A Redneck Tradition?
Source: PIG News Wire [09/01/10]
Since my lovely bride is proud of her southern - redneck - roots, I’ll give the perpetrators, uh, participants, of this farce the benefit of considerable doubt. To promote my personal domestic tranquility, I’m willing to stipulate that the baptismal fusillade is a time-honored redneck tradition. Baptismal fusillade? You better believe it, Sparky.
It happened in Fort Smith (Arkansas) at 2 a.m. on a Saturday, after the baptismal party took the festivities to the Progressive Men’s Club. That’s where the celebration crossed into the rampaging redneck zone. It started in grand redneck style, with a beatdown, then reached critical mass, when somebody started shooting.
One attendee reported that her uncle was pistol whipped, while others, including her dad and a D. J., got their asses kicked. Just getting started, one of the attendees pulled out a gun and fired a few rounds in the air. Unsatisfied with the results, the armed and deranged redneck kicked it up several notches, by firing into the crowd. Believe it or not, he managed to miss, everybody.
At that point, the proper authorities arrived to restore order, by bagging, tagging, and dragging six hormone gorillas to the local graybar hotel, on a laundry list of charges including curfew violations, weed possession, and packing a firearm.
I’m compelled to admit that this redneck baptism stuff puts an entirely new spin on the venerable phrase ‘a baptism of fire’. Learn something new every day.
Sanity Prevails In Ladies’ Night Court Battle
Source: AOL News [09/02/10]
A whining piece of crap named Roy Den Hollander is everything rational individuals HATE, DETEST, and DESPISE about law degree packing pimples on humanity’s butt. Like others of his ilk, Roy is making a nice living, by suing adult beverage wrangling capitalists over their ‘Ladies Night’ drink specials.
Billing himself as an "anti-feminist" lawyer, Rancid Roy is, in reality, anti-CAPITALIST, since he reserves the right, for himself, to dictate how adult beverage wrangling capitalists run their businesses. Unable to comprehend a simple, straightforward, concept like "butt out, asshole", Rancid Roy is trying to intimidate ‘ladies night’ perpetrating club owners into a ‘just go the hell away’ cash contribution to the Rancid Roy Den Hollander retirement fund.
Rancid Roy’s enRICHing scheme hit a sizeable speed bump, this week, in federal court at the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan. After enduring as much of Rancid Roy’s "ladies night discriminates against men" drivel as they could stand, the judges banged the gavel down on Rancid Roy’s self-serving bull shit.
Den Hollander's argument hinged on liquor licenses doled out by the New York state government, which is obliged not to discriminate against any minorities. But the appeals court ruled that the state's liquor licensing practices had nothing to do with clubs' pricing schemes.
In its unanimous ruling, the court's three-judge panel also said that Den Hollander "paints a picture of a bleak future, where 'none other than what's left of the Wall Street moguls' will be able to afford to attend nightclubs," according to the New York Post. (AOL News)
Is this the end of the line for Rancid Roy? You can’t be that clueless. He’s making noises about taking his fight to the U.S. Supreme Court. Asshole.
Parting shot: If you live in the Empire State and run into Rancid Roy, we need you to do something for us. What? We need you to test Rancid Roy’s manhood, by giving him a swift kick in the nuts.
Payback’s A Bitch
Source: PIG News Wire [08/27/10]
Why, you ask, does Raymond Reeder have the debris of a 1998 Saturn strewn on his lawn? Why indeed. What would make this Frederick (Maryland) denizen cut a car in half? I’ll give you a hint: in this case, it wasn’t the Devil who made him do it.
The adventure in willful automotive destruction began, when Raymond’s girlfriend heard from her childhood friend. In addition to the usual pleasantries, childhood friend - henceforth Deadbeat - asked her chum - we’ll call her Softy - for some money. Deadbeat explained that she needed $2,000 to purchase the aforementioned Saturn plus make a down payment for an apartment.
Time passed, and, despite frequent visits, Deadbeat never attempted to repay her debt. Eventually, after a long bout of silence, Softy broached the ‘where’s my money’ subject. Instead of ‘oops, my bad’, Softy got an earful of verbal abuse, when she suggested a modest, $10 a month, payment plan.
Fed up with the way Deadbeat was abusing his squeeze, Raymond convinced Softy to let him handle it, and handle it he did. First, he shelled out $50 for a repo man to reclaim the Saturn. I know what you’re thinking, but Raymond had ‘that’ covered, since Softy was smart enough to keep the title for the Saturn, when Deadbeat bought it with borrowed money.
Once he had the Saturn on his property, Raymond summoned some friends to help him with its destruction. First, they crushed it with four monster trucks. Next, they hacked off the roof, cut off the doors, then flipped it over onto its back for the coup de grace. Using a suitably-sized saw - it took 40 blades - they cut the squashed Saturn in half.
When it the destruction was complete, Raymond left the upside down ‘car’ on his yard, with an American flag jammed into the exhaust pipe.
Now that’s the way a redneck gets his pound of flesh from a deadbeat.
Lifesaving Heroics
Source: PIG News Wire [08/27/10]
Alesaundra Tafoya’s livesaving opportunity came, while she was spending some quality time with her father, Frank, in their Northern California home. Without warning, Frank collapsed, after taking the wrong mixture of medication. Up to the challenge, Alesaundra walked two blocks to Fire Station 243. Once there, she explained dad’s collapse in her own way. Her own way? Oh, did I forget to mention that Alesaundra is only 3 years old.
After explaining that her dad was "frozen", Alesaundra took the firefighters to her home, where they found her dad, in need of immediate medical care. Alesaundra's jaunt to the fire station allowed the emergency responders to save Frank's life.
You have an exceptional daughter, Frank. Give her a big hug from her fans here in the PIGdom.
Another HOA Flag Brainfart
Source: Fox News [08/25/10]
Unless he’s been in hibernation, a Leveen (Arizona) denizen, Andy McDonel, knows that a letter from the infamous homeowners association is rarely good news. That’s right, PIGsters, another homeowners association has their panties in a wad over - TA DA - a flag.
I know what you’re thinking, but this flag isn’t Old Glory. It’s the legendary Gadsden flag, the one which features a coiled snake, plus the words "Don’t Tread on Me". Although it first appeared in 1775, the Gadsden flag has been ‘adopted’ by the Tea Party patriots who give Obamunists heartburn. It’s that last fact which prompted the Avalon Village Community homeowners association, to fire off the letter ordering Andy to "remove debris" from his home, within 10 days, or face a $10 fine.
Andy isn’t ready to furl the Gasden flag which he flies, proudly, to honor America’s Founding Fathers. He seems to be on solid ground, since prevailing Arizona statutes ‘allow for the display of U.S. flags, military flags, the Arizona state flag or tribal nation flags’. Andy insists that, given its history, the Gadsden flag falls under the ‘military flags’ category, so he’ll continue to fly it, until he’s ordered to take it down by a judge or ‘relevant authority’.
Fly it with pride, Andy. The Free State of PIG has your back.
PIGish American Tales
Source: PIG News Wire [08/20/10]
Can You Hear Me Now?
It’s not breaking news, when a Mexifornia woman gets lost while driving the byways in Sacramento County, a few minutes before midnight. It’s still not breaking news, if she calls her daughter for directions. It is breaking news, if, while yammering on the cell blight, Kathleen Collier drives her Ford Expedition into the Sacramento River.
SF Gate served up this report on the magic ‘splashdown’ moment:
Collier was lost on Highway 160 and was trying to find her way back to Antioch, so she stopped at Vieira's Resort to get directions, Bradley said.
She was on the phone with her daughter when she drove onto the boat ramp at the resort, Bradley said. She paused briefly before driving into the river, the CHP said.
Just before the call was cut off, Collier told her daughter that her car was filling up with water and to phone her insurance company, Bradley said.
Divers found Collier's body about 9:45 a.m. Sunday.
Attention road warrior cell idiots. If you’re driving, and you plow into a body of water, drop the phone and GET OUT OF THE CAR!
Hey, baby! Watch THIS!
It was another boring afternoon in Idaho, until our hormone gorilla heros decided to make it memorable, for all concerned. The fun-o-meter pegged, while our two ‘young men’ were traveling down Interstate 84, in Boise, on their motorcycles. Terminally playful, those fickle fates decided to ‘test’ them, with a trio of hotties in an adjacent car.
Eager to show off, one of the motorcycle morons decided to reach out and grope one of the wenches. As ideas go, this one sucked. In a heartbeat, he lost control of his ride, crashed into his pal, sending both of them crashing into the pavement.
In addition to the injuries that one of them incurred, while testing their ability to endure road rash, both of our Einsteins have been cited for ‘inattentive driving’. Apparently, shockingly, stampeding stupidity still isn’t a felony in Idaho.
Parting shot: If the goal was to make a lasting impression on the ‘babes’, I think our hero ‘Road Rash’ just passed ‘GO’. Break out the ‘mission accomplished’ banner, speed bump Sparky.
Paragon of Procrastination
An Empire State denizen, 61-year-old Duane Bush, probably had both items on his ‘to do’ list. Given the length of his list - his 3 decades long ‘to do’ list - Duane found it impossible to keep track of such things. He’d get around to them, tomorrow...maybe.
Duane’s procrastination yielded predictable results, this week, when one of the items on his ‘to do’ list - fix the tire on my van - reached critical mass. Thanks to a generous infusion of adult beverage, Duane shrugged it off, when that wonky tire fell off his van. Unfazed, he kept on going, for at least 11 miles, on 3 tires.
Later, following up on a citizen’s report of Duane's road warrior antics, Genesee County Sheriff’s deputies went to Duane’s Bethany (New York) home to exchange pleasantries. During the informative conversation with Duane, the deputies learned that ‘fix the tire on my van’ isn’t the only relevant item on Duane’s ‘to do’ list. There’s also that 33 year old item which Duane never got around to attending: get my driver’s license renewed. The deputies were thrilled spitless over THAT.
Bagged, tagged, and dragged? You better believe it, crown prince of procrastination Sparky.
Rational American Adults Convene a Tea Party In Arizona
Source: Fox News [08/15/10]
Proving that their agenda for America involves much more than taxes and spending, some rational Tea Party adults held one of their familiar rallies on a stretch of the Arizona-Mexico border. Their purpose, as if you couldn’t guess, involves showing support for Arizona’s SB 1070, the law that some Libertard judge put on hold.
The United Border Coalition, which is an event organized by United We Stand for Americans and the Tea Party Caucus as well as more than a dozen other groups, held the rally near a stretch of border wall made of 15-foot steel posts set closely together to prevent people from crossing the border.
Demonstrators attached hundreds of U.S. flags with messages about curbing illegal immigration to the posts and chanted, "U-S-A," after a handful of spectators gathered on the Mexico side of the border.
One of the messages posted on the border wall read, "Mister President ... Secure This Border For America."
Several speaking to the crowd of more than 400 demanded Congress and President Obama devote more resources to increase border security in remote areas like the site of Sunday's demonstration south of Tucson.
"We are going to force them to do it, because if they don't, we will not stop screaming," said former state Sen. Pam Gorman, one of 10 Republicans vying for an open congressional seat in north Phoenix. Gorman carried a handgun in a holster slung over her shoulder as she mingled with demonstrators. (Fox)
Like these rational, Tea Party, adults, We the PIGs salute Arizona for courageously trying to do the job Uncle Sam refuses to do.
He Did WHAT?
Source: SF Gate [08/11/10]
It’s not breaking news when a dude fondles the charms of a woman he doesn’t know, in public. It’s much closer to being news-worthy, when the horndog does it on front of his girlfriend. But what, you ask, is so off the scale that it makes Hambo gasp "HOLY F-ING CRAP"? What indeed.
A 31-year-old Utah horndog, Adam Manning, was bagged, tagged, and dragged to a Utah graybar - for six months - after he - I am NOT making this up - fondled a maternity nurse who was wheeling Adam’s pregnant girlfriend to the delivery room. I’ll give you time to pick your jaw off the floor, and recover with the aid of an adult beverage.
You’ll be thrilled to learn that Adam’s shyster made his own bid for ‘HOLY F-ING CRAP’, when he ran this excuse up the flagpole: Adam’s antics are due to a brain injury he incurred in a vehicle crash, 10 years ago. Thanks to this whopper, Adam will have his head examined to see if he’s bonkers, or stoned out of his so-called mind. I get that, but I respectfully suggest that they give his shyster, the same ‘WTF is your damage’ assessment. I’m just sayin’.
You’re A Hero, Missy
Source: Yahoo News [08/09/10]
An 11-year old dachshund named Missy is all the proof you need to justify the phrase ‘man’s best friend’. Missy’s moment to shine came, when her owner collapsed in his home, while he was recovering from heart surgery. Was Missy up to the challenge? You better believe it Sparky.
Charles Mitchell said he was working in his yard last week in the Oregon wine country town of Yamhill when an 11-year-old dachshund named Missy scampered up and refused to leave.
Mitchell told the dog to go home, but she refused, and when he decided to follow her across the street to investigate, he found his neighbor, Charlie Burdon, had collapsed inside his home.
The police chief arrived with paramedics, Burdon was taken to the hospital. Burdon suffered an attack of vertigo and is recovering. (Yahoo News)
You’re a good girl, Missy.
Strippers Protest Toll Booth
Source: Yahoo News [08/09/10]
Fed up with the antics of the New Beginnings Ministry Toll Booth in Warsaw (Ohio), Tommy George, owner of the Foxhole booty parlor in Newcastle, decided to give the Morality Nazis a reality check. Unlike his Holy Roller tormentors, Tommy didn’t arm his minions with bullhorns. He didn’t use video cameras to record - then post online - the license plate numbers of the Toll Booth Morality Nazi adherents. Tommy had a better idea.
Going with his strength, Tommy sent stripers in bikinis to sit in camp chairs in front of the Toll Booth on a Sunday morning. Did the Toll Booth’s chief Morality Nazi, pastor Bill Dunfree, get the message? Apparently not, because he’s more determined than ever to make an utter, and complete, ass of himself outside the Foxhole. I’m guessing he left his ‘turn the other cheek’ in his other set of pious punk panties.
Strippers protest a Toll Booth? Now that’s a g-stringful of PIGish fun, I don’t care who you are.
Oregon’s Lemonade Revolt
Source: PIG News Wire [08/06/10]
For a 7-year-old Oregon City (Oregon, DUH) wenchlet named Julie Murphy, the idea was born while she watched one of her favorite cartoons. Inspired by the fun a cartoon pig named Olivia had running a lemonade stand, Julie decided to give it a try. When she asked her mom, Maria Fife, about it, the adventure in tyke capitalism took a momentous turn.
Eager to help her daughter, mama Maria suggested that Julie take her lemonade stand on the road, to the forthcoming monthly art fair on Portland’s Northeast Alberta Street. Running with the idea, the energetic young capitalist began her preparations:
The girl worked on a sign, coloring in the letters and decorating it with a drawing of a person saying "Yummy." She made a list of supplies.
Then, with gallons of bottled water and packets of Kool-Aid, they drove up last Thursday with a friend and her daughter. They loaded a wheelbarrow that Julie steered to the corner of Northeast 26th and Alberta and settled into a space between a painter and a couple who sold handmade bags and kids' clothing.
Even before her daughter had finished making the first batch of lemonade, a man walked up to buy a 50-cent cup.
"They wanted to support a little 7-year-old to earn a little extra summer loot," she said. "People know what's going on."
Even so, Julie was careful about making the lemonade, cleaning her hands with hand sanitizer, using a scoop for the bagged ice and keeping everything covered when it wasn't in use, Fife said. (The Oregonian)
Everything was spiffy, for Julie, until SHE arrived. The humorless woman with the clipboard - don’t you just HATE that type - asked to see Julie’s temporary business license. When Julie and mom admitted they didn’t have one - a $120 mugging by the Nanny State - the clipboard cretin ordered them to get out of Dodge, or pay a $500 fine. Game, set, match? Not yet.
Surprised, Fife started to pack up. The people staffing the booths next to them encouraged the two to stay, telling them the inspectors had no right to kick them out of the neighborhood gathering. They also suggested that they give away the lemonade and accept donations instead and one of them made an announcement to the crowd to support the lemonade stand.
That's when business really picked up -- and two inspectors came back, Fife said. Julie started crying, while her mother packed up and others confronted the inspectors. "It was a very big scene," Fife said. (Oregonian)
If you think this story ends there, with a little girl’s dreams shattered, get over it. The real fun is just getting started:
The county's shutdown of the lemonade stand was publicized by Michael Franklin, the man at the booth next to Fife and her daughter. Franklin contributes to the Bottom Up Radio Network, an online anarchist site, and interviewed Fife for his show. Franklin is also organizing a "Lemonade Revolt" for Last Thursday in August. He's calling on anarchists, neighbors and others to come early for the event and grab space for lemonade stands on Alberta between Northeast 25th and Northeast 26th. (Oregonian)
Initially, the relevant Multnomah County circled the wagons to defend their goose-stepping Clipboard Nazis. It might have worked, back in the day, but not in 2010. Predictably, the story reached critical mass in cyberspace in a New York minute, outraging rational adults around the world. When the blowback came, from all parts of America and points beyond, the Multnomah County officials beat a hasty retreat.
After careful consideration (and media attention), Multnomah County decided that neither Julie nor other kids would need to pay the $120 licensing fee to run their lemonade stands..
The county's top elected official, Jeff Cogen, told The Oregonian that the inspectors were "following the rule book" but that the rules were intended for adults running food businesses. "A lemonade stand is a classic, iconic American kid thing to do," he said. "I don't want to be in the business of shutting that down." (AOL News)
Too little, too late, dude. The Lemonade Revolt has begun. Man the Lemocades!
Another Jersey Woman Goes Wild
Source: PIG News Wire [08/04/10]
You’ll be thrilled to learn that Snooki isn’t the only New Jersey woman who has memorable, public, meltdowns. In fact, I’m willing to predict that, after you read about 21-year old Natalie Tice, you’ll consider Snooki a paragon of civility.
A wench who leaves a lasting impression, Natalie hit a speedbump when she tried to board a bus at the Vineland Transportation Center (New Jersey, DUH). The 63-year-old bus driver wanted no part of Natalie, who had created a disturbance earlier, while riding his bus. Did Natalie take this banishment in stride? Hardly.
Ignoring the driver’s refusal, Natalie boarded the bus, pummeled the driver, then stole $48 from him. As expected, Natalie’s antics registered on the radar of the proper authorities, who promptly bagged, tagged, and dragged her to a police cruiser for a ride to the nearest graybar hotel. That’s when Natalie kicked it - and assorted other things - up a couple notches.
After Tice was placed under arrest for the robbery, she was put in the rear of a police cruiser as police continued their investigation.
Police pepper-sprayed Tice after she ignored an order to stop kicking the cruiser’s rear, passenger-side window. The pepper-spray reportedly had little impact in calming Tice, who kicked out the window a few moments later.
Police estimated the damage to the cruiser at $600.
Tice allegedly made several threats to kill the police officers involved in the investigation, both during her arrest and while being processed at police headquarters.
She also screamed that she was going to defecate in an interview room and hurl feces at the officers, and also indicated she was going to have an abortion so she could claim she had a miscarriage due to the way she was handled following her arrest, according to police. The police report did not indicate if Tice was pregnant. (New Jersey.com)
Leaving nothing to chance, the police exiled Natalie to the South Jersey Healthcare-Regional Medical Center for a ‘what’s her damage’ evaluation. If it’s proven that this wild woman has all her marbles, she’ll be installed in a local graybar on charges of robbery and criminal mischief with her bail set at $100,000.
Eat your heart out Snooki.
Can You Hear Me Now?
Source: Des Moines Register [08/02/10]
A Waterloo (Iowa) man, Carl Herold, took it for as long as he could, but eventually he reached his breaking point. Undoubtedly a music lover, Carl is, like most of us, a man who likes some kinds music more than others. One of the ‘other’ forms of music that Carl finds hard to take is the "hippie music" that keeps blasting out from the house across the street.
