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I'm calling fanciful bullshit on this one.   

That must be a really light and small shotgun because I've had experience being  young with them.  A four year old that  holds that kind of grudge is ,  well sorry. I'd like to know more about these witnesses because the idea of a 4 year old  shouldering and aiming  a  20g that's not a youth size is pretty   frigging suspicious, that there are many teens present.. Let's just say  the reports elsewhere claim  a 4 year old ,  got mad,  got a shell,  got a gun , put them together and boom.  

Let's  see how this  turns out:)



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JACKSON, Ohio (AP) -- Police say an angry 4-year-old Ohio boy grabbed a gun from a closet and shot his baby sitter. Nathan Beavers, 18, was hospitalized Sunday with minor wounds to his arm and side after the shotgun attack. Police say another teen was also injured.

I know the name , least what's widely believed to be,  of the first "murderer" that was outrun by radio  Dr Crippen. People like to tie the new  with the  very very old  but usually it's in the other direction E.g  look at how these infernal machines are aiding those with malice in their mainframe to carry out. 
Would driving a  car get the same attention?  How about using a camera? Is it more newsworthy if it's silver halide or CCD that captures the  image?   Radio type   or something else?    Oo let's scare people with  VOIP  not only  does it not let 911 know where you are (rtfm)  it's now enabling decades old dispute in a new manner that's just so so so hard to have envisioned prior to its adoption.
VOIP is not the challenge  it's made out to be here.  Impossible?  Impossible to intercept    surely some mistake unless there's a whole load of forgetting about India's tussle with Rim. India wanted to monitor the Blackberry network and got that concession.
I'm also  rather  less impressed with stories on how  highly trained they are.  I must  be missing something here since shooting a passive crowd    and lobbing grenades  at the same time in different locations doesn't seem to be on my list of hard to conceive plots. 

"Definitely they were trained,'' said a masked officer of the force.

''Not everybody can fire AK-series weapons.

''Using such weapons and explosives, it is obvious they were trained somewhere.

Do you have a spare 10 minutes?   Ak's are famous for their robustness when used by  irregulars, nades, baseball!  as for the explosives I  have no idea but they always kept me away from that safe  Oddly enough the  reporting in realtime that provided this alleged  edge is not considered to be an inappropriate use of technology.. weird that.
Mumbai terrorists' most powerful weapon: VoIP phones | Computerworld Blogs

The Times reports that the handlers were communicting with the attackers using VoIP phones that made it difficult, if not impossible, for the Indian authorities to intercept the calls, or even know they were taking place.
Here's how the Times explains it:...

Don't get me wrong there has to be consequences  for carrying a loaded firearm into a nightclub that is discharged. Like a hole in the leg, pain and maybe the end of your athletic career. Still that's not good enough  we really have to show em:)  Shame that the  same zeal doesn't apply to those that enforce the laws Hospital suspends worker who failed to report NFL star's gunshot - CNN.com

Bloomberg, who has long fought against illegal gun ownership, said public figures "make their living because of their visibility. They are the role models for our kids, and if we don't prosecute them, to the fullest extent of the law, I don't know who on Earth we would. It makes a sham, a mockery of the law."

One word answer..... Spitzer.

I really enjoyed Sean of the Dead and wasn't disappointed by hot fuzz either   so it's nice to see that a pretty good case is made for those lacking in  "dead cred"    a la Michael Jackson  leaving   zombies the hell alone.     Tis a fun read. No mention of Joco though..

Simon Pegg on why the undead should never be allowed to run | Media | The Guardian

I know it is absurd to debate the rules of a reality that does not exist, but this genuinely irks me. You cannot kill a vampire with an MDF stake; werewolves can't fly; zombies do not run. It's a misconception, a bastardisation that diminishes a classic movie monster.

NO  HOT DOG BUNS

Geezs.

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Ouch:) 

Seemingly poor manners in public are worth millions. This sad story has the arguably most doable preacher's wife ( Look I tried to put it delicately but the competition isn't that great) of a Texas mega church accused of impoliteness to a flying waitress*. She was fined $3k back in 2006 so we can assume something valid happened but to the point where someone launches multi million dollar claim? For loss of faith? Love to see how you attach a monetary value to that because I'd like to know. I'd like to write the check for that part. $0.00

Witness: Mega-preacher's wife threw tantrum - CNN.com

Her psychiatrist, Shayna Lee, testified that Brown has suffered depression and post-traumatic stress disorder because of the incident. She also felt disrespected in her role as a leader and as a black woman and had her faith affected, Lee said.

