My thought of the day:

Some men should be Jewish.

See, more attractive.

Hardcore.

Surfer rides shark after it bites his surfboard

It's a ride Jim Rawlinson will never forget. Rawlinson, 68, was catching waves at the point in Hanalei Bay, Kauai Monday at about 4 p.m. when as quick as greased lightning his peaceful afternoon turned into every surfer's nightmare. "All of a sudden I felt this strike on the back of my board and it lifted me kind of up in the air," he said. Rawlinson's surfboard had just been attacked by a large tiger shark.

As he slid backwards what happened next is as frightening as it is unimaginable. Rawlinson ended up on the back of the ocean's most feared predator.

"I was onto the shark's back...anywhere from about five to ten seconds. It was so strange that everything was so slow and yet again so fast."

Rawlinson credits his escape from the large, toothy fish on his ability to stay calm. As he straddled the fish, he released his surf leash from around his leg and slowly slid off.

"About that time my board was free floating around so I swam over and got it and surfed for another 45 minutes or so."

http://www.portfolioweekly.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=MultiPublishing&mod=PublishingTitles&mid=6EECC0FE471F4CA995CE2A3E9A8E4207&tier=4&id=1191B3FB6AF84141A38242A770A93823

hahahahahh no seriously...

Vanished: 'Chupacabra' walks away from Fiesta booth

Vanished: 'Chupacabra' walks away from Fiesta booth

Posted on April 21, 2010 at 4:41 PM

On display was a mummified chupacabra. Stevens charges $1.00 for the public to get a closeup look at what he claims is the only known chupacabra in the U.S.

But no more. Owner Brian Stevens says the special specimen has been stolen.

“I’ve owned the chupacabra for more than a year and my partner, David Walker had owned it for two years prior” said Stevens. “It’s one of three, and the other two are in Ensenada, Mexico where this one was purchased,” said Stevens.

Wednesday Stevens reported the theft to the San Antonio Police Department.

“We’ve contacted the owner of the other two chupacabras in Mexico and they are making arrangements to bring one on loan for the remainder of Fiesta,” said Stevens.

Stevens is offering a reward for the return of the remains.

Call SAPD if you have any information on the mysterious disappearance of this chupacabra. http://www.kens5.com/news/local/Fiesta-Mystery-Chupacabra-carcass-missing-91757639.html

I think i have one of those in my storage, it was called a Cat when it was alive. It could be a Chupacabra.

17 were airlifted to hospitals for burns, broken bones, and for sucking fumes.

Really? Sucking Fumes you say. Not inhale contaminants or huffy fumes. No sir ree bob, we got us the fixes for a redneck wedding.

So sometimes I think I might be getting a case of the "crazies" and hear music.

Now picture it, minding my own business, waiting for a call and I hear very faintly the beginning chords of the MASH theme.

Yeah, I forgot there are t.v.'s in the break room. Now I am stuck with that in my head......Zombie, Zombie, Zombie, e e e e o o ooooooo......

:)

Headline: Science alone not enough to boost world farm output

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62S4SX20100329?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews

Answer: There is an answer to world hunger, to over fertilization, to global warming, to the over use of fossil fuels, to the obesity issue, to poor health and weak cardiovascular systems. The answer is hemp and hemp seed food.

http://www.hempfood.ca/

Hemp seeds are the most nutritious food known to man. One handful of hemp seeds a day is all an adult needs to survive and thrive.

For thousands of years hemp seeds have been a primary food source for people all over the world. Before it was banned in 1937, hemp seeds saved both China and Australia from famine during food shortages.

Politicians speak grandly about ending world hunger and teaching the people of the world to take care of themselves, but it is the politically driven War on Drugs that has taken the food from their mouths in the first place. The starving people of the world don't need IMF loans with political strings attached to end starvation and malnutrition in the Third World, they just need to be allowed to grow their own food and fuel.

http://www.hempfarm.org/

Springfield man selling ad space on his urn

http://www.kval.com/news/local/91557434.html

"I'm on different chemo now," said Jamison, who was diagnosed with an aggressive form of colon cancer. It has spread to his liver and lymph nodes. " If it works, I've got about nine months. If it doesn't work, I've got three. So I'm trying to get on the ball with the ad sales."

