May 2010

From  Linktv  — " May 27, 2010  — (May 28, 2010). After the South Korean warship Cheonan sunk -- allegedly due to a North Korean torpedo -- the West was unanimous in its judgment of North Korea's guilt, and quick to spin different theories on the motive for the attack. But, some South Koreans aren't so sure, thinking the attack too neat a coincidence with the looming elections, and finding the evidence murky. The plot thickens" See the video.

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Why is Sarah Palin afraid of author Joe McGinniss? Author Joe McGinniss rented the house next door to the Palins. Author McGinnisss has been critical of the Palins and is writing a book on Sarah Palin.

Author McGinnisss told the reporters that Todd Palin visited the house and became “increasingly hostile.”

According to the Washington Post, Sarah Palin accused Mr. McGinniss of moving into the house to spy on her family. "Wonder what kind of material he'll gather while overlooking Piper's bedroom, my little garden, and the family's swimming hole?" she wrote on her Facebook page. And she posted  Mr. McGinnissin picture on Facebook.

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The Associate Press reported yesterday —" British Home Secretary Theresa May has confirmed the ID card scheme will be scrapped within 100 days.'. See Video.

I am an American who roots for the Labor Party in their contests with Britain's Conservative Party. I rooted for Gordon Brown in the the recent election. I remember the bad old days when the team of Margaret Thatcher ran things in the United Kingdom and Ronald Wilson Reagan was the president here. The pair of them were just awful. So I am please to see that the current coalition government led, by the Tories, have stuck a blow for civil liberties by planning to scrap their country's national id card. National ID cards are a police statist idea. To its shame the Labor Party introduced them in Britain, and there have been calls to introduce them here. Well, Britain will be tossing theirs into the rubbish, which is where the cards belong.

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The cliques of "The Breakfast Club" are obviously a little outdated, but I didn't realize that things had changed this much- now, there is a new kind of clique- Teen Werewolves. This is a full-moon, so you might want to watch out for any teen-agers you see with tails running around at night. The Teen Wolves are reportedly not dangerous and run in packs.

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Lindsay Lohan is what? 23? And she is known as a world class drunk? A while back, she pled no contest to DWI. She was DWI on more than one occasion. She was sentenced to probation, and to taking classes and staying sober. She was promised the reward given to all citizens who follow the program, who stay sober and who go to the classes -- Her record would have been wiped cleaned.

Now, I understand  addiction. Staying sober is not as easy as it sounds, even if a person wants to, and tries hard. Failure is not a stranger when the call to give in to drink is strong. Alcoholism is a disease. DWI is a crime, and there must be consequences for crime. The court has placed Ms. Lohan on a strict routine. Weekly checks and the 24/7 wearing of an alcohol monitoring ankle bracelet.  And she has been warned, comply with the probation or risk going to jail. See Video.

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Gordon BrownBritish Airlines cabin crew have gone out on a five day strike. I may be wrong, but it seems to me that England has fewer strikes when there is a Labor Government in charge. Why that is, I only can guess. Maybe the unions don't want to cause trouble for their favorite party, and the Tories, the representative of management, deserves to have trouble. I know, sometimes I try to make serious things simple, and I know that simplicity often skips over the flaws in many arguments, as complexity often covers over flaws with dense and not so deep layers of words.

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She started a joke on Facebook and who is laughing?

People who think it would be cool to mock other people's religion, because they can mock their own, or they can mock anything, and who believe it is important to do so, that it is one of the most important things to do, are people who have their priorities all screwed up.  A Seattle cartoonist satirically joked that, today Thursday, should be dubbed "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" on Facebook, suggesting that it might be a fun thing to do. The cartoonist has changed the joke, and now wants everybody to make today the "Everybody Draw Al Gore Day."  She must think that would be harmless.

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A dead apple tour? Oh my, what is a dead apple tour?  Sounds like sight-seeing  something rotten in the Big Apple? Well, doesn't it?  Yeah, well.  Shouldn't write that. Dead Apple Tours,  according to the  New York Post,  is a tour company that "offers tourists a unique ride around town in a hearse to sites where famous people have died."

Why the hearse? Marketing. Some people will find a way to sell anything. Others will be entertained by anything? What about a tour of dropping flies? House flies? Yes,  how about going on a tour of where house flies have fallen? Does that sound interesting,. tourists? What did would P. T. Barnum say about that idea? What would he say about touring, in a hearse, sites where people died ?

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A British actress, Charlotte Lewis, is claiming that rascal Roman Polanski sexually abused her. In her words  “in the worst possible way,” when she was 16-years-old. She says she is coming forward with this claim because Polanski has to be held accountable  See the video.

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Today I was faced with a big scare when my four-year-old woke up with neck pain, screaming at 2:00 in the morning. We rushed her to the emergency room and waited for a while to discover that, thankfully, it was just a muscle issue and not something broken, meningitis, or anything else from my wildest nightmares. I wanted to post it on Facebook when I got home so my family would know she was okay and I wouldn’t have to call every single person (status updates have been making our lives that much more simple, amirite?), not to mention explain my whereabouts to anyone expecting me for various appointments. Plus, it’s just nice to be able to share such good, relieving news with friends and family.

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The Uppsala University, in Uppsala, Sweden, says Lars Vilks, the Swedish cartoon artist will be no longer be  invited to speak at the University, --  and the knee jerk response of Western media is: Oh, the University is kowtowing after Muslim students physically attack him! -- And media light is asking the question,  "Are radical Muslims succeeding in muzzling free speech?"  Mr. Vilks was invited to the University to lecture about the limits of artistic freedom, and maybe to explain why he drew a cartoon of Mohammed with the head of a dog, and what does he do?

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Item -- "Florida Man Speaks Out After Shark Attack," Associated Press -- May 13, 2010 -- "A Florida marine researcher is now telling his harrowing story of how he survived being bitten by a lemon shark. The attack happened two weeks ago, but the evidence remains quite visible." See video.

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Lawrence Taylor: At a happier timeFor those who haven't heard and seen, former NFL football star Lawrence Taylor has been arrested and arraigned. He has been charged with third degree rape of a prostitute, a 16 old runaway. See the video below.

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Ray TowlerAnybody who believes in the infallibility of man, or of the criminal justice system, or of anything run by human beings has bumped his head. Yesterday, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ray Towler, a man who was sent to prison for life for a crime that he didn't commit, was freed after serving twenty nine years. He spent most of his life in jail. He was released by DNA testing, which proved his innocence. For more details, read the account of the case in the Columbus Dispatch.

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Air flights over Europe are being disrupted by ash clouds from the erupting Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland, which is still emitting a plume of volcanic ash. Planes were grounded planes in Ireland and parts of the UK today, Tuesday. European governments, urged on my the air line industry that has lost billions since the volcano began erupting, are trying to find rules that will limit the numbers of shut downs.

From the Associated Press -- "In Brussels, European Union transport ministers gathered in emergency session Tuesday to seek better coordination within the continent's patchwork of airspaces to avoid airline chaos and commercial losses from Icelandic volcanoes or other natural disasters. Germany wants binding rules to define ash concentrations and when to keep airports closed."

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