Old man fights robbers

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Two masked gunmen came into the Subway just after 11 p. m. There was a lone diner, John Lovell. After robbing the cashier, the two men attempted to shove Lovell into a bathroom and rob him as well. They got his money, but then Lovell pulled his handgun and opened fire on the criminal assholes. He shot one of the thieves in the head and chest and the other in the head. Lovell was in the Marine Corps.

He is not expected to be charged, authorities said. ''He was in fear for his life; '' Detective Rettig said, 'These criminals ought to realize that most men in their 70's have military backgrounds and aren't intimidated by idiots'.

Something tells me this old Marine wasn't 'in fear for his life', even though his life was definitely at risk.
The only thing he could be charged with is participating in an unfair fight. One 71 - year young Marine against two punks.

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Simper Fi, brother Simper Fi.

Seven Reasons Why the Gym is Better Than Therapy

I have a love affair with my gym. She’s not much to look at: a rubber track and weight room in a dank basement, but appearances aren’t everything. She’s there on my best days and on my worst days. We never fight, and she doesn’t care what I look like as long as I give her my full attention for a few hours a week.

I was talking with a fellow gym goer recently (the gym and I have an open relationship). He mentioned that whenever he is facing something frustrating, he goes to the gym. The gym is his form of therapy, and if I think about it, it’s my stress release too. So, I’d like to present my list of ten reasons the gym is better than therapy.

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Just an observation, mind you

You know what Denver is nice this time of year.

Faux News gets their comeuppance ... live

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo posted this yesterday and it bears repeating:

The following video report, as seen live on fox "news" yesterday, demonstrates that the far-right "news" channel has no clue what the words "raucous", "out of control" or "freedom of speech" actually mean, as "reporter" Griff Jenkins is seen taunting DNC convention demonstrators, only to receive chants of "fuck fox news", live on air, in the bargain...



Those morons at faux news can't even discern when they are being told to take a long walk off a short pier and 'blame' those that are telling them to take that walk of failing to speaking up for what they believe ... you got to love the stupidity of faux news - not!
Then they try to link the Chicago riots of 1968 to the Democratic convention in Denver saying that is what those that won't talk to them are planning to 'recreate' ... ah, the noise machine at work folks.

Future Tech

Remember: today's science fiction is tomorrow's science fact ...

The military is looking at some pretty radical ideas in future tech.

For example -

Drugs that make soldiers want to fight. Robots linked directly to their controllers’ brains. Lie-detecting scans administered to terrorist suspects as they cross U.S. borders.

These are just a few of the military uses imagined for cognitive science — and if it’s not yet certain whether the technologies will work, the military is certainly taking them very seriously.

“It’s way too early to know which — if any — of these technologies is going to be practical,” said Jonathan Moreno, a Center for American Progress bioethicist and author of Mind Wars: Brain Research and National Defense. “But it’s important for us to get ahead of the curve. Soldiers are always on the cutting edge of new technologies.”

Read Wired for the full story

TSA declares war on large breasts

Yet another misadventure from our fellows over at the TSA!

A large-breasted woman flying from Oakland to Boston was accosted by the TSA when the underwire in her bra set off the magnetometer. She was given a choice: allow her breasts to be fondled or give up on flying. Instead, she raised a stink:

Kates asked to see a supervisor and then the supervisor's supervisor. He told her that underwire bras were the leading item that set off the metal detectors, Kates said.

If that's the case, Kates said, the equipment must be overly sensitive. And if the TSA is engaging in extra brassiere scrutiny, then other women are suffering similar humiliation, Kates thought.

The Constitution bars unreasonable searches and seizures, Kates reminded the TSA supervisor, and scrutinizing a woman's brassiere is surely unreasonable, she said.

The supervisor told her she had the choice of submitting to a pat-down in a private room or not flying. Kates offered a third alternative, to take off her bra and try again, which the TSA accepted.

Arbitrary, no-exceptions "security" rules unduly punish innocents -- people with surgical pins in their bodies are now subject to discriminatory treatment when they fly, as are those whose names are similar to aliases used by suspected terrorists, and they're now joined by women with large breasts. Free societies shouldn't punish the innocent to get at the guilty.

