Uh…if you are not married, all I can say is, just wait! Your husband will have you watching all kinds of stuff. And yes, mine has gotten me into “wrestling”. LOL

Congrats to Floyd Mayweather for knocking out the giant, BigShow!

There were chairs, brass knuckles, yet not an illegal tactic in the bunch, as Floyd Mayweather’s WrestleMania XXIV appearance ended like most of his prize fights — with a knockout victory Sunday over Paul “Big Show” Wight.

Mayweather came back to the ring — with Wight’s assistance — after an early onslaught, then used some help from his cornermen to get a metal folding chair (with which he landed a series of shots) and a pair of brass knuckles (which he snatched off a fallen cornerman’s necklace).

He wrapped the brass knuckles around his right hand and landed one punch, prompting a 10-count victory before before a crowd of 74,635, which produced a WWE-record live gate of $5.85 million.

The match lasted 11 minutes, 44 seconds…
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In an effort to talk straight to a group of black thugs and thug wanna-bes, an Atlanta judge ordered all white lawyers out of his courtroom so that he could talk straight to the defendants. I actually don’t see anything wrong with what he did. Check it out and tell me what you think:

The Fulton County Superior Court judge said he was just fed up seeing a parade of young black defendants in his courtroom.

“I came out and saw the defendants, about 99.9 percent Afro-Americans, and some point time I excused some of the lawyers, most of them white, and said to the young people in here ‘What in the world are you doing with your lives,’” he told WSB-TV Channel 2 reporter JaQuitta Williams.

Arrington said he thought his message might have more power if it was delivered to a blacks-only audience.

I understand what Judge Arrington was trying to do. I just hope that it registered with the listening audience of hoodlums who are going astray:

The judge said the majority of people who appear before him accused of crimes such as murder, rape and robbery are black and he wanted to do something about it, one on one.

“I didn’t want them to think I was talking down to them; trying to embarrass them or insult them; be derogatory towards them and I was just saying ‘Please get yourself together,’” he said.

Arrington added that he may make a similar speech next week, but this time he’ll allow everyone to hear it.

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America did not fall for the okey doke that Bill and Hillary Clinton were pulling. Hillary does not stand a chance of winning but she is willing to rip the entire democratic party apart as she and Bill try to bully their way into office via intimidation, disrespect and sheer nerve.

Hillary’s last antic—of telling a lie that she entered Bosnia under gun fire and that she had to dodge bullets, was the last straw. I was quite disturbed to hear Bill say that they “had” to win. Huh? Something is strange with those two. Hillary won’t be getting any vote from me.

Barack Obama has extended his lead over Hillary Clinton among Democrats nationally to 52% to 42%, the third consecutive Gallup Poll Daily tracking report in which he has held a statistically significant lead, and Obama’s largest lead of the year so far.

The latest results are based on Gallup Poll Daily tracking conducted March 27-29. Obama did particularly well in interviewing conducted on March 29.

This marks the first time either candidate has held a double-digit lead over the other since Feb. 4-6, at which point Clinton led Obama by 11 percentage points.

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The Jackson family gives me the creeps, straight up!  Did Janet have her ribs removed or is that some type of bizarre corsette that she’s wearing under that dress?

Picture from: Socialite’s blog

My heart goes out to the entire LeVert family as the awful news of Sean LeVert fills the airwaves. The family, I’m certain, is just getting over the death of Gerald and now this.

Singer Sean Levert, a third of the 1980s R&B trio LeVert and son of lead O’Jays singer Eddie Levert, has died after falling ill while serving a jail term. He was 39.

Levert was sent to the Cuyahoga County jail last week for failing to pay child support. He died at Lutheran Hospital in Cleveland late Sunday, less than an hour after he was taken there from the jail, said coroner Frank Miller. An autopsy was planned, he said.

His brother Gerald Levert, who had success as a solo artist after leaving their trio died in 2006 at age 40 of an accidental mix of prescription and over-the-counter drugs.

The brothers had formed LeVert in the 1980s with childhood friend Marc Gordon. Their hits included and “Baby I’m Ready,” “(Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind” and “Casanova.”

