An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings
Morning Coffee 01/18/08 - Very Short Cup
Major Volcanic Eruption in Colombia Forces Thousands to Evacuate
A volcano erupted violently in southwestern Colombia Thursday, spewing ash miles into the sky and prompting the evacuation of several thousand people living nearby.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or serious property damage after the 14,110-foot Galeras volcano began erupting about 8 p.m. and cascading lava lit up the night sky.
Hope everyone will be ok.
Police: Victim Drunk During Tiger Attack
One of the three victims of San Francisco Zoo tiger attack was intoxicated and admitted to yelling and waving at the animal while standing atop the railing of the big cat enclosure, police said in court documents filed Thursday.
Paul Dhaliwal, 19, told the father of Carlos Sousa Jr., 17, who was killed, that the three yelled and waved at the tiger but insisted they never threw anything into its pen to provoke the cat, according to a search warrant affidavit obtained by the San Francisco Chronicle.
The stupid decisions we make as teens will affect us the rest of our lives. Sad to say, these kids learned the hard way. It was Christmas Day….why weren’t they spending time with their families? Just wondering.
Brilliant chess master, world-class eccentric Bobby Fischer dies
Chess master Bobby Fischer, one of the greatest chess players in history, has died, a spokesman for the World Chess Federation confirmed to CNN Friday. He was 64.
No cause of death was given.
R.I.P.
Stolen laptops, data disks found
Metro police recovered two stolen laptops at a house in Goodlettsville on Thursday night just hours after recovering the computers’ hard drives — containing names and Social Security numbers of 337,000 Davidson County voters — at a coffee bar on Fourth Avenue South.
The computers and their disks were found based on information provided by a homeless man who turned himself in Thursday morning and told police he had stolen the machines from the county Election Commission offices on Christmas Eve.
I wonder how many, if any, of that information has been sold. Hopefully, none!
McCain, Giuliani ‘abysmal’ on amnesty issue, says grassroots group
Roy Beck, president of Numbers USA, says four of the Republican presidential candidates score excellent when it comes to opposing amnesty for millions of illegal aliens in the United States. Two, however, remain “abysmal” on the issue, according to the analysis.
The grassroots immigration organization has released its latest scorecard on what the GOP presidential candidates have been saying in regard to the issue of amnesty. Beck says Mitt Romney — hot off his victory in Michigan — along with Fred Thompson, Mike Huckabee, and Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-California) all received grades of “excellent.” Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) received a “good” score.
“The difference between good and excellent is that sort of sense of full commitment to the whole package,” he explains. “So going into the Michigan contest, voters really had excellent choices when it came to amnesty.”
Now, if the rest of the country could figure it out. I question that Huckleberry score though.
Secret terrorist to be sentenced in NY
He pleaded guilty more than five years ago to plotting bomb attacks on American embassies, but the case against al-Qaida member Mohammed Mansour Jabarah has been shrouded in secrecy until now.
Jabarah was to emerge from the shadows Friday to be sentenced, likely to life in prison, for his brief career in terror. It included training with Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and unsuccessfully planning to bomb embassies in the Philippines and Singapore, prosecutors said in court papers.
Ok, if he pled guilty five years ago, why is there still an ongoing case?
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Did you just ask why a family named Dhaliwal might not be celebrating Christmas at home?
Care to take another swing at that pitch?
If I told you my mother’s maiden name, you’d ask the same question, but we did. I was just curious, that’s all. Not casting aspersions or anything.
Sorry. I found it worth a smile. Welcome home