Parents Fight Over Which Gang Toddler Should Join

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — A couple fighting about which gang their 4-year-old toddler should join caused a public disturbance that resulted in the father’s arrest, Commerce City police said Thursday.

On Saturday, Joseph Manzanares stormed into the Hollywood Video store where his girlfriend worked, threatened to kill her and knocked over several video displays and even a computer, Commerce City police Sgt. Joe Sandoval said.

After he ran out of the store, police were called and the 19-year-old was arrested at his home.

His girlfriend told police that they had been arguing about the upbringing of their son and which gang he should belong to. The teen mother, who is black, is a member of the Crips. Manzanares is Hispanic and belongs to the Westside Ballers gang, the woman said.

“They have different ideas on how the baby should be raised. Basically, she said they cannot agree on which gang the baby would ‘claim,'” Sandoval said.

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The USS Wisconsin

I just finished watching a special on PBS about the USS Wisconsin.  As many of you know I have a great appreciation for military history, and I’m also a sucker for battleships.

I found the following interesting.

  • The ship was commissioned in 1944 to fight in WWII, which ended on 1945.
  • The ship was decommissioned in 1948, but recommissioned in 1951 for the Korean Conflict.
  • It was mothballed in 1958, but later recommissioned again in 1986 after 28 years of being inactive.  That’s 28 years of doing nothing but sitting there and I find it amazing that it was never scrapped.
  • In 1991 the Wisconsin fired Tomahawk missiles and it’s 16-inch guns during Operation Desert Storm.  And this is the part I found most amazing about the special which showed documentation to prove the following.  The ammunition used for those 16-inch guns were made in 1937.  What was made to fight the forces of Japan was being used on the Iraqi Republican Guard.   Keep in mind that ammunition weighed about 2700 lbs and could travel about 24 miles.
  • She was decommissioned again right after Desert Storm in 1991 and is currently a museum ship operated by the Hampton Roads Naval Museum.
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Wow! I thought Conan was untouchable

NEW YORK (AP) — Recently sworn-in U.S. citizen Craig Ferguson is being embraced by his new countrymen: The late-night comic hit a ratings milestone last week with his first victory over NBC’s Conan O’Brien.

The CBS “Late Late Show” averaged more viewers than O’Brien’s “Late Night” (1.88 million to 1.77 million) for the first week during which they each competed with all-original shows since Ferguson started in January 2005.

It caps a slow and steady climb for Ferguson and raises a red flag for future “Tonight” show host O’Brien, although NBC says it is still happy with O’Brien’s audience.

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