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56-Year-Old Woman Gives Birth

Francesca, Aleta Saint James, and Gian

NEW YORK — A New York woman who gave birth to twins just days before she turns 57 showed off her babies to the public today. The mom and the newborns are doing great the day after their delivery. Aleta Saint James was understandably emotional, one day after giving birth. Francesca came first, followed by her brother Gian. The healthy twins, weighing more than five pounds each were delivered by caesarean section at a New York hospital.

And, what makes this story so is amazing, is that Saint James turns 57 on Friday, making her the oldest American ever to have twins.

Saint James, who helped co-found the Guardian Angels with her brother Curtis Sliwa, is a single, first-time mom. At a news conference in New York she said, "This is the most incredible thing I've ever done in my life. This is a miracle that God blessed me with."

She spent $25,000 on in-vitro fertilization to get pregnant. Her story prompted some criticism, from people who objected to her becoming a parent so late in life.

But doctors said, there were no medical reasons to hold her back and Saint James insists her age is not important.

"A lot of people may think I am selfish or crazy or whatever," St. James said. She said, "Well, I'm a little bit crazy. I've never lived in the box. I just say if you have a dream, if you put your mind to it and don't listen to other people's negativity, you can really do incredible things."

What's more, the new mother says she has the means to raise a family with plenty of loving support and a whole lot of faith.

Let me be the first to say WHAT THE FUCK. I'm sorry but thats probably one of the most selfish things someone can do short of suicide. Oh im 57, my uterus is like a spagehti western set, barren and full of tumbleweeds, I want to have a child. Someone should have just smashed her face in at the first thought of this. These kids won't have a life, uh oh mom fell and broke her hip... Sure she can take care of them or get them what they need, but that still won't be like having two loving parents that are not getting the AARP newsletter and worried about early bird specials. What a fucking cunt. People seem to worry about the wrong shit these days, This story is a human interest piece on the news but you don't hear anything about the woman that works 2 jobs, doesn't ask for hand outs and raises 2 kids... no its the cunt that sells papers. Sometimes I just wonder how this world hasn't imploded yet.


Story two gets even better





Used by Satan himself red pens are the devils tool.

Tuesday, September 7, 2004

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/lifestyle/189374_tf207.html

Red pens flunking out

Students don't like to see red marks on their papers and neither do their parents. This is why schoolteachers apparently are switching from red to tamer colors when grading exams and homework, according to research at office supply stores.

Paper Mate reports that sales of red pens have been flat in the past year, but purple ones are being snapped up, specifically by teachers, with sales rising 10 percent.

One Georgia teacher calls red "just too harsh. I will use purple or green, but never red. I think it's very demoralizing for a child to have written a creative paper and to have it marked up all in red to show that it's awful."

Paper Mate says its research suggests teachers like purple because it's a friendly color, yet projects a sense of authority.

One Georgia teacher calls red "just too harsh. I will use purple or green, but never red. I think it's very demoralizing for a child to have written a creative paper and to have it marked up all in red to show that it's awful."

Maybe seeing the red will make little Billy realize a little more effort is needed in his work. Fuck this pantywaisted mentality, oh poor kid we'll mask how stupid he is by correcting things in purple pen.

From : http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1234870/posts

Teachers starting to shun red pens
San Diego Union Tribune ^ | 10-4-04 | By Sherry Parmet

Posted on 10/04/2004 9:43:38 AM PDT by It's me

When term papers get graded this school year, many students who turn in sloppy work won't be seeing red.

An increasingly popular grading theory insists red ink is stressful and demoralizes students, while purple, the preferred color, has a more calming effect.

"I never use red to grade papers because it stands out like, 'Oh, here's what you did wrong.' " said Melanie Irvine, a third-grade teacher at Pacific Rim Elementary in Carlsbad. "Purple is a more approachable color."

Irvine said that in elementary schools, it's unnecessary to point out every error. Instead, a teacher should find a more delicate way to help a child learn.

The writing-instrument industry is a lucrative one, netting more than $4.5 billion in U.S. consumer spending a year, and the nation's major suppliers of pens have discovered many teachers like Irvine.

Paper Mate stepped up production of purple pens by 10 percent this year in response to focus groups that alerted the company to the many teachers switching to purple.

"This is a kinder, more gentler education system," Paper Mate spokesman Michael Finn said. "And the connotation of red is that it is not as constructive as purple."

Two years ago, almost no purple pens were stocked on the shelves of Staples stores. After teachers began demanding the color, however, the national office-supply company obliged. Staples went from adding purple pens to multipacks last year to now manufacturing packages of solely purple pens.

"Teachers are a great customer for us, and we need to supply them what they need," said Staples spokeswoman Sharyn Frankel. "If they come to us and say, 'We need purple,' we get them purple." Although some educators are sticking to red for grading, the trend seems to be toward a less-judgmental shade.

"We try to be as gentle as we can and not slice children's thoughts to pieces with a red pen," said Laurie Francis, principal of Del Mar Hills Academy. "The red mark is associated with 'This is wrong,' and as you're trying to guide students in the revision process, it doesn't mean this is wrong. It's just here's what you can do better."

Teachers traditionally wielded a red pen because it stood out on paper, and they had to use a different color than black or blue, the shade typically used by students.

The idea that red induces stress, especially in younger children, has been around for years, said Lawrence Jones, a psychology teacher and former graphic-design instructor at The Art Institute of California San Diego.

"You associate red with blood, stop and danger," he said. "Teachers, realizing the immense problems they face with kids in education, find avoiding red helps them avoid one more negative in a child's life."

Daniel Ochoa, a color theory teacher at the institute, said purple is associated with spirituality, royalty and elegance. Green is also soothing, he said, because it is the color of the forest and symbolic of refreshment.

Lisa Parker, principal of Chula Vista Hills Elementary, said she has no policy on pen color, but definitely has a preference.

"We never say to teachers, 'No red,' but to get a paper back with red marks all over it is not necessarily the best way to get kids to be comfortable with their writing," she said.

Yet tradition is hard to break.

Gloria Ciriza, a fifth-grade teacher at Pomerado Elementary in Poway, corrected papers in red when she began teaching 11 years ago because it was familiar to her. Now, she doesn't necessarily favor purple, but she prefers a softer color.

