From Man Sentenced To Prison After Girl’s MySpace Page Lies About Age (WFTV, 5/21/08): “A 13-year-old girl’s sexual shenanigans have put a second man behind bars. Morris Williams, 22, told the judge he thought the girl was 18-years-old, but he found out Tuesday that ignorance is not a defense. “Morris Williams’ mother wailed as he went... »
NH Middle School Celebrating ‘Open Tent’ Day — Kids Dress Like Arabs-By Warner Todd Huston Only in the west can one see a school that hosts a day when school children are encouraged to dress like, act like, and “learn about” those trying to kill them and all in a day that the country is... »
A while back I went to San Francisco to see a young jazz singer of my acquaintance, Miss Emily Anne. She’s short and cute and I like her voice. Who knows, you might too. (If you are interested, and have speakers, click ... »
The United Kingdom-based human rights group Liberty and the City of Edinburgh Council in Scotland have weighed in on the right of critics to call Scientology a “cult” at peaceful protests. After a 15-year-old boy refused to remove a sign calling Scientology a “cult” at a May 10 protest in London, City of London... »
American comedian Harvey Korman has died at the age of 81, according to a statement released by his family. Four months ago, Korman suffered a rupture in an aortic aneurysm located in his abdomen and died from complications related to the illness. “Everything he did on The Carol Burnett Show, especially the Mother Marcus character, was... »
A helicopter named SAN-100 crashed Thursday at 14:00 local time (09:00 UTC) on a roof in Banana Price, Calidonia, Panama City, Panama. The crash was a block from by Q street and Central Avenue. The crash also started a small fire. Of the 12 people aboard, half of whom were Chilean federal police officers... »
2008 United States Presidential Election A Wiki Analysis In May 2008, the candidates of the United States presidential election campaigned and faced questions on as wide ranging issues as assassination, Hitler and the death of one’s political career. The month more clearly showed who the Democratic Party candidate would be, and potentially narrowed the field... »
Today, representatives of 111 countries have adopted a formal ban on cluster bombs. The ban is to be signed and ratified by each country during December 2-3 in Oslo, Norway, the country that initiated the discussions on the ban. Following almost two weeks of negotiations, the ban was agreed upon at a ceremony held in... »
A Warsaw court has sentenced a communist-era policeman to four years in prison for the 1983 killing of a young dissident, overturning a history of four acquittals in the same case over the years. Ireneusz KoÅ›ciuk, a former member of communist Poland’s infamous ZOMO riot police units, was found guilty of the fatal beating of... »
A 375 million-year old fossilized umbilical cord indicates that placoderm, thought to be ancestors of modern fish, are actually closer to sharks and rays. This requires changes to current vertebrate current theories of the evolution of vertebrate sexual reproduction. The fossil of a, a class of prehistoric fish known as the “dinosaur of the seas”,... »
The United Nations (UNFPA) organization United Nations Population Fund emphasized the importance of women’s health in Africa at the 4th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV). Priorities of the conference include economic growth, peace and democracy and climate change. The three-day conference which ended Friday included representatives from over 80 countries. At the... »
In the town of Kasuya, Fukuoka, Japan, a 58-year-old woman was arrested after surveillance tape from inside an unnamed man’s home showed her living in his closet. According to police, Tatsuko Horikawa had been living in his closet for over one year. One day when the man left, she walked through his front door which... »
-By Warner Todd Huston The horrible accident that befell Kaitlyn Lasitter, well it rips your heart out. A bubbly, well-liked Kentucky teen girl just at the beginning her life suffers a grievous, life-changing injury in an accident at an amusement park, Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom. In January of 2008, some cables fell loose from the... »
“We tend to idealize mothers when it comes to sex in that fathers are more likely to be portrayed as being unfaithful and being promiscuous. In reality, though, women in our country are almost as likely as men to commit adultery and are more likely to leave a marriage because they have fallen in... »
30th May 2008 Dear Friends. People here in the UK often ask me why Mugabe and Zanu PF continue to hold elections when they have absolutely no intention of abiding by the results. It’s a question Zimbabweans ask themselves too. The answer seems to be that Mugabe feels a compulsion to convince the world that he... »
“The last time I saw Marie she was waving me goodbye / With hurry home drops on her cheek that trickled from her eye / Marie is only six years old, information please / Try to put me through to her in Memphis, Tennessee” I’d been hearing the song “Memphis, Tennessee” by Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry... »
From IRL’s most marketable driver needs attitude adjustment (FOXSports.com, 5/26/08): “Danica Patrick entered the Indianapolis 500 with confidence in her abilities and her Andretti Green Racing crew. “But once the checkered flag waved…she looked ready to pick a fight — no matter whether it was another driver or a member of her own team. “…Ryan Briscoe ran... »
-By Warner Todd Huston I know some conservative Republicans who almost wouldn’t mind if Barack Obama does win the White House in November. Their theory is that once we as a nation elect a black man to the White House, that election will forever eliminate the claim that Americans are racist because we won’t elect... »
In two recent blog posts I discussed the case of Wendy Portillo, a Florida kindergarten teacher who publicly humiliated an autistic five-year-old boy who was one of her students. To learn more, see my posts Teacher Forces ‘the Only Friend the Five-Year-Old Boy Has Ever Made’ to Denounce Him Publicly and Teacher Who Humiliated... »
Like it or not, the reality is that we live in an extremely self-centered society. If you take issue with this statement just watch how pedestrians enter into crosswalks during rush hour. Ignoring that pedestrians only have the right of way when they are within the crosswalk, today’s bipeds don’t hesitate at all to... »
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