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[James48843]

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Fired worker kills CEO at Christmas party



Published: Dec. 13, 2008 at 9:20 PM

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- A just-fired employee of a Canadian health products company crashed the office Christmas (http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/13/Fired_worker_kills_CEO_at_Christmas_party/UPI-91131229149912/#) party in Vancouver, killing the chief executive officer, police said.

Vancouver police identified the victim of the Friday night shooting at the TallGrass Distributors Ltd. Christmas party as Benjamin Banky, 40, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported.

Police said Eric Allen Kirkpatrick, 61, surrendered after two hours of negotiations with police and was charged Saturday with first-degree murder, the CBC reported.

Kirkpatrick had been dismissed from his job Thursday. Authorities said they did not know how long he had worked at TallGrass or the reasons for his termination.

Other employees of TallGrass Distributors Ltd. escaped unharmed, The Vancouver Sun reported.

"A man who apparently had just been let go from his job there came in, shot and killed another man," Police Constable Tim Fanning (http://www.upi.com/topic/Tim_Fanning/) said. "Our negotiators got on the phone (http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/13/Fired_worker_kills_CEO_at_Christmas_party/UPI-91131229149912/#) with him right away, and fortunately were able to talk him down from his very, very excited and upset state."

Police blocked the street in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood. Employees of other companies in the area were asked to stay where they were until the surrendered.

TallGrass distributes products based on hemp, including Body Dope, a brand of skincare products.

© 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

[McDuck]

Are you wanting this kind of the thing to be happening?

[James48843]

Not wanting.


Just kind of expecting.

[James48843]

Did you guys see this?


HWt3-kPBQ4A



G.W. sure has some fast reaction time...



Bush ducks two shoes hurled by Iraqi

By MIKE ALLEN (http://www.politico.com/reporters/MikeAllen.html) 12/14/08 2:05 PM EST

Welcome to Baghdad. An Iraqi reporter set off pandemonium Sunday by hurling two shoes at President Bush during a news conference that was the centerpiece of his secret goodbye visit.

Bush was cool under fire and prevented an even bigger incident by waving off his lead Secret Service agent, who was prepared to extract him from the room.

Video shows the president's lead agent rushing to the podium, but the president immediately and subtly motions to him that it's OK. The agent backs off.

The president successfully ducked both throws. Photos show him with his head down near the top of the podium. The embarrassing incident marred a visit meant to show off the improved conditions since the troop "surge" dramatically reduced casualties to U.S. troops.

"This is a gift from the Iraqis. This is the farewell kiss, you dog," the journalist shouted (in Arabic), Steven Lee Myers of The New York Times reported in a pool report to the White House press corps.

Myers reported that the man threw the second shoe and added: "This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq."

Journalists at the scene said the hurler was Muntadar al-Zaidi, a reporter for Al-Baghdadia TV, an independent satellite channel based in Cairo.
A producer for the channel was murdered in Baghdad last year.

Myers wrote in his pool report: "The president's appearance was interrupted by a man, apparently a journalist, who leapt to his feet and threw his shoe at the president, who ducked and thus narrowly missed being struck. Chaos ensued. The [man] threw a second shoe, which also narrowly missed the president. The man was roughly 12 feet from the lectern in the center of two rows of chairs, about two feet from the pool.

A scrum of security agents descended on the man and wrestled him, first to the floor and then out of the ornate room where the press conference was taking place. The president was at no point injured and he brushed off the incident."

"All I can report is it is a size 10," Bush quipped.

[poolman]

Did you guys see this?

Yea, It's been posted but that slow motion was cool. He will probably get checked out in the Hospital for any Grazing. :laugh:

[McDuck]

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&num=10&lr=&ft=i&cr=&safe=active&q=Augusta%2C%20Ga.&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn

jemefEqYJbE

[fabijo]

I'm not sure where or when this is. It was just uploaded to YouTube a couple hours ago:

LqYXGuId2hM

[James48843]

From: http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/military_domestic_use/2008/12/23/164765.html?s=al&promo_code= 763B-1


U.S. Military Preparing for Domestic Disturbances
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 1:14 PM
By: Jim Meyers

A new report from the U.S. Army War College discusses the use of American troops to quell civil unrest brought about by a worsening economic crisis.

