When Barack Obama and Bill de Blasio put their trust in racial arsonist and Jew-baiter Al Shapton, it points out a lack of good judgment by our president and the mayor of New York
Al Sharpton, who has been labeled a ‘Racial Arsonist’ by sociologist Orlando Patterson, has a sordid history that should have disqualified him from becoming a trusted advisor on racial issues to President Obama and NY Mayor Bill de Blasio and from being made the host of an MSNBC talk show. The slogan of his National Action Network, “No Justice, No Peace,” can be construed as advocating violent protests wherever blacks suffer some perceived injustices. Here are some incidents that expose Sharpton as the race-baiting, anti-Semitic charlatan that he is:
The Tawana Brawley Hoax
In 1987, Tawana Brawley, a 15-year-old black girl, was found was found lying in a garbage sack in Wappinger, a town 70 miles north of NYC. She was smeared with shit, her clothes were torn and bujrned, and with racial slurs and obscenities written on her body with charcoal. She claimed she had been kidnapped and raped by six white men, one being a prosecutor and some being cops.
The Tawana Brawley case put a hitherto unknown Al Sharpton in the public limelight. Sharpton, along with two soon to be disbarred attorneys, took up the case. They accused Dutchess County prosecutor, Steven Pagones of being a racist and of raping Brawley. A grand jury spent seven months examining police and medical records before finding that the alleged kidnapping and rape was a hoax. Brawley had made the whole story and scenario up to keep her parents from finding out she had spent the night with a boyfriend. The boyfriend helped her stage the scene.
Sharpton and the two attorneys were sued by Pagones for defamation. He won his case and was awarded $345,000. Sharpton refused to pay his $66,000 share of the damages, but a group of black businessmen and attorney Johnnie Cochran paid it for him. To this day, Sharpton insists that the Tawana Brawley kidnapping and rape was not a hoax.
The Crown Heights Riots
In 1991, an orthodox Jew was part of a funeral procession led by an unmarked police car. As he drove through an intersection in the predominantly black Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights, he was struck by another car. He swerved onto a sidewalk killing a small black boy and injuring a small black girl. The crowd that had gathered became infuriated when a private ambulance whisked the Jewish driver away while leaving the boy pinned underneath his car. Actually a police officer had called for the ambulance because he feared the angry crowd would attack the Jewish driver.
Blacks rioted for four consecutive days, looting stores, beating up Jews wherever they could find them, and stabbing to death a Jewish seminary student from Australia as bystanders shouted "Kill the Jew", and "get the Jews out". Sharpton made his presence at the rioting, leading a protest of angry people shouting "Whose streets? Our streets!" and "No justice, no peace!" Sharpton himself shouted, “If the Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house.” Sharpton’s participation helped prolong the rioting.
And at the little boy’s funeral, Sharpton ranted against “Jewish ‘diamond merchants’ who bought their wares from apartheid South Africa, then ran down black kids in Brooklyn.”
Freddie's Fashion Mart
In 1995, the United House of Prayer, a black Pentecostal Church, owned some property in Harlem which it rented to Fred Harari, a Jewish merchant who operated Freddie’s Fashion Mart. Harari had a black subtenant who operated the Record Shack. The church told Harari to evict the black tenant. The eviction led to months of increasingly clamorous protests.
Sharpton had a radio talk show at the time. He often invited Morris Powell, head of the local vendor’s association and a well-known Jew-baiter, to appear on his show and he allowed Powell to make anti-Semitic rants. Sharpton and Powell showed up at the protests.
Sharpton shouted, “We will not stand by and allow them to move this brother so that some white interloper can expand his business.”
Powell shouted, “We are not going to stand idly by and let a Jewish person come in black Harlem and methodically drive black people out of business up and down 125th St. If we stand for that, we will stand for anything.”
On December 8, Roland James Smith, Jr. walked into Freddie’s Fashion Mart and with gun in hand, ordered all the black customers to leave. He then doused several clothing bins with paint thinner and set them on fire. Eight people were burned to death. Smith also died in the fire.
There can be no doubt that Sharpton and Powell inflamed the protestors and led Smith to carry out his
massacre.
Trusted Advisor
Sharpton has become President Obama’s ‘go to guy’ on matters of race. Obama called on Sharpton to advise him on the Trayvon Martin case and now on the Michael Brown case.
Last month, Politico Magazine declared Sharpton “the national black leader Obama leans on most.” Sharpton is now the man President Obama and Mayor de Blasio rely on for advice on matters of race. Turning to a race-baiter and anti-Semite for any kind of advice shows that Obama and de Blasio both lack good judgment. Relying on Sharpton’s advice on race matters is akin to Gov. Jerry Brown relying on Charlie Manson to advise him on California prison matters.
Thursday, November 27, 2014
LIBERAL PARADISE
By Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Maricopa County, Arizona
“A liberal paradise would be a place where everybody has guaranteed employment, free comprehensive healthcare, free education, free food, free housing, free clothing, free utilities, and only law enforcement has guns.”
“And believe it or not, such a place does, indeed, exist. It’s called prison.”
Maricopa County, Arizona
“A liberal paradise would be a place where everybody has guaranteed employment, free comprehensive healthcare, free education, free food, free housing, free clothing, free utilities, and only law enforcement has guns.”
“And believe it or not, such a place does, indeed, exist. It’s called prison.”
THREE CASES OF INFIDELITY
The Unconventional Gazette
November 26, 2014
A married man was having an affair with his secretary. One day they went to her place and made love all afternoon. Exhausted, they fell asleep and woke up at 8 PM. The man hurriedly dressed and told his lover to take his shoes outside and rub them in the grass and dirt.
He put on his shoes and drove home. 'Where have you been?' his wife demanded.
'I can't lie to you,' he replied, 'I'm having an affair with my secretary. We had sex all afternoon.'
She looked down at his shoes and said: 'You lying bastard! You've been playing golf!'
__________
A middle-aged couple had two beautiful daughters but always talked about having a son. They decided to try one last time for the son they always wanted. The wife got pregnant and delivered a healthy baby boy. The joyful father rushed to the nursery to see his new son. He was horrified at the ugliest child he had ever seen.
He told his wife: 'There's no way I can be the father of this baby. Look at the two beautiful daughters I fathered! Have you been fooling around behind my back?'
The wife smiled sweetly and replied: 'No, not this time!'
__________
Jake was dying. His wife sat at the bedside. He looked up and said weakly: 'I have something I must confess.'
'There's no need to,’ his wife replied.
'No,' he insisted, 'I want to die in peace. I slept with your sister, your best friend, her best friend, and your mother!'
'I know,' she replied. 'Now just rest and let the poison work.'
November 26, 2014
A married man was having an affair with his secretary. One day they went to her place and made love all afternoon. Exhausted, they fell asleep and woke up at 8 PM. The man hurriedly dressed and told his lover to take his shoes outside and rub them in the grass and dirt.
He put on his shoes and drove home. 'Where have you been?' his wife demanded.
'I can't lie to you,' he replied, 'I'm having an affair with my secretary. We had sex all afternoon.'
She looked down at his shoes and said: 'You lying bastard! You've been playing golf!'
__________
A middle-aged couple had two beautiful daughters but always talked about having a son. They decided to try one last time for the son they always wanted. The wife got pregnant and delivered a healthy baby boy. The joyful father rushed to the nursery to see his new son. He was horrified at the ugliest child he had ever seen.
He told his wife: 'There's no way I can be the father of this baby. Look at the two beautiful daughters I fathered! Have you been fooling around behind my back?'
The wife smiled sweetly and replied: 'No, not this time!'
__________
Jake was dying. His wife sat at the bedside. He looked up and said weakly: 'I have something I must confess.'
'There's no need to,’ his wife replied.
'No,' he insisted, 'I want to die in peace. I slept with your sister, your best friend, her best friend, and your mother!'
'I know,' she replied. 'Now just rest and let the poison work.'
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
PILING ON THE PROSECUTOR
Benjamin Crump, Al Sharpton and their ilk are all accusing Robert McCulloch of being in league with the police and presenting a biased case to the Ferguson grand jury, and the media is blaming him for the violence because he chose to announce the jury’s decision in the evening
Brown family attorney Benjamin Crump, rabble rouser Al Sharpton, black preachers in Houston and black community leaders all over the U.S. are calling the Ferguson grand jury’s decision not to indict Darren Wilson a travesty of justice. They blame St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch for the jury’s decision, accusing him of being in league with the police.
Crump ranted and raved at a Tuesday press conference about McCulloch’s police-ties and exclaimed that Michael Brown is calling out from the grave along with thousands of other blacks that have been killed by white cops. Sharpton bellowed that right after Brown’s death he had called for the federal government to handle the case instead of the local authorities. Both Crump and Sharpton called for a complete overhaul of the grand jury system which they said was unfair to people of color.
The media blames McCulloch for the riots because he chose to announce the grand jury’s decision in the evening rather than during the daytime. Yeah right, announcing the decision during the daytime would have prevented the riots. I’m surprised the media hasn’t blamed McCulloch for global warming.
McCulloch is not responsible for the grand jury’s decision and he most certainly is not responsible for the riots that followed.
He did, however, handle the grand jury investigation differently from the way such cases are usually handled. Usually the prosecutor will present just enough evidence to show probable cause for an indictment and recommend that the accused be indicted. Instead, McCulloch presented all the evidence that had been gathered by the police and by his office, as well as some experts hired by the Brown family. Then he let the jurors make their own decision based on what had been presented to them.
Who is responsible for the violence that has broken out. It’s not McCulloch. Let’s start out by blaming those who claimed that Brown was running away from Wilson or had his hands up to surrender when he got shot. That was an outright lie resulting from a deliberate fabrication or from what some witnesses who dislike the police wanted to see. Next to blame are the rabble rousers like Sharpton and the community leaders who were quick to accuse Darren Wilson of murder and shout “no justice, no peace.” And last but not least, there is the media.
For days after the shooting, the media kept emphasizing that Wilson had shot an unarmed teenager. It kept repeating that witnesses had said Brown was running from Wilson or had raised his hands in surrender. It painted Brown as just an innocent fun loving child. It repeatedly fed off the anguish of Brown’s mother and father. In effect, the media fueled the black community’s anger.
The black community refused to acknowledge that Brown had attacked Wilson. It refused to see how a much smaller Wilson could be put in fear for his life by the ‘gentle giant.’ When the authorities revealed that Brown had manhandled a small clerk while robbing a convenience store, they accused the police of character assassination. Ditto when it was revealed that the autopsy showed Brown had marijuana in his system. And instead of waiting for the facts to come out, black community leaders constantly referred to Wilson as a murderer and demanded he be charged and tried for murdering Michael Brown.
McCulloch is getting piled on by blacks and by white intellectuals from all over the country. But it is the media and black community leaders that sanitized a big black pot smoking thug and demonized a brave police officer who are responsible for the bottle and rock throwing, for the window smashing, for the looting and for the burning of Ferguson.
What is so sad is that the businesses looted and burned were not a Walmart or a Target. They were small mom and pop stores. And if you look at the TV footage, you’ll see a lot of young white demonstrators. You can bet those were college students eager to participate in any anti-government demonstration because left-wing professors have led them to believe that ours is an evil government that favors the rich and the corporations over the common folk.
Rather than getting piled on, McCulloch deserves to be praised for not caving in to public pressure. The grand jurors deserve to be praised for overcoming the fear that their decision would lead to violence. And both McCulloch and the grand jury deserve to be praised for withstanding the demands of a lynch mob.
ADDENDUM: Michael Brown’s mother Lesley McSpadden may have called for the demonstrations to be peaceful, but when the grand jury announcement was made, her current husband, Louis Head, was seen consoling his wife in front of the Ferguson police station and then shouting “Burn this bitch down” at the crowd gathered there. And he shouted it not just once, but at least 10 times. McSpadden made no attempt to stop him from inciting the crowd.
I think it’s safe to say that when Louis Head used the term ‘bitch’, he was referring to the police station and not Michael Brown’s mother.
Oh by the way, McSpadden and Head are under investigation for assaulting and robbing some Michael Brown commemorative merchandize vendors last month. Like mother, like son.
Brown family attorney Benjamin Crump, rabble rouser Al Sharpton, black preachers in Houston and black community leaders all over the U.S. are calling the Ferguson grand jury’s decision not to indict Darren Wilson a travesty of justice. They blame St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch for the jury’s decision, accusing him of being in league with the police.
Crump ranted and raved at a Tuesday press conference about McCulloch’s police-ties and exclaimed that Michael Brown is calling out from the grave along with thousands of other blacks that have been killed by white cops. Sharpton bellowed that right after Brown’s death he had called for the federal government to handle the case instead of the local authorities. Both Crump and Sharpton called for a complete overhaul of the grand jury system which they said was unfair to people of color.
The media blames McCulloch for the riots because he chose to announce the grand jury’s decision in the evening rather than during the daytime. Yeah right, announcing the decision during the daytime would have prevented the riots. I’m surprised the media hasn’t blamed McCulloch for global warming.
McCulloch is not responsible for the grand jury’s decision and he most certainly is not responsible for the riots that followed.
He did, however, handle the grand jury investigation differently from the way such cases are usually handled. Usually the prosecutor will present just enough evidence to show probable cause for an indictment and recommend that the accused be indicted. Instead, McCulloch presented all the evidence that had been gathered by the police and by his office, as well as some experts hired by the Brown family. Then he let the jurors make their own decision based on what had been presented to them.
Who is responsible for the violence that has broken out. It’s not McCulloch. Let’s start out by blaming those who claimed that Brown was running away from Wilson or had his hands up to surrender when he got shot. That was an outright lie resulting from a deliberate fabrication or from what some witnesses who dislike the police wanted to see. Next to blame are the rabble rousers like Sharpton and the community leaders who were quick to accuse Darren Wilson of murder and shout “no justice, no peace.” And last but not least, there is the media.
For days after the shooting, the media kept emphasizing that Wilson had shot an unarmed teenager. It kept repeating that witnesses had said Brown was running from Wilson or had raised his hands in surrender. It painted Brown as just an innocent fun loving child. It repeatedly fed off the anguish of Brown’s mother and father. In effect, the media fueled the black community’s anger.
The black community refused to acknowledge that Brown had attacked Wilson. It refused to see how a much smaller Wilson could be put in fear for his life by the ‘gentle giant.’ When the authorities revealed that Brown had manhandled a small clerk while robbing a convenience store, they accused the police of character assassination. Ditto when it was revealed that the autopsy showed Brown had marijuana in his system. And instead of waiting for the facts to come out, black community leaders constantly referred to Wilson as a murderer and demanded he be charged and tried for murdering Michael Brown.
McCulloch is getting piled on by blacks and by white intellectuals from all over the country. But it is the media and black community leaders that sanitized a big black pot smoking thug and demonized a brave police officer who are responsible for the bottle and rock throwing, for the window smashing, for the looting and for the burning of Ferguson.
What is so sad is that the businesses looted and burned were not a Walmart or a Target. They were small mom and pop stores. And if you look at the TV footage, you’ll see a lot of young white demonstrators. You can bet those were college students eager to participate in any anti-government demonstration because left-wing professors have led them to believe that ours is an evil government that favors the rich and the corporations over the common folk.
Rather than getting piled on, McCulloch deserves to be praised for not caving in to public pressure. The grand jurors deserve to be praised for overcoming the fear that their decision would lead to violence. And both McCulloch and the grand jury deserve to be praised for withstanding the demands of a lynch mob.
ADDENDUM: Michael Brown’s mother Lesley McSpadden may have called for the demonstrations to be peaceful, but when the grand jury announcement was made, her current husband, Louis Head, was seen consoling his wife in front of the Ferguson police station and then shouting “Burn this bitch down” at the crowd gathered there. And he shouted it not just once, but at least 10 times. McSpadden made no attempt to stop him from inciting the crowd.
I think it’s safe to say that when Louis Head used the term ‘bitch’, he was referring to the police station and not Michael Brown’s mother.
Oh by the way, McSpadden and Head are under investigation for assaulting and robbing some Michael Brown commemorative merchandize vendors last month. Like mother, like son.
MICHAEL BROWN’S FAMILY SPEAKS WITH FORKED TONGUE
Brown’s mother may have called for the demonstrations to be peaceful, but her current husband shouted for a crowd to burn down the Ferguson police station
Michael Brown’s mother Lesley McSpadden may have called for the demonstrations to be peaceful, but when the grand jury announcement was made, her current husband, Louis Head, was seen consoling his wife in front of the Ferguson police station and then shouting “Burn this bitch down” at the crowd gathered there. And he shouted it not just once, but at least 10 times. McSpadden made no attempt to stop him from inciting the crowd.
I think it’s safe to say that when Louis Head used the term ‘bitch’, he was referring to the police station and not Michael Brown’s mother.
Oh by the way, McSpadden and Head are under investigation for assaulting and robbing some Michael Brown commemorative merchandize vendors last month. Like mother, like son.
MICHAEL BROWN’S STEPFATHER URGED PROTESTERS TO “BURN THIS BITCH DOWN” AFTER GRAND JURY ANNOUNCEMENT
the smoking gun
November 25, 2014
Michael Brown’s stepfather last night repeatedly urged protesters to “Burn this bitch down” after a prosecutor announced that no criminal charges would be filed against the Ferguson, Missouri police officer who killed the unarmed teenager.
Louis Head, an ex-con who is married to Brown’s mother, Lesley McSpadden, was with McSpadden outside the Ferguson Police Department headquarters Monday evening as prosecutor Robert McCulloch disclosed that a grand jury declined to vote an indictment against Officer Darren Wilson in the August 9 shooting.
After consoling a weeping McSpadden, the 38-year-old Head--who was standing atop a platform in the middle of the agitated crowd of several hundred protesters--began screaming “Burn this bitch down!" He did this at least ten times, and at one point yelled for a microphone so that he could broadcast his incendiary message beyond the range of his unamplified voice.
While trying to incite the crowd, Head (pictured above) was wearing a commemorative t-shirt with the words “I Am Mike Brown” and a beanie, both of which bore a silkscreened photo of Brown in his high school cap and gown.
In the days preceding the grand jury announcement, McSpadden and Michael Brown, Sr. issued statements calling for peaceful protests in the wake of the panel's decision. Head, however, counseled arson. After a night of chaos and rioting in Ferguson, at least 10 businesses and two police cars were destroyed or damaged by fire, and 61 individuals were arrested.
Head is an ex-convict whose rap sheet includes two felony narcotics convictions, according to state records. He pleaded guilty in 1997 to a marijuana distribution charge and was put in a shock incarceration program and placed on probation for five years. After violating probation, Head’s release was revoked and he was remanded to state prison.
In mid-2003, Head was charged with narcotics trafficking, a felony count to which he later pleaded guilty. The St. Louis native was sentenced to seven years in prison. He was released in June 2008 after serving about five years in custody.
Along with McSpadden, Head is at the center of an ongoing Feguson Police Department investigation of an incident last month during which three vendors selling commemorative Michael Brown merchandise were assaulted. One of the victims, Michael Brown, Sr.'s mother-in-law, identified McSpadden and Head as among the “attackers” who ransacked her stands and stole $400 in cash and merchandise valued at $1500.
According to USA Today, McSpadden and Head were married earlier this year, before Brown's killing.
Michael Brown’s mother Lesley McSpadden may have called for the demonstrations to be peaceful, but when the grand jury announcement was made, her current husband, Louis Head, was seen consoling his wife in front of the Ferguson police station and then shouting “Burn this bitch down” at the crowd gathered there. And he shouted it not just once, but at least 10 times. McSpadden made no attempt to stop him from inciting the crowd.
