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Entries from July 2007

Assault and Batter

July 26th, 2007 · No Comments · Mini-Posts

Australian thief battered in fish shop - Yahoo News

CANBERRA Reuters - A man who attempted to rob an Australian fish and chip shop found himself on the losing side when the angry shop owner threw fish batter and hot oil at him.
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“The hot oil missed but the batter hit the offender and he fled [...]

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D’oh! S-M-R-T!

July 25th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Only in Utah..., Politics, Schmolitics

The Democrats Contempt Play - TIME
Conyers, in his own nod to civility, warned three often-outspoken members of his own caucus to respect the civil tone of the hearing before they made their remarks. Indeed, nary a member on either side raised their voice and the panel had occasional moments of laughter, as whenRepresentative Chris Cannon [...]

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RIP Tammy Faye

July 25th, 2007 · No Comments · Hot Off The Presses

The Salt Lake Trib has a surprisingly robust editorial on the passing of Tammy Faye Bakker Messner. I’ve never approved of televangelists whose conspicuous consumption while spouting the so-called “prosperity gospel” seemed out of keeping with the Biblical message of helping the poor - it was too much like helping themselves to as much cash [...]

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links for 2007-07-26

July 25th, 2007 · No Comments · del.icio.us

NTSB Report Brief
I never knew there were two plane crashes in Lambs’ Canyon, an old family haunt of ours in Utah. This is one of them.
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Walmart Flip Flops Cause Burns

July 25th, 2007 · No Comments · Mini-Posts

Untitled Document
Young woman buys cute cheap Chinese flipflops at Walmart, wears for a few hours, suffers painful burns for weeks.

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