Monthly Archives: June 2012
Quote of the Day
“If I can’t say the word “vagina,” why are we legislating vaginas?”
– Michigan State Rep. Lisa Brown (D-West Bloomfield), in a press conference about her fellow legislators’ response to her use of the v-word in a debate about abortion.
I believe all the ones who complained are Republicans who don’t really like sex, or the human body, and do everything within their legislative powers to make it look and sound vile and disgusting. I bet this same band of assholes have no problems with violence.
Filed under News
Update on Burned Dog Case
Justice on April 19
Back in April I reported on the horrific case of a 4-month old pit bull puppy that was doused with lighter fluid and set ablaze in a South Dallas apartment complex. Dallas Animal Services named the dog Justice. Despite their best efforts, he died from his injuries nearly 2 weeks after the incident. A woman who lived in the complex and witnessed the attack identified one of the assailants as Darius Ewing. Ewing eventually turned himself into authorities and is scheduled for trial in November. Now, 3 other men identified as conspirators, Richard Anthony Valentine, Darius Lamar Carey and Adrian Michael Ayers, have been charged. Ayers was already in custody for an unrelated offense, but Valentine and Carey turned themselves into police the other day. According to the affidavits, Ewing threw the lighter fluid onto the puppy, while Valentine flicked a cigarette onto the animal. The Dallas County District Attorney’s office enhanced the charges to a 3rd degree felony due to the use of a deadly weapon. Punishment ranges from 2 to 10 years in prison.
This case sickened everyone in the Dallas / Fort Worth metropolitan area. I’m glad someone had the courage to step forward and identify the first suspect. Although Texans can be a little quirky, we take animal cruelty serious.
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June 15 Notable Birthdays
If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”
Mario Cuomo, former governor of New York, is 80.
Actress Nicola Pagett (An Awfully Big Adventure, Privates on Parade, Oliver’s Story, There’s a Girl in My Soup, Upstairs Downstairs) is 67.
Actor Jim Belushi (Saturday Night Live, Trading Places, The Man with One Red Shoe, Little Shop of Horrors, The Principal, Who’s Harry Crumb?, Diary of a Hit Man) is 58.
Actress Julie Hagerty (Airplane!, Airplane II: The Sequel, Women of the House, Noises Off, What About Bob?) is 57.
Actress Helen Hunt (As Good As It Gets, Mad About You, Swiss Family Robinson, It Takes Two) is 49.
Actress Courteney Cox (Friends, Family Ties, Ace Ventura Pet Detective) is 48.
Actress Leah Remini (The King of Queens, Living Dolls, Glory Daze) is 42.
Actor Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser, M.D., Clara’s Heart, Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story) is 39.
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On June 15…
1215 – King John of England placed his royal seal on the “Magna Carta,” or “Great Charter,” the first charter of English liberties.
1776 – The Assembly of the Lower Counties of Pennsylvania declared itself independent of British and Pennsylvanian authority, thus creating the state of Delaware.
1836 – First acquired by the United States through the Louisiana Purchase, Arkansas officially became the 25th state of the union. The state’s name is an interpretation of Quapaw, the Indian tribe that lived in the area.
1843 – Composer Edvard Grieg (Peer Gynt Suite) was born in Bergen, Norway.
1844 – Charles Goodyear of New York City patented vulcanized rubber.
1846 – Representatives of the United States and Great Britain signed the Oregon Treaty, which settled a long-standing dispute over the Oregon Territory.
1877 – Henry Ossian Flipper became the first African-American graduate of the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, NY.
Filed under History
Picture of the Day
So now, when someone demands grass, gas or ass, before doing you a favor, you can offer 2 out of 3!
Nobel Prize Money Cut by 20%
Now, I know we’re really in a deep global financial mess. This past Monday the Nobel Foundation announced it will reduce this year’s monetary award by one-fifth. The Stockholm-based organization declared that the prize money will drop from 10 million Swedish krona to 8 million, or from $1.4 million to $1.2 million. As fate would have it, Nobel has made some bad investments in recent years and they have to stretch their budget to cover operating costs.
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June 14 Notable Birthdays
If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”
Actress Marla Gibbs (Up Against the Wall, 227, The Jeffersons, The Meteor Man) is 81.
Drummer Alan White (Yes) is 63.
Actor Eddie Mekka (Edward Mekjian; Laverne and Shirley, Guiding Light) is 60.
Actor Will Patton (Fled, Copycat, Natural Causes, The Client, Midnight Edition, Dillinger, No Way Out, Desperately Seeking Susan, Silkwood) is 58.
Olympic speed skater Eric Heiden (5 gold medals, Lake Placid, NY, 1980) is 54.
Singer Boy George (George Alan O’Dowd; Culture Club) is 51.
Actress Yasmine Bleeth (Nash Bridges, Baywatch, Titans) is 44.
Tennis champion Steffi (Stefanie) Graf is 43.
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On June 14…
1775 – The first U.S. military service, the U.S. Army, was established by a Congressional Resolution.
1777 – The Continental Congress adopted a resolution stating that “the flag of the United States be thirteen alternate stripes red and white” and that “the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation.”
1811 – Author Harriet Beecher Stowe (Uncle Tom’s Cabin) was born in Litchfield, CT.
1922 – Warren G. Harding became the first U.S. President to be heard on radio, when he dedicated the Francis Scott Key Memorial and on radio station WEAR in Baltimore.
1951 – The U.S. Census Bureau unveiled UNIVAC 1, the world’s first commercially produced electronic digital computer, in Washington, D.C. The massive computer was 8 feet high, 7-1/2 feet wide and 14-1/2 feet long.
1982 – After 6 weeks of fighting, Argentina surrendered to British troops, ending a war over the Falkland Islands. Argentina had invaded the British dependent territory in April 1982. During the brief war, Argentina suffered 655 killed, while Britain lost 236.
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