Authorities say men found dead in Mexico City hotel could have been victims of botched robbery
Mexican authorities say two professional wrestlers found dead in a hotel in the country’s capital may have been fatally drugged by a gang of female robbers.
Autopsies are being performed on the two midget wrestlers, one of whom went by the name La Parkita, meaning Little Death, and wore a skeleton costume in the ring. The other was known as Espectrito Jr.
Authorities said the two women were seen leaving the men’s Mexico City hotel room before the bodies were discovered on Monday.
Miguel Angel Mancera, a prosecutor, said gangs of female robbers were experienced in using drugs to knock men out before robbing them but these robbersmay have used too strong a dose.
That may have been because of the wrestlers’ stature, although larger men have died in similar crimes.
Midget wrestling is officially featured at professional wrestling tournaments in Mexico and the US.
I ran a bare format recursive directory listings from both drives which I piped to text files. Then I imported the text files to Access as two tables and ran an unmatched record query that created a third table of unmatched items only.
From the unmatched items table I concantenated DOS commands, “md” and “copy” plus the source / destination folder info, and quotation marks around the file names to create a batch file that I saved with Notepad.
Typed the batch file name in at the cmd prompt and voila! the 152 unmatched items leaped from the main machine onto the backup drive.
Sitting in the Oval Office with Colombian President Uribe, President Obama said that the“coup” in Honduras would set a “terrible precedent.”
The President said that the US still believes Manuel Zelaya is still President of Honduras.
“President Zelaya was democratically elected, he had not yet completed his term,” Obama said this afternoon, “We believe that the coup was not legal and that President Zelaya remains the President of Honduras, the democratically elected president there.”
Obama said that the US has joined with all the countries in the region, and with the OAS to see if this can be resolved in a “peaceful way.”
“I think it would be a terrible precedent if we start moving backwards into the era in which we are seeing military coups as a means of political transition, rather than democratic elections,” Obama said, “The region has made enormous progress over the past twenty years in establishing democratic traditions in Central America and Latin America. We don’t want to go back to a dark past.”
I disagree.
Removing a President who oversteps his Constitutional authority is a perfectly fine precedent.
Yesterday evening, CHKDSK decided that there were 424 files that did not meet its exacting standards for existence on the pegboard computer and zapped them into oblivion.
Evidently, Vista relied on one or more of those files for it’s happiness and the computer entered an endless cycle of blue screen – reboot, blue screen – reboot.
Time to Nuke.The.Drive.
What’s amazing is after a format and a complete ‘ clean’ Windows re-installation is the volume of OS patch and upgrade files. Over 80!
The .NET framework files were especially chunky.
Oh, well … windows is insisting that I re-start the system yet another time, so … later.
Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat. It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.
Di! Ecce hora! Uxor mea me necabit! God, look at the time! My wife will kill me!
Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre? Is that a scroll in your toga, or are you just happy to see me?
Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est. The designated hitter rule has got to go.
Vacca foeda Stupid cow
Raptus regaliter Royally screwed
Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo. Don’t call me, I’ll call you.
Fac ut gaudeam. Make my day.
Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem! Stand aside plebians! I am on imperial business.
Fac ut vivas. Get a life.
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam. I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head.
Attorney Alan Gura is dragging the District of Columbia into the United States — and my, what a lot of work it is!
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down D.C.’s handgun ban in D.C. v. Heller (2008). There was nothing ambiguous or uncertain about the result: D.C. could not prohibit law-abiding citizens from having a handgun at home for self-defense. Predictably, D.C. government has come up with one bureaucratic obstacle after another to discourage residents from actually doing so.
This Citizen of the United States supports the Iranian citizenry in their bid for true democracy — even as our President – elected under similar suspicions, remains silent.
Obama Issues a Statement – June 20, 2009. Source: The White House:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
_______________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release June 20, 2009
Statement from the President on Iran
The Iranian government must understand that the world is watching. We mourn each and every innocent life that is lost. We call on the Iranian government to stop all violent and unjust actions against its own people. The universal rights to assembly and free speech must be respected, and the United States stands with all who seek to exercise those rights.
