Stephen Colbert shaves head for U.S. troops in Iraq. Funny or off-base? The Dish Rag Los Angeles Times
In front of about 300 U.S. troops who had gathered for the taping of "The Colbert Report" in Baghdad on Sunday, Colbert declared: "By the power vested in me by basic cable, I officially declare we have won the Iraq war!”
Colbert got loud applause from the troops when he poked fun at the fact that many of them have been deployed to Iraq multiple times.
"It must be nice here in Iraq because I understand some of you keep coming back again and again," he said during the taping of the first show on Sunday. "You've earned so many frequent flier miles, you've earned a free ticket to Afghanistan."
But the loudest roars came when his first guest, Gen. Ray Odierno, accepted a videotaped order from President Obama to shave Colbert's head.
The general started the close shave with an electric razor, although a professional was allowed to finish the job.
Funny or tasteless? Your thoughts? (Personally for me it is funny!!!)
Monday, June 8, 2009
Friday, June 5, 2009
C'mon people. Planning is the key!!!!!
Bank robbery suspects' getaway car runs out of gas - Yahoo! News:
"DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Authorities say they've arrested two suspected bank robbers after their getaway vehicle ran out of gas.
Daytona Beach police say 38-year-old Randall Fredric Walker went into the Riverside National Bank
Tuesday afternoon and demanded money from a teller. After leaving the bank with the money, authorities say Walker jumped into a Jeep Cherokee driven by 35-year-old Jason Warren Dietrich. The two didn't get far before the vehicle ran out of gas.
The men got out of the sport utility vehicle and left the area separately. But police found the abandoned
SUV and traced it back to Dietrich, the registered owner.
Both men face bank robbery charges. They were being held on $50,000 bail."
"DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Authorities say they've arrested two suspected bank robbers after their getaway vehicle ran out of gas.
Daytona Beach police say 38-year-old Randall Fredric Walker went into the Riverside National Bank
Tuesday afternoon and demanded money from a teller. After leaving the bank with the money, authorities say Walker jumped into a Jeep Cherokee driven by 35-year-old Jason Warren Dietrich. The two didn't get far before the vehicle ran out of gas.
The men got out of the sport utility vehicle and left the area separately. But police found the abandoned
SUV and traced it back to Dietrich, the registered owner.
Both men face bank robbery charges. They were being held on $50,000 bail."
LA police arrest veteran detective in 1986 murder - San Jose Mercury News
They need to realize that no one is above the law and will in all probability get caught!!!
LA police arrest veteran detective in 1986 murder - San Jose Mercury News: "LA police arrest veteran detective in 1986 murder
LOS ANGELES—A veteran police detective was arrested Friday on suspicion of murdering her ex-boyfriend's wife nearly a quarter-century ago—a killing police originally blamed on robbers.
Stephanie Lazarus, 49, was arrested at downtown police headquarters after a sample of her saliva taken recently matched the killer's DNA, police said.
Lazarus, who joined the force in 1983, is accused of killing Sherri Rae Rasmussen, director of critical care nursing at Glendale Adventist Medical Center. Her husband found her beaten and shot to death on Feb. 24, 1986, in the living room of their Van Nuys condominium.
'It's very bittersweet,' police Deputy Chief Charlie Beck, who oversees the detective bureau, told the Los Angeles Times. 'Our goal is to always bring people to justice, but this is somebody we know.'
Lazarus was being held without bail at the Los Angeles County jail and could not immediately be reached for comment Friday.
She was mentioned in the original case file because she had a relationship with Rasmussen's husband, John Ruetten, Beck said. However, she was not pursued as a suspect at the time because investigators believed Rasmussen was another victim of armed robbers who had confronted two men shortly after the killing.
No suspects were found and the case went cold for years, until last week when undercover officers followed Lazarus and obtained a sample of her saliva to compare with DNA left at the original crime scene, Beck said.
Lazarus worked patrol duty in the San Fernando Valley when she joined the force. She was later promoted to detective and since 2006 has worked in a unit that tracks stolen art, according to police records.
Paul Weber, president of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, said her arrest is disturbing to the department and the public.
"If convicted, the actions of one police officer should not tarnish the trust and respect the public has for the more than 9,800 dedicated police officers," the union president said. (But we all know that the repspect has already been tarnished Paul!)
LA police arrest veteran detective in 1986 murder - San Jose Mercury News: "LA police arrest veteran detective in 1986 murder
LOS ANGELES—A veteran police detective was arrested Friday on suspicion of murdering her ex-boyfriend's wife nearly a quarter-century ago—a killing police originally blamed on robbers.
Stephanie Lazarus, 49, was arrested at downtown police headquarters after a sample of her saliva taken recently matched the killer's DNA, police said.
Lazarus, who joined the force in 1983, is accused of killing Sherri Rae Rasmussen, director of critical care nursing at Glendale Adventist Medical Center. Her husband found her beaten and shot to death on Feb. 24, 1986, in the living room of their Van Nuys condominium.
'It's very bittersweet,' police Deputy Chief Charlie Beck, who oversees the detective bureau, told the Los Angeles Times. 'Our goal is to always bring people to justice, but this is somebody we know.'
Lazarus was being held without bail at the Los Angeles County jail and could not immediately be reached for comment Friday.
She was mentioned in the original case file because she had a relationship with Rasmussen's husband, John Ruetten, Beck said. However, she was not pursued as a suspect at the time because investigators believed Rasmussen was another victim of armed robbers who had confronted two men shortly after the killing.
No suspects were found and the case went cold for years, until last week when undercover officers followed Lazarus and obtained a sample of her saliva to compare with DNA left at the original crime scene, Beck said.
Lazarus worked patrol duty in the San Fernando Valley when she joined the force. She was later promoted to detective and since 2006 has worked in a unit that tracks stolen art, according to police records.
Paul Weber, president of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, said her arrest is disturbing to the department and the public.
"If convicted, the actions of one police officer should not tarnish the trust and respect the public has for the more than 9,800 dedicated police officers," the union president said. (But we all know that the repspect has already been tarnished Paul!)
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