CA man steals 1,100 gallons of fuel from Shell Station

This guys stole 1100 gallons of gas from a Shell Station over a few days. If he was that smart he should have disconnected the security camera!

http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/4-500-gas-siphoned-latest-calif-pump-heist-122542693–abc-news-topstories.html

With the price of gas in California reaching record highs, thieves are increasingly targeting gas tankswith the most recent heist siphoning more than $4,500 from a gas station over a span of three days.

Police in Roseville, Calif., have arrested a man for allegedly stealing more than 1,100 gallons of [...]

Authorities: Man denied food stamps gets rifle out

LAPLACE, La. (AP) – Authorities say a Louisiana man who got a loaded AR-15 assault rifle from his pickup truck after being turned down for disaster food stamps has been jailed….

Read more: http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/19539302/authorities-man-denied-food-stamps-gets-rifle-out#ixzz26PMskpMP

Hundreds forced to flee their homes as winds spread raging Oklahoma wildfires

Freeway closed as residents of four counties told to evacuate
Officials investigate reports fire was set deliberately

Wildfires whipped by gusty, southerly winds swept through rural woodlands north and south of Oklahoma City on Friday, burning dozens of homes as firefighters struggled to contain some of the fires amid 113-degree heat.

Hundreds of people were told to leave their homes in at least four counties, while smoke and flames prompted authorities to close [...]

Florida man kills door-to-door salesman: “I’ll kill anybody that steps on my property.”

A man in Cape Coral, Florida on Wednesday was arrested for shooting and killing an unarmed door-to-door salesman on his property.

Kenneth Bailey Roop, 52, has been charged with second-degree murder for killing 30-year-old Nicholas Rainey.

A co-worker who witnessed the shooting said Rainey had knocked on Roop’s door, but received no answer. While Rainey was walking down the drive-way, Roop pulled up in his pickup truck and asked why Rainey was at his house. Rainey [...]

Romney And Obama Supporters Clash at July 4th Parade

While on vacation at his home on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire Mitt Romney marched in a July 4th parade in Wolfeboro where his staff and supporters butted heads with people who were there backing President Barack Obama.

“Romney’s staff attempted to conceal Obama signs along the parade route, while Romney’s supporters in the crowd booed as the Obama campaign marched by–attempting to drown out Obama supporters who were chanting ‘Fighting [...]

Gov’t INSANITY: If you thought New York’s “soda ban” was outrageous, just wait ’til you see what this neighboring state is doing now

From Sovereign Man:

Philosophers from Aristotle to John Locke have debated for hundreds of year over the proper role of government. Questions over paternalism have long been asked: Is it the government’s responsibility to protect you from yourself?

This has been the primary argument against seat belt laws for decades, however New Jersey has now extended their seat-belt mandate to even include pets!

The state has been known for their growing budget deficit [...]

Cheating husband who killed his wife for $1million insurance executed by lethal injection (after choosing pizza as his last meal)

A man convicted of killing his wife with help from his mistress’ relative to collect insurance money was put to death by lethal injection last night.

Timothy Shaun Stemple’s execution in Oklahoma was carried out at the state prison in McAlester after Gov Mary Fallin denied a request by the condemned man’s family to stay the capital punishment. 

His family sought to have medical testimony disputing his accomplice’s account of the 1996 [...]

Gov’t Motors Gives Unions Big Bonuses, Taxpayers Still On Hook for Billions

General Motors earned its largest profit ever in 2011, two years after it nearly collapsed into financial ruin.

Strong sales in the U.S. and China helped the 103-year-old carmaker turn a profit of $7.6 billion, beating its old record of $6.7 billion in 1997 during the pickup truck and SUV boom.

GM is a vastly different company than it was back then. It’s smaller, has less debt and its contract with the [...]

Texas mom sentenced to 45 years for killing son, 6

From breitbart:

BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) – A Texas woman was sentenced Friday to 45 years in prison for suffocating her 6-year-old son in a New Hampshire motel room and leaving his body along a dirt road in Maine.

Julianne McCrery, 42, of Irving, Texas, told prosecutors she had planned to kill herself and that she killed her son, Camden Hughes, because no one else was fit to raise him. But prosecutors say they have evidence [...]

