04-27) 15:25 PDT Bakersfield, Calif. (AP) --
Two brothers who worked for their father's bail bond business have been shot to death while trying to confront a customer who had skipped bail on a drug paraphernalia charge.
Bakersfield-area news media reported Friday that 23-year-old Zachary Daniel Sims and his older brother, 26-year-old Brandon Nicholas Sims, were shot to death Thursday night outside a home they were staking out.
An unidentified spokeswoman for Bad Dog Bail Bonds told the Bakersfield Californian ( http://bit.ly/Jfr5TO) the men were the sons of the company's owner.
Bakersfield Police Sgt. Mary DeGeare says one brother was found in the front yard with a single gunshot wound. The other was found inside the home and had been shot multiple times, KERO-TV ( http://bit.ly/Ihi017) reported.
Police say 26-year-old Stephen Michael Stewart is considered a suspect in the slayings and remains at large.
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Why can you not speak better english? You are smart and english is easy and you have been speaking it for decades. WHY do you still sound like you just learned it a few weeks ago?
Let me be the first to tell you, as an employee of the Tampa Bay Times Forum, that the management does not give a fuck about anybody.I am currently nine beers in (Natural Ice because I'm cheap and in college, and it's got 5.9% ABV). I have 50 minutes before I need to clock into work. I think it's funny how arenas and stadiums try to tell their fans that the ultimate goal is to make life easier; where to go for their seats, where to find Outback and where to find the discount stations. My superiors never have told me any of this. But I can disclose a few secrets for hockey-goers' sake:1) The Tampa Bay Lightning sell 24 oz. beers on the plaza, before you enter and before you go through security. The vendors sell them out on the plaza, so when one goes through security, they're casually asked, "Did you buy that here?" Of course you did. Long story short, buy a 24 oz beer, five of them for 6 bucks at a gas station and carry them in and you're gold. Better yet, use the can and fill it up with straight Jack Daniels and you're still all right. Searchers can't sniff or examine your can. Please, bring the liquor in, it'd make my job easier.2) Be a dick to anyone in a suit. Especially if it's Nick. He's a cunt.3) If you find someone who looks young, they'll let you into a lower level. Let's be honest, if a college-aged guy sees a couple hot women at the top of his section, he'll let them down no question. But if you're some asshole who gets mad at rich people for being rich then you are a dick. Be hot, and have a vagina. I will let you anywhere. Or if you offer me a beer that I can chug in the bathroom, I will accept. I have horribly low standards.4) My superiors are retarded. And I say retarded because my ultimate superior is a former EMT named Tripp, and everyone below him and above me is a college intern. I don't want to be the guy who says, "Oh my god, my boss sucks," but fuck. The people above me have the chance to make my job easier and they don't do it. I'm not complaining. I'm drunk as fuck ready for work. How can I complain? Even my punctuation is lacking. I had an instance last week where four hideous old women wanted to go outside and get a cheap beer. We had a no re-entry policy. The suit cleared them to leave and come back. He left while they were out. I was there when they got back. Their tickets wouldn't scan because they'd been through already. I knew this. But I told them that they were fraudulent, and to fuck off. I'm a prick, don't come to Tampa. Not my fault you thought you'd get a tan and be happy. Suck my tan balls.Long story short, I love my job. It gives me a horribly disillusioned sense of power that I like to exercise if I don't like someone. This, Drew, is how an arena operates. Suits and management can only go so far. There are fuckin' assholes like me that try to make life miserable for everyone else. And there are also poor people, like me, that make the innards work.
MEDIA ADVISORYSens Mile heralds springtime "Boulevard of Blooms" as Elgin Street unveils
Senators Tulip on the eve of Game Seven
OTTAWA – Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 – David E. Luxton, Volunteer Chair of the Canadian Tulip Festival and Keith Loiselle, Elgin Street BIA Steering Committee Chair, invite you to a preview of the first and newest 5-foot tulip sculpture of the season: a vibrant Senators Tulip created by local artist Susan Bailie.
At this preview the Elgin Street organization will also describe its plans to transform Elgin Street into a "Boulevard of Blooms" destination during the Tulip Festival, which opens its 60th commemorative edition on May 4th.