As I said in Cairo, suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away. The Iranian people will ultimately judge the actions of their own government. If the Iranian government seeks the respect of the international community, it must respect the dignity of its own people and govern through consent, not coercion.
Martin Luther King once said – “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” I believe that. The international community believes that. And right now, we are bearing witness to the Iranian peoples’ belief in that truth, and we will continue to bear witness.
Update 9: From Innocent Bystanders, here is a full-length obituary of Neda Agha-Soltan, may her courage inspire others to perservere.
On Sunday at the Agha-Soltan residence, friends and relatives came in droves, weeping and bent over, clutching one another. A steady murmur of sobs and wails emanated from the apartment.
Mascara streamed down cheeks of the women, some in sweeping black chadors and others in shapely designer mini-coats and sunglasses.
The men’s eyes were sore and bloodshot. Two helped a distraught young man walk along the hallway, one of her two brothers, someone said.
“She died full of love,” Golshad said.
The relatives and friends piled into minivans for the hour-long trek to Tehran’s Beshesht Zahra cemetery, where she was buried. Her loved ones were outraged by the authorities’ order not to eulogize her, to loudly sing her praises and mourn her loss. But they were too afraid and distraught to speak out, except for Panahi, who said he had nothing more to lose.
“They know me,” he said. “They know where I am. They can come and get me whenever they want. My time has gone. We have to think about the young people.”
Neda, he said, was smart and loving. She had a mischievous streak, gentling teasing her friends and causing them to laugh. She was passionate about life and meant no one any harm, they said. In the election unrest, friends found in her an unexpected daring, a willingness to take risks for her beliefs.
“For pursuing her goals, she didn’t use rocks or clubs,” said Panahi. “She wanted to show with her presence that, ‘I’m here. I also voted. And my vote wasn’t counted.’ It was a very peaceful act of protest, without any violence.”
As to the person or persons responsible for her death, they will not be forgiven, he said. “When they kill an innocent child, this is not justice. This is not religion. In no way is this acceptable,” he said. “And I’m certain that the one who shot her will not get a pass from God.”
A protester shows a victory sign and white rose as people protest in front of the Iranian embassy in Brussels, Saturday, June 20, 2009. People gather to express their solidarity with opposition supporters in Iran who risk confrontation with police if they take to the streets in their country. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
Embassy Suites Hotels, sent word to Ms. Palin’s supporters that they had ceased advertising on CBS’s website and did not want to be associated in any way with Mr. Letterman’s comments. [story here]
I will be a continued supporter of Embassy Suites Hotels with my business.
There will be an anti-Letterman protest in NYC this coming Tuesday, June 16th. The details can be found here – we’re reprinting them to help spread the word: DATE: Tuesday, June 16th
TIME: 4:30 PM
PLACE: Ed Sullivan Theater, 1697 Broadway, New York City
PURPOSE: To protest disgusting sexual jokes made against Governor Palin and her teenage daughtersNeed help with a couple of things – RAM spoke with John Ziegler today, and he suggests that one or more attendees should webcast the protest live.
Alternatively/additionally, we are looking for people willing to videotape/photograph the event, and upload the video/photos as soon as possible after the event.
One more thing – we’re attempting to contact the organizers of the NYC Tea Party Protests to see if their membership will be willing to provide support and assistance. As a reminder, Governor Palin is a Tea Party supporter; Andrew Breitbart even basically called her the candidate of the Tea Parties.
If any of our readers can put us in touch with New York Tea Party organizers, please let us know!
My reaction to Letterman? You are a disgrace to your profession and to humankind. To paraphrase the closing line from “Bad News Bears“, “You can take you (non-) apology and stick it up your ass!”
Things to do in Denver?Reviews from Jessica Rubino - a Colorado-based freelance writer who covers lifestyle and wellness.