I think it’s safe to say that when Louis Head used the term ‘bitch’, he was referring to the police station and not Michael Brown’s mother.
Oh by the way, McSpadden and Head are under investigation for assaulting and robbing some Michael Brown commemorative merchandize vendors last month. Like mother, like son.
MICHAEL BROWN’S STEPFATHER URGED PROTESTERS TO “BURN THIS BITCH DOWN” AFTER GRAND JURY ANNOUNCEMENT
the smoking gun
November 25, 2014
Michael Brown’s stepfather last night repeatedly urged protesters to “Burn this bitch down” after a prosecutor announced that no criminal charges would be filed against the Ferguson, Missouri police officer who killed the unarmed teenager.
Louis Head, an ex-con who is married to Brown’s mother, Lesley McSpadden, was with McSpadden outside the Ferguson Police Department headquarters Monday evening as prosecutor Robert McCulloch disclosed that a grand jury declined to vote an indictment against Officer Darren Wilson in the August 9 shooting.
After consoling a weeping McSpadden, the 38-year-old Head--who was standing atop a platform in the middle of the agitated crowd of several hundred protesters--began screaming “Burn this bitch down!" He did this at least ten times, and at one point yelled for a microphone so that he could broadcast his incendiary message beyond the range of his unamplified voice.
While trying to incite the crowd, Head (pictured above) was wearing a commemorative t-shirt with the words “I Am Mike Brown” and a beanie, both of which bore a silkscreened photo of Brown in his high school cap and gown.
In the days preceding the grand jury announcement, McSpadden and Michael Brown, Sr. issued statements calling for peaceful protests in the wake of the panel's decision. Head, however, counseled arson. After a night of chaos and rioting in Ferguson, at least 10 businesses and two police cars were destroyed or damaged by fire, and 61 individuals were arrested.
Head is an ex-convict whose rap sheet includes two felony narcotics convictions, according to state records. He pleaded guilty in 1997 to a marijuana distribution charge and was put in a shock incarceration program and placed on probation for five years. After violating probation, Head’s release was revoked and he was remanded to state prison.
In mid-2003, Head was charged with narcotics trafficking, a felony count to which he later pleaded guilty. The St. Louis native was sentenced to seven years in prison. He was released in June 2008 after serving about five years in custody.
Along with McSpadden, Head is at the center of an ongoing Feguson Police Department investigation of an incident last month during which three vendors selling commemorative Michael Brown merchandise were assaulted. One of the victims, Michael Brown, Sr.'s mother-in-law, identified McSpadden and Head as among the “attackers” who ransacked her stands and stole $400 in cash and merchandise valued at $1500.
According to USA Today, McSpadden and Head were married earlier this year, before Brown's killing.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
A COURAGEOUS GRAND JURY
The Ferguson grand jury clears Darren Wilson of all charges despite fears that no indictment would bring about violent protests
I want to praise the Ferguson grand jury members who voted not to indict Darren Wilson on any charges in the shooting death of Michael Brown. They were under a great deal of public pressure to indict the officer in order to prevent the outbreak of violent protests. It took a lot of courage to no bill Wilson.
Frankly, I was surprised the grand jury withstood the lynch mob. Had they indicted Wilson, he would have been victimized out of fear.
Witnesses who claimed that Brown was running away from Wilson or had his hands up when he was shot were contradicted by other witnesses. Those who said Brown was running away or had his hands up, either deliberately fabricated their accounts or simply saw what they wanted to see. And those who continue to believe these false accounts simply believe what they want to believe.
Wilson has been demonized by a vindictive community out for blood. Forgotten in all the hullabaloo is the fact that shortly before he got shot, Brown had committed a strong-arm robbery of a convenience store.
Now Eric Holder and his politicized Justice Department will try to go after Wilson for violating Brown’s civil rights, but I do not see how such a charge can hold any water.
Wilson just got married to a Ferguson policewoman. What does the future hold for Wilson? I just cannot see how he can continue to be a cop in Ferguson. Hopefully some other police department will pick up this brave, falsely accused and wrongly maligned officer.
I want to praise the Ferguson grand jury members who voted not to indict Darren Wilson on any charges in the shooting death of Michael Brown. They were under a great deal of public pressure to indict the officer in order to prevent the outbreak of violent protests. It took a lot of courage to no bill Wilson.
Frankly, I was surprised the grand jury withstood the lynch mob. Had they indicted Wilson, he would have been victimized out of fear.
Witnesses who claimed that Brown was running away from Wilson or had his hands up when he was shot were contradicted by other witnesses. Those who said Brown was running away or had his hands up, either deliberately fabricated their accounts or simply saw what they wanted to see. And those who continue to believe these false accounts simply believe what they want to believe.
Wilson has been demonized by a vindictive community out for blood. Forgotten in all the hullabaloo is the fact that shortly before he got shot, Brown had committed a strong-arm robbery of a convenience store.
Now Eric Holder and his politicized Justice Department will try to go after Wilson for violating Brown’s civil rights, but I do not see how such a charge can hold any water.
Wilson just got married to a Ferguson policewoman. What does the future hold for Wilson? I just cannot see how he can continue to be a cop in Ferguson. Hopefully some other police department will pick up this brave, falsely accused and wrongly maligned officer.
SERIAL RAPIST GETS STANDING OVATIONS
Despite the fact that 18 women have now come forward alleging they were drugged and raped by Bill Cosby, the accused serial rapist received two standing ovations from his Florida audience
18 women have now come forward and accused Bill Cosby of drugging and raping them. One of the latest to come forward, former model Jewel Allison said, “We may be looking at America's greatest serial rapist that ever got away with this for the longest amount of time. He got away with it because he was hiding behind the image of Cliff Huxtable.” [The character Cosby played on his long-running family sitcom.]
Cosby’s accusers claim they did not report the rapes to the police because they feared that no one would believe that America’s beloved TV father would ever commit such crimes. That certainly seems plausible.
Also coming forward is Frank Scotti, 90, a former NBC employee who worked for Cosby from 1984-92. Scotti says he brought young women to Cosby at his dressing room. He claims those women were made available to the entertainer by a modeling agency. Cosby would tell him, “Stand outside the door, and don’t let anyone in.” According to the former NBC employee, some of the girls were as young as 16. Scotti also says Cosby put women he especially liked up in apartments and had him give them up to $2,000 a month. He says he can prove it because he saved the money order receipts. Scotti said he eventually quit his job because “I felt like a pimp.”
Cosby has refused to comment on the allegations. His attorneys say the accusations are without merit and the women making them were long ago discredited, and are merely seeking their 15 minutes of fame.
Scotti says he came forward now because Cosby’s attorneys were maligning the entertainer’s accusers.
On Friday night, in Melbourne, Florida, the accused serial rapist was given two standing ovations by his audience, one before he started his routine and the second at the end. What were those dipshits thinking when they gave Cosby those standing ovations? Obviously, a lot of Americans are not concerned when an entertainment giant is accused of committing a series of serious crimes.
18 women have now come forward and accused Bill Cosby of drugging and raping them. One of the latest to come forward, former model Jewel Allison said, “We may be looking at America's greatest serial rapist that ever got away with this for the longest amount of time. He got away with it because he was hiding behind the image of Cliff Huxtable.” [The character Cosby played on his long-running family sitcom.]
Cosby’s accusers claim they did not report the rapes to the police because they feared that no one would believe that America’s beloved TV father would ever commit such crimes. That certainly seems plausible.
Also coming forward is Frank Scotti, 90, a former NBC employee who worked for Cosby from 1984-92. Scotti says he brought young women to Cosby at his dressing room. He claims those women were made available to the entertainer by a modeling agency. Cosby would tell him, “Stand outside the door, and don’t let anyone in.” According to the former NBC employee, some of the girls were as young as 16. Scotti also says Cosby put women he especially liked up in apartments and had him give them up to $2,000 a month. He says he can prove it because he saved the money order receipts. Scotti said he eventually quit his job because “I felt like a pimp.”
Cosby has refused to comment on the allegations. His attorneys say the accusations are without merit and the women making them were long ago discredited, and are merely seeking their 15 minutes of fame.
Scotti says he came forward now because Cosby’s attorneys were maligning the entertainer’s accusers.
On Friday night, in Melbourne, Florida, the accused serial rapist was given two standing ovations by his audience, one before he started his routine and the second at the end. What were those dipshits thinking when they gave Cosby those standing ovations? Obviously, a lot of Americans are not concerned when an entertainment giant is accused of committing a series of serious crimes.
Monday, November 24, 2014
CHEATING LAWYER AGAINST CHEATING LAWYER, IT CAN’T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS
Partners in prestigious NY law firm sling mud at each other with accusations of infidelity and cavorting with prostitutes
Not only is it said, “The only difference between a lawyer and a liar is the spelling,” but the partners of Napoli Bern, a prestigious NY law firm, are accusing each other of infidelity and cavorting with prostitutes. I’m willing to bet a bundle that such misadventures are quite common throughout the legal profession. All in all, it can’t get any better than this. This story would make a great TV movie, or even a TV series.
TOP 9/11 LAWYER ACCUSES FIRM PARTNER OF USING PROSTITUTES AND HAVING A LIAISON WITH A RECEPTIONIST AT A CHRISTMAS PARTY AS PART OF HEATED LEGAL DISPUTE
Court papers claim Paul Napoli had an affair with colleague Vanessa Dennis, but he accuses partner Marc Bern of using prostitutes and having a liaison with a receptionist during a Christmas party
By Willis Robinson
Mail Online
November 24, 2014
The co-founder of a New York law firm that represented thousands of first responders and workers affected by 9/11 has accused his partner of using prostitutes and having a liason with a receptionist.
Paul Napoli, 46, whose affair with colleague Vanessa Denis was recently exposed as part of an on-going legal dispute, made the claims against Marc Bern.
Their firm Napoli Bern has raked in billions of dollars representing diet-pill users and workers who helped clear up the Ground Zero site.
In continuous attacks, Napoli said Bern's behavior were 'unbecoming of a lawyer' and also accused him of charging fancy dinners and plane trips to Aspen on the corporate credit.
He said Bern had oral sex with the employee during a Christmas party, according to the New York Post.
After the allegations came out and Napoli was diagnosed with leukemia in May, Bern took over the finances of the firm and said he found some 'horrific irregularities', his lawyer said in court.
Napoli, who was diagnosed with leukemia in May, also allegedly sent an email around the office suggesting Bern had neglected his son - who died of a drug overdose in 2010.
In October the situation worsened when Napoli sued his partner for breach of contract.
He then, according to court papers, tried to 'hurt anyone he perceives as being allied with Marc Bern against him.'
Bern’s lawyer, Clifford Robert, told the Post: 'Paul and Marie Napoli’s transparent attempts to divert attention away from the very serious claims against them are unfortunate.'
In April 2013, Mrs Napoli, 47, hired a private investigator to spy on her husband and Dennis during a Chicago business trip.
The suit claims she then emailed the young associate, saying, 'I have evidence that is going to be forwarded to your husband if you do not stay away from my husband.'
Mr Napoli demanded Dennis erase correspondence between the pair and admitted he had authorized access for his wife to see both his and Dennis' e-mail accounts, state legal papers.
Court papers say Mrs Napoli messaged Dennis' brother to tell him of the affair and then found Dennis' husband, Richard Buonauito, in Dennis' personnel file as an emergency contact and contacted him.
The 33-year-old was fired from Napoli Bern on May 2, 2013, with a $150,000 severance.
But Mrs Napoli allegedly did not stop the harassment and e-mailed Dennis writing: 'Happy Mothers Day! Oh yea I should say happy motherless day. Tick tock.'
Dennis had previously told Mr Napoli that she might not be able to have conceive.
The Napolis have three young children - including a baby.
In June 2013 an email included in court papers shows an angry Dennis wrote to Mr Napoli: 'What's more believable Paul — that a 32-year-old junior attorney who weighs 100 pounds soaking wet seduced and physically attacked her 40 something year old boss (who happens to be a managing partner and a millionaire) and twice her size or the other way around.
She emailed him again to remind him of intimate details he had shared about his view of his wife's body since she became a mother.
Dennis, who has since split with her husband, moved to Texas, but she claims Mrs Napoli sent cards to the wives of Dennis' new bosses, warning them about her and even describing Dennis' private body piercing.
She also sent messages to everyone on LinkedIn associated with Dennis' new firm.
Dennis claims that in one day she came out the bathroom of her Houston apartment to find her back door open and her cat, Padme, missing - she says she received a series of texts written as if from Padme, with one saying, 'How do u think I got out . . .'
Three months later Dennis filed a defamation suit in state Supreme Court against the Napolis, Marc Bern and Napoli Bern with preliminary paperwork indicates she is seeking at least $9 million.
She declined to comment when contacted by the Post and Mr Napoli said he saw nothing wrong 'with confronting a person that there was an affair with.'
'Everything my wife said in any e-mail whether it sounds terrible or not was all true and was all factually correct.'
He denied reports he had previous affairs at the firm and denied that his wife had killed Dennis' cat.
The couple, who have met at St. John’s University School of Law, briefly split up, but are now back together - they live on Long Island.
A Facebook photo shows Mrs Napoli kissing her husband in Mexico's Cancun this year - the couple are outlined in a heart.
Last week Mrs Napoli filed her own legal action, claiming Dennis enticed her husband into having sex on the Chicago business trip in violation of the 'Illinois Alienation of Affections Act.'
On his firm's website Mr Napoli's bio reads: ' Paul J. Napoli, a Senior Partner in the firm, has achieved more than 100 verdicts and settlements over one million dollars.
'He is nationally known as a tenacious and unrelenting advocate for his clients’ rights in courts around the country, where he consistently achieves results in the multiple millions of dollars for injured plaintiffs.
Mr Napoli has been named in New York Super Lawyers® each year since 2007, and in 2010, was named as one of the top 100 lawyers in the New York Metropolitan area.'
Not only is it said, “The only difference between a lawyer and a liar is the spelling,” but the partners of Napoli Bern, a prestigious NY law firm, are accusing each other of infidelity and cavorting with prostitutes. I’m willing to bet a bundle that such misadventures are quite common throughout the legal profession. All in all, it can’t get any better than this. This story would make a great TV movie, or even a TV series.
TOP 9/11 LAWYER ACCUSES FIRM PARTNER OF USING PROSTITUTES AND HAVING A LIAISON WITH A RECEPTIONIST AT A CHRISTMAS PARTY AS PART OF HEATED LEGAL DISPUTE
Court papers claim Paul Napoli had an affair with colleague Vanessa Dennis, but he accuses partner Marc Bern of using prostitutes and having a liaison with a receptionist during a Christmas party
By Willis Robinson
Mail Online
November 24, 2014
The co-founder of a New York law firm that represented thousands of first responders and workers affected by 9/11 has accused his partner of using prostitutes and having a liason with a receptionist.
Paul Napoli, 46, whose affair with colleague Vanessa Denis was recently exposed as part of an on-going legal dispute, made the claims against Marc Bern.
Their firm Napoli Bern has raked in billions of dollars representing diet-pill users and workers who helped clear up the Ground Zero site.
In continuous attacks, Napoli said Bern's behavior were 'unbecoming of a lawyer' and also accused him of charging fancy dinners and plane trips to Aspen on the corporate credit.
He said Bern had oral sex with the employee during a Christmas party, according to the New York Post.
After the allegations came out and Napoli was diagnosed with leukemia in May, Bern took over the finances of the firm and said he found some 'horrific irregularities', his lawyer said in court.
Napoli, who was diagnosed with leukemia in May, also allegedly sent an email around the office suggesting Bern had neglected his son - who died of a drug overdose in 2010.
In October the situation worsened when Napoli sued his partner for breach of contract.
He then, according to court papers, tried to 'hurt anyone he perceives as being allied with Marc Bern against him.'
Bern’s lawyer, Clifford Robert, told the Post: 'Paul and Marie Napoli’s transparent attempts to divert attention away from the very serious claims against them are unfortunate.'
In April 2013, Mrs Napoli, 47, hired a private investigator to spy on her husband and Dennis during a Chicago business trip.
The suit claims she then emailed the young associate, saying, 'I have evidence that is going to be forwarded to your husband if you do not stay away from my husband.'
Mr Napoli demanded Dennis erase correspondence between the pair and admitted he had authorized access for his wife to see both his and Dennis' e-mail accounts, state legal papers.
Court papers say Mrs Napoli messaged Dennis' brother to tell him of the affair and then found Dennis' husband, Richard Buonauito, in Dennis' personnel file as an emergency contact and contacted him.
The 33-year-old was fired from Napoli Bern on May 2, 2013, with a $150,000 severance.
But Mrs Napoli allegedly did not stop the harassment and e-mailed Dennis writing: 'Happy Mothers Day! Oh yea I should say happy motherless day. Tick tock.'
Dennis had previously told Mr Napoli that she might not be able to have conceive.
The Napolis have three young children - including a baby.
In June 2013 an email included in court papers shows an angry Dennis wrote to Mr Napoli: 'What's more believable Paul — that a 32-year-old junior attorney who weighs 100 pounds soaking wet seduced and physically attacked her 40 something year old boss (who happens to be a managing partner and a millionaire) and twice her size or the other way around.
She emailed him again to remind him of intimate details he had shared about his view of his wife's body since she became a mother.
Dennis, who has since split with her husband, moved to Texas, but she claims Mrs Napoli sent cards to the wives of Dennis' new bosses, warning them about her and even describing Dennis' private body piercing.
She also sent messages to everyone on LinkedIn associated with Dennis' new firm.
Dennis claims that in one day she came out the bathroom of her Houston apartment to find her back door open and her cat, Padme, missing - she says she received a series of texts written as if from Padme, with one saying, 'How do u think I got out . . .'
Three months later Dennis filed a defamation suit in state Supreme Court against the Napolis, Marc Bern and Napoli Bern with preliminary paperwork indicates she is seeking at least $9 million.
She declined to comment when contacted by the Post and Mr Napoli said he saw nothing wrong 'with confronting a person that there was an affair with.'
'Everything my wife said in any e-mail whether it sounds terrible or not was all true and was all factually correct.'
He denied reports he had previous affairs at the firm and denied that his wife had killed Dennis' cat.
The couple, who have met at St. John’s University School of Law, briefly split up, but are now back together - they live on Long Island.
A Facebook photo shows Mrs Napoli kissing her husband in Mexico's Cancun this year - the couple are outlined in a heart.
Last week Mrs Napoli filed her own legal action, claiming Dennis enticed her husband into having sex on the Chicago business trip in violation of the 'Illinois Alienation of Affections Act.'
On his firm's website Mr Napoli's bio reads: ' Paul J. Napoli, a Senior Partner in the firm, has achieved more than 100 verdicts and settlements over one million dollars.
'He is nationally known as a tenacious and unrelenting advocate for his clients’ rights in courts around the country, where he consistently achieves results in the multiple millions of dollars for injured plaintiffs.
Mr Napoli has been named in New York Super Lawyers® each year since 2007, and in 2010, was named as one of the top 100 lawyers in the New York Metropolitan area.'
‘READY FOR FERGUSON’
Woman accidentally kills herself with a gun bought to defend herself against violent protestors
Becca Campbell, 26, and her unnamed 33-year-old boyfriend bought a gun to protect themselves from the violent protests they feared would break out if the Ferguson grand Jury fails to indict Darren Wilson.
