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Sufi Mohammed survives Taliban kaboom attempt
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Police nab man claiming to be either Christ or George Bush, he wasn't quite sure
A Jefferson County Jail inmate has quite a tale to tell about how he got there. The nude man claimed to be Jesus Christ and George Bush when sheriff's deputies shot him with a stun gun after he ignored their commands.

A motorist spotted the 30-year-old standing nude in the middle of Alabama [highway] 79 early Friday morning and called police. The man struggled with police and was shot with a Taser four times before they subdued him and put him in handcuffs and leg irons.

He told the deputies he was Jesus Christ and George Bush
"When he said that, he told him we'd sic Nancy Pelosi on him if he didn't come along quietly."
and could break the handcuffs. Police say he appeared to be intoxicated.
No! yer kidding.
The man was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
Posted by: Mike || 06/10/2008 08:59 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Resisting arrest, ya say? That explains why he needed four tasers. Too many ohms.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 06/10/2008 9:27 Comments || Top||

#2  Jesus Christ, George Bush and the Holy Ghost of Vince Lombardi.
Posted by: Elmanter Panda3846 || 06/10/2008 9:35 Comments || Top||

#3  Christ or Bush? Doesnt matter - the Libs want to crucify either of them if they come around again.

(not saying Bush is Christ-like, just that the libs these days are more concerned about punishing those they hate than actually promoting liberty or helping people in any genuine fashion)
Posted by: OldSpook || 06/10/2008 10:28 Comments || Top||

#4  Two of my brothers in law are Jefferson County Sherriff"s Deputies. I'll hafta find out what they know.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 06/10/2008 11:30 Comments || Top||

#5  Jesse Ventura
Posted by: Icerigger || 06/10/2008 12:45 Comments || Top||

#6  ...The nude man claimed to be Jesus Christ and George Bush...and could break the handcuffs.

You know, Michael Moore hasn`t been seen in public recently.... I wonder why?
Posted by: BigEd || 06/10/2008 13:13 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Translating the faux-Latin tattoo on Elliot Spitzer's favorite callgirl
Prof. Ann Althouse

Everyone's talking about Ashley Dupre's tattoo that reads, in faux Latin: "tutela valui." Dupre was Eliot Spitzer's favorite prostitute, so people want to understand the words. But like those ridiculous Chinese characters fools have permanently inked on their carcasses, Dupre's tattoo botches the language. The Daily News delves into scholarly interpretation of the whore's bikini line:

Tutela, which is related to tutor, has to do with a protector or guardian. Valui appears to be a past form of the word strong.

"So I guess you would say it means, 'I have a strong patron' or 'I have a strong keeper,'" said Doug Machle, assistant to the chairman in the classics department at the University of Washington.

"Or, actually, it's more like, 'My guardian was strong.'"...

Mark Buchan, a classics professor at Columbia, took a different tack, musing that it could mean "safe haven."

The Columbia professor gives Ashley credit — even as she tattoos herself with bad Latin — for seeing herself (or her body part) as the strong one and having a sense of humor about sex.

Prof. Althouse's commenters propose some alternate interpretations:

'My guardian was strong.'"... OR
My pimp is tough.

"Medical professors disagreed with their colleagues in the classics department, explaining the it wasn't faux Latin, but faux Roman numerals. "It's an ICD-9 code" said one professor. He declined to specify which one, but stated, "Basically, it's an STD warning label".

My Latin is fuzzy so I had to venture a guess. "Tutela" perhaps derived from tukus or dupa referring to her ass aka moneymaker. And "Valui" refering to money or value. So "Tutela Valui" could mean "Ass For Sale".

It's the Latin phrase for laser surgery at mid-life.
Posted by: Mike || 06/10/2008 12:28 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Everyone's talking about Ashley Dupre's tattoo that reads, in faux Latin: "tutela valui."

They are?
Sorry. Must've missed the nationwide alert.
Posted by: tu3031 || 06/10/2008 14:23 Comments || Top||

#2  "Shake Your Moneymaker"
Posted by: mojo || 06/10/2008 16:44 Comments || Top||

#3  Roman for pricey a$$? Spitzer had a favorite prostitute. Then he had more than one?
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/10/2008 17:16 Comments || Top||

#4  I'm beginning to see physical features of Paris Hilton in Ashley Dupree - may be Ashley is really the brunete "bad" Paris Hilton or "anti-Paris".