The press conference will be held on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at Art Walls Studio, 108 Pretoria Street, where Susan Bailie has been creating the Senators Tulip.
“I seem to recall that Jack Layton criticized Stephane Dion for being a dual citizen of the same country. Dual citizenship is legal, I’ll let him explain that to Canadians. I think that perhaps Canadians expected a different standard for people who want to be the head of our government. I think that’s the point Mr. Layton was making to Mr. Dion.”
On the weekend, at the Summit of the Americas, Prime Minister Stephen Harper expressed doubt about the war on drugs. "I think what everybody believes and agrees with, and to be frank myself, is that the current approach is not working, but it is not clear what we should do."
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has warned Iran that the world will "cast judgment" if "terrible" things are done to a Canadian who has been sentenced to death. Harper made the comments a day after Canadian officials issued an urgent appeal to Iran, fearing he could be executed "imminently."
Hamid Ghassemi-Shall went to Iran in 2008 to visit his ailing mother but was sentenced to death for alleged crimes against the Iranian state.
"Canadian government officials have been working at all levels for some time obviously to urge for a judicial process and clemency in this case," Harper said. "And I know, of course, we are working with our international partners. I think our view is known. The government of Iran should note that the whole world will be watching and they will cast judgment if terrible and inappropriate things are done in this case."
Wildrose candidate apologizes for saying being white is an advantage
April 17, 2012 19:04:00
Bill Graveland
The Canadian Press
CALGARY—A Wildrose candidate in the Alberta election is apologizing for suggesting he has an advantage in his ethnically diverse riding because he is white.
“I think as a Caucasian I have an advantage. When different community leaders such as a Sikh leader or a Muslim leader speaks, they really speak to their own people in many ways. As a Caucasian, I believe that I can speak to all the community,” Ron Leech said on the “South Asian” program that aired on CHKF-FM, a multicultural radio station in Calgary.
Leech offered an apology for his remarks Tuesday. He said he had made them on the spur of the moment and hadn’t put his point across very well.
“I apologize if something was said at the moment ... that misrepresented the community or myself,” Leech said at a campaign stop in Calgary. “What I was trying to say, which didn’t come out that way and I apologize ... is that it’s not a disadvantage for me to be Caucasian to represent the diverse cultures of my riding.”
Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith was not aware of the comments when asked about them Tuesday, but said she wasn’t concerned after they were read to her.
“No, I’m not concerned about them. I think every candidate puts forward their best argument for why they should be the person who can best represent the community,” she said.
Smith, who said on the weekend that there hadn’t been any “bozo eruptions” from any of her candidates, has now had two glitches in the last week.
Edmonton candidate Allan Hunsperger, a pastor, came under fire for a blog he wrote last year in which he said gays and lesbians would end up in an eternal “lake of fire” if they didn’t change their ways. Smith stood by the candidate, saying a Wildrose government would not legislate any “contentious social issues” and her candidates can worship how they please.
Premier Alison Redford said she was surprised at Leech’s remarks and said it wasn’t something that would be tolerated in her Progressive Conservative party.
“I think those are inappropriate comments and I know they don’t reflect my views,” Redford said.
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For the Closing Ceremony to the London Olympics, the organizers have asked members of The Who to perform. They reached out to drummer Keith Moon. Not sure if Keith got the invite, he died in 1978.
Any ideas Londoners may have had about getting a free ride from police on April 20 have once again gone up in smoke.
Known commonly across North America as 4/20, the day is a symbolic one for pot smokers to light up in public as a way to urge governments to legalize marijuana.
Police were out in force last year when three participants were arrested at Victoria Park.
Several hundred people attended the rally.
Monday, police issued a news release saying strict law enforcement would again be in effect this year.
“The Controlled Drugs and Substances Act is in full force and effect on (Apri 20), as it is on any other day, time, or place in Canada, and members of the London Police Service will enforce the law on this date as they would throughout the year.
“A conviction for a criminal offence, including those under the Control Drugs and Substances Act, will result in a permanent criminal record which could impact future travel or employment as it could be revealed through a criminal record background check.”