On Friday night the couple was driving in downtown St. Louis. According to the police, as the boyfriend was driving, Becca playfully waved the gun around while joking “Ready for Ferguson.” When she pointed the gun in his direction, the boyfriend ducked and – oops – struck the rear end of another car. The crash caused – double oops – the gun to discharge, the bullet – triple oops – striking her in the head.
The ‘Ready for Ferguson’ woman was rushed to a hospital where she croaked.
The cops are looking into the possibility that the boyfriend shot Becca.
Becca Campbell, 26, and her unnamed 33-year-old boyfriend bought a gun to protect themselves from the violent protests they feared would break out if the Ferguson grand Jury fails to indict Darren Wilson.
On Friday night the couple was driving in downtown St. Louis. According to the police, as the boyfriend was driving, Becca playfully waved the gun around while joking “Ready for Ferguson.” When she pointed the gun in his direction, the boyfriend ducked and – oops – struck the rear end of another car. The crash caused – double oops – the gun to discharge, the bullet – triple oops – striking her in the head.
The ‘Ready for Ferguson’ woman was rushed to a hospital where she croaked.
The cops are looking into the possibility that the boyfriend shot Becca.
NEWS OF NOTE
Here is a digest of some noteworthy news items:
COP’S GET RICH SCHEME COSTS NEW YORK CITY $437,000
In January 2005, NYPD officer John Florio ordered a Big Mac at a Bronx McDonald’s. After picking up his order he accused McDonald’s worker Albert Garcia, then 18, of lacing his Big Mac with shards of glass. Four NYPD detectives took Garcia, who had an IQ of only 81, into a small windowless room at the restaurant and questioned him for several hours. He finally admitted placing the glass in Florio’s burger, but soon recanted his confession.
Assault charges against Garcia were dismissed in 2012 because of several inconsistencies in Florio’s testimony. Garcia sued NYC and his lawyers were able to convince the court that Florio put the glass in his burger, hoping to get rich by suing the fast food chain. Last month the city agreed to pay Garcia $437,000. Florio’s get rich scheme turned out to be very costly.
Four detectives questioning a mentally-challenged youth for several hours – now that’s what I call real police work.
TWO OHIO MEN IMPRISONED NEARLY 40 YEARS FOR MURDER ARE FREED AFTER KEY WITNESS RECANTS HIS TESTIMONY
Ricky Jackson, 57, and Wiley Bridgeman, 60, have been roosting in an Ohio prison for the murder of a business man on May 19, 1975. They were convicted on the testimony of a 13-year-old boy who told a jury that the two and Bridgeman’s brother Ronnie killed Harry Franks.
The witness recanted his testimony last year. He claimed that Cleveland police investigators coerced him into identifying Jackson and the two Bridgemans as Franks’ killers.
On Thursday Cuyahoga County prosecutors filed a motion to dismiss all charges against the trio. Ricky and Wiley were freed Friday. Ronnie, 57, who now goes by the name of Kwame Ajamu, was release from prison in January 2003.
Coercing a 13-year-old kid to make a false identification - now that's what I call more real police work.
TEXAS JURY SENDS MAN TO DEATH ROW A SECOND TIME FOR THE 1987 MURDER AND SODOMIZING OF AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY
In May 1987, Warren Darrell Rivers, now 47, killed 11-year-old Carl Nance Jr. by beating and stabbing him to death. Rivers also stuck a broken broomstick up the young boy’s ass. In 1988 a Houston jury sentenced Rivers to death.
In 2001 the Supreme Court ruled that jurors should consider mitigation evidence in the punishment phase of death penalty trials (Perry v. Johnson, 532 U.S. 782). That had not been done in Rivers’ case.
On Tuesday, a new Houston jury took just four hours to send Rivers back to death row.
So maybe, just maybe, this worthless piece of shit will be executed ten years or so from now.
Beating, stabbing and sticking a broomstick up an 11-year-old boy’s ass – why even consider mitigating circumstances?
COP’S GET RICH SCHEME COSTS NEW YORK CITY $437,000
In January 2005, NYPD officer John Florio ordered a Big Mac at a Bronx McDonald’s. After picking up his order he accused McDonald’s worker Albert Garcia, then 18, of lacing his Big Mac with shards of glass. Four NYPD detectives took Garcia, who had an IQ of only 81, into a small windowless room at the restaurant and questioned him for several hours. He finally admitted placing the glass in Florio’s burger, but soon recanted his confession.
Assault charges against Garcia were dismissed in 2012 because of several inconsistencies in Florio’s testimony. Garcia sued NYC and his lawyers were able to convince the court that Florio put the glass in his burger, hoping to get rich by suing the fast food chain. Last month the city agreed to pay Garcia $437,000. Florio’s get rich scheme turned out to be very costly.
Four detectives questioning a mentally-challenged youth for several hours – now that’s what I call real police work.
TWO OHIO MEN IMPRISONED NEARLY 40 YEARS FOR MURDER ARE FREED AFTER KEY WITNESS RECANTS HIS TESTIMONY
Ricky Jackson, 57, and Wiley Bridgeman, 60, have been roosting in an Ohio prison for the murder of a business man on May 19, 1975. They were convicted on the testimony of a 13-year-old boy who told a jury that the two and Bridgeman’s brother Ronnie killed Harry Franks.
The witness recanted his testimony last year. He claimed that Cleveland police investigators coerced him into identifying Jackson and the two Bridgemans as Franks’ killers.
On Thursday Cuyahoga County prosecutors filed a motion to dismiss all charges against the trio. Ricky and Wiley were freed Friday. Ronnie, 57, who now goes by the name of Kwame Ajamu, was release from prison in January 2003.
Coercing a 13-year-old kid to make a false identification - now that's what I call more real police work.
TEXAS JURY SENDS MAN TO DEATH ROW A SECOND TIME FOR THE 1987 MURDER AND SODOMIZING OF AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY
In May 1987, Warren Darrell Rivers, now 47, killed 11-year-old Carl Nance Jr. by beating and stabbing him to death. Rivers also stuck a broken broomstick up the young boy’s ass. In 1988 a Houston jury sentenced Rivers to death.
In 2001 the Supreme Court ruled that jurors should consider mitigation evidence in the punishment phase of death penalty trials (Perry v. Johnson, 532 U.S. 782). That had not been done in Rivers’ case.
On Tuesday, a new Houston jury took just four hours to send Rivers back to death row.
So maybe, just maybe, this worthless piece of shit will be executed ten years or so from now.
Beating, stabbing and sticking a broomstick up an 11-year-old boy’s ass – why even consider mitigating circumstances?
Sunday, November 23, 2014
ACTIVISTS DEMAND TRIPLE KILLER’S COMPASSIONATE RELEASE FROM DEATH ROW
Max Soffar, who has been on Texas death row for 33 years, has liver cancer and is expected to die within months
In July 1980, Max Soffar, now 58, shot to death Stephen Sims, 25, Arden Fischer, 17, and Tommy Temple, 17, during a Houston bowling alley robbery. A fourth victim survived a shot to the head. Soffar was tried, convicted and condemned twice and has been on Texas death row for 33 years. He has been diagnosed with cancer and is expected to croak within months.
Sister Helen Prejean, of ‘Dead Man Walking’ fame, is leading the charge by death penalty abolitionists to free Soffar from prison so he can spend his last remaining days at home with his wife. Prejean is presenting a 116,000 signature petition to Gov. Rick Perry that calls for the compassionate release of Soffar.
Soffar’s supporters also claim he is innocent of the triple murders. They claim the victims were shot by Paul Reid, because several days before the killings, he had a disagreement with and threatened to shoot one of the victims. A year ago, Reid,55, died of natural causes in a Tennessee prison where he had been confined for seven murders.
Should Soffar be released from prison so he can spend his last remaining days at home with his wife? Hell no! Soffar did not show his victims any compassion. When he shot them, he took away their ability to spend the rest of their lives at home with their families. Fuck Max Soffar!
In July 1980, Max Soffar, now 58, shot to death Stephen Sims, 25, Arden Fischer, 17, and Tommy Temple, 17, during a Houston bowling alley robbery. A fourth victim survived a shot to the head. Soffar was tried, convicted and condemned twice and has been on Texas death row for 33 years. He has been diagnosed with cancer and is expected to croak within months.
Sister Helen Prejean, of ‘Dead Man Walking’ fame, is leading the charge by death penalty abolitionists to free Soffar from prison so he can spend his last remaining days at home with his wife. Prejean is presenting a 116,000 signature petition to Gov. Rick Perry that calls for the compassionate release of Soffar.
Soffar’s supporters also claim he is innocent of the triple murders. They claim the victims were shot by Paul Reid, because several days before the killings, he had a disagreement with and threatened to shoot one of the victims. A year ago, Reid,55, died of natural causes in a Tennessee prison where he had been confined for seven murders.
Should Soffar be released from prison so he can spend his last remaining days at home with his wife? Hell no! Soffar did not show his victims any compassion. When he shot them, he took away their ability to spend the rest of their lives at home with their families. Fuck Max Soffar!
TWO-FINGER VIRGINITY TESTS FOR INDONESIAN POLICEWOMEN APPLICANTS
Even though Indonesian policewomen applicants are not necessarily disqualified from service in the National Police if they are not virgins, they are still forced to undergo a ‘two-finger test’
Thanks to Dorina Lisson for forwarding the following article:
‘VIRGINITY TEST’ IS DISCRIMINATORY, DEGRADING: HRW
The Jakarta Post
November 18, 2014
“Virginity tests” applied on female applicants to the National Police are discriminatory and degrading, a New York-based human rights advocacy group has said.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday that based on its documented research, applicants who “failed” were not necessarily expelled from the force, but all of the women described the test as painful and traumatic. The finding was revealed during interviews with female police and police applicants in six Indonesian cities who had undergone the test, two of them in 2014.
The HRW said policewomen had raised the issue with senior police officials, who had at times claimed the practice had been discontinued. The test is listed as a requirement for female applicants on the official police recruitment website, however, and HRW interviews suggest that it is still being widely applied.
“The Indonesian National Police’s use of ‘virginity tests’ is a discriminatory practice that harms and humiliates women,” HRW associate women’s rights director, Nisha Varia, said in a release made available to The Jakarta Post on Tuesday.
“Police authorities in Jakarta need to immediately and unequivocally abolish the test and then make certain that all police recruiting stations nationwide stop administering it,” she went on.
It was said the tests contravened National Police principles that recruitment must be both “non-discriminatory” and “humane” and that they violate international human rights of equality, non-discrimination and privacy.
“Coerced ‘virginity tests’ can also constitute cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment prohibited under international law,” said Varia.
The HRW interviewed eight current and former policewomen and applicants, as well as police doctors, a police recruitment evaluator, a National Police Commission member and women’s rights activists between May and October 2014.
The interviews took place in six cities: Bandung, Jakarta, Makassar, Medan, Padang and Pekanbaru. All of the women who underwent the test said it was applied to all other women in their police class as well.
The “virginity tests” are conducted under the National Police Chief Regulation No.5/2009 on Health Examination Guidelines for Police Candidates.
“The examination has included a discredited and degrading ‘two-finger test’ to determine whether female applicants’ hymens are intact,” said HRW.
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EDITOR’S COMMENTS: Dorina notes that Indonesia is the largest Muslim populated nation on Earth.
Hmmm, I wonder if the two-finger tests are administered by male officers. If so, I’ll bet they are falling all over themselves volunteering to perform this vexatious pre-employment screening task.
Thanks to Dorina Lisson for forwarding the following article:
‘VIRGINITY TEST’ IS DISCRIMINATORY, DEGRADING: HRW
The Jakarta Post
November 18, 2014
“Virginity tests” applied on female applicants to the National Police are discriminatory and degrading, a New York-based human rights advocacy group has said.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday that based on its documented research, applicants who “failed” were not necessarily expelled from the force, but all of the women described the test as painful and traumatic. The finding was revealed during interviews with female police and police applicants in six Indonesian cities who had undergone the test, two of them in 2014.
The HRW said policewomen had raised the issue with senior police officials, who had at times claimed the practice had been discontinued. The test is listed as a requirement for female applicants on the official police recruitment website, however, and HRW interviews suggest that it is still being widely applied.
“The Indonesian National Police’s use of ‘virginity tests’ is a discriminatory practice that harms and humiliates women,” HRW associate women’s rights director, Nisha Varia, said in a release made available to The Jakarta Post on Tuesday.
“Police authorities in Jakarta need to immediately and unequivocally abolish the test and then make certain that all police recruiting stations nationwide stop administering it,” she went on.
It was said the tests contravened National Police principles that recruitment must be both “non-discriminatory” and “humane” and that they violate international human rights of equality, non-discrimination and privacy.
“Coerced ‘virginity tests’ can also constitute cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment prohibited under international law,” said Varia.
The HRW interviewed eight current and former policewomen and applicants, as well as police doctors, a police recruitment evaluator, a National Police Commission member and women’s rights activists between May and October 2014.
The interviews took place in six cities: Bandung, Jakarta, Makassar, Medan, Padang and Pekanbaru. All of the women who underwent the test said it was applied to all other women in their police class as well.
The “virginity tests” are conducted under the National Police Chief Regulation No.5/2009 on Health Examination Guidelines for Police Candidates.
“The examination has included a discredited and degrading ‘two-finger test’ to determine whether female applicants’ hymens are intact,” said HRW.
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EDITOR’S COMMENTS: Dorina notes that Indonesia is the largest Muslim populated nation on Earth.
Hmmm, I wonder if the two-finger tests are administered by male officers. If so, I’ll bet they are falling all over themselves volunteering to perform this vexatious pre-employment screening task.
BILL CLINTON AND THE GENIE
The Unconventional Gazette
November 22, 2014
Bill Clinton was driving home when he accidentally ran over his neighbor’s new puppy Sunny, crushing it flat as a fritter. He climbed out of his car and sat down on the grass totally distraught. He knew his neighbor’s family would go friggin' ballistic.
Then he noticed a lamp half-buried in the ground. He dug it up, brushed it off and immediately a Genie popped out. "You have freed me from thousands of years of imprisonment," said the Genie "As a reward I shall grant you one wish."
"Well," said Bill, "I have all the material things I need, but let me show you this poor dog."
They walk over to the splattered remains of Sunny. "Do you think you could bring this dog back to life for me?" Bill asked. The Genie looked at the remains and shook his head. "This critter is too far gone for even me to bring it back to life. Maybe there's something else you'd like?"
Bill thought for a minute, reached into his pocket and pulled out two photos. "I had an affair with this beautiful young girl called Monica," said Bill, showing the genie the first photo. "But I’m actually married to this woman,” showing the genie a photo of Hillary. "You see Hillary isn't beautiful at all, so do you think you can make her look like Monica?"
The Genie studied the two photographs and after a few moments said, "Damn it, let's have another look at the dog!"
November 22, 2014
Bill Clinton was driving home when he accidentally ran over his neighbor’s new puppy Sunny, crushing it flat as a fritter. He climbed out of his car and sat down on the grass totally distraught. He knew his neighbor’s family would go friggin' ballistic.
Then he noticed a lamp half-buried in the ground. He dug it up, brushed it off and immediately a Genie popped out. "You have freed me from thousands of years of imprisonment," said the Genie "As a reward I shall grant you one wish."
"Well," said Bill, "I have all the material things I need, but let me show you this poor dog."
They walk over to the splattered remains of Sunny. "Do you think you could bring this dog back to life for me?" Bill asked. The Genie looked at the remains and shook his head. "This critter is too far gone for even me to bring it back to life. Maybe there's something else you'd like?"
Bill thought for a minute, reached into his pocket and pulled out two photos. "I had an affair with this beautiful young girl called Monica," said Bill, showing the genie the first photo. "But I’m actually married to this woman,” showing the genie a photo of Hillary. "You see Hillary isn't beautiful at all, so do you think you can make her look like Monica?"
The Genie studied the two photographs and after a few moments said, "Damn it, let's have another look at the dog!"
INNER-CITY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
The Unconventional Gazette
November 22, 2014
Darqueeze played football on an inner-city high school team. He was a great running back and pass receiver, but a really poor student.
At graduation, he didn't have enough credits. But he was a great football star and the students held a rally and demanded the principal give him a diploma anyway. They were so insistent that the principal agreed if Darqueeze could answer one question correctly he would give him a diploma.
The one question test was held in the auditorium and all the students packed the place. It was standing room only. The principal was on the stage and told him to come up. The principal had the diploma in his hand and said, "Darqueeze, if you can answer this question correctly I'll give you your diploma." He said he was ready and the principal asked him the question.
"Darqueeze," he said, "How much is three times seven?"
Darqueeze looked up at the ceiling and then down at his shoes, just pondering the question.
The other students began chanting, "Graduate him anyway! Graduate him anyway!"
Then Darqueeze held up his hand and the auditorium became silent. He said, "I think I know the answer. Three times seven is twenty-one."
A hush fell over the auditorium and then all the other students began another chant. "Give him another chance! Give him another chance!"
November 22, 2014
Darqueeze played football on an inner-city high school team. He was a great running back and pass receiver, but a really poor student.
At graduation, he didn't have enough credits. But he was a great football star and the students held a rally and demanded the principal give him a diploma anyway. They were so insistent that the principal agreed if Darqueeze could answer one question correctly he would give him a diploma.
The one question test was held in the auditorium and all the students packed the place. It was standing room only. The principal was on the stage and told him to come up. The principal had the diploma in his hand and said, "Darqueeze, if you can answer this question correctly I'll give you your diploma." He said he was ready and the principal asked him the question.
"Darqueeze," he said, "How much is three times seven?"
Darqueeze looked up at the ceiling and then down at his shoes, just pondering the question.
The other students began chanting, "Graduate him anyway! Graduate him anyway!"
Then Darqueeze held up his hand and the auditorium became silent. He said, "I think I know the answer. Three times seven is twenty-one."
A hush fell over the auditorium and then all the other students began another chant. "Give him another chance! Give him another chance!"
DOCTORS MAKING PEOPLE LOOK FOR WORK
The Unconventional Gazette
November 22, 2014
During an international medical conference, an Italian doctor says: "In Italy, medicine is so advanced that we Cut off a man's testicles, put them on another man, and in 6 weeks, he is looking for work."
A Dutch doctor says: "That's nothing, in Holland we take part of a brain, put it in another man, and in 4 weeks he is looking for work."
A Canadian doctor says: "Gentlemen, we take half a heart from a Man, put it in another's chest, and in 2 weeks he is looking for work."
An American doctor laughs: "You are all behind us. Six years ago, we took a man with no brains, no heart, and no balls and made him President. Now, the whole country is looking for work !"
November 22, 2014
During an international medical conference, an Italian doctor says: "In Italy, medicine is so advanced that we Cut off a man's testicles, put them on another man, and in 6 weeks, he is looking for work."
A Dutch doctor says: "That's nothing, in Holland we take part of a brain, put it in another man, and in 4 weeks he is looking for work."
A Canadian doctor says: "Gentlemen, we take half a heart from a Man, put it in another's chest, and in 2 weeks he is looking for work."
An American doctor laughs: "You are all behind us. Six years ago, we took a man with no brains, no heart, and no balls and made him President. Now, the whole country is looking for work !"
Saturday, November 22, 2014
EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON IMMIGRATION BY REAGAN, BUSH I AND BUSH II
Where was the outcry by the Republicans when presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush issued executive orders giving amnesty to illegal immigrants?
