February 4, 2010
Feng Zhenghu, a Chinese National, was barred entry to his home country after causing a big stir with the Chinese government. Apparently, his is a well known dissident who has been arrested at least once before (in 2001) for publishing a business directory. On November 4, 2009, he was denied entry to Shanghi and sent back to Tokyo where he had been visiting his sister. Rather than go back and stay with her, he refused to leave the immigration section of the Tokyo airport and he lived there for almost exactly 3 months before China finally relented on February 2nd and allowed him to come home. Unlike a terminal in the airport, this section does not have restaurants and other amenities. Airport employees refused to bring him food but travelers passing through took pity on him and provided him enough nourishment to live on.
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February 1, 2010
Like many cities, San Diego is trying to find ways to cut costs in this economy. Therefore the police department is firing some of their “personnel” and auctioning their equipment. Those affected are the 7 horses that patrolled Balboa Park (Wam, Trigger, Major, Junior, Bret, Bandit and Austin) as well as one third of their canines. The horse unit was created in 1983 (ironically enough) to save money for the department. The auction, which is being held on publicsurplus.com, starts February 1 and runs through the 10th.
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January 31, 2010
In a surprising decision, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 in favor of lifting a long-standing law that limits political spending. “The spigot is … wide open,” says campaign finance specialist Richard Hansen of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. This ruling allows unions and corporations to spend limitless dollars on ads to defeat or elect federal officials. The justices stated that they made the ruling so that the public could think for themselves. However, that justification makes little sense because it flies in the face of well established psychology and is the exact opposite of what advertising is meant to do. For examples of how powerful advertising is, click here to read examples written in the USA Today newspaper.
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January 30, 2010
Some rifle parts used by the U.S. Military are really ruffling some feathers. Gun sites, produced by the Trijicon Company in Michigan, contain biblical verses in their product code. Things like JN812 (which is part of a longer string of tiny numbers and letters) refers to the New Testament book of John, chapter 8, verse 12. Some soldiers are referring to these weapons as “Jesus Rifles.” The problem stems from the military’s General Order Number One, which, in part prohibits Proselytizing while in a combat zone. According to Wikipedia, “Proselytizing is the act of attempting to convert people to another opinion and, particularly, another religion.” Trijicon currently holds nearly $1 billion in government contracts and recently was assigned a $660 million contract to be the sole supplier to the U.S. Marine Corps.
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January 20, 2010
One day before the anniversary of President Obama’s swearing in he and the Democrats were dealt a major blow to the governmental stronghold they possessed. In a special election to fill the senate seat left open by the late Ted Kennedy, underdog Republican Scott Brown, won the seat. It is the first time in thirty years that Massachusetts has had a Republican Senator. This comes amidst news that Obama’s approval rating is the second lowest of any president post WWII entering his second year. That is a big drop from one year ago at his inauguration where he was close to 70% approval.
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January 14, 2010
Disgraced former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich has put his foot in his mouth once again. His latest faux pas occurs in the upcoming issue of Esquire Magazine where he is quoted as saying, “I’m blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little laundromat in a black community not far from where we lived.” He later apologized calling the statements, “Stupid, stupid, stupid.” However, when asked if he would deliver that apology to the president himself he told reporters “I’d be happy to but, you know, I don’t have the phone number.” Blagojevich was impeached and removed from office amid allegations of corruption that include selling the senate seat left open by Obama. His trial is set to begin in June.
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January 11, 2010
Rudy Giuliani made a statement that has set off a real firestorm in the media. On ABC’s Good Morning America, he criticized President Obama by stating that our nation “had no domestic attacks” under President George W. Bush and “We’ve had one under Obama.” That of course, is not true – the attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon occurred on September 11, 2001 when Bush was in office. Of all people, those events should come to mind immediately for Giuliani since he was the mayor of New York City at the time and his handling of the situation brought him to international prominence. In a later interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, he clarified his statement saying, “I did omit the words ’since Sept. 11.’ I apologize for that”
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December 27, 2009
Hello Daily Limerick Readers! As we wrap up this final week of 2009, we thought this would be a good time to look back on the year and some of the stories that were highly buzzed about. We hope you enjoy this daily retrospective and we look forward to bringing you more News to Amuse in 2010!
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December 26, 2009
Hello Daily Limerick Readers! As we wrap up this final week of 2009, we thought this would be a good time to look back on the year and some of the stories that were highly buzzed about. We hope you enjoy this daily retrospective and we look forward to bringing you more News to Amuse in 2010!
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