THE FIRST EVER EVENING EDITION!!

THE FIRST EVER EVENING EDITION!!

Yes, there is soooo much of this shit out there, we just had to do another one, because we could not wait for Monday, and none of this is fodder for the artsy-fartsy fluff crap page.

DATELINE: FLORIDA – Spirit Airline has announce their latest innovation in streamlining air travel and making it so much more appealing to the public – a $45 charge for each piece of carry-on luggage. Yes, because they love to enhance your travel experience, you get to fork out more money, and we all love that. It’s their attempt to cut down on the amount of large luggage pieces that are taken into the cabin of the airplane, so because some asshole can’t stand to have to wait and the conveyor belt for ten minutes for his suitcase to arrive, we all get to foot the fucking bill. Big carry-on crap annoys me. Extra fucking fees like this annoy me that much more. Sadly, once one airline starts with this crap, its only a matter of days before the rest get that wiff of more money and jump aboard.

DATELINE: OTTAWA – MP Helena Guergis has resigned her office. About fucking time! Not only has she submitted her resignation, but she has been kicked out of Caucus, AND Prime Minister Harper has asked for a full RCMP investigation into recent ‘serious allegations’. It is to be hoped that should the investigation shows any costs to the tax payer because of Guergis or her snappy, happy hubby Rahim Jaffer, it will be completely refunded. Yes, I am doing a fucking Happy Dance. May her elitist, entitled ass get the royal fucking kicking it deserves. Nah na na na, Nah na na na, hey hey hey, Go-ooooodbye…..

DATELINE: BOSTON – Phoebe Prince had gone to administrators about the threats made against her prior to her death. Documentation revealed today that she in fact did talk to an unnamed school administrator because she was afraid of the threats she had received, and to ask that she be allowed to go home early because of these threats. Her request was denied, and she was returned to her class with the knowledge that NOTHING would be done to help her. While District Attorney Elizabeth Scheibel states that the inaction is troublesome but not criminal, I would argue that, if nothing else, they should be held civilly liable for their indifference to the problem. It’s time to make some serious changes in how bullying situations are handled in schools. There is no tie to wait on this, and inaction should NEVER be an option again.

DATELINE: WEST VIRGINIA – Information provided to congressional lawmakers this afternoon indicated that the Upper Big Branch Mine had received 61 orders for closure for all or parts of the mine in the last 15 months because of safety violations. Despite the extraordinary number of ‘withdrawal orders’ no one in the Mine Safety and Health Administration bothered to take action to cite the mine for a ‘pattern of violence’. While the federal agency does not have the authority to shut down a mine without going to court first, they can issue orders that force the mine to be evacuated until known hazards are eliminated. Proper ventilation and gas emission measures have been an issue at this mine for the last year, and in fact one of the 25 victims mentioned the previous Friday that they were shut down early because of the high gas levels within the mine. Perhaps it’s time for the government to take these issues seriously and create some legislation that has some teeth. Little puissant fines mean nothing to these large mining companies, but with the available technology there is absolutely no fucking excuse for there to be any issues like this in a mine these days. It’s time to hold corporate executive’s to account, and let them know that they cannot fill their wallets at the cost of bodies left in a mine.

DATELINE: ROME – More correspondence has surfaced regarding reports to the Vatican of pedophile priests, all of them ignored by the Vatican. In Canada, Bishop Joseph Windle sent a letter to the Pope in 1993, expressing deep concerns over the elevation of Father Bernard Prince, a personal friend of Pope John Paul II, to the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith, referring to victims and the priest’s conduct. The letter had the backing of several other prominent Catholic leaders in Canada, but it was not until 2008, when he was convicted of molesting 13 boys over a span of twenty years, that the Vatican seemed to notice. Originally over 30 charges were laid, including buggery, indecent assault and gross indecency again the boys, aged 12-15, most of whom were altar boys. Following his conviction, Prince was defrocked and is now in jail, where the fucking asshole belongs.
Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, a letter has surfaced WITH Cardinal Ratzinger’s (aka Pope Benedict) signature, stating that despite pleas from within the church to defrock a known pedophile priest, Ratzinger’s ONLY concern was ‘the good of the universal church’. The letter is one of several, over years of correspondence regarding Father Stephen Kiesle, dating back to 1981, when Ratzinger was appointed head Rottweiler for the Vatican. The case was allowed to go unanswered for another four years, and in his reply at that time, the future Pope agreed that the arguments were of ‘grave significance’, but for the good of the Church (ie, to cover up the fact that this was happening fucking everywhere and that it really was of no importance to the Pope or Vatican officials) nothing would be done hastily. Let me recap… Kiesle, in 1978, had plead no contest to charges of tying up and molesting two boys in the rectory of a church in San Francisco. For starters, how the hell can ANYONE argue that this offence was a fucking misdemeanor? When his probation ended, he was allowed to return back to the church, and in fact allowed to work with children again. It was not until another volunteer in the youth ministry found out about the charges and began to write letters and to confront diocese officials that anything was done. Keisle was eventually arrested in 2002, charged with 13 counts of child molestation. All but two of the charges were tossed because of statute of limitations issues. This man, this Priest that was protected by Ratzinger’s department and absolute need to prevent scandal within the church, reportedly bragged that he was the ‘Pied Piper’, that ‘he tried to molest every child that sat on his lap’ and that he did molest ‘tons’ according to Lewis VanBlois, attorney for six of his victims. This same scenario played out for two priests in Arizona as well, one case being taken over by Ratzinger for review, and then left to sit on a back burner despite years and repeated requests for action. Of course, the Vatican’s response to ALL these allegations is that they are taken out of context – bullshit! – and that they will not reply to every piece of paper that may or may not have the pope’s signature on them. Yes, that’s it… continue to hide the facts, continue to blame everyone else for the clusterfuck you created, continue to allow innocent children to be abused and violated.

DATELINE: OTTAWA – Bishop Raymond Lahey, the Catholic bishop stopped at airport security and found to be in possession of child pornography, was today named in a civil lawsuit alleging sexual abuse by a former resident at Mount Cashel Orphanage. Sadly, this wasn’t totally unexpected because of the long history of abuse and cover-up that was exposed several years ago regarding Mount Cashel. The charges against Lahey, stretching over a four year period for this one victim, include simulated anal intercourse and fondling. The entire situation, that men in positions of authority and unquestioning trust, could take such vile advantage of children who are in the worst of situations, and the hierarchy STILL turns a blind eye. These children were in an orphanage, already emotionally suffering more than any child should have to. Orphans, deaf children, special needs children… these men, ‘men of God’ who demand that we uphold the laws of the church and we confess our crimes, and who pass judgment on people far too often with their hellfire and brimstone damned-to-hell preaching, have been preying on the most vulnerable in society, and others have allowed it. Both the doing and the allowing are crimes. Time to start atoning.