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		<title>Washington DC Police Whip Out Guns During Snowball Fight</title>
		<link>http://www.smother.net/2009/12/washington-dc-police-whip-out-guns-during-snowball-fight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J-Sin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It can&#8217;t get more ridiculous than this. There was a (somewhat) organized snowball fight at the corner of 14th and U Streets, and some poor ultra-egotistical cops car got hit by a snowball. Did he overreact? Naaaahhhh. Pulling a gun out and saying you&#8217;re going to send a bunch of people to jail isn&#8217;t an [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!--Amazon_CLS_IM_START--><p>It can&#8217;t get more ridiculous than this. There was a (somewhat) organized snowball fight at the corner of 14th and U Streets, and some poor ultra-egotistical cops car got hit by a snowball. Did he overreact? Naaaahhhh. <a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/12/19/did-d-c-cops-overreact-to-snowball-fight-14th-and-u/">Pulling a gun out and saying you&#8217;re going to send a bunch of people to jail isn&#8217;t an overreaction</a>.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s to hoping a bunch of these people sue the pants off the DC police force; cops need to realize that carrying a lethal weapon is a privilege that needs to come with high degrees of discipline even when their feelings get hurt. More inexplicable is the second cop in the video who shows up with his weapon unholstered. Snowballs man. Snowballs. Merry X-mas indeed.</p>
<p>Local news outlet, <a href="http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/1209/689050.html">WJLA is covering the story</a> and I&#8217;m sure this will make national headlines soon enough. This cop should be fired, fined, and sentenced to some sort of counseling plus have at least two years of probation. If I was the Chief of Police, I&#8217;d put his ass behind the desk for the rest of his career. See some video &#8211; there&#8217;s even more on the aforementioned WJLA link &#8211; (more reasons why cell phones that have video cameras are ways to bring the establishment and law enforcement to justice)&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Cancer Agrees, Bob Novak is a Douche</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J-Sin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is another day of karmic retribution, since it was made public that indeed Bob Novak has a brain tumor. He&#8217;s always been a tumor, especially when he runs over homeless people.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!--Amazon_CLS_IM_START--><p>Today is another day of karmic retribution, since it was made public that indeed <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=5464380">Bob Novak has a brain tumor</a>. He&#8217;s always been a tumor, especially when <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11985.html">he runs over homeless people</a>.</p>
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		<title>Fuck You Jesse Helms</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J-Sin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m glad you&#8217;re fucking dead you piece of shit. Fuck Jesse Helms, a racist coward of a Senator who won by divisive politics and just barely at that. Rot in the hell you created for so many people on Earth asshole. Your death on July 4th is nothing short of a hilarious irony that some [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!--Amazon_CLS_IM_START--><p>I&#8217;m glad you&#8217;re fucking dead you piece of shit. <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080705/pl_nm/usa_helms_dc_9">Fuck Jesse Helms</a>, a racist coward of a Senator who won by divisive politics and just barely at that. Rot in the hell you created for so many people on Earth asshole. Your death on July 4th is nothing short of a hilarious irony that some higher being bestowed upon the nation you buttfucked for so long. What a surprise that <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Trent_Lott#Strom_Thurmond_and_resignation">Lott</a> would come to call you a &#8220;giant&#8221; after he patted Strom Thurmond on the back for being a good kind of racist and segregationist.</p>
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