Bag of Randomness

  • I’m thinking if I looked anything like Osama bin Laden, I’d at least shave the beard.  But this guy is embracing the resemblance, going as far as wearing camouflage and posing with fake weapons.
  • A Colorado man wants 25% of the bin Laden bounty.  He claims he flushed the terrorist out of the mountains.
  • I don’t see W declining Obama’s invitation to attend a 9/11 ceremony together offensive or rude or classless in any way.  The man dedicated eight hard years to this country, if he wants to stay at home, let him stay at home.  Speaking of W, Will Ferrell has a new skit impersonating him, but I didn’t think it was that funny.
  • I really have no opinion about releasing the photo(s) of a dead bin Laden.  But here are pictures of the other dead men at the compound via Reuters.  Gruesome Warning.
  • The commander of the bin Laden mission was a Longhorn (fourth paragraph).
  • It sounds like Christiane Amanpour has some very good sources.
  • Gov Good Hair and other Texas Republicans like Senator John Cornyn, the same folks who are always complaining that the federal government is spending too much and how federal budgets need to be slashed and how Texas can take care of itself, are upset that Obama hasn’t granted a federal declaration for emergency regarding the Texas wildfires, which would clear the path for federal aid.  Heck, Gov Good Hair is even upset that Alabama, which I believe had over 250 deaths (and much more residential damage) due to the tornadoes, has received aid over the two deaths in Texas that resulted in a bunch of lake houses being destroyed.  Heck, I saw a resident on CBS 11 being interviewed saying that most of those houses that were destroyed were just vacation homes, and probably only 5% use those houses as a permanent residence.  Of course in all of their grandstanding they fail to recognize that Texas has already been allocated 16 fire management assistance grants that provide financial support for the specific purpose of fighting fires, and will receive six more additional grants.
  • I often am annoyed that the Texas Rangers share the same name as the New York Rangers.  Sometimes I’ll see an article that states ‘Rangers’ thinking it about my local sports team, only to find it was about that hockey team in the northeast.  I bet Giants fans of San Fransisco and New York feel the same way.
  • Have you ever wanted to watch a movie that was considered to have such bad acting that you would be entertained?  After finding out this Jessica Simpson movie was released in Russia and Bulgaria and then straight to DVD in the U.S., this is definitely a must see.
  • ABC Orders ‘Celebrity Wife Swap’
  • Hot Celebrity Women Pandering to Nerds
  • A Christian’s Guide to Not Being a Jerk on the Internet
  • A nice write up on Brian Williams and how funny of a man he really is.
  • Mean Gods Make Good People: Different Views of God Predict Cheating Behavior
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Houston Teacher Suspended After Telling Muslim Student ‘I Bet You’re Grieving’

HOUSTON (KTRK) — The death of Osama bin Laden is related to an investigation of a teacher at Clear Brook High School. The teacher is accused of making a racially insensitive comment to a student in front of the entire class.

A Friendswood mom says she was offended by what her daughter says happened Monday in ninth grade algebra.

She said, “The teacher told the student that ‘I bet you’re grieving.’ And she basically looked at him and said what are you talking about? And he said I heard about your uncle’s death and she said wow, because she understood that he was referring about Osama bin Laden being killed and was racially profiling her.”

The remark was made to a classmate, an American-born girl of Muslim faith. It happened at Clear Brook High School in the Clear Creek Independent School District. The mom wanted to speak out about the incident but wanted us to protect her identity, saying she doesn’t want any retaliation against her daughter or the girl who experienced the inappropriate comment.

The mother said, “The student ended up crying over what was said to her by the teacher and the teacher asked her why she was crying and another student said it was because of what you said earlier. And his response was, oh, OK, and just kind of smirked and giggled and walked away.”

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South Korean man found crucified, wearing crown of thorns in abandoned stone quarry

SEOUL, South Korea — The body of a man with his hands and feet nailed to a wooden cross and a crown of thorns on his head has been found in an abandoned stone quarry, South Korean police said Wednesday.

A man wearing only underwear, with a wound on the side of his torso and nylon strings tied around his neck, arms and stomach, was found crucified Sunday in Mungyong, about 115 miles (190 kilometers) southeast of Seoul, said Chung Ji-chun, chief of the violent crime section at Gyeongbuk Provincial Police Agency.

Two smaller crosses were erected on each side of the cross he was nailed to, Chung said.

Police also found nails, a hammer, an electric drill, pieces of wood and instructions on how to build crosses inside a tent near the scene, Chung said. An SUV belonging to the dead man was found nearby.

Police are waiting for a forensic report to determine the exact time and cause of the man’s death and whether it was a homicide or suicide.

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NV Energy customers may get zapped for conserving

The state’s electric company wants to raise power bills by as much as 5 percent for Southern Nevadans as compensation for the loss of electricity sales because customers are more power-efficient.

NV Energy said programs it funds, such as subsidizing energy-efficient light bulbs and helping customers replace old air conditioners and refrigerators, will result in a loss of $35 million in energy sales this year in Clark County. A rate increase of almost 5 percent will reimburse the utility for its loss, it has told the Nevada Public Utilities Commission.

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