The Gasoline Export Scam: Oil should be at $20 dollars and gasoline should be at $1.35

Gordon Duff
Veterans Today
January 10, 2012

You don’t have to be a genius to know that gasoline costs around $3.50 per gallon in the US. 

What most Americans don’t know is that the only thing keeping the price above $2.00 is the fact that our oil companies are exporting our gasoline at bargain basement prices to their own foreign subsidiaries subsidized by high American prices.

You see, gasoline usage, around the world, has fallen [...]

Man Disguised As Walmart Worker Walks Out Of Palmdale Store With 4 TVs

(CBS) Investigators on Friday sought help from the public in identifying a man who allegedly dressed up as a Walmart employee to steal four flat screen TVs from a Palmdale store.

Detectives with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said the suspect posed as a Walmart greeter — complete with the familiar vest and name tag — before he made off with the merchandise on Dec. 31.

“He walked in the back, [...]

WOMAN GETS JURY TRIAL FOR DISPLAYING PLASTIC TESTICLES ON TRUCK

BONNEAU, S.C. (AP) – A Berkeley County woman will get a jury trial for a ticket she was given by police for displaying big plastic testicles on the back of her pickup truck.

Virginia Tice of Bonneau was given a $445 ticket July 5 that accuses her of violating the state’s obscene bumper sticker law.

Police Chief Franco Fuda asked for a jury trial, saying questions of obscenity should be [...]

Burglars steal stuffed alligator from man’s home!

A trio of intoxicated thieves allegedly stole a 14-foot stuffed alligator from a Michigan man’s home, strapped it to their pickup truck, and then went mud bogging with the flattened reptile.

The accused men were nabbed after the owner of the burgled barn followed foot and tire tracks to an area where the suspects were spotted racing through the mud with the $5000 alligator in tow. As [...]

City orders parked pickup trucks out of sight overnight

CORAL GABLES—

Starting this month, the city of Coral Gables will issue warning notices to owners of pickup trucks who do not park their trucks inside their garages at night.

Since the 1960s, the city has banned people from parking their pickup trucks in their driveways or on city streets from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.

After Aug. 8, Coral Gables will start issuing tickets to people who violate the parking ban.The [...]

Two school buses involved in crash in Chicago; at least 9 transported to hospitals. No life-threatening injuries -WMAQ

A pair of school buses were involved in a wreck at 76th and Ashland this morning.

At least nine individuals were transported from the scene, and taken to three area hospitals. None of the injuries were life threatening.

It’s unclear how the accident happened, but arial footage shows one bus pinning a blue pickup truck against a light pole. That bus came to rest at [...]

Man Killed By Police In Wisconsin After Shooting Spree

(Credit: CBS)

TOMAH, Wis. (CBS/WBBM) – An Ohio man killed by police in Wisconsin may be connected to at least 10 recent shootings across Illinois and Wisconsin.

As WBBM Newsradio 780?s Mike Krauser reports, police say Seth McCloskey, 28, jumped out of a stolen pickup truck and opened fire during a traffic stop in Tomah, Wis.

LISTEN: Newsradio 780?s Mike Krauser reports

SHOCK: 16 more bodies found in Mexican pits, total now 88

From AP:

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A suspect in the kidnapping and killing of bus passengers near the U.S. border led Mexican soldiers to another set of clandestine graves containing 16 bodies, bringing to 88 the number of corpses found in mass pits in the northern state of Tamaulipas.

The latest batch of bodies was found in four pits in the township of San Fernando, where prosecutors had previously found 72 corpses [...]

While I believe we’re in a world of economic hurt, I don’t believe we’ll enter the next depression (nor spring out of this crisis with a strong V-shape surge)

With that said, symptoms might include:
– 20-30% U3 type unemployment
– Soup lines and GOVT kitchens feeding the masses
– Closure of most major malls and box stores
– Increased use of barter rather than cash
– Large GOVT work camps for infrastructure “make work” projects (Blue Ridge Parkway built that way)

I’ve talked to several older folks who lived during that era:
– Stretching Campbells tomato soup with extra cans of water and ketchup for [...]