Let me make myself perfectly clear. I am not a Democrat and I have no use for President Barack Obama. He was not fit to be president. He never held a real job. He was a community organizer, the job description for which is rabble rouseer. No other president has been as hostile to Israel as Obama. His foreign policies have been in shambles. He has lied more than any president that I can remember. I am firmly convinced that Obama, along with Jimmy Carter, is the worst president of modern times.
However, I cannot get excited about Obama’s executive order banning the deportation of five million illegal immigrants. Whether Obama violated the Constitution by bypassing Congress remains to be determined by the courts. I do know that there are plenty of precedents. All presidents have bypassed Congress by issuing executive orders. And Republican presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush issued executive orders giving amnesty to illegal immigrants. Where was the outcry by Republicans then?
The overwhelming majority of the five million illegals granted amnesty by Obama are not going to take any jobs from American citizens. They are going to take low paying jobs that most Americans refuse to take. They are going to pick our crops. They are going to repair our roofs. They are going to dig ditches. They are going to cut our grass. Etc., etc.
Let’s be honest. The only reason Obama issued his executive order is because the congressional Republicans have blocked any attempts at immigration reform. The Republicans are determined to defeat or thwart Obama on every issue. That’s what this is really all about.
Let me make myself perfectly clear. I am not a Democrat and I have no use for President Barack Obama. He was not fit to be president. He never held a real job. He was a community organizer, the job description for which is rabble rouseer. No other president has been as hostile to Israel as Obama. His foreign policies have been in shambles. He has lied more than any president that I can remember. I am firmly convinced that Obama, along with Jimmy Carter, is the worst president of modern times.
However, I cannot get excited about Obama’s executive order banning the deportation of five million illegal immigrants. Whether Obama violated the Constitution by bypassing Congress remains to be determined by the courts. I do know that there are plenty of precedents. All presidents have bypassed Congress by issuing executive orders. And Republican presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush issued executive orders giving amnesty to illegal immigrants. Where was the outcry by Republicans then?
The overwhelming majority of the five million illegals granted amnesty by Obama are not going to take any jobs from American citizens. They are going to take low paying jobs that most Americans refuse to take. They are going to pick our crops. They are going to repair our roofs. They are going to dig ditches. They are going to cut our grass. Etc., etc.
Let’s be honest. The only reason Obama issued his executive order is because the congressional Republicans have blocked any attempts at immigration reform. The Republicans are determined to defeat or thwart Obama on every issue. That’s what this is really all about.
HOCKEY STAR’S PARENTS FROM HELL
Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman is bankrupt because his parents squandered all his money and some more
In 2011, Columbus Blue Jackets star defenseman Jack Johnson singed a power of attorney which granted his mother full control of his finances. Shortly thereafter he signed a $30.5 million contract with the LA Kings, the team he was playing for at the time.
The parents then went on a spending orgy with his newly acquired riches, using his money to buy luxurious cars, an expensive home in Manhattan Beach, California, along with $800,000 in upgrades, and travel. Johnson’s mother also took out huge unconventional loans against his future earnings at interest rates of 12 and 24 percent, leaving him with less than $50,000 and debts of more than $10 million.
Jack is no longer speaking to his parents from hell.
NHL STAR FORCED TO DECLARE BANKRUPTCY AFTER ‘HIS PARENTS SECRETLY SQUANDERED HIS $30 MILLION FORTUNE ON HOMES, VACATIONS AND CARS’
The parents of Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Jack Johnson spent all his money and also took out non-conventional loans, and defaulted on them
By Chris Spargo
Mail Online
November 21, 2014
At just 27-years-old, Jack Johnson has had a remarkable hockey career.
The Coulmbus Blue Jackets defenseman, who previously played for the Los Angeles Kings, was selected third in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, played for Team USA in the 2010 Olympics, and has earned a staggering $23million during his career.
And now all that money, and some more, is gone - because of his parents.
After parting with his agent in 2008, Johnson, who attended University of Michigan but has little financial knowledge, turned control of his money over to his parents.
Then, in 2011,Johnson signed a power of attorney that granted his mother full control of his finances shortly before signing a $30.5million contract with the Kings.
That is when things started to go horribly wrong.
According to The Columbus Dispatch, Tina Johnson, Jack's mother, borrowed at least $15 million in her son’s name against his future earnings.
What's more, she borrowed from nonconventional lenders and defaulted on the loans.
The loans included one from Iowa Congressman Rodney L. Blum for $2million, with an interest rate of 12 percent, and one from Pro Player Funding for $3 million, with an interest rate of 24 percent.
Now, Jack has been sued repeatedly for $6million in loan repayments after his parents splurged on cars, a home in Manhattan Beach, California, along with $800,00 in upgrades, and travel.
He has also been forced to declare bankruptcy.
'Jack would ask [his parents] questions: "What’s this? What are these guys calling about?",' a source told the paper.
'And they would tell him not to worry about it, just worry about playing hockey.'
Now all Jack can claim is assets 'less then $50,000' and 'debts greater than $10million.'
His paychecks from the Blue Jackets meanwhile, who are paying him $5million this season, are garnished as soon as he receives them.
The source said he is no longer speaking to his parents.
'I’ve seen lots of instances of parents riding their kid’s coattails around,' said one NHL executive.
'I’ve never seen a case as ugly as this one, where the parents took such advantage of their kid.'
Jack, who has hired a new team of financial advisers, is taking the high road still somehow, despite this awful setback.'
'I’d say I picked the wrong people who led me down the wrong path,' he said.
'I’ve got people in place who are going to fix everything now. It’s something I should have done a long time ago.'
In 2011, Columbus Blue Jackets star defenseman Jack Johnson singed a power of attorney which granted his mother full control of his finances. Shortly thereafter he signed a $30.5 million contract with the LA Kings, the team he was playing for at the time.
The parents then went on a spending orgy with his newly acquired riches, using his money to buy luxurious cars, an expensive home in Manhattan Beach, California, along with $800,000 in upgrades, and travel. Johnson’s mother also took out huge unconventional loans against his future earnings at interest rates of 12 and 24 percent, leaving him with less than $50,000 and debts of more than $10 million.
Jack is no longer speaking to his parents from hell.
NHL STAR FORCED TO DECLARE BANKRUPTCY AFTER ‘HIS PARENTS SECRETLY SQUANDERED HIS $30 MILLION FORTUNE ON HOMES, VACATIONS AND CARS’
The parents of Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Jack Johnson spent all his money and also took out non-conventional loans, and defaulted on them
By Chris Spargo
Mail Online
November 21, 2014
At just 27-years-old, Jack Johnson has had a remarkable hockey career.
The Coulmbus Blue Jackets defenseman, who previously played for the Los Angeles Kings, was selected third in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, played for Team USA in the 2010 Olympics, and has earned a staggering $23million during his career.
And now all that money, and some more, is gone - because of his parents.
After parting with his agent in 2008, Johnson, who attended University of Michigan but has little financial knowledge, turned control of his money over to his parents.
Then, in 2011,Johnson signed a power of attorney that granted his mother full control of his finances shortly before signing a $30.5million contract with the Kings.
That is when things started to go horribly wrong.
According to The Columbus Dispatch, Tina Johnson, Jack's mother, borrowed at least $15 million in her son’s name against his future earnings.
What's more, she borrowed from nonconventional lenders and defaulted on the loans.
The loans included one from Iowa Congressman Rodney L. Blum for $2million, with an interest rate of 12 percent, and one from Pro Player Funding for $3 million, with an interest rate of 24 percent.
Now, Jack has been sued repeatedly for $6million in loan repayments after his parents splurged on cars, a home in Manhattan Beach, California, along with $800,00 in upgrades, and travel.
He has also been forced to declare bankruptcy.
'Jack would ask [his parents] questions: "What’s this? What are these guys calling about?",' a source told the paper.
'And they would tell him not to worry about it, just worry about playing hockey.'
Now all Jack can claim is assets 'less then $50,000' and 'debts greater than $10million.'
His paychecks from the Blue Jackets meanwhile, who are paying him $5million this season, are garnished as soon as he receives them.
The source said he is no longer speaking to his parents.
'I’ve seen lots of instances of parents riding their kid’s coattails around,' said one NHL executive.
'I’ve never seen a case as ugly as this one, where the parents took such advantage of their kid.'
Jack, who has hired a new team of financial advisers, is taking the high road still somehow, despite this awful setback.'
'I’d say I picked the wrong people who led me down the wrong path,' he said.
'I’ve got people in place who are going to fix everything now. It’s something I should have done a long time ago.'
RESUMES: YOU FAKE IT, WE MAKE IT!
If you want to submit a fake resume, several internet services will compose one for you
L.M. Sixel tells us how easy it is for a job applicant to submit an apparent authentic fake resume.
A FAKE JOB REFERENCE CAN BE JUST A FEW CLICKS AWAY
By L.M. Sixel
Houston Chronicle
November 19, 2014
Did I ever mention that I used to be the CEO of a fast-food operation based in San Francisco? And before that I boosted burger sales 100 percent in just one year when I was vice president of a growing but small fast-food chain on the East Coast?
None of it's true, but it would be really easy to fabricate that story by hiring a company that will design fake websites of my "companies," provide folks to verify my credentials and write dazzling letters I could show potential employers about my amazing on-the-job successes.
I know there are plenty of examples of people embellishing their resumes by adding degrees they never received or job titles they never had. But fabricating companies, supervisors, co-workers - essentially creating a whole new work history - takes the fakery to a whole different level.
At CareerExcuse the motto is, "You fake it, we make it!"
Among the services it advertises is "Eliminate Gaps in Resume." The company's "blue collar plan" will establish a five-page company website along with a "professionally located street address," local phone number, corporate voicemail greeting and one live reference provider acting as "your supervisor."
That basic plan, which is designed for those who don't make more than $20 an hour, costs $100 followed by a $25 monthly subscription.
Optional upgrades include a reference letter from your supervisor for $50, a real company office that will receive mail monthly for $150 and registering the company in your state for $150.
A more expanded white-collar version that includes more live references, including "co-workers," and more elaborate website design is $195, followed by a $50 monthly subscription fee.
The company did not return a request for comment.
"Oh my gosh," said Bill Bux, an employment lawyer with Locke Lord in Houston. Like several
employment experts, Bux was stunned to hear about the fabrication services.
Bux, who represents management clients, said he's run into cases in which people have printed fake diplomas or claimed they graduated from a school that no longer exists. But to create a fictional company and fictional references and go so far to register it with the secretary of state? Never.
The chance of detection is minimal, Bux said. Most companies contact a reference and that's as far as it goes. Most of the time, the previous employer won't say much beyond confirming the dates and location of employment.
And most aren't willing to take on the expense of hiring a private investigator to find out whether the company really existed or whether the employee received income, he said. Unless it's a high-level job, the cost would be prohibitive.
"We've seen job candidates dropped from consideration for providing erroneous start and end dates, inflated job titles, unsubstantiated accomplishments, and made-up degrees," said Keith Wolf, managing director of Murray Resources, a Houston recruiting and staffing firm.
"It probably goes without saying that any candidate who would knowingly supply misinformation when applying for a job has a high likelihood of demonstrating similar integrity issues once brought on board," he added.
At Fake Your Job - which offers fake job and fake landlord references - job seekers can get "professionally written job recommendations on company letterhead" for $30 each or a dedicated phone line in your local area code for $30 a month. Those seeking a more corporate-like atmosphere can pay $45 a month to add extensions to the line so callers can hear a greeting or music while they wait.
The company doesn't provide anyone to answer the phone but it does forward the calls so the job seeker or the job seeker's friend can answer the call, according to the company's website.
Fake Your Job also did not respond to a request for comment.
"The potential employer and/or landlord will never know the call was forwarded," according to Fake Your Job's website. The transfer system is designed so the person receiving a call will see the business name and number on their caller identification and not the actual number that the call originated.
"Our service is very authentic," according to the website. "Unless you tell someone, the party calling will never know your reference was given by us."
At a recent luncheon sponsored by the greater Houston chapter of the Labor and Employment Relations Association, Joe Bontke, outreach manager for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Houston, drew laughs when he pointed out the frequently asked questions cited on the website. First on the list: "Is what you are doing legal?"
The answer, on the site: "In short, yes. Although people may find this type of act to be unethical, it is legal as long as you are not trying to defraud or fabricate yourself to your local, state, or federal government."
Another common concern on the list is whether someone can go to jail or be arrested for using the company's services.
"If you're doing this for employment or for renting a place to live, no," according to the company. "However, if you are trying to deceive any government agency, you very well can get fined and thrown in jail. This is why we only offer this service for personal endurance. Any place that is not government run is eligible."
But it could raise an issue of liability, said Bux.
Say a company hired an engineer to design a product but there were dangerous defects. A good lawyer will find out that the engineer was hired under false pretenses and the company providing the false credentials could face liability, he said.
L.M. Sixel tells us how easy it is for a job applicant to submit an apparent authentic fake resume.
A FAKE JOB REFERENCE CAN BE JUST A FEW CLICKS AWAY
By L.M. Sixel
Houston Chronicle
November 19, 2014
Did I ever mention that I used to be the CEO of a fast-food operation based in San Francisco? And before that I boosted burger sales 100 percent in just one year when I was vice president of a growing but small fast-food chain on the East Coast?
None of it's true, but it would be really easy to fabricate that story by hiring a company that will design fake websites of my "companies," provide folks to verify my credentials and write dazzling letters I could show potential employers about my amazing on-the-job successes.
I know there are plenty of examples of people embellishing their resumes by adding degrees they never received or job titles they never had. But fabricating companies, supervisors, co-workers - essentially creating a whole new work history - takes the fakery to a whole different level.
At CareerExcuse the motto is, "You fake it, we make it!"
Among the services it advertises is "Eliminate Gaps in Resume." The company's "blue collar plan" will establish a five-page company website along with a "professionally located street address," local phone number, corporate voicemail greeting and one live reference provider acting as "your supervisor."
That basic plan, which is designed for those who don't make more than $20 an hour, costs $100 followed by a $25 monthly subscription.
Optional upgrades include a reference letter from your supervisor for $50, a real company office that will receive mail monthly for $150 and registering the company in your state for $150.
A more expanded white-collar version that includes more live references, including "co-workers," and more elaborate website design is $195, followed by a $50 monthly subscription fee.
The company did not return a request for comment.
"Oh my gosh," said Bill Bux, an employment lawyer with Locke Lord in Houston. Like several
employment experts, Bux was stunned to hear about the fabrication services.
Bux, who represents management clients, said he's run into cases in which people have printed fake diplomas or claimed they graduated from a school that no longer exists. But to create a fictional company and fictional references and go so far to register it with the secretary of state? Never.
The chance of detection is minimal, Bux said. Most companies contact a reference and that's as far as it goes. Most of the time, the previous employer won't say much beyond confirming the dates and location of employment.
And most aren't willing to take on the expense of hiring a private investigator to find out whether the company really existed or whether the employee received income, he said. Unless it's a high-level job, the cost would be prohibitive.
"We've seen job candidates dropped from consideration for providing erroneous start and end dates, inflated job titles, unsubstantiated accomplishments, and made-up degrees," said Keith Wolf, managing director of Murray Resources, a Houston recruiting and staffing firm.
"It probably goes without saying that any candidate who would knowingly supply misinformation when applying for a job has a high likelihood of demonstrating similar integrity issues once brought on board," he added.
At Fake Your Job - which offers fake job and fake landlord references - job seekers can get "professionally written job recommendations on company letterhead" for $30 each or a dedicated phone line in your local area code for $30 a month. Those seeking a more corporate-like atmosphere can pay $45 a month to add extensions to the line so callers can hear a greeting or music while they wait.
The company doesn't provide anyone to answer the phone but it does forward the calls so the job seeker or the job seeker's friend can answer the call, according to the company's website.
Fake Your Job also did not respond to a request for comment.
"The potential employer and/or landlord will never know the call was forwarded," according to Fake Your Job's website. The transfer system is designed so the person receiving a call will see the business name and number on their caller identification and not the actual number that the call originated.
"Our service is very authentic," according to the website. "Unless you tell someone, the party calling will never know your reference was given by us."
At a recent luncheon sponsored by the greater Houston chapter of the Labor and Employment Relations Association, Joe Bontke, outreach manager for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Houston, drew laughs when he pointed out the frequently asked questions cited on the website. First on the list: "Is what you are doing legal?"
The answer, on the site: "In short, yes. Although people may find this type of act to be unethical, it is legal as long as you are not trying to defraud or fabricate yourself to your local, state, or federal government."
Another common concern on the list is whether someone can go to jail or be arrested for using the company's services.
"If you're doing this for employment or for renting a place to live, no," according to the company. "However, if you are trying to deceive any government agency, you very well can get fined and thrown in jail. This is why we only offer this service for personal endurance. Any place that is not government run is eligible."
But it could raise an issue of liability, said Bux.
Say a company hired an engineer to design a product but there were dangerous defects. A good lawyer will find out that the engineer was hired under false pretenses and the company providing the false credentials could face liability, he said.
Friday, November 21, 2014
HISTORY: ORIGIN OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
The Mongols catapulted decomposing corpses of their own soldiers who had died from the bubonic plague
With all the attention Ebola is getting, it might be noteworthy to remember that the Bubonic Plague, also known as the Black Death, was a far deadlier disease. The plague was spread by rats, or rather by the infected fleas from rats, and killed millions of people.
And here is a bit of history. The plague led to the first recorded use of biological warfare. From the November 20 issue of Houston Press Hair Balls:
The Black Death is believed to have begun with the first recorded instance of germ warfare, described by the Centers for Disease Control as "the most spectacular of biological warfare ever." A Mongol army had been sitting outside of Caffa (now a part of Crimea) for years trying to get in. Well, as luck would have it, soldiers in the army started dying from a mysterious sickness, and, even though they were in the grips of plague and thus losing interest in the siege, the Mongols didn't waste an opportunity, reportedly catapulting decomposing infected corpses into Caffa. With that we have the beginning of the Black Death, a pandemic that historians believe caused a loss of regard for life, general social upheaval and a hell of a lot of wars.
So now we also know that in addition to the origin of biological warfare, the plague infected corpses catapulted at their enemies by the Mongols were history’s first weapons of mass destruction.
With all the attention Ebola is getting, it might be noteworthy to remember that the Bubonic Plague, also known as the Black Death, was a far deadlier disease. The plague was spread by rats, or rather by the infected fleas from rats, and killed millions of people.
And here is a bit of history. The plague led to the first recorded use of biological warfare. From the November 20 issue of Houston Press Hair Balls:
The Black Death is believed to have begun with the first recorded instance of germ warfare, described by the Centers for Disease Control as "the most spectacular of biological warfare ever." A Mongol army had been sitting outside of Caffa (now a part of Crimea) for years trying to get in. Well, as luck would have it, soldiers in the army started dying from a mysterious sickness, and, even though they were in the grips of plague and thus losing interest in the siege, the Mongols didn't waste an opportunity, reportedly catapulting decomposing infected corpses into Caffa. With that we have the beginning of the Black Death, a pandemic that historians believe caused a loss of regard for life, general social upheaval and a hell of a lot of wars.
So now we also know that in addition to the origin of biological warfare, the plague infected corpses catapulted at their enemies by the Mongols were history’s first weapons of mass destruction.
A MATTER OF FREE SPEECH
Can a Houston school teacher refer to Muslims as “Goat-Fuckers” on a cable access TV show? We’ll know at contract renewal time
Third-grade teacher Angela Box made some really disparaging remarks about Muslims on a conservative cable access TV show she regularly participates in. There have been calls for the Houston Independent School District to fire her. Quanell X, a local rabble-rouser and self-anointed community leader, has accused Box of being a racist.
