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Monday, February 28, 2011

Wind Downs Trees In Mountain Community - Photos - WXII The Triad

Wind Downs Trees In Mountain Community - Photos - WXII The Triad

MARIJUANA SEIZED

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WELL LOOKS LIKE A BUNCH OF POTHEADS ARE GROWING DOPE AGAIN. JUST LEGALIZE IT AND RJR WILL HAVE A NEW CIGARETTE TO SELL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN MOVE ONTO WORSE DRUG TRAFFICKERS.
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If you live in stokes

If you live in stokes county yo need to batteb down the hatches. Tornado Warning.

They are saying thunderstorms this

They are saying thunderstorms this afternoon will be pretty severe.

Well i worked last night

Well i worked last night and my stomach was killing me. Got home and i am running a fever. Great.

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Skull, Open Questions Beset NC Girl's Murder Case - Winston-Salem News Story - WXII The Triad

Skull, Open Questions Beset NC Girl's Murder Case - Winston-Salem News Story - WXII The Triad


EVERYTIME I READ ABOUT THIS LITTLE GIRL I WANT TO CRY. HOW COULD HER FATHER NOT HAVE MISSED HER FOR 2 WEEKS. HE KNOWS, HE HAS TO KNOW. SICKENING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SEX AND THE CITY

WELL I HAVE WORKED ALL NIGHT AND YES I AM BLOGGING AND WATCHING MY FAVORITE SHOW "SEX AND THE CITY". I LOVE THOSE FOUR SPUNKY GIRLS WHO RAISE HELL IN NEW YORK CITY. GO GIRLS GO...........................
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Toddler Mistakenly Locked In Bank Vault - Video - WXII The Triad

Toddler Mistakenly Locked In Bank Vault - Video - WXII The Triad

WHERE'S THE BABY AT??? WAIT UNTIL THE BABY IS OLDER AND TELL IT A GREAT STORY.

Singer Shakira: Latinos in US will have 'justice'

Story photo: Singer Shakira: Latinos in US will have 'justice'Shakira, Colombian born Grammy-winning singer and songwriter, holds the plaque naming her the Harvard Foundation Artist of the Year, which was presented to her by Harvard Foundation Director Allen Counter, left, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)Associated Press 
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Colombian singer Shakira was honored Saturday by Harvard University for her artistic and humanitarian work. She later said some U.S. states' proposed anti-immigrant legislation goes against her foundation's efforts to provide education to poor people around the world.
The Grammy Award-winning singer, however, said Latino immigrants in the U.S. facing various anti-immigrant bills will have "justice" as public awareness about their plight grows.
"Justice will come. I'm sure," Shakira told The Associated Press after the award ceremony. "Wherever there is ... a kid, who could be the son or the daughter of a Latino immigrant, who cannot attend a school in the United States of America, that kid should be a concern to all of us and our responsibility."
Shakira made the comments in an interview when asked about proposed measures in Arizona and elsewhere targeting illegal immigrants. A bill in Arizona, for example, would bar illegal immigrants from attending public schools, living in public housing or driving. Another bill seeks to deny citizenship to children born in the U.S. if their parents are illegal immigrants.
"I believe we should never think less of the Latino community because it's a productive force in this country," Shakira told the AP.
The singer, born Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, was awarded the "2011 Artist of the Year" from the Harvard Foundation, the university's center for intercultural arts and science initiatives.
Foundation director S. Allen Counter said Shakira, who has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, was honored for her "distinguished history of creativity," as well as for her charitable contributions.
Previous winners of the Harvard award include Sharon Stone, Will Smith, Jackie Chan and Herbie Hancock.
Shakira said she was humbled by the award and the student performances at the ceremony. "As I entered the premises today, I had to call my mom and say, 'Hey mom. Guess what? I got into Harvard'," said Shakira, who took a history class in 2008 at UCLA.
After accepting the award, she challenged Harvard students to do more to improve education in developing countries. "Not everyone can study at Harvard University," she said. "But everyone, wherever they live, whatever their background, deserves a chance to make the most of his or her potential" through education.
She said that applied to poor children in Bangladesh or immigrants in the United States. "And as a child of the developing world, it is my duty to use this voice in every way I can to promote the message about the power of education to change lives," she said.
Shakira founded the Barefoot Foundation at the age of 18 to provide education and nutrition to children in impoverished areas of Colombia. She also is a Unicef Goodwill Ambassador.
Howard Buffett, 56, son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett and board member of the Barefoot Foundation, said he and Shakira have plans to work on educational projects in parts of the world ravaged by war and natural disasters.
"I think she brings credibility, particularly because of her background," Buffett said. "She's pretty focused on education."

YOU GO GIRL. GIVE BACK TO THE CHILDREN.

Charlotte SWAT Officer Dies After Home Explosion - Winston-Salem News Story - WXII The Triad

Charlotte SWAT Officer Dies After Home Explosion - Winston-Salem News Story - WXII The Triad

KEEP THIS OFFICER'S FAMILY IN YOUR PRAYERS.