"I asked her to marry me after 30 days," he said. "Ads on urns are no big deal after that."

Jamison said he is collecting disability, but it does not cover his monthly medical bills. He has a small life insurance policy, but said it's not much to leave to his wife.

"He had so much concern for his wife and how she was going to be able to handle this," said Dustin Remington, Jamison's longtime friend and owner of Terese's Place. "It was just an opportunity I was happy to be a part of." http://judasforgiven.blogspot.com/

I think he might regret the Trojan ad.

I can see it now, "Get a stiffy, like this guy here in the urn.....Trojan man!"

The investigating agencies included the San Luis Obispo County Narcotic Task Force, U.S. Forrest Service, CHP, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department, and the police departments of Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, Atascadero, Pismo Beach and Arroyo Grande. http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2010/04/20/1110748/eight-arrested-at-pozo-saloons.html

Ok, let's just say there was an average of 4 cops per department for the nine represented at the event. Let's say they were all there for 3 hours (very conservative). At $20 an hour, that is $720 to arrest 8 people for what is potentially a misdemeanor crime. Oh yeah, great use of public funds.

I almost want to setup some sort of fund for the people arrested but then what would I buy my stash with?

Ok time for a rant.

McCain: 'Immigrants are Crashing Cars on Purpose'

WTF! Like they don't have anything better to do than to crash into legal citizens on the freeway! How stupid and racist is that comment. I hate that they are making the hard working police force be ICE now. It isn’t fair and it is going to cause more tension in this already massively divided political state. I know that the voters want it but look at who those voters are. The old people. This is because young people don’t care until they are older and then have the audacity to get pissed that there is such a law.

Years ago, my mom told me about the vote to raise the drinking age from 18 to 21. This was a public vote and it passed. Do you really think if all the voters 18-21 voted that would have passed? It pisses me off that these same people bitch about how unfair the laws are….then do something about it you lazy ass slacker. Getting involved is great but at least vote before you start in on the complaints about the government.

I hate McCain; I think that he is a self-serving egotistical jerk that is nothing more than a puppet for his party. The already passed one little law in preparation for this massive political move. No one really understood what the ramifications were but here it is. The license plate frame obscuring any part of the ARIZONA portion of the plate will get you pulled over. Look around at the plates and you will see that it is normal for the holder to block certain portions of the plate. What pisses me off on this is if you are DWB (Driving While Brown) this gives the cops the right to pull you over, then they can hold you if you can’t prove that you are legal. Bullshit.

We have Meth problems here that is destroying our community and they are putzing around with immigrants. For the most part they just want to have a safe place to live and to raise their family. Kiss my ass about the medical crap and the border fence. What about all the illegal’s that you can pick out because they aren’t white? My husband was one of those. He is as white as can be but was technically “illegal”. Yet, due to him being white and not brown, he isn’t going to be looked at twice. Bullshit.

Temple, Texas, now allows — nay encourages — teachers in its 14 schools to paddle any unruly kids. Apparently in Texas, as in 19 other states, corporal punishment is not illegal. Those states are (almost) all southern.

Yeah that is all we need, repeat the mistakes of the past. I remember paddling, it sucked because the only one that used it was the football coach and he had one hell of a swing on him. He would have you sign the paddle too. Woot!

Mortal Kombat

Boy kills dad with sledgehammer after banned from playing computer games

A 14-YEAR-OLD boy in southern Russia has been charged with killing his father with a sledgehammer after his parents tried to stop him from playing computer games.

"At around 1am (local time) on April 12, the suspect dealt his sleeping father at least two blows on the head with a sledgehammer," the region's investigative committee said.