While we may or may not agree with her comments, she made them off campus while off-work. As long as she does not express any untoward remarks to her third-graders she should be free to express her off-work views, controversial as they may be. It’s a matter of exercising her rights of free speech. But I’ll bet her contract will not be renewed, that is if she isn’t pulled out of her classroom before contract renewable time.
Here is Hair Balls’ take on the matter:
HISD TEACHER WHO CALLED MUSLIMS “GOAT-FUCKERS” CHALLENGES QUANELL X OVER RACISM ACCUSATIONS
By Angelica Leicht
Houston Press Hair Balls
November 20, 2014
The controversial HISD teacher who made disparaging comments about Muslims on a local conservative cable access TV show is now challenging community activist Quanell X for accusing her of being a racist.
Angela Box, a third-grade teacher at HISD's Ray K. Daily Elementary School on the West side of Houston, was accused by Quanell X late last week of using the "N word" while referring to President Obama in a press conference in front of the school.
It was a charge Box vehemently denied, and it turns out she was telling the truth. Quanell addressed the war over the "N word" accusation Wednesday, saying that it turns out his "publicist made a mistake." Box is now demanding an apology from the community leader.
"This is a lie," she said. "I demand that Quanell X apologize to me."
But Quanell is refusing to apologize, offering Box $1,000 to debate him face-to-face instead. The host of Tommy's Garage, the cable access show that sometimes hosts Box, countered that challenge with $1,000 of his own during Wednesday's taping.
The cast also offered up offered clips from the show to counter the recent anti-Muslim accusations against Box. On one of the clips, Tommy, the host of the conservative show, points to a female Muslim pilot who flashes on a TV screen.
He then proclaims, "She led the first strikes on ISIS." Box responds, saying "Could we please, pretty please trade her in for Obama? And we'll throw in Joe Biden too!"
On the surface, it appears to be positive exchange. What you don't see, however, are the comments that follow.
In the moments following Box's comment, Tommy and another panelist exchange some very enlightened chatter about how the female soldier manages to lead those strikes "without a burka," which they say is impressive.
There's also some chatter about "boobs on the ground" before Tommy says, "I'd take her right now!"
That's when Box replies, saying "Even with that thing on her head!"
That thing is a hijab, guys. Not a thing, but a hijab, which is a religious garment worn by a Muslim woman beyond the age of puberty in the presence of adult males outside of their immediate family. The panel then follows that up with some crass talk about a cockpit, and then they move on.
Was Quanell X wrong about his "N word" accusations? It would sure seems so. But what Box and her supporters have still not addressed is the blatant xenophobia on display, of which there is videotaped proof. And Box still makes no bones about dropping divisive terms like "goat-fucking Muslims" or "bacon-haters" on the show.
HISD says that a number of parents pulled their children from Box's classroom following the accusations. The Houston office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has also called for the district to launch an independent investigation into whether a teacher's blatantly anti-Muslim views have bled over into the classroom.
Meanwhile, Box doesn't seem to be faring too poorly on the publicity circuit. She found her way on to Michael Berry's show earlier this week, and has been quite active on Twitter since word of the accusations spread.
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And three days earlier, here is how Hair Balls excoriated Angela Box:
HISD TEACHER ANGELA BOX SAYS SHE’S SICK OF “BACON-HATERS” AND “GOAT-FUCKING MUSLIMS” ON TV SHOW
By Angelica Leicht
Houston Press Hair Balls
November 17, 2014
Should you be an elementary school teacher who wants to make racist comments, just go the full Monty and do so in someone's garage while seated next to a guy in a Metallica shirt.
After all, that's exactly what Angela Box, a third grade teacher from Houston Independent School District's Daily Elementary School, does when she appears on the weekly public access TV show "Tommy's Garage."
Box, a regular on the show, recently came under fire after community leader Quanell X called for her to be fired from her job teaching third-graders at Ray Daily Elementary School, attributing a quote that uses the "N word" to the teacher. Box denies the accusations, calling the charges "inflammatory" and "offensive," and so far, Quanell has provided no evidence to the contrary.
But even if Quanell never hands over evidence of Box dropping the n-word, there's still plenty of material to work with from "Tommy's Garage," where Box openly spouts off on politically charged topics, making racist comments and spewing anti-Muslim rhetoric like it's going out of style. She also uses terms like "goat-fucking Muslims" and "boy-fucking Muslims," which seems awesome for an elementary teacher, right?
Oh, and she also says stuff like this:
"Let the bacon-haters shoot up their own targets," says Box on one video as the panel discusses terrorism. "Then it's a big win for all of us."
Yeah, bacon-haters. That term comes up a lot.
"I am so sick of the bacon-haters coming here and demanding that we bend to their culture -- no," she says in another video.
Later, on the same video, and somehow without using the "bacon-haters" term, Box tells Muslim leaders to "fuck off," and does so while jiggling her tits at the camera for good measure.
From week to week, that's how this garage thing goes. Box acts like a complete Islamophobe train wreck, which would be hilarious if it weren't so appalling. But that violent, anti-Muslim rhetoric is just the tip of the iceberg.
Box doesn't just dislike Muslims; she also dislikes Democrats, Black people and the "Uncle Tom syndrome," and "abortion Barbie" Wendy Davis. And she really, really dislikes Wendy Davis. Maybe even more than Muslims.
When asked about the best part of the midterm elections, Box says it was seeing "abortion Barbie's lower lip tremble," and, referring to Davis' election loss earlier this month, says the gubernatorial candidate was "late-term aborted."
Yeah, because that's pretty much how this show goes.
"We have to remember, the Democrats own the ghettos. The Democrats own food stamps. The Democrats own Section 8. The Democrats own welfare," says Box.
But it's not just Box's overt xenophobia that's disconcerting. Her willingness to validate the hot mess of intolerant rhetoric from the other panel members is really unnerving, too.
When the host of the show says on one episode that poor people are poor because they're stupid, Box laughs hysterically, nodding in the process. When he calls people tolerant of the Islamic religion "communist bitches," she yells yes in agreement.
Such opinions would be troubling in any situation, but Daily Elementary, where Box is employed, is a minority-majority school.
Daily not only has a student population made up of about 29 percent African American students and 38 percent Hispanic students, but over half of students are economically disadvantaged.
HISD officials say they are aware of the concerns, and will be monitoring the situation.
"Our focus at Daily Elementary School continues to be making sure students feel safe and maintaining an instructional environment in which they can learn," HISD said in a statement. "We respect the First Amendment and the rights of employees and community members, and will continue to monitor the situation."
The response by HISD is in stark contrast to the response by Duncanville ISD officials in a somewhat similar situation earlier this month, when school officials fired a teacher who posted racially charged tweets about the killing of a black 18-year-old by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.
The Duncanville ISD school board voted to fire high school teacher Vinita Hegwood after she tweeted the statement, "Who the fuck made you dumb ass crackers think I give a squat fuck about your opinions re: #Ferguson? Kill yourselves."
Hegwood was suspended without pay and later resigned. She also sent out a written statement apologizing for the profanity-laced tweet. It was still mandatory for the school board to vote on whether to terminate Hegwood's contract, despite the fact that she'd already opted to resign, and the board ultimately fired her.
So Hegwood, who is black, was ultimately fired by the Duncanville school board for her Ferguson tweet, even after resigning and apologizing.
But Box, who is white, is somehow cleared by HISD on First Amendment grounds and is free to educate the next generation of minority students, while foaming at the mouth over the bacon-haters and goat-fuckers.
Totally seems fair.
Third-grade teacher Angela Box made some really disparaging remarks about Muslims on a conservative cable access TV show she regularly participates in. There have been calls for the Houston Independent School District to fire her. Quanell X, a local rabble-rouser and self-anointed community leader, has accused Box of being a racist.
While we may or may not agree with her comments, she made them off campus while off-work. As long as she does not express any untoward remarks to her third-graders she should be free to express her off-work views, controversial as they may be. It’s a matter of exercising her rights of free speech. But I’ll bet her contract will not be renewed, that is if she isn’t pulled out of her classroom before contract renewable time.
Here is Hair Balls’ take on the matter:
HISD TEACHER WHO CALLED MUSLIMS “GOAT-FUCKERS” CHALLENGES QUANELL X OVER RACISM ACCUSATIONS
By Angelica Leicht
Houston Press Hair Balls
November 20, 2014
The controversial HISD teacher who made disparaging comments about Muslims on a local conservative cable access TV show is now challenging community activist Quanell X for accusing her of being a racist.
Angela Box, a third-grade teacher at HISD's Ray K. Daily Elementary School on the West side of Houston, was accused by Quanell X late last week of using the "N word" while referring to President Obama in a press conference in front of the school.
It was a charge Box vehemently denied, and it turns out she was telling the truth. Quanell addressed the war over the "N word" accusation Wednesday, saying that it turns out his "publicist made a mistake." Box is now demanding an apology from the community leader.
"This is a lie," she said. "I demand that Quanell X apologize to me."
But Quanell is refusing to apologize, offering Box $1,000 to debate him face-to-face instead. The host of Tommy's Garage, the cable access show that sometimes hosts Box, countered that challenge with $1,000 of his own during Wednesday's taping.
The cast also offered up offered clips from the show to counter the recent anti-Muslim accusations against Box. On one of the clips, Tommy, the host of the conservative show, points to a female Muslim pilot who flashes on a TV screen.
He then proclaims, "She led the first strikes on ISIS." Box responds, saying "Could we please, pretty please trade her in for Obama? And we'll throw in Joe Biden too!"
On the surface, it appears to be positive exchange. What you don't see, however, are the comments that follow.
In the moments following Box's comment, Tommy and another panelist exchange some very enlightened chatter about how the female soldier manages to lead those strikes "without a burka," which they say is impressive.
There's also some chatter about "boobs on the ground" before Tommy says, "I'd take her right now!"
That's when Box replies, saying "Even with that thing on her head!"
That thing is a hijab, guys. Not a thing, but a hijab, which is a religious garment worn by a Muslim woman beyond the age of puberty in the presence of adult males outside of their immediate family. The panel then follows that up with some crass talk about a cockpit, and then they move on.
Was Quanell X wrong about his "N word" accusations? It would sure seems so. But what Box and her supporters have still not addressed is the blatant xenophobia on display, of which there is videotaped proof. And Box still makes no bones about dropping divisive terms like "goat-fucking Muslims" or "bacon-haters" on the show.
HISD says that a number of parents pulled their children from Box's classroom following the accusations. The Houston office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has also called for the district to launch an independent investigation into whether a teacher's blatantly anti-Muslim views have bled over into the classroom.
Meanwhile, Box doesn't seem to be faring too poorly on the publicity circuit. She found her way on to Michael Berry's show earlier this week, and has been quite active on Twitter since word of the accusations spread.
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And three days earlier, here is how Hair Balls excoriated Angela Box:
HISD TEACHER ANGELA BOX SAYS SHE’S SICK OF “BACON-HATERS” AND “GOAT-FUCKING MUSLIMS” ON TV SHOW
By Angelica Leicht
Houston Press Hair Balls
November 17, 2014
Should you be an elementary school teacher who wants to make racist comments, just go the full Monty and do so in someone's garage while seated next to a guy in a Metallica shirt.
After all, that's exactly what Angela Box, a third grade teacher from Houston Independent School District's Daily Elementary School, does when she appears on the weekly public access TV show "Tommy's Garage."
Box, a regular on the show, recently came under fire after community leader Quanell X called for her to be fired from her job teaching third-graders at Ray Daily Elementary School, attributing a quote that uses the "N word" to the teacher. Box denies the accusations, calling the charges "inflammatory" and "offensive," and so far, Quanell has provided no evidence to the contrary.
But even if Quanell never hands over evidence of Box dropping the n-word, there's still plenty of material to work with from "Tommy's Garage," where Box openly spouts off on politically charged topics, making racist comments and spewing anti-Muslim rhetoric like it's going out of style. She also uses terms like "goat-fucking Muslims" and "boy-fucking Muslims," which seems awesome for an elementary teacher, right?
Oh, and she also says stuff like this:
"Let the bacon-haters shoot up their own targets," says Box on one video as the panel discusses terrorism. "Then it's a big win for all of us."
Yeah, bacon-haters. That term comes up a lot.
"I am so sick of the bacon-haters coming here and demanding that we bend to their culture -- no," she says in another video.
Later, on the same video, and somehow without using the "bacon-haters" term, Box tells Muslim leaders to "fuck off," and does so while jiggling her tits at the camera for good measure.
From week to week, that's how this garage thing goes. Box acts like a complete Islamophobe train wreck, which would be hilarious if it weren't so appalling. But that violent, anti-Muslim rhetoric is just the tip of the iceberg.
Box doesn't just dislike Muslims; she also dislikes Democrats, Black people and the "Uncle Tom syndrome," and "abortion Barbie" Wendy Davis. And she really, really dislikes Wendy Davis. Maybe even more than Muslims.
When asked about the best part of the midterm elections, Box says it was seeing "abortion Barbie's lower lip tremble," and, referring to Davis' election loss earlier this month, says the gubernatorial candidate was "late-term aborted."
Yeah, because that's pretty much how this show goes.
"We have to remember, the Democrats own the ghettos. The Democrats own food stamps. The Democrats own Section 8. The Democrats own welfare," says Box.
But it's not just Box's overt xenophobia that's disconcerting. Her willingness to validate the hot mess of intolerant rhetoric from the other panel members is really unnerving, too.
When the host of the show says on one episode that poor people are poor because they're stupid, Box laughs hysterically, nodding in the process. When he calls people tolerant of the Islamic religion "communist bitches," she yells yes in agreement.
Such opinions would be troubling in any situation, but Daily Elementary, where Box is employed, is a minority-majority school.
Daily not only has a student population made up of about 29 percent African American students and 38 percent Hispanic students, but over half of students are economically disadvantaged.
HISD officials say they are aware of the concerns, and will be monitoring the situation.
"Our focus at Daily Elementary School continues to be making sure students feel safe and maintaining an instructional environment in which they can learn," HISD said in a statement. "We respect the First Amendment and the rights of employees and community members, and will continue to monitor the situation."
The response by HISD is in stark contrast to the response by Duncanville ISD officials in a somewhat similar situation earlier this month, when school officials fired a teacher who posted racially charged tweets about the killing of a black 18-year-old by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.
The Duncanville ISD school board voted to fire high school teacher Vinita Hegwood after she tweeted the statement, "Who the fuck made you dumb ass crackers think I give a squat fuck about your opinions re: #Ferguson? Kill yourselves."
Hegwood was suspended without pay and later resigned. She also sent out a written statement apologizing for the profanity-laced tweet. It was still mandatory for the school board to vote on whether to terminate Hegwood's contract, despite the fact that she'd already opted to resign, and the board ultimately fired her.
So Hegwood, who is black, was ultimately fired by the Duncanville school board for her Ferguson tweet, even after resigning and apologizing.
But Box, who is white, is somehow cleared by HISD on First Amendment grounds and is free to educate the next generation of minority students, while foaming at the mouth over the bacon-haters and goat-fuckers.
Totally seems fair.
Thursday, November 20, 2014
A LEOPARD CANNOT CHANGE HIS SPOTS
A robber is a robber is a robber, despite a judge’s declaration that he is a ‘good man’
In 2000, Cornelius ‘Mike’ Anderson, upon his conviction of armed robbery, was sentenced to serve 13 years in a Missouri prison. He remained free on bail pending an appeal. When his appeal was rejected, he continued to remain free due to a clerical error. Missouri prison authorities believed he was already in their custody. The error was only discovered when he was scheduled to be released from prison in 2013. On July 25, 2013 U.S. Marshals arrested Anderson at his home.
While he was free, Anderson led an exemplary life, holding down a job, getting married and raising a family. After he was sent to prison, his attorneys appealed, arguing that Anderson had been his own parole officer since his conviction, that he had rehabilitated himself, that the 13-year delay in serving his sentence violated due process and that separating him from his family and the constructive life he made for himself since he was convicted amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.
A judge agreed. On May 5, 2014, Anderson was released from prison with credit for time served. In ordering his release, the judge said “You've been a good father. You've been a good husband. You've been a good taxpaying citizen of the state of Missouri. That leads me to believe that you are a good man and a changed man.” But the judge did not take into account that a leopard cannot change his spots.
On Sunday, Mike was arrested in St. Louis on second-degree robbery charges. The ‘good man’ had grabbed a woman’s purse and briefly dragged her along while trying to pull it from her shoulder.
In 2000, Cornelius ‘Mike’ Anderson, upon his conviction of armed robbery, was sentenced to serve 13 years in a Missouri prison. He remained free on bail pending an appeal. When his appeal was rejected, he continued to remain free due to a clerical error. Missouri prison authorities believed he was already in their custody. The error was only discovered when he was scheduled to be released from prison in 2013. On July 25, 2013 U.S. Marshals arrested Anderson at his home.
While he was free, Anderson led an exemplary life, holding down a job, getting married and raising a family. After he was sent to prison, his attorneys appealed, arguing that Anderson had been his own parole officer since his conviction, that he had rehabilitated himself, that the 13-year delay in serving his sentence violated due process and that separating him from his family and the constructive life he made for himself since he was convicted amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.
A judge agreed. On May 5, 2014, Anderson was released from prison with credit for time served. In ordering his release, the judge said “You've been a good father. You've been a good husband. You've been a good taxpaying citizen of the state of Missouri. That leads me to believe that you are a good man and a changed man.” But the judge did not take into account that a leopard cannot change his spots.
On Sunday, Mike was arrested in St. Louis on second-degree robbery charges. The ‘good man’ had grabbed a woman’s purse and briefly dragged her along while trying to pull it from her shoulder.
JOSE CANSECO GIVES US THE FINGER
No, Jose is not giving us the birdie
On October 28, former homerun slugger Jose Canseco was cleaning his 45 caliber Remington 1911 at his Las Vegas home when he accidentally shot off the middle finger on his left hand. Canseco told the cops he thought the gun was unloaded. Doctors were able to reattach the severed finger. However, on November 13, as he was playing in the middle of a poker tournament, the reattached finger fell off.
Now Canseco is giving us the finger. No, not the birdie. And it’s not for free. Jose is planning to sell the finger on eBay, together with the pistol which has a chrome mirror finish and custom grips with crystals and gold plating in the grips.
Jose says the eBay ad will read, “slightly used middle finger with 462 home runs could be used as a stirring straw for drinks.”
Unfortunately for Jose - who earned over $45 million in salary plus endorsements, but is now broke - eBay has a policy of not allowing firearms or body parts for sale.
Forget the 462 home runs. I want to know how many female genitals Jose’s finger has explored.
On October 28, former homerun slugger Jose Canseco was cleaning his 45 caliber Remington 1911 at his Las Vegas home when he accidentally shot off the middle finger on his left hand. Canseco told the cops he thought the gun was unloaded. Doctors were able to reattach the severed finger. However, on November 13, as he was playing in the middle of a poker tournament, the reattached finger fell off.
Now Canseco is giving us the finger. No, not the birdie. And it’s not for free. Jose is planning to sell the finger on eBay, together with the pistol which has a chrome mirror finish and custom grips with crystals and gold plating in the grips.
Jose says the eBay ad will read, “slightly used middle finger with 462 home runs could be used as a stirring straw for drinks.”
Unfortunately for Jose - who earned over $45 million in salary plus endorsements, but is now broke - eBay has a policy of not allowing firearms or body parts for sale.