The report from the War College’s Strategic Studies Institute warns that the U.S. military must prepare for a “violent, strategic dislocation inside the United States” that could be provoked by “unforeseen economic collapse” or “loss of functioning political and legal order.”

Entitled “Known Unknowns: Unconventional ‘Strategic Shocks’ in Defense Strategy Development,” the report was produced by Nathan Freier, a recently retired Army lieutenant colonel who is a professor at the college — the Army’s main training institute for prospective senior officers.

He writes: “To the extent events like this involve organized violence against local, state, and national authorities and exceed the capacity of the former two to restore public order and protect vulnerable populations, DoD [Department of Defense] would be required to fill the gap.”

Freier continues: “Widespread civil violence inside the United States would force the defense establishment to reorient priorities in extremis to defend basic domestic order … An American government and defense establishment lulled into complacency by a long-secure domestic order would be forced to rapidly divest some or most external security commitments in order to address rapidly expanding human insecurity at home.”

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn warned last week of riots and unrest in global markets if the ongoing financial crisis is not addressed and lower-income households are beset with credit constraints and rising unemployment, the Phoenix Business Journal reported.

Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma and Rep. Brad Sherman of California disclosed that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson discussed a worst-case scenario as he pushed the Wall Street bailout in September, and said that scenario might even require a declaration of martial law.

The Army College report states: “DoD might be forced by circumstances to put its broad resources at the disposal of civil authorities to contain and reverse violent threats to domestic tranquility. Under the most extreme circumstances, this might include use of military force against hostile groups inside the United States.

“Further, DoD would be, by necessity, an essential enabling hub for the continuity of political authority in a multi-state or nationwide civil conflict or disturbance.”

He concludes this section of the report by observing: “DoD is already challenged by stabilization abroad. Imagine the challenges associated with doing so on a massive scale at home."

As Newsmax reported earlier, the Defense Department has made plans to deploy 20,000 troops nationwide by 2011 to help state and local officials respond to emergencies.

The 130-year-old Posse Comitatus Act restricts the military’s role in domestic law enforcement. But a 1994 Defense Department Directive allows military commanders to take emergency actions in domestic situations to save lives, prevent suffering or mitigate great property damage, according to the Business Journal.

And Gen. Tommy Franks, who led the U.S. military operations to liberate Iraq, said in a 2003 interview that if the U.S. is attacked with a weapon of mass destruction, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government.


© 2008 Newsmax. All rights reserved.

[Show-me]

And some of you laugh a my right to bear arm and ammunition.

[Frixxxx]

U.S. Military Preparing for Domestic Disturbances

Once again, the press is starting a frenzy and being part of a problem instead of a solution. :suspicious:

[McDuck]

The 130-year-old Posse Comitatus Act restricts the military’s role in domestic law enforcement.

The Clinton people had the Army at Waco by lying about drugs being there. Now 90% of the Clintonists will be back in the White House.

[coolhand]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/3870089/Protectionist-dominoes-are-beginning-to-tumble-across-the-world.html

[Show-me]

Coolhand,

You're not helping my mental state. I try to keep myself grounded and not get to fanatical about the many conspiracy theory's, but the cards and stacking up.

Better get back to cleaning my M-4 and count rounds.:worried:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/3870089/Protectionist-dominoes-are-beginning-to-tumble-across-the-world.html

[McDuck]

Gun ownership rising (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/47-0&fp=49561eb0070dbe74&ei=BL5WSeCBBpnK8ATZ1qWLAg&url=http%3A//www.clarionledger.com/article/20081227/NEWS/81227001&cid=1283656122&sig2=fH3Q1aXfG6fAxET8zUgVzQ&usg=AFQjCNFIWQrAKq6Gc6b6GVRL39YfnryjZw)

[McDuck]

Riots push Greece to the edge (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/4-0&fp=49561eb0070dbe74&ei=K8ZWSfqwJpjI9AT0ipXWBA&url=http%3A//news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7798056.stm&cid=1284503488&sig2=7sft1hMXfIEDwLcPi7jCmw&usg=AFQjCNGmbWeyiNeALoiEsPMfWM-BFdkExQ)

[McDuck]