"If it's in red, they want to put it in their desks real quickly so nobody else can see," she said. "If it's in another color, they're a little more comfortable."

Not all educators, however, are surrendering their apple-red pens.

Some argue that American culture is one of extremes. They say the same students who receive color-sensitive grades leave school and play gory video games. And some attribute the dwindling number of red pens in the classroom to self-esteem sensitivity run amok. Skeptics discount fears of the shade and wonder whether all the attention to the color of a grade has any substantive effect.

Sheldon Brown, a visual arts professor at the University of California San Diego and director of the school's Center for Research in Computing and the Arts, said the negative reaction to grading in red is culturally embedded – a reaction more ingrained in the teachers than the students.

"Teachers may start out using purple, a color that they seem to think has less negative connotations, but in time, after kids have gone through 12 years of purple check marks, they're going to think purple is an awful color," Brown said.

Many educators say the choice of pen color is only the tip of making the grading experience a positive one for kids. Some argue that the science of grading is so much more than a check mark on a piece of paper.

Lorri Santamaria, who instructs aspiring teachers at California State University San Marcos, said callous grading can cause kids to loathe school, and she cautions her students against correcting tests in red.

Stephen Ahle, the principal at Pacific Rim Elementary, said grading is much more sophisticated than it used to be. Every aspect of grading – from the language used to the teacher's tone and the color of ink used to make corrections – leaves a psychological imprint on students, he said. "I tell teachers to use more neutral colors – blues and greens, and lavender because it's a calming color," he said. "And, of course, kids also like purple because it's the color of Barney."

This is our future folks. I really get sick when I see this stuff, it boggles my mind as how we as a nation actually let this shit happen in our schools. Umm parents quit worrying about guns and drugs, this is a major problem. Drugs are bad sure, as are guns in the hands of the young and un-trained, but christ changing colors to make things seem less harsh ? There is a bus just waiting to hit these people as they cross streets everywhere. Hopefully its on Christmas day and ruin everyone elses fun. I can see it now "Slaughter in the cross walk, 100's of pussy teachers run over by yellow school busses"


Im done, time for the guns and drugs...

-T.

Man accused of ramming church with bulldozer

VICKSBURG, Mississippi (AP) -- A man was arrested on vandalism charges after police said he drove a bulldozer into a church, an attack parishioners claim was racially motivated.

Zane Bearrick, 21, was arrested and charged with felony malicious mischief, Detective Todd Dykes said. The bulldozer early Saturday struck the trailer that housed the First Assembly of Yaweh Vicksburg.

The church has a black congregation and the suspect is white. Church members said they suspect the act was racially motivated and have asked the FBI to investigate.

The bulldozer was parked 100 yards behind the trailer.

A person can receive up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted of malicious mischief. A hate-crime conviction on the same charge could result in a 10-year prison term and a $20,000 fine.

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Copyright 2004 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Find this article at: http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/11/02/church.bulldozed.ap/index.html

This is the thing, how is it racially motivated ? Yes they were black and he was white but can't it just be a case of he's a moron and they just happened to be in his path? That may not be the case here as I only know what this article states, but hate crime seems to be a word tossed around lately that may not always be justified. People should be locked up and killed but thats just because they are morons not because they are racists, but again we have plenty of those here in our fine country.

eh i'm done with this...

-T

Four More Years... Wonderful

Heaven Is Falling
Bad Religion

as I walk beneath the valley,
I shall fear no evil,
for thanks to King George and his rainbow cabinet,
today murder is legal

God I know that it's wrong,
to kill my brother for what he hasn't done,
and as the planes blacken the sky,
it sounds like heaven is falling,
it sounds like heaven is falling,
you promised me a new day a dawning
I've seen a thousand points of light,
like so many points of hatred, shame and horror

God I want to be a man,
but I don't want to die with a rifle in my hand,
and as the planes blacken....

well nothing here looks new to me,
but a score of mothers 'sons,
caught 'tween the devil and the deep blue sea

Yes I realize this song is about his father, but it still fits.

-T.

Its Wednsday...

And you know what that means ladies...

Now this is regoddamndiculous...

PetsMobility to Launch the First Ever Cellular Telephone for Pets!

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. --(Business Wire)-- Sept. 15, 2004 -- PetsMobility(TM) Networks, Inc., will be manufacturing and launching the first ever PetsCell(TM) cellular telephone for pets. PetsMobility will provide wireless communication products and services to the rapidly growing multi-billion dollar pet market and is seeking corporate alliances and partners to assist the company.

The patent pending PetsMobility(TM) PetsCell(TM) will be compatible with existing cellular and satellite GPS technology. The PetsCell(TM) will allow pet owners to talk to their pets as well as allowing owners to request assistance should they require help. In addition, and perhaps more valuable, pet owners will have a piece of mind that if their pet is lost and someone finds their pet wandering the streets, with a simple press of a button on the mobile device, the auto dial will dial the owners home alerting the owner to retrieve their pet. The PetsCell(TM), 2-way communication device will also be available with an optional GPS tracking chip and a fibre optic camera for search and rescue applications.

PetsMobility(TM) is seeking to partner with major industry participants such as; cellular network providers, automotive manufacturers, financial institutions, pet retailers, hardware manufacturers, pet food processors, as well as other companies from non-competing industries. PetsMobility(TM) will introduce both non-pet and pet industry participants into this opportunity via a cross-collaborative market segmentation model.

"I am extremely thrilled to be able to publicly announce the introduction of PetsMobility Network and PetsCell(TM) cellular phone," said Cameron Robb, founder of the PetsCell(TM). "There are few really truly unique products that are unveiled each year, and I look forward to PetsMobility(TM) working with some major industry players the world over." The PetsMobility(TM) Networks' marketing plan will allow key strategic partners to uniquely differentiate their brands and to position themselves as corporations who truly provide products and services to meet the needs for "each and every" member of the family.

Robb believes the considerable interest the PetsCell(TM) has already garnered is due to not only the "singular aspect" of the PetsCell(TM), but more importantly the potential for many different niche market applications. "The ability to talk to your pet from a distance on the pet's own cellular phone is definitely novel, but I envision the PetsCell(TM) having search and rescue, military, guide dog or even potentially patient and elderly care applications to name a few."

