FBI: N.Y. state men developed X-ray system capable of emitting deadly radiation
The men were charged with conspiracy to provide support for the use of a WMD
One man, a member of the KKK, said he would use the device to kill Muslims
The FBI arrested two men for wanting to kill people, including the president, with a ray gun. They say the men tried to create a device that would zap out invisible and lethal x-rays, radiation powerful enough to kill.
Pierre thomas has the file on this bizarre arrest. Reporter: We’ve seen death rays in science fiction movies but today the fbi charged two upstate new york men, eric fight and glen crawford, a self-described engineer and clan member with building a workable death ray. This particular device would be capable of emitting x-ray radiation, this device would have been capable of doing that and killing people.
For Anne Belanger, it was completely unacceptable. Her son, Miles, was pushed off to the side and confined to his wheelchair while his classmates gathered on the bleachers for their class photograph.
The heartbreaking photograph went viral this weekend, sparking accusations that the photography company, Lifetouch Canada, Inc., were being discriminative to Miles and his spinal muscular atrophy disability.
“I couldn’t comprehend how the photographer could look through the lens and think that this was good composition,” Miles Ambridge’s mom Anne Belanger said. “This just boggled the mind.”
The New Westminster, British Columbia, native said she refused to show her 7-year-old the photo — “Look at the angle that he was in. He wants to be part of the gang so much,” — but did post it on Lifetouch’s Facebook page to bring the injustice to the company’s attention.
“This was not a malicious act,” Belanger acknowledged. “I don’t think it was done on purpose. I just don’t think there was any rational thinking behind it.”
“For some reason it makes me feel even worse that he’s so happy in the picture,” said Miles’ dad, Don Ambridge. “I think it’s because he’s still innocent…He’s still naive to how other people can treat him.”
The photography company agreed that the photo was a mistake and have arranged a re-shoot with Miles sitting on the bench beside his classmates.
But that will be the last shoot Lifetouch Canada will do for the school – Herbert Spencer Elementary School said it would no longer be employing the company’s services.
Where does the line of respect for one’s privacy begin and end? It seems that the Internet has no recollection of the meaning and any regard for boundaries. As a matter of fact, I won’t blame the Internet, I will blame the insensitive people behind the keyboards. It is them whom are the deciding factor on what is and not posted via their outlets.
This morning, a popular celebrity site (the same site who broke the story that Micheal Jackson was dead and that Lil Wayne was on his deathbed) repeated an indecent crime against domestic violence survivors. The first offense came when they aired the horrific photos of Rihanna–bruised and beaten after being attacked by her then boyfriend Chris Brown. Today, it is Evelyn Lozada who feels the embarrassment of having her vulnerable disfigured face on the cover of the news.
The Washington Post reports on this story, stating that an employee who injures his back may be allowed to stop lifting anything heavier than 20 pounds, but a pregnant woman whose doctor orders her to avoid heavy lifting? She may end up losing her job.
Heather Myers
In Myers’ case, the 18-year-old says she was just trying to stay hydrated. At her orientation a year earlier at Wal-Mart, she says employees were told they could keep water “but no juice or pop” in a sealed container while working. Suddenly that policy “changed out of the blue” during her pregnancy, she says.
Myers was working as a sales floor associate in the infant and girls wear departments in 2007, when she was pregnant with her first child. Her duties at Wal-Mart included keeping the area stocked and putting away returns. She always had a shopping cart at her side where she could stash her water bottle, she said.
Her supervisor said Myers needed a doctor’s note if she wanted to continue having a water bottle on the job, so she complied. “I told the doctor I thought it was silly to need a note for that,” she said, but she dutifully turned the note into human resources.
That wasn’t good enough. The manager told her drinking fountains were available. “I was shocked that this became such a big issue for a pregnant woman,” Myers said. “You can’t properly hydrate just by taking a sip at a water fountain.”
She continued to carry her water bottle in a cart while she restocked shelves and took care of returns. At her next appointment, her doctor brought up the issue of water and ended up writing yet another note. By this time, Myers was suffering from urinary tract infections, so drinking a plentiful amount of water had become even more crucial for her health.
The second note went to HR, but in another day or so she was confronted by the same manager, who told her, “Either the water bottle has to go or you have to go.”
Myers left.
She contacted an attorney, who sued the retail giant on her behalf. “They just thought I was a young girl they could push around,” Myers said. “They didn’t think I would stick up for myself and my baby.”