“Casanova” was nominated for a Grammy in 1988 for best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocal. It was also nominated for best R&B song.

At Gerald Levert’s funeral service in November 2006, Sean Levert and his father performed “Dance With My Father” and personalized the words for Gerald. The elder Levert’s group, the O’Jays, was known for such smash hits as “Back Stabbers” and “Love Train.”

Sean Levert found a new third partner last year and was trying to revive LeVert.

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I was happy to read about Judge Greg Mathis denouncing and calling for the resignation of Kwame Kilpatrick, the rogue mayor of the ailing city of Detroit.

The fact that Kilpatrick is too arrogant to leave speaks to his lack of a moral compass. It would take years to uncover all of Kwame’s dirt.

To read about some of the scandals surrounding this creep, GO HERE  to read the rumors about the stripper named “Strawberry” who allegedly was caught giving him a lap dance at a party and his wife allegedly walked in on it and beat the woman with a baseball bat. The link above goes into full details of that rumor that won’t die.

GO HERE to read about how an officer was demoted for daring to investigate the Strawberry case and HERE for a YouTube video that gives great background on this case.

We are talking about a man whose life is a soap opera, complete with serial adultery, rumors of his wife beating a [now dead] woman down with a baseball bat, and rumors of murder. He is the last thing that Detroit needs at this time.

GO HERE  to read about Greg Mathis and to read the official response from the Kilpatrick office, GO HERE.

The bishop appears to be eating well, at least

I don’t believe we’ve ever highlighted any ministers from Colorado and it would have been great had we never done so. However, it appears that Acen Phillips, a bishop and head of the American Church United, is being accused of falsifying some paperwork and of actually defrauding a company of close to half a million dollars! What on earth is going on, ya’ll?

AIG Life Insurance Company is suing Bishop Acen Phillips, accusing him of defrauding the company of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

According to federal court documents filed Tuesday morning, AIG claimed the head of the American Church United “falsified paperwork and then fraudulently claimed that non-members had been enrolled ACU members at the time of their death.”

The 30-page document also accused Phillips of altering beneficiary forms to beef up insurance proceeds and using two criminally convicted and disbarred attorneys to craft a bogus letter to AIG.

AIG wants Phillips to repay more than $350,000 and accuses the bishop of insurance fraud, stealing money and racketeering.

“Defendants had a financial incentive to file false claims with AIG because they made themselves the beneficiaries — in some cases, the entire beneficiaries — of those claims,” the court filing said.

The filing also said, “Defendants repeatedly committed fraud by knowingly making false statements and by keeping and submitting false records to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from AIG.”

The 7NEWS Investigators first reported that Phillips had taken out a $100,000 life insurance policy on Shely Lowe, the deceased live-in girlfriend of Aaron Thompson.

7NEWS Investigator Tony Kovaleski broke the story late January. He spoke to Lowe’s loved ones, including Thompson, who said they had never seen the insurance policy nor had they known that she had taken one out with Phillips’ churches as the beneficiaries.

Kovaleski confronted Phillips about the insurance policy, which has his signature on it and was written by his church for Lowe.

“Where’d you get that from?” Phillips asked.

“Do you recognize that document?” Kovaleski asked.

“I’m not going to comment. I need you to talk to my attorney about that,” Phillips said.

“That’s Shely Lowe’s insurance policy,” Kovaleski said.

“Yeah,” Phillips said.

Lowe was a person of interest in the disappearance of 6-year old Aarone Thompson. After Lowe’s death last May, Phillips wrote a letter requesting AIG pay 90 percent of the $100,000 policy to two of the bishop’s churches.

According to the lawsuit filed Tuesday, it is one of 12 claims made by the bishop on hundreds of policies he’s accused of fraudulently writing.

The lawsuit said AIG payed seven claims before it discovered what it calls “this fraudulant scheme.” Those seven totalled more than $600,000, with more than half of that money going to Phillips’ churches and family members.

AIG said it is attempting to resolve the five remaining policies, one of which is Shely Lowe’s $100,000 policy.

“You know and I know, it doesn’t look good,” Kovaleski said to Phillips.

