This came across my inbox and I just could not resist reading the article.
"Wisconsin men guilty of seeking sex with corpse
"MILWAUKEE (Reuters Life!) - A jury on Thursday found a 24-year-old Wisconsin man guilty of attempted sexual assault for trying to dig up a dead woman's body so his brother could have sex with the corpse, court officials said." (full article below)
All I could think of after reading the article was the song Cold Ethel by Alice Cooper. For the uninitiated, there is even a video version!
I started reading all sorts of interesting news tonight about the United States sending 7,000 troops and 46 US Navy ships to Costa Rica in addition to several Coast Guard vessels to "assist in the war on drugs". Though this is being done under a mutual agreement (which expired October 6, 2009), it is interesting to note that this is a massive build-up and unprecedented under the agreement. Until now, only US Coast Guard vessels were used. Yet not a word of this has been mentioned in any US major media outlets including ABC, CBS, NBC nor the Associated Press. It is a big story in Costa Rica, but somehow we have managed to keep it a secret from the American public.
Hopefully you can read Spanish and the following transcripts will give you a better world view of US involvement in sovereign territory of other nations. Otherwise, you can rely on the shoddy translations that Google can provide. I have no intention of translating hundreds of pages of minutes from the Costa Rican Legislative Assembly. But I have provided a list of the United States Navy vessels and strength that will be in Costa Rica until at least December 31, 2010 when this operation is set to expire. Watch out Hugo Chavez! Detailed list of US Naval strength in Costa Rica after the jump.
MONROE, Ohio - A six-story-tall statue of Jesus Christ with his arms raised along a highway was struck by lightning in a thunderstorm Monday night and burned to the ground, police said.
You ever want to know the facts, go to the language of origin.
American press this morning reported erroneously that Stephany Flores found evidence on Joran van der Sloot's laptop that incriminated him in the Natalee Holoway case. This is because of a poor translation by whomever passed the story on to the English speaking media. But if you want to know the facts, go to the original source. Feel free to use an online translation of the article to verify my translation, but there will be some issues that not even Google can resolve adequately.
