by newsroom — published on January 31st, 2009
Rapper DMX was sentenced to 90 days in jail Friday for convictions on theft, drug-possession and animal-cruelty charges.
DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, also was placed on at least 18 months’ supervised probation by Maricopa County Superior Court Commissioner Phemonia Miller.
Simmons pleaded guilty Dec. 30 to three felony counts — theft, possession or use of marijuana, and possession or use of narcotic drugs — and one misdemeanor count of animal cruelty.
The 38-year-old rapper has been in the Maricopa County Jail since being arrested Dec. 9 in Miami on a warrant after failing to appear in court in Phoenix. His attorney, Stephen Lee Crawford, didn’t immediately return calls seeking comment.
The Arizona Republic reported that Simmons was smiling as he entered the courtroom but sat down writhing in pain and subsequently said he had pain in his feet and knees and thought he was suffering from gout.
Miller told him she was sentencing Earl Simmons, not DMX, the newspaper reported. “I don’t know DMX. Mr. Simmons, it’s time you do something different,” she said. “What you have been doing is not working.”
Despite the prosecutor’s objections, Miller said she would allow Simmons to apply to serve his sentence in Florida, the Republic said.
by newsroom — published on January 31st, 2009
A priest who called the Harry Potter book series satanic and said Hurricane Katrina was divine punishment for immorality has been named Austrian Bishop of Zuri, according to the Vatican and Italy’s state-run news agency ANSA.
The Rev. Gerhard Wagner has been a pastor in Windischgarsten, Austria, for 20 years, ANSA reported Saturday, and his controversial remarks have triggered controversy.
After Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast in 2005, levees broke in New Orleans, Louisiana, flooding most of the city. More than 1,800 people in the region died, including over 1,500 in Louisiana.
Wagner was among some ultra-conservatives who suggested Katrina was punishment for the sins of New Orleans, ANSA said.
Editors Note: This from a Church how let a Nazi Hitler Youth be the Pope of a church founded by a Jewish Boy named Jesus……. go figure.
The only thing I am still confused about is this, if 2 million blacks can get in to Washington D.C. in one day, why can’t 200,000 of them get out of new Orleans with 4 days of warnings…………… am just saying.
Then again, the last time white guys like me offered them free transportation and chains, look how that turned out.
by newsroom — published on January 31st, 2009
More than half a million Kentuckians remained without power Saturday after a devastating ice storm hit the state earlier this week, the governor said.
“It’s going to take some time to dig our way out of this,” Gov. Steve Beshear told CNN. He said some 545,000 people were without electricity, down from an earlier figure of 700,000.
About 200,000 people were without working water systems, he said, and the state was delivering water to them.
The storm, which slammed regions from Texas to Maine, pummeled Kentucky Tuesday into Wednesday. The governor’s office said Friday nine weather-related deaths had been reported, with two confirmed.
by newsroom — published on January 31st, 2009
Nearly 4,000 women are running for office in Iraq’s provincial elections Saturday, and many of them will be guaranteed a seat under an electoral quota system.
Regardless of the votes their candidates receive, parties are required to give every third seat to a female candidate on their list, according to a report this week from the International Crisis Group.
The ultimate share of seats held by women will depend on the distribution of votes among parties, the report said.
by newsroom — published on January 31st, 2009
Yes, the camera loves you Barack Obama, but Superbowl fans may not. Matt Lauer of NBC Today fame will be part of the NBC Coverage Team, and will interview President “Broadway Berry” Obama during the game.
Obama an his team-have spent more time on TV than any other President in U.S. History, between YOUTUBE, main stream media and their white house web site the administration will go down as the most wired group to date, causing what some call, Obama Fatigue.
John Rollins, Washington Media Man, say, “People will soon become sick of im, his face, his speeches that say the same thing every time, and sooner or later this will hurt his approval rating.