Delayed by her bra, air passenger is indignant

The TSA dolts shouldn't be allowed a free show. They should have to pay like the rest of us - and through the nose, too, at the local Titty Bar

North Korea claims to have invented anti-hunger noodles

A North Korean propaganda release claims that the hunger-stricken country has developed a "hunger-delaying" soy-protein noodle that doesn't induce the same carb-based hunger pangs that starch-based noodles cause:

According to the newspaper, which is seen as closely linked to the Pyongyang leadership, the new noodles have twice as much protein and fives times as much fat as ordinary noodles.

"When you consume ordinary noodles (made from wheat or corn), you may soon feel your stomach empty. But this soybean noodle delays such a feeling of hunger," it said on its website.

The noodles would be available soon across North Korea, the newspaper said.

An estimated one million people starved to death in North Korea in the late 1990s after natural disasters and government mismanagement devastated the country's economy.

N Korea 'develops special noodle'

Okay, now they have their noodles, what are they going to do with them? Produce enough to end world hunger? Or, are they just off their 'noodles'?

Reaping what they sow

With the wingnut mouthpieces calling for riots Denver and killing Liberals on Hate Radio is it any wonder this happened?
There are just enough wackos listening to those spewing troglodytes to take them at their word.
What is notable is one of these bozos in named Adolf ... does that strike you as odd, too?

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Federal authorities are looking into reports that a man arrested with rifles, ammunition and drugs in his truck may have made threats against Barack Obama, officials said Monday.

Two other men were arrested in the case."It's premature to say that it was a valid threat or that these folks have the ability to carry it out," said a U.S. government official familiar with the investigation.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.

Obama will be in Denver later this week to accept the Democratic nomination for president.

FBI spokeswoman Kathy Wright confirmed the FBI was investigating the reports but declined to elaborate.
The Joint Information Center - a command set up by Denver, state and federal authorities to field media inquiries during the Democratic convention - said it had no immediate comment.

Tharin Gartrell, 28, was arrested during a traffic stop early Sunday by police in the eastern Denver suburb of Aurora. In his truck, officers found two rifles, including one with a scope; a bulletproof vest; boxes of ammunition; walkie-talkies; and suspected narcotics, said Aurora police Detective Marcus Dudley.

Police alerted federal authorities, who soon arrested Nathan Johnson, 32, at a hotel in Denver, Dudley said.
A third man, Shawn Robert Adolf, 33, was arrested at a suburban Glendale hotel, Dudley said.
Adolf allegedly tried to escape officers by jumping from a sixth-floor window.
He was hospitalized and was being held on $1 million bond for several outstanding warrants involving drug charges.
Johnson also was being held on drug charges and his bond was unknown, Dudley said.

It wasn't known if the three men had attorneys, Dudley said.
Dudley didn't say what tied the men together but that more arrests were possible.

One of the rifles was stolen, and authorities had traced it to Kansas, Dudley said.
He declined to say to whom it belonged.

Aurora police alerted federal officials because of heightened security surrounding the Democratic convention, Dudley said.
"Clearly we found there are federal implications - otherwise we would not have notified them," he said.
"The weapons clearly would cause great concern."

U.S. Attorney Troy Eid said the case was under investigation.
"We're absolutely confident there is no credible threat to the candidate, the Democratic National Convention, or the people of Colorado," Eid said in a statement.

Officials with the FBI, Secret Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and Aurora police set a news conference for this (Tuesday) afternoon.
Authorities in Denver are trying to find out whether the reported threats to Obama were valid.
"It could also turn out that these were nothing but a bunch of knuckleheads, meth-heads," the U.S. government official said.

And I Quote

Whiskey is by far the most popular of all remedies that won't cure a cold.

~ Jerry Vale

Marijuana Grow House Found In Mall Of The Americas

The Drug Enforcement Administration discovered something unexpected in the Mall of the Americas.

DEA agents found a hydroponics lab with more than 200 marijuana plants, standing 3 to 6 feet tall in the air and worth millions of dollars, in a storage area on the second floor of the mall.

Authorities said the electricity that powered the lab was diverted from the mall's main power supply.

No arrests have been made. Authorities said officials with the Mall of the Americas are cooperating with the investigation.

Check out the details here.

