A Message From Lucianne
 Now More Than Ever
Get Your Eagles Up!
Lucianne Tees - in
Black or White
Click to Buy
|
|
Argentine court convicts
UNC-CH physics professor
of drug smuggling
News Observer [Raleigh,NC], by Jay Price
|
|
Original Article
|
|
Posted By:Fiesta del sol, 11/22/2012 6:40:05 AM
|
| The 68-year-old UNC-Chapel Hill physics professor arrested in Argentina early this year after being caught with more than 4 pounds of cocaine hidden in a suitcase has been convicted by an Argentine court. Paul Frampton, the Oxford-educated Louis D. Rubin Jr. Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy, told investigators he was duped into unknowingly carrying the drugs after being lured first to Bolivia with a promise of meeting a famous bikini model. He was sentenced to four years and eight months of confinement Monday afternoon after three days of hearings.
|
Comments:
And the icing on the cake is 70 professors filed a complaint b/c he hasn´t been receiving pay while in an Argentine jail...they were worried about his tenure!
|
 
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Keekng, 11/22/2012 7:01:46 AM (No. 9028902)
Four years in an Argentine prison will = tenure.
|
Reply 2 - Posted by:
Keekng, 11/22/2012 7:03:03 AM (No. 9028904)
Mike Adams was not one of the 70, right?
|
| |
|
Reply 3 - Posted by:
cartcart, 11/22/2012 7:14:22 AM (No. 9028914)
What a wonderful way to learn Spanish by immersing yourself right into part of the culture. I am sure he will learn the swear words first.
|
Reply 4 - Posted by:
dittohead, 11/22/2012 7:33:10 AM (No. 9028942)
#2 that was the other blue school - Duke.
Now the African and Afro-American Studies dept needs a good cleaning!! And before anyone says I´m racist - look into this scandal involving these departments and the football and basketball teams.
|
Reply 5 - Posted by:
Keekng, 11/22/2012 7:46:33 AM (No. 9028957)
I stand corrected-partially. Adams is at UNC-Wilmington.
|
Reply 6 - Posted by:
Crosscut, 11/22/2012 8:16:28 AM (No. 9028988)
Excellent. Serves the dirtbag right. This won´t make the network evening newscasts.
|
Reply 7 - Posted by:
dr.lakerman, 11/22/2012 8:49:47 AM (No. 9029030)
Raj, Sheldon and Leonard, of the Big Bang Theory, would be disappointed in Dr. Frampton.
The bib bang theory is remarkably drug free, as compared to other tv shows starring young people and their lifestyles. Although Penny drinks to excess, and I suspect might smoke some pot, and Raj needs alcohol in order to overcome his anxiety in talking to women, it is a drug free show..
Separate from that, the Duke liberal arts faculty condemned the duke lacrosse team based on the false allegations of a prostitute, crystal mangum. And even after her charges were proven false, the faculty still condemned the lacrosse team.
|
| |
|
Reply 8 - Posted by:
JLoophole, 11/22/2012 8:52:09 AM (No. 9029034)
Another brilliant mind lacking absolutely any common sense.
|
Reply 9 - Posted by:
secondtimelucky, 11/22/2012 9:44:51 AM (No. 9029122)
He was, however, unusually naïve and susceptible to the allure of young women
and, at 68 - still thinking with his little head...
|
Reply 10 - Posted by:
Blackeagle, 11/22/2012 9:49:10 AM (No. 9029133)
Having followed this story from the beginning, I am pretty sure that this idiot was indeed lured by the hopes of ´interacting´ with the bikini queen. He was instead used as an unwitting mule for the cocaine smugglers. If he were to return to teaching he would do so as a laughing stock.
Time to retire anyway. And he gets to do so in an exotic foreign country.
|
Reply 11 - Posted by:
nerdowell, 11/22/2012 10:09:19 AM (No. 9029165)
Four years to study Tango.
He can open a dance studio when he returns.
That said, I think I believe his claims.
|
Reply 12 - Posted by:
Japanorama, 11/22/2012 4:23:30 PM (No. 9029714)
Famous bikini model.
What coke smuggler could resist that?
|
| |
|
Reply 13 - Posted by:
xcenturion, 11/22/2012 6:01:31 PM (No. 9029792)
No doubt a 1960´s era throwback that we allowed to indoctrinate our kids in college.
|
Below, you will find ...