North Korea threatens to attack South Korea, US

Forsyth County SCAM ARTIST

Forsyth County Man Ordered To Stop Performing Paving Work - Winston-Salem News Story - WXII The Triad


DON'T GET CAUGHT UP IN THE SCAM. HE OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF HIMSELF.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Attack shuts Iraq's largest oil refinery, kills 1

BAGHDAD — Gunmen attacked Iraq's largest oil refinery before dawn Saturday, killing a guard and detonating bombs that sparked a fire and forced the facility to halt operations, officials said.
A few hours later, a small refinery in the south shut down after a technical failure sparked a fire in a storage unit, an official said.
If not fixed swiftly, the two shutdowns could translate into long lines at fuel stations and longer electricity outages. The dearth of reliable electricity _ some Iraqis get just a few hours a day _ was one of the leading complaints of protesters during violent anti-government protests across Iraq on Friday.
The attack on Iraq's largest refinery, Beiji, began at about 3:30 a.m. Assailants carrying pistols fitted with silencers attacked guards and planted bombs near some production units for benzene and kerosene, said the spokesman for Salahuddin province, Mohammed al-Asi.
One guard was killed and another wounded, al-Asi said.
Iraqi Oil Ministry spokesman Assem Jihad said an investigation would be launched and that he hoped operations could resume shortly.
The Beiji refinery, located about 155 miles (250 kilometers) north of Baghdad, has two sections. The attackers targeted the installation's North Refinery that handles 150,000 barrels a day. The second section, the Salahuddin Refinery, is under renovation. It used to process 70,000 barrels per day.
At the height of the insurgency from 2004 to late 2007, the Beiji refinery was under control of Sunni militants who used to siphon off crude and petroleum products to finance their operations.
Hours after the Beiji facility was attacked, a small refinery in Samawa, a city on the Euphrates River about 230 miles (370 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, went offline due to a fire in the storage unit, according to a local official.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to release information, said the fire was caused by a technical failure, not foul play. He wouldn't say when work would resume at the plant which has the capacity of 30,000 barrels of a day.


WELL IT LOOKS LIKE OUR GUYS WILL HAVE TO STAY IN IRAQ TO PROTECT THE OIL AGAIN. GAS PRICES WILL SOAR AND WAIT WHAT'S NEXT RECESSION & DEPRESSION. EVERYBODY BETTER QUIT BUYING THINGS YOU DON'T NEED AND START SAVING YOUR MONEY FOR THE GAS PUMPS.

Old Coca Cola sign causes flap in San Francisco

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SAN FRANCISCO — A restored Coca Cola sign decorating the side of a San Francisco house that may date back to the 1930s has set off a surprising spat among neighborhood residents and city officials.
The city says the bright red painted sign on the side of Richard Modolo's home violates anti-billboard laws and must come down.
City Supervisor David Campos, who represents the Bernal Heights neighborhood, said he's received passionate e-mails from people on both sides of the debate. Some are concerned that the sign promotes a sugary drink, sending a dangerous message to students at a nearby elementary school.
"We're trying to fight childhood obesity," Campos said. "We don't want to promote kids drinking Coca-Cola."
But Campos said he's considering introducing legislation that would create a special "historic sign district" to preserve the 15-by-7-foot sign.
Modolo said he discovered it in 1991 when he removed asbestos siding from his home, which was a grocery store years ago. A friend touched it up and the sign remained.
"It's been this way for 20 years, so I guess it is part of the neighborhood," the 64-year-old Modolo told the San Francisco Chronicle.
But city planners came out to inspect the sign after receiving a complaint last month and deemed it illegal. Modolo was told he could face a daily fine of $100 until it was removed.
The identity of the person who filed the complaint has been redacted from city records.
"I think it is a neat-looking sign," Dan Sider, the city's sign expert, told the San Francisco Chronicle. "But the law is totally nondiscretionary. This is a residential district and an unpermitted general advertising sign."

LEAVE THE SIGN ALONE. COCA-COLA IS WHAT WE ALL GREW  UP ON AND IT IS A PART OF AMERICAN HISTORY.
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Johnson Family Vacation(whu know the song title?

YOU KNOW THIS JAM!!!!!!!!!

2,800 Chinese evacuated from Libya to Crete

ATHENS, Greece — Thousands of evacuees from strife-torn Libya reached ports across the Mediterranean on Saturday, with thousands more still scrambling to flee the North African nation by sea, air or land.
More than 2,800 Chinese workers landed in Heraklion on the Greek island of Crete aboard a Greek ship Saturday. Further to the west, another 2,200 Chinese arrived in Valletta, the capital of Malta, on a ship from the eastern Libyan port of Benghazi. Hours earlier, in the dark of night, a U.S-chartered ferry dropped off over 300 passengers in Valletta after a voyage from Tripoli, the Libyan capital.
The sheer numbers of foreigners leaving Libya as Moammar Gadhafi's regime attacks anti-government protesters has been staggering. As of Saturday, at least 16,000 Chinese workers and 10,000 Turks had been evacuated, most working in the construction and oil industries.
In addition, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council that some 22,000 people have fled across the Libyan border to Tunisia and another 15,000 crossed the border to Egypt.
"There are widespread reports of refugees being harassed and threatened with guns and knives," Ban said, adding that many people who managed to cross the border said their trip was "terrifying."
At the harbor in Valletta, women holding babies and other passengers walked down a ramp to solid land after 8-hour voyage across the choppy Mediterranean Sea.
"Oh, it was a long ordeal. We are glad it's over," said evacuee Sara Ali, a 30-year-old with dual Libyan-American citizenship. "We're just really tired and really happy to be out and safe."
The passengers had been stuck aboard the catamaran since Wednesday, but strong winds and high seas had prevented the ferry from leaving the Libyan capital of Tripoli for three days.
"It was pretty uncomfortable just because of the delay," said Lucile Usielmerazcerna, an evacuee from Santa Cruz, California. "It was really rough waters coming over here, also having to stay in the dock for 2 or 3 days."
The Chinese landing in Malta were expected to head to the airport for flights home. In Crete, the Chinese government chartered four ferries and 11 hotels, and was having special flights to China later Saturday aboard two Air China jumbo jets.
IF YOU ARE NOT LIBYAN THEN YOU BETTER GET OUT!!!!
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Friday, February 25, 2011

My cat stole my sunglasses.