After the killing, the boy's frightened mother gave him the keyboard back and the boy played computer games for several more hours until he fell asleep, the spokeswoman said.

In Soviet Russia, Game Play You.

Co-Worker Goodness

CW - I would be on time if it weren't for the f-ing short bus for the blind keeps riding in the car pool lane before restricted hours. I swear I am going to complain to the owners of the bus.

Arizona Politics

"Supporters celebrated the bill as a measure to protect the state from violent criminals. Opponents say it will draw local communities deeper into the fight against illegal immigration and do nothing to keep people safer."

"Arizona's struggling economy has driven many illegal immigrants from the state. But as the economy rebounds, "so too will the illegal immigrants -- larger, stronger and more destructive than they were several years ago," said Rep. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills." http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/14/arizona-legislature-prepares-immigration-enforcement-governors-signature/

Hey you, yeah you, painting that house. You and your housecleaning wife are going to have to pack it up. Didn't you see the Bill that passed, you are breaking the law. Oh? What was that? Yeah, you're right, go back to your business since this is all about the Putos in office grandstanding.

Phoenix politics

"Were it me, I’d give the job to one of the applicants you won’t hear about in political circles: Cleve Lynch.

I don’t believe Lynch is a politician but he probably knows more about what it takes to be the county’s chief prosecutor than anybody else on the list, other than Romley and I'm not even sure Romley knows as much as Lynch.

Lynch has been a prosecutor in the office since 1973. He’s the guy who is the front lines every day, having put away hundreds of creeps, perverts, losers and murderers, ranging from the guy who put cyanide in the water cooler where his wife worked (killing her co-worker) to the pervert who raped and murdered an 8 year old on the city’s southwest side.

During his 37 years as a prosecutor, Lynch has won national and state awards for his work as a prosecutor."

So I’m guessing he has no chance at getting the job.

http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/LaurieRoberts/78337

You're probably right.

I hate the days when you forget to put deodorant on.

Cock Rocket

We have a bet you check this for mention of you everyday.

Is that true?

Two fires hours apart destroy beach house - Thursday, Apr. 8, 2010

Yeah sorry about your house but here's a gorilla to make it all better. I want to do that, dress up like a fairy princess and when the firefighters finish I will pronounce, "AL FIN!" and flutter away.

http://www.unionleader.com/uploads/media-items/2010/april/408hampfire.jpg

Today's word of the day: NILF

Nanna I liked to fuck.

Happy Friday!

Funny

The new species “might be a Rosetta Stone to defining just what the genus Homo is,”

hahahahahaha

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=aqFpdCaWxzl4

Gross

'It may well have been a Catholic priest hole - but it all depends on what the age was.' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1263965/Family-discover-ancient-chapel-hidden-house-100-years.html

Much of the testimony centered on Kot’s iMac, which was used on the night of the murder to perform a Google search for the term “how+to+kill+neck+aretery.” http://www.crimenews2000.com/

Idiot, you never use your own computer when searching for murder terms.

Westwood, OH (The Weekly Vice) - William Ferris Jr, a 27-year-old Bethel man was jailed after he allegedly paid a woman to have a sexual encounter with him in a White Castle restroom, then called police when he didn't get what he wanted.

According to the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, Ferris paid a prostitute $50 to have full-blown sex with him in a Cincinnati White Castle bathroom. When he only received oral sex, he waited until she left and called police, claiming he was robbed.

Investigators say Ferris' story began to fall apart when police questioned him. He eventually got frustrated and admitted to detectives that he expected vaginal sex from the woman, but only received oral sex and kissing during their 20 minute session. He also stated that the woman picked that particular restaurant's bathroom because the door locked.

Ferris was booked into jail and charged with solicitation and making a false police report. He is also banned from the White Castle on Harrison Ave. and will be charged with trespassing if he returns.

Good to know he can't go back there, but she is totally okay to come back.

