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Monday, April 2, 2007

Laxative Donuts on the menu in New York School

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y. — Some 8th-graders got an early start on April Fool's Day when they handed out doughnuts laced with laxatives to classmates, but it was no laughing matter when five were ticketed by police.

There were no apparent injuries but ambulances were dispatched Friday to Sequoya Middle School on Long Island as a precaution, a spokeswoman for the Sachem School District said.

Suffolk County Police said 19 students and a teacher ingested some of the doped doughnuts. They were screened by the school nurse, Holtsville Rescue personnel and field physicians from the county health department.

Two 13-year-olds and three 14-year-olds were charged with second-degree tampering with a consumer product. The teens, who were not identified because of their age, were issued appearance tickets for Family Court and released to their parents' custody.

Classes proceeded as usual, but parents were given the option to pick up their children. The district also said it would take "appropriate disciplinary action."

Goosey's Gabbings...

Sources say the results of the prank were "explosive".

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Mexico cracking down on porn in taxis, especially when the travelers are six year olds

TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico — Three taxi drivers were arrested on charges of showing pornographic DVDs in their cabs in the southern Mexican city of Tapachula.

The men were arrested Friday after receiving a complaint from a woman who said she was traveling in a taxi with her 6-year-old son when the driver put on a pornographic film, Tapachula police spokesman Gerardo Ramirez said.

"I asked the taxi to remove the film and he ignored me. It really bothered me and I asked to get out and went to file a complaint," Edelma Gonzales said.

Ramirez said police were debating whether to fine the drivers for moral turpitude or pass the suspects on to state investigators on charges of child sexual molestation.

Pirated DVDs of pornographic films are sold on the streets across Mexico and are particularly prevalent in Tapachula, a rough border town across from Guatemala.

Goosey's Gabbings...

First question---why does a taxi driver need to watch film while driving, much less porn? Did I miss something here?

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28 Pedophiles arrested in Florida Sting

ORLANDO, Fla. — Three Walt Disney Co. employees were among 28 men charged with soliciting sex from a minor amid a weeklong sting operation in the Orlando area, authorities said.

The men, ranging in age from college students to their 40s and 50s, had chatted online with people they believed to be boys and girls, ages 13 and 14, Polk County Sheriff's spokeswoman Donna Wood.

She said several agencies worked together to set up the sting at a Polk County home, where the suspects were arrested through Sunday.

Three of the men worked for Walt Disney Co., one as a 21-year-old intern, another as a 55-year-old part-time instructor at Disney's Animal Kingdom, and the third as a 44-year-old electronics technician, according to the sheriff's office.

The other men included laborers, food service workers and salesmen. One man said he was an IBM consultant; another a vice president for a South Florida real estate company, authorities said.

Goosey's Gabbings...

Rumor has it that when the FBI agents busted in on the Disney workers, they were all singing "It's a small world after all....."

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Native Americans won't be included in Terror Report...except for Tanto...

OTTAWA -- References to radical natives in the Canadian army's counterinsurgency manual will not appear in the final version of the document, Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor has announced.

Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine said yesterday the inclusion of natives in the manual could threaten the ability of Canadian natives to travel internationally. The use of "radical Native American organizations" as an example of insurgents in a draft version of the manual has incensed native leaders, who viewed the wording as a threat to their political rights to protest.

On the 11th page, under the heading "Overview of insurgencies and counter-insurgencies," a paragraph is highlighted, which states: "The rise of radical Native American organizations, such as the Mohawk Warrior Society, can be viewed as insurgencies with specific and limited aims. Although they do not seek complete control of the federal government, they do seek particular political concessions in their relationship with national governments and control (either overt or covert) of political affairs at a local/reserve ("First Nation") level, through the threat of, or use of, violence."

There is no other mention of natives in the manual, nor does the manual add further context as to why that paragraph is included.

Five pages later, the manual gives other examples of insurgents, listing Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah and the Tamil Tigers.