Barack Obama is distantly related to Dick Cheney, so why not Paris with Ashley.

My cents only.
Posted by: Slineng Fillmore8499 || 06/10/2008 20:54 Comments || Top||


Can't Get Rid of Bush Fast Enough
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a former Democratic presidential contender, said Monday he wants the House to consider a resolution to impeach President Bush.

Kucinich, D-Ohio, read his proposed impeachment language in a floor speech. He contended Bush deceived the nation and violated his oath of office in leading the country into the Iraq war.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi consistently has said impeachment was "off the table."
Posted by: Bobby || 06/10/2008 06:02 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Meet Obama's vice presidential candidate. A surefire insurance policy for Obama for anything which may befall him.
Posted by: badanov || 06/10/2008 7:47 Comments || Top||

#2  Ya left out Cheney, dipshit.
And he'll be pissed...
Posted by: tu3031 || 06/10/2008 10:27 Comments || Top||

#3  What is wrong with these people, have they lost their minds being that controlled by their hate?
Posted by: OldSpook || 06/10/2008 10:28 Comments || Top||

#4  ...have they lost their minds...

What minds?
Posted by: DarthVader || 06/10/2008 14:40 Comments || Top||


Study: 1 in 4 adults in NYC have herpes virus
A city Health Department study finds that more than a fourth of adult New Yorkers are infected with the virus that causes genital herpes.
I haven't spent all that much time in Noo Yawk, and when I have, I've kept my pants on. I'm kinda glad I did.
The study, released Monday, says about 26 percent of New York City adults have genital herpes, compared to about 19 percent nationwide.
I didn't realize it was that high. Monogamy does have its benefits...
The department says genital herpes can double a person's risk for contracting HIV. Herpes can cause painful sores, but most people have no recognizable symptoms. The health department urges consistent use of condoms, and says its STD clinics offer free, confidential herpes testing.
Posted by: Fred || 06/10/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Lest we fergit, FARK.com Thread [old] > RISE OF STD RATES IN US > "USA, USA, USA...".
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 06/10/2008 0:11 Comments || Top||

#2  New York, like San Francisco and other high concentrations of humans working the edge of the health envelope----living petri dishes.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 06/10/2008 2:00 Comments || Top||

#3  I didn't realize it was that high. Monogamy does have its benefits...

A lot of older human behaviors often manifested as 'tradition' or 'taboos' were founded upon the ancients figuring out that there was some negative consequences to certain acts. The ancients didn't understand the underlying causal factor but they did comprehend cause>effect. So they implemented rituals and prohibitions, a bit religious, a bit ceremonial. Today we're so modern that we're above all that superstition and we reap what we sow.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/10/2008 7:22 Comments || Top||

#4  I thought the rate was higher, 1 in 4 adults. So looking it up at emedicine.com:

#The prevalence of HSV-2 infections has dramatically increased in recent years. The third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988-1994) found that 22% of the general US population older than 12 years had antibodies to HSV-2. In another survey of patients in a suburban primary care office, 25.5% of patients were seropositive for HSV-2. Approximately 500,000 primary infections occur each year.

Factors that increase the frequency of HSV-2 infection in older adolescents and adults include sex (more women than men), race (more African Americans than whites), marital status (more divorced individuals than single or married individuals), and place of residence (more city residents than suburban residents).

# The prevalence of HSV-2 antibodies among African Americans is 3-4 times higher than that among whites. Seroprevalence among women of childbearing age in the late 1970s was estimated to be 50% for African Americans and 20% for whites. By the late 1980s, rates of infection had increased to approximately 60% for African Americans and 35% for whites. As shown in 2 nationwide surveys of HSV-2 seroprevalence in the last 2 decades, the cumulative lifetime incidence of HSV-2 reaches 25% in white women, 20% in white men, 80% in African American women, and 60% in African American men.

