Mayhem

“A Garden of Earthly Delights”: Tour de force

Tuesday, September 2, 2008
By Denise Noe

“A Garden of Earthly Delights” by Joyce Carol Oates is an engrossing novel by one of America’s most esteemed authors. The story centers on Clara Walpole who is born into a family of dispossessed farm workers during the era of America’s Great Depression and follows her from her insecure and deprived childhood to her... »

Resume of a Terrorist: Obama’s Buddy Ayers

Sunday, August 31, 2008
By Jim Kouri, CPP

While the likes of the New York Times, Washington Post, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and other news organizations have their reporters digging for dirt on Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin, John McCain’s choice for vice president, their savior-in-waiting Barack Obama is getting a free ride at the expense of truth. It’s no secret that the denizens... »

Sherlock Holmes and the Fall River Tragedy

Tuesday, August 26, 2008
By Denise Noe

In this novel,”Sherlock Holmes and the Fall River Tragedy,” Owen Haskell has set out on a challenging set of tasks: he must remain true to the well-known and complicated facts of the real-life Borden case, write a Sherlock Holmes who is worthy of Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary creation, and–last but hardly least–engage the reader. His... »

Campaign offices for John McCain evacuated in Centennial, Colorado and Manchester, New Hampshire

Friday, August 22, 2008
By NewsWax

The campaign offices for 2008 United States presidential candidate John McCain in Centennial, Colorado and Manchester, New Hampshire have been evacuated after receiving letter threats in the U.S. mail. Office staff state that the Centennial envelope contained an unknown white powder. “We immediately notified local and federal law enforcement agencies and are looking to cooperate... »

School shooting leaves one dead in Tennessee

Thursday, August 21, 2008
By NewsWax

On Thursday, an as of now unidentified individual, shot at and killed 16 year old student, Ryan McDonald. The shooting occurred at just after 8:00am, at Central High School, in Knoxville, Tennessee. According to Deputy Chief of Police of the Knoxville police department, William C. Roehl stated that the shooting was not “random” and that... »

NY Paper: July’s Killing of Liberals in Tennessee Church is Rush Limbaugh’s Fault

Friday, August 15, 2008
By Warner Todd Huston
NY Paper: July’s Killing of Liberals in Tennessee Church is Rush Limbaugh’s Fault

-By Warner Todd Huston Rush Limbaugh killed some church goers in Tennessee last July. That is the message from a Newsday.com columnist for a local New York newspaper chain. Now, I’ve listened to Rush Limbaugh many times. Because of my schedule, I cannot listen every day, so certainly I have not heard every word the... »

“Manson Behind the Scenes” review

Friday, August 15, 2008
By Denise Noe

“Manson Behind The Scenes” by Bill Nelson, who has previously written a book about Charles “Tex” Watson called “Tex Watson The Man The Madness The Manipulation,” gives updates on all the major players in this tragedy and points out many loose ends in the quarter-century old case. William Garretson, the groundskeeper who was... »

Georgia/Russian War: Blame Obama

Tuesday, August 12, 2008
By Warner Todd Huston
Georgia/Russian War: Blame Obama

-By Warner Todd Huston General Wesley Clark had one thing right during his tenure as a general in the U.S. military. He understood the portentous nature of the Russian’s move to take control of the airport in Pristina, Kosovo at the end of the 1999 NATO engagement in Yugoslavia. He ordered NATO forces to gear... »

Man decapitated on Greyhound bus near Manitoba, suspect in custody

Thursday, July 31, 2008
By NewsWax

A 40-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing and decapitating a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus near Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada on Wednesday night. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have issued a statement confirming that a homicide took place aboard the bus. A suspect is in custody. Canadian Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day... »

How a dog thief turned philanthropist led me to a lipstick inspired shooting story