Spokesperson Const. Dennis Rivest said that though some people assume police will turn a blind eye, they will, in fact, be visible and vigilant that day.
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Michael "Flathead" Blanchard | Visit Guest Book
Blanchard, Michael "Flathead"
1944 ~ 2012
A Celebration of the life of Michael "Flathead" Blanchard will be held on April 14th, 3 pm 8160 Rosemary St, Commerce City. Weary of reading obituaries noting someone's courageous battle with death, Mike wanted it known that he died as a result of being stubborn, refusing to follow doctors' orders and raising hell for more than six decades. He enjoyed booze, guns, cars and younger women until the day he died.
Mike was born July 1944 in Colorado to Clyde and Ethel Blanchard. A community activist, he is noted for saving the Dr. Justina Ford house from demolition and defending those who could not defend themselves. He was a Republican delegate, life member of the NRA, founder and President of the Dead Cats MC. He loved music.
Mike was preceded in death by Clyde and Ethel Blanchard, survived by his beloved sons Mike and Chopper, former wife Jane Transue, brother Stephen Blanchard (Susan), Uncle Don and Aunt Cynthia Blanchard(his favorite); Uncle Dill and Aunt Dot, cousins and nephews, Baba Yaga can kiss his butt. So many of his childhood friends that weren't killed in Vietnam went on to become criminals, prostitutes and/or Democrats. He asks that you stop by and re-tell the stories he can no longer tell. As the Celebration will contain Adult material we respectfully ask that no children under 18 attend.
Published in Denver Post on April 12, 2012
An Indiana man previously arrested with a 0.552 percent blood-alcohol level was arrested after he was found sprawled on a Valparaiso, Ind., street, police said.
James Henderson, 28, of South Haven was arrested about 7 a.m. Friday. This time he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.297 percent, police said.
Police made the arrest while responding to an argument between Henderson and an unidentified woman.
When he was arrested March 25 with the staggering blood alcohol level — also while lying on the side of the road — police said it could have been a record for Porter County.
Individuals tend to fall into a coma at about 0.40 percent and death is possible, according to guidelines by Indiana University.
Dan Colterman
Can you believe it?
They sent my income tax return form back to me!
In response to question # 4, "Do you have any dependants?"
... I replied -
"2.1 million illegal immigrants,
1.1 million crack heads,
4.4 million unemployable people,
901 thousand people in over 85 prisons.
Apparently, this was NOT an acceptable answer.
Who the hell did I miss?
Sorry, Rick, but you cannot abort your campaign after 20 weeks. You will be forced to carry it to full term.
Infamous US mass murderer Charles Manson was refused parole Wednesday, officials said, in what could be his last review for release after more than 40 years behind bars.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said the 77-year-old Manson did not attend his parole review meeting, and would not be eligible for parole again for another 15 years.
It is now obvious — through MacKay’s own admission — that the Harper government did know about the $10-billion overrun in the F-35 fighter jet costs, and repeatedly failed to tell the Canadian public.
Outrage over Alcoholics Anonymous decision to serve alcohol at its Melbourne conference gala dinner
Lucie van den Berg From: Herald Sun April 06, 2012 2:55PM 8 COMMENTS
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ALCOHOLICS Anonymous has been slammed for its decision to serve booze at its national conference gala dinner in Melbourne this weekend.
Victorian members have spoken out in disgust that alcohol will be for sale tomorrow night.
A source said that many AA members in Victoria thought it would not only put vulnerable new members at risk, it also went against the principles of the organisation.
Budget Cuts
Next Month, the Immigration Department will start deporting seniors [instead of illegals] in order to lower Social Security and Medicare costs. Older people are easier to catch and less likely to remember how to get back home.
We're Kanewakans. We don't consider ourselves part of Quebec. We are located in Quebec. We are also located in Canada. Wed don't consider ourselves Canadians. We don't say this in the nastiest way. This is just who we are...And if we do [build a casino] we will be operating it, we will be licensing it. We have a great gaming commission.
@glen_mcgregor You are a former strip club DJ and Frank Magazine writer.
