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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Film Trailer: The Secret In Their Eyes



2010 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. A must see! The best direction and superb acting. -Cush Lord, Blowing Back

Happy Cinco De Mayo!

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Video: The Murder of Fred Hampton pt I




December 4 marks the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Chairman Fred Hampton.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Excerpt From Dark Horse


Other than bearing a fully- loaded Heckler & Koch, and fleeing, I can't remember breaking any law. For those two, I'm guilty. Vaguely, I can recall evading the police. After almost being cornered, managing to somehow escape to make it back home I was overwhelmed by the inclination to dispose of my lethal companion. I haven't done anything. But still, the gun has to go. Strangely, I could smell chalk and burnt paper. Gunpowder! It tied me to something. Something that I will surely regret.

I nervously paced through our vast, dilapidated domicile wondering if I had been identified and by now located. I'm beyond paranoid. Needing severely to unwind, I threw back three shots of Jameson. Better. Whiskey in my bloodstream afforded considerable ease. Settled enough, I turned on the evening news...

Monday, November 30, 2009

Hold Yourself to a Higher Standard

Texas Executions Nov '09 4/4


Executed 11.19.09









Name
Thompson, Robert Lee

Age (at the time of Offense)
21


Summary of incident: Thompson and a co-defendant entered a convenience store and robbed the clerk . When they were leaving the store, Thompson, who possessed a .25-caliber pistol, and the co-defendant, Sammy Butler, who possessed a .38-caliber pistol, fatally shot the store clerk. Thompson and Butler had robbed at least 8 other convenience stores, with three of them involving the fatal shooting of the clerks.
Last Statement: Yes, I bear witness that there is no God, but Allah. From Allah we came and from Allah we will return. To my mother, friends I would like to thank you for all that you have done for me. For you love. This is another testimony of faith. We all have to walk this path. Smile, be happy don't cry. To the family of any victims, AsSalaam Alaikum, unto Allah I belong, unto Allah we return. I just want you to know that I never meant any of your family to get hurt. I hope you forgive me. I know Allah will forgive me, Allah is the forgiver. Go ahead Warden. I love you, love you too.