In an effort to make the PetsCell(TM) easily available to its primary targeted customer base, Robb had the unit designed to operate with most major cellular network service providers. The usage plans will be sold as a bundled service through existing conventional cellular providers. "This is exciting news for all the conventional cellular service providers," Robb explains, "this new product will allow service providers to provide a very one of a kind service to their existing customers." Robb further added "Hopefully, the PetsCell(TM) will help these companies to increase customer loyalty. In addition, I believe it will provide an opportunity for our corporate partners to tap into a completely new market segment, the $34 Billion dollar North American pet market."

For information on PetsMobility(TM), please contact us at info@petsmobility.com, or if you are interested in partnering opportunities please contact us at partners@petsmobility.com.

PetsMobility(TM) - "Connecting every member of your family - even your pet." (SM)

http://www.petsmobility.com/


Why in gods name does one need something like this ? People are going hungry, homeless, not getting the education they need, and these rocketscientists are making this shit ? You've gotta be kidding me. Its CALLED A LEASH MORON USE IT. Ugh I hope the creators of this get hit by busses on Christmas morning in front of their families.

Things that make me happy as a lark... yes a lark

The return of Opie & Anthony
Booted off airwaves, duo take cover in satellite to dodge smut crackdown; is Howard Stern next?
October 1, 2004: 6:06 PM EDT
By Krysten Crawford, CNN/Money staff writer

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Opie and Anthony return to radio Monday, but good luck finding them on the public airwaves.

To hear the bawdy duo, diehard fans must subscribe to satellite radio.

XM Satellite Radio, a subscription-based broadcaster, signed up Gregg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia this summer, two years after they were dumped by Viacom unit Infinity Broadcasting over a stunt in which they broadcast descriptions of listeners having sex in public places, including St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York.

With XM Satellite, Opie and Anthony found not only a new job, but also a haven from government watchdogs. They might have plenty of company soon.

Eight months since Janet Jackson's breast-baring incident during the live Super Bowl broadcast, the backlash against television shows and radio programming deemed smutty and offensive is gaining momentum.

And shock jocks in particular are feeling the heat. "The radio industry has sent out directives to all of the talent, putting them on notice that if they do anything that could be interpreted as obscene, they're fired," said Michael Harrison, publisher of Talkers, a monthly magazine covering the radio talk show industry. "There's zero tolerance."

Turning up the heat

For evidence, look no further than Howard Stern, who regularly laments on his morning show that the scrutiny will force him off the air. Stern's employer, Infinity Broadcasting, is already facing fines for a 2003 show that discussed anal sex in detail.

Clear Channel Communications, which carried the "Howard Stern Show" on six stations, agreed in June to pay a record $1.75 million fine for the same broadcast. Earlier, the country's No. 1 radio operator fired Stern.

Now comes word that members of Congress are pushing ahead with a proposed bill that would increase fines nearly 20-fold, to $500,000, for each violation of decency laws, and would permit federal regulators to fine performers, according to a report Friday in Communications Daily, a trade publication covering the telecommunications sector.

The bill would also permit the Federal Communications Commission to factor in a broadcaster's indecency violations when considering whether to renew its licenses. Under a "three strikes" provision, FCC regulators would be required to initiate proceedings to revoke a license if a broadcaster committed three violations in eight years.

Under current law, regulators don't have that kind of authority. And fines are limited to $27,500 for each violation.

Just last month, for instance, the FCC socked the 20 Viacom-owned CBS stations that aired Jackson's performance with a $550,000 fine -- the maximum allowed. Under the proposal to cap fines at $500,000 per violation, the total bill could have gone as high as $10 million.

Not surprisingly, free speech advocates and broadcasters are nervous.

Can Howard survive?

If passed, the bill will "ruin commercial radio," said Harrison of Talkers. "Radio is the medium of the street. If you can't talk the language of the people and of the day, then you're no longer effective. You might still be able to exist. But you can't evolve on a competitive level."

To be sure, there aren't that many shock jocks to begin with. But Harrison said popular radio personalities in Detroit, Los Angeles, Chicago and Tampa have been fined or forced to modify their acts in recent months.

One example is "Bubba the Love Sponge," a Florida radio personality who, like Stern, was fired earlier this year by Clear Channel. Bubba, a.k.a. Todd Clem, had broadcast out of Tampa since 1996.

On the show's Web site, www.btls.com, Clem makes it clear that he sees satellite radio as his only hope for a revival.

Unlike public radio broadcasters, XM Satellite and Sirius Satellite Radio sell subscription-based, advertising-free services that are largely unregulated. That means the content on satellite radio is not restricted.

Yet, Tom Taylor, the editor of Inside Radio, a daily industry newsletter, said satellite services are treading carefully. There have been calls over time for government oversight of cable and satellite operators and, in this climate especially, Taylor said it might just happen.

"They don't want to wave red flags and become targets," said Taylor.

For that reason, Taylor predicted that more radio hosts will move to satellite radio in coming months, but it won't be an exodus.

What about Howard Stern, the one shock jock everyone is watching?

Rumors have been flying that the current climate would force Stern out at Infinity and into satellite radio's open arms. Stern, whose contract with Infinity runs out at the end of 2005, has long hinted that he might just make such a move.

But Harrison, for one, thinks Stern's job at Infinity is safe. He said the shock jock king, who analysts estimate brings in as much as $25 million in profits for Infinity each year, always manages to play anti-smut campaigns to his advantage. This time, said Harrison, he's done it by blaming election-year politics and efforts by the Bush administration to appeal to conservative voters.

"It's been good for him," said Harrison. "His ratings are up."

Find this article at: http://money.cnn.com/2004/10/01/news/midcaps/radio_decency

Ladies have you seen the top of this mans head...

