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Good Afternoon…
Let’s take a look a a few newsy bits making the headlines, or causing all the tweeters a’twitter, this lovely spring late afternoon.
I know the Pope recently meet with some nuns and and told them not to act like old maids, but…
83-year-old nun gets 20 year sentence for ‘symbolic’ nuclear facility break-in
An 83-year-old nun who broke into a Tennessee depleted uranium storage facility in 2012 and splashed human blood on several surfaces, exposing a massive security hole at the nation’s only facility used to store radioactive conventional munitions, was convicted Wednesday and sentenced to a term of up to 20 years in prison.
The only regret Sister Megan Rice shared with members of her jury on Wednesday was that she wished 70 years hadn’t passed before she took direct action, according to the BBC. She and two other peace activists, 64-year-old Michael Walli and 56-year-old Greg Boertje-Obed, were convicted of “invasion of a nuclear facility” in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, even though investigators admitted they did not get close to any actual nuclear material.
The three activists are part of a group called “Transform Now Plowshares,” a reference to the book of Isaiah, which says, “They shall beat their swords into plowshares. They shall learn war no more.” All three face individual sentences of up to 20 years, along with a litany of fines.
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“The shortcomings in security at one of the most dangerous places on the planet have embarrassed a lot of people,” the activists’ attorney, Francis Lloyd, told members of the jury according to the BBC. “You’re looking at three scapegoats behind me.”
Sister Rice has been arrested between 40 or 50 times committing acts of civil disobedience, according to The New York Times, including once in Nevada after she physically blocked a truck at a nuclear test site.
That is one highly active activist nun. They did get some attention in the media, although no real change came from their actions, except possibly new security procedures. I mean…I would have thought that security was beefed up at nuclear power plants around the US…maybe not?
From one form of “criminal activity” to another…Knife-wielding Florida man in $5 million home threatens TV reporter: ‘I’ll slit your throat’ When did knives become a popular choice among nutcases?
A Florida man is out of jail on Thursday after he was arrested for destroying a local television news crews’ equipment with a knife and then threatened the life of a reporter.
Local 10′s Ross Palombo and photographer Shane Walker setting up for a report about a $5/2-million estate in Fort Lauderdale which allegedly owed $100,000 in taxes on Tuesday when Louis Dominic Paolino III came out of the house with a knife and began slashing various pieces of broadcasting equipment, which were sitting on public property.
Paolino then came at Walker with the knife, and much of the confrontation was caught on camera.
According to a police report, Paolino ordered Walter to “stop filming me or I’ll slit your throat.”
Palombo called 911 and a SWAT team arrived, surrounding the house for over two hours before leaving. Paolino was allowed to negotiate a time to turn himself in to police at a later date.
Paolino surrender on Thursday and was charged with aggravated assault, criminal mischief and grand theft.
Cue the COPS music….Bad boy..bad boy….what you gonna do…
Meanwhile, Art Is Hard: Democratic Rep. Unleashes Weakest Chart Ever To Grace House Floor
On the House floor yesterday afternoon, Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) unveiled what some are describing as the “worst” visual chart to ever grace the legislative body.
As flagged by Politico’s Seung Min Kim, Rep. Pocan was seen doodling on his favorite white flipchart about something or other:
Comedy Central had a better take on Pocan’s masterpiece: Comedy Central’s Indecision, Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) explains why this chart…
I will end this post with one hell of a beautiful picture…Shakesville: Photo of the Day
Gina DeJesus, one of three women held captive for about a decade at a run-down Cleveland house, gives a thumbs-up as she is escorted toward her home Wednesday, May 8, 2013, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) Via.
Oh….oh….oh…sigh.
