The Matters That Matter! NEWS IN GENERAL... Casey's woes continue The story of Casey Anthony just won't go away. She's meeting once more with attorneys, this time regarding check fraud charges from January, 2010. She had pleaded guilty to stealing a friend's checkbook and writing 5 checks totaling over $600 dollars. Anthony was ordered back to Orange Co. Florida by Judge Stan Strickland to begin serving her sentence, a one year supervised probation. While she is expected to appear on Thursday morning at 10 AM as ordered by the court, her lawyers insist that coming back to Florida will, among other things, place Anthony "in great peril." "Stock-shock" continues... Even though the debt ceiling issue has been resolved for now, investors are not responding with confidence. Over the past several days, the Dow has plundged 8 days in a row, and if it goes to a 9th day of losses, it will be the longest "down turn" stretch in 33 years. Market anaylists point to many general concerns, aside from the nation's debt scare. Cautious and tentative investors are seeking profits in the gold and bond markets. Global child porn ring exposed... Federal agents have made some 52 arrests in a world-wide child porn ring. The participants, some 600 people in all, have been under investigation since 2009. They operated a bulletin board style, members-only club called "Dreamboard." The site promoted sexual abuse of very young children. More arrests are expected to follow as the investigation continues. |
POLITICS, SPORTS, RELIGION... Eagle player falls to heat With the NFL lockout lifted, players are dressing out for the summer practices. However, the heat waves across much of the nation's mid-section are the next thing players are dealing with. The Philadelphia Eagel's Mike Patterson collapsed from a seizure during the team's morning practice Wednesday. He was taken to Lehigh Valley hospital for tests. The team has stated through their website that Patterson has experienced no complications from the seizure. While the temperature was about 80 degrees at the morning practice, it is not yet clear if, in deed, the heat had anything to do with the illness. Sell the team, Frank! In case Frank Mc Court hasn't gotten the message from Dodger fans, he is now hearing from other team owners. Mr. Lew Wolff, co-owner of the Oakland A's is voicing his opposition to McCourt's efforts to retain the Dodgers. In a Fox Sports report, Wolff says "It is my hope that the Dodgers will be sold to a party that will restart this great franchise and that Frank and his family will benefit from a positive sale." Wolff has been supportive of MLB's Commissioner, Bud Selig's handling of the the Dodger's baseball operations, including the rejection of a TV deal with Fox, worth a reported $3 billion dollars. According to Wolff, many if not all the other baseball owners feel that McCourt should sell the team as well. Religious views count in politics According to reports on "religiousnews.com," a majority of Americans, (56%), think it is important that a (Presidential) candidate have strong beliefs, even if they don't agree with their own. Even so, the groups which widely hold this opinion, white evangelicals and ethnic minority Christians, are not sure which values belong with what candidate. For example, only 44% of white evangelicals knew Romney is a Mormon. Only some 21% of ethnic minority Christians were aware of Romney's faith. Further, only about 33% of Americans correctly identified Mr. Obama's faith as Christian. About 20% thought the President was Muslim. In other polling results, 51% of white evangelicals weren't aware that Bachmann's religious practices were Baptist. About 70% of the Republicans and Tea Party members together say it is important for a Presidential candidate to have strong religious beliefs.
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FEATURED STORIES, COMMENTARY... NBA lockout is too much Come on! Sports fans just put the NFL lockout behind them, and now the "hardwood" boys are playing "hardball" with owner's and vise-versa... What's worse, the troubles in the NBA dispute have been brewing in the background for some two years or so. Unlike the NFL, pro basketball players have other countries which they can look to in case of a protracted lockout by the NBA owners. And several of them are looking at this option quite seriously. Some sports experts are saying this will be a long, drawnout legal battle before things are good to go in the NBA once again. Others, however, say the problems are too complex to resolve in any quick fashion, if agreements can be reached at all. This means we could be witnessing the end of the NBA as we know it. This would mark the first time American's may loose a complete major league sports franchise in countless years! Having come through the drama with the millionaires vs. billionaires in the NFL, I say enough! Let the NBA disolve. I don't care if they ever come back to us! -Sports Editor, Bla-Bla Blogs.
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