Mr. Fontaine issued a statement yesterday describing the mention of radical natives as "shocking."

Goosey's Gabbings...

Mr. Fontaine was surprised how quickly the "radical native language" was brought up and how quickly it was told that they would not be included, although most will point to that the tide turned when the Defense Minister found out that Fontaine's Indian name is "Man who will smack your bitch ass down if you try to screw with him". Kudos to the First Nation for standing up for something some would say was pretty petty--although shame on the terror report for even "going there". What year are we in??

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Jesus vs. Satan: The battle of the BEEPs

A battle between good and evil is brewing on Rubber Avenue.

Workers at two neighboring businesses in a small shopping plaza at 195 Rubber Ave. have differing opinions about whether or not people should show support for Jesus. An owner of a shop that puts photos onto DVDs placed a sign in front of a parking lot, which is used by both businesses, that says, "Easter: Beep for Christ."

A tattoo artist next door countered Friday with a sign that says, "Honk twice for..." and shows a caricature of a red devil underneath the text.

And so the battle began.

"Beep! Honk, honk!" Those were the sounds that blared all day from the cars of hundreds of commuters who traveled on Rubber Avenue, one of the busiest streets in the borough. Some beeped twice, while others gave just one toot on their car horns.

Claudette Soden, a devout Christian and owner of Photos Onto DVD, fired the first shot last week when she put up her Easter sign. Phil Young, who works at No Regrets next door to Soden's business, countered on Friday morning with his satanic sign.
Soden says Jesus is her "partner in business," and she wants everyone to know it.

"His sign is not bothering me, but I know it's bothering Jesus," she said. . "And children are going to pass by that sign and say, 'What is that? It looks like a devil.' And what are parents going to say to that?"

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I think this is actually pretty comical, although again those that are the zealots and anti-religion will have a heyday with this. I am sure someone will come along and say "Scream if you don't believe in NEITHER of these..."

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Fourth-grader's freedom of speech violated, district rules

SYRACUSE, N.Y. Apr 2, 2007 (AP)— A school district violated a fourth-grader's constitutional rights to free speech and equal protection by refusing to allow her to distribute "personal statement" fliers carrying a religious message, a federal judge has ruled.

According to the family's 2004 lawsuit, Nicole Bloodgood tried three times to get permission for Michaela to pass out the homemade fliers to other students at Nate Perry Elementary School. The flier, about the size of a greeting card, started out: "Hi! My name is Michaela and I would like to tell you about my life and how Jesus Christ gave me a new one."

Bloodgood's requests to school officials said that her daughter, now a sixth-grader, would hand them out only during "non-instructional time," such as on the bus, before school, lunch, recess and after school.

Liverpool officials said at the time there was "a substantial probability" that other parents and students might misunderstand and presume the district endorsed the religious statements in the flier, according to the lawsuit.

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Tomayto-tomahto, but when does the gray line for religion and state become so blurry that no one can tell a real difference? How can it be said that this is ok because it is done on "non-instruction" but yet still be surrounded by school activities? And if so, why is then there not even a smidgeon of leeway in between those times? It makes no sense...but this argument rarely does.

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Man Shows up to DUI Hearing Drunk

YORK, Pa. -- Police in York County said a man who arrived at court drunk for a drunken-driving hearing has been charged again with driving under the influence. Paul Zeigler, 45, of Glen Rock, appeared at a preliminary hearing at the Shrewsbury district court on March 26 for a DUI charge from December. Police said Zeigler appeared to be intoxicated at the hearing.

After his court appearance, police said, Zeigler failed a portable breath test for alcohol and was taken into custody for a blood test. Officials said the second test revealed that Zeigler's blood-alcohol level was twice the legal driving limit and he was charged with DUI.

Goosey's Gabbings...

Well, there's been stupider, but not much dumber...I can just see it, like the scene from Hoosiers when Dennis Hopper stumbles onto the court--"I'm outta order, you're outta order, the cigarette machine is out of order!!"

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