Mother Jones interactive military presence map

Mother Jones launched an interactive map that shows US military presence around the world from 1950 to 2007. It's based on worldwide troop data from the Pentagon.

From Mother Jones:

These numbers are often fuzzy: Some deployments are classified, others are temporary, and just because the Defense Department claims 30 US troops in Indonesia last year doesn't mean 1,500 didn't pass through on training missions. Even so, the map, and the associated research, should give you a good feel for what the Pentagon is up to around the world.

Mission Creep: US Military Presence Worldwide

We need more stories like this

We need more stories like this:

Raccoon's courthouse crime spree ends with capture

The evidence in his office gave the judge pause: a half-eaten apple and some very distinctive footprints.
Federal bankruptcy Judge Paul W. Bonapfel reported the break-in last week at the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in downtown Atlanta.

The intruder made no effort to cover his tracks across a stack of federal memos in the 14th-floor office.
When the judge called in his staff and others to examine the scene, the evidence was conclusive: The perpetrator was a raccoon.

In the following days, judges and staff who work in the building reported other thefts - chocolate chip cookies stolen from a 10th-floor desk, a sandwich on the 9th floor, and a packet of dried soup purloined from the 23rd floor.

A court clerk created a "wanted" poster, and Bonapfel's staff posted a "raccoon crossing" sign on the judge's door.
Workers from a company that specializes in catching wildlife placed a trap in the ceiling over a judge's office and baited it with tuna.

The wait ended Monday when a judicial assistant heard a noise overhead.
Two workers removed the ceiling tiles and grabbed the suspect.

Office workers named the raccoon "Russell," in honor of the building's namesake.

The General Services Administration, which manages the building, theorizes that Russell wriggled into the heating system from outside.
"We're going to see if we can get him turned loose on a farm somewhere," said Robert Perkins, the building's manager. "We're going to take him a long way from this building."

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With all the hate, crime and scandal dominating the 'news' we really do need more stories like this one.

Earthquake!

The U.S. Geological Survey says a 6.3-magnitude earthquake has hit China's western region of Tibet.
No casualties were reported after the Monday night quake, state media reported.

The official Xinhua News Agency said, however, it was felt strongly and cracks appeared in some buildings in Zhongba county, the quake's epicenter.
Xinhua put the magnitude at 6.8.

On May 12, a 7.9-magnitude earthquake in China's Sichuan province killed 70,000 people and left 5 million homeless.

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Carolina Panthers 2008 Schedule

Date	Opponent	Time	Network
Sunday, September 7	@ San Diego	4:15 PM EST	FOX
Sunday, September 14	Vs Chicago	1:00 PM EST	FOX
Sunday, September 21	@ Minnesota	1:00 PM EST	FOX
Sunday, September 28	Vs Atlanta	1:00 PM EST	FOX
Sunday, October 5	Vs Kansas City	1:00 PM EST	CBS
Sunday, October 12	@ Tampa Bay	1:00 PM EST	FOX
Sunday, October 19	Vs New Orleans	1:00 PM EST	FOX
Sunday, October 26	Vs Arizona	1:00 PM EST	FOX
Sunday, November 9	@ Oakland	4:05 PM EST	FOX
Sunday, November 16	Vs Detroit	1:00 PM EST *	FOX
Sunday, November 23	@ Atlanta	1:00 PM EST *	FOX
Sunday, November 30	@ Green Bay	1:00 PM EST *	FOX
Monday, December 8	Vs Tampa Bay	8:30 PM EST	ESPN
Sunday, December 14	Vs Denver	1:00 PM EST *	CBS
Sunday, December 21	@ New York Giants	1:00 PM EST *	FOX
Sunday, December 28	@ New Orleans	1:00 PM EST *	FOX

They ignored her cries for help

This is inexcusable. Self-centered, lazy, uncaring: all the things they have their well deserved reputation for ... these New York City dwellers need to be horsewhipped publicly!

Investigators say neighbors waited more than a half hour to call police after hearing a woman's screams for help as she was being stabbed to death at a New York City apartment.

Police found 21-year-old Ebony Garcia lying in a pool of blood at about 2:10 a.m Saturday.
She was stabbed about a dozen times and died two hours later at a local hospital.