# Studies have indicated that the seroprevalence of HSV-2 antibodies among Hispanics ranges from 17-22.3%.


And P2K in #3 has it exactly right. Tiny differences in survival rates over hundreds of years have massive effects.
Posted by: ed || 06/10/2008 9:13 Comments || Top||

#5  So, which one of the sex in the city girls has herpes? (I vote all, since they all are skanks.)
Posted by: DarthVader || 06/10/2008 9:29 Comments || Top||

#6  Thats Great, I am going to NYC next week to visit Ground Zero and Yankee stadium, I already have an unexplained fear of Northerners, well I guess no streaking through Washington Park.
Posted by: SCpatriot@work || 06/10/2008 9:36 Comments || Top||

#7  well you know what they say,
love may come and love may go
but herpes is forever
Posted by: Querent || 06/10/2008 12:57 Comments || Top||

#8  wwww.sarahjessicaparkerlookslikeahorse.com

Posted by: Chaviter the Wicked aka Broadhead6 || 06/10/2008 19:02 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Franken wins endorsement for Senate in Minnesota
Al Franken won a resounding endorsement for the U.S. Senate on Saturday from Minnesota Democrats, quickly dispatching with concerns about jokes that offended some and promising a tough challenge to Republican Sen. Norm Coleman. "To the people of Minnesota, let me say this: I'm not a perfect person," said Franken, a former "Saturday Night Live" writer and performer. "I'm not going to pretend to have all the answers. But I'll tell the truth, I will keep my spine, and I will work for you."

Franken's only competitor, college professor and peace activist Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, withdrew after Franken passed the necessary 60 percent threshold on the first ballot. Nelson-Pallmeyer proposed that delegates unanimously back Franken, putting him over the top.

Franken's show of strength came as something of a surprise after a rocky few weeks in which some Democrats, led by U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, criticized a racy column he wrote for Playboy magazine in 2000 and, earlier this week, joking comments he was reported to have made about rape that were included in a 1995 New York magazine article about "Saturday Night Live."
Posted by: Fred || 06/10/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Ha, ha. What a joke. As such, he's the perfect candidate to represent today's Democratic party.
Posted by: Sninert Black9312 || 06/10/2008 4:02 Comments || Top||

#2  You're right, the perfect choice, in their case.
Posted by: bigjim-ky || 06/10/2008 11:58 Comments || Top||

#3  Minnesota DemoC'raps endorse first Hydrocephalic Senator.

/yes Al Franken and his entire family suffer from Massive & Waterlogged Liberal Heads.
Posted by: RD || 06/10/2008 12:17 Comments || Top||

#4 

Has anyone seen Jabba and Al in the same place at the same time? Put a curly wig and spectacles on Jabba, and it's scarey...
Posted by: BigEd || 06/10/2008 13:17 Comments || Top||

#5  "Tom and I would like to take this opportunity to publicly advocate the violent overthrow of the United States government."
-- Al "Mr. Me" Franken, SNL, late 70's
Posted by: mojo || 06/10/2008 16:48 Comments || Top||


Home Front Economy
Anheuser Busch on the block?
Posted by: 3dc || 06/10/2008 01:09 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Everything's gone to hell since Gussie died.
Posted by: Angie Schultz || 06/10/2008 20:30 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Tue 2008-06-10
  Sufi Mohammed survives Taliban kaboom attempt
Mon 2008-06-09
  Hero of Anbar Would Stir a Revolt in Afghanistan
Sun 2008-06-08
  G8 energy chiefs meet as oil soars
Sat 2008-06-07
  U.S. court upholds Qaeda conviction in Bush murder plot
Fri 2008-06-06
  Guantanamo arraignment begins for five accused 9/11 plotters
Thu 2008-06-05
  Iraq police arrest five Shias wanted for over 720 murders
Wed 2008-06-04
  US-Iraq Negotiating Status Of Forces Agreement
Tue 2008-06-03
  Norway, Sweden close Islamabad embassies in wake of Danish kaboom
Mon 2008-06-02
  Darul-Uloom Deoband issues fatwa against terror
Sun 2008-06-01
  Australia ends combat operations in Iraq
Sat 2008-05-31
  100 Talibs killed in Farah
Fri 2008-05-30
  Suicide bomber kills 16, injures 18 near Mosul
Thu 2008-05-29
  Lebanese president reappoints prime minister
Wed 2008-05-28
  Yemen reports crushing Zaidi rebels near capital
Tue 2008-05-27
  Leb: 9 wounded in gunfight between pro-gov't, opposition supporters


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