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4 Amish children die when buggy flips in Ky. creek

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DUBLIN, Ky. — A horse-drawn buggy carrying an Amish family of nine who went to make a phone call toppled in a rain-swollen creek in rural Kentucky, killing four children who were swept away in the water, authorities said Friday.
The group was traveling in a downpour in the dark Thursday about 8:30 p.m. CST when the buggy flipped during a severe storm. The buggy was crossing a creek that is normally a trickle, but often floods during heavy rains.
Those killed were a 5-month-old; a 5-year-old; a 7-year-old and an 11-year-old. Three of the children were siblings and one was a cousin.
Two adults and three other children escaped. The horse that was pulling the buggy also survived.
The uncle of the 11-year-old who died said the family had used what is known as a "phone shack" and was going home when the buggy overturned.
"She was just an all-around good girl," Levi Yoder, 30, said of his niece.
The discovery of her body about 9:45 a.m. Friday dashed hopes that she might have been alive, clinging to a tree or rock through the night. The other three bodies were discovered shortly after midnight.
They buggy was traveling in the sparsely populated farming community of Dublin, heavily populated with Amish, in far western Kentucky near the Tennessee, Missouri and Illinois borders.
The apparently unnamed creek flows through farmland along a narrow, paved road.
"Whenever they crossed it, the water was so swift it just took the buggy and tipped it over," Graves County Sheriff Dewayne Redmon said.
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2 arrested in Rio casino heist of $32K in chips

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LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas police have arrested two people and are searching for a third person allegedly behind the robbery of a Las Vegas casino where a suspect wearing a fake mustache and a fedora grabbed $32,000 worth of gambling chips and then pulled a gun on a dealer who tried to stop him.
Las Vegas Police said they would reveal new details about the arrests involving the early Thursday morning heist at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino during a press conference scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Friday. They declined to provide details about the arrest before then.
The robbery comes two months after $1.5 million in chips was stolen during an early-morning stickup at the nearby Bellagio hotel-casino. The suspect, 29-year-old Anthony Carleo, was arrested earlier this month.
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SARAH PALIN OR THE JOKE OF ALASKA???

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Palin's milk joke goes sour

Sarah Palin spoke Thursday at the Long Island Association, a business group in New York. The event was notable for the fact that Palin invited the press--something she does rarely. And it was newsworthy in that she gave another sign she might actually run for president: News reports say she hinted with a smile that someone who is good at multitasking ("a woman, a mom"), as well as someone who's already run for something ("a vice-presidential candidate?") would be most qualified for the job.
During the event, in which Palin was interviewed by the Long Island Association's president, she sounded off about presidential things--the deficit, whether or not to raise the nation's debt ceiling and President Obama's health-care reform law. And she weighed in on the debate over Obama's citizenship, reportedly saying it is "distracting. It gets annoying. Let's stick to what really matters."
But if that's what she really wants people to do, why did she crack a joke about Michelle Obama's campaign to make it easier for women to breastfeed? When the conversation turned to the escalating price of gas and groceries, Palin reportedly said, "It's no wonder Michelle Obama is telling everybody you better breastfeed your baby--yeah, you better--because the price of milk is so high right now!"
It may have just been an attempt to draw a laugh from the crowd over issues--childhood obesity and the medically proven benefits of breastfeeding--that are no laughing matter. But even though she followed up by saying "and may that not be the takeaway, please, of this speech," it has become one of them. Headlines saying that Palin was mocking Michelle Obama's attempt to make it easier for women to breastfeed have lead stories following the speech.
Who knows whether or not Palin will run for the nation's highest office. But if she does, comments like this one do little to make her sound presidential. For one, even if it was a joke, Palin was making light of something that has to do with the future of this country--the health and well-being of its children. And even if Palin spent most of the talk discussing deficits, health-care reform and foreign affairs, it's unnecessary side comments like these that will--whether she likes it or not--lead the news.
Just consider the contrast in the coverage following Palin's talk with the coverage following New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's speech at the American Enterprise Institute Wednesday. While political experts lauded Christie--who has repeatedly said he won't run for president--with praise for his straight talk and focus on the meaning of leadership during the speech, Palin's unusually open event found her the subject of much less flattering headlines.
Leaders are judged as much on what they do take the time to weigh in on as on what they don't say at all. Jumping into the debate about Michelle Obama's campaign to fight childhood obesity, and make breastfeeding easier for those women who choose to do it, may have been like throwing candy to certain elements of her base. But if she wants to sound presidential, then sticking to what really matters (as Palin puts it) without throwing in little cracks about a universally agreed-upon problem would be a lot less, in a word, distracting.
THIS WOMAN KEEPS HER FOOT IN HER MOUTH DOESN'T SHE?
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Wis. Assembly passes bill taking away union rights

