Deep Something

Boston: Beehive of Terrorist Activity (?)

March 9, 2007 B. John 434 Views 0 Comments Public Officials, Traffic counters, Terrorism, Boston, Stupidity, Bomb Squads, Bombs, Comedy Network, MA

On January 31, Boston and Massachusetts officials terrorized that city and made asses of themselves in the national news. And they extorted $2 million and almost ruined two people’s lives over a cartoon character they intentionally mischaracterized as a threat. Apparently trying to repeat their performance, they sent the bomb squad out again Wednesday to blow up another “suspicious device” in Boston’s financial district. Only this time, the plan to extort some other hapless company backfired in their faces.

Culture Society Crime

Bomb or Tape Dispenser?

March 7, 2007 B. John 402 Views 0 Comments Bomb, Police, Security

Police these days are seeing bombs everywhere, even though there really aren’t any actual bombs. It’s clear that they need help.

Places Tampa Society Crime

The Dumbest Educators

February 24, 2007 B. John 421 Views 1 Comment Marijuana, Murray, Principal, Van Bueren Middle School, Kentucky, Crack, Drug Use

I have the greatest respect for educators in general, and believe they are generally under-valued in our society. BUT, apparently, as in every other field, a few idiots manage to gain entry.

Politics Congress Presidency War Corruption

363 Tons of Cold Hard Cash Shipped to Iraq – No Kidding

February 7, 2007 B. John 441 Views 0 Comments Oversight, Paul Bremer, Waxman, president, Bush, Coalition Provisional Authority

On December 12, 2003, $1.5 billion was shipped to Iraq, initially “the largest pay out of U.S. currency in Fed history,” according to an e-mail cited by committee members. It was followed by more than $2.4 billion on June 22, 2004, and $1.6 billion three days later. The CPA turned over sovereignty on June 28.

General Entertainment Humor Places Society Crime

Terrorists At the Cartoon Network

February 1, 2007September 29, 2018 B. John 414 Views 0 Comments Thomas Menino, Attorney General, Turner Broadcasting, Boston, Cartoon Network, Deval Patrick, Frightened Children, Governor, John Grossman, Martha Coakley, Signs, Stupidity

Over the past several weeks Cartoon Network, to promote their television show Aqua Teen Hunger Force, placed boards with LED renditions of the mooninites across ten cities. This would have been fine, except for the person who saw one of them attached to a girder above a busway near the Sullivan Square T station. On Wednesday, some frightened little brain-dead Bostonian spotted Ignignokt and Err in Boston – and called the police.

Places Tampa Society Crime

Avoid Jail–Report A Crime

February 1, 2007 B. John 446 Views 2 Comments Felony Warrants, Rape, Restitution, Tampa Police

A 21-year-old woman told police Saturday that a man grabbed her off Howard Avenue and raped her behind a building during the Gasparilla festivities. But officers investigating the case arrested her after learning she had an outstanding warrant from her teenage years for failure to pay restitution.

Society Crime

Driver kills egg-throwing teen

December 3, 2006 B. John 368 Views 0 Comments Gun Violence, Ohio, Columbus

Three teenagers were throwing eggs at cars in Columbus, OH. Apparently the driver of an SUV gave chase when his car was hit, jumped out and shot killing one of the teens.

Culture Movies Society Crime

Bobby

November 29, 2006 B. John 372 Views 0 Comments Bobby Kennedy, Emilio Estevez, Harry Belafonte, Kennedy, Anthony Hopkins, Ambassador Hotel, Assassination

The story of the assassination of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, on June 6th, 1968, which centers around 22 people who were at the Ambassador Hotel where he was killed.

Politics Constitution Presidency War Society Crime Corruption

Waterboard Rumsfeld?

November 10, 2006 B. John 489 Views 0 Comments torture, Waterboarding, CIA, rendition, Alberto Gonzales, War crimes, Abu Ghraib, Donald Rumsfeld, George Tenet, Guantanamo Bay, SecDef, Attorney General, Secretary of Defense

Just days after his resignation, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is about to face more repercussions for his involvement in the troubled wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. New legal documents, to be filed next week with Germany’s top prosecutor, will seek a criminal investigation and prosecution of Rumsfeld, along with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, former CIA director George Tenet and other senior U.S. civilian and military officers, for their alleged roles in abuses committed at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison and at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Politics Congress Constitution Presidency Society Crime

The Day America Died

October 18, 2006 B. John 359 Views 0 Comments Habeas corpus, Military Commissions Act of 2006, Ulysses S Grant

Note to self…October 17, 2006…the day the United States Government nullified the Constitution, and Americans did nothing.

Politics Congress Constitution Society Crime Technology

Chertoff's Web of Terror

October 17, 2006 B. John 425 Views 0 Comments Homeland Security, Government Monitoring, Internet, Michael Chertoff

I’ve seen several articles about this over the past day or so. I’m linking to a brief article on Wired News. Apparently U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is laying the ground work for the more agressive government monitoring of the web, if not outright control. Disaffected people living in the United States may develop radical ideologies and potentially violent skills over the internet and that could present the next major U.S. security threat, Chertoff said on Monday.