Archive for the ‘Interesting Stuff’ Category
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A murder in Hearne, Texas
The as yet unsolved 2008 murder of Hank Alan Johnson in a motel room in Hearne, Texas is a story that will break your heart. He seemed like a great kid…I wish I had known him. July 21 will make two years since his murder. While I cannot fathom the pain, anguish and sense of [...]
Honey, I have a mancrush…
I told my wife I have bad news and good news; the bad news is I have a mancrush, the good news is it is with a woman. That’s right, I have a mancrush on Rachel Maddow. I mean no disrepect by that; I find her attractive physically, but the person she is makes my heart flutter. Behind that facade of gawky, [...]
Grim Sleeper Serial Killer Arrested
(CNN) — Authorities said Wednesday they have arrested a suspect in the Grim Sleeper serial killer case and will charge him with 10 counts of murder. Lonnie David Franklin Jr., 57, faces an additional count of attempted murder, officials said. Nicknamed for taking long breaks between attacks, the killer is believed responsible for at least [...]
Solar Impulse: Around the World in a Solar Airplane
07.07.2010 Solar Impulse HB-SIA has taken off for its first night flight! At 06:51 this morning, the Solar Impulse HB-SIA took off from the Payerne airbase with André Borscherg, CEO and co-founder of the Solar Impulse project, at the controls. “For 7 years now, the whole team has been passionately working to achieve this first [...]
TexArville blog site hacked and hijacked.
Around June 7, 2010; the TexArville blog site was hacked. We will work to restore what we can as we can. Thank you for your patience. Lesson learned…back-up, back-up, back-up. We will be down itermittantly while we make changes. Please check back.
Team of assassins’ stalking of victim caught on tape
Regardless of where you stand as to political, moral, or ethical justification of such action; this is a facinating story. Sophisticated video surveillance systems are making a clean get away tougher on the spooks. Warrants out for Hamas commander’s killers The police video, combining CCTV footage from the Dubai airport, a number of hotels and shopping [...]
The Hot Springs gunfight of 1899
Some facinating Arkansas history: The Hot Springs Gunfight, or Hot Springs Shootout (March 16, 1899), was a gunbattle between two separate law enforcement agencies that occurred in Hot Springs, Arkansas during the Old West era in the United States. Despite being little known, it resulted in more deaths than the famed Gunfight at the OK [...]
Abraham Shakespeare
An unfathomable story is unfolding in Florida. Abraham Shakespeare from the Ledger in Lakeland, FL
Pakhtoon History
Pakhtoon History from ALAIWAH! Highlanders and Rulers Pakhtoon due to the poor quality of land they occupy and their insistence on living on higher grounds have always been economically challenged. Their response has always been to supplement their income by working outside their home land. In the past they excelled as soldiers and were part [...]
