Deep down, he knew she was right

0:45 seconds is the best part of this clip. I've probably seen the boy scout punch Felix Unger 1,000 times and still laugh every time.

Can two divorced men share an apartment without driving each other crazy?...



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Hey! Hey! Hey! It's a discrimination lawsuit

 

Our 1st Annual Mel Gibson Racial Sensitivity Award goes to the AIG boss who had a discrimination lawsuit filed against him this week by one of his lawyers. How do you move up the company ladder while completely lacking any sort of common sense?


In one instance, the suit says, Hornbostel asked Brown into his office, only to yell: "Hey! Hey! Hey! It's Fat Albert! Do you remember that cartoon!" Brown was the only African American in a group of 50 lawyers, according to the complaint. Hornbostel told his executive assistant, in front of Brown, to "take Earl with you" next time she needed to get documents signed by someone in the office, the suit says. "I'm sure with this brother behind you, he can scare anyone into signing quickly," the suit says Hornbostel told the assistant.

Regardless of your take on the lawsuit, this has to be one of the greatest TV theme songs of all time. Nah Nah Nah! Gonna have a good time!...
Race Discrimination Suit Against AIG Says Boss Called Lawyer 'Fat Albert'

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Letter to the editor: Bflo Public Schools

How come every time I cite a well written, truthful article from the Buffalo News, it's written by one of it's readers? Someone better tell this reader from East Aurora he needs to stop making so much sense. What would happen if we ever started being honest with ourselves regarding the problems facing the Buffalo Public Schools?...

Poor child rearing is root of problem

While fully granting that Assemblywoman Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes’ recent suggestion that New York State take over the Buffalo Public Schools is certainly well intended, the one thing that this drastic action would not do is instill much-needed higher moral values into the student body. Politicians, teachers and clergy can only work to undo what is already learned, be it lack of respect for authority, education or for each other. 

Policy makers and pundits alike are historically reluctant to encroach upon parenting skills. This is delicate, taboo territory. Yet how our young adults behave in school, as well as in the world at large, is directly related to what they learn at home from their primary care givers. Now it seems that teachers are being held responsible for student apathy toward learning, which begins long before their public schooling. 

Outrageous as it may sound and at the risk of sounding Orwellian, perhaps New York State should take over child rearing practices, which are at the very heart of this ongoing and troubling dilemma. 

Joseph Ciarlo 

East Aurora
 Poor child rearing is root of problem

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Dr. Manny

 
This might be the greatest story ever. A Long Island man with a 6th grade education  was running a dental practice out of his house, performing root canals and extractions...


Carranza allegedly bought his dental equipment and tools on the Internet and did not keep anything sterilized, 1010 WINS’ Mona Rivera reported.

“There could be some serious infections, with oral surgery, extractions,  root canals,” Dr. Ruth Randi said.
Police believe Carranza treated more than 100 people over a year and half. His attorney insisted Carranza had dental tools but did not practice.

If you hear your dentist hails from Honduras, it might be a good idea to check out the Western NY Dental Group...

“He has a price chart of $20 to $30 for fillings, $50 for root canal and if that doesn’t work then he’ll extract your tooth for free,” Cote said.

“He was making the big money from the dentures — upwards of $150 to $300,” Cote told CBS 2′s McLogan.
Police: New Cassel Man Ran Fake Dental Practice Out Of His Home - CBS New York


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Coming home

Regardless of peoples' stance on the war, everyone agrees with the need to support our troops. We've all seen the clips on the news showing soldiers at the airport, becoming reunited with their loved ones. The following clip is making the rounds on the internet. It is one of a soldier returning home to his dog.


Maybe it's the size of the dog. Or it's nervous mannerisms. I think what makes the clip special is that it seems as though the dog knows where the man has been and is glad to see him. I just thought it was an interesting video...



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Buffalo Schools protest

If you want a good laugh reading the Buffalo News, you don't have to read the comics. Sometimes interesting in his candidness, Rod Watson usually is good for some laughs when it comes to the Buffalo schools. In his latest column, he bemoans the fact that only 40 protestors showed up at Phil Rumore's office the other day. Perhaps they are waiting for a government program to hire full time protestors to show up in their absence?

Forty people, and I'll bet you half of them were the "Occupy Buffalo We'll protest anything with 15 minutes notice" type. Watson is surprised at the low turnout? How many parents does he think show up to parent/teacher conferences in the city of Buffalo? I've talked to some teachers who sit at their desk all day waiting for  one parent to show. Does he really think they're going to take time off from the Jerry Springer show to worry about their kids' education?


