Say What? Boy Grabs Knife After Dad Pulls Plug on Video Game

[1savvydiva]

Originally posted by RedefinedDiva
This may be mean, but do they only not allow her to hold the kid when cars are around? I don't get it.

You are STOOOOOOPID!!

[1savvydiva]

I found this quite funny....maybe it's just me!

White House Wants Kerry to Apologize for Profanity
By RON FOURNIER, AP

WASHINGTON (Dec. 7) - John Kerry used profane language to assess President Bush's Iraq policy, and Bush's chief of staff said Sunday the Democratic presidential candidate was out of line.

The Massachusetts senator uttered a profanity in an interview in the latest Rolling Stone magazine to express his dismay over Bush's handling of Iraq.

When asked in the interview about the success of rival candidate Howard Dean, whose antiwar message has resounded with supporters, Kerry responded: ''When I voted for the war, I voted for what I thought was best for the country. Did I expect Howard Dean to go off to the left and say, 'I'm against everything?' Sure. Did I expect George Bush to f--- it up as badly as he did? I don't think anybody did.''

The expletive drew a rebuke from White House, which suggested an apology might be in order.

''That's beneath John Kerry,'' the president's chief of staff, Andrew Card, said on CNN's ''Late Edition.''

''I'm very disappointed that he would use that kind of language,'' Card said. ''I'm hoping that he's apologizing at least to himself, because that's not the John Kerry that I know.''

The Kerry campaign said the Massachusetts senator had no regrets.

''John Kerry saw combat up close, and he doesn't mince words when it comes to politicians who put ideological recklessness ahead of American troops,'' said spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter. ''I think the American people would rather Card and the rest of the White House staff spend more time on fixing Bush's flawed policy in Iraq than on Sen. Kerry's language.''

On the 62nd anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Kerry laid a wreath in remembrance at the Navy base in Coronado, Calif., where he trained before shipping out to Vietnam, where he was wounded and was awarded the Silver Star and Bronze Star with combat V. Kerry, a swift boat commander in the war, was joined by his daughter, Vanessa, and two crew mates who served with him in Southeast Asia.

During his CNN appearance, Card also opined, albeit briefly, on the front-runner in the race for the Democratic nomination.

''Howard Dean is a good governor in Vermont who is no longer governor,'' said Card. ''So he would not be my choice for president of the United States.''


12-07-03 19:11 EST

[FeeFee]

I think this person deserves a Darwin Award:

Dec 8, 8:56 AM (ET)

By The Associated Press

CLARKSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - Mistake No. 1: Impersonating a police officer. Mistake No. 2: Making a traffic stop. Mistake No. 3: Stopping an off-duty state trooper. Shalom Gelbman, 22, of New Square, N.Y., made all three mistakes, state police said.

Gelbman, with a strobe light on his dashboard and his high beams flashing, pulled a car over Wednesday night on the Palisades Interstate Parkway, police said. Inside the car was state Trooper Seamus Lyons, who arrested Gelbman. It was clear to Lyons that Gelbman wasn't a colleague, authorities said, because of his license plate number and the equipment he had in his car.

Gelbman was charged with reckless endangerment and criminal impersonation, police said, and was cited for having unauthorized equipment in his car, a dark blue Mercury Grand Marquis with tinted windows.

Gelbman was also ticketed for driving without a registration or insurance. He was released on $5,000 bail after being arraigned in Clarkstown Justice Court.


What a dumb azz!!!!

[BirthaBlue4]

LOL, he pulled over a trooper, LOL

This guy that went to my school did stuff like and got arrested, and he was perpin Kappa to boot...

[RedefinedDiva]

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
Woman Gets 10 Years for McDonald's Mayo Spat
Fri Dec 5, 9:47 AM ET Add Oddly Enough - Reuters to My Yahoo!

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A Texas woman was sentenced to 10 years in jail for running over the manager of a McDonald's with her car because she wanted mayonnaise on her cheeseburger.


Waynetta Nolan, 37, showed no emotion Thursday as the sentence was read in court following a trial in which the McDonald's manager, Sherry Jenkins, said she gave Nolan the mayonnaise she requested, but she flew into a rage anyway.

Waynetta will be on Inside Edition tomorrow to tell her side of the story.

[abaici]

Nope, it wasn't just you...it was funny. I think Kerry's spokesperson made a point. Instead of Bush and the Boyz getting their panties in a bunch over a word, why don't they fix the problems.

Originally posted by 1savvydiva
I found this quite funny....maybe it's just me!

White House Wants Kerry to Apologize for Profanity
By RON FOURNIER, AP

WASHINGTON (Dec. 7) - John Kerry used profane language to assess President Bush's Iraq policy, and Bush's chief of staff said Sunday the Democratic presidential candidate was out of line.

