Amanpour on Iraq, ten years later: Where were journalists?

Amanpour on Iraq, ten years later: Where were journalists?

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March 19, 2003: President Bush announced that the nation was at war…

Yep.. 10 long years ago ..

And we know what happened since.

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This seems to be a truly tragic and sick story from Pontiac, Michigan. This woman, a 75-year-old grandmother named Sandra Layne, gunned down her 17-year-old grandson named Jonathon Hoffman. 

According to the story, Layne shot Hoffman ten times over a six minute period.. While Hoffman was on the phone with 911 stating he was going to die, the final shot hit him and killed him. 

Prosecutors called the scene a massacre, and want Layne to be convicted of murder.. Layne says it was in self defense, and that Hoffman in self-defense..

According to the AP report on the shooting:

Layne testified last week that she was afraid of her grandson and acted in self-defense. She said she shot him after he struck her while arguing over his demands for money and a plan to flee Michigan. Hoffman had failed a drug test earlier that day, which could have been a parole violation.

Walton reminded jurors that Layne didn’t report any injuries to police when they arrived at her home after the shooting.

"Not I was afraid, I acted in self-defense, he came after me," Walton said. "I murdered. I shot. I killed — those are her first statements to law enforcement. … She hunted down Jonathan Hoffman because he wouldn’t listen."

He called it a “massacre.”

I don’t know how the jury will find her.. I can’t say I heard about this until today. And every murder is tragic.. but something seems exceptionally tragic about a grandmother shooting her grandson, regardless of why.. 

All the trouble in the world: Bill Gertz reports, United States B-52 bombers carried out simulated nuclear bombing raids on North Korea as part of ongoing U.S.-South Korean military exercises, Pentagon officials said on Monday. Pentagon press secretary George Little told reporters that B-52 bombers from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, conducted a training mission over South Korea March 8 during war games known as Exercise Foal Eagle

No word on what role Dennis Rodman would play.. or whose side he’d be on anyway.

All the trouble in the world: Bill Gertz reports, United States B-52 bombers carried out simulated nuclear bombing raids on North Korea as part of ongoing U.S.-South Korean military exercises, Pentagon officials said on Monday. Pentagon press secretary George Little told reporters that B-52 bombers from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, conducted a training mission over South Korea March 8 during war games known as Exercise Foal Eagle

AND ANOTHER STORM!

AND ANOTHER STORM! AND ANOTHER STORM! AND ANOTHER STORM! AND ANOTHER STORM! AND ANOTHER STORM! AND ANOTHER STORM! AND ANOTHER STORM! AND ANOTHER STORM! AND ANOTHER STORM! AND ANOTHER STORM! AND ANOTHER STORM! AND ANOTHER STORM! AND ANOTHER STORM! AND ANOTHER STORM! AND ANOTHER STORM! AND ANOTHER STORM! AND ANOTHER STORM! 

What am I talking about?

The Northeast.. my home base of Pennsylvania.. And Pennsyltucky, too. A Facebook page I follow (which has been quite accurate this year) is  Weatherboy Weather.. Tonight on the page, the weatherboy writes, 

If you’re not a fan of wintry weather, you’re not going to like this…

Mid and long range models show more winter weather is on the way for the Mid Atlantic and Northeast, with another threat of accumulating snow likely early next week. There does not appear to be any significant warm-up for the balance of the month. In this region, you’ll need to wait longer for milder spring weather to arrive.

I almost had to laugh when I saw it.. I almost had to … cringe when I thought about it.

I checked some other weather sources and actually checked some other weather models on my own that I had bookmarked, and .. yes.. there is a storm  on the map. It would be wintry. And this is the winter that never ends.. 

GUCCIFER STRIKES AGAIN: NOW CONFIDENTIAL BENGHAZI EMAILS ARE BEING REVEALED BY WASHINGTON D.C. HACKER

Not to be…well…overly politically minded, but was this perhaps a reason Hillary Clinton made big news today by announcing support for gay marriage?? Taking the spotlight off of something potentially .. upsetting?  Just a thought.

GUCCIFER STRIKES AGAIN: NOW CONFIDENTIAL BENGHAZI EMAILS ARE BEING REVEALED BY WASHINGTON D.C. HACKER

A late winter’s night.. Schuylkill County, PA, March 18, 2013

Yea… Happy spring.

Well you know they would respond, here is what the History Channel has to say about people who are saying the devil from the Bible miniseries looks just like Pres. Obama

So is the History Channel’s BIBLE ‘devil’ modeled after Obama? That is apparently the chatter all over the internets today..

The History Channel is responding, as is mark Burnett, who called the story nonsense..

And after all, it did appear in the UK DAILY MAIL..

Cyprus residents already emptied virtually all ATMs on the island in a weekend bank run.

AP report this morning

Wow.. Welcome to the EU. You can't escape

And now Cyprus is going to steal people’s bank accounts..!

Pay attention to this story (which means avoid American msm and go with other world orgs)

Wow.. Welcome to the EU. You can't escape

More strange booms and explosion sounds being heard--this time in Western New York state

Gas drilling? Fracking? The earth moving under our feet? Any explanation is fair game, as far as I’m concerned.. s

More strange booms and explosion sounds being heard--this time in Western New York state

The Steubenville verdict has everything talking

The Steubenville verdict has everything talking

An article makes fun *again* of Randy Quaid's old allegation that someone in Hollywood is killing of celebrities..

But while they mock him, they also acknowledge there have been a whole bunch of star-studded seizures lately. The latest is Ton Loc, the rapper..

Either there is an enemy within, or lots of Hollywood stars got some bad stuff.. 

An article makes fun *again* of Randy Quaid's old allegation that someone in Hollywood is killing of celebrities..

PINK GOES GREEN FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY

Pink is in Philadelphia tonight.. I had plans to get tickets for my wife and I to go see her. Things fell through .. I can’t say I’m not depressed that we won’t go.. maybe next time. Or Sydney Australia.. right, right. 

Maybe next tour.

So if you were a lucky one that got tickets and is in the audience, I’d love to hear from you.. send photos.. videos. Whatever.. Pink me up.

My wife and mom today in a loud restaurant

Tara: I went to yoga with Kevin this morning
My mom, looking confused: What the hell is hillbilly heaven?

Justice served

CNN reports:

Two Steubenville high school football players accused of raping an allegedly drunk 16-year-old girl were found guilty by an Ohio judge on Sunday.

Judge Thomas Lipps announced his decision after reviewing evidence presented over four days of testimony in the case against 17-year-old Trent Mays and 16-year-old Ma’lik Richmond

The Pope of surprises.. now he’s making speeches off the cuff, scaring people by showing up in different places around the Vatican, and kissing babies..

As NBC news reported this morning:

Earlier, he began his first Sunday as pontiff by making an impromptu appearance to the public from a side gate of the Vatican, startling passersby and prompting cheers, then kept up his simple, spontaneous style by delivering a brief, off-the-cuff homily at the Vatican’s tiny parish church.

What’s next Francis?! Hand gliding into St. Peter’s Square? Opening the Vatican vault? GETTING RID OF PEDOPHILE priests? This Pope is so zany he may just do it..

Five men have confessed to gang-raping a Swiss tourist in central India, authorities said Sunday.

Police said they will give out more information at a news conference later in the day.

A CNN news alert ..meanwhile in America, all eyes will be on Steubenville today as that rape trial verdict will be handed down..