Position of leadership? Black woman? How the hell is she diminished , especially the latter, to the point were a real financial loss occurred? This is just two grown women acting like brats. The christian thing to do would be to smite each others family and just leave it at that:)

Fans of things Whedonesque  have got a lot to be thankful for.  This show may be instructive on proving that  Unions still have a use :) That point is  that whenever a sea change in technology ,be it media or  improvements to manufacturing , education ( yeah right)  they  are always present in the role of societal Canute.   I will grant you their role had value back in the early days but    in the latter half of the 20C it’s been all about maintaining their power from that point  on , the organization  uber alles.  I digress but this show is a product of the WGA  strike and rumblings on  who gets paid  what  in relation to online content from both sag and aftra.  There’s a great post on that here from the closest thing to an objectivist I think you’ll find in media ( I saw closest as I am agnostic about their existence;)  

Anyway this is a mini web series , three episodes, and other than  note that anyone I know  already has this , so , so   who the hell am I telling?   Frak that .  

Think live action Venture brothers with a tad of Pinky  tossed in.  Seeing Captain Mal, er Hammer  again  rocks as the “good “  guy that wants to take the heroine  on a tour of a VW’s rear , you know somewhere uncomfortable was great. It’s not like most web shows , ephemeral to the power of mayfly   , you truly can  watch  and sing along more times that may be healthful:)   Don’t be horrible,  buy this , don’t rip it off as I want to see more, more more!

I love the nimby crowd, the people that  want to save the world but..  are too busy to even save themselves from coming off as people  that had  an entirely reasonable objection to the construction but just couldn’t leave it at that.  Oh no we have to make this into something  bigger. Something stupid. We were planning a move to Prescott   or Payson , somewhere with a P at least,and it’s nice to see that  they have the same proportion of nuts that Phoenix has. Reasons not to have water in the desert. • The metal tank might collapse in an earthquake or be blown up by terrorists. (  seismically unlikely , not impossible. I can’t see the houses being unharmed by any  quake that takes out the tank) Terrorists?  Oh get bent. The "real"  terrorists are too busy running speed cameras and checking lawns for improper  growth. • A youth camp below the tank could be inundated, with kids dying. (that’s one big tank to have water high enough to drown kids) • Homeowner insurance in the area doesn't cover flood damage.( then buy some, it can RAIN you know. ) • Cellphone transmitters emit dangerous radio waves. ( prove it ) • The antenna cluster might be hit by aircraft or require an unsightly beacon to warn pilots. (  yeah  another  20 ft or so makes the difference) • Increased water pressure could burst pipes in local homes. ( maybe, a tiny amount, but  aren’t the homes  built to code? ;) • Use of explosives could crack residential walls. ( depends where they are) • The whole thing will obscure "viewsheds," places with scenic or historic value. ( like? ) Prescott neighbors fighting water tank, cell tower As you can  see mostly  BS reasons. The article is great and you can get gems such as this.

"It's proven that our property values will decline 30 percent if that 85-foot cell tower goes up. . . . I got that on the Internet."

Yeah  well there’s lots of things you can  get online including unsolicited abuse. Bullshit 100%  craptastically  untrue. I love that the people that pay the state are at war with them and have to pay the price in taxes to the city whose  attorneys fight against you..  It’s cool , fricking cool you have to admire how good this system is  .. for those that run it:D

Apology on the cards as police pup picture sparks warning over offence to Muslims - Scotsman.com News

A POLICE force has apologised over concerns that an advertisement featuring a German shepherd pup could be offensive to the Islamic community. As part of a campaign to publicise its new non-emergency telephone number, Tayside Police used a picture of a black puppy, Rebel, on postcards to be distributed throughout the east coast region.

Now the rest of the story From a local paper.

 

Doesn’t it look like the Police apologized to one man :) One councillor  but  let’s see how that story played over here in the USA , the Freedom center of the world.  Fucking pigs never apologized to me for an baseless allegation but hey  I don’t  hack off people’s heads that offend me in the name of my invisible friend.

 

I just make fun of them online.