Nov. 6th, 2007

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Ха!

Nov. 6th, 2007 08:58 am
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE -- Stocker said he bought the images from a Russian Web site, which claimed that none of the images was of children.

Ха!

Nov. 6th, 2007 08:58 am
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE -- Stocker said he bought the images from a Russian Web site, which claimed that none of the images was of children.
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Glenn Greenwald @ salon.com: By far the most significant and interesting political story of the past 24 hours is the extraordinary, record-breaking outpouring of support for Ron Paul's presidential campaign.

Paul, of course, is not only in favor of immediate withdrawal from Iraq, but also emphatically opposes the crux of America's bipartisan foreign policy consensus. He reserves his greatest scorn for America's hegemonic rule of the world through superior military force, i.e., its acting as an empire in order to prop up its entangling alliances and enduring conflicts -- what George Washington lamented as "permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments for others."
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Glenn Greenwald @ salon.com: By far the most significant and interesting political story of the past 24 hours is the extraordinary, record-breaking outpouring of support for Ron Paul's presidential campaign.

Paul, of course, is not only in favor of immediate withdrawal from Iraq, but also emphatically opposes the crux of America's bipartisan foreign policy consensus. He reserves his greatest scorn for America's hegemonic rule of the world through superior military force, i.e., its acting as an empire in order to prop up its entangling alliances and enduring conflicts -- what George Washington lamented as "permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments for others."
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES -- Chicago Police officers went to a West Side home to make a "well-being" check. The officers were responding to a request from the city's Department of Aging. Apparently, the department had received an anonymous tip that Lillian Fletcher (age 82), who has a history of mental illness, was home alone and in need of assistance. When Fletcher refused to open her door, police were called. Although Fletcher cracked the door, she still refused to let her visitors into the house.

But police officers wouldn't take no for an answer and pushed their way in. Fletcher ran and got the hammer she keeps beside her bed.

According to a police source, when officers arrived, Fletcher was "swinging a hammer" and becoming "increasingly violent."

When Fletcher failed to stop as ordered, an officer discharged a Taser.
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES -- Chicago Police officers went to a West Side home to make a "well-being" check. The officers were responding to a request from the city's Department of Aging. Apparently, the department had received an anonymous tip that Lillian Fletcher (age 82), who has a history of mental illness, was home alone and in need of assistance. When Fletcher refused to open her door, police were called. Although Fletcher cracked the door, she still refused to let her visitors into the house.

But police officers wouldn't take no for an answer and pushed their way in. Fletcher ran and got the hammer she keeps beside her bed.

According to a police source, when officers arrived, Fletcher was "swinging a hammer" and becoming "increasingly violent."

When Fletcher failed to stop as ordered, an officer discharged a Taser.