Psycho Knifes, Kills, Beheads on Greyhound Bus

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

A young man is fatally stabbed, and reportedly beheaded, on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba, Canada. The mounties have taken a 40 year old man, believed to be from Manitoba, into custody in the slaying of a young man described to be in his teens to early 20s, on the bus.

Garnet Caton, who was sitting in the seat in front of the victim, said he saw the attacker stab his seatmate, a young man sleeping with his headphones on.

Caton said he heard a “blood-curdling scream” and turned around to see the attacker holding a large “Rambo” hunting knife above the victim, “continually stabbing him in the chest area.”

“He must have stabbed him 50 times or 60 times,” said Caton.

“Like, just everywhere, arms, legs, neck, chest, guts, wherever he could swing it, he got it,” said Olmstead.

As panicked passengers fled the bus, “the attacker was over top of the victim … continually cutting him. I think the victim was gone at that point,” Caton said. - Source

But, if it’s possible it get’s more gruesome from here, when the assailant allegedly beheads the victim. Here’s Caton’s recounting of the incident to the CBC.

Caton, the driver and a trucker who had stopped at the scene later boarded the vehicle to see if the victim was still alive.

“When we came back on the bus, it was visible at the end of the bus he was cutting the guy’s head off and pretty much gutting him up,” said Caton.

The attacker ran at them, Caton said, and they ran out of the bus, holding the door shut as he tried to slash at the trio.

When the attacker tried to drive the bus away, the driver disabled the vehicle, Caton said.

“While we were watching the door, he calmly walks up to the front with the head in his hand and the knife and just calmly stares at us and drops the head right in front of us,” said Caton. CBC

The RCMP have not confirmed the beheading, according to the CBC. Caton’s account however says the assailant “taunted” the Mounties with the head of the victim during the several hour standoff he had with police, before being subdued while trying to escape via a bus window.

Tags: Bus, Canada, Crime, Knife, Murder
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The Montauk Monster

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Gawker Media is reporting a dead “monster” washing ashore in Montauk, New York. While it does bear some resemblance to a shelled turtle, the legs don’t seem quite right, at least to me. And what’s with the “bracelet” on the right forepaw? Was this creature tagged by someone… Plum Island researches perhaps?

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)-operated Plum Island animal testing facility is nearby, fueling the belief that the USDA is responsible; some would see the Montauk Monster as a hideous USDA experiment gone wrong while others might consider it a not -so-unexpected byproduct of animal experimentation. The simplest explanation might be that the Montauk Monster is a natural mutation of some sort of ordinary Earth animal, but which one? - Source

Whatever it was, beach goers are hoping it’s the only one of its kind.

Tags: Montauk Monster, news, Plum Island, Weird
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Sen. Ted “Tubes” Stevens Bringing Trouble for GOP

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Disgraced Alaskan Senator Ted “Series of Tubes” Stevens has been formally indicted, and faces serious jail time, for taking $250,000 in graft gifts from Big Oil and not reporting it.

The 84 year old Senator, the longest serving Republican in history, faces serious charges:

The indictment charges Stevens with failing to report on his financial disclosure forms $250,000 in “things of value” including remodeling work on his home, a Viking grill and a sweetheart deal on a Land Rover.

The indictment further alleges that “during the same time he was concealing his continued receipt of these things of value from VECO and [VECO executive Bill J.] Allen,” that Stevens “received solicitations for official actions from Allen and other VECO employees, and that Sen. Stevens used his position and office on behalf of VECO during that same time period.”

In exchange, according to the indictment, the oil services company asked Stevens for help with company projects in Pakistan and Russia, as well as a National Science Foundation grant to a VECO subsidiary. - Source

But the trouble with Ted extends beyond Alaska, into the GOP congressional campaign, and possibly even McCain’s presidential aspirations.

“This is very bad for the party,” a retiring Senate Republican told Politico as news of Ted Stevens’ indictment echoed across Capitol Hill on Tuesday. “The timing on this couldn’t be worse.” - Source

Tags: Alaska, Corruption, Graft, Republicans, Ted Stevens
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McCain to Play Race Card?

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Sen. McCain continues to flip flop on his so-called core principles. The latest? Affirmative Action. Now, surprise surprise, McCain opposes Affirmative Action but 10 years ago he called the attempt to repeal the law divisive.

Is this his first step to playing whites against minorities? Experts seem to think so:

“I have been waiting for the way in which the McCain campaign would begin to begin to racialize the [election],” Davis said. “And I think this is perhaps the beginning of it. … I’m not suggesting that McCain is playing the race card at the moment. But this is the beginning of a racialized sentiment being infused in the campaign.” Source

Some people may think, what difference does it make, racists aren’t going to vote for Obama anyway. I disagree, because there are lots of people who are not overtly racist may be moved away from Obama out of misplaced fear. The big mean black guy is going to take your degree, and your job, or at least that’s what they want you to think.

Tags: Election 08, McCain, Politics, Racism
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