Most Recent Articles posted by "Fiesta del sol"
and
Most Active Articles (last 48 hours)
|
Most Recent Articles posted by "Fiesta del sol"
|
Newtown families:
Victims turned lobbyists
|
|
Politico, by Mike Allen and Jim Van de Hei
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 4/12/2013 10:38:13 AM
Post Reply
|
|
When a lobbyist for families of Newtown shooting victims called the office of Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) to set up a meeting, the first response was a standard D.C. offer. They could get a meeting with her staff, and a quick and simple “hello” from Collins herself, they were told. The families’ answer: not good enough. According to their lobbyists, the families have a rule against staff-only meetings: They won’t do them. They insist on sitting down with the senators themselves.
|
Biden to Scarborough: Thank
You for Changing Gun
Debate in America
|
|
National Review Online, by Eliana Johnson
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 4/11/2013 9:24:47 AM
Post Reply
|
|
Joe Biden offered profuse thanks to MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, who he said “changed the debate in America” on the subject of gun control. “You and Michael Bloomberg,” Biden told Scarborough as he wrapped up an appearance on Morning Joe, where he discussed the administration’s gun-control proposals with gun owners and the show’s hosts. “I don’t know if that’s going to help me in a future Republican primary,” Scarborough responded.
|
|
90% Bull
|
|
Daily Caller, by Mickey Kaus
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 4/11/2013 6:32:05 AM
Post Reply
|
|
Fig leaves wilting! It looks like the requirement that the Border Patrol catch 90% of illegal crossers–reported by the WSJ and touted by both Marco Rubio’s chief of staff and my colleague Matt Lewis as an example of the “ tough border enforcement measures” in the Gang of 8 immigration amnesty bill–has turned out to be evanescent, like so many of the other promises amnesty boosters have pitched to conservatives. Of course, the 90% “trigger” was never a barrier to legalization–illegal immigrants will get that more or less immediately under the Gang bill,
|
| |
|
Rockefeller impostor
convicted of 1985 murder
|
|
Associated Press, by Staff
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 4/10/2013 4:14:18 PM
Post Reply
|
|
Los Angeles - A notorious Rockefeller impostor was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder in the death of a man whose bones were found buried beneath the backyard of a suburban home. Christian Gerhartsreiter was tried 28 years after the disappearance of newlyweds John and Linda Sohus in a heavily circumstantial cold case. Much of the prosecution´s evidence focused on the strange behavior of the man who adopted many names including Clark Rockefeller. He masqueraded as an heir to the fabled oil fortune for 20 years. The case went to the jury late Tuesday morning and the
|
Is Team Rubio working
to preemptively undermine
a Heritage Foundation report?
|
|
Daily Caller, by Matt K. Lewis
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 4/9/2013 11:22:34 AM
Post Reply
|
|
Sen. Marco Rubio’s chief of staff Cesar Conda went on a Twitter spree this morning, insisting that the best way to evaluate immigration reform is through “dynamic scoring,” and noting that some “ignore [Jack] Kemp’s teachings” when they cling to static scoring. In other words, Conda is arguing we shouldn’t just look at the costs associated with immigration reform, but also factor in ex ante benefits.Rubio spokesman Alex Conant explained it this way: “This legislation will create millions of new taxpayers,
|
Schumer: Goal is immigration
bill at end of week
|
|
National Review Online, by Eliana Johnson
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 4/7/2013 12:02:25 PM
Post Reply
|
|
If all goes as planned, the “Gang of Eight” will unveil their immigration legislation at the end of the week, Chuck Schumer said on CBS’s Face the Nation. “Over the past two weeks, we’ve made great progress. (Snip) Schumer explained that no bill will be put forth until all eight senators agree upon its contents, but added, “Hopefully, we can get that done by the end of the week.” Appearing alongside John McCain, the two “gang” members lavished praise on each other.
|
Beyonce, Jay-Z celebrate 5th
anniversary in Havana, Cuba
|
|
Los Angeles Times, by Nardine Saad
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 4/6/2013 8:20:04 AM
Post Reply
|
|
Beyonce and Jay-Z celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary in Cuba this week. The couple, who married on April 4, 2008, took in the sights of Old Havana, visited a school, dined on a rooftop terrace and strolled the fan-filled streets in their island best.(snip).The power couple declined to answer journalists´ questions about their visit to the island nation, but some outlets are reporting that the moguls are there as tourists, though that would be illegal because of the half-century embargo the U.S. has on the Communist country. However, the Miami Herald said Washington has issued special licenses for
|
States differ in how they
treat Dreamer youths
|
|
Associated Press, by Staff
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 4/6/2013 8:08:27 AM
Post Reply
|
|
President Obama´s decision last year to allow young people living in the U.S. illegally to stay and work marked the biggest shift in immigration policy in decades, hailed as a landmark step toward the American dream for a generation of immigrants. But months later, many immigrants are having vastly different reactions to the change depending on where they live, and they aren´t flocking to the program at the levels the government originally expected. A handful of Republican-led states are blocking basic benefits for those in the program, denying beneficiaries identification cards, driver´s licenses,
|
| |
|
$423,500 Stimulus on ´Correct
Condom Use´ Yields Zero Jobs
|
|
Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 4/4/2013 7:47:53 AM
Post Reply
|
|
The details of a stimulus grant awarded to Indiana University to study condom use have now been released on a government website. The study, titled "Barriers to Correct Condom Use," is now completed, according to the website, and the university received $423,500 of stimulus funds to perform the study. The stimulus project yielded a total of 0.00 jobs created, according to the federal government. "No jobs created/retained," the form says under "Description of Jobs Created."
