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Posted by Sound Policy]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:30:33 -0600 Arkansas Times
Wonder if he will ever use the phrase, "these scrawney little hawgs won the blue ribbon today." Just saying something that popped in my head on a long walk this AM. I had the hawgs beating bama in OT. And as Anthoney Bordain always says, "pork rules". And if you think I'm about half crazy, well...........
Posted by TX-Travler]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:57:51 -0600 Arkansas Times
Geminids
"The final major meteor shower of every year (unless one surprises us!) is always the December Geminid shower, often producing 50 or more meteors per hour. It is a beloved shower, because, as a general rule, it’s either the August Perseids or the December Geminids that give us the most prolific display of the year.

Tomorrow's New Moon promises a darker sky for viewing what should be a grand shower.

December 13/14, 2012, late night December 13 until dawn December 14

http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/earthskys-meteor-shower-guide
Posted by eLwood]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:03:19 -0600 Arkansas Times
...and I agree that Knile entering the draft is not a big deal for UA. He surely didn't show much this year. His injuries are a big drag on his NFL value.
Posted by Perplexed]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:52:11 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by plainjim]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:02:39 -0600 Arkansas Times
"Pressuring Israel to do the right thing

The Middle East, riven by wars, religious intolerance, ethnic rivalries, fundamentalist ignorance, suicide bombers, and political instability, all mixed with precious oil, big money, Israel's nuclear arsenal, and Iran's nuclear ambitions, is surely the planet's most volatile neighborhood. Central to this tinderbox, and to the prospects for a better world, is the Israeli-Palestinian rivalry. It's a rivalry too important to entrust to Israel and Palestine alone, for it's tentacles reach 'round the world and into all our homes in the form of oil crises, US wars, and nuclear weapons threats.
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http://physics.uark.edu/hobson/NWAT/12.12.…
Posted by eLwood]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:02:19 -0600 Arkansas Times Perhaps court procedures weren't kosher.
Posted by eLwood]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:47:58 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by plainjim]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:24:57 -0600 Arkansas Times
William Staten, 51, and Margette Staten, 61, were found guilty Dec. 6 of misdemeanor negligent homicide in Springdale District Court. Judge Ernest Cate sentenced them each to one year in jail.

The couple filed their appeals on Monday, said Joel Huggins, their attorney. They had until Tuesday to file.

“It’s not a surprise they appealed,” said Jon Nelson, deputy city attorney. “They were sentenced to the maximum jail time.”

The maximum sentence is one year in jail and a fine of $2,500. Cate did not fine the Statens, but levied $100 in court costs.
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http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2012/dec/12/…
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http://www.4029tv.com/news/arkansas/northw…
Posted by eLwood]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:59:19 -0600 Arkansas Times
"Police raid Deutsche HQ in tax probe
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Two of Deutsche Bank’s top executives have been drawn into a tax fraud inquiry by German prosecutors, casting further dark clouds over the country’s largest bank.
Police and investigators raided the bank’s headquarters as part of a probe into tax evasion, money laundering and obstruction

The extensive operation – which prosecutors said involved some 500 officials across Germany – widens the scope of a long-running investigation into tax fraud over trading carbon emissions permits.

Six people were jailed in Germany last year for their part in a trading scheme to create transactions to evade almost €300m of VAT on carbon permits, with the judge in the case criticising Deutsche for its role in how the permits were traded.
Prosecutors said on Wednesday their investigations involved 25 employees of what they referred to as a “large German bank”. They said they suspected staff of having withheld evidence.
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http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/66d8a6be-44…
Posted by eLwood]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:00:12 -0600 Arkansas Times

PERPLEXED: you may like this Wednesday night cartoon--

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Posted by Cato]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:16:24 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by louie]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:51:01 -0600 Arkansas Times