IMF Warns of Economic Riots (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/16-0&fp=49561eb0070dbe74&ei=K8ZWSfqwJpjI9AT0ipXWBA&url=http%3A//news.infoshop.org/article.php%3Fstory%3D20081225145615307&cid=0&sig2=4bN9p6zfNgj_nUi6q42s9Q&usg=AFQjCNF7pFxBPR99jV9v2MTvynXV4PAUaA)

[McDuck]

Calm night in southern Sweden after recent riots (http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jIL5D-W5V3LmNXlUyUAEWuk7q73w)

[McDuck]

Sarkozy drops school reform amid fears of riots (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5375518.ece)

[McDuck]

Police stretched to the limits (http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/507542/-/u0p95w/-/)

[KevinD]

Yeah Coolhand...cut it out. :( :rolleyes: :suspicious:

[McDuck]

2008: The Year Democracy Faltered (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/2-0&fp=49571eb0070dbe74&ei=2whXSf2pDYGi9gSk-MyZAg&url=http%3A//english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp%3Farticle_class%3D7%26no%3D384510 %26rel_no%3D1&cid=1284559617&sig2=-2rQB0mOtcovkgM8kR3BRw&usg=AFQjCNGjy-p2DkMEvTV7QgOvHY_1Gz88gw)

[McDuck]

Peek inside our schools and shudder... for this is the future (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/4-0&fp=49571eb0070dbe74&ei=2whXSf2pDYGi9gSk-MyZAg&url=http%3A//www.mailonsunday.co.uk/debate/article-1102112/PETER-HITCHENS-Peek-inside-schools-shudder--future.html&cid=0&sig2=jKuhh_d6DwWxeK2XgqDp-g&usg=AFQjCNHgJBM-WpUC0twzsdDFkshxzl-Nkg)
Mail on Sunday, UK - 3 hours ago
‘The class turned up totally out of control... it was similar to controlling a riot ... it took about 15 minutes to sit them down and make them do some work ...

[McDuck]

Hoover murder suspect arrested (http://www.nbc13.com/vtm/news/local/article/hoover_murder_suspect_arrested/52450/)
NBC13.com, AL - 5 hours ago
OFFICERS HAVE ARRESTED A SUSPECT IN THE MURDER OF A HOOVER MAN….WHO WORKED AS A BESSEMER FIRE FIGHTER. DECTIVES CAPTURED 39YEAR OLD RANDALL JOHNSON TODAY IN ...

[McDuck]

Girl, 15, charged with murder in Bronx (http://www.newsday.com/ny-nymurd1228,0,1042081.story)
Newsday, NY - 11 hours ago
BY DANIEL EDWARD ROSEN | Special to Newsday A 15-year-old girl is charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a Bronx man whose body was ...

[McDuck]

Double murder rocks Brooklyn banquet hall (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2008/12/27/2008-12-27_double_murder_rocks_brooklyn_banquet_hal.html)
New York Daily News, NY - 9 hours ago
BY MATTHEW LYSIAK AND WIL CRUZ Two men were gunned down in a Brownsville banquet hall - one of three overnight shootings in Brooklyn, police said Saturday. ...

[McDuck]

http://nt0.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=yJJ12EzBFG4J&imgurl=www.wboy.com/images/122708072622_GlenCorder1.jpg
WBOY-TV (http://www.wboy.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=49040)Barbour County Man Charged With First Degree Murder (http://www.wboy.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=49040)
WBOY-TV, WV - 4 hours ago
Corder has been charged with Malicious Assult and First Degree Murder. Officers found 21 year old Karen Sue Smith of French Creek shot in the abdomen in ...
Murder Investigation Underway In Philippi (http://www.wdtv.com/news/36786709.html) WDTV

[McDuck]

Hoover murder suspect arrested (http://www.nbc13.com/vtm/news/local/article/hoover_murder_suspect_arrested/52450/)
NBC13.com, AL - 5 hours ago
OFFICERS HAVE ARRESTED A SUSPECT IN THE MURDER OF A HOOVER MAN….WHO WORKED AS A BESSEMER FIRE FIGHTER. DECTIVES CAPTURED 39YEAR OLD RANDALL JOHNSON TODAY IN ...