This parental impotence illustrates the bigger problem in the city, and it's one that millions of dollars won't fix: The majority of  students and the parents in the lower performing schools simply don't care! The ones who bother to show up are there more for social reasons than anything else. Disruptive students is an understatement at these schools. If you tell them to put away their phones (in class), they look at you as if you're speaking another language. And where does Watson think they learn this behavior from? From the Buffalo News...


“What we have now” clearly doesn’t work for most students, only about half of whom graduate on time. But it works great for teachers, who refuse King’s call to be held accountable for their ability to deal with challenging kids.

I got news for Watson. What we have now doesn't work great for teachers, either. The teachers I know from the struggling schools are stressed out from trying to raise other peoples' children for them. Challenging kids? Buffalo is forced to pay it's subs $30 more/day than the local suburban districts. It's not because the students are a little bit more "challenging." Watson loves to use  euphemisms like "challenging" and "sassing" to describe the behavior of these students. The people I know on the front lines who deal with the disrespectful ones use other words. Disruptive is usually high on the list.


The schools are a reflection of the community. What we have in Buffalo right now is a group of people who want other people to raise their children for them. That's why none of them show up to these protests. The schools and their kids are not their problem. You can throw $6 million or $600 million at the problem and it won't matter. Until the community itself (families) start taking education seriously, nothing will change.

Here's one parent who understands what is really taking place in the classrooms:
Waiting for miracle won’t fix the schools

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Black bears invade news set

A Pennsylvania weather guy was getting ready to do the "weather outside", when a family of four black bears interrupted the show...

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Ridiculous prom policy in Philly

Even if it was their policy, wouldn't you think the diocese of Philadelphia would make an exception using a "common sense clause"? Amanda Daugherty, from Archbishop John Carroll High School bought a prom ticket for $95. She then spent another $1,000 on the dress. After all of this, her date backed out. Now, school administrators are telling her she can't attend this Friday because she doesn't have a date. Unbelievable. And these people call themselves Christians?


Amanda expressed her frustration to CBS Philadelphia: "For them to say we're not good enough to go without a guy next to us, that's kind of sickening."


So, the diocese has taken an already traumatic experience for this young lady (losing her date) and made it worse by telling her she can't attend. I'm all for adhering to rules, however, there has to be a point where common sense takes over. I think the Philadelphia diocese needs to take a step back and think about what their mission is supposed to be about. Regardless of their rationale here, they come across as looking very insensitive to the needs of the teenagers they are supposed to be serving...
This Girl Was Banned From Prom For WHAT?

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Parent speaking the truth

There actually was a parent at the Buffalo School Board meeting tonight making sense. Roy Adams was placing the blame where it belongs, on the students and their parents. I'm sure his opinion won't be popular with parent's advocate Sam Radford, as it doesn't involve blaming teachers, administrators, or asking for government handouts. No, Adams is talking about the atrocious classroom behavior of many of the students at the lower performing schools in Buffalo... 


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Lackawanna politics

 
I agree with the residents of Lackawanna on this one. The number of polling places has been greatly reduced for the upcoming School Board election. In fact, there isn't a polling place near the "other" side of the bridge where 25% of the students live. They happen to be of Arab descent.

Last election,  this population elected Abdul Noman as a city Councilmember. Now, the city is trying to force these residents (many of whom are elderly and do not drive) to walk along busy Route 5 near the old steel plant to vote. They clearly are trying to suppress the vote from this neighborhood. This is a no-brainer and the city will lose out to democracy in this one...

Lawsuit over reduced polling places: wivb.com

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Council majority borders on lunacy

Ever been in a Turkish prison? A Council hopeful has two prior arrests on his record and it's not even the most alarming part of the article...

Meanwhile, University Council Member Bonnie E. Russell said Monday that another candidate has the support of four of the eight remaining Council members.

Linda M. Bain, a registered nurse and founder of the Pomona Block Club, has Russell's support, along with that of Fontana, Smith and Ellicott Council Member Darius G. Pridgen, Russell said.

What this tells us is that these four Councilmembers have put politics ahead of South Buffalo residents. That they could sit through the interviews, listen to this nonsense, and then go with Linda Bain is a slap in the face to the residents and the entire process.(And I'm not even a Matt Fisher supporter). Please listen to this clip and judge for yourself. Rich Fontana, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. You promised to put qualifications over politics and you are doing the exact opposite. The residents of this district get their news from many sources, not just The Buffalo News, and word travels fast. The following clip will have people in the neighborhood questioning your motives...



Meanwhile, back to Verel...
Council candidate spent two years in prison

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Buffalo Common Council should be part time

Is not having a representative on the Buffalo Common Council affecting your life? Mine either.