"Television is the first truly democratic culture the first culture available to everyone and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want," Clive Barnes

http://questionablecontent.net/

Busted!

Ain’t That A B*tch: Shaunie O’Neal Is Playin’ Dirty By Teaming Up With Shaq’s Mistress | Bossip.com:

"Shaq’s wife Shaunie filed for divorce in November, 2009 and while trying to improve her financial settlement she hired an investigator to dig up dirt on her husband. The investigator discovered Shaq’s multi-year relationship with Vanessa Lopez."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH....breath......HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH

Weed

Toke of the Town - Arizona: Medical Marijuana Law Would Protect Workers:

"What happened in Michigan to a WalMart worker who was fired for testing positive for doctor-recommended medical marijuana probably could not happen in Arizona -- if voters approve a ballot measure in November."

The ballot measure also contains anti-discrimination provisions, including one that says an employer cannot make hiring, firing and disciplinary decisions based on a person's status as a medical marijuana card holder.

Possibly more significant, the protection extends to someone who tests positive unless the company could prove the person used or possessed marijuana on the job, or was "impaired" during work hours.

Two labor lawyers said that will present challenges for Arizona companies in proving exactly what "impairment" occurs from marijuana use.

Andrew Myers, campaign manager for the Arizona medical marijuana initiative, said it is, in fact, the intent of backers to protect workers from being fired for testing positive on the job.

Now, if you have a habit of Funyons and Yoo-Hoo for snacky time, it might be time for a change.

Arizona Senate OKs Medical Marijuana Tax - 420 Magazine

Arizona Senate OKs Medical Marijuana Tax - 420 Magazine: "Arizona Senate OKs Medical Marijuana Tax
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Arizona voters could get the chance to legalize medical marijuana, and the state Legislature may tax it.

A group called the Medical Marijuana Policy Project is gathering signatures for a voter initiative that would make it legal to have small amount of pot with a doctor's recommendation.

If the measure gets on the November ballot and is approved by voters, a bill by Tucson Democratic Sen. Jorge Garcia calls for taxing the marijuana sold under the act.

The Senate's 17-12 vote Thursday sends the bill to the House.

An analysis by the nonpartisan legislative budget staff found that taxing medical marijuana could generate nearly $1 million for the state General Fund in the 2012 fiscal year.


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The hemp plant is botanically quite advanced; some plants are male, some are female, and some are androgynous. Most species in the plant kingdom are merely androngynous.
-- United States Dispensatory, 1851"

Arizona: Medical Marijuana to be on November 2010 Ballot

On May 14, the Arizona Medical Marijuana Policy Project (AMMPP) filed language with the Secretary of State's office with the intent to place the issue of medical marijuana on the November 2010 ballot.

AMMPP's initiative would make the possession of a limited quantity of marijuana and its use legal under Arizona law for certain severely ill patients with a doctor's recommendation. “This is a common-sense law that allows severely ill patients access to medication that they need, while providing strict controls to make sure this medicine is only available to qualified patients,” said Andrew Myers, campaign manager for the initiative. “Thousands of patients across Arizona are already using medical marijuana with their doctor's recommendation. These patients shouldn't have to risk arrest and jail just for following their doctor's advice.”

Marijuana has been shown to safely and effectively relieve nausea and vomiting caused by cancer chemotherapy and treatments for HIV/AIDS and other illnesses, and to relieve the nerve pain that afflicts millions suffering from multiple sclerosis, HIV/AIDS and other illnesses.

The prospective law calls for using state-regulated dispensaries to distribute marijuana to qualifying patients, a model that will guarantee access for qualifying patients while providing a strict enforcement mechanism to assure the drug is not distributed illegally. Qualifying patients who live more than 25 miles from the nearest dispensary will be allowed to cultivate up to 12 marijuana plants for personal use.

http://www.hemp.org/news/medical-marijuana-arizona-2010-ballot

Hemp

Cannabis has long had an image problem, because of the extremely widespread use of “narcotic” cultivars as illegal intoxicants. The US Drug Enforcement Administration has the mandate of eliminating illicit and wild marijuana, which it does very well.