Wednesday, July 16, 2008
By Denise Noe

Watching a program about humanity’s furry friends and the multitude of ways people and other animals interact, I learned about an incident that stuck heavily in my mind long after the program was over. The show talked about a dog that had long been known for appropriating items and taking them to his own... »

Perry Mason, the 1950s ethos and the advantages of being a man with no nuts

Saturday, July 12, 2008
By Denise Noe

Some, but by no means all, contributors to this website have a pronounced nostalgia for earlier historical periods. The 1950s in particular are an era many recall fondly. Some would like to see us return to prevailing mores and ideals of that period. I myself have a special liking for some TV shows that might... »

Syrian jail riot kills at least 25

Monday, July 7, 2008
By NewsWax

Prisoners have claimed that they have been routinely beaten by guards. One prisoner said that, "they shackled our hands behind us, confiscated our clothes and possessions, and beat us. And they insulted the Koran, they trod on the Koran." »

Compassionate release for Susan Atkins-Whitehouse?

Saturday, July 5, 2008
By Denise Noe

Susan Atkins is a murderer notorious for her participation in the cruel slayings committed at the Sharon Tate residence on August 6, 1969. She has been in prison almost four decades. Her name is Susan Atkins-Whitehouse because she is married to attorney James Whitehouse. Atkins-Whitehouse is dying from an inoperable brain tumor. She is bedridden,... »

Why are winos so disproportionately male?

Tuesday, July 1, 2008
By Denise Noe

Suppose someone says, “There’s a bunch of winos on that street corner.” You approach the indicated area. You expect to see a group of women in ragged dresses passing around a bottle of wine that is perhaps still in its brown paper bag. Or at least that is what you expected to see prior... »

The Manson File, reviewed by Denise Noe

Thursday, June 26, 2008
By Denise Noe

To give this book a fair review, it is necessary to discuss some history because a generation has been born and reached middle age since the events that catapulted the subject of “The Manson File” into worldwide infamy. On the evening of August 9, 1969, five people were murdered at the Bel Air, California... »

The Museum of Dr. Moses reviewed: Spooooooky!

Sunday, June 22, 2008
By Denise Noe

Author’s Note: I want to encourage my readers to go to http://www.epinions.com/content_432280931972 if they have an opinion about this review and rate it there. I’d like comments both here on the blog and at epinions.com The Museum of Dr. Moses This volume of short stories by the extraordinarily gifted Joyce Carol Oates is subtitled “Tales of... »

Governor’s Mansion in Texas damaged by blaze

Sunday, June 8, 2008
By NewsWax

The Texas Governor’s Mansion was heavily damaged by a blaze early Sunday, though no one was in the mansion at the time. Arson is suspected to be the cause of the fire. Governor Rick Perry and his wife Anita are in Sweden and no threat is suspected against them. All historic furnishings and heirlooms had... »

Malware from mass SQL injections confirmed by security experts

Thursday, June 5, 2008
By NewsWax

Nearly 20,000 websites have been attacked by unknown hackers using a technique known as an SQL injection. The hackers have inserted code to install malware onto visitors’ computers. The code exploits a newly-discovered weakness in Adobe Flash Player, a very common web-browser plugin. The attacks prompted an investigation by the Taiwanese information security industry... »

Five dead in Calgary murder-suicide

Monday, June 2, 2008
By NewsWax

Five people are dead in a murder-suicide in Calgary, Canada, which occurred on Tuesday, May 27. 34-year-old Joshua Lall stabbed and killed his 35-year-old wife, Alison, his two daughters, Kristen, 5 and Rochelle, 3, and 30-year-old Amber Bowerman, a tenant in their home, before committing suicide. A third daughter, one-year-old Anna, was not harmed. Joshua... »

All FLDS children returning to parents

Monday, June 2, 2008
By NewsWax

A Texas court has announced that all children taken from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) compound in Texas are being returned to their parents. Beginning today, parents have been allowed to collect their children, all of whom were in state custody before the announcement. The 401 allegedly abused children were... »

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