    State Reps. Jon Richards Kelda Helen Roys AP – State Reps. Jon Richards, D-Milwaukee, left, and Kelda Helen Roys (D-Madison), right, shout while approaching …
    MADISON, Wis. – Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly took the first significant action on their plan to strip collective bargaining rights from most public workers, abruptly passing the measure early Friday morning before sleep-deprived Democrats realized what was happening.
    The vote ended three straight days of punishing debate in the Assembly. But the political standoff over the bill — and the monumental protests at the state Capitol against it — appear far from over.
    The Assembly's vote sent the bill on to the Senate, but minority Democrats in that house have fled to Illinois to prevent a vote and say they won't return unless Republican Gov. Scott Walker agrees to discuss a compromise. Republicans who control the Senate sent state troopers out looking for them at their homes on Thursday, but they turned up nothing.
    "This kind of solidifies our resolve," Democratic Sen. Chris Larson said Friday after the Assembly vote. "If we come back, they're going to ram this through without us having a say."
    Walker's contains a number of provisions he says are designed to fill the state's $137 million deficit and lay the groundwork for fixing a projected $3.6 billion shortfall in the upcoming 2011-13 budget.
    The flashpoint is language that would require public workers to contribute more to their pensions and health insurance and strip them of their right to collectively bargain benefits and work conditions.
    Democrats and unions see the measure as an attack on workers' rights and an attempt to cripple union support for Democrats. Union leaders say they would make pension and health care concessions if they can keep their bargaining rights, but Walker has refused to compromise.
    Tens of thousands of people have jammed the Capitol since last week to protest, pounding on drums and chanting so loudly that police providing security have resorted to ear plugs. Hundreds have taken to sleeping in the building overnight, dragging in air mattresses and blankets.
    Click image to see photos of the Wisconsin protest

    AP/Wisconsin State Journal, M.P. King
    Walker issued a statement Friday praising the Assembly for passing the bill and renewing his call for Senate Democrats to return.
    "The fourteen Senate Democrats need to come home and do their jobs, just like the Assembly Democrats did," Walker said.
    Democratic Sen. Jon Erpenbach said Friday that the Assembly's passage of the bill did not change Senate Democrats' intent to stay away.
    With the Senate immobilized, Assembly Republicans decided to act and convened the chamber Tuesday morning.
    Democrats launched a filibuster, throwing out dozens of amendments and delivering rambling speeches. Each time Republicans tried to speed up the proceedings, Democrats rose from their seats and wailed that the GOP was stifling them.
    Debate had gone on for 60 hours and 15 Democrats were still waiting to speak when the vote started around 1 a.m. Friday. Speaker Pro Tem Bill Kramer, R-Waukesha, opened the roll and closed it within seconds.
    Democrats looked around, bewildered. Only 13 of the 38 Democratic members managed to vote in time.
    Republicans immediately marched out of the chamber in single file. The Democrats rushed at them, pumping their fists and shouting "Shame!" and "Cowards!"
    The Republicans walked past them without responding.
    Democrats left the chamber stunned. The protesters greeted them with a thundering chant of "Thank you!" Some Democrats teared up. Others hugged.
    "What a terrible, terrible day for Wisconsin," said Rep. Jon Richards, D-Milwaukee. "I am incensed. I am shocked."
    GOP leaders in the Assembly refused to speak with reporters, but earlier Friday morning Majority Leader Scott Suder, R-Abbotsford, warned Democrats that they had been given 59 hours to be heard and Republicans were ready to vote.
    "I applaud the Democrats in the Assembly for earnestly debating this bill and urge their counterparts in the state Senate to return to work and do the same," Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, said in a statement issued moments after the vote.
    The governor has said that if the bill does not pass by Friday, the state will miss a deadline to refinance $165 million of debt and will be forced to start issuing layoff notices next week. However, the deadline may not as strict as he says.
    The nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau said earlier this week that the debt refinancing could be pushed back as late as Tuesday to achieve the savings Walker wants. Based on a similar refinancing in 2004, about two weeks are needed after the bill becomes law to complete the deal. That means if the bill is adopted by the middle of next week, the state can still meet a March 16 deadline, the Fiscal Bureau said.
    Frustrated by the delay, Senate Republican Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, Jeff Fitzgerald's brother, ordered state troopers to find the missing Democrats, but they came up empty. Wisconsin law doesn't allow police to arrest the lawmakers, but Fitzgerald said he hoped the show of authority would have pressured them to return.

