Artist Shepard Fairey, who created the iconic "Hope" campaign poster featuring then-Sen. Barack Obama for the 2008 presidential campaign, pleaded guilty in Manhattan Federal Court on Friday to one count of criminal contempt for destroying documents, manufacturing evidence and other misconduct.The guilty plea stems from Fairey's civil litigation against the Associated Press over copyright issues…
Eleven men have gone on trial accused of sexually exploiting underage girls who had been plied with drugs and alcohol.The five youngsters - aged between 13 and 15 when the alleged abuse began - are said to have been "passed around" among a group of men in Rochdale and sometimes subjected to threats and violence.A jury at Liverpool Crown Court has been told that one of the girls became pregnant at…
1. 4 year old girl draws picture of "Daddy shooting burglars and monsters."2. Teacher takes picture to the Principal.3. Principal contacts Child Protective Services.4. Child Protective Services calls police.5. Father comes to school to pick up child.6. Father taken to the Principal's office where he is arrested by 3 police officers.7. Arrested, charged with possession of a firearm. 8. Handcuffed…
"Will there be grovelling and gut-wrenching media stories throughout the muslim world over the 2 U.S. soldiers shot over this?""I doubt it.""Was there ever an apology for the nun murdered in Ethiopia a few years back?" "When Pope Benedict made comments that inflamed the muslim world?""What about the priest shot in a Turkish church by a young man yelling 'Alluha Akbar'? I don't recall an apology…
It must be tough for my fellow atheists - so many of them stupidly think Christians are the boogeyman in the room. And what is it with alleged grown-ups parading around as zombies anyway?==========================It almost sounds like the makings of a joke: an atheist, a Muslim and the Mechanicsburg Halloween parade. But non-believers aren't laughing about an attack and insist what's really…
A trial court in Iran has issued its final verdict, ordering a Christian pastor to be put to death for leaving Islam and converting to Christianity, according to sources close to the pastor and his legal team. Supporters fear Youcef Nadarkhani, a 34-year-old father of two who was arrested over two years ago on charges of apostasy, may now be executed at any time without prior warning, as death…
(Hat tip: Vlad Tepes Blog)The stupidity of this woman is breathtaking. To call her an airhead is to demean air.Idiot BBC bingo caller Stacey Dooley returns to her hometown of Luton, England to determine whether or not it is the locus of islamofascism in England - a must-watch train wreck.(edited down to 15 minutes)
Imam Aly Hindy did not come out from his east-end mosque Friday to talk about foreign donations or to defend his bizarre comments that homosexuality is “invented” and “garbage.”Media coverage reveaed his mosque has received extensive foreign investment from the Islamic Development Bank in Saudi Arabia and other unknown donors. Documents show the Jeddah-based bank has fronted the mosque $650,000…
A school district in Grand Junction is standing up for a high school music teacher after a student complained about a song being sung in the men’s choir club.The song is called Zikr and it is composed in the style of Islamic prayer chants.“I think there would be a lot of outrage if we made a Muslim choir sing Jesus is the only truth,” said Grand Junction High School senior James Harper. “In the…
My fervent wish is that Penn repeats the "bailing out the leaking boat with a coffee cup" scene from New Orleans.