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0930041drdallas1.html

Cops Nab Fake Gynecologist Dallas fraud offered free breast exams, enemas, pap smears SEPTEMBER 30--Meet Thomas Remo. The 50-year-old Texas sleazeball is facing felony charges for posing as a doctor and offering unsuspecting patients free gynecological services. After busting Remo in an undercover sting, investigators are now trying to identify Dallas women who may have been victimized by Remo, who advertised his services--which included pap smears and "vaginal irrigation"--in a weekly newspaper. Remo ran his scam, remarkably, from an office at a self-storage facility, where he greeted one female undercover agent wearing white pants and a "white medical scrub shirt," according to these creepy Dallas County Sheriff's Department reports. Remo completed the look by wearing a stethoscope around his neck. Remo, who is being held without bond in a Dallas lockup, faces a maximum of ten years in prison if convicted of the medical charade. (4 pages) Join TSG's mailing list. Search The Smoking Gun. E-mail story to a friend.

Now China gets to experiance shitty music videos...

Viacom extends MTV reach in China
By Alexandra Harney in Hong Kong
Published: September 23 2004 22:00 | Last updated: September 23 2004 22:00

Viacom is extending its reach into China in a partnership with Beijing Television and expanding distribution of MTV, its music channel, in the southern province of Guangdong.

The US media conglomerate expects the number of households receiving MTV's 24-hour channel in Guangdong to triple, bringing its total distribution of the service in China, including Hong Kong, to almost 10m households by the end of this year.

The alliance with BTV follows its announcement in March of a joint venture with Shanghai Media Group the first such partnership since China eased its ban on foreign investment in local production companies. Sumner Redstone, Viacom chairman and chief executive, said the group's Paramount Pictures was also discussing possible collaboration, including co-production, with SMG.

“There is no limit to our appetite here,” Mr Redstone told the FT.

While the joint venture with SMG is focused on children's programming, Viacom and BTV will concentrate on music and entertainment content.

These programmes, which will be offered for syndication to channels in China and overseas, will not necessarily carry the MTV brand. They will, however, contain “MTV-type” content, Mr Redstone said.

Viacom brushed off rumours that progress in the venture with SMG had stagnated because it had not obtained official approval.

“We have their verbal okay. They've told us to move ahead as fast as we can. They've assured us we can get anything official that we need,”Mr Redstone said. .

In Guangdong, where MTV won landing rights last year, the group will expand its distribution in Guangzhou, the provincial capital, and roll out MTV in two other unnamed cities. The move would broaden MTV's reach from 1m to 3m households in Guangdong. This is added to 600,000 households in Hong Kong and about 6m sets in hotels and compounds.

MTV was one of the first foreign networks to be granted landing rights in China, winning approval for 24-hour broadcasts in Guangdong in April 2003.

China Entertainment Television was the first foreign media group to win broadcasting rights in China in 2001.

Viacom also said that China Central Television had agreed to take on additional programmes from Nickelodeon, Viacom's children's channel. Talks are under way with CCTV about licensing consumer products linked to the SpongeBob, SquarePants series.

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/2fcdda54-0d5a-11d9-a3e1-00000e2511c8.html

Just what we needed to send over to China. Next thing we'll be seeing is Real World Bejing or Punk'd on the Great Wall. What is this world coming to. The whole global community thing is getting a little out of hand, its nice to know we have this cultural exchange and such but then you get to slipping crap like this in... well who knows what you're doing then.

-T.

Who likes losing freedoms...

Aparently some americans like it. I was watching the news yesterday and they were discussing a passenger profiling system that was tested this past June. It looks at everything about a passenger; how they paid for the ticket, what meal they had, they can document any converstaion you may have aboard the aircraft... . Then if they don't like what they see, your name gets placed on a watch list and you could be barred from flight. Hmm the government never makes mistakes so no one would ever be put on that list without really needing to be on it wouldnt they ?

When interviewed a handful of people felt that anything so that we can be safe is a good thing. Well folks thats incredibly assinine, you'd give up everything then for the sake of being safe? Freedom of speech ? Yea sign my ass up, moron. And then people badmouth the ACLU ? At least there are people out there looking out for the greater good of society.

http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=16515&c=282

Many Questions Remain About Passenger Profiling System, ACLU Says

September 22, 2004

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ACLU Responds To First Official Written Descriptions Of TSA’s "Secure Flight" Program

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NEW YORK--Despite the publication of three new documents describing a new airline screening program the government calls "Secure Flight," many questions remain about the program and it is far from clear that it solves the problems that bedeviled its controversial predecessor CAPPS II, the American Civil Liberties Union said today.

"Secretary Ridge said that a stake was being driven through the heart of CAPPS II," said Barry Steinhardt, Director of the ACLU’s Technology and Liberty Project, referring to the previous passenger screening proposal, which the government abandoned. "But it appears that the vampire may be climbing out of its coffin once again."

Steinhardt said that the published notices provided too little detail for the public to determine whether Secure Flight represents a genuine improvement over the predecessor CAPPS II program - and that he feared that many of the problems with the original proposal remain. For example, it appeared that security decisions will be made based on frequently inaccurate information contained in secret "black boxes " maintained at the Terrorism Screening Center that are completely inaccessible to the public and effectively shielded from scrutiny or correction. According to news reports, the Terrorism Screening Center will maintain watch lists that will be used under Secure Flight for identifying passengers to be screened as "selectees" or placed on a "no-fly" list, leaving innocent travelers who are caught up in the system with no fair way to have their names removed.

Further, Steinhardt said, the TSA has not really demonstrated that the new system will actually be effective in stopping terrorists.

"CAPPS II would have rendered secret, unreviewable judgments of individuals based on some secret TSA process. It’s not much better if secret, unreviewable judgments will now be based on a secret terrorist screening process," he said. "The government has sought to downplay the significance of what it intends to do in the airline passenger screening area, in part by focusing its program descriptions on a ‘testing phase,’" Steinhardt added. "But it appears far too likely that our nation will end up saddled with an ultimate end product resembling CAPPS II."

TSA officials announced the advent of Secure Flight in August, but until the release of documents on Tuesday, no details of the new program were available in writing. Among the new details released is the government’s plan to require the airlines to turn over the passenger name records (PNR) details of all their customers who flew during the month of June 2004. That data would be used for "preliminary tests."

"Passenger name records often contain a great deal of information about individuals and their travel," Steinhardt explained. "The government says it will only use name, telephone, address, and domestic flight segments. So why are they ordering airlines to turn over ‘any other information’ they have in each record? Why does the government need to find out who has ordered a Kosher or Halal meal, or potentially even who has slept with whom in a hotel room - all information that is sometimes contained within PNR records."

