karachi as they vent their anger against the record long spell of power outage. The latest rollback left the city without power for nearly 36 hours. The outage followed torrential rains that has mercilessly lashed the city for the last two days. Several areas of this sprawling mega-metropolis city including New Karachi, Buffer Zone, North Karachi, Gulbahar, Liaquatabad, Garden, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Defense and Clifton remained without electricity for the last 36 hours, which also triggered a shortage of water in the areas.
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I'm going to ride my llama
from Peru to the Bekka Valley
I'm going to ride him good, in my old neighberhood...
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Special Forces gardening tips - thanks to Googlamma.
It is true! Your Kosher garden will take on a new lease of long-necked life when you spread your llamas dung and there is no need for it to be rotted down: it is a 'cold' that will not burn plants and the impatient can spread it straight from the dispenser. The manure is rich, high in nitrogen and relatively odourless. Fertiliser
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Stool required, not included.
I'd've thought the llamas would (eventually) provide their own stools.
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As long as they aren't Mexican Whooping Llamas ...although from what I understand North Chilean Gauanacos (closely related to the llama) are just fine for covert ops.
...we regret to inform you that the person writing this comment, has been sacked.
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(Punta Arenas, Chile) Famed global warming activist James Schneider and a journalist friend were both found frozen to death on Saturday, about 90 miles from South Pole Station, by the pilot of a ski plane practicing emergency evacuation procedures. "I couldn't believe what I was seeing", recounted the pilot, Jimmy Dolittle. "There were two snowmobiles with cargo sleds, a tent, and a bright orange rope that had been laid out on the ice, forming the words, 'HELP-COLD'".
He kept talking about when they 'get down to chili', and I thought they were talking about the order in which they would consume their food supplies...
One friend of Prof. Schneider told ecoEnquirer that he had been planning a trip to an ice sheet to film the devastation brought on by global warming. His wife, Linda, said that she had heard him discussing the trip with his environmental activist friends, but she assumed that he was talking about the Greenland ice sheet, a much smaller ice sheet than Antarctica. "He kept talking about when they 'get down to chili', and I thought they were talking about the order in which they would consume their food supplies", Mrs. Schneider recounted. "I had no idea they were talking about Chile, the country from which you usually fly or sail in order to reach Antarctica".
Apparently, while all of Prof. Schneider's friends were assuming that the July trek would be to Greenland, during Northern Hemisphere summer, his plans were actually to snowmobile to the South Pole - which, in July, is in the dead of winter.
... even if there has been warming in Antarctica, the average temperature at the South Pole in July still runs about 70 degrees F below zero...
Mr. Dolittle related how some people do not realize that, even if there has been warming in Antarctica, the average temperature at the South Pole in July still runs about 70 degrees F below zero. "Some people think that July is warm everywhere on Earth."
"And I was surprised to see how close they got to South Pole Station. They ran through all of their gas supplies for the snowmobiles", explained Doolittle. "They had cold weather gear and clothes, but during this time of year you just don't go outside unless it is an emergency."
"At least James died for something he believed in", said Mrs. Schneider. "He died while trying to raise awareness of the enormous toll that global warming is taking on the Earth."
This line makes me think it's a satire/hoax though:
"At least James died for something he believed in", said Mrs. Schneider. "He died while trying to raise awareness of the enormous toll that global warming is taking on the Earth."
What better way to raise awareness of warming that by freezing?
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I am partial to awarding the "dumbest thing ever said" award to the grieving missus: " "He kept talking about when they 'get down to chili', and I thought they were talking about the order in which they would consume their food supplies",
anybody got a picture of her: bet she's a blonde.
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Sounds like hims and the missus may have had some personal or communication probs, or she seriously flunked Geography 101, given the overwhelming difficulties in saying "South Pole" or "South Pole Ice Sheet/Cap, Honeymuffin", in the Queen's English. Five-or-less short words, or lack thereof, have officially killed a man.
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I'm with Angie. This stuff is tongue firmly in cheek.
If you'd like to see how stupid an environmentalist can actually be, check out the documentary "Grizzly Man" from your local Blockbuster. You will not believe it. My wife said it was almost like 'Reno 911' as brilliant satire but it's real!
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I saw the headline, Phil, but was disappointed by the article. Not subtle enough. I was hoping that it would be something like: Authentic TANG documents provided by Lucy Ramirez prove that F-102 jets, such as those flown by President Bush in his youth, are the sole source for today's global warming.
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"At least James died for something he believed in", said Mrs. Schneider. "He died while trying to raise awareness of the enormous toll that global warming is taking on the Earth."
Activist and Journalist, what no attorney? This really is the stuff of internet humour. Thanks for the insightful message Linda. (why do I have a mental pic of Mother Sheehan right now?). Most of us will eventually "die having done something we believed in." But most of us are not careless and stupid.
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If you Google "global warming activist James Schneider," this is the only article about him that comes up.
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If you look way down at the bottom of the page, you'll find a link to this:
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All content on this site, being a mixture of parody, satire, and lame humor, is for entertainment purposes only. If any content is found to be offensive or objectionable in any way, please accept our apologies... but we also suggest that you get a life.
Scrappleface appears to have some competion. I'm going to bookmark it.
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Well, without Schneider's output of hot air, global warming should now be alleviated. Wait a minute! I've got an idea!
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Funny thing is, even though articles from this site have been linked at RB before (and, thus, I knew it was satire), I read the thing and thought, this could be printed in NY Slimes any day now as Gospel Truth(tm).
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Now if he had called it "climate change" instead of "global warming" LIKE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO NOW, he'd still be dead but he wouldn't look as stupid.(yeah, I know it's fake)
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It's a satire, nobody is that stupid. OK, maybe Cynthia McKinney, and Mel Gibson, and Cindy "I gained 5 lbs on my hunger strike" Sheehan ... but not that many people are that stupid.
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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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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A priest who was at the centre of a furore over homosexuality in the Church of England has entered a civil partnership with his long term partner, another male priest, gay activists said on Tuesday. Conservatives in the Church of England reacted to the news with dismay and said it would aggravate the row over homosexuality in the Anglican Communion, the loose federation of Anglican churches worldwide.
Bosnian Islamic leaders voiced anger after a local television station aired an episode of the popular US cartoon "
Enraged people went on rampage, burned tires and pelted stones on vehicles in several areas of Karachi as they vent their anger against the record long spell of power outage. The latest rollback left the city without power for nearly 36 hours. The outage followed torrential rains that has mercilessly lashed the city for the last two days. Several areas of this sprawling mega-metropolis city including New Karachi, Buffer Zone, North Karachi, Gulbahar, Liaquatabad, Garden, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Defense and Clifton remained without electricity for the last 36 hours, which also triggered a shortage of water in the areas.