“Oh, I’m not so sure about that. I think when you hear the real story, it’ll look real good,” Phillips said.

Nearly six weeks have passed since that interview, but Phillips has not yet spoken about “the real story” behind the insurance business.

“There will be a time when I make a statement. Based on the advise of my attorney, you’ve got the statement I can make at this point and you’ve got what they accuse me of and I cannot make another statement beyond that point at this time,” Phillips told 7NEWS on Tuesday.

The statement Phillips’ attorney released said, “AIG is a multi-billion dollar insurance company with its own history with law enforcement. They have hired an ex-prosecutor to bully Bishop Phillips. The response to these various civil accusations will be responded to in court, not in the media.”

Besides the civil suit, Phillips also faces a criminal investigation. Both the FBI and Colorado’s attorney general are looking into the matter. The FBI and the Colorado attorney general will meet later this week with representatives of AIG to discuss the evidence collected by the insurance company.

WHEW! I’m speechless—or almost so. Enjoy your time on the HickTown Hotseat, “bishop” Phillips. The bible DOES say that the love of money is the root of ALL evil.

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Hat tip to Evangelist ET for story lead

Hey Hicktowners! Looks like the state of New York can now be added to our list of states that have rogue pastors who deserve a place on the HickTown Hotseat. “Minister” Craig Rhodenizer, step on up in here. Your turn on the Hotseat! 

Um…***clearing my throat*** The story starts like this:

The FBI and Lewiston police are looking for the pastor of an Orleans County church whose family hasn’t heard from him since Wednesday afternoon.

The Rev. Craig S. Rhodenizer, 46, of Raymond Drive, Lewiston, is pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church in the Village of Lyndonville.

The Rhodenizer family was supposed to leave for Florida on vacation at 11 a.m. Thursday.

Rhodenizer’s wife, Susan, said that she feels overwhelmed and that none of the pieces seem to fit.

This is something that you see happening on television, not in real life to anyone that you know, she said. It’s so uncharacteristic of the way we live.

She said she last spoke with her husband at 4:18 p.m. Wednesday. At the time, he told her he was on his way to the Best Buy store in Amherst.

He was on his cell phone and told her he was taking a computer minitower in for repairs. LINK

Okay, so Mrs. Rhodenizer was able to get the police as well as FBI involved. That’s quite a feat, considering that it’s often difficult to get the FBI even when children go missing. It takes a while, usually, for them to step into the ring.

There is good and bad news. The good news is, he was found—but it was not at a Best Buy store. The bad news is that the good “minister” has some explaining to do, as he was found a couple of states over, 400+ miles away, in Ohio in a strip club. Apparently he believed that it would be more fun to visit a strip club alone than to visit Disney with his family.

Check out the story ending:

Police said that when the Rev. Craig S. Rhodenizer, 46, was confronted by an officer, he began crying and said he couldn’t remember anything about the 36 hours he was missing.

But dancers at the club remembered Rhodenizer. They told investigators that Rhodenizer spent two hours drinking, soliciting dances and making threatening comments. He also said he wanted to take the dancers back to his motel, according to the police report. In his car was a bottle of Bacardi rum.

Say, what?! Now wait a minute. The good “minister” was able to find his way from New York to Ohio, directly to a strip club. He was able to go into that club and solicit several of the “dancers” to go back to a hotel room, and he was able to drink alcohol and actually threaten some women. Yet, we are being asked to believe that he does not remember any of this?

Sgt. Frank Previte, an investigator with the Lewiston Police Department, told ABC News it was one of the most bizarre cases he’s seen.

“They questioned him a bit. He was very distraught, crying and hysterical,” Previte said. “He did not know where he was.”

LOL! Oh, my goodness. I cannot believe that guy is actually playing dumb!

When officers ran the New York license plate on Rhodenizer’s Toyota Camry, the check showed the pastor as a missing person being sought by New York police and FBI. Riverside police called authorities in Lewiston and were instructed to approach Rhodenizer.

The pastor broke down when police asked if he was Rhodenizer, crying and asking about the welfare of his wife and son, according to a Lewiston police report.