Witnesses say neighbors ignored the woman's screams for more than 30 minutes before someone called the police.
One neighbor says she ignored the cries because she thought the victim had been drinking.

Police want to question Garcia's boyfriend.
She had obtained a restraining order against him.

Mickey Mouse bridges the culture war when teaching evolution to evangelical students

Teacher David Campbell managed to slip evolution into the high-school science curriculum in the conservative Florida town where he teaches -- by using images of Mickey Mouse through the years to illustrate the principle:

On the projector, Campbell placed slides of the cartoon icon: one at his skinny genesis in 1928, one from his 1940 turn as the impish "Sorcerer's Apprentice," and one of the rounded, ingratiating charmer of Mouse Club fame.

"How," he asked his students, "has Mickey changed?"

Natives of Disney World's home state, they waved their hands and called out answers.

"His tail gets shorter," Bryce volunteered.

"Bigger eyes!" someone else shouted.

"He looks happier," one girl observed. "And cuter."

Campbell smiled. "Mickey evolved," he said. "And Mickey gets cuter because Walt Disney makes more money that way. That is 'selection.' "

Teacher shows that science, religion don't have to clash

This is hilarious and sad at the same time ... You got to laugh at the ignorance that breeds the climate wherein a cartoon character has to be used to educate our youth - not that using cartoon characters is wrong, just funny you HAVE to use them - and it is very sad that you have to use them at the same time ... it is a very sorry state of affairs when they are required to be used due to ignorance and blind dogma.

Kids can't "go out and play" anymore

This story from the LA Times about the lack of free, unstructured outdoor play and movement for kids really hits mark: young kids are just not allowed to "go outside and play" and we treat older kids who do as potential threats to life and property to be run off as quickly as possible:

But today, for most middle-class American children, "going out to play" has gone the way of the dodo, the typewriter and the eight-track tape. From 1981 to 1997, for instance, University of Michigan time-use studies show that 3- to 5-year-olds lost an average of 501 minutes of unstructured playtime each week; 6- to 8-year-olds lost an average of 228 minutes. (On the other hand, kids now do more organized activities and have more homework, the lucky devils!) And forget about walking to school alone. Today's kids don't walk much at all (adding to the childhood obesity problem).

Increasingly, American children are in a lose-lose situation. They're forced, prematurely, to do all the un-fun kinds of things adults do (Be over-scheduled! Have no downtime! Study! Work!). But they don't get any of the privileges of adult life: autonomy, the ability to make their own choices, use their own judgment, maybe even get interestingly lost now and then.

Read the entire article: Remember 'go outside and play?'

Medical Humerus

Who says medical personnel don't have a sense of humor?

These are actual writings from various hospital charts.

1.The patient refused an autopsy.
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2. The patient has no previous history of suicides.
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3. Patient has left white blood cells at another hospital.
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4. She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night.
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5 Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.
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6. On the second day, the knee was better, and on the third day it disappeared.
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7. The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.
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8. The patient has been depressed since she began seeing me in 1993.
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9. Discharge status: Alive but without permission.
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10. Healthy appearing decrepit 69-year old male, mentally alert but forgetful.
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11. Patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch.
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12. She is numb from her toes down.
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13. While in ER, she was examined, x-rated, and sent home.
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14. The skin was moist and dry.
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15 Occasional, constant infrequent headaches.
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16. Patient was alert and unresponsive.
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17. Rectal examination revealed a normal size thyroid.
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18. She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life, until she got a divorce.
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19. I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy.
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20. Both breasts are equal and reactive to light and accommodation.
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21. Examination of genitalia reveals that he is circus sized.
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22. The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.
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23. Skin: somewhat pale but present
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24. The pelvis exam will be done later on the floor.
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25. Patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities.

(Did anyone happen to catch the medical joke above?)

Daily Funny

Paddy was in New York He was patiently waiting and watching the traffic cop on a busy street crossing.
The cop stopped the flow of traffic and shouted, 'Okay, pedestrians.'
Then he'd allow the traffic to pass.
He'd done this several times, and Paddy still stood on the sidewalk.
After the cop had shouted, 'Pedestrians!' for the tenth time, Paddy went over to
him and said, 'Is it not about time ye let the Catholics across?'