A Sheboygan man has been charged with attacking his girlfriend because she refused to marry his Mexican friend, who offered to pay them $5,000 so he could become a U.S. citizen, the Sheboygan Press reports.
Jerry A. Hilbelink is accused in a criminal complaint filed against him of choking the woman during a quarrel Saturday, the newspaper reports.
via Man charged with attacking girlfriend after she refused to marry his friend – JSOnline.
2 comments August 7th, 2012
I was a big space nerd growing up.
Hell, one of the reasons I went to Purdue University was that Neil Armstrong, Virgil Grissom, Roger Chafee, Eugene Cernan and other astronauts all went there.
So I’m predictably appalled by this quote:
“I have no desire to do a Mars landing on our own,” Bolden said. “The U.S. cannot always be the leader
Doesn’t really resonate the way this did, does it?
Note how Kennedy actually says, “We need to lead it.”
There are times I am literally ashamed by how far my country has fallen since I was a little boy watching Neil Armstrong make his giant leap.
2 comments August 2nd, 2012
A letter writer to the Capital Times, Madison’s favorite conspiracy newsletter online, suggested that Governor Scott Walker should govern more like Abraham Lincoln. I got my hopes up because I thought the letter writer was going to suggest Walker have an army rip through Madison and turn it into the Atlanta scene from Gone with the Wind.
via Walker as Lincoln : Wigderson Library & Pub.
1 comment August 1st, 2012
…since the Soviet Union collapsed. Competition is no fun without a villain – a reality well-understood by professional wrestling.
4 comments July 31st, 2012
…made me feel bad:
Discovered at Stupid Is A Five Letter Word.
Add comment July 31st, 2012
It would be like getting upset that Doris Day cheated on Rock Hudson.
5 comments July 27th, 2012
Mitt Romney has no choice but to just talk about what he would do if he were President.
What’s Barack Obama’s excuse?
5 comments July 25th, 2012
…the folks who most need to read this…
The LawDog Files: Meditations on gun control.
…probably wouldn’t see the point and certainly wouldn’t be persuaded by it.
1 comment July 25th, 2012
In response to the criticism he’s been getting for saying “you didn’t build that,” President Obama said:
“And if you don’t like folks talking about you, you probably shouldn’t run for president. The one thing I do have no patience for is this argument that somehow what I’m criticizing is success… I want to promote success,”
But considering he keeps advocating higher taxes on the successful, I think he probably should have said:
“And if you don’t like folks talking about you, you probably shouldn’t run for president. The one thing I do have no patience for is this argument that somehow what I’m criticizing is success… I want to penalize success,”
5 comments July 25th, 2012