    Gadhafi militia open fire on Libya protesters

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    BENGHAZI, Libya – Militias loyal to Moammar Gadhafi opened fire Friday on protesters streaming out of mosques and marching across the Libyan capital to demand the regime's ouster, witnesses said, reporting at least four killed. In rebellious cities in the east, tens of thousands held rallies in support of the first Tripoli protests in days.
    In the capital's Souq al-Jomaa district, protesters came under fire from gunmen on rooftops as they tried to march to Tripoli's central Green Square, several miles (kilometers) away. "There are all kind of bullets," said one man in the crowd, screaming in a telephone call to The Associated Press, with the rattle of gunfire audible in the background.
    One witness reported seeing three protesters killed in Souq al-Jomaa, and another reported a fourth death in the district of Fashloum, where another rally was trying to march to the center. The reports could not be immediately confirmed.
    Gunmen opened a hail of bullets on thousands heading toward the center from Tajoura, a crowded impoverished district on the eastern side of the capital, a participant said.
    "We can't see where it is coming from," he said. "They don't want to stop." He said one man next to him was shot in the neck. Others reported gunfire near Green Square itself where dozens of militiamen opened fire in the air to disperse protesters coming out of a nearby mosque. Other armed Gadhafi supporters were speeding through streets in vehicles, said another witness.
    The call for regime opponents to march from mosques after prayers was the first attempt to hold a major anti-Gadhafi rally in the capital since early this week, when militiamen launched a bloody crackdown on protesters that left dozens dead. In the morning and night before, SMS messages were sent around urging, "Let us make this Friday the Friday of liberation," residents said. The residents and witnesses all spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.
    Tripoli, home to about a third of Libya's population of 6 million, is the center of the eroding territory that Gadhafi still controls. The uprising that began Feb. 15 has swept over nearly the entire eastern half of the country, breaking cities there out of his regime's hold.
    Even in the pocket of northwestern Libya around Tripoli, several cities have also fallen into the hands of the rebellion. Militiamen and pro-Gadhafi troops were repelled Thursday when they launched attacks trying to take back opposition-held territory in Zawiya and Misrata, near the capital, in fighting that killed at least 30 people.
    Support for Gadhafi continued to fray within a regime where he long commanded unquestioned loyalty.
    Libya's delegation to the United Nations in Geneva announced Friday it was defecting to the opposition — and it was given a standing ovation at a gathering of the U.N. Human Rights Council. They join a string of Libyan ambassadors and diplomats around the world who abandoned the regime, as have the justice and interior ministers at home, and one of Gadhafi's cousins and closest aides, Ahmed Gadhaf al-Dam, who sought refuge in Egypt.
    On a visit to Turkey, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the violence by pro-Gadhafi forces is unacceptable and should not go unpunished.
    "Mr. Gadhafi must go," he said.
    The New York-based Human Rights Watch has put the death toll in Libya at nearly 300, according to a partial count. Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said estimates of some 1,000 people killed were "credible."
    The upheaval in the OPEC nation has taken most of Libya's oil production of 1.6 million barrels a day off the market. Oil prices hovered above $98 a barrel Friday in Asia, backing away from a spike to $103 the day before amid signs the crisis in Libya may have cut crude supplies less than previously estimated.
    The opposition camp says it is in control of two of Libya's major oil ports — Breqa and Ras Lanouf — on the Gulf of Sidra in central Libya. A resident of Ras Lanouf said Friday that the security force guarding that port had joined the rebellion and were helping guard it, along with residents of the area.
    Signaling continued defiance, Gadhafi's son Seif al-Islam, vowed his family will "live and die in Libya," according an excerpt from an interview to be aired later Friday on CNNTurk.
    Asked about alternatives in the face of growing unrest, Gadhafi said: "Plan A is to live and die in Libya, Plan B is to live and die in Libya, Plan C is to live and die in Libya.
    Gadhafi's militiamen — a mixture of Libyans and foreign mercenaries — have clamped down hard in Tripoli the past week after the Libyan leader called on his supporters to take back the streets from protesters and hunt them in their homes. A wave of arrests has taken place in recent days, with residents reporting security forces raiding homes and dragging away suspected protest organizers.
    Starting Friday morning in Tripoli, militiamen set up heavy security around many mosques in the city, trying to prevent any opposition gatherings. Armed young men with green armbands to show their support of Gadhafi set up checkpoints on many streets, stopping cars and searching them. Tanks and checkpoints lined the road to Tripoli's airport, witnesses said.
    Several tens of thousands held a rally in support of the Tripoli protesters in the main square of Libya's second-largest city, Benghazi, where the revolt began, about 580 miles (940 kilometers) east of the capital along the Mediterranean coast.
    Tents — some with photographs of people who had been killed in fighting — were set up and residents served breakfast to people, many carrying signs in Arabic and Italian. Others climbed on a few tanks parked nearby, belonging to army units in the city that allied with the rebellion.
    "We will not stop this rally until Tripoli is the capital again," said Omar Moussa, a demonstrator. "Libyans are all united ... Tripoli is our capital. Tripoli is in our hearts."
    Muslim cleric Sameh Jaber led the prayers in the square, telling worshippers that Libyans "have revolted against injustice."
    "God take revenge from Moammar Gadhafi because of what he did to the Libyan people," the cleric, wearing traditional Libyan white uniform and a red cap, said in remarks carried by Al-Jazeera TV. "God accept our martyrs and make their mothers, fathers and families patient."
    Similar rallies took place in other cities in the east, as well as in opposition-controlled Misrata, Libya's third largest city, located in the northwest of the country, about 120 miles (200 kilometers) from the capital.
    Several thousand were gathered in Misrata's main square, chanting their support for the Tripoli protesters, a doctor at the main hospital said. A day earlier, militiamen attacked Misrata residents guarding the local airport. The doctor said 20 residents and one attacker were killed in the violence.
    The worst bloodshed Thursday was in Zawiya, 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of Tripoli. An army unit loyal to Gadhafi opened fire with automatic weapons on a mosque where residents — some armed with hunting rifles for protection — have been holding a sit-in to support protesters in the capital, a witness said. A doctor at a field clinic set up at the mosque said he saw the bodies of 10 dead, shot in the head and chest, as well as around 150 wounded. A Libyan news website, Qureyna, put the death toll at 23.
    Zawiya, a key city close to an oil port and refineries, is the nearest population center to Tripoli to fall into the opposition hands.
    The European Union's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, said Friday that the bloc needs to consider sanctions such as travel restrictions and an asset freeze against Libya to achieve a halt to the violence there and move toward democracy.
    NATO's main decision-making body also planned to meet in emergency session Friday to consider the deteriorating situation, although Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said the alliance has no intention of intervening in the North African nation.
    The U.N.'s top human rights official, Navi Pillay, meanwhile, said reports of mass killings of thousands in Libya should spur the international community to "step in vigorously" to end the crackdown against anti-government protesters.
    _____STOP THE MADNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    CBS, Warner pull plug on season of Sheen's sitcom

