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Crime, Europe, Food, Hmmn Interesting, Weird News Fortezza Medicea, Funny Story, Italy, Prison, Rehab, Restaurant
DINERS are flocking to what could perhaps be termed the most exclusive restaurant in Italy – one located inside a top security prison, where the chefs and waiters are Mafiosi, robbers and murderers. Serenaded by Bruno, a pianist doing life for murder, the clientele eat inside a deconsecrated chapel set […]
Asia, Hmmn Interesting, Weird News, Words etc Asia, Crime, Hmmn. Interesting., Novels, Weird News
From The Guardian: Liu Yongbiao had talked of plans for book about killer author who evades capture but police say he is now a suspect in multiple decades-old murders In the introduction to his novel The Guilty Secret, Chinese writer Liu Yongbiao revealed he had already started work on a […]
Americas, Events, History, Hmmn Interesting, Politics, Words etc Chile, Music Video, Pinochet, Politics, The Clash, Victor Jara
From the BBC: A funeral has been held in the Chilean capital for Victor Jara, a folk singer and political activist who became a symbol of opposition to the military government of General Augusto Pinochet. Mr Jara was arrested, tortured and killed just days after the coup that brought Pinochet […]
Europe, History, Hmmn Interesting
Judge Garzon is famous for crimes-against-humanity ca A Spanish judge has launched a criminal investigation into the fate of tens of thousands of people who vanished during the civil war and Franco dictatorship. Judge Baltasar Garzon – Spain's top investigating judge – has also ordered several mass graves to be […]
Events, Funny, Words etc Entertainment, Funny, Words etc.
Suffering from a recent loss I have shamelessly lifted the following post, in it’s entirety, from Miss Cellania for your viewing pleasure. Her blog is a daily ingest for me, and as I may be offline for a few days, I recommend checking out her roundups. Please don’t sue me […]
Events, History, Politics, Vintage Assassinations, Commemoration, Events, History, Love, Martin Luther King Jr., Memphis, MLK, Politics
Crowds have gathered in the US city of Memphis, Tennessee, to mark 40 years since the assassination of legendary civil rights leader Martin Luther King. The commemorations focus on the former Lorraine Motel, now a civil rights museum, where he was shot dead aged 39. Presidential hopefuls John McCain and […]
Hmmn Interesting, Skills, Weird News Blonde Jokes, Hmmn. Interesting., Jeanette Sliwinski, Weird News
Suicide blonde: Jeanette Sliwinski, 23, the bi-polar, alcoholic, suicidal, stripper, model, and overall nutcase, attempted to commit suicide by ramming her 2000 Ford Mustang into another car at 87 m.p.h back in 2005. The car she hit contained three friends on a lunch break waiting at a red light. Michael […]
Crime, Fraudsters, History, Hmmn Interesting, Politics, PSA, Weird News Conspiracy, Cover-Up, Hmmn. Interesting., Politics, Tillman
From Wonkette: It’s almost too depressing to mention again, but let’s recap the Pat Tillman revelations from Army medical examiners and internal Pentagon reports released last week and find out what happens when famous football stars turned Army Heroes become anti-war critics: He was shot three times in the forehead […]
Funny, Hmmn Interesting, Weird News
(credit: small the beetle) A woman juror has been arrested after she was allegedly caught listening to an MP3 player hidden beneath her hijab during a murder trial. The Muslim woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is accused of concealing the device beneath her headscarf so that she […]
Crime, Funny, Hmmn Interesting, Skills, Weird News Crime, Funny, Karma, Weird News, Words etc.
Man goes to hospital three times in three days, then to jail: After getting struck by a car Sunday and beaten by an intruder Monday, Tony Hicks returned to a hospital a third straight day when police investigating a convenience store robbery in Athens shot him. A McMinn County judge […]