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British Businessman Decapitates Himself in Sports Car Suicide

August 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment

From FOX News:

In a grim attempt at revenge against his estranged wife, a British businessman committed suicide by decapitation in his Aston Martin sports car, the U.K.’s Daily Mail reported Friday.
According to the Mail, Gerald Mellin, 54, had been consumed with dark thoughts surrounding his 34-year-old wife’s decision to leave him.
The day before his [...]

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Tags: Strange/Funny · The UK

Rapist Was A Man Of Good Gharacter

June 4th, 2008 · Comments Off

From the Washington Post:

After Linda Davies reported to police that her 15-year-old daughter had been raped, it took three months — plus two dozen phone calls and a threat of legal action — before police questioned the suspect, a 28-year-old neighbor.
“I gave police his name, address, mobile phone number, car registration — everything but his [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Crime/Law · Government · Guns · Terrorism · The UK · The US

Nanny State Government Socialism

June 1st, 2008 · Comments Off

From the UK Daily Mail:

For nearly a quarter of a century, Lourdes Maxwell has celebrated the arrival of summer by putting a paddling pool in the garden.
This year, however, her two grandchildren and the children of her neighbours may have to find another way to cool off in the heat.
Miss Maxwell’s local council has decided [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Crime/Law · Government · Socialism · The Left · The UK

We’ve Never Asked For Anything

April 7th, 2008 · Comments Off

During an address to the World Economic Forum, the US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, was asked a somewhat long and involved question by the former Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, which ended with the following interrogative:

And would you not agree, as a very significant political figure in the United States, Colin, that America, at [...]

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Tags: Military · The UK · The US

Archbishop Of Dhimmitude

February 8th, 2008 · Comments Off

From the BBC:

The Archbishop of Canterbury says the adoption of certain aspects of Sharia law in the UK “seems unavoidable”.
Dr Rowan Williams told Radio 4’s World at One that the UK has to “face up to the fact” that some of its citizens do not relate to the British legal system.
Dr Williams argues that adopting [...]

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Tags: Christianity · Dhimmitude · Government · Muslim/Islam · The UK

Universal Health Care Update: Parasites & Leeches™

February 1st, 2008 · Comments Off

It’s hard to open a newspaper, listed to the radio, or read a blog today without seeing another pronouncement of a new solution for universal health care from Capitol Hill to the state capitols. It’s also of huge interest to the neo-Socialist wing of the Democratic Party in their quest to make all Americans [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Election · Health · The Left · The UK · The US

More Appreciation Of Life From The Religion of Peace™ Vol. #948657

January 11th, 2008 · Comments Off

From Islam Online via Americans Against Hate via FrontPageMagazine via blonde sagacity:

Of all the crimes committed by extremist Muslims, the one that is arguably the most horrifying is the act of beheading. This month, Islam Online (IOL), a website that has mass popularity throughout the Muslim world, published a gruesome poem detailing how to [...]