Perhaps I should note, right up front, that I am not equating Barack Obama to a douche. Or more accurately, I am, but not in the spirit of meanness. South Park fans will understand immediately. For the rest of you, let me explain. After major elections overseas and several state primaries, my thoughts turned to [...]
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Jericho…
Posted in Daily Life, General Mischief, tagged aggravated assault, argu, Arkansas, assistant, bond, budget, charge, check, city, corrupt, council, councilman, counsel, count, court, Crittenden County, custody, delta, dispute, Don Payne, duty, Emanual Harris, Eric Pharr, felony, financ, fire, fire chief, fiscal, Floyd Holmes, Frank Lockhart, fraud, funds, Greg Martin, gun, gunpoint, hall, hire, Intersate 55, investigat, Jennette, Jericho, judge, legal, lien, Lindsey Fairley, malfeasance, Marion, mayor, memo, Memphis, Mike Walden, misappropriat, mishandl, Mississippi River, money, news, notice, officer, official, operat, pay, pistol, police, police chief, population, prosecut, record, report, Second District, service, speed trap, state, taxpayer, Turrell, uniform, warrant, weapon, witness on April 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I wanted to check up on Jericho, Arkansas. If you recall, I wrote about the town a few times last fall because the unarmed Assistant Fire Chief was shot by Jericho police during an argument between himself and the police chief in court. Jericho has a reputation as a speed trap, an over-abundant and over-eager [...]
Kyrgyz Clashes
Posted in General Mischief, tagged ABC, action, ammunition, appointment, arm, automatic, Bahkiev, Bakiev, Bakiyev, Bishkek, capitol, change, cheat, clash, CNN, concussion grenade, conscience, corrupt, cost, coup, damage, dead, demonstration, depose, determination, excessive, fair, fight, fire, force, freedom, government, governor, guard, gun, handgun, hostage, hurt, injure, interim, justice, killed, Kurmanbek, Kyrgyz, Kyrgyzstan, leader, malfeasance, mass, media, moral, news, Nightline, non-lethal, opposition, Otunbayeva, oust, police, politics, populace, population, power, president, price, protest, rebel, republic, resign, resignation, resolution, retaliat, riot, Rosa, Roza, rubber bullet, Russia, sharpshooter, sub-machine, Talas, tear gas, unarm, United States, unjust, USSR, utility, vehicle, video, violence, water cannon, weapon, White House, witness, wound on April 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve watched the world news or read a bit online, you’ve probably seen something about the riots in Kyrgyzstan, a former USSR republic that borders China and just tried to oust its president. Protesting masses took to the streets demanding a change in government, the president fled, hundreds of police were summoned to quell [...]
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