Those interested in establishing and developing legitimate industries based on fiber and oilseed applications have had to struggle against considerable opposition from many in the political and law enforcement arenas.

The United States National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) information web site on marijuana, which reflects a negative view of cannabis, is at www.nida.nih.gov/DrugPages/Marijuana.html, and reflects several basic fears:

(1) Growing Cannabis plants makes law enforcement more difficult, because of the need to ensure that all plants cultivated are legitimate;

(2) Utilization of legitimate Cannabis products makes it much more difficult to maintain the image of the illegitimate products as dangerous;

(3) Many in the movements backing development of hemp are doing so as a subterfuge to promote legalization of recreational use of marijuana; and

(4) THC (and perhaps other constituents) in Cannabis are so harmful that their presence in any amount in any material (food, medicine or even fiber product) represents a health hazard that is best dealt with by a total proscription. http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/ncnu02/v5-284.html

Discrimination Against Hemp

Discrimination Against Hemp: "'It's unfortunate that Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed AB 1147. We had looked forward to the hemp oil and seed in our products being grown and produced right here in California,' said David Bronner, chair of the Hemp Industries Association Food and Oil Committee and president of Alpsnack/Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps. 'Farmers in California, like farmers all across the United States, are always looking for profitable crops like hemp to add to their rotation. This veto clearly points out why HR 3037, the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2005, needs to be passed on the federal level.'

Seven states (Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Montana, North Dakota and West Virginia) have now changed their laws to give farmers an affirmative right to grow industrial hemp commercially or for research purposes.

The bill that Gov. Schwarzenegger vetoed is a bit different. In those seven states, the laws require a DEA license to grow the crop, one the agency is historically reluctant to provide. The California bill would have explicitly provided that the federal government has no basis or right to interfere with industrial hemp in California."

Hemp

Hemp is pretty cool!

Quick Hemp Facts:

• The USA is the only industrialized country that does NOT allow farmers to grow Hemp!
• Hemp is not Psychoactive – meaning you CANNOT get high from Hemp.
• Hemp is a robust plant, and requires no herbicides or pesticides grow.
• “The oilseed varieties most commonly grown for food can grow up to 10-15 feet tall within 90-120 days.”
• Hemp is a profitable and potential “dual-income” crop for farmers, as both seeds and fiber can be processed into thousands of uses.
• Hemp is a highly valuable crop and the oilseed and fiber varieties can be used for the production of fabrics, rope, paper, food, health and beauty aids, printing inks, paint, and building materials.
• Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin all grew Hemp on their farms.
• Hemp seeds are considered the “perfect food” and contain all 10 Essential Amino Acids and a naturally balanced 1:3 ratio of Omega-3 and Omega-6 Essential Fatty Acids
• Hemp can provide four times as much pulp for paper with at least 4-7 times less pollution than tree paper.

National Farmers Union Adopts New Policy on Industrial Hemp

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Majority of Leading Farming Organizations Now Support Hemp Farming in the U.S.

WASHINGTON, March 22 — The national, single-issue, non-profit advocacy group Vote Hemp applauds the new policy supporting industrial hemp adopted by delegates of the National Farmers Union (NFU) at its 108th annual convention in Rapid City, South Dakota last week. The policy urges the Obama administration and Congress to direct the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to differentiate between non-drug industrial hemp and marijuana and allow states to regulate hemp farming without requiring DEA permits. http://www.hemp.com/hemp/grow/

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Corrupt Thug and Bully

YOU COULD ARREST JOE ARPAIO ON THE SAME CHARGES

Maricopa County sheriff's deputies arrested Nick Tarr, an actor who portrayed Joe Arizona, the public face of the political campaign to win the right to have slot machines at racetracks, for impersonating a state trooper. Tarr was wearing pink boxer shorts, a U.S. Forest Service shirt and a Smokey Bear hat on Halloween."

