Posted in Shut the eff up, This is bullshit! on May 8th, 2008 4 Comments »
You must watch this CNN video of cops beating three alleged shooters.
This is the story:
Philadelphia city officials said Wednesday the beatings of three suspects, captured on video by a television news crew, were ‘unacceptable,’ and added officers’ emotions are running high after the slaying of a sergeant last week. ‘We certainly are concerned about what [...]
Posted in Shut the eff up, Take it back on May 5th, 2008 3 Comments »
Earlier today, China pulled a billboard ad by Disney which stirred up the whole country.
You know, I am not going to lie but this ad is just plain goofy and wrong on so many levels.
Posted in Shut the eff up on May 2nd, 2008 2 Comments »
From the BBC:
A local council employee in Japan has been punished after it was discovered he had accessed porn websites at work more than 780,000 times in nine months…. His habit reached its peak last July when he surfed for porn more than 177,000 times during office hours. That works out at almost [...]
Posted in Shut the eff up, Why Timmy can't read on Apr 22nd, 2008 2 Comments »
Yesterday, non-instructional staff from Camden, NJ schools didn’t show up to work, leaving thousands of kids behind.
What is this nonsense? Is this a new tactic of the AFL-CIO, walkouts at the expense of children’s educational needs.
I tell ya, unions are evil.
The reason for the walkout:
The problem, which was not clear until the afternoon, appears to [...]
Posted in Shut the eff up on Apr 11th, 2008 No Comments »
The Las Vegas Review Journal editorial board wonders if it’s now illegal to carry cash after the police seize a woman’s truck and money without accusing her of a crime:
What happens the next time a law-abiding citizen — especially if he or she has an Hispanic name — gets pulled over and says, [...]
Posted in Shut the eff up on Mar 31st, 2008 1 Comment »
It turns out Carlos Romero Barcelo, ex-governor of Puerto Rico, who recently got punched in the face, tipped off the FBI regarding Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila’s illegal fundraising activities.
You would think that after you get caught for illegally fundraising money that you would stop. Nope, not Anibal.
The Associated Press now reports that Anibal’s political party [...]
Posted in Shut the eff up on Mar 27th, 2008 No Comments »
From CNN:
Puerto Rican Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila and 12 associates face criminal charges related to the financing of three of Acevedo’s campaigns, according to a federal indictment unsealed Thursday.
Acevedo’s charges include one count of conspiracy to violate federal election laws, two counts of making false statements to the Federal Election Commission, 12 counts of wire [...]
Posted in Shut the eff up on Mar 24th, 2008 2 Comments »
I found this statistic interesting.
From the Washington Post:
While about three out of four full-time workers who earn $15 an hour or less have access to health-care coverage on the job, just over half buy it, according to a report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Many analysts say that the cost — lower-wage workers pay [...]
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