The Massachusetts senator uttered a profanity in an interview in the latest Rolling Stone magazine to express his dismay over Bush's handling of Iraq.

When asked in the interview about the success of rival candidate Howard Dean, whose antiwar message has resounded with supporters, Kerry responded: ''When I voted for the war, I voted for what I thought was best for the country. Did I expect Howard Dean to go off to the left and say, 'I'm against everything?' Sure. Did I expect George Bush to f--- it up as badly as he did? I don't think anybody did.''

The expletive drew a rebuke from White House, which suggested an apology might be in order.

''That's beneath John Kerry,'' the president's chief of staff, Andrew Card, said on CNN's ''Late Edition.''

''I'm very disappointed that he would use that kind of language,'' Card said. ''I'm hoping that he's apologizing at least to himself, because that's not the John Kerry that I know.''

The Kerry campaign said the Massachusetts senator had no regrets.

''John Kerry saw combat up close, and he doesn't mince words when it comes to politicians who put ideological recklessness ahead of American troops,'' said spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter. ''I think the American people would rather Card and the rest of the White House staff spend more time on fixing Bush's flawed policy in Iraq than on Sen. Kerry's language.''

On the 62nd anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Kerry laid a wreath in remembrance at the Navy base in Coronado, Calif., where he trained before shipping out to Vietnam, where he was wounded and was awarded the Silver Star and Bronze Star with combat V. Kerry, a swift boat commander in the war, was joined by his daughter, Vanessa, and two crew mates who served with him in Southeast Asia.

During his CNN appearance, Card also opined, albeit briefly, on the front-runner in the race for the Democratic nomination.

''Howard Dean is a good governor in Vermont who is no longer governor,'' said Card. ''So he would not be my choice for president of the United States.''


12-07-03 19:11 EST

[Steeltrap]

Olden Polynice, a rather mediocre NBA centre, also got in trouble for impersonating a po-lice officer a few years ago.

Originally posted by FeeFee
I think this person deserves a Darwin Award:

Dec 8, 8:56 AM (ET)

By The Associated Press

CLARKSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - Mistake No. 1: Impersonating a police officer. Mistake No. 2: Making a traffic stop. Mistake No. 3: Stopping an off-duty state trooper. Shalom Gelbman, 22, of New Square, N.Y., made all three mistakes, state police said.

Gelbman, with a strobe light on his dashboard and his high beams flashing, pulled a car over Wednesday night on the Palisades Interstate Parkway, police said. Inside the car was state Trooper Seamus Lyons, who arrested Gelbman. It was clear to Lyons that Gelbman wasn't a colleague, authorities said, because of his license plate number and the equipment he had in his car.

Gelbman was charged with reckless endangerment and criminal impersonation, police said, and was cited for having unauthorized equipment in his car, a dark blue Mercury Grand Marquis with tinted windows.

Gelbman was also ticketed for driving without a registration or insurance. He was released on $5,000 bail after being arraigned in Clarkstown Justice Court.


What a dumb azz!!!!

[CrimsonTide4]

Two One-Legged Inmates Skip Jail
Tue Dec 9, 9:07 AM ET Add Oddly Enough - Reuters to My Yahoo!



RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - Two one-legged inmates were among 26 prisoners who scaled walls to break out of an overcrowded jail in the Brazilian (news - web sites) city of Niteroi, authorities said Tuesday.



A spokeswoman with the Rio de Janeiro state Security Secretariat said police only managed to recapture 10 of the 26 inmates, including one of the disabled prisoners, in the center of the city, which lies just across the bay from Rio de Janeiro.


In Monday's jailbreak, the inmates sawed metal bars on the windows of two cells in the police detention center, used a rope to get to the ground and then jumped a backyard wall. They exchanged pistol fire with one police officer and then fled.


Police said they were investigating whether the runaways had any help from the guards.


It was the eighth escape from the jail this year. The detention center, built for 150 prisoners, houses about 260 and is due to be shut down in January.

[FeeFee]

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
Two One-Legged Inmates Skip Jail
Tue Dec 9, 9:07 AM ET Add Oddly Enough - Reuters to My Yahoo!



RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - Two one-legged inmates were among 26 prisoners who scaled walls to break out of an overcrowded jail in the Brazilian (news - web sites) city of Niteroi, authorities said Tuesday.



A spokeswoman with the Rio de Janeiro state Security Secretariat said police only managed to recapture 10 of the 26 inmates, including one of the disabled prisoners, in the center of the city, which lies just across the bay from Rio de Janeiro.


In Monday's jailbreak, the inmates sawed metal bars on the windows of two cells in the police detention center, used a rope to get to the ground and then jumped a backyard wall. They exchanged pistol fire with one police officer and then fled.


