I am Mohamed Rage

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A dispute at a Grand Island meatpacking plant
has led to the firings or resignations of more than 60 Muslim
employees.
Local union president Dan Hoppes says between 60 and 80 Muslim
workers at the JBS Swift & Co. plant walked off the job Thursday
night. He says that happened after "getting loud" about wanting
time to pray during their shift. He says management told the
workers to go back to work or leave. They left.
But Somali leader Mohamed Rage says about 80 workers were fired
after a verbal altercation with Hispanic workers and management
over the prayer issue. Rage says a few workers have said that if
the 80 weren't rehired, more could quit Friday.
Both Hoppes and Rage say operations were normal or near normal
Friday afternoon.

Mohamed Rage is one of the best real names I've ever seen. It's up there with Tango Crenshaw, an rv driver who was charged with throwing (yeah, throwing) an ax at other motorist. Tango then produced a shovel and was menacing his victim with it when the police arrived. Tango Crenshaw and Mohamed Rage should become partners. It doesn't matter what activity they engage in, be it crime busting or tiddly winks.

In other news...


BROKEN BOW, Neb. (AP) - A 73-year-old man accused of paying a
10-year-old girl for sex has pleaded no contest to sexual assault
of a child in a deal with prosecutors.
Floyd Martin of Oconto appeared Thursday in Custer County
District Court and entered the plea.
In exchange, two other charges against him were dropped.
Court records show Martin was caught naked in bed with the girl
in June.
The girl told authorities Martin paid her $5 to have sex with
him.
Martin's sentencing is set for November. He faces up to 50 years in prison.

Yeah, I think it's funny. I'd be curious to know how old man river broached the subject to the ten year old. I'd also have liked to have been a fly on the wall when he got caught in bed with her. THAT would have been one HELL of an awkward confrontation. How did they arrive at the $5 price? Did they haggle? Will this pedophile get his ass kicked in the big house like all the other chimos? After all, he's an old man. You can't just kick an old man's asss, even if he is a pervert.

Finally...


LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Police say a knife-wielding man who was hit
by a Taser shot has died.
Police were called to a domestic disturbance just before 3 a.m.
Friday.
Chief Tom Casady says an officer found 23-year-old Gabriel
Bitterman holding his girlfriend at knifepoint.
Casady says the officer fired the Taser after Bitterman turned
toward the officer, still holding the knife despite the officer's
orders.
Bitterman soon stopped breathing.
The chief says Bitterman was given CPR and taken to a hospital,
where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy has been ordered.

Nothing seems out of line here. A tragic turn of events, to be sure, but I'm sure the cops had no other alternative.

Except... there's more


Casady says a crew for MTV's "Busted!" show was with the
officer and got an audio recording of the incident. The tape has
been retained as evidence.

Ooooooooooh SHIT! Perhaps the cops went a little gung ho for the camaras, maybe? Maybe I'm just being an ass. However, I'm of a mind to agree with Costigan from 'The Departed' when he said the only thing more full of shit than a cop is a cop on tv. Henry Rollins brilliantly satirizes the 'COPS' effect on police officers in the otherwise forgettable 'The Chase.' I'll be following this one.