Rockbar
Because Denver’s East Colfax has undergone a makeover reminiscent of West Hollywood and the Bowery, it’s not surprising that trendy bars popped up as fast as Brangelina spawns. But owners aren’t sacrificing old for new. In 2006, former concert promoter Jesse Morreale resurrected the Rockbar, where Retro light fixtures are ornate like antique jewelry box adornments—sorry Rockbar, I know you’re much more hardcore than that. Bask in their dim lighting while sitting at an ACDC memorabilia clad booth. Then play a rollicking game of Ms. Pac-Man while noshing on a corn dog (something I can’t fully endorse with a clear conscience). I favor nights featuring purposely outdated music, though fast moving bartenders and cheap drinks ensure that here and now you’ll feel right at home.
Lola
Nestled in the East Highlands, which embraces an easy, breezy, laid-back bar scene, is a product of Metro bar big shot, the Big Red F Restaurant Group. Ignore that you’re indulging in a delightfully sweet libation nearly adjacent to North Denver’s historic Olinger Mortuary and you’ll feel totally at ease at Lola, a spacious Mexican-coast influenced bar and bistro. It has a large upstairs dining area, downstairs tailored for private parties and inside/outside bar providing prime no-strings-attached, no-conversation-necessary scoping opportunity. And the mojitos are excellent. Lola fits right in with Big Red’s All Star Brigade of Jax, the West End, Zolo and Centro, as it seamlessly combines an amicable bar scene with refreshing exotic drinks and a pleasing seasonal menu.
Hapa
Aside from fresh, creative food and a fun, modern atmosphere, Hapa offers a savvy alternative to the 3-to-5 happy hours that can be as convenient to catch as a standby red eye to JFK. Hapa, translated in Hawaiian to portion or part, gives you the most hapa for your buck on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights from 10 p.m. to midnight. The happy hour menu features two for $6.50 rolls and $3.50 flasks of sake and sake cocktails like the Mango Gin Ginger. You can still order non-happy hour signatures late night too. Try the #9, a shrimp tempura, crab and salmon roll, or the Taro Poke, Hawaiian tuna chopped into small pieces and piled over a taro cake, served with cucumber and sour cream.
Peaks Lounge at the Hyatt Regency
An extensive wine and champagne selection, Brie with dried plums and cheesecake for dessert mean celebration, right? Not necessarily. Don’t feel ashamed if you’re not at the Peaks Lounge for a special occasion. The stunning metropolitan view from atop the Four Diamond Hyatt hotel proves reason enough to indulge in a Mile High City night. And while the environment is unexpectedly unpretentious, the sight is still the top reason to check out Peaks.
Le Rouge
Le Rouge has seemingly chopped up a red carpet and used it for every aspect of its restaurant and bar—sewed it to the booths, stuck it in the glasses, draped it over the walls. In this lavish and very rouge downtown atmosphere, order from the dinner menu until 1:30 a.m., attend one of the bar’s lady nights or fashion shows and enjoy bottle service every night. But you don’t need to be rolling VIP to wet your palate. Le Rouge is complete with two full bars, a decently sized dance floor and reasonably priced martinis for all.
Grizzly Rose
Ask any Coloradoan about a good old country bar in Denver and they’ll probably provide you with a longwinded, sentimental Grizzly Rose anecdote. Mine recalls those big blue Xs marking my under-21 status and lack of Denver bar-scene knowledge. Maybe it’s the history we have. Maybe it’s the mechanical bull, line dancing, bottled beer, plastic cups, live country music and abundance of people who are truly named Dewey, but even after outgrowing the Xs, that rose still captures my heart.
The Funky Buddha
Quirky clubs, music venues and lounges make up SoCo, or South of Colfax, which is another flourishing nightlife community in Denver. The Funky Buddha has a multi-level rooftop on which body-painted go-go dancers just may be the night’s entertainment. Curious about that curious name? Well, there’s a funky, rust-colored interior and, oh yeah, a bunch of colorful Buddhas too. The place is more lounge than club, but the DJ always spins upbeat music, from house to hip hop. The inside is warm and slightly mysterious. The rooftop is fresh and airy during the summer and heated when temperatures cool down, making this SoCo hotspot fit for all seasons.
