June 11, 2006
Superhero in tights chases down Minn. purse snatcher
June 10, 2006 MINNEAPOLIS - Cameron Evans suits up in superhero garb as part of his job, but he may never have guessed that his alter ego, "Luke Pie-Rocker," would save someone's day.
Teresa Skarman was walking home Tuesday night when a purse snatcher grabbed her red leather bag.
The 55-year-old grocery store bagger screamed for help and Evans - sporting orange tights, black boots and cape - chased the mugger.
A delivery man for Galactic Pizza, Evans tailed the robber for blocks, until two bystanders helped corner the crook in an alley. They ended up letting him go in exchange for the purse.
Skarman said she admires Evans' bravery. "I'm so thankful," she said, clutching her red purse. "He's my hero."
http://www.gazette.com/display.php?id=1318305
Failed knife-wielding mugger pleads with victim for bus fare home
05/16/2006 BERLIN -A knife-wielding mugger was reduced to pleading with a pensioner for his bus fare home after she refused to hand over her purse, police in northern Germany said Tuesday.
… the youth pulled a 10-inch blade on the woman in the seaside town of Binz and threatened to stab her unless she handed over her bag, police said. She refused.
"Then he tried to invoke her pity," a police spokeswoman said. "He said 'at least give me five euros ($6.40) for the bus ride home'. But she just walked off and left him standing."
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2006-05-16T184621Z_01_L16729979_RTRUKOC_0_US-GERMANY-MUGGER.xml&src=rss
Feisty Woman, 86, Teaches Mugger A Lesson
Jun 9, 2006 (CBS) NEW YORK She's 86, had five strokes, a broken hip and Wednesday, Elisabeth Rubin fought a mugger to a draw not far from Madison Square Garden.
Rubin was look[ing] at the watches in the Tourneau window at 34th and 7th Avenue. "In the glass I saw him coming up behind me acting strange," she said.
…he hit her in the arm, then in the head as he grabbed the purse resting on her walker…Rubin was determined to hang onto the bag..."He pulled, I pulled." she said.
That's when Elisabeth, who'd been in tougher situations as a Jew eluding the Nazi's in Europe, made her move. With the purse strap tangled around her arm, she grabbed her large umbrella from the walker, snapped it open and "I beat him with it," she said with a smile.
Then, she added, "I wish I'd poked him in the eye" with the sharp end.
The mugger eventually wrested the purse from Elisabeth, looked inside, saw how much "bread" he netted, and threw it to the ground, kicking at her walker. She said the guy yelled in her face in Spanish, "you're a prostitute." To which Rubin said she replied, "you're mother's a prostitute!"
Then she said the bad guy took off running. She took off in the other direction as fast her walker would take her. On Thursday, she said, the police took her around the neighborhood to see if she could spot the squat, middle aged, mustachioed mugger.
He better hope the police catch him before she does.
"I would say to police, let me beat him up."
"You could do that? A young reporter asked.
"Oh yes."
http://wcbstv.com/watercooler/local_story_159173428.html
Foiled Burglar Sues Store Employees for 'Emotional Distress'
June 11, 2006 ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A man who was beaten by employees of a store he was trying to rob is now suing.
Police say Dana Buckman entered the AutoZone in Rochester, New York, last July, brandished a semi-automatic pistol and demanded cash.
That's when employees Eli Crespo and Jerry Vega beat him with a pipe and held Buckman at bay with his own gun.
Buckman escaped when they retreated into the store to call 911, but he was arrested a week later. He pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery and was sentenced to 18 years in prison as a repeat violent felon.
Now Buckman is suing the auto parts store and the two employees who beat him, claiming they committed assault and battery and intentionally inflicted emotional distress.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C198988%2C00.html
Palm tree ahead --danger
10/06/2006- Palm trees along the seafront at Torbay have been emblematic of the English Riviera for decades. Now they have become emblematic of the modern obsession with health and safety.
Council officials have written to the chamber of trade saying the trees are a potential hazard because their sharp leaves could cause injuries to eyes or faces.
