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TENNIE PIERCE
Battle rages on over fireman who ate dog food

A black firefighter who stood to collect nearly $3 million over a prank involving dog food in his spaghetti is at the center of a political and racial furor in Los Angeles, where city leaders failed on Wednesday to put the case to rest.
After two days of grappling with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's veto of a $2.7 million settlement in a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by 19-year fire department veteran Tennie Pierce, the City Council voted to send the case back to the drawing board.
"Before we render a decision to settle in the amount of $2.7 million, lets look at all the evidence," Villaraigosa said at a news conference. "Lets ensure that all the facts are on the table."
At issue is whether Pierce was the victim of a harmless firehouse joke or vicious racism when his comrades slipped dog food into his spaghetti two years ago.
The 2005 lawsuit attracted little notice in Los Angeles until earlier this month, when the council took the advice of City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo and voted to pay Pierce the $2.7 million without going to trial.
The settlement, one of the largest in city history for a fire department discrimination claim, also would allow Pierce, 51, to retire after one more year of service, when he is entitled to a pension roughly equal to half of his annual salary for the rest of his life.
Critics were infuriated by the huge payout and, egged on by popular KFI-AM talk-radio hosts John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou, deluged Delgadillo and the council with cans of dog food in protest.
The settlement was vetoed by Villaraigosa after Kobylt and Chiampou obtained pictures of Pierce himself engaging in a series of fire station pranks -- in one instance apparently helping shave the genital area of a firefighter who had been bound to a gurney.
Pierce, who made a tearful plea before the City Council on Tuesday, admitted engaging in pranks but said they were done out of "love" -- whereas he saw his dog food dinner as racist.
"Whatever anyone says about me, I've always tried to do what's right," Pierce told the council.
Three black members of the City Council led a move to override Villaraigosa's veto, but after failing to muster enough votes were forced to send the case back to Delgadillo. Delgadillo must either reach a new settlement with Pierce's attorneys or take the case to trial.

IS THIS A F****** JOKE?

The QBD used to eat dog food for fun . . . .

Lawyers SUCK!

SUE! SUE! SUE!

RIDORKULOUS!

AIDS Song!

OK . ..
The QBD has held back from posting this . . .
Does the barbershop quartet approach work?
SHOCKING!

WHAT THE HELL?

Groups to Judge Madonna Fitness to Adopt

Human rights organizations will help decide whether Madonna is fit to adopt a Malawian toddler, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Judge Andrew Nyirenda ruled in favor of a coalition of 67 Malawian human rights and child advocacy groups who want to be party to the assessment of the 48-year-old pop singer's fitness as a mother.
On Oct. 12, Nyirenda granted Madonna and her husband, filmmaker Guy Ritchie, an interim order allowing them to take initial custody of 14-month-old David Banda. The couple were allowed to take David to their London home.
Malawi regulations stipulate that prospective parents undergo an 18-to 24-month assessment period in the country.
The rights groups, saying they were concerned the government had cut legal corners to fast-track the adoption, said regulations must be followed to protect children.
"I must stress that all along we have not been against the adoption but we only wanted Malawi's adoption laws clarified and followed to the letter," said Justin Dzonzi, a lawyer and chairman of the Human Rights Consultative Commission. "Today's ruling gives us the opportunity to clear (up) some gray areas surrounding adoption laws in Malawi."
Nyirenda said in his written order that he saw no reason to refuse the rights groups' application.
"I believe the applicants mean well and this court will certainly benefit from the applicants' researched opinions," he said.
The organizations will now be part of the government's first assessment of Madonna and Ritchie, expected next May.
In a country ravaged by AIDS, an estimated 2 million children have lost one or both parents and hundreds are adopted by foreigners every year. Madonna's adoption bid coincided with her larger project to help Malawian orphans.
The human rights groups have argued that Malawi needs to ensure the adoption process cannot be exploited by pedophiles or child traffickers.

Lemme sum this up for the group . . .

She's RICH!

The kids are POOR!

Let her have them!

Dr. Phil's Top Ten Signs Your Family Is Nuts

Funny . . .
What the HELL is WRONG with Dr. Phil's voice?
Like listening to someone talk through a tin can.
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Vicious Lies!

The things a girl can find on the web!

Readers . . . totally untrue!

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AWESOME! Sweden Rocks!

Plans for ABBA museum unveiled in Sweden!

An ABBA museum dedicated to the music, clothing and history of the legendary Swedish pop group and its four members will open in Stockholm in 2008, organizers said Tuesday.
The interactive museum will feature original outfits and instruments used by the group, handwritten song lyrics, a display of different awards, and "all other things we can think of and find," said Ulf Westman, an event consultant who is spearheading the project with his wife Ewa Wigenheim-Westman.
The museum will also feature a studio where visitors can record their own ABBA songs, and an interactive experience that "will recreate the feeling of being at Wembley stadium and seeing ABBA live with 50,000 others," Westman said.
Organizers are still searching for a suitable location for the museum, but said it will open somewhere in central Stockholm during 2008.
Wigenheim-Westman said the idea was inspired by the Beatles museum in London, but that it took nearly two years to convince the former ABBA members — Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad — that it was a good idea.
"It is nice that someone feels compelled to take on our musical history," the four members said in a joint statement. "We think this will be a fun and swinging museum to visit."
The band members will donate the material for the exhibits, but will otherwise not be involved in the project, which will be funded by company sponsors, Westman said.
Stockholm's mayor Kristina Axen Olin said the museum — which is expected to draw 500,000 visitors a year — will make the Swedish capital a more popular tourist attraction for the millions of ABBA fans around the world.
"As a Stockholmer, this is what you have been missing," Axen Ohlin said at a news conference to unveil the plan. "We are convinced that this is important both for Stockholm citizens and for marketing the city."
ABBA is one of the most successful bands in history, having sold more than 370 million albums. While the group has not performed together since 1982, it continues to sell nearly 3 million records a year and the musical "Mamma Mia!" — written by Andersson and Ulvaeus and based on the group's hits — has been seen by more than 27 million people around the world.

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Let's go to Sweden!

STAT!

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The Memory Pill

If you experienced a painful or traumatic event, would you want a pill which could lessen the bad memories of what happened? That option might soon be here because of a drug called propranolol.

If there were a pill you could take after experiencing a painful or traumatic event that would permanently weaken your memory of what had just happened, would you take it?
An ongoing study suggests it's a choice that may not be so far off. The drug is called propranolol and it's already used to treat high blood pressure. As Lesley Stahl reports, the prospect of using propranolol to modify memory has some trauma victims filled with hope, and some critics alarmed by the potential for misuse.

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What do you all think?

http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/21/memory_drug