    LOS ANGELES — "Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen has skirted disaster as a wayward, middle-aged party boy who regularly tested the patience of the TV network and studio trying to protect their valuable sitcom property.
    It was a violence-tinged and anti-Semitic radio rant that helped push him over the edge and, finally, forced CBS and Warner Bros. Television to take action.
    In a one-sentence joint statement Thursday, the companies said they were ending production on television's No. 1 sitcom for the season, a decision based on the "totality of Charlie Sheen's statements, conduct and condition."
    Whether he's gone far enough to sink the series and, possibly, his career as one of TV's highest-paid actors remained unclear. Sheen's rambling interview Thursday with host Alex Jones was reminiscent of Mel Gibson's tirade during a 2006 traffic stop _ but Sheen knew his remarks were public.
    The production halt leaves CBS eight episodes shy of the 24 half-hours it had expected to air as the cornerstone of its Monday night comedy lineup. And it makes the network and Warner, which reaps hundreds of millions from the show in syndication, the potential go-betweens between Sheen and "Two and a Half Men" executive producer Chuck Lorre.
    Lorre bore the brunt of Sheen's attacks during the radio interview and in a subsequent "open letter" sent to TMZ after the CBS-Warner decision and posted on the entertainment website.
    In the letter, the actor called Lorre a "contaminated little maggot" and wished the producer "nothing but pain."
    "Clearly I have defeated this earthworm with my words _ imagine what I would have done with my fire breathing fists," the 45-year-old Sheen wrote.
    Improbably, he also called on his admirers to start a protest movement for him.
    "I urge all my beautiful and loyal fans who embraced this show for almost a decade to walk with me side-by-side as we march up the steps of justice to right this unconscionable wrong," Sheen wrote.
    WELL ANOTHER STAR BITES THE DUST BY RUNNING THAT BIG MOUTH.

    Sounds like 2 Rednecks fighting.

    http://www.wxii12.com/news/26996458/detail.html

    Cupid Shuffle

    GO ELMO!!!!!!!!!!!

    Thursday, February 24, 2011

    TEACHER BUYS BEER FOR STUDENTS

    An employee at Oak Ridge Military Academy is accused of purchasing a case of beer for students at the school, Guilford County deputies said Thursday.
    Deputies said someone located the beer behind a store and called authorities.Cameron Sinclair Gammon, 23, of Clemmons, has been charged with aiding the underage purchase of alcohol by a person less than 21 years of age and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.No other details were released.

    HERE WE GO AGAIN. ANOTHER BAD TEACHER.
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    Vanderbilt reviewing bloody mascot incident

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt officials are investigating how their mascot left a young man with a bloodied nose while crowd surfing through the student section.
    Mr. Commodore moved through the students before coming down, first putting his hand on the young man's shoulder before knocking him in the face. Video on ESPN.com shows the incident during No. 18 Vanderbilt's 60-51 loss to instate rival Tennessee.
    The young man stemmed the blood with newspaper, and assistant vice chancellor Brock Williams said Wednesday the student is fine.
    School officials are trying to determine what happened. Williams says they will wait to decide whether to address stunts like crowd surfing. Vanderbilt's next home game is March 5 against Florida.
    NOW THE MASCOTS ARE BEATING PEOPLE UP.

    Analysis: Obama shifts stance on gay marriage

      WASHINGTON — One way for President Barack Obama to win the future, it seems, is to have his administration stop defending a federal law that bans recognition of same-sex marriage.
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      Opinion polls show a steady rise in Americans' embrace of gay rights, and young voters solidly back positions their grandparents opposed, including gay marriage.
      "Anybody under the age of 40 doesn't care, or actively supports it," said Steve Elmendorf, a longtime Democratic staffer and lobbyist.
      The administration said Wednesday it no longer would defend the constitutionality of the 1996 federal law that defines marriage as only between a man and a woman. Attorney General Eric Holder cited recent shifts in legal thought, not public opinion, in explaining the decision.
      "Much of the legal landscape has changed in the 15 years since Congress passed" the Defense of Marriage Act, Holder said. He noted that the Supreme Court has ruled that laws criminalizing homosexual conduct are unconstitutional and that Congress has repealed the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which barred service by openly gay men and women.
      Five or so years ago, Obama's decision might have touched off fierce Republican criticisms. But reaction Wednesday was comparatively sparse and muted from mainstream GOP groups and individuals. Most of the Republicans weighing a presidential bid were silent, as was Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
      One exception was former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, an evangelical minister who is considering a second try for the presidency.
      "I think it was an absolutely boneheaded political move, and I think it was a boneheaded policy move," Huckabee said in an interview. He said Obama seems to say, "I don't answer to the voters."
      At least 30 states have held referendums on the issue, Huckabee said, and "without exception, when the voters decide, they always decide to affirm marriage" between a man and woman.
      Thirty states have constitutional amendments banning gay marriage. Same-sex marriage is legal in Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and the District of Columbia. The 1996 law prevents the federal government from recognizing gay marriages and allows states to deny recognition of same-sex unions performed elsewhere.
      Over the years, Obama has criticized the federal law without fully supporting gay marriage. White House spokesman Jay Carney said Wednesday that Obama was still "grappling" with his view on the matter but had always personally opposed the Defense of Marriage Act as "unnecessary and unfair."
      Public opinion on gay rights has shifted substantially in recent years. An October poll by the Pew Research Center found that 42 percent of adults favored same-sex marriage, while 48 percent opposed. A year earlier, it was 37 percent in favor and 54 percent opposed.
      Pluralities of white mainline Protestants and white Catholics favored same-sex marriage for the first time in the Pew surveys' history, and the issue ranked at the bottom of voters' concerns in the 2010 elections.
       NO COMMENT!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS A NEWS STORY I WILL NOT COMMENT ON AND KEEP MY OPINION TO MYSELF.

