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The Sad Saga of James Kim
Posted by Pile
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 It's a big buzz on the Internet and the mainstream media is all over the place. In the spirit of young white girls who go missing in exotic places, San Francisco tech writer James Kim drove his family into the middle of the wilderness in Oregon, got them stranded, and unfortunately died while wandering off from his vehicle into the frozen cliffs.
This is a sad state of affairs, but as usual, the media is blowing this totally out of proportion. What gets me are the folks calling this guy a "hero." I think our definition of hero needs a little bit of work. It's very sad that the guy died, but when you hear the details of this story, it reads like a classic cautionary tale of what NOT to do if you're driving cross-country.
Before people lambast me for my nerve to question the wisdom of Mr. Kim's decisions which led to his death and the near death of his family, I ask, is it any better for the media to replay this tragedy over and over? Who is exploiting this tragedy for selling advertising, and who might want to at least point out there are some lessons to be learned beyond merely mourning for an associate? It's just a thought. |
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ATF Director Abuses His Position to Help Out His Nephew
Posted by ueberbill
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| In response to an anonymous tip that the then-director of the ATF had abused his position, hired an unqualified former colleague, and made expensive design changes to his new office, the Office of the Inspector General began an investigation. Regarding those charges, the OIG found that the director had in fact shown poor judgement, but did nothing not within his discretion. However, during the course of the investigation, the OIG heard another complaint that the director had used ATF equipment, employees, and time (upwards of 50 man-hours over 10 months) to help his nephew with a video project for high school. The director resigned before the report was released, but at least the nephew got an 'A'! |
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Jennifer Wilbanks, aka The Runaway Bride, is SUING her former fiancee. You may recall that Ms. Wilbanks bolted days before her expensive Atlanta wedding and later called from Albuquerque saying she had been kidnapped. Later she recanted her incredibly flimsy story and did some community service for telling a false story to the police.
A man in Belgrade, Serbia, decided to take the advice of a local witch doctor to cure his problem with premature ejaculation. His prescription? Have sex with a hedgehog...a spiky European relative of the porcupine. The witch doctor promised "total discretion" and said the cure was guaranteed 100 percent. The European hedgehog is about the size of a guinea pig, and though it has spikes like a porcupine, the spikes do not generally come loose and are not as sharp as porcupine quills. When threatened with inappropriate sexual advances, hedgehogs roll themselves up into a spiky little ball.
Evangelist preacher Franck Kabele, 35, told his congregation he could repeat the biblical miracle.
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Kent Hovind, one of the pre-eminent spokespeople for the notion that evolution is a myth; the bible should be taken literally; the earth is 6000 years old, and that man walked the earth with dinosaurs has finally gotten himself in big trouble.
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