Yep, that is an effective use of man hours.

Gamers

A CRY FOR COUNSELING

Angry at his father's request that he move out of his parents trailer... allegedly beat up his father, threw him to the ground and poured transmission fluid on him... then set fire to the trailer with his mother still inside."

I think he was a gamer.

IVY LEAGUE DROPOUTS

IVY LEAGUE DROPOUTS

After two students fell out of their bunk beds at Princeton University, the director of undergraduate housing sent a mass e-mail to residents at the elite college reminding them to use safety railings. The message prompted widespread guffaws. 'I felt like by the time you get to college you should be able to use a bed,' said junior Ari Samsky."

Thankfully they weren't drinking but the Nanny State is now enforcing Bunkbed guards and tents. That will be an additional $2500 for your dorm fees. Good job Ivy Leaguer.

Don't we have more important things to focus on?

"Lt. Chuck Williams with the Phoenix Police Department is the officer who showed up at Kristi’s house on the day of her sale. He’s also behind the effort to keep his district sign-free. He says the dismissal of Kristi’s ticket by the judge doesn’t discourage him. “We’ll keep fighting the fight and just because we don’t win in the courtroom doesn’t mean we’re not winning on the street,” says Lt. Williams.

So, far this year, Lt. Williams has handed out 250 warnings and ten citations to people who post signs on city property. He says although he wants to keep the city sign-free he doesn’t like handing out tickets—especially in this economy. In fact, he even called one violator—who paid almost $300 for posting signs--- to apologize for giving him a ticket. “He was the first one I cited and I wanted to see how it was for him in court. I said ‘Hey, I want to apologize for citing you. And he told me you’re just doing your job. Sorry it’ll never happen again’. He knew he could’ve gotten fined $1500.”
The fine for posting or placing signs (even on the ground) on city property is $250 per sign with a maximum of $2500." azcentral.com blogs - The Garage Sale Gal - LyndaHammond - Lynda Hammond, the Garage Sale Gal: Ticket Troubles Part II:

I'm sure he feels really bad.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Corrupt Thug and Bully

We have warned you here that Republicans in Arizona intend to run for office this fall on demonizing "Mex-cans" and anti-immigrant hysteria to distract your attention from the fact that the GOP Taliban is guilty of legislative malpractice and malfeasance in office. This legislature and governor are the worst failures in the history of Arizona. They are without equal.

Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and his side-kick Sheriff Joe Arpaio have made Maricopa County the most dysfunctional county government anywhere outside of New Jersey. Everyone is investigating everyone else and suing each other.

Thomas and Arpaio have abused the justice system to bring politically motivated retaliatory legal actions against their political opponents as a Judge recently declared in dismissing one of these lawsuits. A federal grand jury is hearing testimony and the U.S. Justice Department is investigating abuse of the powers of their offices by Thomas and Arpaio. A previous Justice Department and FBI investigation into civil rights violations of Hispanic citizens and immigrants remains open, as I understand it.

There is a very real possibility that a federal grand jury indictment will be issued against Thomas and Arpaio before the primary election on August 24. Thomas' primary opponent, Tom Horne, himself no slouch at demonizing "Mex-cans" and engaging in anti-immigrant hysteria, should make hay of Thomas' legal troubles and his clear abuses of the justice system. http://www.blogforarizona.com/blog/2010/04/chutzpah-andrew-thomas-to-resign-to-run-for-attorney-general.html

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Corrupt Thug and Bully

"Sheriff Arpaio without Thomas like Scooby without Shaggy?

It’s not exactly like Batman abandoning Robin. Not exactly like Starsky dropping Hutch.
It’s more like Shaggy dumping Scooby Doo.

News broke Thursday that Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, who for months has been planning a run for state attorney general, would resign his office Apr. 6 in order to officially enter the race." azcentral.com blogs - E.J. Montini's Columns & Blog - EJMontini - Sheriff Arpaio without Thomas like Scooby without Shaggy?

