March 27, 2013

NBC's Jenna Wolfe, Stephanie Gosk expecting baby

Source: USA Today

Two faces familiar to NBC News viewers are sharing personal and happy news.

"My girlfriend, Stephanie Gosk, and I are expecting a baby girl the end of August," writes correspondent Jenna Wolfe, 39, in a blog post. The news was announced today on Today. "As of this week, I am about five months pregnant."


As Jenna writes: "Stephanie, a foreign correspondent here at NBC, spent years in war-torn countries, risking life and limb in the most dangerous places on earth to tell amazing stories. ... Between the two of us, we've seen and we've done more than most will in a lifetime. And yet both of us agree that THIS little girl will be the biggest and best adventure of our lives."

Wolfe, who will be blogging about the experience says, "Two years into a great relationship and we felt like we wanted to share our adventures with a wide-eyed, little person. The more we talked about it, the better the idea seemed. And so in December, we embarked on Operation Baby. And might I just add that despite the morning sickness, it's been the best decision we've ever made."


Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/03/27/nbcs-jenna-wolfe-stephanie-gosk-expecting-baby/2024023/

March 15, 2013

What to make of this... Gabby Giffords posing with an AR-15

This is an apparently authentic picture of Gabby Giffords posing with an assault rifle before she was later tragically shot. The picture was supposedly taken to help her toughen up her image for a political campaign. (I haven't seen the picture posted here anywhere.)





I don't think this changes our message. It just goes to show you how entrenched out gun culture is, and why its important to change it. And it doesn't matter whether we are gun enthusiasts or not.

March 9, 2013

Oklahoma woman hides loaded 5 shot revolver in her vagina

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A 28-year-old Oklahoma woman was caught with drugs and a firearm in all of the wrong places.


The Smoking Gun reports that Christie Dawn Harris was arrested on Monday, after Ada police officers spotted her and another woman, Jennifer Delancy, inside of a vehicle outside of a closed restaurant. Cops noticed that “both seats were laid all the way back.” When Delancy and Harris were asked if any weapons or drugs were inside of the vehicle, Harris said “she did not think there was anything.”


However when a police dog began sniffing around, it immediately suspected there were drugs and weapons inside of the Toyota Yaris. After cops searched the vehicle, they retrieved meth, drug paraphernalia, a pistol, and a loaded magazine. Harris and Delancy were then arrested.

During the ride to jail, Harris “stated several times that she needed to go to the bathroom.”

At lockup, Harris was asked to change into jail clothing. Before going to the bathroom, an officer asked her to lower her underwear for a contraband check. Harris told the officer that she was on her period and could not comply; she eventually lowered her underwear.

But the cop did not find contraband. Instead they found a loaded Freedom Arms .22-caliber handgun, which was loaded with three live rounds and one spent shell. “I observed at that time a wooden and metal item sticking out from her vagina area,” reported Officer Kathy Unbewust, who added that she “pulled the item from her vagina, and found it to be a 5 shot revolver with rounds in the chamber.
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The police reports states that the “gun (was) located in suspect(‘s) vagina.” The cops also discovered plastic baggies containing methamphetamine lodged in the crack of Harris’s buttocks.

Harris was scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon on felony weapons and narcotics charges.

Source: http://newsone.com/2267943/christie-dawn-harris-oklahoma-revolver-in-vagina/



WGN (Chicago) Anchors laugh and joke about story:





Our gun culture is so amazing, you literally read stories thinking they are from the Onion, only to learn they are 100% legit.

March 7, 2013

Woman Pulls Gun After Walmart Refuses $1 Coupon

Source: WCTV (CBS affiliate) Tallahassee, FL

Crawfordville, Fla. - A Crawfordville woman is accused of pulling a gun outside the local Wal Mart in a confrontation over a one dollar coupon. Deputies say Mary Frances Alday tried to use a one dollar internet coupon and became enraged when an assistant manager told her the store would not accept it.

"She went to her vehicle, retrieved a firearm and started waving it at this particular employee and three others that had joined her, so yes, she was waving it at all four of them," said Keith Blackmar, WCSO Spokesman.

Deputies say when they pulled her over soon afterward, she refused to get out of the car and when she did, they say, she struck the deputy and wound up getting tased for it.

A loaded .38 Smith and Wesson was found in the center console.

Read more: http://www.wctv.tv/news/headlines/Woman-Pulls-Gun-After-Walmart-Refuses-1-Coupon-195705471.html

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The point of this story is simple. We need tougher background checks now. How does a person of this mindset come in possession of a firearm?

March 6, 2013

Did anyone watch "The Bible" on the History Channel the other night?

It drew record ratings for cable television. I am surprised I have not seen a thread about it here.



My take:

I am not a religious person. This program supposedly tells the story of the bible. I was shocked at how violent many of the stories were. For most of the night, the God of Christianity certainly was an angry god. There was lots of bloodshed. And women thus far have played minimal roles (at best) in any of the stories.

Millions of people watched the show. I am curious as to what others thought.

Did anyone believe it accurately told the story of the bible?
Was it too violent?
Was it demeaning?
Or was it a great story with wonderful special effects that accurately told the story of Christianity?

I'm just wondering what others on this board thought of the program.