Robber escapes in inner tube!

Click here to read about an original robbery for the books: the robber posted an online ad on Craigslist seeking 27 laborers for a landscaping job. "Why," you ask?

Because he used these men as decoys in a bank robbery. He had them waiting across the street from the bank he was going to rob. The men were told to wear blue shirts, work boots, and safety vests to apply for the job. The reason why was that the robber himself was wearing the same attire and he wanted to create some confusion for the cops.

The guy then went to a nearby river, hopped into an inner tube, and made his getaway!

Nude Sarah Palin painting is a big draw at bar

 

Bruce Elliot, whose wife owns the Old Ale House, painted this nude portrait of VP nominee Sarah Palin recently. He says he has serious political differences with her, but admits to having a crush on her!

How now busted cow?

 

This costumed Ohio woman was in an udderly insane disorderly conduct arrest recently. She got drunk and chased kids and blocked traffic in her Middletown neighborhood and had to be restrained by police.

Planes circle airport as controller sleeps!

 

Two airplanes had to circle the Greek Island of Lesbos for one-half hour while the air traffic controller slept soundly. The airport's secondary control finally took over and assisted the stressed-out pilots. Wouldn't you have loved to have been in one of those airplanes wondering if you ever were going to come down?

BREAKING NEWS you won't see in corporate media today

Giuliani's Law Firm is seeking bailout business as you read this. The Treasury could emerge with vast new power.

Click here and see what's not happening on ABC, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, FOX, etc.,al. This web site presented by The Citizens for Legitimate Government might give you pause for thought.

The NO LIE ZONE

Protestors hold signs at a HOLD SARAH PALIN ACCOUNTABLE RALLY organized by Alaskans For Truth in Anchorage on Sept.27th. The protestors demanded she uphold her promise to cooperate with the state Legislature's investigation into her firing of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan.

Enter the Outer Limits with As It Stands Today

Venture into the Opinion Section of today's Times-Standard Online and find out why we have entered the Outer Limits of presidential elections.

Chinese celebrate their first-ever space walk

                                                                                        

The boys in Beijing are jumping for joy as they

honor the three astronauts that completed the historic mission. The Shenzho 7 spaceship did what it was supposed to, and the capsule containing the astronauts landed safely in Inner Mongolia yesterday.

We (Americans) probably financed the mission with interest payments on the money we've been borrowing from China!

AP Investigation: Palin got zoned aid, gifts

 

              

This is Gov. Palin's former home. When she sold it during her last year as Wasilla Mayor she got the city to sign off on a special zoning exception-and did not keep a promise to remove a potential fire hazard.

The more we know about Sarah Palin the more apparent it becomes that she wasn't properly vetted by McCain's people. The "Bridge to No Where", outrageous earmarks for her tiny town, are only the tip of the iceberg for this Alaska Governor who would be VP.

The Associated Press's recent investigation of Palin's first actions after being elected mayor in 1996 raised possible ethical red flags. For example she cast the tie-breaking vote to propose a tax exemption on aircraft when her father-in-law owned one, and backed the city's repeal of all taxes a year later on planes, snow machines (her husband owes a snow machine company), and other personal property. There's no doubt she started off with "good ol boy" tactics, and no reason to think she's given them up, based upon her actions.

Man arrested for posing as LA Dodger!

A 47-year-old man pleaded not guilty Friday to several charges including burglary and trespassing when he was found wandering Dodger stadium field with a glove and two baseballs. Ronald Higgens may have just had a "field of dreams" moment, but now it looks like he's going to pay for it. If convicted, the poor guy could do four years in prison!

Apparently the court is still trying to find him a lawyer. Talk about a bad day.

Paul Newman dies at 83

Legendary movie star Paul Newman has played his last roll, but will be remembered as a cultural icon with his rolls as cads and con men. He defined the American anti-hero in the 50s and 60s playing parts in such film classics as; Cool Hand Luke, Hud, The Hustler, The Sting, and Butch Cassidy and the Sun Dance Kid.

He defined cool. Personally, he was one of my favorite actors.

Wall Street protest against the proposed bailout

 

PROTESTORS RALLY IN FRONT OF THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE IN THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT AGAINST THE PROPOSED BAIL OUT YESTERDAY.

MAINSTREET ISN'T HAPPY WITH WALL STREET.

Man charged with farting on cop!

 

I know. This really seems like a joke, but Jose Cruz isn't laughing after being charged for battery on a cop when he fanned his fart towards the officer after being pulled over for not having his headlights on. This happened on a road somewhere in Clarksburg, West Virginia.

Talk about not being able to take a joke.

Dad chases naked boy out of daughter's bedroom!

A 45-year-old Deltona, Florida man chased a nude teenager out of his daughter's bedroom with a lead pipe. During the chase he smacked the boy on the head. The boy got stitches and Dad has been arrested for aggravated assault! It wasn't a case of illegal entry because the daughter has been inviting the boy over nightly for a year! Imagine Dad's surprise and the fine he's going to pay now.

White supremacist anti-Obama leaflets passed out to public

The race card is rearing it's ugly head again as we head into the final weeks before the presidential election. It's hard to believe that people are so rabidly racist in this day and age, but it's a fact.

TODAY'S 2nd THREAD:

How much do you think race will play a part in picking our next president?

Bush issues appeal to approve bailout

Worried analysts await the bailout.

President Bush went prime time last night to try and convince a skeptical public and rebellious Republicans that the government must use $700 billion of taxpayers' money for the proposed rescue plan.

TODAY'S THREAD:

Do you think we should pay for this bailout, and if we do, will it save the economy as experts are claiming?

McCain wants out of debate: Obama says 'let's go'

 

Surrounded by his big-money cronies, McCain told the press he wants to put Friday's debate off because he wants to concentrate on the bailout package before Congress. What? He can't do two thing's on the same day? Doesn't sound like a very versatile presidential type to me.

Racial prejudice and the elderly

A new study shows that prejudice plays a big part in how elderly white Americans vote. 

How big an effect this prejudicial attitude will have on the presidential race remains to be seen, but pollsters are facing up to the reality that prejudice is alive and well in this country, and that it plays a part in politics.

War hawks are circling the Op-Ed Pages with bad intentions

Okay...it's time to start worrying when bipartisan hawks start screeching for another war! The target is Iran.

Some recent Op-Eds supporting a war with Iran have been run in the Nation ("Everyone needs to worry about Iran") and

a group of hawks have their own web site, United Against Nuclear Iran.

This is all pretty scary stuff. In my opinion we have enough wars going on right now. The last thing we need is to listen to these old chicken hawks who are eager to send more young men and women to war to satisfy their blood-lust!

TODAY'S THREAD

Do you think we should be targeting Iran for war right now-or ever?

It's looking more like the Great Depression every day now

An encampment for the homeless in Highland Park, Washington, sprung up overnight, and the city has already responded with a 72-hour time frame to get out.

A sign in front of the encampment reads, "Nicklesville," a play on Mayor Greg Nickles, whose not exactly a friend of the homeless. Some have drawn the comparison of the Depression-era Hooversville with it's tin shanty towns, to this modern version of 150 fuchsia-colored tents.