How dare they ruin the Bat-Tootise. BAM! POW! :)

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Corrupt Thug and Bully

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Corrupt Thug and Bully: "These two elected “law” officers possess the power to damage reputations. And they are using that power. They are capable of intimidating perfectly innocent citizens, to say nothing of draining their bank accounts as they struggle to defend themselves against utterly specious “conspiracy” lawsuits and – in light of recent events – criminal accusations of dubious merit."

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Corrupt Thug and Bully

"There was nothing there from the very beginning," Nicholas said. "It was political."

Lee Watkins, who owned Cactus Towing at the time of the raid, has a long history of political involvement that includes serving in the administration of then-Gov. Evan Mecham.

In the 2004 general election, Watkins supported former country-radio DJ W. Steven Martin, who was running against Arpaio as an independent in the sheriff's race.

A year after the raid, Watkins said, "I lost about 30 percent of the value of my business, all because of a guy I helped, and (Arpaio) turned on me."

Arpaio disputed Watkins' accusation, saying, "I don't do things for political reasons."

Nicholas said he has been contacted by U.S. Justice Department lawyers who are looking into claims of misconduct by Arpaio and the Sheriff's Office.

Arpaio faces multiple federal investigations, including a grand-jury investigation on abuse of power, a civil-rights investigation into claims of racial profiling and another by the U.S. Labor Department into claims that detention officers did not get enough overtime pay.

Nicholas said he did not have an extensive conversation with the Justice Department. "But," he said, "it certainly ties into a lot of the bogus investigations and frivolous indictments that have been going on," a reference to battles among Arpaio, his ally County Attorney Andrew Thomas, and numerous public officials and private individuals.

http://www.azcentral.com/community/mesa/articles/2010/03/31/20100331sheriffs-raid-on-mesa-towing-firm.html

Girl arrested for doodling on desk to sue

Girl arrested for doodling on desk to sue: "Girl arrested for doodling on desk to sue
38 comments Apr. 3, 2010 12:02 PM
Associated Press
NEW YORK - A 12-year-old girl who was hauled out of her New York City school in handcuffs for doodling on her desk has started legal action against the city over her arrest.

A lawyer for Alexa Gonzalez filed legal papers seeking $1 million in damages, saying the Queens girl was subjected to overly harsh treatment.


Alexa was arrested at her junior high school in February after scribbling 'I love my friends Abby and Faith' on her desk with an erasable marker."

2 children killed in Mexico border state shootout

2 children killed in Mexico border state shootout: "2 children killed in Mexico border state shootout
by Jorge Vargas - Apr. 5, 2010 11:44 AM
Associated Press
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico - A shootout in northern Mexico between soldiers and suspected drug cartel gunmen killed two children and wounded five of their relatives who were caught in the crossfire, the latest in a string of deaths of bystanders in the nation's drug war.

The 5- and 8-year-old brothers were traveling in their family's car when the gunbattle broke out on a highway near the border city of Nuevo Laredo, the Tamaulipas state government said in statement Sunday night. The statement corrected an initial government report that only bystander was killed in the confrontation Saturday night."

Legalize it. Think of the Children.

Free Falling, don't be "That Guy".

Notre Dame Football Hopeful, Drunk, Falls to His Death

Matt James, a 17-year-old recruit for the Notre Dame football team, fell to his death from a hotel balcony Friday. Officials in Panama City say the it was a "tragic accident." Part of a group of approximately forty fellow St. Xavier students, as well as several parents, James was in Panama City celebrating his senior year spring break. He was on his room´s fifth floor balcony being "drunk and belligerent" and yelling at a balcony adjacent to his when he fell over the railing to his untimely demise, according to witnesses. ShortNews - the News-Community

Love

THE WEEKLY VICE:

"Spring Hill, Florida (The Weekly Vice) - Tianna T. Hughes, a 22-year-old Florida woman was arrested Tuesday after she allegedly stole items from a grocery store including KY lotion and pregnancy tests."