|
Pima County to pay
$284,000 to protect lizards
at construction site
|
|
Arizona Daily Star [Tucson,AZ], by Becky Pollack
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 4/3/2013 12:33:32 PM
Post Reply
|
|
Pima County will spend $284,000 to save horned lizards and other critters from an untimely and premature squishing at a west-side construction site. Work is starting on a project to stabilize the banks of the Santa Cruz River from Ajo Way to Silverlake Road. The river and surrounding parklands are home to regal horned lizards and other uncommon kinds of reptiles and toads. (Snip)The plan is to collect certain species, hold them in specially designed corrals during construction, help them get re-established in their renovated home when the time is right and then monitor their survival.
|
|
Google honors Cesar Chavez on Easter
|
|
Daily Caller, by Patrick Howley
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 3/31/2013 6:00:28 AM
Post Reply
|
|
On Easter Sunday, Google is honoring the birthday of the late labor organizer Cesar Chavez by placing a Chavez portrait within the middle “o” of the Google logo that appears on the homepage of the popular search engine. While Google frequently decorates its logo to celebrate various holidays and special events, it is unclear why the company chose specifically to honor Chavez’s birthday, instead of Easter Sunday. Chavez co-founded the organization now known as the United Farm Workers union (UFW). He became an iconic figure in the labor movement, with his stature only increasing since his death
|
Bloomberg administration launches
app for sexually active teens
|
|
New York Post, by David Seifman
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 3/30/2013 8:02:12 AM
Post Reply
|
|
Sixteen and pregnant? There’s an app for that. The Bloomberg administration has launched an app intended to reduce teen pregnancy called “Teens in NYC Protection+” that provides a wealth of health data for kids who are — or are thinking about becoming — sexually active, The Post has learned. Information about everything from free clinics for HIV and STD testing to receiving condoms and emergency contraception is just a touch away on a smartphone. (Snip)“Teens in New York state have a legal right to get sexual-health services without the permission of parents, guardians,
|
Most Active Articles (last 48 hours)
|
Ben Carson steps down as
Hopkins commencement speaker
|
|
Baltimore Sun, by Andrea K. Walker
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: toledo- 4/11/2013 7:11:23 AM
Post Reply
|
|
Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson stepped down Wednesday as commencement speaker at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine after complaints from students about controversial comments concerning same-sex marriage. The withdrawal came less than a week after medical school Dean Paul B. Rothman chastised Carson for his comments and met with graduating students concerned that the famed physician was an inappropriate commencement speaker.
|
Why They Won’t Talk
About Kermit Gosnell
|
|
Commentary Magazine, by Seth Mandel
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/11/2013 11:17:15 PM
Post Reply
|
|
In 2011, the journalist Mara Hvistendahl published Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men, detailing the societal effects of sex-selective abortions that target women the world over and resulted in the absence of perhaps more than 100 million girls who by now should have been born. But Hvistendahl soon learned the downside to uncovering what many believe to be a shocking trend in human rights offenses: people will want to do something about it. And so she lashed out, declaring that “anti-abortion activists
|
Obama: Put Nation´s 4-Year-Olds
in ‘Public Preschool;´ Will
Save on ‘Child-Care Costs´
|
|
Cybercast News Service, by Terence P. Jeffrey
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/10/2013 1:18:38 PM
Post Reply
|
|
In the message he issued along with his budget proposal on Wednesday morning, President Barack Obama said he wants to see 4-year-old children in the United States enrolled in public schools. Obama said America needs to start enrolling 4-year-olds to make sure the children are “better prepared for the demands of the global economy” and to help parents save on "child-care costs." After saying the United States needs to “equip our citizens with the skills and training” to fill jobs in manufacturing, energy and infrastructure, Obama said, “And that has to start at the earliest possible age.”
