Man Calls 911 Because He’s Hungry

A Florida man was arrested Wednesday after placing two calls to 911 asking for a ride and saying he was hungry. Benjamin Dewer, of Delray Beach, Fla., according to a police report, was under the influence of alcohol and was charged with making a false 911 call. According to the Sun-Sentinel Dewer placed the call at 1:07 a.m. and police responded to the scene in the 1000 block of South Ocean Boulevard. There Dewer told the officer:  “I need a ride to the park and I am hungry.” Instead he was arrested.

During the first call the 911 operator asks what the emergency is. The caller is heard saying, “I’m just hungry and trying to get back to my neighborhood. That’s all.” For Lt. Mark Woods, of the Delray Beach Police that is “not a reason to call 911.” Police say that bogus calls can clog up emergency call centers and tie up police on the streets.”It should be common knowledge by now for people not to call 911 for non emergency things,” said Lt. Woods. Dewer called 911 a second time after being told not to call again. On the second call he says, “I can’t walk no more. I haven’t eaten in days.”

The dispatcher responds, “I don’t know how to help you if you can’t help me find where you are at.” After that Dewer was picked up by police. Dewer appeared in court Thursday and plead guilty to misusing 911 and will spend ten days in jail. In recent months 911 has received odd calls by people complaining of being shortchanged Chicken McNuggets at McDonald’s , or being robbed by McDonald’s or not getting extra shrimp in a fried rice order . – foxdfdw

He needed help and he called and got it. Ten days of food and time to get sober. A good move on his part… but there should be a rehab center instead of prison. Has he no family? Can we do no better than prison for people who are lost, addicted and hungry? Who would Jesus jail?

Free Xeno Song: Tinfoil Hat

I wrote Tinfoil Hat for a sketch comedy show several years back, but this is the first time I’ve recorded it.

Download Tinfoil Hat (Mix #1) now if you like.

As with the other free Xeno Songs on the left, I’ll update them and delete the current mix versions without warning. Speaking of which… the song “What Have I Done” is the most downloaded song and the newest in terms of my writing.

The Tinfoil Hat story is true. There really was a guy who walked around in a foil suit in my town when I was a kid. I know a bit about HAARP, but really not much about the GWEN towers. I read about them years ago briefly and decided to stick them in the song. There are some who believe microwave ovens are much more dangerous than “they” are letting us know.  Enjoy.

Tinfoil Hat

Growing up in my strange town
We had this man who used to walk around
In suit of aluminum foil
A shiny shell around a heart so loyal

Tin foil hat, Tin foil hat
Never go and use the good foil like that, son
Tin foil head, Tin foil hat
You never want to go and use the foil like that

Now mind control is a maze, you’re a rat
But they’ll never sell you nothing through
A Tin foil Hat

Aluminum Aluminum Al-uminium
You’ve got a radiation oven in your kitchen
Aluminati: very naughty, microwaves into the body
HAARP, and the satellite, GWEN is gonna, GWEN is gonna
Lock on to your cell phone find you on a map
But they can’t do the “zap!” through the
Tinfoil Hat

Paranoia may get you twitchy like a cat
But THEY will never read your mind
THEY will look but never find
Never going to know you’re freaky in your tinfoil

Growing up in my strange town
We had this man who used to walk around
Head to toe in aluminum foil
He left a widow on a plot of good soil

Tin foil hat, Tin foil hat
Never go and use the good foil like
mmm ah mmm ah mmm ah my ninny

Never gonna know you’re freaky in your tinfoil hat

Barry Stokes turned to voodoo dolls to ward off victims’ tales of fraud

Financial adviser Barry R. Stokes, who has pleaded guilty to stealing $19 million from victims’ retirement plans, spent part of his time in jail making voodoo dolls of financial victims and sticking pins in them to ward off their damaging testimony, according to evidence presented this morning in a federal court hearing.

The revelation came during an all-day sentencing hearing to determine how much time Stokes will have to spend in prison on fraud charges that date back more than three years.

Stokes could face 22 years in jail for embezzlement and fraud after he was discovered in 2006 to have pilfered retirement funds entrusted to his care as owner of 1Point Solutions advisers in Dickson, Tenn.

His victims, including some retirees who lost tens of thousands of dollars, heard evidence at the hearing that said Stokes paid a psychic with a credit card to give him readings while in jail awaiting a disposition of his fraud case.

Stokes has been housed in the Davidson County jail since he was arrested in 2006.

He wrote a letter to his psychic saying he was lighting candles and throwing salt over his shoulder to keep creditors and critics at bay.

“I think it’s bizarre,’’ said Bill Sillesky, 53, of Atlanta who said he lost his entire 401(k) account worth $89,000 while it was under Stokes’ care.

via Barry Stokes turned to voodoo dolls to ward off victims’ tales of fraud | tennessean.com | The Tennessean.