...Torbay council's senior urban design and landscape officer, Paul Osborne, said in his letter "They can cause maintenance problems and, as they have very sharp leaves, need to be carefully used in the streetscapes, where they could cause injury to eyes/faces if inappropriately placed… It is usually not appropriate for palms to be placed in heavily pedestrian streets."
...Colin Charlwood, a Liberal Democrat councillor, said: "The truth is that, like everything else, health and safety regulations mean we have to be mindful that palm trees could be dangerous…. What if one of those leaves caught a child in the eye, for example? It is a little bit like keeping tigers: they are beautiful to look at but you wouldn't want them wandering the streets. What is being suggested is not that we don't have them, but that they need to be placed out of harm's way."
...Adrian Sanders, the Torbay Liberal Democrat MP, believed the council was being "far too cautious…We have lived with these trees for years and years and there have never been any injuries, as far as I am aware. Palms are part of Torbay. I certainly would not want to see a reduction."
...Dennis Axford, the mayor of Penzance, which also has palms, said: "If you stick your head into a palm tree I suppose you might get scratched. But if you brush by a bed of nettles you are bound to get stung…Where does it stop? Will we be banning rose bushes from public gardens in case people hurt themselves?"
Torbay council denied it was going "health and safety mad".
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/10/npalm10.xml
Businessman claims county-order violates his religious beliefs, values
June 8, 2006- A film-and-video lab owner has filed suit against a county Human Rights Commission for ordering him to duplicate two pro-homosexual videos produced by a lesbian activist.
Tim Bono and Bono Film and Video, Inc. of Arlington, Va., is challenging the authority of the Arlington County Human Rights Commission, the Arlington County Board and Arlington County.
The controversy began when Tim Bono was contacted by lesbian activist Lilli Vincenz via e-mail to reproduce documentaries entitled "Gay and Proud" and "Second Largest Minority."
Bono told Vincenz his company does not duplicate material that is obscene, could embarrass employees, hurt the company's reputation or runs counter to the company's core values and to Christian ethics.
Vincenz filed a complaint with the Arlington Human Rights Commission under the county's nondiscrimination ordinance, which was amended to include "sexual orientation."
… the commission entered a decision directing Bono Film to "provide the requested duplication service..."
Bono, represented by Florida-based Liberty Counsel, argues Virginia law, under a provision called "Dillon's Rule," prohibits local government from passing or enforcing nondiscrimination laws that are not authorized by the state…
…Erik Stanley, chief counsel of Liberty Counsel, contends that just as a newspaper is not required to run every proposed ad, a duplicator or printer is not obligated to reproduce every proposed copy.
…Stanley points out that several years ago, the Virginia attorney general issued an opinion concluding that local "sexual orientation" laws violated state law.
Bono's case is similar to that of Scott Brockie, a Canadian Christian printer who was penalized $5,000 in 2001 for refusing to print letterhead for a homosexual advocacy group.
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50554
Government-mandated political correctness
June 10, 2006 ...In April, the commission directed Bono to "provide the requested duplication service at the complainant's expense, or in the alternative to assist the complainant in locating a suitable facility where this service can be provided at the Bono Film and Video's expense."
Apparently, one's religious views must be confined to the home and at church, because the commission essentially said that Bono's religious beliefs – in his own place of business – were infringing on the rights of an individual.
...Should Bono lose his right to decide what takes place in his own business, I wonder where this could end. Could Christian schools lose the right to determine that only Christians may serve as teachers and staff members? Could Christian churches be compelled to hire homosexuals as Sunday school teachers even though homosexuality is proscribed in the Bible? Could religious schools that make use of federal education dollars be penalized if they do not hire homosexual staff members?
I'm sure critics will say these are ludicrous propositions, but I see them as legitimate concerns. Our nation has become so politically correct and obsessed with "diversity" and "multiculturalism" that the core values that defined America for decades have now become offensive to many. When one considers how the Ten Commandments, our nation's motto and the Pledge of Allegiance have come under attack, it is not farfetched to foresee America's pulpits becoming the next target of secularist forces.
Rev. Jerry Falwell
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50584
Michael Berg Refuted
http://americandaily.com/article/13964
Chimp-human hybridization: two of a kind or two different kinds?
http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2006/0531chimp.asp
David<><
http://freewill-predestination.com
http://www.knology.net/~lonesomedove
June 10, 2006 MINNEAPOLIS - Cameron Evans suits up in superhero garb as part of his job, but he may never have guessed that his alter ego, "Luke Pie-Rocker," would save someone's day.
