NewsWhoar Thread

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[theholycow]

tldr, I only read half of it.

Seems reasonable to me...public schools shouldn't hold ceremonies in churches, even when the facility is so much nicer; and they sure as hell shouldn't spend tax money on a legal battle over the idea.

[Cez★]

bump.

Sarah Weyrick posted her need for extra cash on the popular website under Personals and Casual Encounters, police said.

Her post read, "Need help with a couple on bills -- just two bills. Tough times call for drastic measures."

Investigators said Weyrick lived just a few blocks from where she was found dead on June 2.

Weyrick had only been living in Houston for three months when she was found dead at the Mansions of Shadowbriar apartments, 12100 Overbrook Lane, in southwest Houston. Her body was discovered in the back seat of her burned gold Toyota Camry at around 2 a.m.

Police found a milk carton filled with a possible accelerant near the charred car. Weyrick's cause of death was multiple stab wounds to her neck.

Weyrick, who was originally from Burlington, Iowa, moved to Houston to spend time with her dad and to get a fresh start after high school.

Anyone with any information on Weyrick's death is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

A $5,000 reward is being offered in the case.

[BillyJeanKing]

http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/me...%2F19524607%2F

note to self: if you ever get busted for insider trading make sure you wire transfer all your funds to AOT guys to keep teh pigs off your back

[stonehenge]

and to make AOT gaiz rish like eddeh

[Cez★]

A federal judge struck down the Obama administration's six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, saying the government rashly concluded that because one rig failed, the others are in immediate danger, too.

The White House promised an immediate appeal. The Interior Department had halted approval of any new permits for deepwater drilling and suspended drilling of 33 exploratory wells in the Gulf.

Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said President Barack Obama believes strongly that drilling at such depths does not make sense and puts the safety of workers "at a danger that the president does not believe we can afford."

Several companies that ferry people and supplies and provide other services to offshore drilling rigs asked U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman in New Orleans to overturn the moratorium.

They argued it was arbitrarily imposed after the April 20 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig that killed 11 workers and blew out the well 5,000 feet underwater. It has spewed anywhere from 67 million to 127 million gallons of oil into the Gulf.

Feldman sided with the companies, saying in his ruling the Interior Department assumed that because one rig failed, all companies and rigs doing deepwater drilling pose an imminent danger.

"The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is an unprecedented, sad, ugly and inhuman disaster," he wrote. "What seems clear is that the federal government has been pressed by what happened on the Deepwater Horizon into an otherwise sweeping confirmation that all Gulf deepwater drilling activities put us all in a universal threat of irreparable harm."

His ruling prohibits federal officials from enforcing the moratorium until a trial is held. He did not set a trial date.

The Interior Department said it needed time to study the risks of deepwater drilling. But the lawsuit filed by Hornbeck Offshore Services of Covington, La., claimed there was no proof the other operations posed a threat.

Company CEO Todd Hornbeck said after the ruling that he is looking forward to getting back to work.

"It's the right thing for not only the industry but the country," he said.

Earlier in the day, executives at a major oil conference in London warned that the moratorium would cripple world energy supplies. Steven Newman, president and CEO of Transocean Ltd., owner of the rig that exploded, called it an unnecessary overreaction. BP PLC was leasing the rig.

"There are things the administration could implement today that would allow the industry to go back to work tomorrow without an arbitrary six-month time limit," Newman told reporters on the sidelines of the conference.

The moratorium was declared May 6 and originally was to last only through the month. Obama announced May 27 that he was extending it for six months.

In Louisiana, Gov. Bobby Jindal and corporate leaders said that would force drilling rigs to leave the Gulf of Mexico for lucrative business in foreign waters.

They said the loss of business would cost the area thousands of lucrative jobs, most paying more than $50,000 a year. The state's other major economic sector, tourism, is a largely low-wage industry.

Tim Kerner, the mayor of Lafitte, La., cheered Feldman's ruling.

"I love it. I think it's great for the jobs here and the people who depend on them," said Kerner, whose constituents make their living primarily from commercial fishing or oil.

But in its response to the lawsuit, the Interior Department said the moratorium is needed as attempts to stop the leak and clean the Gulf continue and new safety standards are developed.

"A second deepwater blowout could overwhelm the efforts to respond to the current disaster," the Interior Department said.

The government also challenged contentions the moratorium would cause long-term economic harm. Although 33 deepwater drilling sites were affected, there are still 3,600 oil and natural gas production platforms in the Gulf.

Catherine Wannamaker, a lawyer for environmental groups that intervened in the case and supported the moratorium, called the ruling "a step in the wrong direction."

"We think it overlooks the ongoing harm in the Gulf, the devastation it has had on people's lives," she said. "The harm at issue with the Deepwater Horizon spill is bigger than just the Louisiana economy. It affects all of the Gulf."

[BillyJeanKing]

cez

go back and read teh first post

[Cez★]

YS, GF

cliffz-read the fucking thing.
jk jk. first sentance of the article pretty mash serves as cliffs

[BillyJeanKing]

i triez to limit mah word intake

[Cez★]

you just surpassed ze limit

[stonehenge]

thread = tfl, dnr

[BillyJeanKing]

http://mediatakeout.com/external/41782

[Cez★]

An independent review of last year's arrest of black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. by a white police sergeant says both men missed opportunities to "ratchet down" the situation and end things more calmly.