When his irritation reached critical mass, our 62-year-old hero decided to give his noisy neighbor a taste of his own ‘can you hear me now’ medicine. How? You’re going to be thrilled.
Carl Herold said he got tired of the "hippie tunes" constantly coming from across the street. The 62-year-old bought an air horn from an old dump truck last week, pointed it at his neighbor's house, connected it to an air compressor for power and started tooting away.
His neighbors called police within minutes. The arresting officer said he heard the horn blasts every few seconds starting about five blocks from the house. He arrested Herold when he refused to stop. (Des Moines Register)
Far from satisfied with the way things turned out, Carl is seriously contemplating fighting his arrest.
Shouldering Her Part of the Load
Source: PIG News Wire [07/30/10]
Earlier this month, a judge ruled that cheerleading isn’t a ‘sport’, when it comes to a Title IX gender equality headcount. It probably made sense, at the time, but the judge needs to rethink that decision, in light of Kealy Oliver’s heroics.
A 16 year old junior at Moore High School (Oklahoma), Kealy is also - TA DA - a cheerleader. So what? So, she learned a few useful tricks, while cheering the Moore High School Lions football team on to victory. What tricks? Among other things, Kealy has perfected the flying tackle.
It happened, while Kealy was spending quality time at the Penn Square Mall:
She was at the mall talking to her mother on her cell phone when suddenly a man started running her way. "I was like, 'Hang on Mom,' and I put the phone down. When he got close to me, I just got in his way and grabbed him and he kept trying to run so I just slammed him on the ground."
By slamming him to the ground she gave mall security the chance to catch up. "I grabbed him and then put him on his stomach and I was still holding on to him. I don't even know."
She didn't even know what she had done. High School Playbook wanted to know, "What was she thinking?"
"I didn't think. I was shaking. I was like nervous. I didn't know why I did that," Kealey Oliver smiles in amazement. She got a scratch on her arm and bruised her left knee. And to top it off, she did it all in a dress. "I was in a strapless dress, yes." (KCRA)
If you’re not convinced that Kealy has the right stuff, you’re a hard sell. Maybe this PIG-worthy Kealy quote will get the job done: "At first, I thought I was just going to stop him, but he kept running. So I was like, okay, I guess you're going to the ground."
You’re our kind of gal, darlin’.
A Dissenting Opinion
Source: ABC - Denver [07/29/10]
In the dead of night, someone made a subtle change to the sign in front of the Boulder County Justice Center (Colorado, DUH). When the paint dried, the visitor had left a pointed commentary by adding quote marks around the word ‘justice’, making the sign in front of the facility read: Boulder County "Justice" Center.
As fun as this is, it gets better, because the ‘critique’ wasn’t noticed, by anyone, until four days later. As expected, when the alteration to the sign registered with the proper authorities, they were NOT thrilled spitless. The Boulder County Sheriff’s Department is ‘investigating’, and trying to track down these clever critics.
Poor Baby
Source: Austin American-Statesman [07/29/10]
The last time I checked up on the Fort Hood murderer - Major Nidal Hasan - he was rotting in the Bell County Jail (Mexas), awaiting trial. According to this Mexas fishwrap, he’s still there, but his life has - I’m thrilled to report - hit another speed bump.
The bad news is that, despite his antics, he’s still getting a paycheck from Uncle Sam ($6,000 a month, minimum). The good news is that, none of the local banks will touch his money.
‘As he sits in the Bell County Jail, accused of the Nov. 5 Fort Hood shooting that left 13 dead, Maj. Nidal Hasan continues to receive his monthly U.S. Army paycheck, which based on his rank and experience is probably more than $6,000.
That's standard procedure for soldiers who are confined before military trial, according to Army officials.
But Hasan, charged with a shooting spree that shocked the country, is not a standard defendant. And he's having a hard time finding a bank to take his money.
According to his civilian attorney John Galligan, Bank of America notified Hasan last month that it was closing his account and no area bank so far has agreed to open an account for the Army psychiatrist. Military regulations require soldiers to be paid through direct deposit, making a bank account indispensable...’
‘...Galligan said he and his staff have tried to open accounts in Hasan's name at half a dozen banks but were turned down at each one. He was especially angry that Fort Hood National Bank also refused, he said.
"In its unique position as the one major bank on post, with access to all of the soldiers, they turned us down too."...’ (American-Statesman)
His shyster is whining that this bank boycott is "another example of the prejudice that he's been exposed to". This pagan scribbler thinks this is a mild dose of Mexas payback. At best, this is a small payment on the ‘debt’ We the People need to collect from this murdering, Jihadikaze piece of shit.
Nice Try, Chief
Source: Ohio.com [07/23/10]
William Bowersock strayed onto the proper authority radar, when the Lima (Ohio) resident let his two houses become a notorious eyesore. Invoking the city’s nuisance laws, the relevant authorities ordered William to ‘clean up his act’. Game, set, match? Not yet.
When he was summoned to a local court, William mounted an utterly PIG-worthy defense. Having seceded from the clutches of the local government, William had formed his own Indian reservation. That, he insisted, exempted his tribal lands from the city property code bureaucrats who have been hounding him for YEARS.
It was a nice try, an utterly PIG-worthy try, but it fell on deaf ears. Mired in that pesky pestilence - objective reality - Judge Richard Warren gave CHIEF William 30 days to bring his properties into compliance. Life is just one damn thing after another
Deceiving Appearances
Source Nevada Appeal [07/22/10]
When she left Sun Credit with a bank bag begging to be stolen, Sun Credit’s petite, 98-pound, manager, Denise Shull, appeared to be easy pickings to a pair of desperados. Appearances, in this case, were very deceiving.
For Denise, it was just another day at the office when she headed for her car at 7:30 p.m. That all changed, when a masked woman yanked open Denise's car door, punched Denise in the chest, then reached for the bag. Outweighed by at least 80 pounds, Denise wasn’t ready to give up that money without a fight.
Shull grabbed the woman by her neck and got her onto the ground where the two struggled over the bank bag. Shull wrested the bag away and tossed it back into her vehicle. Her next goal was to detain the suspect until police arrived.
But after Shull ripped the mask off, the robber got away and ran north screaming for her male accomplice. “So I was just running after her,” said Shull, laughing at the spectacle of it all on Wednesday.
At the end of the sidewalk, Shull said, she tackled the assailant again and gained control of her. Before she knew it, she said, a man emerged from a vehicle parked in the north lot and started punching her in the head and trying to pull her off. “But I wasn't letting go,” she said.
The struggle was witnessed by the manager of a cigarette shop nearby, and he intervened, chasing off the man who fled in a vehicle. Shull said she noticed that the license plate was covered with cardboard. (Nevada Appeal)
Thanks to our feisty heroine, the woman who tried to rob her - Sun Credit’s former office manager, Christian Rodriguez - was bagged, tagged, and dragged to the Carson City (Nevada) graybar, where our heroine once worked. The long arm of the law also caught up with the other desperado, Victor Cano, who was hiding behind some rocks on Lone Mountain.
If you’re thinking about taking on our heroine, we don’t advise it. Why? Maybe these choice Denise Shull words will give you a hint:
“That's how I am even though I'm tiny and everything. Over the whole entire thing I wasn't scared ever, I know that sounds stupid, but I just was pissed. I was like, ‘You open my car door, you punch me. It's on.'”
You’re our kind of gal, darlin’.
Hero ‘Sticks’ It To An Intruder
Source: Fox [07/21/10]
Our hero, a 70 year old Indianapolis (Indiana) denizen named Charles Jenkins, woke with a start, when he heard a loud noise in his living room. Fully awake, he rushed out to investigate. When he arrived, Charles spotted a man wearing a hoodie climbing through the broken living room window.
Rising to the challenge, Charles snatched up his cane and put it to good use, beating the snot out of the intruder. Taking a hint, the newly enlightened desperado beat a hasty retreat. He jumped into a waiting truck and disappeared into the night.
Nice going Charles. You’re our kind of dude.
Fun Fact: Charles just got out of the slammer, where he was housed for bootlegging alcohol.
Clowning Around In Wisconsin
Source: NBC Affiliate [07/19/10]
After ingesting a sufficient quantity of mind-altering substances, a 40 year old Cheesehead’s lunacy reached critical mass, in the wee hours of the morning. Around 4 a.m., he armed himself with a shotgun, then started blazing away at the invisible clowns who were infesting the home of his mommy’s home.
The good news is that our hero managed to kill many members of the invisible, hostile, clown horde. The bad news is that in his zeal to ‘protect’ his mother, he fired off a few shots at mom and her boyfriend, as they tried to flee the scene of this fool’s rampage in their vehicle.
You’ll be relieved to learn that basement ‘boy’ was bagged, tagged, and dragged to a local graybar, before he managed to hurt anyone who exists in the objective reality that this fool fled with such compelling enthusiasm.
Is There ‘Life’ Without LeBron?
Source: PIG News Wire [07/16/10]
Is there ‘life’ in Cleveland without LeBron? Probably, but you’ll want to doublecheck that with King.
I’m pleased to report that, here and there, a few enterprising Cleveland capitalists are trying to cash in on their hoops hero’s defection to that den of iniquity, Miami. How? How indeed?
In McNulty's Bier Markt in Ohio City, handing over a LeBron jersey got you a free beer Friday night, according to The Cleveland Plain Dealer. The bartenders shredded the jerseys on the spot with a pair of garden shears.
Mark Duncan, APAt Medina's Nifty Nerd computer services company, a LeBron jersey gets you a $23 credit for services. Owner Anton Gorkavchuk says he may send the shirts overseas "to people who don't know how badly he betrayed us."
The Great Lakes Brewing Co., a Cleveland brewery, soon plans to put out a special bitter ale in honor of James --- called Quitness. (AOL News)
PIG News salutes the Cleveland capitalists who are turning LeBron lemons into ‘good riddance’ lemonade.
Perilous Times In Payette
Source: PIG News Wire [07/16/10]
When we hand out our end of the year awards, this action packed epic is destined to be hailed as the crime spree of the year. Suffice it to say it has EVERYTHING we look for in a news story.
Episode 1: When Payette emergency responders arrived at the scene of a trailer park fire, they got a lot more than they wanted or needed. In addition to the fire, they found four pipe bombs lashed to a propane tank outside a trailer. On the off chance that the firemen couldn’t take a hint, the mad bomber left a note on the door, warning them that the house was bobby trapped.
Episode 2: While the proper authorities evacuated more than 50 homes, and bomb technicians searched for more explosives, the cops responded to a call which reported a car fire near a storage unit North of town on Highway 95. A cursory inspection found that the car had been doused in gasoline, then set on fire.
Episode 3: While the cops determined that the burning car, and the booby trapped trailer belonged to the same person - Catherine Carlson - other units responded to a report of a nude woman streaking down Highway 95 carrying what appeared to be a pipe bomb. Could it be Catherine ‘Crime Spree’ Carlson? You better believe it Sparky.
As fun as this sounds, there’s one final tidbit that makes this one a PIG News CLASSIC. Catherine is no stranger to the police. In fact, ‘she’ has been in a huff since the Payette justice system busted ‘her’ in 2007, for driving on a suspended license. FUN FACT: ‘Catherine’ got her knickers in a knot because, during that 2007 bust, the officer who wrote her up, used ‘her’ PRE SEX CHANGE name, Daniel Carlson.
And, now, you really do know the rest of the story.
Finally tally for Catherine/Daniel: using weapons of mass destruction; arson; indecent exposure.
Amazing American Tales
Source: PIG News Wire [07/09/10]
Thanks For Dropping In, Now STOP IT
It’s not breaking news when a southern-fried motorist crashes her Mazda Miata into the Greens Liquor Store in northeast Atlanta (Georgia, DUH). She told the proper authorities that her brakes gave out. It sounds right, but there’s something else you need to know.
Brake failure? Perhaps...accidents happen, but this isn’t the first time she has performed this particular stunt. Believe it or not, this is the second time, in a year, that she has smashed her car into that building. Rumors that the adult beverage wranglers told her ‘we really MUST stop meeting like this’ can’t be confirmed at press time.
Taking Control In Georgia
After 59 years on the planet, Lorraine Gobert isn’t as spry as she was, ‘back in the day’. She might need a cane to move around, but, when the need arises, she’s spry enough to get the job done.
Lorraine demonstrated that she has ‘the right stuff’, this week, during her daily commute from Hiram to Atlanta, when the bus driver passed out. When life ‘threw’ her this curve, Lorraine was up to the challenge:
Gobert, 59, told the AJC that she had just finished reading her electronic Bible and “was saying my prayer when I felt something. I looked up and I saw greenery, then I looked at the bus driver and his eyes were closed, and by the time I said, ‘Vic!’ the bus went sideways, throwing me over on top of him.”
“Vic” was driver Victor Dewhart, 50, of Austell, who Powder Springs police spokesman Matt Boyd said had passed out at the wheel shortly after 5:30 a.m. on C.H. James Parkway.
“I just grabbed the steering wheel and tried to find something to make the bus stop,” said Gobert. “I saw a little tree so I steered the corner of the bus and hit the tree to make the bus stop.”
When the bus finally came to rest off the highway just west of Hill Road, a tree blocked the door from opening. Some of the 22 passengers climbed out windows of the bus, and emergency crews used the “jaws of life” to cut open the door and remove the remaining passengers. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Lorraine emerged from her adventure bruised - her whole left side from her neck to her knee - but otherwise unscathed. You’re our kind of gal, Lorraine.
Deceiving Appearances in Ohio
Buckeye State denizen, Pat Dye, took one look at a fetching, Springboro (Ohio), 16-year-old wench - we’ll call her Yum Yum - and felt those pesky hormones start doing cartwheels. Eager to get up close and personal with Yum Yum, Pat put some romantic moves on her. Did it work? You bet, but it didn’t save 31-year-old Pat Dye from a painful header into the justice system.
A mere 4-11 in stature, Pat used a boyish appearance to convince Yum Yum that our horndog was a 14-year-old lad named Matt Abrams. The mutual attraction reached critical mass, when Pat/Matt and Pat's jail bait sweetie set up housekeeping in a local hotel for 3 memorable days, in June. Eventually, Yum Yum got nervous, prompting her to run away from the love nest she shared with Pat/Matt.
So what? So, despite all the canoodling, Yum Yum, inexplicably, never found out that Patricia Dye is - TA DA - a WOMAN. She might not have noticed, but the cops figured it out in record time, prompting them to charge Patricia Dye with corruption of a minor and unlawful sex with a minor.
How, exactly, did Patricia manage ‘unlawful sex’, without spilling the ‘oops, did I forget to tell you I’m a chick’ beans? It’s Enquiring Minds time, again, in the PIGdom.
First Amendment Wins In Iowa Courtroom
Source: Sioux City Journal [07/08/10]
An Osceola County (Iowa) resident, Paul Dorr, is a dude who isn’t shy about sharing his opinions. His protests, letters to the editor, and leaflets, have earned Paul a well-deserved level of notoriety, in his patch of Iowa. That fun fact bit Paul Dorr on the butt, in July 2007, when he tried to obtain concealed weapon permits from Osceola County Sheriff Douglas Weber.
Sheriff Weber turned Paul down, citing, among other things, “Concern from public. Don’t trust him.” A year later, Sheriff Weber refused to give Paul Dorr’s 18-year-old son, Alexander, a gun permit. Kicking it up several notches, Sheriff Weber told Paul Dorr that he would deny any/all future gun permit applications from him.
Unwilling to accept Sheriff Weber’s antics, Paul Dorr took the matter to court. This week, U.S. District Court Judge Mark Bennett banged the gavel down on Sheriff Weber, ordering him to give Paul Dorr his gun permit. Just getting started, Judge Bennett ordered Sheriff Weber to complete a college-level course in the First Amendment.
Weber testified that he had heard people refer to Paul as “a whacko, delusional, a nut job, a spook, and narcissist,” Bennett’s decision noted. “Regardless of the adjective used to describe Paul, however, Sheriff Weber stated that Paul’s ‘lousy’ reputation was due to his political activities of writing letters to the editor and distributing fliers.”
The ruling continued, “Giving Sheriff Weber more deference than is due his elected status, the court finds that Sheriff Weber denied Paul’s application for a concealed weapons permit not because of the content of his First Amendment activity but because it was effective and agitated many members of the local community.”
And, Bennett said, “In denying Paul a concealed weapons permit, Sheriff Weber single-handedly hijacked the First Amendment and nullified its freedoms and protections. Ironically, Sheriff Weber, sworn to uphold the Constitution, in fact retaliated against a citizen of his county who used this important freedom of speech and association precisely in the manner envisioned by the founding members of our nation ...
"In doing so, this popularly elected Sheriff, who appears to be a fine man and an excellent law enforcement officer, in all other regards, blatantly caved in to public pressure and opinion and, in doing so, severely trampled the Constitution and Paul’s First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and association. This is a great reminder that the First Amendment protects the sole individual who may be a gadfly, kook, weirdo, nut job, whacko, and spook, with the same force of protection as folks with more majoritarian and popular views." (Sioux City Journal)
The FSOP salutes Judge Bennett for his liberty-enforcing ruling. We’re particularly pleased that Sheriff Weber must get court approval for his mandated college class on the First Amendment, and must provide written proof that he completed the course with a passing grade.
Parting shot: It’s a shame that there isn’t some way to get Judge Bennett to mandate a course on the entire U.S. Constitution for Messiah Barry.
Bordering On Insanity
Source: AOL News [07/02/10]
If you think drugs and chronically needy invaders are the only things that cross our border with Mexico, without permission, get over it. This week, the denizens of El Paso (Mexas) got a rude awakening, when a raging drug gang gun battle spilled over the border from a shooting gallery named Juarez.
If you think that the proper authorities in El Paso just shrugged it off, guess again. The were not the least bit amused, when seven bullets from the Juarez gun fight hit El Paso’s city hall. How mad were Mexas authorities? Very.
In fact, Mexas Attorney General Greg Abbott fired off a WTF-O-GRAM to Messiah Barry, demanding more than Prompter Punk platitudes:
The time for talk has passed. The time for action is now. The need is urgent. Each day that passes increases the likelihood that an American life will be lost because of the federal government's failure to secure the border.
This threat demands immediate and effective action by your Administration to secure our border. As the Attorney General of Texas, I urge you to make border security your top priority so that no more innocent lives are most to border violence. (AOL)
According to the El Paso Times, which reprinted Attorney General Abbott’s letter to Barry, this gun fight in the streets of Juarez is hardly an isolated incident. So far, this year, 1,300 people have been killed in Juarez. Am I the only one who didn’t know that ‘Juarez’ is Sombrero Stomper for "drug gang infested cesspool"? Probably, but I’m up to speed on that fun fact, now.
Political Pulchritude Wads Panties In New Hampshire
Source: PIG News Wire [07/01/10]
John Stephen is an Elephant Clan candidate for governor of New Hampshire, but his primary claim to FSOP fame is a properly-PIGish fundraiser, which was organized by a cigar distributor, Victor Vitale. I know what you’re thinking, but, as far as I can tell, the usual suspects aren’t setting their hair on fire over the link between John’s campaign and - GASP - big tobacco.
The cow squeeze hit the rotating cooling device, when Victor Emerilized his plans for a ‘poolside barbecue with cigars on July 11 in Nashua’, without clearing the new, PIGish, elements with John Stephen and/or his campaign staff. That’s why the campaign flier for the event doesn’t mention the last minute addition of a - TA DA - bikini/hula hoop contest.
John knows, now, but his response to the panty-twister didn’t save him from Korrectnik slings and arrows:
Stephen removed himself from the event altogether after reporters told him the organizer planned the bikini contest.
Still, some Democrats said the plans laid bare that Stephen — a former deputy safety commissioner and former health and human services commissioner — was unfit for office.