Outside of the annual city budget, they don't do anything that existing city departments don't already do. It makes me wonder why we are paying each of them $52,000, in addition to two full time staff members.

They are simply the middlemen between frustrated citizens and city hall department heads. Why not make them part time? They can actually go out and get regular jobs (I know this is hard for some people to comprehend). Replace them with two or three clerks who can put citizens in touch with the appropriate departments when a concern/complaint takes place? Seriously, what else do they do all day?

I haven't heard one resident yet tell me they have been affected by South Buffalo's current lack of "representation." The only thing the job of Councilman does is provide a full time salary to another politician. We simply would be better off with less of them.

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Benefit May 6th

16 year old Orchard Park resident Kaely Kwitek was the VIP guest of New Jersey Nets forward Kris Humphries yesterday after he was touched by her story...

Kind hearted NBA player Kris Humphries will have won new fans after making a dedicated fan who is suffering from cancer a guest of honour at one of his games.

And the New Jersey Nets power forward said the delight was all his when he learned 16-year-old Kaely Kwitek is a massive fan of his and wanted to meet him due to a campaign by her friends.

Humphries has also been promoting Kaely's benefit on his Twitter account. Kaely's sister Aryana is a member of our u12 travel soccer team. Please join us in helping Team Kaely on Sunday,May 6th from 3-7PM at VFW Post 8113 on 299 Leydecker Rd in West Seneca.
Kris Humphries is delighted to make teenage cancer sufferer fan a VIP at basketball game

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International update: six limbed Pakistani baby

I had a cousin born like this. He's known as the second biggest freak of the family...

Farooq was born two weeks ago in Sukkur, a city in the southern province of Sindh, and was born to a couple who are cousins, according to the New York Daily News.

From what I hear, although this is new to Pakistan, multi limb births are common in Indonesia, Bangladesh, and certain parts of Riverside...
Umar Farooq, Six-Legged Baby, Recovering After Surgery To Remove Extra Limbs (GRAHIC PHOTOS)



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Classic movie scenes: The Godfather

I was at McDonald's at 1AM tonight with the Ninja. Working nights can be tough as you're wide awake when the civilized world is sleeping. I ran into the Godfather's son coming in for his nightly cup of coffee.

A Buffalo police officer, he has been known to check in for his late night coffee. After offering him some delicious ribs from another restaurant, I made him an offer he couldn't refuse. Unfortunately, he did.

I asked him if he'd be interesting in moonlighting as an armed bodyguard for yours truly. When one speaks the truth, there are some amongst us who would like to see that person silenced. Back to the drawing board. Had he not refused, I'd envisioned him preventing tragedies like this from occurring...(Warning:very graphic content)

Michael (Al Pacino) takes a gun he hid in the bathroom and blows away his enemies, McCluskey (the off duty cop/bodyguard) and Sollozzo (his rival crime boss).

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Tifft Farms Mink

Thought this was cool. I'm friends with Tifft Farms Nature Preserve on Facebook. A friend of the preserve named Lauren spottted this mink the other day. Amazing how many animals are right in our own back yard...


Here's another taken a few months ago at Tifft by Andrew Stadler...

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Neighborhood crime report 4/14-4/19

4/14/2012

19

Lester

Assault

Walter Christopher

Def did push his way into compl home (she knows him) and he started yelling
at compl, and then did bite compl


4/14/2012

205

Weiss

Burglary

UNK

UNK person did enter compl apt and did remove items, to include a bathrobe
(weird)


4/14/2012

73

Princeton

Larceny

KNOWN

Known susp did not return speakers he lent susp


4/14/2012

398

Dingens

Larceny

Lance Rosenow

Def while working at store did take items


4/14/2012

40

Clifford

Larceny

KNOWN

Known susp did steal compl wallet


4/14/2012

1989

Seneca

Larceny

Poss Known

Poss know susp did steal items from Tops


4/14/2012

54

Norman

Larceny

KNOWN

Known susp did remove a small baggie of change from compl purse


4/14/2012

398

Dingens

Larceny

UNK

UNK person did steal red-bull from store


4/14/2012

2076

South Park

Poss of Marij

Phonta Johnson

Def did not have license, had a warrant, and then was found in poss of Marij


4/14/2012

117

McKinley

Harassment

KNOWN

Known susp keeps texting


4/14/2012

64

Zittle

False Reporting

KNOWN

Known susp made false reports


4/14/2012

2066

South Park

Poss of Stolen Prop

Thomas Blachowski

Def was in poss of stolen credit cards


4/14/2012

137

Vincennes

Endangering the welfare

Julia Skinner

Def did not know where her 13 yo son was. He ended up the one slashing 20
tires in the neighborhood