Teresa Skarman was walking home Tuesday night when a purse snatcher grabbed her red leather bag.
The 55-year-old grocery store bagger screamed for help and Evans - sporting orange tights, black boots and cape - chased the mugger.
A delivery man for Galactic Pizza, Evans tailed the robber for blocks, until two bystanders helped corner the crook in an alley. They ended up letting him go in exchange for the purse.
Skarman said she admires Evans' bravery. "I'm so thankful," she said, clutching her red purse. "He's my hero."
http://www.gazette.com/display.php?id=1318305
Failed knife-wielding mugger pleads with victim for bus fare home
05/16/2006 BERLIN -A knife-wielding mugger was reduced to pleading with a pensioner for his bus fare home after she refused to hand over her purse, police in northern Germany said Tuesday.
… the youth pulled a 10-inch blade on the woman in the seaside town of Binz and threatened to stab her unless she handed over her bag, police said. She refused.
"Then he tried to invoke her pity," a police spokeswoman said. "He said 'at least give me five euros ($6.40) for the bus ride home'. But she just walked off and left him standing."
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2006-05-16T184621Z_01_L16729979_RTRUKOC_0_US-GERMANY-MUGGER.xml&src=rss
Feisty Woman, 86, Teaches Mugger A Lesson
Jun 9, 2006 (CBS) NEW YORK She's 86, had five strokes, a broken hip and Wednesday, Elisabeth Rubin fought a mugger to a draw not far from Madison Square Garden.
Rubin was look[ing] at the watches in the Tourneau window at 34th and 7th Avenue. "In the glass I saw him coming up behind me acting strange," she said.
…he hit her in the arm, then in the head as he grabbed the purse resting on her walker…Rubin was determined to hang onto the bag..."He pulled, I pulled." she said.
That's when Elisabeth, who'd been in tougher situations as a Jew eluding the Nazi's in Europe, made her move. With the purse strap tangled around her arm, she grabbed her large umbrella from the walker, snapped it open and "I beat him with it," she said with a smile.
Then, she added, "I wish I'd poked him in the eye" with the sharp end.
The mugger eventually wrested the purse from Elisabeth, looked inside, saw how much "bread" he netted, and threw it to the ground, kicking at her walker. She said the guy yelled in her face in Spanish, "you're a prostitute." To which Rubin said she replied, "you're mother's a prostitute!"
Then she said the bad guy took off running. She took off in the other direction as fast her walker would take her. On Thursday, she said, the police took her around the neighborhood to see if she could spot the squat, middle aged, mustachioed mugger.
He better hope the police catch him before she does.
"I would say to police, let me beat him up."
"You could do that? A young reporter asked.
"Oh yes."
http://wcbstv.com/watercooler/local_story_159173428.html
Foiled Burglar Sues Store Employees for 'Emotional Distress'
June 11, 2006 ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A man who was beaten by employees of a store he was trying to rob is now suing.
Police say Dana Buckman entered the AutoZone in Rochester, New York, last July, brandished a semi-automatic pistol and demanded cash.
That's when employees Eli Crespo and Jerry Vega beat him with a pipe and held Buckman at bay with his own gun.
Buckman escaped when they retreated into the store to call 911, but he was arrested a week later. He pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery and was sentenced to 18 years in prison as a repeat violent felon.
Now Buckman is suing the auto parts store and the two employees who beat him, claiming they committed assault and battery and intentionally inflicted emotional distress.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C198988%2C00.html
Palm tree ahead --danger
10/06/2006- Palm trees along the seafront at Torbay have been emblematic of the English Riviera for decades. Now they have become emblematic of the modern obsession with health and safety.
Council officials have written to the chamber of trade saying the trees are a potential hazard because their sharp leaves could cause injuries to eyes or faces.
...Torbay council's senior urban design and landscape officer, Paul Osborne, said in his letter "They can cause maintenance problems and, as they have very sharp leaves, need to be carefully used in the streetscapes, where they could cause injury to eyes/faces if inappropriately placed… It is usually not appropriate for palms to be placed in heavily pedestrian streets."