"It's completely outrageous that John Stephen would ask women to participate in a bikini contest to raise money for his campaign," state Sen. Martha Fuller Clark said in a news release. (News Max)
If you live in New Hampshire, you might want to consider making Victor Vitale your write-in candidate for governor. Unlike John Stephen, Victor - Cigars & Bikini Contests - Vitale is our kind of guy.
An Utterly American Brewskie Adventure
Source: PIG News Wire [07/01/10]
Since the news hounds at KHOU don’t give his name, we’ll call our hero ‘Brew’. Brew’s claim to PIGish fame is a properly-PIGish item that he has in his backyard. Brew insists that the Pepsi vending machine, which is loaded with beer, is his ‘personal refrigerator’. His neighbors, and the proper authorities, have another name for it.
According to Fort Worth police reports, everyone in the neighborhood knows it's an after-hours beer stop, where anyone can pay a $1.50 for a beer dispensed from a backyard Pepsi machine.
Some people we spoke with were reluctant to admit to knowledge of the machine.
But Dwayne Smith has the proof. He says he finds dozens of beer cans in his yard every weekend, and that makes the owner of the machine a bad neighbor.
"Cops have warned him, busted in his house. They've done all this stuff, and he's still doing what he does," Smith said. "No one is stopping him."
Fort Worth police have filed three reports in the last six days, saying cars line up on the street and people are leaving the backyard at all hours with cold beer.
The person at the house did not answer the door, but he did return a call to News 8. He said what's in his backyard is a "personal refrigerator," and he said he doesn't sell the beer, but people have taken it from the machine. (KHOU)
Brew, dude, the entire Free State of PIG salutes you. A ‘personal refrigerator’ which dispenses brewskies for $1.50 apiece? There’s a name for that and it’s not ‘a neighborhood nuisance’. Here in the PIGdom, we call that entrepreneurial capitalism.
Painting A Bull’s-Eye on Ronald McDonald
Source: Daily Mail [06/23/10]
The Food Nazis at CSPI (Center for Science in the Public Interest) have their junk science knickers in a painful knot over that kiddie pleasing icon of fast food, McDonald’s happy meal. Full of themselves, and IT, the CSPI punks have given Ronald McDonald and his cohorts, 30 days to stop using popular characters - like Shrek - and toys, to lure young un’s to their nutritional doom. Proving how detached they are from objective reality, CSPI has vilified happy meal promotions as "creepy and predatory".
The Centre for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) says using toys to promote its Happy Meals is 'unfair, deceptive and illegal', under American State laws.
McDonald's insists that it uses toys and popular characters to promote healthy options such as fruit, carrot sticks and organic milk.
However, the CSPI says the reality is that 93% of children who have a Happy Meal walk out with a portion of fries alongside products like burgers and chicken nuggets.
"McDonald’s is the stranger in the playground handing out candy to children,' said the CSPI litigation director Stephen Gardner. 'McDonald’s use of toys undercuts parental authority and exploits young children’s developmental immaturity—all this to induce children to prefer foods that may harm their health. It’s a creepy and predatory practice that warrants an injunction."
If anyone deserves to be dragged, screaming and kicking, into a courtroom it’s CSPI. I think it’s an outrage that these goose-stepping Food Nazis call what they’re doing ‘science’.
Bounty Hunter Returns Home
Source: AOL News [06/23/10]
The last time we visited Gary Faulkner, he was languishing in a Pakistani graybar, after that nation’s proper authorities found him in a rather rugged region of northern Pakistan. Noting Gary’s firearm, sword, and night vison gear, they asked him the Pakistani equivalent of WTF, an interrogative which elicited a thrilling response.
Unamused by Gary’s one man mission to tracked down Osama bin Laden, then forcibly evict him from the human population, the proper authorities made noises about punishing Gary for his antics. I’m pleased to report that Pakistan got over it. Instead of charging him, they turned Gary over to American authorities, who sent him home.
I know that Gary has unresolved - serious - health issues, but I’m compelled to question our government’s inability to recognize this bounty hunter’s potential. Why send him home, when he’s our top choice to lead the fight against the Islamikazes in Afghanistan? I’m just sayin’.
It Could Have Been Worse
Source: Saugus Advertiser [06/22/10]
A half dozen passengers were far from thrilled, after they smelled smoke, a perk that was not included, when they hired the limo to squire them around the Bay State. The good news is that their driver was up to the challenge, and had the presence of mind to pull off the highway, to avoid a fiery disaster. The bad news is that the driver decided to pull his burning ride into a nearby gas station.
A gas station + a burning car = a disaster waiting to happen. It was dicey, for a few minutes, when flames erupted in the limo's engine compartment. Luckily, three units from the local fire department arrived in time to prevent a towering, gas station on fire, inferno.
PIGish safety tip: If your car catches fire, by all means pull off the road. BUT, when you select a spot to watch it burn, do NOT, get ‘er done in a gas station, even if it’s the local BP pitstop. I’m just sayin’.
An Utterly Flori-DUH Adventure
Source: Golden Oinks [06/18/10]
From our ‘eat your heart out Joseph Heller’ news desk, we bring you this bra-busting adventure.
Our heroine is a Flor-DUH attorney wench who did a header into the infamous Catch-22, when she attempted to pay a visit to her client, who is a guest at the Miami Federal Detention Center. The fun started, when her underwire bra set off the metal detector.
Rolling with the punches, our heroine retreated to the ladies room, where she removed her bra. Did that get the job done? Nope. When she tried to enter the detention center, the guards refused to let her gain entry. Why? Because, she wasn’t wearing a bra.
Fox News said that officials at the detention center didn’t want to discuss it. I don’t blame them. If I had my head that far up my own butt, I wouldn’t want to talk about it either.
Excuses, Excuses
Source: Golden Oinks [06/18/10]
When a Mexas meathead, Mizueo Truan, plowed his Hummer into a Corpus Christi utility pole, he insisted that it wasn’t his fault:
"I seen something ahead of me, but I thought it was something like or dog or something, so I kept driving," said the driver, Mizueo Truan. "I looked away for a split second and looked back up and there's a tree right in front of me, and I try to swerve out of it, and it hits the front end of my tire and breaks the whole front axel." (KRIS-TV)
Nice try, dude, but your excuse didn’t fly with the proper authorities:
"What he said is, he didn't know where the pole came from," said Lt. David Blackmon. "Obviously, it was sitting in the ground where it was the whole time before he hit it." (KRIS- TV)
During the investigation, the proper authorities found proof for a more likely reason for the accident:
[P]olice started collecting some telling evidence around the hummer. "An alcohol beverage can, a beer can, next to the vehicle," Blackmon said. "I don't know if it was there before the accident or if it was thrown out after."
Witnesses say they saw female passenger trying to rid the car of the empty cans. They will be collected as evidence, but they won't be as conclusive as the results of the officer administered sobriety tests. "The biggest thing is going to be the sobriety test, which he did not do very well on," Blackmon said. (KRIS-TV)
Our crash test dummy is trying to own up to it all, but he’s still stuck in excuse mode: bad Karma. Nice try, dude, we I have a better explanation: drunk as a skunk.
Another Kids Meals Uproar
Source: AOL News [06/13/10]
When it comes to those specially packed meals for tykes, fast food wranglers can’t get out of their own way. Ironically, the problem isn’t with the food itself. The problem is with the tyke pleasing goodies that the fast food capitalists include with their kiddie meals.
With McDonald’s happy meals, the usual suspects whined that the toys programmed tykes to develop bad eating habits. This time out, the source of angst involves the disco CD that the Wendy’s burger chain includes with their kids’ meals. Where’s the beef? It’s the fun fact that some CDs include ‘racy lyrics’.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that one of the songs on the Disco Fever CD was Donna Summer's "Last Dance." The song has two sets of lyrics. One version includes the words "so bad." But some heard the alternative lyrics "so horny" on the CD, which had been marked as safe for 3 years old and up. (AOL News)
Wendy’s suits immediately yanked the Disco Fever CD. The kids will have to settle for one of 3 other CDs, which include toe tappers like the Jackson 5's "ABC" and Kool & the Gang’s "Celebration".
When pressed for a comment Wendy’s officials served up the functional equivalent of ‘D’Oh’.
A Very Special Delivery
Source: Yahoo News [06/10/10]
Since our hero, Brian Hines, toils as a plumber, it’s more than a tad ironic that his heroics took place on the floor of his own bathroom. The fun started, when 38-year-old Brian’s terminally preggers wife, Andrea, started have those tattletale ‘ready or not, here I come’ contractions. Was it time to make a mad dash to the hospital? Not necessarily.
Using Andrea’s first pregnancy as a benchmark, the couple, quite reasonably, concluded that, like their first child, Alexander, the new member of their family was hours away from that grand entrance into the world. Life had a nifty surprise in store for the couple, and so did their second child, Daniel Michael Lee Hines, who was much more impatient than his big brother.
Seven minutes after that first contraction, aided by detailed instructions from a Waterford Township (Michigan) emergency dispatcher - Joy Nick, Brian delivered his son. Brian is, obviously, a man of many talents.
Pothole Vigilante
Source: Omaha World-Herald [06/07/10]
Potholes! They’re a pestilence which plagues motorists from the Big Apple to the Sanctuary City of Angels, and every place in between. For our purposes, ‘every place in between’ includes Omaha (Nebraska), where potholes have reached epidemic proportions. Epidemic proportions isn’t Hambo hyperbole, because, in April 2010, there were an estimated 200,000 potholes in the city.
Determined to address the problem, Omaha’s Elected Tormentors paid $1.2 million to have four private crews wrangle the potholes on the city’s major streets. Now, that task is finished, and the city has shelled out $450,000 in overtime money to have city crews fill in the potholes on residential streets.
Although the city is on the job, one Omaha resident, Zac Handler, isn’t willing to wait for them to get around to the street in front of his apartment. Instead of complaining about the potholes in his neighborhood, Zac decided to invest his time and $$$ into getting the job done, personally:
Smacking into the same street craters outside your home over and over can get maddening. So Zac Handler applied a little pothole vigilantism, along with some concrete mix he picked up at a local hardware store. “People were swerving like the slalom in the Olympics, trying to go around the potholes,” the 27-year-old medical school graduate said.
His frustration peaked the last weekend in May, after he left his apartment on 38th Avenue near Jackson Street. He was reflecting on the zigzag ritual he'd been perfecting the previous six months when he saw a Lowe's store. “I thought ‘How hard can it be?'”
Handler explained his peeve to experts inside. He walked out with a bag of materials and got on his computer to double-check the procedure. Add water, flatten with a masonry bull float, let dry …
Acting in the light of day, Handler set up cones around his work site so motorists would not run over him or his repair work. (Omaha World-Herald)
I’m pleased to report that, although they don’t advocate it, the city’s road wranglers aren’t painting a bureaucratic bull’s-eye on Zac. In fact, Omaha’s top street maintenance engineer cited at least two other pothole vigilantes who tried their hand at road repair. Granted, the job might need to be redone, but the repairs should be good enough to civilize the residential streets, until the pros from Dover show up with all their gear.
You’re our kind of dude Zac.
Capitalism, Or Extortion?
Source: Oklahoman [06/07/10]
Operating out of Guthrie (Oklahoma), Ron Edwards, owner of RJS Properties, is a man who loves a bargain. He’s the kind of dude who likes to turn a tidy profit on a small investment. For example, he purchased a small plot of land at a county auction, for $1,584 dollars, then turned around and tried to get some interested parties to pay him $80,000 for it. In his mind, it’s an offer they can’t refuse.
A businessman is under fire for buying tiny parcels of land so he can sell or lease them for inflated prices to people who thought they owned them.
In one case, Guthrie businessman Ron Edwards is demanding four Edmond condominium owners pay him $80,000 for a shared driveway he bought for $1,584 at a county auction.
"I thought I made a decent offer,” Edwards said.
The owners haven't paid, so Edwards blocked their driveway with concrete highway barriers last month.
"I was just livid,” said Hedi Lunday, 77, one of the condo owners at Timberdale Estates in Edmond. "It's extortion.”
Many Timberdale Estates residents are elderly; some barely can walk, Lunday said.
Edmond officials ordered the barriers removed for public safety reasons, and an Oklahoma County judge has issued an injunction temporarily barring Edwards from blocking the driveway. (Oklahoman)
This isn’t the first time that Ron Edwards has tried to spread his special brand of joy, and it won’t be the last. His ‘edge’, in these matters, is his access to critical information. In most cases, his ‘customers’ don’t know that a key parcel adjacent to their property has been auctioned off for delinquent taxes, until they get one of Ron Edwards’ ‘hello neighbor, guess what’ missives in their mailbox.
That brings us to our essential question. Is Ron Edwards a capitalist who makes keen investments? Or, is Ron Edwards an extortionist who uses the ‘letter of the law’ to fleece his unsuspecting, unwilling, clients whom he has trapped between a rock and a hard place?
I’ll let you make that call, PIGster Sparky.
Standing Up For Arizona
Source: ABC 14 [06/06/10]
When it comes to Arizona’s headline grabbing fight to stem the border jumping scumbag tidal wave, the MSM only tells you one side of the story. When the Elected Tormentors in Libertard dominated sanctuary cities vote to boycott the Grand Canyon State, it’s reported with ‘stop the presses!’ fervor. When Colonistas stage protests, anywhere in the USA, the reporting is so overblown, it’s completely detached from objective reality.
But, on June 6th, when sovereign American individuals, from all parts of the USA, rally in support of SB 1070, the MSM can’t be bothered. Granted, it wasn’t as impressive as the September 11th Tea Party march in Washington D.C., but it was a sign that some American’s ‘get it’ when it comes to defending our national sovereignty.
On Saturday, nearly 2,000 people gathered from around the country at the Arizona State Capitol in support of Arizona's new immigration law.
"It's a grassroots effort that really took off," Daniel Smeriglio, one of the people behind the march said Friday.
Since Senate Bill 1070 passed in late April, protests and marches have been almost a daily occurance. The law requires that police conducting traffic stops or questioning people about possible legal violations ask them about their immigration status if there is "reasonable suspicion" that they're in the country illegally.
Hundreds of motorcycle riders kicked off the downtown Phoenix rally off around by riding in a procession around the Capitol. Supporters waved American flags and some carried signs that read "What part of illegal don't they understand?"
"Arizona is doing what America should be doing," said John Anderson who came from Illinois for the event.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, perhaps best known for his efforts targeting illegal immigrants, drew loud chants of "Joe, Joe, Joe!" from the crowd.
One man yelled to him: "We've got your back, Joe!"
Arpaio praised lawmakers for passing the law and reiterated that he'll lock up as many illegal immigrants as his deputies can arrest. "We'll put tents from here to Mexico," he told the crowd, referring to his famed Tent City, a section of the county jail where all inmates are housed in surplus military tents. (ABC 15)
The FSOP salutes every rational adult who braved the infamous Arizona heat to show support for SB 1070.
When In Doubt, Prosecute the Intended Victim
Source: Investors Business Daily [06/02/10]
The hero of our story is an 80-year-old Korean War vet who loves on the West Side of crime-plagued Chicago. Painfully aware of the crime tsunami which is threatening to engulf the city, our hero weighed his options, after he and his 83-year-old wife were robbed at gunpoint by three armed intruders, recently. Fully aware of Chicago’s handgun ban - a ban which only disarms law-abiding citizens - our hero purchased a gun, to give himself a fighting chance, the next time trouble came calling.
Our hero’s purchase came in handy, when another armed and dangerous Windy City lowlife - Anthony Nelson - broke into our hero’s home, endangering the couple and their 12-year-old great-grandson. After Anthony reeled off two shots, our hero evicted the scumbag from the human gene pool, with a single, well-aimed, shot to Anthony’s chest.
Are Windy City officials willing to cut our Second Amendment hero some slack on his ‘illegal’ gun? According to Investors Business Daily, the city is still thinking that one over. If they want to be on the receiving end of impressive blowback, pressing charges will seal the deal.
Parting shot: What kind of sick, twisted, place is Chicago, when a man defending his family from an armed intruder is vilified as a menace to society? It’s the kind of sick, twisted, place that spawns cretins like Richard Daley, Al Capone, and a Dumbo-eared commie named Barry.
Excuse Me
Source: PIG News Wire [06/01/10]
For one Mexas dude, Germaine Hodge, working as a manager at a San Antonio McDonald’s chain was an enriching experience. It took a while, but eventually, due to shift manager attrition, Germaine matriculated into a position that allowed him to deposit all of the restaurant proceeds. Taking that fiduciary task where it didn’t belong, Germaine managed to pocket nearly $70,000 dollars ($67,336) of Ronald McDonald’s money.
Eventually, someone higher up the management food chain noticed the missing deposits and asked Germaine about them. Initially, Germaine tried to dazzle his superior with inaccurate receipts, without success. When that failed, Germaine resigned, explaining that he’d been diagnosed with cancer and needed to begin radiation therapy immediately. Determined to go for the gold, Germaine kicked it up several notches with a note from his doctor.
Fun Fact 1: The medical practitioner cited in the note specializes in obstetrics and gynecology.
Fun Fact 2: The phone number listed for the doctor belongs to Germaine.
Fun Fact 3: Germaine was bagged, tagged, and dragged to a Bexar County graybar for his sticky fingered antics. Unless he scores the $50,000 bail, he’s going to be there a while.
Location, Location, Location
Source: PIG News Wire [06/01/10]
The festivities began, while an off-duty, Windy City, cop was sitting on the front porch of his home, and he spotted a dude breaking into a car. Bestirring himself, the officer headed on over to make an arrest. Game, set, match? Hardly. This was just the opening act of an improbable chain of events.
Instead of cooperating, the desperado put up a fight, kicking his antics up several notches, by threatening to come back to kill the officer and the officer’s wife. Determined to make everyone miserable, the desperado made a run for it. He fled into some nearby woods, shedding articles of clothing in the process. It was a nice try, but the forces of justice managed to bag, tag, and drag him for burglary and aggravated assault on a police officer.
As fun as that sounds, it’s only the beginning:
As police were making the arrest at 1:13 a.m., a drunken motorist driving a 2004 Ford Escape came upon the crime scene and plowed into a police squad car. The force of the impact caused that car to hit another squad car head-on, injuring a police sergeant who was inside the car.
Paul Daniels, 26, of South Holland, was subsequently cited with two counts of driving under the influence and two counts of damage to public property. He was also cited with failure to reduce speed, no driver's license, no insurance and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle. He is slated to appear in bond court later Sunday, the Morgan Park district desk sergeant said.
The sergeant and Daniels were transported in good condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. The sergeant was treated and released, the Morgan Park district desk sergeant said.
As police were responding to the crash caused by the drunk driver, at about 1:30 a.m. another vehicle approached police. The male driver told police his male passenger had been shot at South Western Avenue and West 79th Street. Police assisted in transporting the shooting victim also to Christ. (WBBM)
Holy chain reactions, Batman!
Wenchlet Gets A Gut Check
Source: AOL News [05/27/10]
It happened in Troutdale (Oregon), while 12 year old Mackenzie Hughes was home alone. It started with a ‘bang’, when she heard someone breaking into her home. Up to the challenge, our wenchlet heroine grabbed a cell phone, dialing 911, while she retreated to the relative safety of her bedroom.
"There's someone at my door!" she can be heard telling the dispatcher on the [tape of the 911 call]. Then things got even scarier. One of the burglars came into Hughes' bedroom as she hid underneath a blanket on her bed. Hughes said the man knew she was there.
"I could just feel him staring right at me," she told NBC.
Although she was afraid, Hughes managed to stay on the phone with the dispatcher until police came to the scene. The dispatcher tried to keep the girl calm and quiet.
"He's in my room," Mackenzie told the dispatcher.
"OK, be quiet. OK, don't talk to me. Just don't talk," the dispatcher advised Mackenzie. "Take deep breaths, think of something fun." (AOL)
I’m pleased to report that, shaken, but otherwise unscathed, Mackenzie courageously sealed the deal on the trio of home invaders, who were quickly bagged, tagged, and dragged to a local graybar. You’re our kind of gal, darlin’.
Mexico’s Pirates?