4/14/2012

370

Babcock

Criminal Mischief

UNK

UNK person damaged compl camper


4/14/2012

1826

South Park

Warrant

Tyler Salerno

Def arrested for warrant


4/14/2012

2066

South Park

CPCS

Amanda Kaitanowski and Luisa Borelli

Def's were in poss of CS


4/14/2012

75

Gorski

Criminal Mischief

KNOWN

Known susp did throw eggs at compl home


4/14/2012

19

Fairview

Harassment

KNOWN

Known susp did make threats


4/14/2012

193

Alabama

Criminal Mischief

3 JUIV ARRESTED

UNK person did slash compl tires (there were approx 20 vehicles invlved)


4/15/2012

71

Red Jacket Pkwy

Stolen vehicle

Kenneth Klemp

Def did steal mothers car.


4/15/2012

155

Good

Larceny

UNK

UNK person did steal 2 bikes off porch


4/15/2012

398

Dingens

Larceny

Charles Acker

Def did steal items while an employee


4/15/2012

336

North legion

Burglary

Limma Page

Def did break into compl home and steal items.


4/15/2012

276

Abbott

Burglary

KNOWN

Known susp did break into lock box and remove cash


4/15/2012



Smith and Oneida

DWI

Terrence Fisher

Def did drive while intox, ran from officers, fought with officers and was
then arrested


4/15/2012

680

Fulton

Obstructing

Ryan Thomas

Def would not stop fighting with roommate, and did refuse officers request
to stop.


4/15/2012

1161

McKinley

Poss of weapon, poss of CS

Chris Urbanczyk

Def was pulled over and was in poss of weapon and CS


4/15/2012

68

Cumberland

CPCS

Robert Willard III

Def was in poss of CS and Hype needle


4/15/2012

1798

Seneca

CPCS

James Beckett

Def was driving vehicle while smoking a marij cigg


4/15/2012

170

Abbott

CPCS

Ryan Murray

Def was arrested for having pills that did not belong to him


4/15/2012

59

Imson

Criminal Mischief

Francisco Vives

Def did make threats and did damage compl front of home


4/15/2012

86

Unger

Unlawful imprison, criminal mischief

Michael Makowski

Def got into fight with compl and refused to let compl leave or call 911


4/15/2012

88

Sage

Harassment

Nicholas Finnegan

Def did make threats to compl and compl family


4/15/2012

85

Kentucky

VOOP

KNOWN

Known susp did try to friend request compl over facebook in violation of OOP


4/16/2012

193

Elk

Burglary

UNK

UNK susp did enter building and did damage ceiling tiles


4/16/2012

88

Beacon

Burglary

JUIV ARREST

Juiv did enter business 4 times and did damage numerous items each time.


4/16/2012

2406

South Park

Larceny

UNK

UNK susp (H/M) did remove cartons of ciggs from store and ran


4/16/2012

1707

Seneca

Larceny vehicle

UNK

UNK person did damage window of veh and did remove speakers (0100-0600hrs)


4/16/2012

2230

South Park

Larceny

KNOWN

Known ex-employee did falsify time cards and did steal items while employed


4/16/2012

116

Scoville

Larceny

UNK

UNK susp did cut lock off shed and did remove bike


4/16/2012

20

Crystal

Larceny

UNK

UNK B/M did remove grey box from pole (verizon)


4/16/2012

53

Sirret

Assault

Kenneth Harris

Def did strike compl and did steal items


4/16/2012

1167

Clinton

Burglary

UNK

UNK person did remove batteries from trucks


4/16/2012

62

Republic

Criminal Mischief

unk

UNK person did damage window


4/16/2012

125

Fulton

Criminal Mischief

KNOWN

Known susp did damage tires


4/16/2012

7

Mineral Springs

Criminal Mischief

UNK

UNK W/M did follow compl and the broke windows after asking for cigarette


4/16/2012

32

Euclid

Burglary

UNK

UNK male did cut screen in window, but compl was home and chased susp away
(0126hrs)


4/16/2012



Seneca and Troupe

Poss of Cocaine

Melissa Forrest

Def was in poss of cocaine


4/16/2012



Seneca and Cazenovia

CPCS

Nicholas Diehl and Patrick Evancho

Def did poss narcotics


4/16/2012

208

Weiss

VOOP

Ashley Zawadski

Def did VOOP


4/16/2012

208

Weiss

Obstructing

Nicholas Barning

Def did obstruct by VOOP and then closing door on them.


