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Homeless man gets 15 years for stealing $100

published by You on 29 January, 2009 - 19:27

Man who took one bill and handed rest back to bank teller gets 15-year sentence

A man who said he robbed a downtown Shreveport bank because he was out of a job and hungry has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for first-degree robbery.

Roy Brown, 54, of Audrey Lane, pleaded guilty in Caddo District Court to robbing the Capital One bank in December 2007.

Brown admitted walking up to a teller with one of his hands under his jacket and telling her it was a "stickup." The teller handed the man three stacks of bills and he took a single $100 bill, told her he was homeless and left, police said.

Brown surrendered to police the next day, telling them his mother didn't raise him that way.

Youngest Drink driver jailed

published by You on 29 January, 2009 - 15:29

Drink-driver, 13, did 70mph in stolen car going the wrong way

A 13-year-old who became one of the youngest drink-drivers in the UK was given a four month custodial sentence yesterday after driving a stolen car at 70mph without lights in a 30mph residential area.

Jon Smee, of Salford, who at 4ft 10in tall can barely reach the steering wheel of a car , was caught by police after he lost control of a Ford Mondeo at a roundabout near Manchester centre in November.

At Salford magistrates court, District Judge Jonathon Finestein said it as "a miracle" that Smee escaped the crash without seriously injuring or killing himself or other people...

Read more @ The Guardian

Cows find milky way to happiness

published by You on 28 January, 2009 - 14:09

Cows find milky way to happiness

Happy cows produce more milk, according to researchers at Newcastle University.

Cattle that are named and treated with a "more personal touch" can increase milk yields by up to 500 pints a year.

The study, by the university's School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, involved 516 farmers across the UK.

Published in the journal Anthrozoos, the study found farmers who named their cows gained a higher yield than the 54% that did not give their cattle names.

Dairy farmer Dennis Gibb, who co-owns Eachwick Red House Farm outside Newcastle with his brother Richard, said he believed treating every cow as an individual was "vitally important".

'Own personality'

Iranian leader demands US apology

published by You on 28 January, 2009 - 13:53

Iranian leader demands US apology

Iran's president has responded to an overture by the new US president by demanding an apology for past US "crimes" committed against Iran.

The US "stood against the Iranian people in the past 60 years," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said during an address in the western region of Khermenshah.

"Those who speak of change must apologise to the Iranian people and try to repair their past crimes," he said.

President Obama has offered to extend a hand if Iran "unclenched its fist".

President Barack Obama discussed the possibility of a softening of US policy towards Iran in an interview recorded with a Saudi-owned Arabic TV network on Monday...

Defending the BBC

published by You on 27 January, 2009 - 18:19

Recently with the failure of the BBC to broadcast the DEC charity appeal, there has been much criticism and anger. Some - people like MPAC UK are even questioning the reason why the BBC exists.

I disagree with all these people - while I with the BBC over this decision to not broadcast the appeal, their failure to do so has managed to create a broader awareness of the appeal - people who may not have been watching TV at the broadcast time may have missed it.

Instead, since everyone is talking about their failure, more people are aware of the actual appeal (which is available to view in many places including this website.)

Exercise

published by You on 27 January, 2009 - 16:19

As far as I am concerned there is no bigger taboo than exercise.

If I do it I would not want anyone to ever know, so that limits the options a little.

Anyone here an exercise junkie?

Don't you just find it... boring? and tedious?

Man trapped by sofa sipped whisky "to survive"

published by You on 27 January, 2009 - 14:40

Man trapped by sofa sipped whisky

A man who became trapped beneath his sofa for two days said he survived by sipping from a bottle of whisky.

Joe Galliott, 65, lost his bearings during a power cut at his home in Yeovil, Somerset, and fell against the three-seater which toppled onto him.

Because of back problems, he was unable to free his 19-stone frame and remained stuck for 60 hours until a neighbour spotted him through the curtains.

He said a bottle of whisky, which had rolled within reach, kept him going...

Read more @ BBC News

Boycotting Israel is doomed to fail

published by You on 27 January, 2009 - 02:36

Boycotting Israel is doomed to fail

If you're really serious about boycotting Israel, you shouldn't have read this sentence. In fact, you shouldn't even have the Cif website open at all, since the Guardian quite openly employs Israelis and remunerates them for the products they provide. And in doing so, the Guardian is hardly alone: thanks in part to globalisation, and in part to the seemingly inextricable ties Israel has to the US and Europe (for starters), there is little to no chance of a complete boycott of Israel ever coming to pass and bringing the country's economy to its knees.

How dare you do X when there are people dying in the world?!?

published by You on 25 January, 2009 - 13:27

Just been browsing MPAC and there are a couple of different posts/topics berating groups/societies for not totally focussing on the Gaza issue.

"How dare you have a talk about issue X when there are people dying in Gaza?"

Sounds moronic to me - There are people dying on injustice everyday but at some point people need to also live their own lives.

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