Source: AOL News [05/28/10]
Mexican pirates? You bet, and it’s probably stranger than you suspect. Why? Unlike their seafaring, Somali, counterparts, these Mexican buccaneers are plying their trade on Texas’ Falcon Lake. In case you wondered, Falcon Lake a body of fresh water that straddles the America-Mexican border. If you’re out fishing on the lake, and stray to far from your friendly shore, you’re likely to be fleeced, by armed, and dangerous, Sombrero Stomping pirates.
In recent weeks, groups of men with assault rifles and high-powered machine guns have boarded leisure boats demanding drugs and cash, leading authorities to believe that drug cartels are operating on the popular bass-fishing lake on the Mexican border.
"It's gotten more brazen," Colonel Peter Flores, director of the law enforcement division for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, told Aol News Friday.
"We believe that these are some offshoots of gangs on that side that are going into different types of criminal activity aside from the smuggling and poaching that they do. A few of them have gone into sideline robbery and are diversifying," he said.
The lake has been the site of three armed robberies since April 30, and the Texas Department of Public Safety has issued a bulletin urging fishermen to remain in U.S. waters. "The robbers are believed to be members of a drug trafficking organization," the warning read. The Texas agency added that fishermen "could be in danger if they cross into Mexican waters."
"It's piracy," Zapata County Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez told ABC. "It may not be on the high seas, but they are taking advantage of people on this lake by threatening and robbing them." (AOL News)
I think it’s time to put this south of the border pestilence out of our misery, permanently. It’s time to nuke Mexico back to the primordial ooze, then nuke them some more, just for the hell of it.
PETA’s New Game Plan
Source: News Max [05/24/10]
From our ‘old dogs learn new tricks’ file, I bring you an interesting story about the PETA punks. Although they’re best known for their ‘provocative’ stunts, and headline grabbing antics, those aren’t the only plays in their playbook. According to this News Max piece, PETA is putting its money where its mouth is. How? How indeed.
They’re buying stock in the companies that they target, in order to give them a voice - a stockholder’s voice - at the corporate table:
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has been buying shares for seven years and now owns a piece of at least 80 companies, including McDonald's and Kraft Foods. It hopes to influence their animal welfare policies on such things as how chickens are slaughtered or buying pork from suppliers that keep pregnant sows in small crates. By buying stock, PETA is guaranteed the right to present its ideas directly to officials and other shareholders, many of whom likely would pay little attention to the group.
"It gives us a new forum in which to present the research we've done to company executives, their shareholders and the public," said Ashley Byrne, a senior campaigner for PETA.
PETA tries to negotiate agreements with companies behind closed doors, but if that fails, the group submits shareholder resolutions with its proposed changes at shareholder meetings.
Companies don't always change their policies, but Byrne said the effort has paid off. After PETA bought stock, Safeway grocery stores and restaurant companies Ruby Tuesday, Sonic and Burger King agreed to give purchasing preference to suppliers that abide by what the group says are more humane rules, such as not confining chicken and hogs in small cages, she said.
In many cases, shareholders were "horrified" when they learned of some of the production methods used by their companies' suppliers, Byrne said.
"Many shareholders are average people who are compassionate and who don't want to be supporting practices that are inhumane," she said. (News Max)
When they shout their views outside corporate headquarters, PETA is just another group of loons. But, when they air the same views as a stockholder, they’re given a chance to make their case. Bold new concept.
Fast Food Success Story
Source: ABC News [05/19/10]
I have thrilling news about that Food Nazi nightmare, KFC’s infamous ‘Double Down’ sandwich. Although I still think this goodie is KFC’s ‘bite me’ to Food Nazis, the fast food capitalists steadfastly deny it. Instead, they insist that this heavy duty heartburn is a special, limited run, promotion.
In theory, the 6-week promotion ended on May 23, 2010. Those plans changed, however, thanks to the response from fast food afficionados, who are gobbling up the Double Down in impressive numbers:
KFC said Wednesday that the sandwich will be available now for as long as customer demand remains high.
The Double Down came onto the market on April 12 and was supposed to have lasted about six weeks. But it tapped into Americans' fascination with quirky food and became a viral-marketing sensation. People posted videos of themselves eating the sandwich on sites like YouTube, and celebrities like Stephen Colbert gobbled it up.
KFC said it has been one of its most successful sandwich launches ever. Later this month, KFC expects to sell its 10 millionth Double Down. They cost about $5. (ABC)
If I can find someone with a forklift to cart me around, afterwards, I, too, might take a run at a Double Down.
A Southern-Fried Panty Twister
Source: WXII 12 [05/19/10]
The eye of this bureaucratic storm is a half dozen sorry looking buildings, which were constructed in the mid 1800s. Since the structures aren’t even close to being ‘up to code’, a North Carolina city’s code enforcement goose-steppers have pinned a ‘blight’ label on the venerable buildings, a fun fact which puts this on the ragged edge of demolition. No harm, no foul? Not exactly, because this code enforcement drama has a fun-filled Korrectnik twist:
The land in Bethania is part of the former Oak Grove Plantation. In the mid 1800s, the former slaves bought the property from the plantation owners. The land has been passed down two generations and the remains of six of the 14 slave cabins are all that are left.
The property was annexed into the city in 2006. Current owner Ali Shabazz said he's received a notice from the city of Winston-Salem that the remaining structures are now slated for demolition if they aren't brought up to city code.
"They're violating a lot of housing codes, so they meet the definition of demolishing," said Ritchie Brooks, the director for neighborhood services.
Shabazz said he needs more time. "It's my family's history. It's cultural," he said (WXII 12)
Since 2008, the property owner has been trying to get his eyesores listed on the National Register of Historic Places, without success. Maybe Messiah Barry will be more motivated to turn the cabins into another Misery Shrine. If that’s the plan, Ali better get ‘er done, ASAP, because the city wants the venerable eyesores fixed up in 6 months, or they’ll flatten them.
Parting shot: Why is Al Sharpton messing around in Arizona, when he’s needed closer to home, in the heart of Dixie? It’s Enquiring Minds time, again, in the PIGdom.
Homeowner Sends A Pointed Message
Source: KTVU [05/17/10]
If you think that pernicious pest, the neighborhood busybody, is strictly a Brit phenomenon, get over it. A San Francisco dude, Jim Siegel, has one, or more, of the pests making his life miserable over his on-going renovation/restoration of a Blight on the Bay landmark.
Since he bought the 120 year old Westerfield House for $750,000, in 1986, Jim has poured his heart, soul, and money into his home. Since Jim has his financial limitations - estimates to repaint his house rang from $65,000 to $85,000 - he is doing a lot of the restoration work, personally, a fun fact which put him in the neighborhood busybody bull’s-eye.
Siegel said he has been the victim of a harassment campaign after someone placed a series of anonymous calls to the county department of building inspection. "They're also calling and saying that I'm hammering or making noise too late. Five o'clock at night is not too late to be hammering a nail,” said Siegel. “I just don't know how anybody can be expected to restore a home in San Francisco, ‘cause you can't work if you're bothering people."
County records show four anonymous complaints -- including one made last month, alleging Siegel was stripping paint without containment. The inspector found no violations. (KTVU)
Since Jim’s tormentors don’t have the nads to confront our hero personally, Jim deployed his a ‘to whom it may concern’ response:
Earlier this month, Siegel spray painted an angry message on a streetside wall complete with an obscene instruction to his neighbors. The message reads: "To the ignorant neighbor who keeps calling the building inspector on me- f#$% off. There is no lead paint on this building. It was stripped in 1983." (KTVU)
Nicely done, Jim. Very nicely done. Your PIGish ‘bite me’ rocks our world.
Defending English In Jackson
Source: Daily Mail [05/13/10]
The front lines in our war to preserve American sovereignty aren’t always located on our porous borders. This week, a small, utterly American town, Jackson, New York, threw down the gauntlet when it decreed that, henceforth English is its OFFICIAL language.
[Jackson’s 1,700] inhabitants were determined to protect their English-speaking heritage after condemning the federal government for not acting.
The legislation means that all official business in the town, which has no shops, school or church, must be conducted in English.
Council member Roger Meyer, who proposed the law, said: 'The federal government has shirked its duty by not passing English as the official language of the United States.’
'I felt I would start a grass-roots movement to try to get it passed from the bottom up.'
One neighbouring town, Argyle, has passed a similar resolution while another, Easton, will debate the issue next month.
Supporters claim the moves highlight support for bolder action to curb immigration and preserve the culture which many fear is under threat in some states. (Daily Mail)
From sea to shining sea, sovereign American individuals are joining the fight to defend American sovereignty. PIG salutes Jackson, New York for doing a job that one notable American, Uncle Sam, steadfastly refuses to do.
Parting shot: Unlike the left coast, Elected Tormentor, weasels in L.A. and Frisco, Jackson council member Roger Meyer gets it:
"People come here because it’s better than the place they were in. If that’s the case, you should be adapting yourself to our ways. We shouldn’t be adapting to your ways."
Truer words, PIGsters. Truer words.
It Pays To Stop At Taco Bell?
Source: Dayton Daily News [05/12/10]
A 20-something Buckeye State babe got a lot more then she expected, when she pulled up to the drive-up window at a Dayton (Ohio, DUH) Taco Bell. I know what you’re thinking, and you’re wrong. The only one who ended up with heartburn, in this case, is the window minion, who mistakenly handed over a bag full of money - the $2,000 morning bank deposit. D’Oh!
Was our lucky customer a firm believer in ‘honesty is the best policy’? Not exactly.
Police were called to the restaurant around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 11. An employee said she was working the drive-through window and mistakenly gave the customer the bank deposit. The restaurant manager explained it was store policy to put the bank bag containing the deposit in a Taco Bell bag. The manager would then drive up to the drive-through window, and an employee would hand him the bag.
Security footage showed the transaction but not the license plate of the vehicle. Police contacted a regular customer who was in line behind the SUV. He said he could not remember the license plate on the SUV. He and the employee described the driver as a college-age woman with black or brown shoulder-length hair, wearing a white shirt with a red sweater, zip-up jacket or sweatshirt over it.
A search through the neighborhood for the vehicle was fruitless. When last seen, the driver, vehicle and Taco Bell bag of money were heading south on Brown Street. (Dayton Daily News)
I haven’t visited a Taco Bell in eons, but, I’m willing to get ‘er done, if they’re handing out money, instead of heartburn.
Stranger Than Fiction
Source: PIG News Wire [05/10/10]
Buckeye State Rampage
According to an Ohio fishwrap - the Sun Star Courier - a Strongsville (Ohio) family was trapped in their home when another Ohio denizen laid siege to their domicile:
Residents called police because they were trapped in their home by a temperamental squirrel.
The squirrel was desperate to get in the house, according to the residents. The squirrel kept jumping at the garage door and would run at the residents any time they opened a door.
This squirrel rampage in Northeastern Ohio, is the best explanation, so far, for PIGster King’s mysterious disappearance. Send up a flare, dude, and we'll mount a rescue mission. Sgt. Pork is rarin' to go.
Curb Service
In these troubled economic times, many establishments are seeking ways to attract new customers. It’s a matter of survival for many businesses, but you know times are tough when a local fire department offers ‘drive up’ service.
Yahoo News filed this report from McMinnville, Oregon:
Truck on fire? Forget calling 911. Craig Brown of Carlton just drove a few more blocks to the McMinnville Fire Station when smoke started to billow from under the hood of his pickup. McMinnville Fire Marshal Eric McMullen said a firefighter who'd been outside Friday morning washing an ambulance rushed inside to get help.
Firefighters opened the hood and found flames licking around the engine. They quickly grabbed a hose and put out the fire.
McMinnville Fire Station’s new drive up service is now open for business.
A Second Amendment Saga
Source: The Morning Call [05/05/10]
A Keystone State desperado, Robert Landis, started off well, when he targeted an Allentown (Pennsylvania) Valero gas station. Despite the presence of several customers, the mid-morning robbery came off as planned. That all changed, when Robert jumped into his getaway ride - a station wagon - and someone from the gas station exercised his, her, hisher, or its Second Amendment rights.
In addition to shattering the rear window of Robert’s getaway ride, the fusillade left our desperado with a painful memento, a bullet wound in his shoulder. Life is just one damn thing after another and Robert’s day wasn’t exactly headed for a happy ending:
A half hour later, police captured him in woods along the Lehigh River after he ditched the car on S. Armour Street, police Capt. Stephen Mould said. ''He was apprehended at gunpoint,'' [police Capt. Stephen] Mould said.
Mould said police were not yet revealing who shot Landis, except to say ''someone involved with the gas station'' fired a handgun, and more than two people were inside the station when Landis arrived. ''There were customers in the parking lot'' during the robbery, he added.
No one other than Landis was hurt.
Landis told workers at the Valero station that he had a gun and would use it if they did not cooperate, but police did not find a gun, Mould said. Police declined to say what Landis allegedly stole. (Morning Call)
The FSOP salutes this unnamed Second Amendment hero for their marksmanship.
Desperado’s Squeeze-Play
Source: Salt Lake Tribune [05/05/10]
A Utah desperado found himself in a tight spot, but, thanks to a bit of luck, he managed to squeeze his way out of it.
His shoplifting caper hit its first speed bump, when someone spotted him helping himself the merchandise at a Salt Lake City Shopko. His luck went to crap, when a store detective chased him down, took him into custody, then waited for the cops to arrive. Game, set, match? Not exactly.
Somewhere between ‘bagged’ and ‘tagged and dragged’, our desperado caught a break:
Police picked up the man, then drove back to the store a few blocks away to gather evidence, [Salt Lake City police Sgt. Robin Snyder] Snyder said. An officer rolled down a window in the patrol car to give the suspect -- who was panting from the foot pursuit he'd led store security on -- some fresh air. The officer went into the store to retrieve evidence and the suspect somehow managed to escape the patrol car through the open window, Snyder said.
"When he came back, the [suspect] was gone," she said. (Salt Lake Tribune)
The good news, for him, is that he got away. The bad news is that he just kicked a class B misdemeanor (shoplifting) up to a felony (escaping from custody). D’oh!
Courting Disaster In Illinois
Source: News Sun [05/05/10]
When 19-year-old Jennifer LaPenta left her Round Lake Park (Illinois) home, Monday morning, the only item on her agenda was a sweat-inducing trip to a local gym, so she dressed accordingly. That choice of attire - sweat pants and a T-shirt - proved to be her undoing, when she added another item to her itinerary.
The fun started, when a friend, whom Jennifer met at the gym, asked our heroine for a lift to the Lake County Courthouse. Jennifer’s life took an unplanned turn, while she was seated in the gallery, waiting for her friend’s case to be called. That’s when the presiding judge - Helen Rozenburg - singled Jennifer out for special attention. Why? The black robe didn’t like the PIG-worthy message on Jennifer’s T-shirt: "I own the pussy, so I make the rules."
Associate Judge Helen Rozenburg charged LaPenta with contempt of court for wearing the garment in her courtroom Monday. LaPenta was sitting in the gallery waiting for a friend's case to be called when the judge called her forward.
Rozenburg asked LaPenta if she thought her shirt was appropriate.
LaPenta said she told the judge that it would have been inappropriate had she been the defendant.
Rozenburg immediately sentenced her to 48 hours in jail and had her cuffed, LaPenta said.
LaPenta contends that she never went to bond court or got to call her mother. "They just threw me in jail. They never told me what I was going to jail for," LaPenta said. (News Sun)
Is there a lawsuit in the offing? Perhaps, but Jennifer hasn’t pulled the trigger on that one, yet.
Parting shot: I think Judge Rozenburg over-reacted. Since Jennifer didn’t dress for ‘court’, and wasn’t scheduled to appear, the judge should have simply asked her to leave, or cover up the ‘offending’ prose. Instead, Judge Rozenburg when black robe bonkers.
Another Border Jumper Outrage
Source: PIG News Wire [05/03/10]
If you wonder why Arizona’s LEGAL denizens are boiling mad, here’s one compelling reason. I don’t give a rat’s ass what they do on THEIR side of the border, but we must put an end to it here:
Authorities in southern Arizona have found a deputy wounded in a shootout with suspected drug smugglers after a frantic hour-long desert search.
Pinal County sheriff's Lt. Tamatha Villar says the deputy suffered a superficial wound to his abdomen after being shot with an AK-47 assault rifle Friday afternoon. He was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Casa Grande, about 40 miles south of Phoenix.
Villar says the deputy was doing smuggling interdiction work and found bales of marijuana in the desert. He then encountered five suspected illegal immigrants, two armed with rifles, and was shot.
A search was on in the rugged desert about 50 miles south of Phoenix for the five suspects. Hundreds of officers were involved. (News Max)
Mexico is exporting much more than its poverty. It’s also exporting its crime. It’s time for We the People to put a stop to it, RIGHT DAMN NOW.
Tough As Nails
Source: Roanoke Times [04/29/10]
Look up ‘tough as nails’ in your dictionary, and you should find a picture of 61 year old Virginia dude, Donald Minter. Like those legendary Timex watches, Donald took a licking and kept on ticking, until the proper authorities got deadly serious.
Police were summoned to the Kroger on Commonwealth Boulevard just after noon for a report that a man had threatened a store clerk with a knife, Monday said. The city manager said it wasn't clear whether Minter drew the knife for a robbery or another reason.
When officers arrived, Minter was in the parking lot. He charged a police cruiser, stabbing the driver's side window repeatedly, Monday said. Another officer shot Minter with high-voltage stun gun darts, but he apparently wasn't fazed. Minter retreated to his own car and locked the doors, Monday said.
An officer broke the car window and blasted Minter again with Taser darts. Again, he was unaffected. He backed over a shopping cart, brushing a police officer's leg, and sped off, Monday said. The officer was unhurt.
Police chased Minter about two miles into Henry County, where Minter crashed into a fence, Monday said.
Officers blocked his car and ordered Minter to stay put. Instead, he got out and ran behind the Sportlanes Bowling Center on Koehler Road.
Officers followed and Minter pulled the knife again, Monday said. Police shot Minter twice more with Taser darts -- again without effect, Monday said. Minter advanced toward a nearby officer, Anita Sowers, and drew back the knife, Monday said. Another officer, "fearing for their lives," opened fire, striking Minter, the city manager said in a statement. (Roanoke Times)
Taser proof? Yes, yes, yes, yes. Bullet proof? Not exactly. The only rights they’ll administer to Donald ‘Timex’ Minter are those last rights. That’s right, PIGsters, Donald achieved room temperature after, in essence, forcing the cops to hit him with their best shot.
Bagged In Flori-DUH
Source: Florida Today [04/30/10]
Ruben Torres, an off duty security guard, used his second amendment rights to teach a Flori-DUH desperado the error of his ways. Literally, the right man, in the right place, Ruben proved he had the right stuff, when a robber - Floyd Francis - strolled into the Space Coast Credit Union, where Ruben was conducting some essential banking business.
Torres said he was in the branch lobby before 2 p.m. Thursday getting money and had stopped to talk with a credit union associate when he saw a man walk in. "This guy walked in and looked me over. He wasn't disguised or anything. But he put a Wal-Mart bag on his head, walked to the counter and gave the teller a note . . . He even took the bag off his head and gave it to the teller to put the cash in," Torres said.
Torres said he slipped out of the branch office and walked to the parking lot. "I went to the car and got my weapon," said Torres, who stopped off at the bank before heading to work at a Melbourne engineering company.
Torres then pulled a 9mm pistol on the robber before he left the branch building. "That's when I took him down. The whole thing lasted three to four minutes. The tellers were all nervous," said Torres, who ordered the robber to get on the ground.
The suspect appeared apologetic before officers arrived and placed him in handcuffs, Torres said. (Florida Today)
As expected, the cops, while appreciative, are spewing the requisite ‘don’t try this at home’ drivel. I get that, but I refuse to insult Ruben with that crap. You’re a hero, Ruben, and we salute you for keeping your cool under pressure.