4/17/2012

32

Hollywood

Larceny vehicle

UNK

UNK W/M did remove items from compl vehicle, compl chased but lost (W/M,
20's, grey hoodie with NE Patriots on front, blue shorts) (0745hrs)


4/17/2012

138

Hollywood

Larceny vehicle

UNK

SEE ABOVE same MO (removed items)


4/17/2012

415

Fulton

Larceny

KNOWN

Known susp did steal compl watch (went to pawn shop)


4/17/2012

50

Duerstein

Larceny

KNOWN

Known susp did remove prescrip from compl bedroom


4/17/2012

515

Abbott

Larceny

KNOWN

Known susp did take compl purse


4/17/2012

182

Maurice

Burglary

UNK

UNK person did enter compl apt and did remove computer and Wii games
(0800-1100hrs)


4/17/2012

32

Alamo

Burglary

UNK

UNK person did enter apt and did remove items (broke kitchen door)
(1500-1700hrs)


4/17/2012

11

Downing

Burglary

UNK

UNK person removed computer from closet (0540-1915hrs)


4/17/2012

29

Duerstein

Burglary

KNOWN

Known susp did cut front screen and did remove items (1430-1530hrs)


4/17/2012

15

Bloomfield

Assault

David Schmelzinger

Def (of 187 Amber)did choke and punch compl and made threats to officers


4/17/2012

322

Eden

Assault

KNOWN

Known (exGF) came to get her property, and did then punch and kick compl


4/17/2012

305

Perry

ID Theft

KNOWN

Known susp did open and account in compl name


4/17/2012

189

Melrose

Criminal Mischief

KNOWN

Known susp (neighbor) did damage compl new fence. Property line dispute


4/17/2012

125

Fulton

Criminal Mischief

UNK

UNK person did damage compl door


4/17/2012

182

Maurice

Harassment

KNOWN

Known susp keeps texting


4/18/2012

2449

Seneca

Larceny

KNOWN

Known susp(s) did order food, eat, and leave without paying


4/18/2012

82

Wescott

Larceny

KNOWN

Known susp did knock on compl door and offer services. Susp did then steal
compl wallet


4/18/2012

128

Woodside

Robbery

KNOWN

Known susp did pull gun (may be plastic) and removed $400 from compl pocket


4/18/2012

230

Holly

Burglary

Krysta Tripp

Def did cut screen on window and entered (attempt)


4/18/2012

1200

Fuhrmann

Larceny vehicle

UNK

UNK person did smash window of veh in order to remove numerous items
(laptop, etc.)


4/18/2012

465

South Division

Criminal Mischief

KNOWN

KNOWN susp did make threats over phone and then did damge property


4/18/2012

127

Fillmore

Larceny

KNOWN

Known susp did remove items from scrap yard


4/18/2012

42

Aldrich

Harassment

KNOWN

Known susp keeps texting


4/19/2012

27

Red Jacket Pkwy

Burglary

UNK

UNK susp did enter door and did remove 4 BIG tires from basement (they then
went out back to parking lot on Whitfield to get away (2 W/M)


4/19/2012

28

Red Jacket Pkwy

Burglary

UNK

UNK susp did kick in inside door and did remove phone and laptop


4/19/2012

127

Kamper

Robbery

KNOWN

Known susp did stop compl from going into home, did then rip necklace from
neck and did push compl


4/19/2012



South Park and Aldrich

Larceny vehicle

UNK

UNK person did enter compl veh and did remove wallet (1900hrs-2200hrs)


4/19/2012

2137

Seneca

Larceny

Mark Anderson and Thomas Varassa

Def did steal items from Family Dollar...ran from officer and were caught
(they live at 274 Abbott)


4/19/2012

185

Shenandoah

Larceny vehicle

UNK

UNK person entered UNLOCKED vehicle and removed GPS


4/19/2012

190

Whitehall

Larceny vehicle

UNK

UNK person did remove GPS and stereo from UNLOCKED vehicle


4/19/2012



Seneca and Duerstein

Robbery

Thomas Kernahan

Def (known to compl) did take compl purse and ran...


4/19/2012

325

Baraga

Burglary

Timothy Muldowney

Def did enter home of compl w/o permission, and did make threats


4/19/2012

545

Hopkins

Criminal Mischief

POSS KNOWN

UNK person did put sugar into gas tank


4/19/2012

102

Spaulding

Criminal Mischief

Jerry Lee Garey

Def did kick in side door of compl home


4/19/2012

520

North legion

Larceny

KNOWN JUIV

Known juiv did steal another juiv iPOD


4/19/2012

32

Edson

Harassment

KNOWN

Known susp did harass compl (Landlord)


4/19/2012

162

Weimar

Harassment

James Edwards

Def did make threats to burn compl house down


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