Ohio police took Rhodenizer to a hospital and towed his car.

Smart move to play crazy, “minister” Rhodenizer! Truth of the matter is, there is no way you will be able to explain how or why you chose to go to a strip club, as opposed to going to Disney with your family. You won’t be able to explain why you were in that strip club being aggressive towards women or why you were trying to pick women up. So yes, go ahead and cry your fake tears and act crazy.

Susan Rhodenizer, the pastor’s wife, told ABC News that the family is making arrangements for her husband to return home.

While Mrs. Rhodenizer prepares her husband’s return home, the residents here in HickTown are preparing a HotSeat for the good “minister”. Hey, HickTowners! Do ya’ll have your floggers ready?

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Hat tip to the numerous HickTowners who sent me leads on this story! By the way, keep the tips coming. Trust me when I say that the tips help me a great deal, as they cut my work (of searching for stories) in half!  Email tips to me at:  Hicktownpress (at) gmail (dot) com

It’s been serious around here lately. Time to loosen up a bit. Check this out:

An Indian woman accused of being a witch was tied to a tree and beaten by a mob, with television footage of the incident aired in India on Friday.

Villagers tied the woman to a tree after a man accused her of practicing black magic.

STOP! Pause right there! Do you remember as a child your mother or grandma telling you, “You had better behave or I’m gonna beat the devil out of you!”

Looks like granny was on to something and the folks in India caught on! This pathetic chick was out trying to fly a broom, as opposed to picking up a broom and perhaps doing something constructive like cleaning up her house—and the good folks of her village decided to catch homegirl in the act and to beat the devil out of her. Good for them!

Nishant Tiwari, a police official in northeastern India, said a journalist who filmed the beating called him Thursday to report the incident, which took place in the village of Dumaria in central eastern Bihar state.

He arrived to find the woman tied to a tree, her hair partially cut and her complexion ruddy from being slapped. She had no serious injuries.

“I was appalled at what I saw because people should be more socially responsible than to do this,” Tiwari said.

Oh, Tiwari, STOP being such a party pooper, dude. Lighten up. Besides, you know that secretly you found it funny.

Authorities arrested six people, including the man who admitted to hiring her services as a witch. They were due to appear before a magistrate on Friday.

Ram Ayodhya, who could face up to seven years in prison for his role in the attack, told police he was justified in beating the woman, Tiwari said.

Ayodhya said he paid her to use magic and prayer to improve his wife’s health.

When his wife’s condition deteriorated, Ayodhya accused her of performing black magic, Tiwari said, and a crowd soon gathered and tied her to the tree.

The woman seen being attacked is expected to testify when the suspects appear before the magistrate.

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Now ya’ll know something is terribly awry in the world when a 16 year old is an actual serial killer. Less God, less morality. As we move further and further away from the truth of Jesus Christ and Him crucified, we see more of this demonic activity. Check this out:

A 16-year-old boy has admitted to the murders of 12 people in southern Brazil, according to a police investigator who described a chillingly calm confession.

This Brazilian 16-year-old says he killed 12 people in three months, police say.

The teenager, whose identity was not revealed because he is a minor, allegedly told police he killed his victims over the past three months in a fit or rage or out of revenge, and police inspector Enizaldo Jose Plentz said Friday he believes the boy killed some of his victims for enjoyment.

He said police have enough evidence to prove the teenager, an unemployed high school dropout, shot dead at least six of the 12 people he says he killed.

Police were still trying to determine if another six people killed in and around Novo Hamburgo, Brazil, were also the teenagers’ victims.

Police, who were investigating the murder of a 39-year-old store owner, arrested the youth Wednesday at his home in the city of Novo Hamburgo, Plentz said.

“He told us he shot the store owner because he had been slapped in the face during an argument the two had a few minutes earlier,” Plentz said. “But we think he killed him during a robbery attempt.”

“During interrogations, he spoke with the frightening coldbloodedness of someone who enjoys killing people,” the inspector said.

This is absolutely chilling. This young man is a demon possessed monster, lacking any conscience and YES, I’d like to see him sitting on the nearest electric chair.

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