Parting shot: What’s up with this bag crap, desperado dude? Why put it over your head, then take it off again, so the teller can fill it with money? It’s Enquiring minds time again, in the PIGdom.
No Ifs, Ands, Or ‘Butts’
Source: PIG News Wire [04/23/10]
If you’re planning to spend time in ‘Mayberry with a beach’ - A.K.A. Kure Beach, North Carolina - this summer, I have discouraging news for you. There won’t be any visions of Southern Belle booty in a thong bikini this year. That particular southern exposure has been banished from this wide spot on a North Carolina road:
A North Carolina town that the mayor called "Mayberry with a beach" has banned swimmers from wearing thongs.
Kure (kyoor-EE) Beach Mayor Dean Lambeth says "we're going to keep this as close to Mayberry with a beach as you can keep it," referring to the idyllic Southern community portrayed on the 1960s TV series "The Andy Griffith Show."
The Star-News of Wilmington reports that the town council voted Thursday to add a ban against the revealing swimwear to its existing ordinance against nudity.
The move came after the police chief received an e-mail earlier in the week asking if the town's existing nude bathing ordinance allowed thongs. The ordinance bans nudity or "insufficient clothing," and the man wanted to know if thongs were allowed for both men and women. (Town Hall)
Now that’s my idea of a real, uh, BUMmer.
Granite State Dude Gets Too Close To His Work
Source: Bay News 9 [04/19/10]
Richard Simard’s claim to fame is the fun fact that he’s one of New Hampshire’s state liquor commissioners. It’s not much, but it’s enough to make his recent road warrior antics PIG-worthy. That’s right, PIGsters, Little Dicky just got busted for DUI. Holy occupational hazzards, Batman!
The police chief of the town of Gilford says Richard Simard was stopped around 11:30 Saturday night after Laconia police alerted them to a possibly intoxicated driver.
Gilford Chief John Markland says his officers did a field sobriety test. Simard refused to submit a breath test.
Simard was released on $1,000 personal recognizance bond and is due in court May 6.
Markland described it as a routine DWI stop but says his officers knew about Simard's position. Gov. John Lynch's office is expected to issue a statement.
Dicky, dude, you’re getting way too close to your work. Have you considered cutting back on the sauce and taking up weed, instead? Bold new concept, Dude.
Tripped Up
Source: Bangor Daily News [04/16/10]
On April 7, after he finished his 15-month stint in a Maine graybar suite, for cocaine trafficking, Glenn Watson didn’t stay off the drug enforcement radar very long. Within days, the Bangor police and Maine’s Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) learned from a tip that Glenn was selling cocaine from his Bangor motel room.
Eventually, when Glenn hid the road, MDEA agents asked Bangor cops to stop Glenn, thus hoping to catch him with the goods. That’s when this otherwise mundane story veered off toward the PIG News bull’s-eye:
According to a joint news release by Bangor police Sgt. Paul Edwards and MDEA Division Commander Darrell Crandall, Bangor police Officer Jamie Fanning was near Interstate 95 and Union Street when she spotted Watson’s vehicle. Though she activated her blue lights as the vehicle turned from Union Street onto Sixteenth Street, Watson did not pull over.
Fanning reported that when she activated her police siren, Watson continued on, running a red light, then speeding down Ohio Street at speeds clocked at 55 to 60 mph. From Ohio Street, the pursuit turned onto Boynton Street, then around the block back to Ohio Street, where it continued through a red light at Hammond and Ohio, according to Fanning. Watson then turned onto High Street, again at speeds of 55 to 60 mph, police said.
The car chase ended when Watson failed to negotiate a sharp turn on High Street and crashed his vehicle into a parked car, Fanning wrote. No one was injured.
Watson then got out of his vehicle. According to Fanning, the suspect appeared to be holding up his pants, which she said appeared to be undone. Watson then took off, running toward an apartment complex. Fanning and fellow Bangor police Officer Michael Brennan chased Watson on foot down a set of stairs. The chase ended when Watson’s pants “fell completely down around his ankles, causing him to fall down the steps and onto the ground,” the release said. (Bangor Daily News)
Caught with his pants down? You better believe it, busted for drug dealing (again) Sparky.
Parting shot: I know what you’re thinking, and I had the same idea, when I first spotted the ‘pants down’ news headline. In this case, at age 58, Glenn isn’t in that prime ‘pants on the ground’ demographic.
Location, Location, Location
Source: Washington Post [04/13/10]
The notion - opening a properly pious pharmacy - was not, in and of itself, fatally flawed. Emulating a formula which proved successful in Louisiana, Florida, and Indiana, a pair of true believers decided to open their properly pious pharmacy in Chantilly, Virginia. Their outpost of properly pious capitalism would not sell birth control pills, condoms, porn, tobacco or makeup. It would they believed, attract other, like-minded, true believers to patronize their Divine Mercy Care Pharmacy.
They tested the idea in the marketplace, for nearly two years, but never attracted enough customers. Why? Why indeed.
The drugstore was one of a handful across the country that have put the moral conviction of a pharmacist at the forefront of a business. And as a business model, that's fine, I guess.
The nearby scuba store shouldn't be required to sell Snuba equipment, the Airsoft Guns shop across the street shouldn't have to sell the Kalashnikov paintball model and, of course, Lotus Vegetarian down the way shouldn't have to serve up burgers.
John T. Bruchalski, president of Divine Mercy Care and the doctor who opened the pharmacy, then had to close it, said he wanted a place where pharmacists "could bring their conscience into the store, rather than hang it up at the door when they entered."
Unfortunately, the location was within walking distance of at least one other drugstore and across the street from a Kmart with a pharmacy. (Washington Post)
Did the marketplace pass judgement on this pious pharmacy? It did for this particular one, which seemed to be poorly located, and badly run. The margin of error for an artificially restricted market niche is notoriously narrow, making success harder than it needs to be. Admitted, this particular properly pious pharmacy failed, but the concept is still in play.
No Means NO, Sparky
Source: Salt Lake Tribune [04/10/10]
The nicest thing I can say about a 20-year-old sophomore at Brigham Young University, is that he’s a man of action. That’s especially true where romance is concerned.
Our hero, Stetson Hallam, started his trek into PIGish infamy, when he spotted an especially fetching 19-year-old hottie who lived in the same apartment complex where our hero lived. Smitten, he deployed all his best moves on the wench, while he served as her home teacher for the local Mormon toll booth.
Unhappily, his best moves failed to win her heart, so he Emerilized his wooing, aided and abetted by a 21st century Romeo’s preferred deal sealers: a stun gun and a pair of handcuffs:
The 20-year-old BYU sophomore is accused of pinning the 19-year-old woman to the ground and trying to handcuff her after incapacitating her with a stun gun Tuesday at an apartment complex where both live. Investigators say she bit down on his finger until he let her go and apologized, claiming it was all an April Fool's joke. (Salt Lake Tribune)
A lot has changed, since I spent quality time in Provo (the city where BYU is located). When, exactly, did handcuffs and a stun gun replace candy, flowers and sweet nothings? It’s Enquiring Minds time again in the PIG Bunker.
Billboards Blister Barry
Source: PIG News Wire [04/09/10]
From sea to shining sea, rational American adults are shaking off their lethargy and mounting a vigorous defense of their inalienable individual liberty. One venue for this counterattack against the Socialist tide is the oft maligned roadside billboard. From coast to coast, and numerous places in between, these stationary exercises in free speech are sounding the alarm.
Last week, two ‘anti-Obama’ billboards created a memorable uproar in Atlanta. Everyone wanted to know who perpetrated it. This week, NBC’s Peach State affiliate, 11Alive News, filed this report:
"There's a group of entrepreneurs, small business owners, that have frankly just said, 'we've had enough' and they're taking the gloves off," says Atlanta author and motivational speaker Tommy Newberry. Newberry is an outspoken conservative whose books include, "The War on Success: How the Obama Agenda is Shattering the American Dream". He has now come forward as the spokesman for what he says are about a dozen business owners who hatched the idea for the billboards about two months ago.
He says they are political conservatives who are unsatisfied and troubled with the direction the Obama administration is taking America. "The health care bill was maybe the final straw that set them off," Newberry adds.
He says they asked themselves, "why don't we use the free market to help slow the slide into socialism?"
They launched their website, Billboardsagainstobama.com, about two weeks ago and began putting up a half dozen of the rotating digital billboards Wednesday.
The billboard messages include "Stop Obama Socialism" and "Now It's Personal. America's Coming for You Congress! Vote Liberals Out in 2010!".
If you want to support this effort, visit the aforementioned website, and join the Americans who are lending financial support to these heros of free speech:
After the Drudge Report picked up 11Alive's first web story from Thursday, the billboard website has gone viral.
"It's overloaded," says Newberry, adding that they've had to add extra capacity to handle several hits a minute.
He says they've now gotten contributions of anywhere from $1 up to $3,200 from Texas, Seattle, California and several other states.
Right now the group has about nine of the billboards in various parts of Metro Atlanta, but they hope to put them up all over the country soon.
Wake up America and join the fight to rescue this land conceived in liberty before it’s too late.
A Very Inconvenient Truth
Source: Daily Mail [04/03/10]
One of the primary, Globally Warmed, whoppers spewed by the Tennessee Tonnage, and others of his ilk, is under assault, this week. For years, they bloviated that, unless we return to Stone Age technology, the North Pole could be free of summer ice by 2013. Obviously, somebody forgot to copy Mother Nature on that stop the presses prediction:
The amount of sea ice covering the Arctic dramatically increased last month, reaching levels not seen at this time of year for nearly a decade. Returning ice - after years of declining cover - has astonished climate scientists who blamed unusually cold weather over the Bering Sea. Researchers said they recorded the most ice in March since 2001 - and that the cover is approaching long-term average levels for the first time in ten years.
The scientists who released the data stressed that last month's rise was part of yearly variations in ice cover and could not be taken as a sign that global warming is coming to an end. But sceptics argued that the findings undermined 'alarmist' claims that the North Pole could be free of summer ice by 2013.
The unusual trend last month is revealed in figures published by the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Centre in Colorado. In a typical year, Arctic ice cover peaks in mid-March and starts to fall as milder weather arrives. But this year, levels continued to grow in the second half of March. (Daily Mail)
Isn’t it time for rational adults to send a strike force into the Fat Cave, to repossess the Tennessee Tonnage’s Oscar, plus his Nobel Prize?
Parting shot: Unwilling to defend his whopperthon, the Tennessee Tonnage, goes to great lengths, to avoid confronting hard questions. His yammerthon at Duke University is a prime example of his craven cowardice:
A Gore aide said Tuesday that media members will only be allowed to record video and audio of the first five minutes of Gore's talk at Duke University on April 8. Photography will also be limited. Gore spokeswoman Kalee Kreider said the restrictions are standard for his talks but she wouldn't say why they are in place. (WRAL)
What are you trying to hide, fatass?
Fat Nazis Aren’t Clowning Around
Source: PIG News Wire [04/02/10]
With nothing better to do, some rampaging Fat Nazis painted a ‘yer outta here’ bull’s-eye on a beloved, kid friendly, icon of fast food capitalism: Ronald McDonald. If you listen to the cow squeeze spewed by the goose-steppers at Corporate Accountability International, Ronald McDonald is the reincarnation of the legendary Pied Piper of Hamlin. In this case, the Fat Nazis envision this clownish Pied Piper leading America’s ‘children’ down the french fry strewn road to plodding porker oblivion.
A coalition of health professionals, parents and corporate accountability advocates is calling for Ronald McDonald to retire as a spokesman for the nation's largest restaurant chain, saying he has too much influence on kids.
Corporate Accountability International, which has waged campaigns against bottled water companies and tobacco companies, said it plans to present the results of a survey Wednesday showing that most Americans agree.
The group will release the results at a lunch-time "retirement party" for Oak Brook-based McDonald's Chief Happiness Officer, a 50-year veteran of the company, at the McDonald's restaurant at Chicago Avenue and State Street in Chicago.
The organization -- which was also behind the effort to retire Joe Camel from Camel cigarettes -- is inviting Chicagoans to sign retirement cards for the mascot at the McDonald's. The event is one of nearly two dozen similar ones to be held at McDonald's restaurants and colleges across the country that day, according to Corporate Accountability International spokesman Nick Guroff. (Chicago Tribune)
The good news is that this Fat Nazi clowning around is not backed up by Nanny State Coercion. The bad news is that, sooner or later - empowered by DeathCare - the Nanny State will start dictating what each no longer sovereign American individual can, and can’t, eat.
Vegan Vigilante
Source: PIG News Wire [04/02/10]
Armed with a knife, a Hoosier halfwit, Anthony Coffman, went on a rampage in an Edinburgh (Indiana) outpost of grocery wrangling capitalism. The self-appointed savior of feckless fatties, Anthony staged a frontal assault on the meat department in Jay C Food Store.
Police said Anthony Coffman, 28, used a hunting knife to cut through meat packages, throwing open containers of raw beef on the floor. He then poured dog food over some of the meat in hopes of contaminating it so it couldn’t be sold, said Edinburgh police Deputy Chief David Lutz.
A store employee tried to stop Coffman, but gave up when he threatened the employee with the knife, police said.
Coffman told police that he is a vegetarian and gets upset when others consume beef, telling the employee that God sent him to ruin the meat and that he was trying to save little girls from food he believes would make them “chubby.”
"He thought if he could save one chubby girl, he's done his job," Lutz said.
Police think an argument earlier in the day prompted the incident.
“He’d got into it with his grandmother. She was preparing a pot roast … and he was upset over that,” Lutz said. “Him and her had a few words, and then a couple hours later, he’s down there at the Jay C Food Store doing this.”
Employees tackled Coffman outside the store and held him until police arrived. (WRTV-6)
When last seen, Anthony was undergoing a ‘mental evaluation’. That’s probably a wise precaution, but I still think some lab coated hooligan needs to assess the long-term, toxic, effects which ensue from a steady diet of rice cakes and crab grass. I’m just sayin’.
Parting shot: It’s a good thing Anthony isn’t a Herman Melville fan, or he’d be patrolling the grocery store’s candy aisle, carrying a harpoon, bellowing, "WHALE HO".
Sock It To Me
Source: PIG News Wire [03/26/10]
It’s springtime in Anapolis (Maryland), and you all know what that means. You’ve been waiting for it all Winter, especially if you’re affiliated with the Eastport Yacht Club, which is honoring a 30-year-old tradition. What is this venerable Spring-welcoming tradition? It’s the annual burning of the socks, of course.
Okay, I admit it, this is a new one on me, too, but it strikes me as utterly, classically, American:
The Baltimore Sun said Sunday that Saturday's waterside event at the Eastport Yacht Club featured hundreds of people taking part in a 30-year tradition aimed at celebrating the first day of spring.
"We got about 375 people, and they are tossing in their socks. One fellow even tossed in his jeans," yacht club member Susan Nahmias told the Sun. "It is a fun way to say spring is here," yacht club founder Fred Hecklinger offered.
Sailors at the Downtown Sailing Center in Baltimore also embraced the spring tradition in their own way. Instead of burning scores of socks, participants in the center event donated more than 700 pairs of new socks to help individuals at a local mission. "We always need socks," Helping Up Mission director Barry Burnett said of the donation to his site, which helps the poor and homeless. (UPI)
A Spring-welcoming burning of the socks? Bold new concept. I could have used that during my formative years, when I perpetrated another of Spring’s annual rituals: the yearly cleaning out of the gym locker. Holy toxic waste, Batman!
A Rustic Retard Adventure
Source: WBBM [03/25/10]
A pair of Green Garden Township (Illinois) dipsticks - Matt Eastman and Nick Bastian - were terminally bored, so they armed themselves with a .45-caliber handgun and a .22-caliber rifle, then hit the road in search of adventure. They roamed the Illinois by-ways, until they found what they needed, an abandoned farmhouse which was begging for a new set of bullet holes.
After unleashing their rustic retard fusillade at the farmhouse, our heroes moved on down the road in search of another target. When they found it, our heros stopped their ride, so they could unleash another hail of bullets. Did they hit their target? The answer is ‘yes’, if you define ‘their target’ as Matt’s hand. That’s right PIGsters, this clown shot himself in the hand.
Thanks to their antics, these 20-year-old rustics are headed for another classic retard adventure, a justice system encounter:
Eastman was taken to Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet and treated, before being charged with unlawful use of a weapon and unauthorized possession of a firearm, according to Will County Sheriff's office spokesman Pat Barry. Bastian, of the 27000 block of Wildwood in Monee, was not injured, Barry said, but was charged with unlawful use of a weapon. (WBBM)
This puts a whole new spin on the phrase, getting a ‘hand job’.
Thirsty In Pennsylvania
Source: WTAE [03/21/10]
When you feel that irresistible need for a drink, nothing, nobody, will prevent you from getting that alcohol infusion.
Our hero, Elbert Thompson II, took the forgoing, PIGish, fact to the limit, this week. How? Needing a drink in the worst way, Elbert got up out of his bed in Allegheny General Hospital then headed right out the door. Dressed only in his hospital gown, he walked out the of hospital and sauntered into a nearby adult beverage emporium with the intravenous needle still stuck in his arm.
Wanted for charges resulting from two bank robberies in Michigan, plus other, unrelated charges in another Pennsylvania county, Elbert wasn’t in a cooperative mood, when the proper authorities showed up to exchange pleasantries. In fact, Elbert got so snarky with the cops that they had to taser our hero into a more cooperative frame of mind.
Hospital gown? IV needle in his arm? Tasered into compliance? Now that’s my idea of thirsty.
Utterly American Epics
Source: PIG News Wire [03/19/10]
We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This
The nicest thing I can say about our hero, a Flori-DUD named Randolph Borrow, is that he’s in a rut. It’s a very long rut which stretches back, at least 13 years.
A man who flouts the rules of driving engagement, Randolph has racked up, at minimum, 40 traffic citations, during the past two decades. Along the way, in, uh, recognition of his antics, Randolph has, repeatedly, had his driving privileges revoked. I’m not certain how many times he had his license pulled, but I do know that he just got bagged, tagged, and dragged, again, for driving on a suspended or revoked license. That runs his total for this ‘I don’t need no stinking license’ offense to 15, in the last 13 years.
Borrow, 37, was pulled over in his red 2000 Ford F-150 pickup truck in the 4800 block of 22nd Avenue S about 11:12 a.m. because he wasn't wearing his seat belt, according to Gulfport police.
A background check showed that Borrow had 14 prior convictions for driving with a suspended or revoked license: two in 1997, three in 1999, two in 2000, one each in 2002 and 2003, two in 2008, and three in 2009. Also, police said his truck had a temporary tag that expired last year.
During his last conviction, in April 2009, police said, a judge also suspended his driver's license for five years. (St. Pete Times)
Busted for a seatbelt infraction? What the hell are you smoking, dude? Given his ignoble track record, the least he can do is keep a low profile when he’s behind the wheel. Since Randolph is such a menace to navigation in Flori-DUH, I’m compelled to invoke my lovely bride’s all-purpose solution: just shoot this dumb, road warrior, bastard.
Gotcha!
Jim Suwalski gave it the old college try, but, when the, uh, smoke settled, he was on the losing end of a Smoke Nazi law infraction. He thought he had it all figured out, but, even a plan held together by duct tape, has its limitations.
After studying the Topeka (Kansas) Smoke Nazi edict, Jim came up with his plan. Under the Smoke Nazi edict, there are a few exemptions to the law which bans smoking in public places. Under the law, the adult beverage emporium owned by his wife - Hot Pockets Billiards and Sports Bar - is NOT one of the exemptions. But, a retail tobacco shop is exempted. So what? So, a too clever for his own good, Jimmy hit upon a nifty plan that would allow patrons of his wife’s establishment to circumvent the smoking ban. How? You’re going to be thrilled.
