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The ultimate human experience
By: Hal A. Lujah • Op/Ed • 49 Comments • 8 years ago
A thought experiment: There is a magical island in the middle of the ocean. It is a place that may be visited by only one person at a time, and is stocked with enough food and necessities to accommodate two people for up to one month. You don’t know how long you will be there, you only know...
Mother had 'no other choice' but to sell her 6-year-old daughter
Via: Hal A. Lujah • World News • 31 Comments • 8 years ago
““I fled my village with my three children because of severe drought," she says. "I came here thinking that I will receive some assistance, but I...”
Herat, Afghanistan (CNN)An unprecedented drought in Afghanistan has led to families selling their children just to be able to feed their households. CNN has spoken to multiple families around the western city of Herat who have been forced from their homes because of a record dry spell that,...
Hospital worker fired after wearing Confederate shirt with noose to polls
Via: Hal A. Lujah • News & Politics • 181 Comments • 8 years ago
“The former cop had been wrongly identified as an election worker at first before local media outlets revealed his actual occupation.”
A hospital worker from Mississippi went viral this week — and is now jobless — thanks to his outfit choice on Election Day. Clayton Hickey, of Olive Branch, thought it would be a good idea to wear a Confederate flag T-shirt with a noose and the words “Mississippi Justice” emblazoned on the...
Two more associates of Roger Stone testify before Mueller grand jury
Via: Hal A. Lujah • News & Politics • 3 Comments • 8 years ago
“The appearances by Lugo and Nixon underscore how intensely special counsel Robert S. Mueller III is pursuing the question of whether Stone had...”
Two more associates of Roger Stone, the longtime adviser to President Trump, testified recently before a grand jury hearing evidence in the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election — the latest in a series of witnesses connected to Stone whose testimony has been...
Why People Who Vote for Republicans in the Midterms Deserve Your Anger and Spite
Via: Hal A. Lujah • Op/Ed • 3 Comments • 8 years ago • LOCKED
The Rude Pundit 11-05-2018 Let me tell you about my weekend. I was at a reunion of a lovely, kind, generous family who I am fortunate to know. There were over 100 people there, all related to Irish immigrants who came to the United States at the start of the 20th century. A very old man...
Ohio Priest Admits He Impregnated Underage Altar Girl
Via: Hal A. Lujah • Religion & Ethics • 75 Comments • 8 years ago
“Father Henry Christopher Foxhoven‘s own church in the Diocese of Steubenville told police he admitted to sexual contact with the 17-year-old girl....”
Father Henry Christopher Foxhoven‘s own church in the Diocese of Steubenville told police he admitted to sexual contact with the 17-year-old girl. Foxhoven is 45. He’s been charged with eight counts of sexual battery. News reports indicate that he and the girl both told her parents she was...
Kids of GOP Missouri House Candidate: Don’t Vote for Dad; “He Must Be Stopped”
Via: Hal A. Lujah • News & Politics • 8 Comments • 8 years ago
““A lot of his views are just very out there,” Emily West said. “He’s made multiple comments that are racist and homophobic and how he doesn’t like...”
The kids may be all right after all. Two of the three children of Steve West, a Missouri Republican running for a seat in the State House, are urging citizens not to cast a vote for their father. “A lot of his views are just very out there,” Emily West said. “He’s made multiple comments that...
Australian man jailed for persuading wife to kill herself
Via: Hal A. Lujah • Religion & Ethics • 1 Comments • 8 years ago
“Prosecutors told the court the husband wanted to spend the insurance on building a religious commune.”
CANBERRA, Australia — A self-styled preacher who wanted to claim his wife's life insurance was sentenced on Friday to 10 years in prison for persuading her to kill herself in what a judge described as an Australian-first conviction. Graham Morant, 69, was convicted by a Queensland state Supreme...
Profile in civility: Teen who said he'd kill Rep. Curbelo joins him in call for unity
Via: Hal A. Lujah • News & Politics • 2 Comments • 8 years ago
“"And as for Pierre, I wish him the best. He made a mistake, and his life shouldn't be ruined because of it. I truly believe in second chances. I am...”
Nov. 02--As politicians everywhere have called for tolerance amid a wave of violence ahead of the midterm elections, Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo took political civility to new heights on Thursday by standing beside the man who just last week threatened to kill him. A week after the FBI...