Up the road from me: MOUNT AIRY, N.C. — The pastor of a Mount Airy church accused of brandishing a gun as part of his sermon is free on bond after being charged with possession of a firearm by a felon. Jerry Wayne "Dusty" Whitaker, 58, of Mount Airy, was convicted in Virginia in 1990 of conspiracy to distribute cocaine … Read More
Identity Theft
Thank God it’s never happened to me, but I do worry about it. The tales I’ve read and heard from identity theft victims will raise the hairs on the back of your neck. Cleaning the mess and restarting over is, in this information age, a disaster. A post at BlueNC has a list of precautions to take so that you … Read More
What Are They Smoking In New Hampshire?
Lots of pot, apparently: Concord – Using upscale, mostly suburban "McMansions" as a front, a drug ring converted the pricey properties into marijuana labs where more than 6,000 plants, worth about $24 million on the street, were seized by police in coordinated raids yesterday. Ten houses, from Derry to Andover — most costing between $300,000 and $400,000 each — were … Read More
Prager v. Ellison, Part Two
Shorter Dennis Prager: You know this controversy that came at my suggestion that Rep. Keith Ellison (a Muslim) get sworn in to Congress by using the Bible rather than his holy book, the Kuran? It would all go away if Rep. Ellison simply does what I suggested. Earlier posts: Dennis Prager: Clueless About America UPDATE: World o’Crap provides another shorter … Read More
Dennis Prager: Clueless About America
A view days ago, I linked to a debate between an noted agnostic and evangelical columnist Dennis Prager on the subject of the existence of God. The debate was civilized and I bent over backwards to give Prager as much credit as I could possibly muster (even though his best argument for the existence of God boiled down to "It’s … Read More
Responding To Dobson
Via Daily Kos, we get some Dobson quotes from his interview with Larry King: DOBSON: Those again on the liberal end of the spectrum are those who have no value system, or at least they say there is no moral and immoral. There’s no right or wrong. . . . But when a religious leader, or especially an evangelical, falls, … Read More
92 Year Old Woman Shot And Killed In Police Raid
I agree with the Captain — something about the police’s version of events doesn’t sound right.
Pray For Who?
This story, being somewhat local, has been getting a little press: The Dyersburg Youth Minister accused of raping a 14 year old girl has resigned from his position as Youth Minister of Music at Springhill Baptist Church. 44 year old Timothy Byars submitted his resignation to the church’s pastor over the phone. Byars was released from jail in Knoxville Sunday … Read More
If I Hadn’t Decided To Boycott O.J….
…I’d probably write something like this. UPDATE (3:36 p.m.): Fox is cancelling the O.J. interview. UPDATE (a few minutes later): Looks like the book deal is being axed as well. (The publisher, News Corp., also owns Fox Network). Unhinged perpetually-outraged Michelle Malkin writes: Would have been better if they had listened to common sense in the first place before they … Read More
I Knew This Guy In Law School
Not well though. He was in one of my study groups: Andrew Gardner’s body was found under a stand of trees in a bird sanctuary in tony upstate Bedford – a mile from the sprawling gray cedar-shingled Colonial home he no longer shared with his college-sweetheart wife and their three children. Gardner, a charming, socially connected lawyer with a prestigious … Read More
Arrest Googling
I love it when someone gets arrested. You can google their name and learn all about them. Today, for example, a guy named Chad Conrad Castagana was arrested for mailing white powder (fake anthrax) to Jon Stewart, David Letterman, Keith Olbermann, and prominent Democrats like Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. Doing a little "arrest googling" on Chad (who also uses … Read More
Stupid Is As Stupid Does
It’s a game called "The Stupid Game". Basically, you sit around with your friends and answer the question, "What’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever done?" A guy in Michigan was playing the game at a party with his pals, and answered: "Shot a guy in the head." He’s now under arrest. I think playing that game was the second stupidest … Read More
The FBI Tries The Funny
The headlines are talking about this Wisconsin grocery clerk named Jake Brahm, who created the Internet hoax about terrorist attacks on NFL football stadiums this weekend. It was a stupid thing for this kid to do, but it was definitely not funny. Still, the FBI spokesman thought he’d try his hand at doing some comedy schtick: "Jake Brahm’s unsportsmanlike conduct … Read More
“Let’s Not Mince Words…”
Let’s not mince words: President Bush is a profound threat to the US constitution. From the AP … President Bush, again defying Congress, says he has the power to edit the Homeland Security Department’s reports about whether it obeys privacy rules while handling background checks, ID cards and watchlists. In the law Bush signed Wednesday, Congress stated no one but … Read More
School Shootings And The Copycat Effect
This blogger is an expert on school shootings and the "copycat" effect. his name is Loren Coleman and he has dealt with the Copycat Effect through his federal government funded research work, books, and media consultations for almost three decades. He is the author, coauthor, or editor of over 25 books, one of which is the acclaimed Suicide Clusters (Faber … Read More