The cornerstone to Jim’s PIG-worthy plan is a new business named Hot Pockets Retail Cigarette Outlet, which, is, as if you haven’t guessed, located INSIDE his wife’s outpost of capitalism. Game, set, match? Not exactly. Since they weren’t born yesterday, the Tobacco Nazis weren’t impressed by the ‘walls’ which separated the bar from the retail smokes outlet. Why? Even Jimmy had to know that putting strips of duct tape on the floor to mark the boundaries of his retail smokes outlet wasn’t going to cut it.
Busted? You bet, but they added insult to injury, by fining Jim $50, as an individual, not a business owner. Nice try, Jim, but - pun attempted deliberately - no cigar.
Off The Scale Courage
A 44-year-old Illinois man found out, the hardest possible way, why driving a cab is one of the world’s most dangerous professions. He got up close, and much too personal, with the inherent dangers of his profession, in the wee hours of the morning, when a 38-year old asshat pulled a gun on him.
Our cabbie turned into a superhero, AFTER, the punk with a gun shot him, multiple times:
Police said the cab driver was shot multiple times, including in the left side of his neck, right side of his neck, near the center or back portion of his neck, in his lower lip or jaw, and his back.
"It was after being shot that [the cab driver] jumped into the back seat of the cab, where he struggled with [the suspect], eventually able to subdue and hold [the suspect] until police arrived," Zion police said in a statement.
Police found a small-caliber 5-shot revolver in the back seat of the cab. The cab also had a bullet hole in the windshield directly in front of the driver's seat.
The suspect told police that he called the cab in Waukegan for a ride into Zion. When questioned by police, the suspect said he shot the cab driver several times intending to rob him. (WGN)
When last seen, our hero cabbie was in critical condition, in a local hospital. Despite my pagan credentials, I’m asking you to pray to the deity of your choice for this hero’s complete, and speedy, recovery.
VICTORY!
Source: PIG News Wire [03/12/10]
I’m delighted to report that the legendary, American warship, Old Ironsides, has scored another victory, this week. Before I get to that, I’ll refresh your memory on this insanity, with this November 2009 entry from our Golden Oinks awards page
Braying Jackasses of the Week: A living piece of American history, the USS Constitution, is still alive an kicking in its berth in the Charlestown Navy Yard (Boston). Twice a day, everyone within earshot is updated on Old Ironsides’ status, thanks to a tradition which dates back to 1798: at 8 a.m., and again at sunset, Old Ironsides fires two of its cannons. As traditions go, this one gets our vote. Unhappily, some of Old Ironsides’ Charlestown neighbors have their panties in a wad over this twice a day cannonade.
Miffed residents of a posh condo complex have invited the commanding officer of the USS Constitution over for a glass of wine so he can hear for himself that the frigate’s twice-daily cannon blasts - a tradition dating to 1798 - are “more disruptive to the neighborhood than you might have imagined.”
Commanding Officer Timothy Cooper received the most recent complaint two weeks ago from neighbors suggesting naval officers assigned to the historic vessel eliminate the morning and evening blasts on weekends, reduce the size of the gunpowder charge and turn down the volume of the national anthem recording played during the daily flag raising and lowering ceremonies.
“The residential population and congestion of this area has (sic) grown significantly and, it seems to us, that the cannon charge/noise is excessive,” the unidentified resident first wrote in an Aug. 26, 2009, letter obtained by the Herald...“Over the summer, we have entertained several times, and we have had guests sit up in shock when the cannon goes off,” the resident wrote. “It has also awakened them at 8 a.m. while they are vacationing and then blasted them again at sunset.” (Boston Herald)
This pissed of PIGster DEMANDS that these whining asshats STFU, stat. If you make me come over there, I’ll be compelled to ram one of Old Ironsides’ cannon balls down your pie hole. You don’t even want to know what I plan to do with that long pole used to ram to shot home.
Fast forward to the present, and we have this outstanding news report:
The USS Constitution will continue firing its cannons twice a day across Boston Harbor as it has done for more than 200 years despite the objections of well-heeled neighbors.
Timothy Cooper, the commanding officer of the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world, told the Boston Herald that he has decided to carry on the tradition even after getting a letter from some neighbors asking for a sit-down meeting to discuss the noise.
He did not identify the neighbors.
Cooper said he turned down the invitation, and instead sent a letter saying he had no intention of changing the ceremony that dates to 1798. (AP)
Three cheers for Old Ironsides, which scored a victory without leaving the dock. I think that merits an extra cannonade.
Foiled In Flori-DUH
Source: UPI [03/09/10]
Thanks to a warning from an alert neighbor, some Lake City (Flori-DUH) denizens were able to thwart an asshat who was trying to break into their ride. It was only 5:40 am, but the car owners had all their synapses wide awake and in prime operating condition.
Thanks to that terror of technology, the remote car locks control on their keychain, the car owners were able to trap the thief inside their car, until the proper authorities showed up:
"So every time he tried to get out of the car, the owners just kept hitting the lock button on their key fob, and eventually he gave up trying to get out," sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Ed Seifert said.
Travis James Neeley, 19, was arrested and charged with burglary of a vehicle, possession of burglary tools, criminal mischief and trespassing. (UPI)
PIGish kudos are conferred on the car owners who helped bag, tag, and drag this thieving punk, with the simple press of a button.
Show, Tell, Ka-BLAM, Oops!
Source: WTVD-TV [03/09/10]
The Good: A Civil War re-enactor, you’re sharing some firearms history - a black powder muzzleloader - to a Reed Point high School (Montana) American history class.
The Bad: The gun you’re using for show and tell performs its prime function:
[H]e usually fires a cap during the demonstration, but this time there was a loud bang and the room filled with smoke.
A student who was in the class said the firing of the gun caught everyone off guard. "Holy criminy, you just shot the map," the student said.
The ball shot through the "o" in the word "North" on a wall map. (WTVD-TV)
The Ugly: Your name is Dwain Haggard and you’re the ‘safety first’ superintendent of the aforementioned Montana cess-school.
The Blowback: Dwain’s show, tell, Ka-BLAM, oops antics elicited a properly-PIGish response: ‘One father told Haggard he laughed until he cried after his son explained what happened.’
Feeling "Blue" in Louisiana
Source: WWL [03/02/10]
From our ‘never ask a question, if you can’t handle the answer’ news desk, I bring you the story of Franklinton (Washington Parish, Louisiana). City officials were gobsmacked by an unexpected response from the state’s attorney general, when they asked for a ‘no harm, no foul’ ruling on the city’s blue laws which ban the sale of adult beverages on Sunday.
The response from Attorney General Caldwell's office was perhaps not the response city officials expected. In the legal opinion, the AG's office said that the town's Sunday ban on alcohol was invalid, pursuant to a revamping of Louisiana's so-called "blue laws" in 1986.
In that 1986 change to state law, the AG's office noted that municipalities could still ban alcohol sales, but only after a referendum and vote by local residents. The AG's opinion found that since Franklinton's Sunday booze ban had not been approved by voters, the restriction on Sunday sales is not valid, and has not been valid for 24 years. (WWL)
A response like that, is enough to drive Franklinton’s Elected Tormentors to drink, on - GASP - Sunday.
Feeling "Blue" In Tennessee
Source: PIG News Wire [03/01/10]
If you live in Tennessee and think your blue-tinted headlights make a bold fashion statement for your ride, I have thrilling news for you. The proper authorities are going to make you pay dearly for that "blue" mood lighting:
Driving with two working headlights isn't enough. If the headlights aren't the right color, drivers in Robertson County could get a ticket.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is going to issue tickets for very bright, blue-tinted headlights. These lights are purchased at auto supply stores and, according to the THP, are illegal. Only law enforcement vehicles are allowed lighting that appears blue. Drivers caught will be given a $250 ticket. (WSMV)
Don’t say I didn’t warn you, hit me with your best shot, Sparky.
Piety vs. Porn, In Mexas
Source: PIG News Wire [03/01/10]
Operating under the name ‘The Atheist Agenda’, some differently-pious University of Texas at San Antonio students, thrilled true believers spitless with their 3-day long "Smut for Smut" festivities. If you wanted to participate, it was simplicity itself. Simply bring your chosen Tome - i.e., The Bible, The Koran, The Vedas - and trade it in for some porn.
"The idea is that religious texts are so appalling," said Atheist Agenda group member Brian Talker in a 2006 interview with UTSA student publication The Independent. "They are so full of genocide, misogyny and ludicrous ideas that far overshadow any banal common-sense platitudes like loving thy neighbor, that you are better off having porn, which isn't nearly as smutty."
A current member of the group told KENS the program is also meant as a slap against religious leaders and the "hypocrisy" of their condemnations of pornography. "They've been going and rallying against pornography for the longest time," the unidentified student said, "and the disgusting, depraved acts that are within the Bible, Koran and Vedas completely outnumber any [faults] of any pornographic image." (World Net Daily)
When asked about this year’s "Smut for Smut" adventure, the relevant Ivory Tower officials deemed it ‘no harm, no foul’, citing that bane of an aspiring censor’s existence, the First Amendment’s free speech clause:
UTSA spokesman David Gabler told KENS, "We are a marketplace of free ideas here at UTSA, and our students have all [the] constitutional rights afforded to all individuals in the United States. (WND)
"Smut for Smut" might not thrill you spitless. Free speech is messy that way. In a rational world, Ivory Tower officials would be equally open to free speech which venerates inalienable individual liberty, sovereign individualism, capitalism, and those banes of Korrectnik existence, ‘life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness’. Don’t hold your breath waiting for that.
Utterly American Tales
Source: PIG News Wire [02/26/10]
I See London, I See France, I See...
Since ‘drug paraphernalia’ was on hand, it’s safe to assume that mind-altering substances played a key role in the squabble which propelled our happy couple into the PIGish bull’s-eye. Those same mind-bending substances might explain the bruise under our heroine’s eye.
It started, in the wee hours of the morning, when our hero - Old Dog - got into a shouting match with his main squeeze, whom we’ll call Yum-Yum. Voices were raised. Painful pleasantries were exchanged, along with, presumably, some blows.
Unwilling to take more abuse from her 57 year old man, 28 year old Yum-Yum jumped into her car and hit the road. Before she could get ‘er done, Old Dog - dressed only in his underwear - jumped on the hood of her car, so he could continue to give her a piece of his mind. He stayed there, ignoring the freezing temperatures, until the proper authorities arrived to send each combatant to his, or her, neutral corner.
While they mull which charges to press, the cops might want to have someone count Old Dog’s marbles, because some of them seem to have gone missing.
Buckeye State Dude Bulldozes His Home
When the IRS and his bank ganged up on him, Terry Hoskins did what came naturally, he bulldozed his own home, before they could steal it, too. Everyone has a breaking point and Terry handled his with PIGish resolve:
An Ohio man says he bulldozed his $350,000 home to keep a bank from foreclosing on it. Terry Hoskins says he has struggled with the River Hills Bank over his home in Moscow for years and had problems with the Internal Revenue Service. He says the IRS placed liens on his carpet store and commercial property and the bank claimed his house as collateral.
Hoskins says he owes $160,000 on the house. He says he spent a lot of money on attorneys and finally had enough. About two weeks ago he bulldozed the home 25 miles southeast of Cincinnati. (Yahoo News)
The FSOP likes your style, Terry.
Motor City Exit Strategy
If you’re in what’s left of the Motor City - Detroit, DUH - you’re first thought is...ought to be, "How can I get out of this terminally blighted circle of hell?" I can’t swear that those were a certain man’s most pressing thoughts, but, given the sorry state of Detroit, these days, it’s highly likely.
I’m pleased to report that our escape artist - Houdini - made it to the McNamara Terminal of the Metro Airport. Armed with his ticket out of hell, he was thisclose to getting away from it all, when those fickle fates got relentlessly playful. Ticket in hand, seated in the boarding area, he was expelled from the human gene pool, by a heart attack.
Despite the best efforts of emergency responders, Houdini was gone, felled a few yards from a gateway out of hell.
Parting shot: I know that Detroit has a rapidly shrinking population, but mowing down escapees in an airport departure lounge strikes me as extreme, even for Detroit.
PIG-Worthy American Tales
Source: PIG News Wire [02/19/10]
Precocious Parenthood
In the fevered brains of Flori-DUH’s bureaucrats, Rusty Cole, a National Guardsman from Port Orange (Flori-DUH), is a deadbeat dad. This thrilling news hit Rusty, when he filed his tax return. Eventually he learned that it was held in limbo because Rusty owed back child support for a tyke who was born in 1995.
There’s just one pesky detail that state bureaucrats didn’t consider. In 1995, Rusty Cole, who was born in 1987, was only 7 years old, making him a tad young for daddy duties:
Cole said weeks of phone calls and office visits failed to yield any results. "They were like, 'Oh, yes, we have it on here that you are the father,' and I was like, 'Ma'am, there's no way,'" Cole said to News 13.
He said an e-mail message to Gov. Charlie Crist finally yielded him an apology from the department of revenue and the promise that his return would be processed.
However, Cole said he will not consider the matter closed until the return is in his hands and he is ensured it will not be a problem again. "I want this completely off my record," Cole told the television station. "I don't want this ever affecting me later on in life." (UPI)
Good luck, Rusty...you’re going to need it.
Another Exercise In Barry Bashing Free Speech
Free speech is alive and well on billboards from sea to shining sea.
This week, the FSOP gives props to the rational adult(s) whose ‘enough already’ reached critical mass, with a pointed, billboard-based, message that tells Messiah Barry "we want you to get out of OUR house":
Somebody in Wisconsin doesn't like President Barack Obama all that much. An unnamed company has paid for a billboard along Highway 41 in Oshkosh that reads, "Impeach Obama." The tagline says: "America's small businesses are failing; help us spread the message."
It was paid for by an unnamed company represented by Tom Wroblewski who told the AP the sentiment is that Washington politics are bad for small businesses.
The billboard is scheduled to remain up for at least six months, at a cost of $1,000 per month.
Jef Hall is the chairman of the Winnebago County Democratic Party. He says having a bad opinion of the president doesn't mean there's been an impeachable offense. (NBC)
Kudos to the sovereign individual(s) who put their money where their free speech venerating mouth is.
Utterly American Tales
Source: PIG News Wire [02/12/10]
A Relentlessly Fun Guy
A Mesa (Arizona) dude, Edward Rodriguez, had all of the things he needed for a memorable one-man party. Armed with a sufficient quantity of porn and stoned out of his mind, he picked a secluded spot in a ditch behind a vacant home, then got down to business.
What business? We can’t be certain, but it involved him putting his skivvies around his neck, then slipping into a pair of crotchless women’s panties. The festivities were in full swing, when someone called the cops on him, around 10:30 p.m.
When an officer approached the man, he noticed he was shirtless and wearing women's pants with a hole in the crotch exposing his genitals. The man also was wearing his underwear around his neck, police said. The officer also noticed numerous pornographic items around him.
When contacted by the officer, Rodriguez placed his hand in a drainage pipe and removed a plastic bag filled with a white powdery substance, which later tested positive for methamphetamine, police said. The man also showed the officer aluminum foil with a burnt section in the middle, a common way of smoking the drug.
Rodriguez was booked on possession of a dangerous drug and possession of drug paraphernalia. (Arizona Republic)
The bad news for Eager Eddie is that his party punk antics were brought to a premature conclusion. The good news for Eager Eddie is that, if he still wants to party, there are numerous Bubbas on the old cell block who will make him the star attraction at THEIR party.
High Altitude Takedown
This high flying drama kicked into ‘high as a kite’ gear, when a San Francisco stoner, Kinman Chan, loaded up with a double does of his ‘medical marijuana’, before boarding US-Air flight 1447 from Philly to San Francisco. It didn’t take long for a flight attendant, Lorin Gorman, to notice this stoner’s antics. It was, as she soon discovered, just the beginning:
Gorman says she noticed Kinman Chan, 30, early in the flight. "He was looking back at me, waving hi," Gorman said of the man in seat 17-C.
But soon enough, the passenger became aggressive, Gorman says. "He's banging around, screaming in the back bathroom, he's opened all the compartments," the attendant remembers.
According to a criminal complaint, Chan walked out of the bathroom with his pants down.
"I said, ‘You need to sit down now’,” Gorman said.
He did not. "He went like that with his elbow," Gorman said, bracing her wrist as she threw an elbow at shoulder height. "Well, what I did, I just put him in an arm lock. To get his other arm, I had to jump up on the seat … He was resisting. He was stiff. At that point, I just put him into a choke hold." (NBC)
What this stoner didn’t know, but soon found out, is that Lorin is more then a flight attendant, she’s a fourth-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, who has received advanced training, from experts, in taking down a terrorist - or a rampaging stoner - in a confined space like an airline cabin.
Nice takedown, Lorin. Very nice takedown.
"Miss Me Yet" Mystery
Someone with properly-PIGish sense of humor decided to administer a public bitch-slapping on Obamunists, by erecting a billboard on I-35 in Wyoming, Minnesota. So far, nobody has owned up to paying for it, but some of the mystery surrounding it has dissipated:
A Minneapolis-based advertising firm has cleared the air, sort of, surrounding a mysterious billboard that went up in Minnesota featuring a picture of former President George W. Bush with the words "Miss Me Yet?"
A Minneapolis-based advertising firm has cleared the air, sort of, surrounding a mysterious billboard that went up in Minnesota featuring a picture of former President George W. Bush with the words "Miss Me Yet?"
Bev Master, office manager with Schubert & Hoey Outdoor Advertising, said the billboard -- which the firm owns -- was rented out by a "group of small business owners and individuals who just felt like Washington was against them."
"They thought it was a funny way to get out their message," she added. However, Master told FoxNews.com the ad buyers wish to "remain anonymous." (Fox)
Anonymous? I can live with that, but it won’t change the fact that, here in the FSOP, we insist on lauding him, her, himher, it, or them with a HERO designation. Why? Because that billboard is funny. I don’t care who you are.
TSA Jeopardy
Source: PIG News Wire [02/05/10]
There’s good news and bad news in this story. The good news is that some Flori-DUH based TSA minions have developed a somewhat PIGish sense of humor. The bad news is that TSA bureaucrats don’t find this PIGish humor the least bit funny.
The Transportation Security Administration has launched an internal investigation into an air marshal field office in Florida where supervisors are alleged to have used a crew assignment board to ridicule and keep score on women, gays and minorities, sources told CNN.
The board, resembling the TV game show "Jeopardy," includes categories such as "pickle smokers," "our gang" and "creatures," which sources said were names used by managers for gay men, African-Americans and lesbians.
A photograph of the board was sent to CNN. The Transportation Security Administration confirmed the investigation in a written statement but did not elaborate on when the board was in use, where it was displayed or how it was used.
"Following a referral from DHS Office of the Inspector General, TSA's Office of Inspection is conducting an ongoing investigation at the Orlando Field office," the statement said.
"The Transportation Security Administration is dedicated to ensuring all employees are treated in a fair and lawful manner," it said. "Accordingly, TSA takes all allegations of misconduct seriously. The Federal Air Marshal Service will continue to provide its full cooperation and support to the investigation." (CNN)
"Pickle smokers"? "Our gang"? "Creatures"? Now that’s funny, I don’t care who you are.
Self-Inflicted Bay State Wound
Source: PIG News Wire [02/05/10]
Theory and practice were set on a collision course, when Bay State officials imposed a sales tax on adult beverages, last Summer. It set those law of unintended consequences wheels in motion.
Theory: Since 1933, it has been illegal to transport adult beverages across state lines, without a permit from Massachusetts’ Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission stating the exact amount you intend to bring into the Bay State.
Practice: Cops are much too busy to enforce this holdover from a bygone era.
Unintended Consequence: Adult beverage wrangling capitalists from nearby New Hampshire are putting up billboards inside the Bay State to remind thirsty Bay State denizens that there’s no tax on booze in New Hampshire.
In the words of the A-Team’s fearless leader, Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith, I just love it, when a plan comes together.
Cold Fusion
Source: Golden Oinks [02/05/10]
Prodded by the Greeniacs in their midst, the relevant Minnesota Elected Tormentors, decided to play alternative energy roulette, a few years ago. Assured that the law of unintended consequences wouldn’t rear its ugly head, the Elected Tormentor pissed away $3.3 million in taxpayer dollar$ on 11 wind turbines.