"Congress needs to step in and require the Government Accountability Office to perform the same objective evaluation of this program -- looking at both its effectiveness and its impact on privacy -- that it did for the CAPPS II program."

For more information about no-fly lists, including a link to theGAO report on CAPPS II, go to www.aclu.org/nofly.

Cat Stevens is a Terrorist ?!?

Cat Stevens refused US entry

(Filed: 22/09/2004)

The singer Cat Stevens has been escorted from a diverted transatlantic flight and refused entry into America flight by FBI agents.

	Cat Stevens: on US 'watch list'

The pop star, who converted to Islam, was denied entry because his name was said to be on a government security "watch list".

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said he would be returned to Britain today.

Flight 919 from London diverted 600 miles to Bangor International Airport yesterday, landing at around 7.30pm BST, after US security officials were told Stevens was aboard.

He had been allowed to board the flight after United Airlines officials initially failed to spot his name, which he has changed to Yusuf Islam.

Passengers, including the British pop group Marillion, were told the diversion was due to refuelling. They arrived in Washington six hours late.

Stevens, who was denied access to Israel four years ago, was detained and questioned. His 21-year-old daughter was allowed to enter America.

Stevens had a string of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, including Wild World and Morning Has Broken.

Last year he released two songs, including a re-recording of his 1970s hit Peace Train, in opposition to the war in Iraq.

He abandoned his music career in the late 1970s and changed his name after being persuaded by orthodox Muslim teachers that his lifestyle was forbidden by Islamic law. He later became a teacher and an advocate for his religion, founding a Muslim school in London in 1983.

So our parranoia has reached an all time high aparently. It's Cat Stevens for godsakes. This man is a folk singer, the man sings a song called peace train, yea thats a terrorist. He's not even a fundie Islamic follower. Thank you US government from saving me from this threat, of course theres probably more true terrorists streaming over the border in Canada mind you but oooh boy that Cat Stevens, watch out boys he's a live one. ugh.

Things I wish I had the coin for but don't

http://www.rally.subaru.com/rally/servlet/CarBuildingDetail?part=1&imageId=0


I wish I had the money to do this. I want to drive like a madman through the woods in a 300 hp all wheel drive car.

Vampires Will Never Hurt You.

Vampires Will Never Hurt You

My Chemical Romance

And if they get me and the sun goes down into the ground
And if they get me take this spike to my heart and
And if they get me and the sun goes down
And if they get me take this spike and
You put the spike in my heart

And if the sun comes up will it tear the skin right off our bones
And then as razor sharp white teeth rip out our necks I saw you there
Someone call the doctor, someone get me to a church
Where they can pump this venom gaping hole
And you must keep your soul like a secret in your throat
And if they come and get me
You put the spike in my heart

And if they get me and the sun goes down
And if they get me take this spike and
-Chorus-
Can you take this spike?
Will it fill our hearts with thoughts of endless
Night time sky
Can you take this spike?
Will it wash away this jet black feeling?

And now the nightclub sets the stage for this they come in pairs she said
We'll shoot back holy water like cheap whiskey they're always there
Someone get me to the doctor, and someone call the nurse
And someone buy me roses, and someone burned the church
We're hanging out with corpses, and driving in this hearse
Someone save my soul tonight, please save my soul
-Chorus-

And as these days watch over time, and as these days watch over time
And as these days watch over us tonight
I'll never let them, I'll never let them
I'll never let them hurt you not tonight
I'll never let them, I can't forget them
I'll never let them hurt you, I promise

Struck down, before our prime
Before, you got off the floor
Can you stake my heart? Can you stake my heart?
Can you stake me before the sun goes down?

What it looks like

To catch a folding chair with your face



http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/09/14/pitcher14.TMP&type=universal

A Texas Rangers relief pitcher was arrested after he threw a chair at fan and broke her nose during Monday night's loss to the Oakland Athletics.

Frank Francisco, 25, was booked on suspicion of felony aggravated battery early Tuesday just after the 10-inning game concluded. He left the Coliseum with two officers, booked at the Oakland police station and released an hour later after his teammates posted $15,000 bond, police spokesman Danielle Ashford said.

The incident came after a fan, an unidentified Hayward man seated in a box seat near the Rangers bullpen, was heckling the opposing team's pitching staff, police said. It was the second violent incident involving an Oakland fan and a Texas player in the past two years.

"The heckling had been going on for awhile," Ashford said. "At some point in the ninth inning things came to a head and escalated."

Texas relief pitcher Doug Brocail jumped up and began screaming at a male fan after the two appeared to exchange insults. Stadium security had to restrain several players and bullpen coach Mark Connor from going into the stands.

The right-handed pitching Francisco then heaved a folding chair toward the heckler. The chair struck the man's wife on the face and side of the head.

With blood spurting from her nose and lips, the woman was treated at a local hospital for facial lacerations and a broken nose. Police said the chair apparently clipped two other fans but the woman's head took the brunt of the impact.

Ashford refused to identify the victim but she confirmed she's the wife of the heckler, a Hayward city employee. Security cleared some fans from their lower box seats along the right field line. Ashford said that Oakland Police plan to add extra patrols when the Rangers play again in the Coliseum tonight and Wednesday.

Investigators have a copy of the game videotape and planning to interview fans, stadium employees and other players who witnessed the incident.

Ashford said that police are not rushing to build their charges against the rookie pitcher, promising to"present a through case" to prosecutors possibly later this week.

"We're taking this case very seriously," Ashford said."We're treating this as a violent felony." Major League Baseball also was investigating the incident, which occurred just after the Rangers tied the score in ninth inning. The incident could result in a suspension or fines for Francisco, who was named American League rookie of the month for August.

"We're looking into the matter," MLB spokesman Patrick Courtney said Tuesday."We take matters like this seriously. ... We're just at the beginning stages of looking into it all."

After the game, Rangers manager Buck Showalter criticized Oakland fans, saying they"went over the line.""It was a real break from the normal trash you hear from fans. We've had problems about every time we've come here," Showalter said.

