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Rebel Yell by Billy Idol and Rebels by Tom Petty

I'm 65! Um, ok...

Fox News: ISIS leader al-Baghdadi confirmed dead after apparent suicide during U.S. operation: sources. ISIS leader al-Baghdadi confirmed dead after apparent suicide during U.S. operation: sources ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, sources have confirmed to Fox News. Al-Baghdadi, who...

Fort Worth Police Chief Explains Why Atatiana Jefferson's Welfare Check Turned Deadly "There is absolutely no excuse for this incident," said Police Chief Edwin Kraus. Fort Worth Police Chief Edwin Kraus provided more details on Tuesday following the officer-involved shooting of Atatiana...

The sheriff declined to arrest him due to SYG, but the DA arrested him a month later and charged him for manslaughter. Florida had changed its SYG in 2017, shifting the burden of proof to the government to show a defendant was not entitled to use it.

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2019-10-10/florida-man-faces-sentencing-in-fatal-shooting-of-black-man "Circuit Judge Joseph Bulone called 49-year-old Michael Drejka a "wanna-be" law enforcement officer and a self-appointed "handicapped parking space monitor."

WGN TV Chicago: Mom told children to take off seat belts before purposefully crashing van, police say. Mom told children to take off seat belts before purposefully crashing van, police say A Florida woman is facing attempted murder charges after police said she told her four children to...

What is Texas' Castle Doctrine and what does it mean in the Amber Guyger case? "If Guyger has a reasonable belief that she was in her own apartment then the doctrine applies, Schulte said. The state has to disprove that she thought she was in her apartment, he said." (article quote) Now, Ms...

New psychology research links conservative music, but not rebellious music, to maladaptive personality traits "Intense and rebellious music genres such as rap and heavy metal do not appear to be linked to maladaptive personality traits in American adults, according to new research published in...

"A man who authorities said took advantage of his Amish heritage to recruit novice investors into a fraudulent scheme has been ordered to pay $5.2 million, most of it to his clients." Fox Business: Amish businessman ordered to pay $5.2M in scam targeting his own community. Amish businessman...

I'm suddenly reminded of that Twilight Zone episode, "To Serve Man"! :)

The late Professor Stephen Hawking once stated that one objection he has for a Creator of the universe is that such a concept is just too complex and as a scientist, he prefers the simplest solution possible. Cool. However, with the advent of belief in multi-verses and all they entail (for...

I used to dismiss it all as a hoax until I realized that scientists were pretty unanimous in their belief that humans are driving the upward temperature trend. What do they reasonably stand to gain by lying about it? This being said, I don't buy into the various doomsday predictions proposed by...

"A Swedish scientist speaking at Stockholm summit last week offered an unusual possible tactic in combating global climate change: eating human flesh. Stockholm School of Economics professor and researcher Magnus Soderlund reportedly said he believes eating human meat, derived from dead bodies...

https://gma.yahoo.com/shooting-alleged-gunman-details-grievances-suicide-notes-190052437--abc-news-topstories.html I'm still waiting for Obama to say, "If I had a son, he'd look like Vester Lee".