No harm, no foul? Not exactly, because somebody forgot to copy Mother Nature on the law of unintended consequences immunity memo. Like so many nifty things, the 11 wind turbines can’t cope with a Globally Warmed, Minnesota winter:
KSTP reports that none of the wind turbines work, prompting the Twin Cities ABC affiliate to dub them “no-spin zones.”
Special hydraulic fluid designed for colder temperatures was used in the turbines, but it’s not working, so neither are the turbines.
There is a plan to heat the fluid, but officials must find a contractor to do the work.
How will the heaters work? They’ll have to use either electricity or natural gas at each turbine to keep the mechanism lubricated. That will drastically reduce the net energy gain from each turbine, depending on how much heating the turbine fluid needs to stop congealing in the winter. Since cold weather here lasts anywhere from 4-6 months, that makes it mighty inefficient as an energy resource. (Hot Air)
Maybe these Greeniacs need to buy Mother Nature a bouquet of flowers, or give her a hug. That tactic has a better chance of success than putting wind turbines in real winter prone Minnesota.
Excuses, Excuses
Source: PIG News Wire [01/29/10]
It’s Not Weed, It’s A Sacrament
High in Colorado, in more ways than one, Trevor Douglas did a header into the forces of the justice system, when he was pulled over by a state trooper for driving with an expired license tag. During the ensuing exchange of pleasantries, Trevor was also cited for marijuana possession - less than an ounce of weed and a pipe.
Trevor doesn’t dispute the expired tag, or the fact that he had some weed, but he’s running an interesting explanation for the latter up the justice system flagpole. You see, for our 25 year old stoner, weed isn’t a drug, it’s a key component of his supernaturalism, since he’s an adherent of Hawaii-based THC Ministry:
Douglas told the Vail Daily newspaper that his religion is similar to Christianity and that the use of pot is sacred to him, just like wine and bread are sacred to Christians. "The court is basically trying me for my religious beliefs," he told the newspaper.
According to its Web site, THC Ministry has offices in Los Angeles; Bozeman, Mont.; and Boulder, Colo.
"We use Cannabis religiously and you can, too," the site says. "Cultivation and enjoyment of Cannabis sacrament is a fundamental human right provided by God and protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution."
THC Ministry says it provides "defense to prosecution" to its members who are "sincere practitioners." According to its Web site, a successful religious defense depends on five things, including sincerity; that marijuana be used in private, like in a church or home; and that the drug, or "sacrament," not be sold. (ABC)
Wow! This ‘it’s a sacrament’ excuse puts a whole new spin on the venerable exclamation, "Holy Smokes!"
A Ron White Moment
When a Crestview (Flori-DUH) cop stopped him for speeding and ‘failing to maintain a single lane’, 25 year old Jason Miles had a Ron White Moment ("I had the right to remain silent, but I didn’t have the ability"). He was, as things turned out, his own worst enemy.
The 25-year-old Crestview man was stopped Jan. 22 after a Crestview Police Department officer noticed him speeding on James Lee Blvd. The driver, Jason Miles, appeared nervous and there was a strong odor of marijuana coming from inside the truck, the officer noted.
When the officer asked him if there was anything illegal in the truck, Miles said, "I got $2,000 worth of weed in the truck!"
During a search, police found 110 grams of marijuana, two digital scales and a package of peach-flavored cigars. He was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of paraphernalia. (NWF Daily News)
The moment that the requisite, "you have the right to remain silent" formalities were concluded, Jason’s Ron White Moment hit high gear. After explaining that, as a full time student during the week, he could only sell weed on the weekends, he tried to mitigate his guilt, by explaining the he kept a lot of the weed for his personal use. That’s when he unleashed this show-stopping gem: "Man, you don’t know how much weed I smoke." He’s right, of course, but he’ll have ample time to explain that to a judge at his March 2 court appearance.
PETA Tries to Pink Slip An American Icon
Source: Palm Beach Post [01/27/10]
He’s a legend who is beloved from sea to shining sea. In addition to widespread news coverage, his annual appearance was the focal point of a Bill Murray flick, "Groundhog Day". His name is Punxsutawney Phil, a weather prognosticator whose prowess seems to make him irreplaceable.
Irreplaceable? Not if the PETA punks have their way:
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says it's unfair to keep the animal in captivity and subject him to the huge crowds and bright lights that accompany tens of thousands of revelers each Feb. 2 in Punxsutawney, a tiny borough about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. PETA is suggesting the use of an animatronic model.
But William Deeley, president of the Inner Circle of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, says the animal is "being treated better than the average child in Pennsylvania." The groundhog is kept in a climate-controlled environment and is inspected annually by the state Department of Agriculture. Deeley says PETA isn't interested in Phil from Feb. 2 on, and is looking for publicity. (Palm Beach Post)
If PETA thinks they can pink slip Punxsutawney Phil, then outsource this American icon’s job to some made in China robot, they’re in for one hell of a fight. The FSOP had your back, Phil. Old Betsy and Big Bang are ready, willing, and eager to defend your turf from these putrid PETA pukes.
Flag Flap In Tucson
Source: PIG News Wire [01/22/10]
Newlywed Nicole Buonanno is determined to show the proper respect for her hubby, Airman 1st Class Francis Buonanno, while he is deployed to a military base on the Iraq-Kuwait border for the next 4-6 months. Harkening back to a tradition from the first World War, Nicole obtained a flag with a blue star, a venerable symbol which denotes that someone near and dear is serving their nation in far off, dangerous, places.
Since she lives in a gated apartment complex - Finisterra Luxury Rentals - and the flag is too large for her window, Nicole decided to hang it from her balcony. No harm, no foul? You know better. The apartment complex’s rules of engagement mandate that ‘patios and balconies to be kept free and clear of anything hanging’, so the management of the complex fired off a nasty-gram, insisting that Nicole remove the flag.
The bad news - my personal view - is that the apartment owners are entitled to be assholes about what their tenants can, and can’t, do. The good news is that, property-rights notwithstanding, other Tucson-area, rational adults have Nicole’s back, on this flag flap:
Jacqueline Steele, president of the Tucson chapter of Blue Star Mothers of America, called the apartment manager's stance "disappointing." Steele, whose son, Army Pfc. Nicholas Steele, deployed in August for a yearlong tour in Iraq, has two blue-star flags in the windows of her home and yellow ribbons decorating the outside. She said she lives in an upscale gated community in the Sabino Canyon area and has never had problems with her homeowners association over the displays.
"It's ridiculous, to say the least, and it's unpatriotic for sure," Steele said of the flap over Nicole Buonanno's flag. "I think if the management simply got educated, this could be easily resolved." (Arizona Star)
Keep your chin up, Nicole, and thank your husband for his service to our country.
Too Good To Be True
Source: News.au [01/20/10]
It’s not breaking news, when a dude goes online and pretends to be something he’s not. It’s still not breaking news, when a 24 year old Mexas scam artist, Justin Brown, pretends to be a hottie wench. Been there, seen it, nothing special, sums it up nicely.
Justin kicked up his enRICHing impersonation, by pretending to be a 23 year old California Guess Jeans and Maxim swimsuit model named Bree Condon. How convincing was he? Very:
In one of a string of fake online profiles on SeekingMillionaire.com, "the meeting place for wealthy and beautiful singles", Brown identified himself as "Bree - just looking for Mr. Right", with accompanying photos of the brunette cover girl.
He enticed rich suitors by sending them pictures of Bree's face photo-shopped onto nude photos of other women.
He also set up web chats and even had intimate telephone conversations with his contingent of male fans, using his "very feminine voice" to dupe them.
The admirers were charmed into sending gifts to "Bree", including an iPhone and a small dog. One affluent doctor even handed over US$15,000 ($16,438). (News.au)
Justin kept running his cyberspace scam, for 2 years, until the REAL Bree Condon hired an investigator named John Carbona to track down the scumbag who was impersonating her. Up to the challenge, Carbona found Justin in his lavish lair, a budget motel room in Austin, Mexas.
The bad news for Justin is that he has been bagged, tagged, and dragged. The good news is that he might have career in female impersonation:
John Carbona, a private investigator involved in the case, told the Los Angeles Times he was stunned to find out that "Bree" was a man. "I'd been talking to this person for three months," Carbona said. "I'm telling you this guy has either had his gonads removed or he is talking through a voice synthesizer."
"He (Brown) had this whole persona created," Carbona added. "You have to hand it to this kid. He stayed in character for two years." (News.au)
Justin, dude, that girlie voice trick is going to make you very, uh, popular on the old cell block.
Injustice On Steroids
Source: WGN Online [01/15/10]
If you listen to the bullshit spewed by the U.S. Army, an Illinois National Guard soldier, Specialist Billy Miller, is a child porn loving scumbag. If you listen to those who know him, Specialist Miller is a warm-hearted dude whose only crime is being homesick, while serving his nation in Afghanistan.
The bullshit reached critical mass, when Specialist Miller’s mom, Terri, set her son a picture of a little girl, a young female relative whom Specialist Miller treated like his own child, when she was diagnosed with cancer. Knowing the close bond between the girl and her virtual daddy, mom sent her son some pictures of the girl, to cheer him up.
The pictures show the child in a swimsuit playing a wading pool and sitting on a truck. In one, the girl is wearing a swim suit and part of her buttocks are exposed.
The Army says Miller will stay in Afghanistan until his court martial. His unit came home last August. Miller faces jail time, if convicted. (WBBM)
The pictures did change his mood, but I wouldn’t call his current state of mind ‘cheerful’. He learned, the hard way, that, in this Obamunist Error, the braying brass jackasses running the U.S. Army have gone fearful and FRENCH, by running up the white flag, when faced with Uncle Sam’s Korrectness on steroids.
Parting shot: If there’s more to these charges than a few innocent pictures from back home, I’d like to hear about it. Until someone drops the other shoe on this one, I’m forced to take this at face value, which stinks to high heaven.
You Should Have Turned The Other Cheek
Source: PIG News Wire [01/15/10]
Apparently, one of the unwritten rules of Walmart greeter engagement is ‘no matter what happens, turn the other cheek, welcome to Walmart Sparky’. In other words, if a customer sucker punches you, take one for the team, then borrow a line from ‘Animal House’, "thank you, sir...may I have another". A 69 year old Florida denizen, Ed Bauman, didn’t know these unwritten rules in December 2009, but he has the big picture, now.
On Dec. 26, a customer in red shorts set off an alarm while leaving the store. Bauman followed the man to get his license number. The man got angry and took Bauman's clipboard. Bauman said he tried to get it back and leaned into the customer who took a swing. Bauman said he swung back in order to defend himself.
Police said Bauman acted within his rights and was not charged. The customer was charged with a felony. Video of the punch also drew a lot of attention on WESH and WESH.com. (WESH)
When, after all the dust settled, he had recuperated from his dust up, Ed headed back for work. His return was much more memorable than he wanted, or needed:
Bauman went into Walmart hoping to get back to work for the first time since police said he was punched by a customer. Instead, Bauman said he was fired. His termination notice called the incident an act of "gross misconduct" and accused Bauman of fighting with a customer.
"They told me I did a good job of defending myself," said Bauman. "Then they turned around and fired me. I guess they just wanted me to stand there and get beaten." (WESH)
According to WESH, Walmart officials don’t want to talk about their asinine antics. I wouldn’t either, if I had my head that far up my own ass.
A Bullet-Proof Behemoth Named Bubba
Source: San Francisco Chronicle [01/10/10]
His name is Bubba. He’s not THAT Bubba, but his behavior is at least as bad as THAT Bubba’s antics. THIS Bubba is an adult male black bear who tips the truck scales at an estimated 700 pounds, nearly twice the weight of the average adult male black bear.
Bubba’s resume is an impressive one, unless you’re a resident of his favorite hunting grounds, Incline Village (Nevada) on the north shore of Lake Tahoe.
Bubba appears to be bullet proof. One of his victims shot Bubba with a .44 Magnum, but the bullet bounced off his head. Another of his victims shot Bubba in the back with a .30-30 rifle and Bubba kept on trucking.
Bubba made monkeys out of his pursuers, when they brought in Karelian Bear Dogs.
Bubba wasn’t born yesterday, so he has no problem walking right past bear traps.
Bubba knows when it’s trash pickup day in Incline Village and uses it as a feast for a famished black bruin.
Bubba loves to smash his way through closed garage doors, then ransack the place in search of a snack.
Bubba is so insufferable smug that he taunts his human adversaries by leaving a ‘humongous, smelly’ pile of bear crap which warns everyone that ‘Bubba was here’.
Given all that, it’s hardly an ‘Unsolved Mystery’ why nobody in Incline Village is thrilled with a rampaging bear who has smashed his way into dozens of homes, while searching for a snack. Although Bubba hasn’t visited his favorite snacking grounds in Nevada for 3 weeks, the locals know that ‘I’ll be back’ is Bubba’s favorite movie quote.
Bubba, according to Nevada’s Department of Wildlife, is on borrowed time. They plan to punch his ticket, permanently, if they can catch him. Good luck with that critter wranglers.
Parting shot: First and foremost, I must state, for the record, that the locals named their nemesis 'Bubba'. Go figure.
After rereading my list of Bubba the Behemoth Bear’s antics, I’m forced to ask the obvious question: Does anyone have iron-clad proof that Bubba Clinton wasn’t in, or near, Incline Village when these rampages happened? It’s Enquiring minds time, again, in the PIGdom.
Consider The Source
Source: San Jose Mercury News [01/08/10]
Our first conspiracy theory of the year comes from a relentlessly fun dude named Ronnie Lee Owen. According to Ronnie, he has the inside scoop on a plot by white supremacists to overthrow Messiah Barry. Ronnie isn’t serving up any meaningful details, but he is willing to serve up two key players:
1) A dude named Billy Ray, who asked Ronnie for info on hacking into government computers.
2) An ‘extremist Mormon leader’ who could help the proper authorities infiltrate the group, so they could stop this white supremacist uprising.
And what, you ask, is in it for Ronnie Lee Owen? Among other things, he’d like to get out of the Mississippi jail where he’s staring federal fraud charges in the face. Instead of saving Barry’s bacon, Ronnie’s next staring role will be in a courtroom where he’ll be encouraged to explain his 3 fake driver’s license, not to mention all those phony checks he’s been dispensing in, at least, 8 states.
If you think Ronnie is a barrel of laughs, get over it. The real jaw-droppers are being served up by Ronnie’s significant other:
Owen's fiance, 55-year-old Claudia Alonzo, told police Owen was a National Security Agency agent who designed security protocols for the Defense Department and was being hunted by an agent for the KGB—the former Soviet Union's secret service—who wanted to control the "New World Order." The KGB was dissolved with the Soviet Union in 1991.
She told police she met Owen through a personal ad on the Web site Craigslist, and now their lives were threatened by secret agents and others, according to a transcript of her police interview.
An NSA spokesman said the agency would neither confirm nor deny anyone's affiliation. Owen's attorney, John Weber, declined to comment Thursday.
However, Owen's father, Thomas Owen, said in a telephone interview that's it's highly unlikely his son ever worked for the government, saying he lives in his "own little fantasy world." (Mercury News)
Given Ronnie Lee Owen’s compelling resume, I wouldn’t believe him, if he told me that the sun rises in the East and sets in the West.
PIG-Worthy American News
Source: PIG News Wire [01/08/10]
Southern Fried Political Commentary
Panties are wadded in the town with no shame, the blight on a Georgia map that spawned Jihad Jimmy Carter, Plains (Georgia). I’d like to tell you that, better late than never, someone is apologetic about perpetrating one of the worst presidents in American history. I’d like to, but I can’t.
Ironically, someone in Plains does have issues with the Dumbo-Eared Fraud From Abroad who booted Peanut Punk out of that worst ever slot. He, she, heshe, or it made their pointed political critique, by hanging a black doll off a Main Street building in Jihad Jimmy’s home town.
Witnesses say it was an image of President Barack Obama with a rope around his neck, and the display was found hanging in one of the city's most recognizable sites dedicated to former President Jimmy Carter. A few people were able to snap pictures of the black doll before it was taken down.
"I saw this stuffed thing hanging up," said Alonzo Davis, Plains Resident. Davis is one of the people who saw the doll hanging off the brick building, he said a sign on the front had President Obama's name on it. "People have seen it and have the pictures but no body is talking about it," said Davis. "I don't think it's right I don't know if it's someone horse playing or what." (WALB)
The Secret Service is ‘looking into it’, but, so far, they aren’t making any public comments about it. I get that, since the Red Shed Marxist are so eager to play the blame game. If you can’t wait for that Prompter Punk pronouncement, I’ll give you a preview of coming attractions. Messiah Barry and/or his minions will point the fickle finger at lily white, Tea Party patriot, racist extremists, then find some way to pin it on Dick ‘Darth’ Cheney, Vicente W. Bush and Rush Limbaugh.
Colonista Bitch Thwarts Sheriff Joe’s Immigration Sweeps
Her name is Lydia Guzman and she’s not thrilled spitless with our PIG hero, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. A sworn enemy of American sovereignty, this Colonista bitch, through her border jumping scumbag coddling blight, Respect/Respecto, has gone high tech in her fight with Sheriff Joe.
In this instance, the Terror of Technology is ‘texting. Lydia’s fetid scheme employs a ‘sophisticated texting tree designed to alert thousands of people within minutes to the details of the sweeps, which critics contend are an excuse to round up illegal immigrants’ (Fox).
As usual, Sheriff Joe has a few choice words about this Colonista bitch and her justice-thwarting scheme:
"This little group of people is (in favor of) open borders, and they don't like what I am doing. That is the bottom line," Arpaio said. "But it isn't interfering with our operations because every time we do it, we still arrest a good number of people, including illegal aliens."
Arpaio has conducted 13 sweeps since March 2008, and deputies have arrested 669 people, about half of whom were held on immigration violations.
The sheriff said his opponents are walking a line between exercising free speech and breaking the law by helping immigration violators avoid detection. He said the texts are possibly even tipping off human-smuggling organizations. (Fox)
Watch your back, Colonista bitch. Sheriff Joe has you on his ‘enemies of America’ radar. If you keep this up, it’s going to really suck to be you.
A 2nd Amendment Adventure
Source: Coeur d’Alene Press [12/30/09]
Michelle Cornelsen, owner of a coffee kiosk in Coeur d’Alene (Idaho), was up to the challenge, when her business day got off to a rocky start. It all happened very fast, and could have been lethal, but Michelle was cool during the crisis:
It was just another morning of doling out lattes and espressos for Michelle Cornelsen, owner of the Sunshine Espresso kiosk at Ironwood and Government Way, when a teenager walked up to the window around 6:20. Pulling out a gun, he asked for all her money. He picked the wrong kiosk.
Cornelsen, 31, who has been hunting since she was a small child, didn't tremble at the sight of the barrel. "My first thought was honestly, 'Is that thing even loaded?'" she said with a laugh on Wednesday afternoon. "He didn't seem that sure of himself. Not intimidating at all."
When a customer pulled up to the opposite window, the teen quickly put down his gun and hid it. Seeing her opening, Cornelsen whipped out her own 9 mm Kel Tec -- a Christmas present from her husband and business partner, Kevin. "I put it in front of his nose and said, 'You leave NOW,'" she said. "And he said, 'OK, OK, OK,' grabbed his (gun) and walked away real slow. Real nonchalantly."
The punk’s nonchalance proved to be his undoing, a short time later, when deputy Michael Douglass spotted him, after hearing the robbery attempt details on his radio:
Just as his car reached Government Way and Locus, Douglass happened to glance out his left window and saw a figure matching the suspect's description: Black hoody, teenager.
The suspect didn't bolt, as Douglass, a member of the civil division, was cruising in an unmarked vehicle. "He looked at me, and I looked at him," Douglass said. "I drove past, did a U-turn and drove behind a building where he couldn't see what I was doing."
