This story kind of goes along with the recent one of the Fort Worth girl who used similar tactics to fight of an abductor. Now we need a cage match between the Texas girl and the Oklahoma deacon.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -- Aggravated assault charges have been filed against a church deacon and University of Oklahoma Sooners fan after officials say he grabbed a University of Texas fan between the legs during a scuffle in an Oklahoma bar.
A couple of months before the annual Red River Shootout between the Sooners and Longhorns, words were exchanged at Henry Hudson's Pub between Allen Beckett, 53, and Brian Thomas. Witnesses said it was because Thomas was wearing a UT T-shirt.
Neither Thomas or Beckett chose to comment, but the police report described what happened to the victim, including graphic details about his injuries that included a torn scrotal sack with partially exposed testicles.
Beckett's attorney, Billy Bock, said his client's actions were in self-defense. "Sure, he's an OU fan. Not necessarily an overboard die-hard OU fan, but he certainly admits he said something in a joking fashion to the guy about his Texas T-shirt. The guy got offended. He said he was sorry," said Bock.
Bock said the apology apparently wasn't enough for the Texas fan and the man then approached his client. He said his client then grabbed the man in self-defense. "The guy came over his other shoulder, and basically said, 'I'm getting ready to kick your you-know-what.' He said he felt threatened and he did what he thought he needed to do and grabbed him and left the bar," said Bock.
C'mon, just rub some dirt on it ...
Bock adds that his client isn't a hardened criminal, but is a church deacon who makes his living as a government auditor who had gone to the bar that night for one reason -- to play darts.
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"And all the way down, I was thinking: 'This is going to hurt.'"
One of the all-time great comments.
The picture of the flaming balloon you see at the link (and everywhere else) is credited to AP and Don Randall. He's just a guy who lives at the trailer park. He should get a Pulitzer.
Kuwait is set to change its weekly holidays from Thursday and Friday to Friday and Saturday from Sept 1, to provide more working days in line with the international market.
Financial analysts have hailed the decision, saying it would provide an additional common working i.e., Thursday between Kuwait and most of the world.
Kuwaits Islamist MPs opposed the move saying Saturday was the day of Jews but the law was passed by the parliament.
I suspect that there will be more, not fewer, stories along this line.
CASATENOVO Im pleased that the statue of the Virgin is back where it should be, said a relieved Antonio Colombo yesterday evening. The mayor of Casatenovo was commenting on the removal of bricks sealing a niche at Cascina Rimoldo from which the Virgin has blessed passers-by for a hundred years. But in this corner of Brianza, in the province of Lecco, there is still a mood of shock and distress at the incident at Valaperta.
It was two pensioners, Agnese and Angela, who saved the plaster Virgin from being walled up in its niche over the door of a Muslim immigrants home. The Moroccan was irritated by the Virgins presence, they explained as they returned the statue to its shrine. Mr Colombo, the Centre-left mayor, says he has reported the incident to the police and prefecture at Lecco so that any legal repercussions can be verified. After a visit by carabinieri to Valaperta yesterday, the other immigrant families who live in at Cascina Rimoldo removed the bricks to avoid problems. Nevertheless, the incident will be discussed by the municipal administration in the next few days after angry protests from the Northern League.
The initial reaction of Northern League group leader, Giuseppe Perego, was to deplore this act of intolerance and barbarism, this lack of respect for the Christian faith. Only later that evening did he say he was satisfied at the immigrants change of heart and the Virgins return to the niche. It was an unspeakable act, said the mayor, carried out at the initiative of one individual. The incident must not weaken the efforts we should all be making to achieve genuinely civil coexistence founded on mutual respect for everyones ideas, traditions and religious convictions.
The number of immigrants in Casatenovo, a town of 12,000 inhabitants, has been growing in recent years. Currently, there are about 500 resident non-Italian nationals, most of them from Morocco and Albania. Coexistence between Catholics and Muslims, Italians and foreigners, is calm and peaceful, points out the parish priest, Fr Sergio Zambenetti, who notes that Muslims venerate the Virgin, too. UCOII spokesman, Ezzedin Elzir, reacted similarly to the episode. That Muslim does not know his own religion because Mary is very important for our faith, too. His action was at least partly inspired by ignorance. And at least partly not.
