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  • Need your help really bad...and prayers

    08/08/2011 9:53:38 AM PDT · by Irishguy · 103 replies · 1+ views
    Hi Freepers, i need you to help with 2 things. my mum was hit by a car this morning and suffered severe head injuries, she is on life support and they will not operate due to the extent of her injuries. if you could include her in your prayers i would really appreciate it.. my second request for help. Our 6 year old son was very attached to his granny. he looks to visit her twice a week and was there yesterday with her. Does anyone know how i can let him know and when? also as she is still...
  • Rape case roils Saudi legal system (Saudi, ahem, Justice)

    11/21/2006 11:02:59 PM PST · by Irishguy · 20 replies · 930+ views
    AL-AWWAMIYA, Saudi Arabia - When the teenager went to the police a few months ago to report she was gang-raped by seven men, she never imagined the judge would punish her — and that she would be sentenced to more lashes than one of her alleged rapists received. The story of the Girl of Qatif, as the alleged rape victim has been called by the media here, has triggered a rare debate about Saudi Arabia's legal system, in which judges have wide discretion in punishing a criminal, rules of evidence are shaky and sometimes no defense lawyers are present. The...
  • Rumsfeld Gets Cute At The Podium (extended version)

    11/13/2006 11:15:38 PM PST · by Irishguy · 9 replies · 537+ views
    Late Show ^ | late show
    Priceless take on Rumsfeld with MSM....absolutely hilarious.. click on the link to youtube... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5P6MLiKEJI&mode=user&search=
  • BBC interview Web expert who turns out to be a TAXI driver waiting in reception!

    05/16/2006 5:14:42 AM PDT · by Irishguy · 22 replies · 667+ views
    A computer expert has described his astonishment at seeing the BBC's 24-hour news channel interview supposed taxi driver Guy Goma in the mistaken belief it was him. Guy Kewney - a white, bearded technology expert - was astonished to see himself appear on screen as a black man with an apparent French accent. He was even more shocked to see himself unable to answer basic questions about the legal battle between the Beatles' Apple Corps and Apple Computer over the use of an apple symbol.