Pulling his car to block the teenager's way, Douglass jumped out, drew his weapon, identified himself, and asked the suspect to show his hands. The teen didn't respond. "He kept going like this," Douglass said, putting his hands in his pockets and shuffling his fingers. "He was fingering something."
After being asked three times, the teen at last pulled out his hands: Empty.
Douglass ordered the boy to his knees just as the other patrol cars pulled up. "I never saw anything so pretty in my life," said Douglass, who has never confronted a robbery suspect on his own before. (Coeur d’Alene Press)
Bagged, tagged, and dragged, this punk will have ample time to rethink his career options, while he lounges in his graybar suite.
Another 2nd Amendment Adventure
Source: Yahoo News [12/29/09]
This ‘right to keep and bear arms’ adventure started, when an 81 year old man had his Sacramento (Mexifornia) home invaded by a pair of desperados. They gained entry by guile, asking to use the man’s phone. Once inside, the desperados brandished weapons, then exiled our hero inside a room.
Luckily, for our hero, the robbers put him in the WRONG room. They put him in the room where he keeps his street legal firearm. Unwilling to tolerate any further abuse from the robbers, our 2nd Amendment hero unleashed a fusillade through the door. Taking this high caliber hint, the desperados took off like scalded mutts.
This story, PIGsters, demonstrates the primary reason our 2nd Amendment rights are so important.
Curses, Foiled Again
Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel [12/29/09]
From our Leg Tingling Unrequited Lust News Desk, we bring you the story of a dude who can’t take 'no' for an answer. Our hero - we’ll call him Dog Breath - is a 42 year old Fort Pierce, Flori-DUH (alleged) man who has the leg tingling warmies for an irresistible - to him - 33 year old woman.
Dog Breath wants her in the worst way, and he’s willing to boldly go where few others have gone, to get her. How far? You’re going to be thrilled:
The victim called police Christmas Day and said the 42-year-old man had been calling since 5 a.m. the day before, estimating she'd received 110 calls on her cell phone.
"The victim claims the suspect to be harassing her because she refuses to date him," the report states. "The victim stated that the suspect has told her he is going to put witchcraft on her, beat her up and blow up her home."
The 33-year-old woman said the man knows the complex she lives in, though not the unit. (Sun-Sentinel)
Witchcraft? Blow up her home? Which part of ‘no means no’ don’t you understand, Dog Breath? If you keep this crap up, you’ll end up in a local graybar, where a badass bun ranger named Bubba will make sure that your dance card is always full.
Instant Justice
Source: PIG News Wire [12/25/09]
The good news is that a murdering piece of Big Apple shit, Hector Quinones, is dead. The bad news is that he killed three members of a family and would have killed two more, if the fates hadn’t forcibly evicted Hector from the human gene pool.
Police said Hector Quinones, 44, shot and killed Carlos Rodriguez Sr., 52, and his 24-year-old son, Carlos Rodriguez Jr., then stabbed to death the younger Rodriguez's grandfather, Fernando Gonzalez, 87, according to reports in the Daily News and the New York Post.
The elder Rodriguez's wife, Gisela Rodriguez, 49, and her daughter, Leyanis, 28, walked in on the carnage. Quinones heard keys in the lock and opened the door for the women, police said.
He shot the mother, who was grazed on the head by a bullet but managed to run from the apartment. The killer was just about the grab the daughter when his low-slung pants fell down and he tripped, the Post said. That gave the young woman the chance to run into a back room, where she found the bodies of her brother and father.
Quinones yanked up his pants and scrambled after Leyanis Rodriguez, who climbed onto a fire escape, screaming for help to construction workers on the roof of a nearby building, the Post said. The attacker followed her onto the fire escape, but once again his drooping pants fell and he tripped, plunging three stories to his death. (AOL Sphere)
I hope this rat bastard’s final, fateful, seconds of his miserable life were filled with abject terror. That put him in the proper frame of mind for that special circle of hell in which he will spend his extra crispy eternity.
A Cautionary Tale
Source: South Bend Tribune [12/23/09]
Eager to ‘hook up’, an Indiana dude - I’ll call him Lucky - thought he’d struck gold, when he wrangled a date with a willing wench on a dating chat line. On a winning streak, Lucky even got the willing wench to line up a couple of her friends for his chums. Wham, bam, thank you, ma’am? Not exactly.
Lucky just isn’t THAT lucky. In fact, if it weren’t for bad luck, Lucky wouldn’t have any luck at all. He should have sensed something, when the willing wench agreed to meet Lucky and his 3 pals, at a private residence around midnight. He should have, but he didn’t.
The four victims were talking to three women when three other men, two of them armed with guns, arrived. The victims told police one of the suspects fired a shot and told the victims to take off all their clothes. When the clothes weren’t shed, another shot was fired and one of the suspects hit one of the victims in the head with a gun, according to the police report. Eventually, the suspects and the women, who were helping the suspects, left with everything, including the victims’ clothes. (Tribune)
By the time our crestfallen horndogs got home and called the cops, the robbers were long gone. Later, cops determined that the house offered no clues, since it was a vacant domicile which still had electrical service. Plucked clean? You better believe it, Sparky.
Lucky should have known better, but this is the kind of crap that is destined to happen when a horndog lets his little head call all his shots.
Cooking Up Trouble
Source: Huntsville Times [12/23/09]
The hero of our story is an Alabama entrepreneur who cooked up a smoldering batch of trouble on a Friday night. A fan of multitasking, our hero decided to maximize his efficiency by setting up a meth lab on the front seat of his car.
Everything was spiffy, for our hero, until some roving justice system officials spotted our multitasker sitting in his car by the side of the road. Curious, and then some, the proper authorities stopped to exchange pleasantries with our hero. Apparently, our meth wrangler wasn’t in a talkative mood:
[Chief Deputy Chuck Phillips of the Jackson County Sheriffs' Department ] said the man was spotted Friday night by deputies John McCrary and Jeremiah McCormick sitting in a sports utility vehicle alongside of Alabama 65 in Paint Rock Valley.
When the deputies proceeded to check on him, the man immediately pulled out and began driving erratically along the two-lane highway with smoke billowing from the vehicle, he said today. Phillips said the deputies had gotten the driver to stop and were preparing to question him when he sped away with smoke still coming from the vehicle.
The man had only driven a short distance when he apparently lost control of the vehicle in a curve and wrecked. The driver was lying just outside the vehicle, Phillips said, when the deputies approached on foot and pulled him away from the burning vehicle. The man was taken to Huntsville Hospital for what appeared to be minor injuries, he said. (Huntsville Times)
Our multitasker will have ample time to map out his next business venture, when the proper authorities move our hero from a hospital bed, to a hospitality suite in the local graybar hotel.
PIGish American Tales
Source: Yahoo News [12/18/09]
A Dating Nightmare
If you think that your overly protective parents are as bad as it gets, when it comes to rules of dating engagement, get over it. There is, believe it or not, something worse. You could be in the same dating hell as an Appleton (Wisconsin) teenager, 19 year old Jordan Christensen, who needs permission from a justice system official, whenever Jordan wants to date a girl.
Jordan mapped out his special circle of hell, in late May, when he stole his foster parents’ car, then drove to Memphis with his 16 year old girlfriend. After he was bagged, tagged, and dragged, back to Wisconsin, Jordan was sentenced to a year in the slammer, where dating girls won’t be one of his choices. He was also giving 3 years of probation, during which he must get his probation officer’s permission, whenever Jordan lines up a date with a girl.
All things considered, you might owe your parents an apology, PIGster Sparky.
Howard County Courthouse Christmas Clowns
When it comes to deploying displays, Howard County (Indiana) has some interesting rules of engagement. If you want to deploy Nessie on the courthouse lawn, you’re cool for school. If you want to deploy T-Rex, they’re down with that, too. But, if you think they’ll sit still for a nativity scene, you’re in the wrong place, true believer Sparky.
You won't find a nativity scene at the Howard County Courthouse, but you might spot a dinosaur or the Loch Ness monster.
The lighted displays also include a fisherman, marching soldiers, a fire truck and lighted candles. Hanging from the roof of the courthouse are lighted signs proclaiming "Seasons Greetings" and "Happy Holiday."
Dave Trine, president of the Howard County Board of Commissioners, said it also received requests to place a nativity scene on the courthouse grounds in downtown Kokomo. The request was considered, but "we're following the advice of our attorney," he said. (Yahoo News)
Asinine? You bet. Par for the course in Obamunist-infested America? You better believe it, what happened to my life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness, Sparky.
‘Tis The Season
It’s Christmas in Maricopa County (Arizona) and, once again, its legendary innkeeper, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, is infusing his graybar hotel guests with a generous helping of the Christmas Spirit.
Maricopa County jails will play Christmas music and holiday hymns throughout the season, continuing an annual tradition despite multiple lawsuits filed to prevent it, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has announced in a news release.
The music is played all day in all jails and includes songs and melodies from all countries and faiths in many languages, KPHO-TV in Phoenix reported.
In years past, Sheriff Joe Arpaio has personally chosen some of the songs and performers featured, including tunes from Alvin and the Chipmunks, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Bing Crosby and Doctor Demento. (WBAL)
Are Sheriff Joe’s guests appreciative? I’ll let you be the judge:
According to the news release, inmates have filed six lawsuits over Arpaio's policy, claiming cruel and unusual punishment and forced participation in religious celebrations. Four of those lawsuits have been dismissed, and the sheriff's office said it expects the courts to dismiss the remaining two.
Cruel and unusual punishment? You better believe it, bah humbug Sparky.
Utterly American Tales
Source: PIG News Wire [12/11/09]
A Daycare Center That Shines
Multitasking crops up in the most unlikely places, as demonstrated by this story about a woman whose daycare exploits were cover for another, differently-legal, endeavor. I know what you’re thinking, but it’s not THAT.
The Charlotte Observer reported Tuesday that North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement arrested a 57-year-old woman last week at Parkview Community Center in Charlotte. Agents said children were in the day care center when they sent in an undercover agent to buy two gallons of moonshine.
The woman told the paper she was set up by a neighbor. She said she was just holding a package for a man in exchange for $80 and didn't even know what was in it. Agents also arrested an 82-year-old man and charged him with making the moonshine. Authorities seized more than 80 gallons of moonshine from the man. (Yahoo News)
A daycare center/moonshine shop? Bold new concept. That’s ONE way to get dad to leave his recliner and go pick up little Moonbeam. Holy one-stop shopping, Batman!
Big Apple Culture Clash
For Big Apple bike riders, the comparatively quiet streets of Williamsburg are made to order. That’s why, in bygone days, city officials had festooned the Williamsburg roadways with bike lanes. Happily ever after? Not exactly.
For certain denizens of the Brooklyn neighborhood, the bikers - especially those females in body hugging biking togs - are a pestilence. In fact, the locals were so unhinged by the bikers that they persuaded Mayor Bloomberg to sandblast the bike lanes out of their misery, in the waning days of the recent Mayoral Election cycle. Game, set, match? Not even close.
The unhinged locals, Hasidic Jews, aren’t out of the ‘it’s sinful to look at members of the opposite sex who are dressed like THAT’ woods, yet. Recently, so-called bicycle riding ‘vigilantes’ are repainting the expunged bike lanes in the 14 blocks of Williamsburg where they went missing. Will sin triumph over supernaturalism? The jury is still out, so stay tuned.
Parting shot: I seem to be the only one who didn’t know that ‘Hasid’ is Rosary True Believer lingo’s functional equivalent of ‘does not play well with others’. Learn something new, every day.
Second Amendment Heroine
It was terrifying, and then some, when a man tried broke into a Cushing (Oklahoma) woman’s home. Our homeowner is, as you’ll soon discover, a reluctant, but suitably determined, second amendment heroine. Here is a transcript of her 911 call, as presented by a Tulsa boob tube outlet, KTUL.
[DISCLAIMER: After a spirited discussion and melee, we decided to present the transcript in its original, typo-saturated, form. If you find them annoying, we feel your pain.]
RESIDENT - "Oh crap he's coming around the front..."
911 - "Is your front door locked?"
RESIDENT - "Yes ma'am but it's only got a lock on the handle."
911 - "Okay, do you have a place inside your house and lock yourself in a room?"
RESIDENT - "Uh, not really."
911 - "He's trying to come through the front door."
RESIDENT - "i've got a big shotgun. I'm not going into a tiny bathroom..."
RESIDENT - "He's walking around the house trying to find a way in..."
RESIDENT - "Oh crap, he's at the back..."
911 - "Okay , (unintelligible) is advising that you can defend your property if you need to."
RESIDENT - "Alright he's at the garage."
911 - "He's at the garage? Is it attached to your house?"
RESIDENT - "Nope, he's at the patio door again."
911 - "I can hear him banging again."
RESIDENT - "I don't want to have to kill this man, but i'll kill him graveyard dead ma'am."
911 - "I understand."
RESIDENT - "Alright."
RESIDENT - Oh crap he's breaking in. he's breaking in now, he's breaking in now. He's breaking the window, i'm going to kill him. He's walking back and forth on the porch. He looks to be an older man, I don't want to kill him. He's kicking the door please hurry. He's going to make it in please hurry ma'am. I think he's drunk . He doesn't know where his pickup's at. God I don't want to kill this man."
RESIDENT - "I cant keep this gun and keep on the phone darling, it's a big shotgun, it will break my arm. As soon as you tell me they're here im taking the safety, uh.. Im putting the safety back on this sucker."
That’s when our heroine’s nemesis, Billy Dean Riley, made a fatal mistake. Ignoring the homeowner’s warnings, he threw a chair through a window. Seconds later, our second amendment heroine proved that she was as good as her word. That’s right, PIGsters she ‘killed him graveyard dead’. Nice shooting, darlin’.
No Way To Treat A Hero
Source: Fox [12/03/09]
Hambo’s Homeowner’s Association Axiom: No tyranny is more oppressive than the despotism perpetrated by those self-appointed behavior arbiters who gravitate to that egregiously anti-liberty cabal, the homeowners association.
For some reason ‘congenital asshole’ is the primary qualification for anyone who infests that tyranny of turds, the homeowners association. Full of themselves, and IT, they foul the air with one reeking assault on sovereign individuals after another. Time, and time again, they live down to my lower than whale crap expectations, by picking the wrong fight, with the wrong individual, for the wrong reason.
In Richmond, Virginia, the Sussex Square Homeowners Association assholes have declared war on a no bullshit American hero, a 90 year old veteran of three wars who is, among other things, a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor. His Name his Colonel Van T. Barfoot, and he's a man who deserves the thanks, the RESPECT, of every American.
Barfoot is one of the country's last living World War II veterans who received the Medal of Honor. He also served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War and earned a Purple Heart. In WWII, Barfoot showed his mettle in Carano, Italy, where he single-handedly destroyed a set of German machine gun nests, killed eight enemy soldiers, took 17 prisoners and stared down a tank before destroying it and killing its crew — all in a single day. Exhausted by his herculean efforts, he still managed to move two of his wounded men 1,700 yards to safety.
"Sgt. Barfoot's extraordinary heroism, demonstration of magnificent valor, and aggressive determination in the face of pointblank fire are a perpetual inspiration to his fellow soldiers," reads the official citation for his Medal of Honor. (Fox)
Last Spring, after moving into his Sussex Square home, Colonel Barfoot requested permission to install a flagpole on his property. When the homeowners association board denied his request, in July, Colonel Barfoot examined the Sussex Square rules of engagement. He quickly determined that his flagpole was not explicitly banned. A man of action, Colonel Barfoot, erected his flagpole in September, then proceeded to honor his country, by raising Old Glory every day at sunrise, and lowering it again, at sunset. No harm, no foul? It is to a rational adult, but the Sussex Square Homeowners Association assholes had shit fits over a war hero’s commendable display of patriotism.
This week, unwilling, unable, to pull their heads from their butts, the Sussex Square shitheads threatened Colonel Barfoot with a full court press shyster assault, if he didn't tear down his flagpole. What a load of crap! Those f-ing assholes should kiss the ground and beg Colonel Barfoot for forgiveness, for compelling him to stop honoring our flag, which he has been raising and lowering, every day for 36 years.
"There's never been a day in my life or a place I've lived in my life that you couldn't fly the American flag," Barfoot said in an interview with the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
In a statement released last night, the association sought to defend its position against a growing chorus of outrage. "This is not about the American flag. This is about a flagpole," reads the statement from the association, which insists that Barfoot directly violated its board's July ruling. (Fox)
The Sussex Square scumbags say Colonel Barfoot can keep, and deploy his flag, but the flagpole must go. I'm pleased to report that Colonel Barfoot won't play that asinine game:
Barfoot says he has always flown the flag from a height: "Where I've been, fighting wars ... military installations, parades, everything else, the flag is vertical. And I've done it that way since I was in the Army," Barfoot told the [Richmond Times-Dispatch]
It’s time to turn up the heat on these Sussex Square rat bastards. It’s time to unleash the full force of rational American adult outrage on these Sussex Square homeowners association shitheads. It’s time to shower them with unrelenting verbal abuse, for what they are doing to a man of rare courage, a man with a compelling dedication to America.
Parting shot: I don’t give a rat’s ass about their petty rules of engagement. I don’t give a crap how many flags they have, elsewhere in their Sussex Square circle of hell. All I give a damn about is the shabby, downright SHITTY, way they are treating an American war hero.
Someone needs to publish the names, address, and contact information for the 9 tyrannical turds who infest the Sussex Square board, so we can rhetorically nuke their sorry asses into a more patriotic frame of mind. Colonel Barfoot is much too honorable to ask it of you, so I’m asking you, because he no bullshit deserves better treatment than he’s getting from the Sussex Square scumbags.
Another Crash Test Dummy
Source: Daily Herald [12/01/09]
From our ‘it probably seemed like a good idea at the time’ file, we bring you the compelling story of two Illinois denizens, Jonathon Langer and Shannon Fitzpatrick. Their adventure began, the moment that the proper authorities bagged Jonathan’s car and towed it to the fenced in lot in Rolling Meadows, where Northwest Recovery plies its trade.
Unwilling to tolerate that turn of events, the couple got into Shannon’s car and prepared to storm the gates, literally.
Police said Fitzpatrick crashed her car through a security fence at Northwest Recovery, 4000 Industrial Ave., Rolling Meadows, on Nov. 28. Langer then jumped out, got into his own car, which had been parked behind the locked security fence, and the two drove away.
Police said they found Langer at his Inverness home and the car parked in the garage. They searched the Palatine area where Langer's car had apparently been parked when it was towed and noticed the damage on Fitzpatrick's car, said Sgt. Tony Gaspari of the Rolling Meadows Police Department. (Daily Herald)
Determined to avoid paying a $170 towing fee, Jonathan and Shannon inflicted much more than $170 worth of damage to Shannon’s car. Just getting started, they’re facing the relevant costs involved with theft of services and criminal trespass charges.
Do I really need to tell you "don’t try this at home"?
Dressed For Success
Source: PIG News Wire [12/01/09]
Noticeably ‘enthusiastic’ beneath his blue knickers, and cutting an arresting figure in his nylon stockings, the 39 year old Council Bluffs (Iowa) dude slowed traffic at a busy intersection. On the off chance that his gender bending outfit, and the woody he was packing, didn’t send the desired message, he kicked it up a notch, by making ‘sexual gestures toward passing cars’.
Honest to a fault, he had all the right answers, when the proper authorities arrived on the scene:
Officers asked the man what he was doing and he allegedly replied, “being dumb” and “looking for sex.”
Officers found methamphetamine and a glass pipe in the man’s vehicle. He allegedly told officers he had consumed the meth and it “messed with (his) hormones,” and that was why he was wearing nylons.
The man was arrested on suspicion of possession of meth, possession of drug paraphernalia, public intoxication and operating while under the influence of a narcotic. He was committed at Alegent Health Mercy Hospital after making threats to harm himself. (Daily Nonpareil)
Cheer up, Sparky. You’re a slam dunk for stoner of the week.