Forget the 462 home runs. I want to know how many female genitals Jose’s finger has explored.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
THIS IS NOT A DUMB BLONDE JOKE
80-year-old Charlie Manson’s upcoming nuptials to a 26-year-old pretty raven-haired woman proves that too often women think with their genitals instead of their brains
By now, unless you’ve been dwelling under a rock, you’ve learned that 80-year-old Charlie Manson and 26-year-old Afton Elaine Burton have obtained a marriage license and plan to be married in Corcoran State Prison. No, this is not a dumb blonde joke.
Burton, a pretty raven-haired young woman, claims to be in love with one of America’s most notorious mass murderers. She believes their marriage will allow her more success in her zeal to show the world that poor old Charlie is innocent of the 1969 murders of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six other persons. Burton left her Missouri home nine years ago and moved to Corcoran to be near Manson. She has several websites which proclaim Manson's innocence.
Now if this were an isolated situation we could dismiss Burton as some sort of kook. But it is far from unique.
There are thousands of women all over the Western World who fall in love with and want to marry prison inmates they never laid eyes on before. These women initiate contacts after learning about the inmates from the media or by responding to internet websites set up by or for prison inmates. In most cases those inmates committed the most horrible of unspeakable crimes. You would think these women are trailer trash and/or unattractive, but rather than being desperate to find a mate, many of them come from good backgrounds, are well educated, hold down high-dollar jobs and are very good looking.
Leydi Carol Figueroa Uceda, 23, recently married Joran van der Sloot, 26, who is serving 38 years in a Peruvian prison for the 2010 beating and strangling death of 21-year-old Stephany Tatiana Flores RamÃrez, a university student. Van der Sloot is also believed to have killed American teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005. Uceda began visiting the murderer shortly after he was confined and during one of those visits inside his jail cell, he impregnated her. Apparently, she is not concerned that her new husband is the killer of two young women.
Hybristophilia is the mental health term used to describe women who fall in love with notorious killers. After they were imprisoned, Charlie Manson, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Richard Ramirez and hundreds of other notorious murderers in this country, and in Britain, France, Germany and Russia among European countries, all received marriage proposals from countless women.
With thousands of women falling head over heels for notorious murderers, one has to question the judgment of women in general. Of course there are also a lot of men who think with their dicks instead of their brains, but they do not rush forth with marriage proposals to women murderers. Thinking with their dicks has gotten men, including cops, into serious trouble. Thinking with their genitals instead of their brains has gotten women involved with some of the worst monsters on this planet.
By now, unless you’ve been dwelling under a rock, you’ve learned that 80-year-old Charlie Manson and 26-year-old Afton Elaine Burton have obtained a marriage license and plan to be married in Corcoran State Prison. No, this is not a dumb blonde joke.
Burton, a pretty raven-haired young woman, claims to be in love with one of America’s most notorious mass murderers. She believes their marriage will allow her more success in her zeal to show the world that poor old Charlie is innocent of the 1969 murders of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six other persons. Burton left her Missouri home nine years ago and moved to Corcoran to be near Manson. She has several websites which proclaim Manson's innocence.
Now if this were an isolated situation we could dismiss Burton as some sort of kook. But it is far from unique.
There are thousands of women all over the Western World who fall in love with and want to marry prison inmates they never laid eyes on before. These women initiate contacts after learning about the inmates from the media or by responding to internet websites set up by or for prison inmates. In most cases those inmates committed the most horrible of unspeakable crimes. You would think these women are trailer trash and/or unattractive, but rather than being desperate to find a mate, many of them come from good backgrounds, are well educated, hold down high-dollar jobs and are very good looking.
Leydi Carol Figueroa Uceda, 23, recently married Joran van der Sloot, 26, who is serving 38 years in a Peruvian prison for the 2010 beating and strangling death of 21-year-old Stephany Tatiana Flores RamÃrez, a university student. Van der Sloot is also believed to have killed American teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005. Uceda began visiting the murderer shortly after he was confined and during one of those visits inside his jail cell, he impregnated her. Apparently, she is not concerned that her new husband is the killer of two young women.
Hybristophilia is the mental health term used to describe women who fall in love with notorious killers. After they were imprisoned, Charlie Manson, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Richard Ramirez and hundreds of other notorious murderers in this country, and in Britain, France, Germany and Russia among European countries, all received marriage proposals from countless women.
With thousands of women falling head over heels for notorious murderers, one has to question the judgment of women in general. Of course there are also a lot of men who think with their dicks instead of their brains, but they do not rush forth with marriage proposals to women murderers. Thinking with their dicks has gotten men, including cops, into serious trouble. Thinking with their genitals instead of their brains has gotten women involved with some of the worst monsters on this planet.
9TH CIRCUIT RULES THAT FLEEING FROM THE POLICE IN A CAR IS A VIOLENT FELONY
The Supreme Court had earlier ruled that fleeing from the police is a violent felony in “that vehicle flight from police inherently poses a serious potential risk to the safety of pedestrians and other drivers, as well as a risk of violent confrontation with police”
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, generally considered a liberal court, upheld the federal court conviction and mandatory 15-year sentence of Michael Anthony Martinez for being a felon in possession of ammunition. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, “Federal law classifies a convicted felon as an armed career criminal, subject to the mandatory sentence, if he or she has at least three previous convictions for violent felonies.”
Martinez had been convicted of three prior felonies, including one in 2006 for flight in a vehicle from a pursuing police officer. In appealing his sentence, Martinez argued that flight from the police in a vehicle should not constitute a felony.
The 9th Circuit liberal judges really had no choice because in 2011, the Supreme Court upheld an Indiana flight-from-police law as a violent felony. The Justices “reasoned that vehicle flight from police inherently poses a serious potential risk to the safety of pedestrians and other drivers, as well as a risk of violent confrontation with police.”
Friday’s 9th Circuit unanimous ruling requires that the police car be marked, driven by a uniformed cop using emergency lights and siren, and that the fleeing suspect showed a “willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property,” which, of course, he would show by driving at dangerously high speeds, weaving in and around other motorists, and disregarding stop signs and traffic lights.
The Supreme Court and 9th Circuit rulings fly in the face of current criminal justice reforms that call for non-violent offenders not to be sent to prison. Most reformers would consider fleeing from the police a non-violent offense. On the contrary, fleeing from the cops carries with it the real potential of killing innocent bystanders, and as such should be considered a violent felony and severely punished, a prior clean record notwithstanding.
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, generally considered a liberal court, upheld the federal court conviction and mandatory 15-year sentence of Michael Anthony Martinez for being a felon in possession of ammunition. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, “Federal law classifies a convicted felon as an armed career criminal, subject to the mandatory sentence, if he or she has at least three previous convictions for violent felonies.”
Martinez had been convicted of three prior felonies, including one in 2006 for flight in a vehicle from a pursuing police officer. In appealing his sentence, Martinez argued that flight from the police in a vehicle should not constitute a felony.
The 9th Circuit liberal judges really had no choice because in 2011, the Supreme Court upheld an Indiana flight-from-police law as a violent felony. The Justices “reasoned that vehicle flight from police inherently poses a serious potential risk to the safety of pedestrians and other drivers, as well as a risk of violent confrontation with police.”
Friday’s 9th Circuit unanimous ruling requires that the police car be marked, driven by a uniformed cop using emergency lights and siren, and that the fleeing suspect showed a “willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property,” which, of course, he would show by driving at dangerously high speeds, weaving in and around other motorists, and disregarding stop signs and traffic lights.
The Supreme Court and 9th Circuit rulings fly in the face of current criminal justice reforms that call for non-violent offenders not to be sent to prison. Most reformers would consider fleeing from the police a non-violent offense. On the contrary, fleeing from the cops carries with it the real potential of killing innocent bystanders, and as such should be considered a violent felony and severely punished, a prior clean record notwithstanding.
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH
Cheating on his gay partner results in the beating of a North Carolina man and his death a week thereafter
Between graduating from high school in 1943 and enlisting in the army on my 17th birthday, I attended East Texas Baptist College. While there, I was harassed daily about converting to the Baptist denomination of Christianity, not only by my fellow students, but by my professors as well. Daily chapel attendance on school days was mandatory. Each day a different Baptist preacher gave a sermon. And – I’m not exaggerating this – about nine out of ten of the preachers entitled their sermons, “The Wages of Sin is Death.”
Since many Christian denominations consider homosexuality sinful, if the wages of sin is death, then many homosexuals are facing an early demise. And on top of that, cheating on your gay partner is equivalent to the sin of adultery. Apparently that did not bother Stephen Patrick White, 46, who croaked Saturday after cheating on his longtime partner Alex Teal. But Teal had nothing to do with White’s death.
On November 9, White had been at the Chemistry Nightclub, a gay bar in Greensboro, North Carolina. A bartender at the gay bar told police he saw White leave together with another man in a cab around closing time. According to the Associated Press, “About 4:30 a.m. that Sunday, an employee at Greensboro's Battleground Inn called 911 to report a man screaming. Around the same time, the fire alarm also was tripped. The hotel had to be evacuated. Firefighters found White unconscious and badly burned in a fourth-floor room.”
Police arrested Garry Joseph Gupton, 26, a Greensboro city employee, and charged him with aggravated assault with intent to kill. The district attorney’s office says that for some unknown reason, Gupton struck White with a telephone, television and another small piece of furniture, and then set the hotel room on fire.
White was taken to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. His burns were so severe that parts of both arms had to be amputated. He died from his injuries nearly a week after the beating.
Gupton has now been charged with first degree murder.
According to the AP, “Teal said White served in the Army during the late 1980s, then spent several years with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Federal Air Marshal Service. He worked as a security contractor in Iraq in 2005 when he suffered severe injuries in a blast.”
The wages of sin is death. White has paid for his sins by suffering a horrible death. Gupton, if convicted of first degree murder, could eventually pay for his sins with his life, should the DA seek the death penalty.
As an aside, the term ‘gay’ has always puzzled me. The lifestyle of homosexuals is anything but gay. There is a lot of violence within the homosexual community. I recall a number of homosexual murder victims in different parts of the country who were found with their dicks cut off and stuffed into their mouths. Jealous rage knows no bounds.
Between graduating from high school in 1943 and enlisting in the army on my 17th birthday, I attended East Texas Baptist College. While there, I was harassed daily about converting to the Baptist denomination of Christianity, not only by my fellow students, but by my professors as well. Daily chapel attendance on school days was mandatory. Each day a different Baptist preacher gave a sermon. And – I’m not exaggerating this – about nine out of ten of the preachers entitled their sermons, “The Wages of Sin is Death.”
Since many Christian denominations consider homosexuality sinful, if the wages of sin is death, then many homosexuals are facing an early demise. And on top of that, cheating on your gay partner is equivalent to the sin of adultery. Apparently that did not bother Stephen Patrick White, 46, who croaked Saturday after cheating on his longtime partner Alex Teal. But Teal had nothing to do with White’s death.
On November 9, White had been at the Chemistry Nightclub, a gay bar in Greensboro, North Carolina. A bartender at the gay bar told police he saw White leave together with another man in a cab around closing time. According to the Associated Press, “About 4:30 a.m. that Sunday, an employee at Greensboro's Battleground Inn called 911 to report a man screaming. Around the same time, the fire alarm also was tripped. The hotel had to be evacuated. Firefighters found White unconscious and badly burned in a fourth-floor room.”
Police arrested Garry Joseph Gupton, 26, a Greensboro city employee, and charged him with aggravated assault with intent to kill. The district attorney’s office says that for some unknown reason, Gupton struck White with a telephone, television and another small piece of furniture, and then set the hotel room on fire.
White was taken to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. His burns were so severe that parts of both arms had to be amputated. He died from his injuries nearly a week after the beating.
Gupton has now been charged with first degree murder.
According to the AP, “Teal said White served in the Army during the late 1980s, then spent several years with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Federal Air Marshal Service. He worked as a security contractor in Iraq in 2005 when he suffered severe injuries in a blast.”
The wages of sin is death. White has paid for his sins by suffering a horrible death. Gupton, if convicted of first degree murder, could eventually pay for his sins with his life, should the DA seek the death penalty.
As an aside, the term ‘gay’ has always puzzled me. The lifestyle of homosexuals is anything but gay. There is a lot of violence within the homosexual community. I recall a number of homosexual murder victims in different parts of the country who were found with their dicks cut off and stuffed into their mouths. Jealous rage knows no bounds.
REAL GUN BEATS FAKE GUN
LASO deputies terminally rehabilitate two stupidos when one of them pulls a fake gun on them
By Bob Walsh
PACOVILLA Corrections blog
November 17, 2014
One more specimen from the shallow end of the gene pool did the dirt dance yesterday for being stupid. One of his road dogs met the same fate.
Early Sunday morning Eduardo Bermundez, 26, hanging with Ricard Avelar-Lara, 57, in East L A. At about 0220 hours Bermndez and Avelar drove by a man in the parking lot and pointed a gun at him. The man followed the suspects in his own car after the incident and called the cops in the process.
The LASO attempted to stop the car. It slowed down and Bermundez bailed out. Avelar stopped near by, got out, and stood behind Bermundez. Bermundez pulled his fake .45, and pointed it at the cop. The deputies pulled their real guns and shot Bermundez’s happy ass. Because Avelar had stopped his car, gotten out and was standing right behind Bermundez when the shooting went down he was also killed by the gunfire. Perhaps he should have picked smarter friends to hang out with.
By Bob Walsh
PACOVILLA Corrections blog
November 17, 2014
One more specimen from the shallow end of the gene pool did the dirt dance yesterday for being stupid. One of his road dogs met the same fate.
Early Sunday morning Eduardo Bermundez, 26, hanging with Ricard Avelar-Lara, 57, in East L A. At about 0220 hours Bermndez and Avelar drove by a man in the parking lot and pointed a gun at him. The man followed the suspects in his own car after the incident and called the cops in the process.
The LASO attempted to stop the car. It slowed down and Bermundez bailed out. Avelar stopped near by, got out, and stood behind Bermundez. Bermundez pulled his fake .45, and pointed it at the cop. The deputies pulled their real guns and shot Bermundez’s happy ass. Because Avelar had stopped his car, gotten out and was standing right behind Bermundez when the shooting went down he was also killed by the gunfire. Perhaps he should have picked smarter friends to hang out with.
Sunday, November 16, 2014
THE SAD STATE OF EDUCATION
Why we are the laughing stock of the world
These students at Texas Tech, which is one of the premier universities in the Southwest, are most probably representative of college students throughout the U.S. If these students, who know more about the trashy TV show Jersey Shore than about our country, are the future of our nation, God help us all. The Chinese must be licking their chops.
These students at Texas Tech, which is one of the premier universities in the Southwest, are most probably representative of college students throughout the U.S. If these students, who know more about the trashy TV show Jersey Shore than about our country, are the future of our nation, God help us all. The Chinese must be licking their chops.
JERK COPS OF THE YEAR
Maryland cops Jeremy Smalley and John Durham, members of an Underage Drinking Task Force, should be put out to pasture ASAP
Every so often, the actions of some police officers bring disrespect and discredit to the entire law enforcement community. What happened in Damascus, Maryland January 4 is an incredible example of cops lying in court to cover their sorry asses. And to top it off, jurors should have been infuriated that officers Jeremy Smalley and John Durham, members of an Underage Drinking Task Force in the Damascus, Maryland area, thought they were so stupid as to believe the two could tell the difference between someone who is 20 and someone who is 21 by observing their drinking habits.
A raid, multiple tasings, two arrests, and a home “ripped apart”: Can you guess the suspected crime?, an article by Radley Balko published in the November 14 issue of The Washington Post, quotes local newspaper editor Brian Karem:
The events in the 9400 block of Damascus road on January 4 came after a pizza delivery driver tipped officers about some “young-looking” people drinking. Jumping to conclusions and using questionable methods, Smalley and Durham then took fellow officers on a thrill ride through a private party, ripping apart a home, tasing an accountant, his son and arresting his wife and other son. In the process they put others at risk – including other officers and civilians . . .
When they were done raiding the home two people had to go to the hospital and many more – according to charging documents – apparently left the scene of the party without being detained.
Last week defense attorneys Rene Sandler, Chris Griffiths and Terrell Roberts challenged the entire raid as a violation of a homeowner’s Fourth Amendment rights. Circuit Court Judge Steve Salant agreed with them and suppressed the evidence gathered in the raid.
He noted the many inconsistencies in statements by officers Smalley and Durham – calling some of them “untrue” and “doubtful”. A 26-year veteran of the police department who attended the Damascus party even contradicted testimony offered by the arresting officers.
Some of this testimony sounded more like bad comedy than serious facts.
Durham and Smalley claimed they could tell a 21-year-old from a 20-year-old who drank too much by sight. How is that possible? Well according to Smalley and Durham, based on their extensive experience busting underage drinkers you can tell because the way a 21-year-old and a 20-year-old acts is “very different,” Durham said. “It’s exaggerated movements,” he told the court. “Hey look at me,” he added as he waved his arms. He also said urinating outdoors is sometimes a giveaway. Loud music and boisterous laughter also adds into the decision process . . .
When police raided the home in Damascus a few weeks after Christmas this year, the raid made local television, radio and newspapers because of the “near riot”, the number of people involved and the fact Smalley and Durham claimed the homeowners tried to beat the police officers and take their guns.
The judge noted that in the subsequent warrant – issued five hours after the raid – the police didn’t mention the alleged assaults. Because of the inconsistencies in the testimony of the two officers, it is questionable such an assault ever even occurred. Indeed the videotape the police tried so hard to get, and which I’ve seen, shows police dragging the homeowner out of his house, handcuffing him and repeatedly tasing him while he offers little to no resistance.
The testimony of Smalley and Durham seems incredulous to say the least. Jerks like them bring into question the credibility of officer courtroom testimony. We cannot deny that some cops will lie on the witness stand, but we hope they represent only a tiny fraction of the law enforcement community. For the multitude of citizens who distrust their police, Smalley and Durham serve to reinforce those negative feelings. These two jerks do not belong in the police service and should be put out to pasture ASAP.
Every so often, the actions of some police officers bring disrespect and discredit to the entire law enforcement community. What happened in Damascus, Maryland January 4 is an incredible example of cops lying in court to cover their sorry asses. And to top it off, jurors should have been infuriated that officers Jeremy Smalley and John Durham, members of an Underage Drinking Task Force in the Damascus, Maryland area, thought they were so stupid as to believe the two could tell the difference between someone who is 20 and someone who is 21 by observing their drinking habits.
A raid, multiple tasings, two arrests, and a home “ripped apart”: Can you guess the suspected crime?, an article by Radley Balko published in the November 14 issue of The Washington Post, quotes local newspaper editor Brian Karem:
The events in the 9400 block of Damascus road on January 4 came after a pizza delivery driver tipped officers about some “young-looking” people drinking. Jumping to conclusions and using questionable methods, Smalley and Durham then took fellow officers on a thrill ride through a private party, ripping apart a home, tasing an accountant, his son and arresting his wife and other son. In the process they put others at risk – including other officers and civilians . . .
When they were done raiding the home two people had to go to the hospital and many more – according to charging documents – apparently left the scene of the party without being detained.
Last week defense attorneys Rene Sandler, Chris Griffiths and Terrell Roberts challenged the entire raid as a violation of a homeowner’s Fourth Amendment rights. Circuit Court Judge Steve Salant agreed with them and suppressed the evidence gathered in the raid.