...Colin Charlwood, a Liberal Democrat councillor, said: "The truth is that, like everything else, health and safety regulations mean we have to be mindful that palm trees could be dangerous…. What if one of those leaves caught a child in the eye, for example? It is a little bit like keeping tigers: they are beautiful to look at but you wouldn't want them wandering the streets. What is being suggested is not that we don't have them, but that they need to be placed out of harm's way."
...Adrian Sanders, the Torbay Liberal Democrat MP, believed the council was being "far too cautious…We have lived with these trees for years and years and there have never been any injuries, as far as I am aware. Palms are part of Torbay. I certainly would not want to see a reduction."
...Dennis Axford, the mayor of Penzance, which also has palms, said: "If you stick your head into a palm tree I suppose you might get scratched. But if you brush by a bed of nettles you are bound to get stung…Where does it stop? Will we be banning rose bushes from public gardens in case people hurt themselves?"
Torbay council denied it was going "health and safety mad".
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/10/npalm10.xml
Businessman claims county-order violates his religious beliefs, values
June 8, 2006- A film-and-video lab owner has filed suit against a county Human Rights Commission for ordering him to duplicate two pro-homosexual videos produced by a lesbian activist.
Tim Bono and Bono Film and Video, Inc. of Arlington, Va., is challenging the authority of the Arlington County Human Rights Commission, the Arlington County Board and Arlington County.
The controversy began when Tim Bono was contacted by lesbian activist Lilli Vincenz via e-mail to reproduce documentaries entitled "Gay and Proud" and "Second Largest Minority."
Bono told Vincenz his company does not duplicate material that is obscene, could embarrass employees, hurt the company's reputation or runs counter to the company's core values and to Christian ethics.
Vincenz filed a complaint with the Arlington Human Rights Commission under the county's nondiscrimination ordinance, which was amended to include "sexual orientation."
… the commission entered a decision directing Bono Film to "provide the requested duplication service..."
Bono, represented by Florida-based Liberty Counsel, argues Virginia law, under a provision called "Dillon's Rule," prohibits local government from passing or enforcing nondiscrimination laws that are not authorized by the state…
…Erik Stanley, chief counsel of Liberty Counsel, contends that just as a newspaper is not required to run every proposed ad, a duplicator or printer is not obligated to reproduce every proposed copy.
…Stanley points out that several years ago, the Virginia attorney general issued an opinion concluding that local "sexual orientation" laws violated state law.
Bono's case is similar to that of Scott Brockie, a Canadian Christian printer who was penalized $5,000 in 2001 for refusing to print letterhead for a homosexual advocacy group.
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50554
Government-mandated political correctness
June 10, 2006 ...In April, the commission directed Bono to "provide the requested duplication service at the complainant's expense, or in the alternative to assist the complainant in locating a suitable facility where this service can be provided at the Bono Film and Video's expense."
Apparently, one's religious views must be confined to the home and at church, because the commission essentially said that Bono's religious beliefs – in his own place of business – were infringing on the rights of an individual.
...Should Bono lose his right to decide what takes place in his own business, I wonder where this could end. Could Christian schools lose the right to determine that only Christians may serve as teachers and staff members? Could Christian churches be compelled to hire homosexuals as Sunday school teachers even though homosexuality is proscribed in the Bible? Could religious schools that make use of federal education dollars be penalized if they do not hire homosexual staff members?
I'm sure critics will say these are ludicrous propositions, but I see them as legitimate concerns. Our nation has become so politically correct and obsessed with "diversity" and "multiculturalism" that the core values that defined America for decades have now become offensive to many. When one considers how the Ten Commandments, our nation's motto and the Pledge of Allegiance have come under attack, it is not farfetched to foresee America's pulpits becoming the next target of secularist forces.
Rev. Jerry Falwell
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50584
Michael Berg Refuted
http://americandaily.com/article/13964
Chimp-human hybridization: two of a kind or two different kinds?
http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2006/0531chimp.asp
David<><
http://freewill-predestination.com
http://www.knology.net/~lonesomedove
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