Saint Louis FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. (KMOV) – Paramedics treated a server at a Red Lobster in Fairview Heights on Friday after a customer threw a water glass at her head.  It happened at the Red Lobster in the 110 block of Ludwig Drive around 2 p.m.

A witness said she saw three female customers get mad because the server was filling up their glasses with water too often.

According to the witness, as the server walked away one of them picked up a water glass and threw it, hitting the victim in the back of the head.  The witness said as the server turned around, the customer hit her in the face with one of the dessert books.

The server was treated by a paramedic, but did not go to the hospital and stayed at work.

Customers and restaurant employees made sure the women stayed put until police arrived. Officers then arrested the three suspects. (more…)

Ahhh the sound of hypocrisy from the crony political capitalists.   How much does access in the Democrat Party cost?…..

(Via ABC News) Those seeking invites to the most lavish receptions at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, “gold ticket” access to “dialogues,” and private breakfast briefings with party luminaries, can expect a hefty price of admission.

A list of high-end convention packages circulated by the Charlotte in 2012 Convention Host Committee, and obtained by ABC News, shows that those and other perks are being offered to donors who raise $1 million or donate $100,000 to the convention’s nonprofit planning arm.

The cash-for-access formula has been a longtime staple of national political conventions, and though Democrats told ABC News they have tried to shift the focus to access for grassroots supporters this year, critics say the menu of perks for donors is a reminder that those giving big dollars can still expect special treatment. (more…)

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This latest article from The Orlando Sentincl backs up what George Zimmerman told the police…

(Orlando Sentinel)…George Zimmerman may have shot Trayvon Martin in the heart, but that didn’t kill him instantly.  The 17-year-old survived for several minutes, according to two experts who reviewed Trayvon’s autopsy for the Orlando Sentinel.  “You’re talking about minutes, at least, for him to survive,” said Dr. William Anderson, a forensic specialist and former deputy medical examiner for Orange and Osceola counties. “I think he would have been conscious … for a little time, anyway.”

(more…)

Two Cabinet Meetings in the past 9 months
Not one meeting with the Jobs council in all of 2012
No meetings with the Council of Economic Advisors all of 2012
No budget passed since September 2007
… and it’s been over eight weeks since President Obama took a question from the White House Press Corps.

President Obama’s handlers are using the same media strategy they used in 2007/08 –  Avoid any potential for hard-hitting questions.   When the news cycle contains “big issues”, or controversial issues, the media will be kept at arms length.   This is all a carefully scripted construction to protect their candidate who cannot speak unscripted without revealing his ineptitude.

It is a little more visible this year than what was in 2008 because Barack Obama is now President, but the strategy and intention are exactly the same.    Check out the latest interview  (the lady giggles like a shoolgirl for having the opportunity to “flirt with” the President):

(via Politico) There’s nothing wrong with doing softball interviews during a campaign cycle. Lots of people vote based on likeability, and to that end one’s take on the mole in Albuquerque is a matter of great regional importance. Music matters even more — Nick Hornby has argued that you can tell a lot more about a person by what they like than by what they’re like.

But, more than eight weeks since his last press conference, every question the president fields from an outlet like 93.3 KOB.FM becomes another turn of the thumb in the eye of his White House press corps.

“I just flirted with the President of the United States of America,” the co-host of the show says after President Obama hangs up. White House correspondents, meanwhile, are begging for a suggestive glance from across the room.  (more…)

Free the lemonade stands from government oppression!

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — An Eyewitness News exclusive — a violent home invasion has Philadelphia police hunting for some preteen suspects. Authorities say they beat a 51-year-old woman with some unusual items, including a plunger.

Police say it happened around 3:30 p.m. on Monday in the 1200 block of Luzerne Street.  Authorities say a family friend found the victim in the backyard, on her knees, crying and begging for her life to be spared.

When police arrived, they found her room ransacked, cabinets emptied and the victim, an Asian female with mental disabilities, beaten and robbed.

“They hit her in the face with a rock, they used rope and also sticks and a potted plant,” Lt. John O’Hanlon explained. (more…)

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