But A's spokesman Jim Young said the fans involved"were not in the wrong in any way." On Tuesday, Texas owner Tom Hicks issued an apology, criticizing the players' actions."On behalf of the Texas Rangers, I want to apologize for the conduct of some members of our club last night in Oakland," Hicks said in a statement."Their behavior, especially the injury to a fan, was unacceptable. Even in a difficult or abusive environment, players should never be provoked into such actions."

The fracas at Monday's game, which the A's won 7-6, is the most recent incident involving baseball fans at the Coliseum.Ê In April of last year, a Palo Alto man was arrested after he allegedly threw a cell phone from the outfield stands that struck Rangers outfielder Carl Everett during an A's game.

Also last year, an Oakland man was arrested for setting off an M-100 firecracker that injured an 8-year-old boy, and in a separate incident a Martinez man was arrested for biting the pinky finger of an Oakland police officer who had tried to break up a fight.

Chronicle wire services contributed to this report.

E-mail Jim Zamora at jzamora@sfchronicle.com

URL: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/09/14/pitcher14.TMP

Well someone either just ended their career in baseball or is going to be playing a long time to pay out the civil/criminal suit settlement. You sir are a class act.

Baby's Got A Temper

You can see me coming from a mile off
Once again ignite the skyline

New Music

Well Sunday I fed the beast that is my music addiction.

AC/DC - Back In Black
Its AC/DC, I shall say no more
Matchbook Romance/ Motion City Soundtrack - Split
This 4 song split has some great artwork/cd layout
Papa Roach - Getting Away With Murder
Not a bad disc, It's at least worth the plastic the cd is made out of
The Get Up Kids - Eudora
A collection of rare tracks, Great cover of New Order's Regret. A+
Marilyn Manson - Portrait of an American Family
Smells Like Children
These are just to finally round out the Marilyn Manson Section of the Collection.
Simon and Garfunkel - The Best Of...
Typical "Best of" disc, but thats why I bought it, I wanted the hits.
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge
You must own this cd, I command you.
The Shins -Oh, Inverted World
Picked this up due to me liking what I heard on the Garden State Movie Soundtrack.
Adema - Unstable
Solid Nu-metal. I like it, fuck off if ya don't :)


Fin.

-T

Twas a wonderful weekend

All I have to say is that I had a great weekend. If you really want more info, you should have been a part of it during its duration.

Thats all folks

It has come to my attention

Ok So I have no idea how many of you fine people who read this are Kolij students or just won't be in your home district to vote on November Second, but this is for you.

http://www.myvotewillcount.com/
http://www.myvotewillcount.org/

These pages point to the same place, it provides all the information one needs to get their absentee ballot so they can actually vote and not come up with a lame excuse of "I didn't know I could do that".

Now You Know, And Knowing Is Half The Battle.... GO JOE.

And for those lovely mainstream news people and the candidates themselves saying "This is the most important election in our lifetime" can go fornicate themselves with a steel pole. Every election is important, and people should know this.

One more lovely tidbit before I leave you fine people. Everyones favorite Dick, had this interesting tidbit to share with us.

Cheney told about 350 supporters that making the wrong choice on Nov. 2 would increase the danger that the United States, in Cheney's words, will "get hit again ... that will be devastating." Cheney warned that electing Kerry would send the United States back to the days before 9/11 when terror attacks required a reactive -- rather than a proactive -- approach.

Way to go ace, the average voter being a sheep as it is hears the word attack and gets all spooked, and now you tie it to the election. Shit like this is getting annoying. Terrorism is bad, I don't think you need even to be able to read to know this, but do you really think John Kerry is going to let another attack happen ? If so, give me those drugs you're taking cause I need to leave this planet for a little bit. Mind you Kerry is a scary scary man and isn't the greatest choice from the dems, but it's all that's left.

I really hate going the political route in these posts but I can only scream about stupid people in the news for so long, so I turn to stupid people who run our government for a little bit of a change.

watch your right watch your left watch the right watch the center and watch your back!

Dog Shoots Man

This is a great story, its a shame A) The guy's head wasn't blown off and B) He had the chance to kill 3 of the dogs before he was shot.



Yea thats a face you want to shoot, what a fucking moron. Take the dog to a shelter if your dumb ass can't deal with it.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/strange/090904_sn_dogshootsman.html

September 9, 2004 (PENSACOLA, Fla.) — A puppy facing death along with the rest of his litter took matters into his own paws, police said.

Jerry Allen Bradford, 37, of Pensacola, allegedly had decided to kill seven puppies he had because he could not get rid of them any other way, Escambia County Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. Ted Roy said.

"He said that he could not give them away. He tried to give them away and he was unsuccessful so that was the alternative he used," Roy said.

Bradford allegedly shot and killed three of the puppies — 3-month-old shepherd-mixes, but when he tried to finish off the rest they wouldn't sit still for him.

The man told authorities he was holding one dog in his left hand and one dog in his right hand, but he couldn't control them, Roy said.

When the puppy in his left hand began to wriggle free, it put its paw on the gun's trigger, causing it to fire and the bullet hit the man in the wrist, Roy said.

When Bradford went to a hospital emergency room to get treatment, a doctor called authorities about the gunshot wound, the sheriff's department said.

The three puppies Bradford allegedly shot were found in a shallow grave with bullet wounds in their heads, Roy said.

The remaining four puppies and their mother are safe now at the Escambia County Animal Shelter.

"They're doing great," said Bruce Rova, a spokesman for the shelter. "The puppies are in good health. They're friendly."

Bradford is facing felony animal cruelty charges, Roy said.

"He was not arrested due to the fact he had that gunshot wound to the arm and the warrant will become active and he'll have to go to court and plead his case," Roy said.

Rova said he doesn't understand why anyone would think they had to shoot a dog just because they could not find a home for it.

"If it's someone you need to take care of that animal and take responsibility off of them as a burden we're definitely here," Rova said.

As for the future of the dogs, the mother may be returned to the Bradfords, but the puppies will be put up for adoption, authorities said.

ABC News affiliate WEAR-TV in Pensacola, Fla., contributed to this report.

Calling myself an artist is a strech but...

When I take pictures, I do it for me and me alone. Sometimes I think people sometimes miss that point compleately and think its just a matter of pulling the shutter release. Its about the work involved, the trial and error, the ability to make an image effect someone on some level when they see it. There is no pushing it to go someplace it doesn't want to go.