He noted the many inconsistencies in statements by officers Smalley and Durham – calling some of them “untrue” and “doubtful”. A 26-year veteran of the police department who attended the Damascus party even contradicted testimony offered by the arresting officers.
Some of this testimony sounded more like bad comedy than serious facts.
Durham and Smalley claimed they could tell a 21-year-old from a 20-year-old who drank too much by sight. How is that possible? Well according to Smalley and Durham, based on their extensive experience busting underage drinkers you can tell because the way a 21-year-old and a 20-year-old acts is “very different,” Durham said. “It’s exaggerated movements,” he told the court. “Hey look at me,” he added as he waved his arms. He also said urinating outdoors is sometimes a giveaway. Loud music and boisterous laughter also adds into the decision process . . .
When police raided the home in Damascus a few weeks after Christmas this year, the raid made local television, radio and newspapers because of the “near riot”, the number of people involved and the fact Smalley and Durham claimed the homeowners tried to beat the police officers and take their guns.
The judge noted that in the subsequent warrant – issued five hours after the raid – the police didn’t mention the alleged assaults. Because of the inconsistencies in the testimony of the two officers, it is questionable such an assault ever even occurred. Indeed the videotape the police tried so hard to get, and which I’ve seen, shows police dragging the homeowner out of his house, handcuffing him and repeatedly tasing him while he offers little to no resistance.
The testimony of Smalley and Durham seems incredulous to say the least. Jerks like them bring into question the credibility of officer courtroom testimony. We cannot deny that some cops will lie on the witness stand, but we hope they represent only a tiny fraction of the law enforcement community. For the multitude of citizens who distrust their police, Smalley and Durham serve to reinforce those negative feelings. These two jerks do not belong in the police service and should be put out to pasture ASAP.
ONE LESS CAR THIEF IN THE WORLD
By Bob Walsh
PACOVILLA Corrections blog
November 13, 2014
There is now one less car thief in the world following a chase, several attempted carjackings and some other serious bad behavior.
That as-yet unnamed suspect was a multiple convicted felon who was spotted driving a stolen Honda Accord along Hwy 4 near Port Chicago in Northern California yesterday evening. He did some seriously crazy driving before stopping at the Sun Valley Shopping Center where he bailed. He then ran to the Willows Shopping Center across the road and tried, without success, to carjack two different cars. He did manage to jack a third car but was confronted by the local cops before he could get out of the parking structure.
He rammed a police vehicle several times and the cops shot his happy ass, repeatedly. He died at the scene, thereby making the world a little bit safer for the rest of us who are not violent, dangerous assholes.
PACOVILLA Corrections blog
November 13, 2014
There is now one less car thief in the world following a chase, several attempted carjackings and some other serious bad behavior.
That as-yet unnamed suspect was a multiple convicted felon who was spotted driving a stolen Honda Accord along Hwy 4 near Port Chicago in Northern California yesterday evening. He did some seriously crazy driving before stopping at the Sun Valley Shopping Center where he bailed. He then ran to the Willows Shopping Center across the road and tried, without success, to carjack two different cars. He did manage to jack a third car but was confronted by the local cops before he could get out of the parking structure.
He rammed a police vehicle several times and the cops shot his happy ass, repeatedly. He died at the scene, thereby making the world a little bit safer for the rest of us who are not violent, dangerous assholes.
Saturday, November 15, 2014
NEW DOCTOR MAKES PROFOUND DIAGNOSIS
The Unconventional Gazette
November 15, 2014
A young doctor moved out to a small community to replace a doctor who was retiring.
The older doctor suggested that the young one accompany him on his rounds, so the community could become used to a new doctor.
At the first house a woman complains, "I've been a little sick to my stomach."
The older doctor says, "Well, you've probably been overdoing the fresh fruit. Cut back on the amount you've been eating and see if that does the trick?"
As they left, the younger man said, "You didn't even examine that woman? How'd you come to the diagnosis so quickly?"
"I didn't have to. You noticed I dropped my stethoscope on the floor in there? When I bent over to pick it up, I noticed a half dozen banana peels in the trash. That was what probably was making her sick."
The younger doctor said "Pretty clever. If you don't mind, I think I'll try that at the next house."
Arriving at the next house, they spent several minutes talking with a younger woman. She said that she just didn't have the energy she once did and said, "I'm feeling terribly run down lately."
"You've probably been too involved with your church," the younger doctor told her. "Perhaps you should cut back a bit on your church activities and see if that helps."
As they left, the elder doctor said, "I know that woman well. Your diagnosis is most certainly correct, she's very active in the church, but how did you arrive at it?"
"I did what you did at the last house. I dropped my stethoscope and, when I bent down to retrieve it, I noticed a man wearing a white collar under the bed.
November 15, 2014
A young doctor moved out to a small community to replace a doctor who was retiring.
The older doctor suggested that the young one accompany him on his rounds, so the community could become used to a new doctor.
At the first house a woman complains, "I've been a little sick to my stomach."
The older doctor says, "Well, you've probably been overdoing the fresh fruit. Cut back on the amount you've been eating and see if that does the trick?"
As they left, the younger man said, "You didn't even examine that woman? How'd you come to the diagnosis so quickly?"
"I didn't have to. You noticed I dropped my stethoscope on the floor in there? When I bent over to pick it up, I noticed a half dozen banana peels in the trash. That was what probably was making her sick."
The younger doctor said "Pretty clever. If you don't mind, I think I'll try that at the next house."
Arriving at the next house, they spent several minutes talking with a younger woman. She said that she just didn't have the energy she once did and said, "I'm feeling terribly run down lately."
"You've probably been too involved with your church," the younger doctor told her. "Perhaps you should cut back a bit on your church activities and see if that helps."
As they left, the elder doctor said, "I know that woman well. Your diagnosis is most certainly correct, she's very active in the church, but how did you arrive at it?"
"I did what you did at the last house. I dropped my stethoscope and, when I bent down to retrieve it, I noticed a man wearing a white collar under the bed.
Friday, November 14, 2014
COP KEEPS HIS COOL IN THE FACE OF ANGRY TRAFFIC VIOLATOR’S TIRADE
The Unconventional Gazette
November 14, 2014
A motorcycle cop stops a driver for shooting through a red light. The driver is a real jerk, steps out of his car and comes striding toward the officer, demanding to know why he is being harassed by a Stormtrooper!
So the officer calmly tells him of the red light violation.
The motorist instantly goes on a tirade, questioning the officer's ancestry, sexual orientation, etc., in rather explicit offensive terms. The tirade goes on without the officer saying anything.
When the officer finishes writing the ticket he puts an ‘AH’ in the lower right corner of the narrative portion of the ticket. He then hands it to the violator for his signature. The guy signs the ticket angrily, and when presented with his copy points to the ‘AH’ and demands to know what it stands for.
The officer says, "That's so when we go to court, I'll remember that you're an asshole!"
Two months later they're in court. The violator has a bad driving record with a high number of points and is in danger of losing his license, so he hired a lawyer to represent him.
On the stand the officer testifies to seeing the man run through the red light. Under cross examination the defense attorney asks, "Officer, is this a reasonable facsimile of the ticket that you issued to my client?"
The Officer responds, "Yes, sir, that is the defendant's copy, his signature and mine, same number at the top."
The Lawyer questions, "Officer, is there any particular marking or notation on this ticket you don't normally make?"
"Yes, sir, in the lower right corner of the narrative there is an ‘AH’ underlined."
"And what does the ‘AH’ stand for, Officer?"
"Aggressive and hostile, Sir."
"Aggressive and hostile?"
"Yes, Sir.”
"Officer, are you sure it doesn't stand for asshole?"
“Well, sir, you know your client better than I do.”
November 14, 2014
A motorcycle cop stops a driver for shooting through a red light. The driver is a real jerk, steps out of his car and comes striding toward the officer, demanding to know why he is being harassed by a Stormtrooper!
So the officer calmly tells him of the red light violation.
The motorist instantly goes on a tirade, questioning the officer's ancestry, sexual orientation, etc., in rather explicit offensive terms. The tirade goes on without the officer saying anything.
When the officer finishes writing the ticket he puts an ‘AH’ in the lower right corner of the narrative portion of the ticket. He then hands it to the violator for his signature. The guy signs the ticket angrily, and when presented with his copy points to the ‘AH’ and demands to know what it stands for.
The officer says, "That's so when we go to court, I'll remember that you're an asshole!"
Two months later they're in court. The violator has a bad driving record with a high number of points and is in danger of losing his license, so he hired a lawyer to represent him.
On the stand the officer testifies to seeing the man run through the red light. Under cross examination the defense attorney asks, "Officer, is this a reasonable facsimile of the ticket that you issued to my client?"
The Officer responds, "Yes, sir, that is the defendant's copy, his signature and mine, same number at the top."
The Lawyer questions, "Officer, is there any particular marking or notation on this ticket you don't normally make?"
"Yes, sir, in the lower right corner of the narrative there is an ‘AH’ underlined."
"And what does the ‘AH’ stand for, Officer?"
"Aggressive and hostile, Sir."
"Aggressive and hostile?"
"Yes, Sir.”
"Officer, are you sure it doesn't stand for asshole?"
“Well, sir, you know your client better than I do.”
REVENGE: HOW SWEET IT IS
The Unconventional Gazette
November 14, 2014
A little boy about 12 years old is walking down the street dragging a flattened frog on a string behind him. He came up to the doorstep of 'a house of ill repute' and knocked on the door. When the Madam answered it, she saw the little boy and asked what he wanted. He said, 'I want to have sex with one of the women inside. I have the money to buy it, and I'm not leaving until I get it. The Madam figured, why not, so she told him to come in. Once in, told him to pick any of the girls he liked. He asked, 'Do any of the girls have any diseases?' Of course the Madam said 'No'. The boy said, 'I heard all the men talking about having to get shots after making love with Amber – That’s the girl I want.'
Since the little boy was so adamant and had the money to pay for it, the Madam told him to go to the first room on the right. He headed down the hall dragging the squashed frog behind him. Ten minutes later he came back, still dragging the frog, paid the Madam, and headed out the door.
The Madam stopped him and asked, 'Why did you pick the only girl in the place with a disease, instead of one of the others?' He said, 'Well, if you must know, tonight when I get home, my parents are going out to a restaurant to eat, leaving me at home with a baby-sitter. After they leave, my baby-sitter will have sex with me because she just happens to be very fond of cute little boys. She will then get the disease that I just caught. When Mum and Dad get back, Dad will take the baby-sitter home. On the way, he'll give her one in the car and he'll catch the disease. Then when Dad gets home from the baby-sitter's, he and Mum will go to bed and have sex, and Mum will catch it.
Then the Madam said "Well, that is just sick!" "Yes", said the boy, "but in the morning when Dad is at work, the Mailman will deliver the mail, have a quickie with Mum and catch the disease, and he’s the fucking prick who ran over my frog!'
November 14, 2014
A little boy about 12 years old is walking down the street dragging a flattened frog on a string behind him. He came up to the doorstep of 'a house of ill repute' and knocked on the door. When the Madam answered it, she saw the little boy and asked what he wanted. He said, 'I want to have sex with one of the women inside. I have the money to buy it, and I'm not leaving until I get it. The Madam figured, why not, so she told him to come in. Once in, told him to pick any of the girls he liked. He asked, 'Do any of the girls have any diseases?' Of course the Madam said 'No'. The boy said, 'I heard all the men talking about having to get shots after making love with Amber – That’s the girl I want.'
Since the little boy was so adamant and had the money to pay for it, the Madam told him to go to the first room on the right. He headed down the hall dragging the squashed frog behind him. Ten minutes later he came back, still dragging the frog, paid the Madam, and headed out the door.
The Madam stopped him and asked, 'Why did you pick the only girl in the place with a disease, instead of one of the others?' He said, 'Well, if you must know, tonight when I get home, my parents are going out to a restaurant to eat, leaving me at home with a baby-sitter. After they leave, my baby-sitter will have sex with me because she just happens to be very fond of cute little boys. She will then get the disease that I just caught. When Mum and Dad get back, Dad will take the baby-sitter home. On the way, he'll give her one in the car and he'll catch the disease. Then when Dad gets home from the baby-sitter's, he and Mum will go to bed and have sex, and Mum will catch it.
Then the Madam said "Well, that is just sick!" "Yes", said the boy, "but in the morning when Dad is at work, the Mailman will deliver the mail, have a quickie with Mum and catch the disease, and he’s the fucking prick who ran over my frog!'
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
SOS CALL FROM THE PHILIPPINES (EPILOGUE)
Busted for money laundering and put on the No Fly List
The time is at hand for me to fess up. Yes, it’s all been a hoax. I hope all of you enjoyed my spoof. I wanted to have a little fun and see if I could fool any of you into believing my tale of woe.
For any of you who might have believed it, I will say that my tale may not be all that farfetched. The third world is far different from the Western World and something like this could conceivably happen to some poor schmuck. After all, there are assholes like Justin Arschloch around who will take their frustrations out on you and, as the Obama administration has shown, there are government officials who will screw opponents of the President. [‘Arschloch’ is German for ‘asshole’]
Actually I had a great three weeks in the Philippines. The Filipinos are very friendly. The few cops I saw were heavily armed with assault rifles or shotguns, but they seemed to be courteous to everyone.
Traveling on Cebu’s crowded narrow two-lane National Highway is truly a hair-raising adventure. I observed none of the road-rage that is so common in the U.S., even though the highway pavement is shared by pedestrians – yes, I said pedestrians - bicyclists, human powered and motorized pedicabs, cars, minibuses, big buses and 18-wheelers. The operator of a non-motorized pedicab has to get off his bike seat, get behind the vehicle, and push it up a long hill as the traffic piles up behind him.
Bert Degenhardt’s wedding was great. Some of you know that I took four containership cruises several years ago. Bert is from Rostock, a German city on the Baltic Sea coast, and was the Captain of the Libra Santos on which I took three long voyages down and back up the eastern coast of South American. We became close friends. Since he retired, Bert has spent the winters on Cebu. Jingjing, his bride, is a beautiful young Filipino woman.
In closing, let me offer my apologies to Jay Wall, Bob Walsh, Trey, Jeff, Greg, and Dorina for using you good people in this spoof without your permission. I must confess that this old geezer would love to make love to Dorina, that beautiful Australian human rights activist. Well, that’s what old geezers do - dream and fantasize. And eventually our Viagra propped-up dicks will end up in a honey bucket.
Finally, it sure was fun making fun of myself.
The time is at hand for me to fess up. Yes, it’s all been a hoax. I hope all of you enjoyed my spoof. I wanted to have a little fun and see if I could fool any of you into believing my tale of woe.
For any of you who might have believed it, I will say that my tale may not be all that farfetched. The third world is far different from the Western World and something like this could conceivably happen to some poor schmuck. After all, there are assholes like Justin Arschloch around who will take their frustrations out on you and, as the Obama administration has shown, there are government officials who will screw opponents of the President. [‘Arschloch’ is German for ‘asshole’]
Actually I had a great three weeks in the Philippines. The Filipinos are very friendly. The few cops I saw were heavily armed with assault rifles or shotguns, but they seemed to be courteous to everyone.
Traveling on Cebu’s crowded narrow two-lane National Highway is truly a hair-raising adventure. I observed none of the road-rage that is so common in the U.S., even though the highway pavement is shared by pedestrians – yes, I said pedestrians - bicyclists, human powered and motorized pedicabs, cars, minibuses, big buses and 18-wheelers. The operator of a non-motorized pedicab has to get off his bike seat, get behind the vehicle, and push it up a long hill as the traffic piles up behind him.
Bert Degenhardt’s wedding was great. Some of you know that I took four containership cruises several years ago. Bert is from Rostock, a German city on the Baltic Sea coast, and was the Captain of the Libra Santos on which I took three long voyages down and back up the eastern coast of South American. We became close friends. Since he retired, Bert has spent the winters on Cebu. Jingjing, his bride, is a beautiful young Filipino woman.
In closing, let me offer my apologies to Jay Wall, Bob Walsh, Trey, Jeff, Greg, and Dorina for using you good people in this spoof without your permission. I must confess that this old geezer would love to make love to Dorina, that beautiful Australian human rights activist. Well, that’s what old geezers do - dream and fantasize. And eventually our Viagra propped-up dicks will end up in a honey bucket.
Finally, it sure was fun making fun of myself.
Monday, November 10, 2014
SOS CALL FROM THE PHILIPPINES (UPDATE)
Busted for money laundering and put on the No Fly List
[Sent from my lawyer’s office computer]
Mr. Ling, my lawyer, informs me that he received a number of responses to my SOS call for help, none of which were actually helpful.
The first to respond was PACOVILLA reader ‘turds and 10-15s’ who can be counted on to defend all correctional officers, both the good and the bad. ‘turds and 10-15s’ wrote: Ha ha, fuck you Howie! You should have been locked up long ago. I dare you to take your cheap shots at your Filipino COs like you’ve done to California’s COs. Ha ha, I dare you! Yeah, remember when you told me to go soak my head in a tub of turds? Well now, you can soak your head in that honey bucket, ha ha ha ha!
My son wrote: Tough shit, dad!. I warned you not to put that pouch on. I did contact the administrative aides of Senator John Cornyn and Congressman Ted Poe. Both called me back to say DHS refuses to remove you from the No Fly List because you’ve been badmouthing President Obama on your blogs. DHS told them you should contact that Obama hater Binjamin Netanyahu, and maybe he’ll send an Israeli plane to take you to his troublemaking Zionist entity.
My Alzheimer-stricken wife wrote: My husband ran off and left me and the children 20 years ago. Now that you’ve found the bastard, keep him!!!
Jay Wall wrote: Howie is a good friend, but to be honest, his elevator does not run all the way to the top. He’s been tilting at windmills on the marijuana issue. I know for a fact that he watches Reefer Madness every night before he goes to bed. Anyone who thinks Reefer Madness should have won the Academy Award, as Howie does, is to be pitied, not placed on the No Fly List.
Mr. Ling told me that Bob Walsh wrote a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson pleading for him to take me off the No Fly List. Mr. Ling quoted Bob as writing: Please take Howie off the No Fly List so he can come back home. He’s 87 and a WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Army. He is the founder of the Texas Narcotics Officers Association. I’ll stake my life on it, but there is no way Howie is connected to the Sinaloa drug cartel, maybe the Juarez cartel, but not the Sinaloa cartel.
Trey wrote: I called Ross Perot and asked him if he would put together a Black Op team to extract you from the Philippines like he did for some of his employees who were trapped in Iran back in 1978. He said he seemed to recall you from the early TNOA years. Although he would like to help you, he’s sorry, but he’s no longer into that sort of thing. Howie, I wish you had followed my advice not to go to the Philippines. Looks like you’re fucked.
Jeff ‘Paco’ Doyle wrote: Looks like DEA Agent Justin Arschloch solved that problem ‘turds and 10-15s’ called to my attention about your postings causing a severe decline in PACOVILLA readership. Thanks for not following your son’s advice. Here’s wishing that as you remain in the Philippines, the short time you’ve got left on earth will prove to be a positive experience.
Dorina Lisson must have really gotten pissed off because I fantasized that I was making love to her when I had my moment with Leona. Dorina wrote: Making love to a horny transvestite while pretending that the she-man was me … how revolting, how utterly disgusting. That’s a capital offense. Although I’ve dedicated my life to opposing the death penalty, I’d make an exception in this instance. That degenerate old filthy swine … I hope someone puts the malocchio on Howie as he’s giving himself a hand-job so that his Viagra propped-up dick falls off into that honey bucket.