      'Deadliest Catch' crew member found dead in motel

      Deadliest CatchImage via Wikipedia

      ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A member of the hit cable TV show "Deadliest Catch" fishing crew has been found dead in an Alaska motel room, police said Wednesday.
      Justin Tennison, who worked on the Time Bandit, one of the vessels on the popular Discovery Channel reality series that depicts the crab fishing industry in the dangerous waters off Alaska, was found dead Tuesday afternoon in Homer, authorities said.
      Beer, hard liquor and a small amount of marijuana were found in the room, Homer police Lt. Randy Rosencrans said. Police believe a party was held in the room on Monday night _ two rooms were registered under Tennison's name and nearby guests complained about the noise.
      The 33-year-old Tennison is set to make a posthumous debut in the series' seventh season, which is scheduled to begin in April, Discovery spokesman Josh Weinberg said.
      "Justin was tough as a bull and was an all-around good hand," a statement posted on the Time Bandit's official website said.
      Weinberg also released a statement, saying Discovery was saddened by the news.
      "We send our sympathies to his entire family and fellow crew members during this most difficult time," the statement said.
      TMZ previously reported that Tennison had died.
      The cause of death was unknown Wednesday afternoon and foul play isn't suspected, Rosencrans said. An autopsy by the state medical examiner's office was scheduled to take place later Wednesday.
      The death comes a little more than year after Capt. Phil Harris of the "Deadliest Catch" fishing vessel Cornelia Marie died following a massive stroke at age 53.
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      This Bush Is Fabulous!

      fashion fail - This Bush Is Fabulous!
      I know this is Richard Simmons, but this, this is going too far.

      GORDON'S FISHERMAN OR CONSTIPATED MAN???


      LOOKS LIKE THE GORDON'S FISHERMAN NEEDS AN ENEMA TO CURE HIS ALIMENTS.
      fashion fail - Ready To Pounce

      Local Chemical Supplier Helped Topple Terror Plot - Winston-Salem News Story - WXII The Triad

      Local Chemical Supplier Helped Topple Terror Plot - Winston-Salem News Story - WXII The Triad

      WELL IT LOOKS LIKE THESE PEOPLE ARE STILL TRYING TO KILL AMERICANS ON OUR OWN SOIL. GOOD THING COMPANIES ARE HELPING THE GOVERNMENT TO FIND THESE PEOPLE AND ARE TRACKING THEIR TOXIC CHEMICALS TO HELP THWART TERRORIST ATTACKS.


      KCBD
      THE FACE OF A TERRORIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

      The Stokes News - Illegal burning contributes to fires Firefighters all over Stokes get no rest

      The Stokes News - Illegal burning contributes to fires Firefighters all over Stokes get no rest

      The Stokes News - Two Stokes County students arrested for drugs Sheriff’s Office goes undercover to stop crime

      The Stokes News - Two Stokes County students arrested for drugs Sheriff’s Office goes undercover to stop crime

      WE NEED TO STOP THESE DRUGS COMING INTO OUR SCHOOLS AND THREATENING OUR CHILDREN. GET ALL DRUG DEALERS OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS.

      WHAT IS OUR WORLD COMING TO????

      This is a figure illustrating the greater rate...Image via Wikipedia
      THAT IS THE QUESTION  FOR THE DAY. WHAT IS OUR WORLD COMING TO? WELL OUR GOVERNMENT IS KEEPING THE RICH PEOPLE RICH AND MAKING SURE THE POOR PEOPLE STAY POOR. OVERSEAS, PEOPLE ARE REBELLING AGAINST THEIR GOVERNMENT AND OUR GOVERNMENT WILL PROBABLY SEND OUR SOLDIERS OVER THERE TO GET KILLED OVER SOME OIL ( WHICH THEY SAY WE DON'T NEED) BECAUSE SOME RICH PEOPLE OVER HERE HAVE INVESTED IN AND WE WOULDN'T WANT THEM TO LOSE MONEY ON THEIR INVESTMENT. WE ARE TAKING AWAY OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDHOOD AND MAKING THEM GROW UP FASTER THEN THEY NEED TO JUST SO THEY CAN GET AHEAD IN LIFE BUT IT NOW LOOKS LIKE THEIR WON'T BE ANY JOBS BY THE TIME THEY FINISH SCHOOL. THE UNITED STATES DEFICIT IS NOW $14 TRILLION DOLLARS AND THEY KEEP ADDING ON TO IT. NEEDLESS TO SAY IF WE FILED BANKRUPTCY WE WOULD BE OWNED BY CHINA AND OUR NATIONAL LANGUAGE WOULD BE CHINESE.
      NOW LET'S GET PAST MATERIAL THINGS AND ON TO THE EMOTIONAL ONES. DIVORCE IS AT IT'S HIGHEST. CHEATING ON YOU SPOUSE IS AN EVERYDAY OCCURRENCE AND IS EXCEPTED AS A WAY OF LIFE. WOMEN ARE HAVING BABIES AND MEN ARE NOT WANTING TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT. CHILDREN ARE HAVING CHILDREN. PEOPLE ARE TOO BUSY STABBING PEOPLE IN THE BACK AT WORK WHEN THEY NEED TO BE LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER AND PRACTICING TEAMWORK.
      NOW TO CURE ALL OF THIS DRAMA. LET THE DRAMA GO. IF YOU MARRY SOMEONE EITHER LOVE THEM OR LET THEM GO. IF YOU ARE UNHAPPY TELL YOUR SPOUSE AND GO YOUR SEPARATE WAYS OR HOW ABOUT TRYING TO FIX YOUR MARRIAGE. UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT PERFECT AND ACCEPT THEM FOR WHO THEY ARE. START SAYING THANK YOU AS MUCH AS YOU SAY I LOVE YOU TO PEOPLE. INSTEAD OF STABBING EACH OTHER IN THE BACK AT WORK, STICK TOGETHER. BE HAPPY FOR OTHERS WHO GET AHEAD AND REALIZE IT'S JUST NOT YOUR TIME YET, STOP TRYING TO BRING PEOPLE DOWN.
      WE CAN FIX OUR EVERYDAY PROBLEMS AND MAYBE OUR GOVERNMENT WILL FIX THEIR PROBLEMS.
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      Libyan protesters clash with police officers ...