Police said they were investigating whether the runaways had any help from the guards.


It was the eighth escape from the jail this year. The detention center, built for 150 prisoners, houses about 260 and is due to be shut down in January.

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!! This sounds like a plot for a comedy movie.

[FeeFee]

It's some snow job

Only in New York could a guy sell snowballs in a blizzard!



Snowball salesman Gilberto Triplett shows off $1 wares in Times Square Monday.


'I've always wanted a snowball,' said English tourist and happy buyer Christine Rowlatt.

"Snowballs
$1.00 Each"

The sign was neatly lettered on a white cardboard box propped on a coffee cup. Ten snowballs stood in two neat rows before it on the Times Square pavement.

"One dollar, one dollar," a young man in a knit cap and sunglasses was chanting.

The young man was Gilberto Triplitt, a 28-year-old unemployed artist from Queens who attended LaGuardia High School and worked in a furniture store until it closed in the post-Sept. 11 downturn. He went into the snowball business Monday afternoon on Prince St. in SoHo. He reported selling six in 2-1/2 hours.

"It's really easy to sell them," he said, to a reporter's surprise.

Around 6 p.m. Monday, Triplitt discarded his remaining snowballs and headed uptown. He made 14 new ones from a mound in a Times Square traffic island and set up shop on Broadway just above W. 43rd St. He sold four more by 8 p.m.

"One, I sold for 50 cents," he now allowed to a reporter. "A small one."

His total snowball sales stood at $9.50, or $9.50 more than seemed possible in the wake of a big snowstorm. Triplitt fished his proof from his jeans pocket, a modest but indisputable wad of dollar bills.

"See?" he said.

He resumed his chant.

"One dollar, one dollar."

There remained the mystery of what would possess anyone actually to buy a snowball. Many passersby clearly found the prospect hilarious. One woman laughed so hard she might have fallen down had she not grabbed a companion.

"Did you see that?" she asked.

A pink-mittened woman roared into a cell phone.

"There's a guy selling snowballs!"

A visitor from Seattle named Terry Johnson recorded the sight with his camera cell phone.

"It's one of the weirdest things I have seen in my life," Johnson said.

Music producer Gary Pickus paused just after 9 p.m. and became one of the many who took snapshots by more usual means.

"This is funny!" he said.

What could only have been the spirit of pure fun then prompted Pickus to take four quarters from his pocket and make a purchase. He continued downtown, a snowball in his bare hand, a smile on his face.

"Too bad I don't live in a place like Hawaii," Pickus joked.

Another dozen smiles a minute appeared on the faces of the passersby who followed.

"Are those snowballs fresh?" a woman asked.

Just before 9:30 p.m., two visitors from England happened past and erupted into laughter. One, Christine Rowlatt, hooked her two shopping bags on her forearms and took a photo.

"That will make a perfect Christmas card," said the other, Margaret Rann.

The spirit of pure fun then had Rowlatt hand Triplitt a dollar.

"I've always wanted a snowball," she said.

She continued on with one of Triplitt's choicest in her hand.

"That's the best laugh I've had," said her friend Rann.

Triplitt knelt and repacked some of his remaining snowballs.

"A dollar for a snowball?" asked a young woman.

He pointed to the smallest offering.

"I'll give you that one for 50 cents," he said.

The young woman went off laughing. Triplitt looked more delighted than if he had made a sale.

"I like her laugh," he said.

During a lull, Triplitt dashed to the traffic island above W. 44th St. He returned cradling eight new snowballs and discarded an old one that had started to melt. He rearranged his wares into three rows of five.

"Fresh!" he said.

Triplitt did not claim the snowball idea as his own. He had been inspired by an artist who had done much the same in Astor Place some years ago as a bit of performance art.

"Limited edition!" Triplitt now said of his wares.

On the other side of Broadway, a reminder of the continuing terrorist threat appeared in the person of two Emergency Service Unit cops with helmets, flak jackets and automatic weapons. The news zipper above them carried the latest from Iraq as well as the report "Gore to Endorse Dean," which seemed to electrify nobody. The merriment of the people still trooping past Triplitt made his snowballs suddenly seem a bargain.

"One dollar! One dollar!"

[nikki1920]

I don't know what is more funny, the fact that he sold them or the fact that people bought them!!

But he gets points for creativity. (watch, next snowstorm: there will snowball stands on each corner, bwhahaha!)

[jharb]

That was hilarious! I started cracking up here at work!

[CrimsonTide4]

I wish a mofo would sell me a snowball. LOL @ the dumb azz cluckas who bought them.

[MaMaBuddha]

gotta love new yorkers for their humor....

[desirethegreat1]

Well maybe I should sell, Fresh Autumn Leaves they could be 25 cents....I've got like a billion of them...close out price....any buyers