I knew I could count on Greg ‘Gadfly’ Doyle to answer my SOS call for help. Gadfly wrote: Mr. Ling, please tell Howie that when all else seems lost, Jesus still loves him.
So, where do all those emails leave me? I’m stuck in the Philippines because that asshole Arschloch took his frustration out against me over having to do time here on a no fucking good assignment. Mr. Ling is about to max out my credit card and my visa is due to expire. Things are looking bleak and ………. excuse the interruption, but Mr. Ling is telling me my visa expires today and he must take me back to the PNP pen tomorrow. Wait a minute ………. He says he’s fixed me up with a good looking woman for my last night of freedom. Says she’s also a client of his who got out of jail yesterday. Mr. Ling is saying, “As you Americans like to say, she’s hot to trot.” Her name is ….. What’s that again? … Oh holy shit! Her name is Leona.
[Sent from my lawyer’s office computer]
Mr. Ling, my lawyer, informs me that he received a number of responses to my SOS call for help, none of which were actually helpful.
The first to respond was PACOVILLA reader ‘turds and 10-15s’ who can be counted on to defend all correctional officers, both the good and the bad. ‘turds and 10-15s’ wrote: Ha ha, fuck you Howie! You should have been locked up long ago. I dare you to take your cheap shots at your Filipino COs like you’ve done to California’s COs. Ha ha, I dare you! Yeah, remember when you told me to go soak my head in a tub of turds? Well now, you can soak your head in that honey bucket, ha ha ha ha!
My son wrote: Tough shit, dad!. I warned you not to put that pouch on. I did contact the administrative aides of Senator John Cornyn and Congressman Ted Poe. Both called me back to say DHS refuses to remove you from the No Fly List because you’ve been badmouthing President Obama on your blogs. DHS told them you should contact that Obama hater Binjamin Netanyahu, and maybe he’ll send an Israeli plane to take you to his troublemaking Zionist entity.
My Alzheimer-stricken wife wrote: My husband ran off and left me and the children 20 years ago. Now that you’ve found the bastard, keep him!!!
Jay Wall wrote: Howie is a good friend, but to be honest, his elevator does not run all the way to the top. He’s been tilting at windmills on the marijuana issue. I know for a fact that he watches Reefer Madness every night before he goes to bed. Anyone who thinks Reefer Madness should have won the Academy Award, as Howie does, is to be pitied, not placed on the No Fly List.
Mr. Ling told me that Bob Walsh wrote a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson pleading for him to take me off the No Fly List. Mr. Ling quoted Bob as writing: Please take Howie off the No Fly List so he can come back home. He’s 87 and a WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Army. He is the founder of the Texas Narcotics Officers Association. I’ll stake my life on it, but there is no way Howie is connected to the Sinaloa drug cartel, maybe the Juarez cartel, but not the Sinaloa cartel.
Trey wrote: I called Ross Perot and asked him if he would put together a Black Op team to extract you from the Philippines like he did for some of his employees who were trapped in Iran back in 1978. He said he seemed to recall you from the early TNOA years. Although he would like to help you, he’s sorry, but he’s no longer into that sort of thing. Howie, I wish you had followed my advice not to go to the Philippines. Looks like you’re fucked.
Jeff ‘Paco’ Doyle wrote: Looks like DEA Agent Justin Arschloch solved that problem ‘turds and 10-15s’ called to my attention about your postings causing a severe decline in PACOVILLA readership. Thanks for not following your son’s advice. Here’s wishing that as you remain in the Philippines, the short time you’ve got left on earth will prove to be a positive experience.
Dorina Lisson must have really gotten pissed off because I fantasized that I was making love to her when I had my moment with Leona. Dorina wrote: Making love to a horny transvestite while pretending that the she-man was me … how revolting, how utterly disgusting. That’s a capital offense. Although I’ve dedicated my life to opposing the death penalty, I’d make an exception in this instance. That degenerate old filthy swine … I hope someone puts the malocchio on Howie as he’s giving himself a hand-job so that his Viagra propped-up dick falls off into that honey bucket.
I knew I could count on Greg ‘Gadfly’ Doyle to answer my SOS call for help. Gadfly wrote: Mr. Ling, please tell Howie that when all else seems lost, Jesus still loves him.
So, where do all those emails leave me? I’m stuck in the Philippines because that asshole Arschloch took his frustration out against me over having to do time here on a no fucking good assignment. Mr. Ling is about to max out my credit card and my visa is due to expire. Things are looking bleak and ………. excuse the interruption, but Mr. Ling is telling me my visa expires today and he must take me back to the PNP pen tomorrow. Wait a minute ………. He says he’s fixed me up with a good looking woman for my last night of freedom. Says she’s also a client of his who got out of jail yesterday. Mr. Ling is saying, “As you Americans like to say, she’s hot to trot.” Her name is ….. What’s that again? … Oh holy shit! Her name is Leona.
Saturday, November 08, 2014
SOS CALL FROM THE PHILIPPINES
Busted for money laundering and put on the No Fly List
[Sent from my lawyer’s office computer]
What was going to be a great trip to attend a wedding has turned into a nightmare and lefty me up shit creek without a paddle in the Philippines. I’ve spent time in a Cebu prison and can’t return to the U.S. because some DEA asshole has put me on the No Fly List. This is an SOS call for help.
You might say that my troubles began during the early 1990s when a bunch of Italian tourists began scamming banks in third world countries by cashing in their American Express Travelers Checks, then rushing to the nearest telephone to report the checks stolen. American Express then would immediately cancel the checks, leaving the banks holding a pile of worthless paper. And by the next day, the Italian scam artists would have a new batch of checks to replace the ‘stolen’ checks, leaving them free to pull the same stunt at the next bank and so on. That forced me to carry large sums of cash on me whenever I was in South America or Asia because banks there refused to honor any more travelers checks.
Which brings me to my present predicament. I left for the Philippines on October 19 to attend the wedding of a close friend. I hid $1,000 in 20s, 10s, 5s and ones in a special money pouch that you can tie around your waist and conceal under your trousers. My son said, “Dad, you’re making a mistake. The airport security people ager going to pull you out if they notice that bulge under your pants.” I brushed him off, telling him, “Nawh, that’s not going to happen.” In fact, I breezed through the TSA checkpoint at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport as well as at the security checkpoint in Seoul Korea’s airport.
But when I got to Cebu, disaster struck. As I was passing through the customs and immigration checkpoint, I was pulled aside and taken to a small interrogation room where one of three customs officials touched the bulge on my belly and asked, “You carry cocaine?” I replied, “You gotta be kidding.” He wasn’t kidding because – whack – he slapped me across the face. They made me drop my pants, took the pouch, and after opening it one of them exclaimed, “Ah ha, you laundering money for Sinaloa Drug Cartel. You under arrest!.” Before I could say anything – whack – another slap in the face.
I was handcuffed with my hands behind me. They placed a leash around my neck and one around the handcuffs. Then I was led through the airport in my undershorts, with one officer leading me by the leash around the neck while another officer trailed behind holding onto the leash tied around the cuffs. Everyone in the airport was looking at me. I’ve never been so embarrassed in my life. They drove me to the Philippine National Police prison in Cebu City. I gagged from the stench as soon as I set foot on the prison grounds. I was thrown in a cell with three other inmates. More about that later.
For three days I was interrogated about my connections to the Sinaloa cartel. My pleas that $1,000 could hardly be considered Sinaloa drug money were ignored. Finally I was allowed to contact the American Consulate in Cebu City. Three days later, Elizabeth Fairweather, a consulate official showed up with some guy she introduced as Justin Arschloch, a DEA agent assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Manila. Man, was I in for a surprise.
Fairweather said it would go a lot easier if I just went ahead and confessed to money laundering and gave up my Sinaloa cartel contacts. I said, “Lady, you’re crazy,” and –whack- Arschloch slapped me across the face. I turned to the lady and said, “Hey did you see that? He hit me.” She said she did not see anything and the DEA asshole said, “Nobody hit you, you’re imagining things … you been smoking dope?” After several hours of trying to convince them that $1,000 could not be considered drug cartel money, Fairweather said she would have a lawyer contact me.
It was back to my cell which made America’s worst prisons look like Club Med by comparison. I would estimate the concrete cell was about 12x20 and had only one common wooden bunk with no mattress or bedding. In one corner there was a bucket for me and my three cellies to pee and shit in. There was no toilet paper.
We got two meals a day, a bowl of rice in the morning and one in the evening which also contained a fish head. Those bulging eyes also made me gag. I gave the fish head to my cellmates. I noticed the rice was infested with weevils. My cellmates said I should look at them as fresh meat. Each day a plastic container was filled with water for us to drink. Rice, fish heads and water seems to be standard prison fare. I was told that as a special Christmas treat, they serve pork in place of the fish heads.
I think the cell temperature easily reached 110 degrees. Where in the hell are Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch? Those two do-gooder organizations have long complained that Texas prisons are inhumane because during the summer months the cell temperatures exceed 85 degrees.
Friday was exercise day. All inmates were taken to the prison yard and forced to participate in calisthenics led by one of the guards. Saturday was shower and laundry day. Everybody showered with their clothes on. Sunday was Blessing Day. Some poor schmuck comes around every Sunday morning to empty the ‘honey bucket.’ Catholic priests show up to bless everyone. The priests also provided us with an additional fish head for the Sunday evening meal.
Now about my three cellmates. Surprisingly one of them was a woman. She was rather good looking and her skintight mini dress accentuated the positive, if you get my drift. The two guys – I don’t now what they’re in for – kept asking me if I could get them a job working for the Sinaloa cartel. The gal – Leona was her name – kept asking me when we were going to make love. “I’m hot for long noses,” she said. (‘Long noses’ is a Filipino term for whites.)
At night, Leona would snuggle up to me on the bunk and nibble on my ear. After a week of that, I finally succumbed to her advances. Throwing caution about STD to the winds, I rolled over and we passionately kissed one another. I began to fantasize that I was making love to my friend Dorina Lisson, the beautiful Australian campaigner against the death penalty. To the applause of the two guys, I spread Leona’s legs apart and reached under that tight fitting dress … what the fuck! It was the wrong plumbing. Leona was not a she. She was a he. Now I know why they put Leona in the same cell with us.
Finally some Chinese guy shows up. He’s the lawyer that bitch Fairweather got hold of for me. He gave me his card. He listed his name as ‘Din Ga Ling, Esquire.’ Underneath it said, “A Totally Honest Lawyer In A Totally Corrupt System.” He asked if I had any money for a lawyer. I told him they took my $1,000 but that I should have $108 in my wallet. He left and returned to tell me I only had $28 in my wallet. He said I was lucky they didn’t take my credit card which he would use to pay for his services.
On October 30, the day of my friend’s wedding, he returned to inform me he would get me out on bail later that day. By the time I got out, the wedding was over and the newlyweds were on their way to Boracay for a honeymoon. As I retrieved my property, I noticed the officer was wearing a watch that looked very similar to the Raymond Weil watch my wife had given me as a gift. I said, “Sir, this is only $28, I had $108 in this wallet when I got arrested.” Whack – another slap. “You only had $28.” Worst of all, when I reached for my watch, I noticed it was a tinny Goer watch, a cheap Chinese brand. Then I saw that it was my watch he was wearing. “Sir, that is my watch you are wearing.” Whack, whack – two slaps this time. I took the Goer watch.
Mr. Din Ga Ling put me up at Hotel Quickie, a hotel that catered to streetwalkers and their johns. He gave me some Philippine pesos so I would be able to eat. A couple of days later he told me I was free to go back to the U.S. He had pled me guilty to money laundering and paid my $5,000 fine. At this point I just wanted to get out of the Philippines. My return flight was scheduled for tonight, so I rushed over to the Korea Air counter for my boarding passes. That’s when I got more bad news, really bad news. The agent told me, “So sorry sir, but this ticket is no longer any good, DEA has put you on No Fly List.
Now, I’m stuck in the Philippines. I’m back in the Quickie. My credit card is about maxed out and my visa is about to expire. I cannot get on a plane because that asshole Arschloch had me put on the No Fly List. SOS, I need help. My lawyer’s email address is dingaling@yahoo.com. Please contact your congressman and your two U.S. senators and ask them to get me off that damn No Fly List.
[Sent from my lawyer’s office computer]
What was going to be a great trip to attend a wedding has turned into a nightmare and lefty me up shit creek without a paddle in the Philippines. I’ve spent time in a Cebu prison and can’t return to the U.S. because some DEA asshole has put me on the No Fly List. This is an SOS call for help.
You might say that my troubles began during the early 1990s when a bunch of Italian tourists began scamming banks in third world countries by cashing in their American Express Travelers Checks, then rushing to the nearest telephone to report the checks stolen. American Express then would immediately cancel the checks, leaving the banks holding a pile of worthless paper. And by the next day, the Italian scam artists would have a new batch of checks to replace the ‘stolen’ checks, leaving them free to pull the same stunt at the next bank and so on. That forced me to carry large sums of cash on me whenever I was in South America or Asia because banks there refused to honor any more travelers checks.
Which brings me to my present predicament. I left for the Philippines on October 19 to attend the wedding of a close friend. I hid $1,000 in 20s, 10s, 5s and ones in a special money pouch that you can tie around your waist and conceal under your trousers. My son said, “Dad, you’re making a mistake. The airport security people ager going to pull you out if they notice that bulge under your pants.” I brushed him off, telling him, “Nawh, that’s not going to happen.” In fact, I breezed through the TSA checkpoint at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport as well as at the security checkpoint in Seoul Korea’s airport.
But when I got to Cebu, disaster struck. As I was passing through the customs and immigration checkpoint, I was pulled aside and taken to a small interrogation room where one of three customs officials touched the bulge on my belly and asked, “You carry cocaine?” I replied, “You gotta be kidding.” He wasn’t kidding because – whack – he slapped me across the face. They made me drop my pants, took the pouch, and after opening it one of them exclaimed, “Ah ha, you laundering money for Sinaloa Drug Cartel. You under arrest!.” Before I could say anything – whack – another slap in the face.
I was handcuffed with my hands behind me. They placed a leash around my neck and one around the handcuffs. Then I was led through the airport in my undershorts, with one officer leading me by the leash around the neck while another officer trailed behind holding onto the leash tied around the cuffs. Everyone in the airport was looking at me. I’ve never been so embarrassed in my life. They drove me to the Philippine National Police prison in Cebu City. I gagged from the stench as soon as I set foot on the prison grounds. I was thrown in a cell with three other inmates. More about that later.
For three days I was interrogated about my connections to the Sinaloa cartel. My pleas that $1,000 could hardly be considered Sinaloa drug money were ignored. Finally I was allowed to contact the American Consulate in Cebu City. Three days later, Elizabeth Fairweather, a consulate official showed up with some guy she introduced as Justin Arschloch, a DEA agent assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Manila. Man, was I in for a surprise.
Fairweather said it would go a lot easier if I just went ahead and confessed to money laundering and gave up my Sinaloa cartel contacts. I said, “Lady, you’re crazy,” and –whack- Arschloch slapped me across the face. I turned to the lady and said, “Hey did you see that? He hit me.” She said she did not see anything and the DEA asshole said, “Nobody hit you, you’re imagining things … you been smoking dope?” After several hours of trying to convince them that $1,000 could not be considered drug cartel money, Fairweather said she would have a lawyer contact me.
It was back to my cell which made America’s worst prisons look like Club Med by comparison. I would estimate the concrete cell was about 12x20 and had only one common wooden bunk with no mattress or bedding. In one corner there was a bucket for me and my three cellies to pee and shit in. There was no toilet paper.
We got two meals a day, a bowl of rice in the morning and one in the evening which also contained a fish head. Those bulging eyes also made me gag. I gave the fish head to my cellmates. I noticed the rice was infested with weevils. My cellmates said I should look at them as fresh meat. Each day a plastic container was filled with water for us to drink. Rice, fish heads and water seems to be standard prison fare. I was told that as a special Christmas treat, they serve pork in place of the fish heads.
I think the cell temperature easily reached 110 degrees. Where in the hell are Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch? Those two do-gooder organizations have long complained that Texas prisons are inhumane because during the summer months the cell temperatures exceed 85 degrees.
Friday was exercise day. All inmates were taken to the prison yard and forced to participate in calisthenics led by one of the guards. Saturday was shower and laundry day. Everybody showered with their clothes on. Sunday was Blessing Day. Some poor schmuck comes around every Sunday morning to empty the ‘honey bucket.’ Catholic priests show up to bless everyone. The priests also provided us with an additional fish head for the Sunday evening meal.
Now about my three cellmates. Surprisingly one of them was a woman. She was rather good looking and her skintight mini dress accentuated the positive, if you get my drift. The two guys – I don’t now what they’re in for – kept asking me if I could get them a job working for the Sinaloa cartel. The gal – Leona was her name – kept asking me when we were going to make love. “I’m hot for long noses,” she said. (‘Long noses’ is a Filipino term for whites.)
At night, Leona would snuggle up to me on the bunk and nibble on my ear. After a week of that, I finally succumbed to her advances. Throwing caution about STD to the winds, I rolled over and we passionately kissed one another. I began to fantasize that I was making love to my friend Dorina Lisson, the beautiful Australian campaigner against the death penalty. To the applause of the two guys, I spread Leona’s legs apart and reached under that tight fitting dress … what the fuck! It was the wrong plumbing. Leona was not a she. She was a he. Now I know why they put Leona in the same cell with us.
Finally some Chinese guy shows up. He’s the lawyer that bitch Fairweather got hold of for me. He gave me his card. He listed his name as ‘Din Ga Ling, Esquire.’ Underneath it said, “A Totally Honest Lawyer In A Totally Corrupt System.” He asked if I had any money for a lawyer. I told him they took my $1,000 but that I should have $108 in my wallet. He left and returned to tell me I only had $28 in my wallet. He said I was lucky they didn’t take my credit card which he would use to pay for his services.
On October 30, the day of my friend’s wedding, he returned to inform me he would get me out on bail later that day. By the time I got out, the wedding was over and the newlyweds were on their way to Boracay for a honeymoon. As I retrieved my property, I noticed the officer was wearing a watch that looked very similar to the Raymond Weil watch my wife had given me as a gift. I said, “Sir, this is only $28, I had $108 in this wallet when I got arrested.” Whack – another slap. “You only had $28.” Worst of all, when I reached for my watch, I noticed it was a tinny Goer watch, a cheap Chinese brand. Then I saw that it was my watch he was wearing. “Sir, that is my watch you are wearing.” Whack, whack – two slaps this time. I took the Goer watch.
Mr. Din Ga Ling put me up at Hotel Quickie, a hotel that catered to streetwalkers and their johns. He gave me some Philippine pesos so I would be able to eat. A couple of days later he told me I was free to go back to the U.S. He had pled me guilty to money laundering and paid my $5,000 fine. At this point I just wanted to get out of the Philippines. My return flight was scheduled for tonight, so I rushed over to the Korea Air counter for my boarding passes. That’s when I got more bad news, really bad news. The agent told me, “So sorry sir, but this ticket is no longer any good, DEA has put you on No Fly List.
Now, I’m stuck in the Philippines. I’m back in the Quickie. My credit card is about maxed out and my visa is about to expire. I cannot get on a plane because that asshole Arschloch had me put on the No Fly List. SOS, I need help. My lawyer’s email address is dingaling@yahoo.com. Please contact your congressman and your two U.S. senators and ask them to get me off that damn No Fly List.
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