The New Thing...

Fight...?

New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis was charged with four first-degree felonies and one misdemeanor after allegedly being involved in a fight with two men last weekend.

According to a docket sheet filed, the 31-year-old is facing two counts of aggravated assault, along with charges of robbery, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault and terroristic threats a misdemeanor after the incident Sunday at 2:43 a.m.

An argument ensued after one person was using his cell to vedio Revis.  Police say the two men claimed they were punched and knocked out.

Witnesses told police that the two men were unconscious for about 10 minutes. 

Late...*

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Charles Manson and his fiancée, have gotten a marriage license, the source told CNN.

Several years ago, she moved from Illinois to Corcoran, a small central California city that's home to Corcoran State Prison, where the 80-year-old convicted murderer has lived for the past 25 years.

She talks to Manson almost every day by phone and visits him on most weekends.

The couple has 90 days to exercise the license without having to reapply.

A spokesman with the California Department of Corrections said, the wedding must happen on a visiting day. Manson and his fiancée will be allowed up to 10 guests from outside the prison, an officiant of their choice, and two additional guests from inside the prison, the spokesman said. No outside photography.   Star and Manson can only hug each other at the beginning and end. No conjugal visits.

Isn't love beautiful, behind bars at the age of 80? What if the path differed?. Just a thought.

Much Needed...?

While Rex Tillerson is on his first overseas trip as Secretary of State, his aides laid off staff at the State Department. Much of seventh-floor staff, who work for the Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources and the Counselor offices, were told their services were no longer needed.

These staffers in particular are often the conduit between the secretary’s office to the country bureaus, where the regional expertise is centered. Inside the State Department, some officials fear that this is a politically-minded purge that cuts out much-needed expertise from the policy-making, rather than simply reorganizing the bureaucracy.
There are clear signals being sent that many key foreign policy portfolios will be controlled directly by the White House, rather than through the professional diplomats.

Any other approach will get better results than what we had in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Egypt, Yemen.
Just a thought.

Dreadful...

Basics...?

Germany has set up a website for migrants giving explicit advice on how to have sex and behave in relationships as part of a drive to educate its 1.1 million new arrivals in the cultural norms of their adopted country.

The website, Zanzu.de, shows in revealing cartoons the mechanics as well as the mores of sexual behavior, from how babies are made to who to call if your rights are violated.

Sad to say that German women's rights are the one violated.   Just a thought.

Fuel...*

“A very small percentage of the people in this world will actually experience and live today. So many will be stuck on another day, another time that traumatized them and caused them to spiritually stutter so they miss out on this day.”

“We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, and you are not your struggles.    You are here NOW with the power to shape your day and your future.”  

“People tend to be generous when sharing their nonsense, fear, and ignorance. And while they seem quite eager to feed you their negativity, please remember that sometimes the diet we need to be on is a spiritual and emotional one.

Be cautious with what you feed your mind and soul. Fuel yourself with positivity and let that fuel propel you into positive action.”       [Steve Maraboli.......]

Riches......

Once known as Brazil's richest man, Eike Batista has had the biggest drop in net worth of any other billionaire to date. It is estimated that his wealth peaked at $30 billion in 2012, but Batista claims he is now worth a negative $1 billion.

Federal Police in Rio de Janeiro seized six vehicles, computers, mobile phones, watches and roughly $32,500 in cash from the business magnate and former race car driver.

Batista was served with a search warrant on Feb. 6 after Judge suspected the businessman had sent money abroad, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Judge de Souza had frozen almost $82.8 million of Batista's financial assets early in the suit as guaranteed payment for penalties if he was found guilty. 

Batista made and lost his fortune in mining, oil and gas exploration. He was accused of market manipulation and using privileged information to make a profit of about $95 million through the sale of company stock in September 2014.

Cylvia...*

In her role as Oregon's first lady, Hayes has depicted her life story as a sort of fairy tale: Poor girl bootstraps her way to success, falls in love with a powerful man, together they save the world.

But a closer look suggests something more reminiscent of Greek tragedy. Friends, fellow environmentalists and political allies describe a woman with a desperate need for affirmation, a weather eye on the next opportunity and a giant blind spot when it comes to how others might perceive her.

She was 29 when she accepted $5,000 to marry an Ethiopian man to stay in the USA, and 30 when she and a boyfriend bought property in rural Okanogan County, Washington, hoping to set up a pot farm.

Kitzhaber told campaign staff to treat Hayes as his spouse and the presumptive first lady. Democratic activists who did not, felt the irritation of both the candidate and his companion. Hayes expected respect, she repeatedly told people within the party. She'd earned it.......  Yet  personal email accounts relating to state business derailed her ambition....      Just a thought.

Thought...