The Kitchen (Upstairs)
Boulder’s 2004 addition, The Kitchen, has its highs and lows. Which is actually a good thing. After eating a delicious meal emphasizing local ingredients, just head up a flight of stairs to the restaurant’s cozy lounge for an ideal bar scene. Choose from 750 wine labels and 50 beers. Windows overlook Boulder’s busy downtown and long wood tables make the place feel as social as it is relaxing. Plus, The Kitchen uses wind-power generated electricity and biodegradable products so your night on the town can be guilt-free.
Illegal Pete’s
Let’s face it. A night at the bars can be work. Hard work. And hard work requires fuel. Illegal Pete’s stays open through the witching hour (after last call, until about 2:30 a.m.) and specializes in big beefy burritos that also come in my favorite form: the burrito bowl. The small Colorado chain recently added locations in Park Meadows and the Denver Tech Center so you can easily seek out your own favorite when your night ends.
The Downtown Tavern
The best part about the Tavern Downtown is that it’s just what it sounds like: A tavern downtown. The bar inside of a historic downtown warehouse has what sports enthusiasts crave—and a few gratuitous yet thoughtful extras for everyone else. Watch games on plasma TV screens and check out the view of downtown and Coors Field from one of three rooftop decks. Most nights are reserved for some sinful pleasure like karaoke, trivia or ‘80s music. And the Tavern Hospitality Group even threw in a frozen margarita machine.
“I’ve often heard tell that the gunfighter has his beginning when pistol types were changed from those old flintlocks to the cap-and-ball. He could draw and shoot these faster and more accurately. All the formalities of the duel were forgotten. Draw. Shoot. That was it.
I’ve often heard Wyatt Earp say Jesse James was among our first gunslingers to carry a Navy Colts six shooter, the same as Butler Hickok, or “Wild Bill,” who carried two of these cap-and-ball equalizers in his red sash. Wild Bill was presented with these ivory-handled guns by the Vice-President of the United States – - a Senator Wilson then.
Ben Thompson and Wes Hardin brought the draw-shoot era into prominence, in my opinion, and all our gunfighting took place in about 20 years.
The gunfighter was a fellow with a cool nerve. You had to have it to last. Personal histories of the gunfighters show that the top hands had it, and the cold blue stare of a killer was unmistakable. About 95 per cent of all the gunslingers were blue-eyed. Many were related, like Jesse James to the Youngers, the Youngers to the Daltons, and Cole Younger, the uncle of Tombstone killer, John Ringo. Wes Hardin had relatives all over Texas.
Yes, the gunfighter was a product of the Civil War. Post-war feeling, according to Earp, ran high. The new Negro police caused a lot of trouble and actually bred gunslingers, such as in the case of John Wesley Hardin. Railhead towns of the big cattle drives also generated the gunfighter, and many a gunman has stood before an old, dusty, warped mirror to stretch and admire himself from hat top down to his sparkling “waistband of death”, as I once heard it called.
Anyway, it is all history now. Yet, it happened only yesterday when you come to think of it. There was an old boot dug up from Custer’s Little Big Horn burial ground a couple of months — sole on the boot, hooks and nails, lookin’ like you could wear it. And when I come to think of working with Wyatt Earp not so many years ago — well, it hasn’t been too far back in history.
Every man has a place to fill in the making of America. The gunfighter has been no exception. The great, in both sin and morality, stand shoulder to shoulder in stone, bronze or on canvas; and many a boy, yes even grown men, would rather hear of the deeds of Wild Bill Hickok than read all the books written on George Washington or Abe Lincoln.
— A. M. King Wyatt Earp Deputy Arizona and California 1900
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Authorities say men found dead in Mexico City hotel could have been victims of botched robbery