Pleasant Bullet

Poison The Well

I've woken up everyday with my eyebrows pointing at my mouth.

Making all who care for me go through all my worst times with me.

And I give them no choice...all my worst times with me.

I need to be unhappy to smile, but I haven't quite got the hang of it yet.

I need to figure out why this room has blinds that never open.

It's so hard to be these days. I wasted all my time trying to remember

the word content was.

There isn't much to open eyes for.

I want to be excited just haven't been educated yet.

Wonder how long it will take before they leave me behind.

Questions in and questions out, they always ask me.

It's so hard to be these days. I wasted all my time trying to remember

the word content was.

I just want to be happy.

Saw Garden State today

I must say I Thouroughly enjoyed this film. Zach Braff did quite a job for his first forray into the feature film world. I would recomend it to anyone who wants a fairly dramatic story with bits of humor interjected into the mix. The characters were well done and the movie flowed well.


I give it 85 stars out of 90 stars because I like fucked up rating scales that mean nothing.

Its that time of year again

Back to school. Back to school, to prove to Dad that I'm not a fool. I got my lunch packed up, my boots tied tight, I hope I don't get in a fight. Ohhhh, back to school. Back to school. Back to school. Well, here goes nothing.

Well Classes start back up today and well I'm pretty neutral to this. All i'm hoping is the bookstore isnt too much of a madhouse and I can retrieve my books without much bloodshed. First class today is at 1 and its War and Literature. Yea i'm gonna be reading a little bit this semester. bah. Little do they know I KANT READZ TOO GUD. muahhaha.


yea ok, updates later maybe.

IF YOU READ THIS BLOG....

Send Me An E-Mail at mailto:Police_Interceptor@hotmail.com Subject: Your Blog Sucks

I'm just trying to get an idea of who actually reads this garbage.

Thank You For Your Time.

Make your vote count

This isnt some rant about how politics but more like a question to the youth, well of voting age, in this country. Sure we want these kids to be voting but lets not get these morons into the polls just for the sake of getting them in there. I've seen this age group in action and lets just say its not a reasuring thought knowing they could be helping choose our next Commander in Chief. If you're going to make that journey to the polls in November, Please for the love of all that is right in the world, like puppies and boobs and apple pie, Educate yourself on the issues and the candidates. Read a newspaper or two or ten, the latest episode of whatever shit you watch on tv isn't that important. Don't just go into it blindly, There are places in this world that kill to have free elections so lets not fuck this up.

So if you arent registered to vote, please do at places like http://www.rockthevote.com/


simply because you can breathe,doesn't mean you're alive, or that you really live

This Doesn't Surprise Me

href="http://www.stanford.edu/~atd10/quizes/fgquiz.html">Which Family Guy character are you?

Those are your shoes, These are my shoes

...We've got issues.

I'm no saint but I want to be with a person who's squared away. Be wild, be out going thats fine. Be nutty and thats where we cross a line. Be open with me, hinding shit will get you no where. I've lost hope on most girls, mind you i didn't say women. As we all know there is that difference , just like with boys and men. It's a two way street and well you know what I'm in the passing lane, no time for passengers, its just me this time. A clean slate if you're more into the chalkboard metaphors. I want to build something that means something, not just some fleeting "hi tee hee" bullshit that people get hung up on. Life is too short to find temporary happiness, I want the real thing, not just something to make time pass and then have it fall apart.

I'm built to last, are you ?

Your World Around You

Space is pretty damn cool. I've always wanted to be around to see the sun supernova, I dont know why exactly but I would love to see that happen. Kinda morbid but hey it would be a true once in a life time deal.

Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040809.html

"dating myself" - Poetri

Everywhere I go I see ugly people
with cute people,
and I can't help to ask myself
what does she see in that guy?
inner beauty? Well, I have a whole lot of that
I see these happy couples and I used to think
what do I have to do to get a girl
like that?
Then that evolved into
what do I have to do to get a girl?

Now, I'm exhausted from thinking.
fatigued from trying to convince myself
that I'm worthy of another being,
tired of looking but not really looking
so it doesn't appear that I'm desperate
weary of being afraid to tell someone
that I'm interested,
in fears that they will avoid me
consumed from being alone
no longer will I be at the mercy of
ladies to like me,
no longer will I be trying to look
my best for women
that don't know that I'm
in love with them.

no more oh!!!

Yes from now on I am dating myself!

I already talk to myself
so I know my conversations wil be good
I've always said that I wanted to be with
someone that's just like me.
well there's no one more like me than me
it's not like I'm dating my cousin or nothing
I looked it up,
there's nothing in the law books
that say a man can't date himself
I don't know why I didn't think of this before
I amaze myself, sometimes
I laugh and joke with myself
on lonely days praying
hard for better days
now we can get through the rough
times together.

no one to impress but myself

I probably still will play games
with myself
cry with myself, lie to myself
'cause I'd hate to hurt myself's feelings
I'll only be looking out for myself, though.

but, you know how women are
once they see you with someone
all of a sudden now they want to get with you!
all of a sudden I'm that cute guy
that is dating someone now.

I assure you I'm not doing this to make
other women jealous
I am completely happy with myself
I like myself
I think I am attractive!
I plan to be with myself 'til the very end
or until someone
better comes along

Apathy Towards This Blog

Well its been basically a month since i've last posted on here, partly due to my work schedule and also partly due to the fact after I think about a post I ususally just say fuck it and go do something more constructive, like play video games. The novelty has worn thin.

On a brighter note the bbbbbboys are back, well in October they will be. Opie and Anthony have signed with XM radio to do their radio show and this has made me one happy little monkey.Its been a long two years since an incident of sex in a catholic church that didnt involve elderly clergy and a fresh faced young altar boy. Maybe thats why there was such a ruckus over Sex For Sam. So I'm gonna have to pay a little to hear them but its worth the cost.

Things I miss due to the working world

Given that I have today off and I'm doing a whole lot of nothing, I've been watching tv. Given that most daytime television sucks there is one shining star, Bob Barker and His lovely The Price is Right program. Being a Barker devote since my youth, I can always sit down and watch an hour of mentally unstable people bidding on household items and playing games of chance.