      Panorama - Malta International AirportImage by marcoPapale.com via Flickr
      Libyan protesters clash with police officers after they tried to assault Sabri El Shadli (not pictured), chairman of Afrikiyah Airlines, in the departure terminal at Malta International Airport outside Valletta February 24, 2011. A group of some 20 angry Libyan men protested loudly outside the airport departures lounge, insisting that a man who they say is the chairman of an airline which ferried mercenaries to Libya should be arrested, according to local media. The protesters said El Shadli was in Malta in transit to take an Emirates flight to Dubai.
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      Lindsay Lohan's No-Win Day in Court

      In the latest twist in Lindsay Lohan's necklace-stealing, grand-theft debacle, a judge told the troubled starlet: Take a plea deal, and I'll toss you in jail. Christine Pelisek reports.
      A Los Angeles Superior Court judge tersely told 'Mean Girls' actress Lindsay Lohan Wednesday  that he'll toss her in jail if she decides to take a plea deal offer by prosecutors.
      Related story on The Daily Beast: The Jailbird's New Handbag Line
      Judge Keith Schwartz said Lohan, who was stylishly dressed in a low-cut black blouse and beige high-waisted trousers, her hair pulled back in a ponytail, would have to plead guilty or no contest to charges that she stole a $2,500 necklace from a trendy jewelry boutique in Venice Beach. It's unclear what the plea deal offered by prosecutors entails.
      "This case does involve jail time -- period," said Schwartz. "If you plead guilty in front of me -- if this case resolves in front of me -- You are going to jail. Period. There may be an issue with how much time."
      If Lohan decides against the prosecutors deal, the case will be set for a preliminary hearing with another judge. Lohan must make her decision by her next court date on March 10. Schwartz said he suspects that Lohan and her attorney, Shawn Holley, will reject the deal.
      According to the judge, all of the police evidence, including surveillance footage and police reports, were handed over to Holley before the 8:30 a.m. hearing.
      During the short hearing, Schwartz said he plans to treat Lohan like any other defendant in his courtroom. "I treat everyone the same," he said. "I don't care if you are Lindsay Lohan...I don't want you to be a repeat offender. I want you to move on in your life and quit causing yourself and family additional stress that is not necessary."
      Schwartz said that Lohan should receive psychological counseling to help her cope with "stressors" and a trustworthy sponsor -- not a member of her family -- who will not be "moved by anything other than seeing you succeed."
      "You need someone who will help you stay away from substance abuse issues and alcohol issues and help you get on track to be a productive citizen and reach the potential you have," he said.
      "Do you understand?" he asked.
      "Yes, your honor," replied Lohan, quietly sifting through court papers.
      Lindsay's father, Michael, who was sitting in the front row sandwiched between the owners of Inspirations for Youth and Families, a teen rehab clinic where he works as a consultant, told The Daily Beast that Lohan should not take a deal.
      "[Store staff] gave her a necklace to wear and promote and when it showed up in the paper after three days and the store wasn't mentioned they got pissed off and reported it stolen," he said.
      Lohan, who said his daughter was at the store with two other friends who plan to testify on her behalf if the case goes to court, claimed that the police report of the incident gave three different accounts of what happened. He also claimed that he had a witness who saw the same "one of a kind" necklace on sale at the same store for $800, which would make the charge a misdemeanor petty theft and not a felony. "It was a misunderstanding," he said. "I think the value of the necklace was trumped up. The whole situation is trumped up. She has worked hard on her recovery. It saddens me...The truth is going to come out and she will be vindicated."
      Lohan arrived at the airport courthouse with her mother, Dina, and her brother, Michael Jr. Lohan's parents, who did not acknowledge each other in the courtroom, sat five seats from each other. After the court hearing, Michael Lohan became enraged when his ex-wife allegedly told a bailiff to stop him from getting on the elevator with her and Lindsay. "She is evil," he barked.

      SO IF SHE PLEADS GUILTY SHE IS GOING TO JAIL. SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE OUT OF HER. OH WELL, GUESS SHE SHOULDN'T HAVE STOLEN THE NECKLACE. JUST SAYING................

      Wednesday, February 23, 2011

      INSIDE SARAH PALIN'S BOOK

      Inside the Sarah Palin Tell-All Book

      NEW YORK – Inside the Sarah Palin Tell-All BookThe Daily Beast's Shushannah Walshe gets her hands on a leaked manuscript of former Palin aide Frank Bailey's scathing new book and finds juicy allegations about Bristol, Troopergate, Newt, and more.
      The Daily Beast has obtained a copy of the manuscript draft of a tell-all book by a former aide to Sarah Palin. The scathing memoir of Frank Bailey's time with Palin, first leaked to the Anchorage Daily News, recounts the former Alaska governor's obsession with managing her image and her alleged involvement in illegal acts.
      Among the juicier allegations in Bailey's unpublished 500-page book, titled In Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin: A Memoir of our Tumultuous Years and filled with familiar Palin terms like "unflipping believable" and "holy jeeze":

      YOU KNOW WHAT WHO CARES? AMERICA YOU HAVE BOUGHT INTO THE SYSTEM BY KEEP GIVING THIS WOMAN YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY. I WOULD RATHER WATCH HER DAUGHTER DANCE ON TV THAN READ HER BOOK OR SEE HER SPEAK IN PUBLIC. JUST SAYING