|
Daughter of Obama´s former
pastor charged with fraud
|
|
Reuters, by Mary Wisniewski
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: mitzi- 4/11/2013 1:11:19 AM
Post Reply
|
|
The daughter of President Barack Obama´s controversial former pastor was indicted on Wednesday on charges of money laundering and lying to federal authorities, a Justice Department spokeswoman said. Jeri L. Wright, 47, the daughter of Jeremiah Wright, was accused of participating in a fraud scheme led by a former suburban police chief and the chief´s husband that involved a $1.25 million state grant, according to the Attorney´s office for the Central District of Illinois in Springfield. Wright, of the Chicago suburb of Hazel Crest, was charged with two counts of money
|
End this bizarre fantasy
|
|
New York Post, by Andrea Peyser
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: StormCnter- 4/11/2013 5:10:54 AM
Post Reply
|
|
Is Anthony Weiner completely delusional? Or is he out of his flipping, sex-crazed gourd? Whatever big-busted fantasies crawl around the ex-congressman’s delirious noggin, la Weiner made his next goal as clear as the skin of the wholesome college students he craved: He relishes being Mayor Weiner. Please, shut up this clown. These days, the genitally obsessed Weiner has nothing much to do, except sit in his lavish Manhattan apartment and — the inhumanity! — change the poopy diapers of his 16-month-old son, Jordan. Worse, Weiner is living under a kind of house arrest, sentenced to take extreme grief
|
Senate votes 68-31 to move
forward with gun control measure
|
|
The Hill [Washington DC], by Jonathan Easley & Ramsey Cox
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: JoniTx- 4/11/2013 12:23:49 PM
Post Reply
|
|
The Senate voted to move forward on gun control Thursday, clearing the first of what is expected to be many 60-vote hurdles for the legislation. (Snip) Sixteen Republicans voted in favor of the motion, while two Democrats — both from states President Obama lost in the 2012 election — voted against it. The two Democrats were Sens. Mark Begich (Alaska) and Mark Pryor (Ark.), both of whom face reelection next year.The 16 Republicans who voted to proceed were
|
Pat Smith and 700 Special Ops
|
|
American Spectator, by Jeffrey Lord
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: StormCnter- 4/11/2013 6:13:54 AM
Post Reply
|
|
Seven hundred Military Special Operations professionals. And one insistent and very angry Mom. This is becoming a deadly combination for the political game players in the Obama Administration. Sean Smith, the young State Department computer wizard who was brutally murdered that September night in Benghazi, was Pat Smith’s only child. Let’s say that again. Sean Smith was Mrs. Smith’s only child. To listen to her recent radio interview with another Sean… Sean Hannity… is to have the heart break.
|
4 annoying ways climate change
will make your life a bummer
|
|
The Week, by Chris Gayomali
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: NorthernDog- 4/10/2013 7:30:26 PM
Post Reply
|
|
Within the next few decades, carbon emissions could cause global temperatures to rise between 4 and 11 degrees Fahrenheit, melting ice caps and causing sea levels to rise. The price of crops like coffee and chocolate will skyrocket, and countless cuddly animals around the globe could be wiped out. And yet, a lot of people find it hard to really care about climate change. But don´t be fooled: Climate change will affect you. Here´s a brief sampling of ways that warmer temperatures will suck the fun out of your life: 1. Your flights will be more turbulent
|
Leaving Blue New York, Boo-Hoo
|
|
Irish Examiner USA, by Alicia Colon
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Drive- 4/12/2013 6:44:47 AM
Post Reply
|
|
Only one of my six children has left New York for economic reasons but the strain of living in this expensive nanny state is weighing heavy on my other five and their families. As a native New Yorker, I´ve seen its middle class population decline over the years due to its neglect of blue collar families which is ironic since this is a Democrat city. With the recent arrests of several local politicians for corruption perhaps New Yorkers will pay more attention to those they put in office. Given their past indifference in local elections this is highly unlikely.
|
Student to Rand Paul: I don´t
want government to leave me alone
|
|
Washington Examiner, by Charlie Spiering
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 4/10/2013 12:45:12 PM
Post Reply
|
|
During the Q and A session after Sen. Rand Paul’s speech at Howard University, one student explained that he was not a fan of his view of government. “You say you want to provide a government that leaves us alone, quite frankly, I don’t want that,” the student said. “I want a government that is going to help me.” The student insisted that he wanted assistance for his college education and asked if Rand Paul supported a culture change within the nation. “Do you Sen. Rand Paul have a formulated solution to come up with new American values
|
AG sues florist who refused
flowers to gay wedding
|
|
Seattle Post-Intelligencer [WA], by Joel Connelly
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/10/2013 2:28:46 PM
Post Reply
|
|
State Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Tuesday filed a consumer protection lawsuit against Arlene’s Flowers & Gifts, a Richland florist that refused to supply flowers to the same-sex marriage of a longtime customer. Ferguson said he sent a March 28 letter to owner Barronelle Stutzman asking her to reconsider and supply flowers to customer Robert Ingersoll. Through an attorney, Stutzman declined to change her position.“As Attorney General, it is my job to enforce the laws of the state of Washington,” said Ferguson. “Under the Consumer Protection Act, it is unlawful to discriminate
|
| | |
|