The case was settled out of court. Myers has since moved to Lindsborg, Kan. where she works for Hospira, a pharmaceutical manufacturer. During her last pregnancy, she was able to move to an office job when standing on her feet for 12 hours straight became a health risk.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) signed a bill on Friday that blocks local governments from implementing paid sick leave legislation, the Orlando Sentinel reports. He made his decision quickly, only taking four of the 15 days he legally had to review the bill before he signed it.
In signing the bill, Scott sided with big business interests including Disney World, Darden Restaurants (owner of Olive Garden and Red Lobster), and the Florida Chamber of Commerce.
The bill is part of a national effort to pass so-called “preemption bills” that would block paid sick leave legislation that is backed by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a right-wing group that coordinates conservative laws across states. The state’s House Majority Leader, Steve Precourt (R), who was instrumental in putting forward the preemption bill, is an active ALEC member.
I bet you didn’t know that masturbation began before birth. It’s okay, like you, I didn’t know this either. But thanks to the wonderful information provided by our friendly Republicans – you know, the same folks who taught us about legitimate rape and the ability of the woman’s body to “shut that whole thing down” if pregnancy occurs from illegitimate rape – we now know that fetuses, as early as 15 weeks old, pleasure themselves by masturbating.
This piece of info is brought to us compliments of Texas Republican Congressman Michael Burgess, who used the masturbation theory as a reason to push a bill outlawing abortions before 20 weeks. According to Mr. Burgess, if a 15 weeks fetus could feel pleasure from… pleasuring himself, then he could also feel the pain of an abortion.
The congressman explains;
“There is no question in my mind that a baby at 20-weeks after conception can feel pain. The fact of the matter is, I argue with the chairman because I thought the date was far too late. We should be setting this at 15-weeks, 16-weeks,” said the former OB/GYN during the House Rules Committee debate on the “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.”
“Watch a sonogram of a 15-week baby, and they have movements that are purposeful,” he continued. “They stroke their face. If they’re a male baby, they may have their hand between their legs. If they feel pleasure, why is it so hard to believe that they could feel pain?”
He has no doubt in his mind that this is so, so women must now give up their right to choose what’s best for their own health. Go Republicans!
INDIANAPOLIS — A woman who was sentenced to death at age 16 after she confessed to her part in the torture and murder of a 78-year-old bible studies teacher has been released from an Indiana prison after spending a quarter century behind bars.
Paula Cooper, whose death sentence in 1986 enraged human rights activists and drew a plea for clemency from Pope John Paul II, left the state prison quietly in a state vehicle and wearing donated clothing, Department of Correction spokesman Doug Garrison said.
The prison, about 60 miles west of Indianapolis, gave the now-43-year-old woman $75 to help her make a fresh start.
A Baytown mother fought back against a carjacking this afternoon to protect her two young children in the car.
It started in the parking lot of a Baytown CVS around 1:15 p.m. when police say the suspect, Ismael Martinez, attacked the woman inside her minivan. Her two children, ages 2 and 5, were also inside the vehicle.
According to Baytown police, Martinez pulled a knife on the mother and threatened the life of one of the children, demanding $200.
Police said the woman fought with Martinez, punching him in the mouth.
The woman stopped the vehicle, police said, and Martinez fled. When the woman drove again Martinez ran toward the van and was struck by the vehicle, police said.
Martinez was flown by Life Flight to Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center after sustaining back injuries. He is said to be in stable condition at this time.
The two young children in the minivan were not hurt during the incident.
A disgusted dad says he returned home early to find Tajreed Rich, 41, naked with his teen daughter in her bedroom in Minneapolis.
Tajreed Rich, a 41-year-old hall monitor, member of the football coaching staff, and student counselor at Robbinsdale Cooper High School, allegedly had sex with a 17-year-old student.
A Minneapolis high school hall monitor was busted in bed with a 17-year-old student — by her father.
The disgusted dad returned home early Friday to find a naked Tajreed Rich, 41, standing over his disrobed daughter in her bedroom.
Confronted with most dads’ worst nightmare, he resisted handing out his own justice and called cops.
Rich was arrested and charged with sexual assault later that day.
A county spokeswoman says the homeowner in the southern New Jersey town of Woodbury was using a space heater, a hair dryer and a heat gun Tuesday to try to eradicate the pests in a second-floor bedroom. The combination sparked a fire.
The federal Environmental Protection Agency says very high, sustained heat can kill bedbugs, but raising the temperature with the thermostat or space heaters won’t do the job. It says special equipment is needed.
Woodbury Fire Marshal Joseph Buono tells WPVI-TV in nearby Philadelphia that quick Internet remedies for killing bedbugs are a “catastrophe in the making.” He says the afflicted should “call the professionals.”
The homeowner was hospitalized with unspecified injuries. He wasn’t identified
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