Tag Archives: death

Lexington: H1N1 Capital of the Commonwealth

November 10, 2009 – 5:22 pm

Recently, we informed you that WLKY ran a story about how Louisville is the number-one city in these United States for dirtiest internet keyword searches: Because this information is useful. Now we are proud to report that we’ve managed to dodge another auspicious title, this time being the county with the second-most reported swine flu [...]

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Bring Out Your Dead

October 1, 2009 – 5:07 pm

If you’d like a good barometer to discern just how badly cash-strapped local and state governments are fairing across this gilded land of ‘Merica, take a peek at this:
Inside the Wayne County morgue in midtown Detroit, 67 bodies are piled up, unclaimed, in the freezing temperatures. Neither the families nor the county can afford to [...]

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Straight Outta London

September 24, 2009 – 2:44 pm

[UPDATE: The AP now reports that Sparkman's body was found in what could potentially be "drug country," aka in the general vicinity of serious marijuana cultivation sites (which, to give an idea of their magnitude, account for the lion's share of the so-called southeastern U.S. "pot belt.") and general methamphetamine trafficking. Nevertheless, an ugly, brutal [...]

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Coal Ash = Death

August 21, 2009 – 11:02 am

Researchers at Duke University have discovered that coal ash — that viscous by-product of coal-fired power plants — is extremely detrimental to living, as samples taken from last December’s disastrous Kingston, Tenn., spill have been found to contain high levels of arsenic, mercury and radium — things you really don’t want to be breathing.
“Our findings [...]

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‘Prince of Darkness’ Finally Goes Home

August 18, 2009 – 1:34 pm

While it’s always pretty weak (and easy) sport to assail the dead, we will say only this: for a man who threatened national security for personal/political gain, helped degenerate cable news discourse into its current sorry state and who inadvertently used his automobile as a weapon against an old man, well … is it possible [...]

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Jazzercise, Sexual Angst & Postal Rage

August 7, 2009 – 2:36 pm

I don’t normally take interest in exploitative, Nancy Grace-ish death operas, but The Exiled’s Chief Marxist, Mark Ames, offers an excellent analysis of Tuesday’s jazzercize spree-killing/suicide in Pittsburgh.
[Shooter George] Sodini’s pain isn’t limited to his unfluffed genitalia. He understood that his sexual failure and anomie were part of a larger injustice and rigidity built into [...]

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What A Fool Believes

April 1, 2009 – 11:15 am

As you do your best to avoid the day’s whoopie cushions, practical jokes involving deceased family members, and other April Fool’s-related phenomena, this lovely item from today’s C-J is chock full of the kind of no-frills desperation that should cure whatever ails you. There’s nothing like reading a news item that reminds you of how [...]

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