And Remember folks always remember to spay and neuter your children, or pets, or both.

Keep Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer....

What moron came up with that one ? Eliminate enemies from your mind and forget about them, they are the pricks, or plicks if you're asian. Now this doesnt mean you wouldn't giggle just a little when you find out by some stroke of luck they managed to get a little tipsy and fall on a 8 inch steak knife, but you get the idea.


Well this past Saturday was my Birthday, and as usual the important people showed why they are important to me and the jackasses also reinforced their position in my heart and my mind.

Typical Blog Moment:

Song of the moment: Tubring - Panic The Digital

Velvet Revolver and why RIAA needs to be eliminated

These fucking morons at RIAA decided that they were going to roll out a new cd copyright protection suite on Velvet Revolvers debut LP. Fine and dandy if you just want to play it in a cd player. If you say want to copy it to your iPod you sir are basically out of luck. Thanks assholes I legally aquire the disc and I cant move it to my fucking ipod. I dont see how I can buy a CD yet not be able to do whatever the hell I want to do with it. But on a lighter note the cd is quite good.

People never cease to amaze

Man hurls woman off overpass, jumps, dies

I guess that solved whatever they were arguing about. Maybe it’s just me but I rather have another day to argue than no more days to argue at all. You want a reason to kill yourself? Fine. But be a man about it and don’t take anyone else with you. It’s a selfish enough act as it is. Oh well one less Mercedes driver on the road to deal with though, always looking for that silver lining I say.

Ray Charles Dead at the Age of 73 :(

Story From Chicago Sun Times

R.I.P. Ray

Beyond The Gray Sky

Well today I found out I start work Monday, Huzzah and Kudos. It will be nice getting a paycheck again so I'm not a broke mooching bastard. Cubical Farm Here I Come, have Ipod will travel. I have a feeling the boredom may be a problem, but hopefully that drive for money will keep me in line long enough that I won't go insane.

On a side note, if you are looking for a good greatest hits CD and you enjoy the musical stylings of 311, their latest release and uniquely titled, Greatest hits 93-03, would be worth picking up.



"Guaranteed to turn it out as bad as dolemite "

MOTHER.OF.GOD.

Well folks as if J Lo getting married over the weekend wasnt enough, she is reportedly "with child" as well.

J Lo = Mommy to be?

So instead of Mrs. Marc Anthony being able to walk away from him in the usual 5-7 month span, one would guess shes tied to the newly divorced latin pop star for 9 months of pregnant bliss. Way to go Marc, she's your problem now.

Kiss, a band of evil men or just some queens in make-up

What can one say about Kiss... You'd think for such an evil image they would have songs of death and destruction and the like. Oh sir you are wrong, they have such fine songs like:

Beth

Just a few more hours
And I'll be right home to you
I think I hear them callin'
Oh, Beth what can I do
Beth what can I do


or

HOLD ME, TOUCH ME (THINK OF ME WHEN WE'RE APART)


Though the time apart seems endless
All my thoughts remain with you
I believe one day
We'll make our dreams come true


Not exactly something you'd expect to be coming out of a guy who breaths fire and spits blood, but it does. Gene Simmons and his KISS army end up looking like a bunch of 16 year old girls who got into mommies make up set, the mommie happens to be Tammy Faye Baker of course, but you get the idea.

Gene and the crew need to hang it up and maybe even hang themselves and be burried in the offical KISS KASKET

How Kiss has legions of fans I'll never know, but I suppose its just like the millions of Brittney Spears or J Lo fans, they like the image and just kinda ride that out for all its worth till its a dead and bloated cow or latina singer, whatever description floats your boat.

Long Live Rock and Roll, not some guys in pancake make-up.

Its that time of year again where Jay Mohr actually can apear on tv...

... and it isnt a re-run of his lame show ACTION. Thats right folks, Nbc's Last Comic Standing has graced the peacock for another season. One thing to note is that Jim Norton has advanced to the semi finals.

Jim's site is:

www.eatabullet.com

This meaty breasted little nothing probably wont make it far but its nice to see a hard working comic who isnt a hack actually get some recognition.

Lets hope this season ends on a better note than having that boat act Dat Phan win.

Its 11:16 A.M. do you know where your pants are ?

Well today is going to be a hot one folks, and the only way to combat this heat is to not wear pants. Some may say "but Todd, what about us who have to go out in public?" Well to you I say if everyone decides not to wear pants, it will be like everyone is wearing pants . So to stay cool in the face of certain demise from the heat take those pants off.

My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard...

Good ol Ronald Reagan kicked off this weekend and now The Ronald Reagan Legacy Project wants to see some changes. These rocket scientists want the gipper on the goddamn 10 dollar bill. Yes thats right, its not an acid flashback from 1983, they want him on our currency. Here's a wild idea, lets not go fucking around with our currency just because the altzheimers patient died.

"Granted Hamilton was a founding father and he helped to write the Constitution, certainly not insignificant, but we think the impact that Reagan had, particularly in the late part of the 20th Century, is great," says Cowan.

Now Reagan certainly did great things in office and actually had a grasp on what being in the office meant, but lets be serious, the man doesn't need to be on the 10 dollar bill.

You can find the whole story here:
Monuments to the Gipper
Group Promotes Reagan's Legacy,
Across the Land

Mr. Black Uses and Endorses the following product

David Hasselhoff

David Hasselhoff likes his booze

I bet he wishes he still was driving KITT right now. After the news of his up coming rap record I would have guessed this would have been a drive by and not a "suspicion of driving while intoxicated" charge. Oh how the mighty syndicated television stars have fallen.

At least he didn't end up all fucked up like Yasmeen Bleeth

The ugly mugshots of Bleeth from 2001

Such a pretty girl messed up by drugs, what a waste.

There is a certain beauty in destroying your town

You have to admit there is something great about a man whos had enough and outfits a bulldozer with steel plates and cruises down the streets of his town.

The vehicle in question :

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/4343/killdozer1.jpg

The planning involved and the execution is inspiring.

Here's to you kill dozer driver.

PS: this is what should be on his tombstone etched forever in marble :

A fitting tombstone indeed

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