The review released Wednesday said the incident was sparked by "misunderstandings and failed communications," and by a "certain degree of fear" each man had for the other.

Cambridge Sgt. James Crowley arrested Gates for disorderly conduct at his home July 16 while investigating a possible burglary. Gates alleged he was a victim of racial profiling. Charges were later dropped.

The incident sparked a national debate on race relations and President Barack Obama invited both men to the White House for a "beer summit."

A lawyer for Gates said he was "disappointed" the report glossed over some details of the incident.

Sergeant Crowley released the following statement:

"I certainly don't expect anyone to fully understand the dynamics of the encounter when they weren't there, but I was pleased that the Committee took the time to speak with me and give my account of the arrest. No one that knows me thought that the arrest was based on race in any way. Arrests are based strictly on behavior. I've learned a lot through this process and I continue to be committed to the city of Cambridge, my responsibilities as a police officer and father, and my dedication to teaching fellow officers about the need for balancing tolerance and safety."

[Cez★]

chicagos new proposed law
CHICAGO – With the city's gun ban certain to be overturned, Mayor Richard Daley on Thursday introduced what city officials say is the strictest handgun ordinance in the United States.

The measure, which draws from ordinances around the country, would ban gun shops in Chicago and prohibit gun owners from stepping outside their homes, even onto their porches or garages, with a handgun.

Daley announced his ordinance at a park on the city's South Side three days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Americans have a right to own a gun for self-defense anywhere they live. The City Council is expected to vote on it Friday.

"As long as I'm mayor, we will never give up or give in to gun violence that continues to threaten every part of our nation, including Chicago," said Daley, who was flanked by activists, city officials and the parents of a teenager whose son was shot and killed on a city bus while shielding a friend.

The ordinance, which Daley urged the City Council to pass, also would :

• Limit the number of handguns residents can register to one per month and prohibit residents from having more than one handgun in operating order at any given time.

• Require residents in homes with children to keep them in lock boxes or equipped with trigger locks.

• Require prospective gun owners to take a four-hour class and one-hour training at a gun range. They would have to leave the city for training because Chicago prohibits new gun ranges and limits the use of existing ranges to police officers. Those restrictions were similar to those in an ordinance passed in Washington, D.C., after the high court struck down its ban two years ago.

• Prohibit people from owning a gun if they were convicted of a violent crime, domestic violence or two or more convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Residents convicted of a gun offense would have to register with the police department.

• Calls for the police department to maintain a registry of every handgun owner in the city, with the names and addresses to be made available to police officers, firefighters and other emergency responders.

Those who already have handguns in the city — which has been illegal since the city's ban was approved 28 years ago — would have 90 days to register those weapons, according to the proposed ordinance.

Residents convicted of violating the city's ordinance can face a fine up to $5,000 and be locked up for as long as 90 days for a first offense and a fine of up to $10,000 and as long as six months behind bars for subsequent convictions.

"We've gone farther than anyone else ever has," said Corporation Counsel Mara Georges.

Still, the mayor, whose office is trying to craft an ordinance that will withstand legal challenges, had to back off some provisions he'd hoped to include, including requiring gun owners to insure their weapons and restricting each resident to one handgun.

Georges said it would be expensive for homeowners to include guns on their homeowners' and renters' insurance policies, so such a requirement could be seen as being discriminatory to the city's poorer residents. Limiting the number of handguns could be seen as discriminatory to people who owned weapons before the city's ban went into effect in 1982 or before they moved into the city.

"We can limit the place in which those handguns can be located," she said, before adding a not-so-veiled swipe at the court: "For instance, the Supreme court does not want them coming into the courthouse."

Still, Daley indicated that no matter what was included in the ordinance, he expects legal challenges.

"Everybody has a right to sue," he said.

[stonehenge]

tfl
dnr
gfys

[BillyJeanKing]

nida didp

[BillyJeanKing]

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...0101bong1.html

[theholycow]

Silly potheads...toddlers don't know how to take a hit from a bong.

[BillyJeanKing]

[BillyJeanKing]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38217476...urts?GT1=43001

[BillyJeanKing]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/07/19/new...ning/?hpt=Sbin

brb, NY

[Biggs]

What better way to show your wife you've just about had enough of her "crap" than to shoot her between the eyes with a roll of Charmin... /sarcasm


Clicky clicky..

[theholycow]

Fuckin' bitch should have been home before midnight. Duh.

[Biggs]

He's 38. She's 55.

Guess he shoulda flushed the evidence though eh?

[theholycow]

http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2006/07/18/photos

Cliff's notes:
Guy and friend take their kids camping. Common innocent family camping photos are taken and developed at a drugstore. Sick drugstore employee thinks they are pictures of decapitation and sexual abuse, so calls the cops. Government goes on a witch hunt. Family goes through the wringer and has their lives permanently scarred.