Hindsight
Police: Please come with me sir. SC: Can I ask who you are and why you want me to come with you? Police: I’m a police officer and I’m citing you for solicitation. SC: I beg your pardon! Police: Can I see some identification? SC: You bet. I’m a U.S. Senator. Can you please explain to me why it is we’re even having this discussion? Police: I observed you trying to solicit me in the men’s room. SC: I suggest that you have a pretty good explanation for that, because I’ve got absolutely no idea what you’re talking about. Police: Senator, you bumped my foot and rubbed the bottom of your stall. SC: That’s absolutely ridiculous. Police: Sir, you’re lying. SC: I’m not saying another word to you or anyone. I’d like to call my attorney.
This week, My Way.com reported that Senator Craig is reconsidering not only his admission of guilt to the police in the charges brought against him, but also his widely reported decision to resign his seat in the United State Senate. Senator Craig has certainly done himself no favors here. He’s put himself in an incredibly deep hole, one it seems he’ll not be able to dig himself out of, guilty or not.
Read about Senator Craig’s complicated reconsiderations at
this week’s 5:
My Way News – Craig Reconsiders Decision to Resign
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Anguish
Breitbart.com reports: A Romanian immigrant who fell on hard times set himself on fire Tuesday to dramatize his plea for money to return home, writhing in agony as flames consumed his clothes and skin and his wife and children watched helplessly.
The man’s daughter, identified only as Isabella, said the family had come to Spain three months ago with a promise of work and housing but both turned out to be bogus, the national news agency Efe reported. They got by collecting scrap metal and selling soft drinks on the beach, she said.
She said they eventually amassed enough money for air fare home, but were swindled when they tried to buy tickets, according to Efe.
Police referred to them social services, who in turn referred them to the Red Cross and in the end no one helped, the girl was quoted as saying.
Amoros said the man showed up at a social services office Monday asking how to get aid to buy airline tickets and was referred to a non-governmental organization because city hall has no power to provide such assistance.
See the video at this week’s 4, here:
Breitbart.tv » Raw: Wife, Children Watch as Immigrant Sets Himself on Fire, Writhes in Agony
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Merit?
Iran has hanged 17 convicted drug traffickers in the northeastern Khorasan Razavi province and four other criminals in the southern city of Shiraz, state media said Wednesday.
“These 17 smugglers were recognized as being corrupt on this earth by the judiciary after legal procedures and were hanged at dawn this morning,” the website of state broadcasting quoted a police spokesman as saying.
The Islamic republic has stepped up executions of rapists, drug traffickers and others deemed a public menace in recent months as part of a campaign it says is aimed at improving security in society.
That’s one way of protecting the innocent…and sending a message. What do you think?
Read about Iran’s solution to crime at this week’s 3:
Iran hangs 21 criminals in one day
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Boyfriends vs. Husbands
Newsweek’s Sarah Kliff writes that “women longing for that white dress and gold ring may want to take some new research into consideration. A study published in the September Journal of Family Issues found that live-in boyfriends spend more time scrubbing and scouring than their married counterparts.”
Newsweek:
The new study comes from sociologist Shannon Davis at George Mason University and her colleagues at North Carolina State University, who looked at the hours spent on housework reported by more than 17,000 individuals in 28 developed, Western countries. Across the board live-in boyfriends reported performing more household labor than married men. Also, live-in girlfriends took on fewer chores than married women.
Read the story at this week’s 2, here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20590897/site/newsweek/
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Good night
Luciano Pavarotti, opera’s biggest superstar of the late 20th century, died Thursday. He was 71.
Luciano Pavarotti was one of the biggest opera stars of the last century, but he was much bigger than opera. A lyric tenor whose remarkable voice was so honeyed and brilliant that even non-opera lovers were readily moved by its beauty, he married his natural musicality with a gift for blatant showmanship. Besides his triumphs in the world’s greatest opera houses, he sold more than 50 millions record albums; his arena concerts were packed like a rock star’s; and he would happily sign autographs for his fans for hours.
See Luciano Pavarotti at his best, here:
YouTube – Pavarotti – Nessun Dorma