Is there a black market for lube? I know there is one for movies and tv's but can you image walking past an alley and hearing, "Pssstt.....I got some love lotion."

Yeah, I don't think it would happen. Ok, I wouldn't be a repeat customer this time.

Man arrested at Large Hadron Collider claims he's from the future - Crave at CNET UK

Man arrested at Large Hadron Collider claims he's from the future - Crave at CNET UK

A would-be saboteur arrested today at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland made the bizarre claim that he was from the future. Eloi Cole, a strangely dressed young man, said that he had travelled back in time to prevent the LHC from destroying the world.

The LHC successfully collided particles at record force earlier this week, a milestone Mr Cole was attempting to disrupt by stopping supplies of Mountain Dew to the experiment's vending machines. He also claimed responsibility for the infamous baguette sabotage in November last year.

Mr Cole was seized by Swiss police after CERN security guards spotted him rooting around in bins. He explained that he was looking for fuel for his 'time machine power unit', a device that resembled a kitchen blender.

Police said Mr Cole, who was wearing a bow tie and rather too much tweed for his age, would not reveal his country of origin. "Countries do not exist where I am from. The discovery of the Higgs boson led to limitless power, the elimination of poverty and Kit-Kats for everyone. It is a communist chocolate hellhole and I'm here to stop it ever happening."

"She was totally insane when she came in, to the point where she would lunge at you, thinking she had to defend herself against you," Richards said. "And a few days after the surgery, she was pretty much back to normal."

Do y0u really want your Doctor to say "Pretty much back to normal"? That is not something I want to hear if I was totally insane. Does that mean we still have to hide the big rocks from mom?

Death

N.M. businessman charged after body parts found at waste facility -: "A New Mexico businessman has been arrested after six heads and other body parts supposed to be cremated and returned to families were found in a truck at a waste facility in Kansas. Police say bodies intended for organ harvesting for research were dismembered with chain saws and other crude devices."

Freakin' Awesome!

So my sister calls me in tears, after ascertaining that there was no immediate threat, I was able to get the following from her:

Mom, Dad and Sis on Conference call:

Mom: I found this great website that sells Urinals. I am going to buy one for me and one for your father. The are Urinals that are made by Monks, can you believe it?

Sis: Uh-huh. (Did she say Urinal?)

Mom: So these Monks are known all around the world for their Urinals.

Sis: Uh-huh. (Did she say Urinal? Again?)

Dad: Um, I don't think you are using that right? I think it is Urns.

Mom: That's right. Urns not Urinals.

Sis: You know Mom, I am going to standing around at you wake, wondering if you like your Urinal. Thanks.

Weed

Just a thought, but do you think that maybe the drug war in Mexico is being amped up by some unknown forces to promote legalization?

Not that there is anything wrong with that. Just sayin'.

"So what can the Golden State offer in the way of assistance? Something potentially valuable. In November, Californians will vote on a ballot initiative that would make it legal not only to use marijuana but to grow and sell it.

You may think this would help only by allowing Mexicans to flee northward and escape their troubles in a stoner fog. But it would do more. Mexico is the biggest supplier of cannabis to the United States. Control of that market is one of the things that Mexican drug cartels are willing to kill for.

Legalizing weed in this country would be their worst nightmare. Why? Because it would offer Americans a legitimate supply of the stuff. http://taxcannabis.org/

"The Mexican Drug War is an armed conflict taking place between rival drug cartels and government forces in Mexico. Although Mexican drug cartels, or drug trafficking organizations, have existed for a few decades, they have become more powerful since the demise of Colombia's Cali and Medellín cartels in the 1990s. Mexican drug cartels now dominate the wholesale illicit drug marketin the United States.^[12] Arrests of key cartel leaders, particularly in the Tijuana and Gulf cartels, have led to increasing drug violence as cartels fight for control of the trafficking routes into the United States." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Drug_War