US construction workers find 100-year-old skeleton with gun under yard shed

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts – Construction workers installing support for a new deck at a home outside Boston dug up the concrete floor of a shed and found a skeleton buried there with a gun that appears to be about 100 years old.

Police spokesman Frank Pasquarello says the items found Thursday afternoon may be from a market on the property.

Forensics examinations are expected to reveal the age and gender of the skeletal remains found at the 149-year-old home in Cambridge, a city of about 100,000 residents where Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are located.

Homeowner Rosalie Foster says the discovery was “unbelievable at first” and a little shocking. In her words, “Wow, I got a body!”

Foster says police told her she can claim the antique gun later because it was found on her property.

via US construction workers find 100-year-old skeleton with gun under yard shed.

Fark comment: “Armed Hide-and-Seek tournaments expected to begin on Fox this fall…”

Kirk and Spock together again

Trekkers of all stripes lined up as early as 5 a.m. in Atlanta, Georgia, for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see two titans of “Star Trek” together. William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy’s appearance today at the annual Dragon-Con was a raucous treat.

Taking on a roast-like atmosphere from the very beginning, the appearance was like eavesdropping on a conversation between two old friends who enjoyed ripping into each other mercilessly. It was an event that Dragon-Con “Star Trek” programming director Eric L. Watts said he never imagined would take place.

At the start, Nimoy brought up the recent smash hit reboot of “Trek” on the big screen by asking Shatner, “Seen any good movies lately?”

The newest incarnation of “Trek” has been a sore point for Shatner of late, and the remark set him off. No matter how many times Nimoy tried to change the subject, Shatner kept asking, “Why wasn’t I in the movie?” Finally Nimoy, who had a major role in it, gave his best guess, which was that Captain Kirk was killed in the movie “Star Trek Generations.”

Shatner admitted that he has yet to see the movie, though he said its director, J.J. Abrams, had offered to screen it for him. Adding that he also hadn’t watched “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” he blamed his busy schedule and the fact that he would inevitably be asked “Why weren’t you in the movie?” by others seeing it with him at a theater.

Nimoy said that he didn’t think he would be in any future movies, and that the character of Spock was in good hands with Zachary Quinto.

via Kirk and Spock together again – The Marquee Blog – CNN.com Blogs.

I liked this comment:

Brett W

September 4th, 2009 1:42 pm ET They are the Beatles of Science Fiction. I wish they could appear together in one last Star Trek.

No Vote on the Cybersecurity Act of 2009

Shelly Roche is the CTO of BreakTheMatrix, the founder of Plenticulture, a frequent contributor to Freedom Watch with Judge Andrew Napolitano on FoxNews.com, and writes for her own blog at ByteStyle. In an email, Roche said that S.773 puts private companies at great risk …Roche’s concerns center around the unclear language in the bill. Currently the government has no plans in regards to cybersecurity, and the position of cybersecurity coordinator is empty.

“From an IT perspective, the more decentralized the control is, the more difficult it is to hack,” explains Roche. “If common practices are forced on private companies via a federal certification program, hackers will have a road map that, once deconstructed, could unlock every compliant network. Since there are no specifics provided in the bill regarding these certifications, it’s difficult to comment on the likely outcome, but passing ambiguously-worded legislation only opens the door for misinterpretation, rushed “solutions” that would decrease security, or abuse in the future.”

Better Cybersecurity = Great idea! Yes!

Government run Cybersecurity = No waaaaay!

The freedom of expression of future generations depends on your acting now to oppose this bill. Even if Obama doesn’t abuse this power, future administrations will.

“A reworded version of the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 could give the President a kill-switch to shut down online traffic, even cut off private networks like the electric grid from the internet in case of an emergency. Critics blasted the first version of the Senate as a dangerous government intrusion.” – cbs19tv

S.773 is currently a draft bill. Good news. S.773 is only 55 pages so many members of Congress may read it. … S.778 creates within the Executive Office of the President, the Office of National Cybersecurity Advisor. This advisor is positioned; it seems, to be another Czar.  A Czar is specially designed to operate outside of normal channels, checks and balances so as to be able to get things done quickly. This Czar will administer the agency formed by S.773.   … The bill does not explain what constitutes a Cyber Emergency. Who will define one? What is it? How often do they come along? … The bill does not define whether the Cyber Security Professional will be an employee of the government or the organization running the network.  … The bill does not specify what would trigger a government disconnect of a public or private network …

If Twitter being shut down for two hours is the price of freedom, I’ll pay it. If some citizen in 2013 tries to alert  everyone to a real alien invasion (or incoming meteor, attack by another country, cure for cancer, free energy solution, etc.)  you do not want some future Government to have the ability to stop the truth from spreading by hitting the kill switch.