A police prison guard in India has been suspended after he hugged Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt as he was being released from jail, officials say.
Eight other constables who shook hands with Dutt as he emerged from jail near Mumbai on bail last week have also been told to explain themselves. Television channels showed the police guards smiling and greeting the star after his 22 days of incarceration. He was jailed for buying weapons from bombers who attacked Mumbai in 1993.
Dutt was given temporary bail from the high security Yerwada prison - in the city of Pune, 160km (100 miles) south-east of Mumbai - by the Supreme Court last week. He is the most high-profile of 100 people convicted in connection with the blasts which killed 257 people. He was cleared of conspiracy, but found guilty of illegally possessing a rifle and a pistol.
After the TV pictures emerged, the jail authorities announced the formation of a departmental inquiry. "This action amounts to violation of prison rules and decorum as they were seen being friendly with a convicted criminal," Rajendra Dhamne, the chief of the prison in Pune, told the Reuters news agency. Mr Dhamne said prison guards were expected to treat Dutt like any other convict.
Dutt is now in Mumbai, where he lives with his family. The actor's release was ordered on the grounds that a copy of the judgement, passed by the special anti-terror court in Mumbai, was yet to reach the actor. But the court specified that the measure was a temporary one. The judge said that as soon as the actor received a copy of the Mumbai court order, he would have to return to jail.
Only after that could the actor file an appeal for bail and the matter would be considered on merit, the judge added. Dutt's lawyers say that they will appeal against his sentence as soon as he receives the court order, which jail authorities say will be delivered to him around 27 September.
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Maharashtra CM Vilasrao Deshmukh on Monday revoked his deputy R R Patil's order suspending police constable Rajendra Kalekar for hugging Sanjay Dutt immediately after the actor's release from Pune's Yerawada jail on Thursday. Kalekar is likely to be reinstated soon.
The CM was reportedly upset by the alacrity with which the home department acted to suspend Kalekar. "Deshmukh felt that it was very harsh action. From the footage shown on TV channels, it was clear that Dutt had taken the initiative to hug and shake hands with the policemen. The constables had no option but to extend a similar gesture," a senior official told TOI.
Deshmukh asked home department officials to wind up the case at the earliest and ensure no extreme action was taken against the constables. "On several occasions, it has been found that no action is taken against high-ranking officials while constables become easy scapegoats," the official said.
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KATHMANDU - Embattled Nepalese King Gyanendra on Sunday suffered a further setback after a government committee recommended nationalisation of more of his palaces and private forests.
The official Nepal Television reported that a ministerial committee recommended that the government nationalise five more palaces and eight forests King Gyanendra inherited from his predecessor. The palaces recommended for nationalisation include two retreats in the suburbs of the capital Kathmandu and a royal retreat in the tourist town of Pokhara, about 140 kilometres west of the Nepalese capital.
Additionally, E-Kantipur website belonging to Nepals largest circulating newspaper Kantipur also said eight forested areas covering 35,000 square kilometres dotted around the country will also be nationalised. The cabinet is expected to take a formal decision during the course of the week.
The latest development came just days after the Nepalese government formally announced the nationalisation of seven royal palaces. King Gyanendra was stripped off all powers following a mass movement in April 2006. An assembly formed after an election in November will decide whether Nepal remains a monarchy or becomes a republic.
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So the kings has now lost 12 palaces (one for each month?). Who gets them? The Ministers? The Friends of Mao? Or will they be chopped up into apartments for the poor?
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Kuwait is set to change its weekly holidays from Thursday and Friday to Friday and Saturday from Sept 1, to provide more working days in line with the international market.
KATHMANDU - Embattled Nepalese King Gyanendra on Sunday suffered a further setback after a government committee recommended nationalisation of more of his palaces and private forests.
