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Police Brutality Caught on Tape

A TV news helicopter crew shot footage of a dozen police officers brutally beating a small group of men during a traffic stop. The footage shows three police cars stopping a car on a city street, two days after a city officer responding to a bank robbery was fatally shot. About a dozen officers are [...]

Death Toll Rising Sharply

Yesterday I relayed the news that the Tropical Cyclone Nargis claim 3,000 lives and left 4,0000 still missing. Now, that total has been revised to more than 22,000 dead and 41,000 missing, according to the Myanmar state-run radio. A news broadcast on government-run radio said that 22,464 people have now been confirmed dead from Cyclone [...]

Smokin Em Tiffany

What would you do if you found out your child’s teacher was also a scantily clad “mate” for a charter fishing boat operation? What would you do if you saw your child’s sexy pictures all over MySpace? I can’t tell you what I’d do, but it wouldn’t be nice. Tiffany Shepherd of Port St. Lucie, [...]

Speaking of Elitist

I just ran across a post by Queen of Spain that really voices what I was trying to get across (but failed miserably when compared). I really need to pay more attention to other blogs. The post is title “Elitist My Ass” and here’s the part that spoke to me: Barack Obama is giving voice [...]

Loss of Home Can Make People Bitter

Foreclosures in Ohio are at an all time high. It seems like everywhere I turn now there’s an auction going on. Just last weekend the house a couple of doors up was auctioned off. Another house around the corner just sold to a nice young couple not long ago and is again up for sale. [...]

Stanley Kamel RIP

“Monk” is one of my favorite programs. I watch it during my daytime routine. I have a fondness for each character on that show and Dr. Kroger is no exception. I’ve just learned that Stanley Kamel, the actor who played Dr. Kroger, was found last week dead from an apparent heart attack. USA released the [...]