[McDuck]

Milkman Played Doctor, Sold Pot to Elderly for 'Aches and Pains' (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/0-0&fp=49571eb0070dbe74&ei=Bg1XSYvKMIu-9gT4sfmKAg&url=http%3A//www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C471428%2C00.html&cid=1282474988&sig2=L9UCb-QsPnpJ_crExDII2A&usg=AFQjCNERGaePh5mY6KZCzlI9Wq15WH9Epg)
FOXNews - Dec 23, 2008
A milkman in Britain has admitted that he supplied marijuana to his elderly customers to help them manage their "aches and pains," the Australian Associated ...

[McDuck]

Russia braced for unrest; Moscow continues rouble devaluations... (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fb228bfa-d385-11dd-989e-000077b07658.html)

[James48843]

2008: The Year Democracy Faltered (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/2-0&fp=49571eb0070dbe74&ei=2whXSf2pDYGi9gSk-MyZAg&url=http%3A//english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp%3Farticle_class%3D7%26no%3D384510 %26rel_no%3D1&cid=1284559617&sig2=-2rQB0mOtcovkgM8kR3BRw&usg=AFQjCNGjy-p2DkMEvTV7QgOvHY_1Gz88gw)


Good article. Worth reading.

[nnuut]

Just where is the GOOD NEWS?????:confused: 5302

[KevinD]

Good news don't make the news.

[James48843]

Just where is the GOOD NEWS?????:confused:


Calif. family finds $10,000 in box of crackers

Sat Dec 27, 3:45 pm ET

IRVINE, Calif. – The box of crackers Debra Rogoff bought from the grocery store had some crackerjack in it — an envelope stuffed with $10,000.
Yet the Irvine woman was more curious than ecstatic about her daughter's find. After all, who would leave money in such a place?

"We just thought, 'This is someone's money,'" she said. "We would never feel good about spending it."

Rather than go on a shopping spree, the family called police and was initially told the money could be part of a drug drop.

Police later heard from store managers at Whole Foods in Tustin that an elderly woman had come in a few days earlier, hysterical because she had mistakenly returned a box of crackers with her life savings inside. In a mix-up the store restocked the box rather than composting it.

The Lake Forest woman, whose identity was not released, had lost faith in her bank and decided the box would be a safer place for the money.

Luckily for her, the box of Annie's Sour Cream and Onion Cheddar Bunny crackers were bought by the Rogoffs, who discovered the crisp $100 bills in an unmarked white envelope on Oct. 10.

The Rogoffs never heard from the woman and didn't receive a reward, but Rogoff did return to Whole Foods a couple weeks later.

"I asked them if I could have another box of crackers," she said with a laugh. The store obliged.

[James48843]

(umm.. did you notice that the store that got a box of crackers returned....put the box back on the shelf? Does that give you a warm fuzzy?? Thinking about what someone COULD have put in a box, and had it reappear on the shelf?

Anyone remember the Tylenol poisonings in Chicago in 1982? )

[nnuut]

Now that's what I call a BOX of Crackers@@@ GOOD NEWS!!:D

[fabijo]

The Good News Network

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/

The bad news there is that you have to register AND pay!

[Show-me]

Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon Photo by: Dave Allocca / Startrakshttp://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2009/news/090112/kevin_bacon.jpg

Talk about six degrees being too close for comfort. Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick are the latest known victims of Bernie Madoff's $50 billion Ponzi scheme.

"I can confirm that they had investments with Mr. Madoff – no further specifics or comment beyond that," Bacon's rep, Allen Eichorn, told New York Magazine (http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/12/madoffs_latest_victims_kevin_b.html) Tuesday.

As for reports that the couple lost everything except for their checking accounts and the land they own, Eichorn said, "Please, let's not speculate or rely on hearsay."

Other Hollywood elite have also been victimized by the fraudulent money manager: Steven Spielberg's Wunderkinder Foundation was hit, and DreamWorks' Jeffrey Katzenberg has lost "millions," reports the Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122938771003908909.html?mod=googlenews_wsj).
– Kristin Boehm

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20249454,00.html

[McDuck]

Are Wall Street Suicide Epidemics Real?

http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/53341/

[McDuck]

Protesters clash with police in Lithuania (http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=187146)