Over 200 Passengers Take Ill Aboard Royal Caribbean’s ‘Explorer of the Seas’

Royal Caribbean making more news and once again not for good reasons. More than 200 passengers and 19 crew members aboard the ‘Explorer of the Seas’ took ill from a norovirus, infectious gastroenteritis, common to semi-enclosed environments.

Eminent Domain Battles Across The Country

Since the Supreme Court had its landmark decision allowing local governments to take property from private citizens and give it to private developers, there has been an outcry by citizens across the country. The inherent wrongness of taking personal property against the will of the owners to enrich another should strike fear in the hearts of Americans.

As Americans, we never had trouble with Eminent Domain being used to build schools or airports. That is what the law is for. But we have major problems when we have to worry about someone taking our home because a developer tells the politicians he can raise their tax base.

On a sister site, we cover real estate and eminent domain issues. Go take a look and see some of the posts we have done on this hot button issue. Remember, it is up to us to fight the politicians who would take ones property for their own enrichment and power.

• Tuskeegee Mayor Decides He Knows Best – Another Eminent Domain Land Grab
• 30 Businesses to Be Seized By Los Angeles for Hollywood Condos and Hotel by Eminent Domain
• How Government Officials Think Your Property is Theirs
• Eminent Domain Abuse in Norwood, Ohio
• How New Eminent Domain Laws Are Being Used  in Long Beach, New Jersey

This is an important issue for the quality of life of all Americans. Pay attention if you hear that eminent domain is  being used in your area, and let your politicians know you will not stand for these abuses.

Missing Persons In the News

The McFarlane family Missing For Over a Week

The McFarlane’s, a family of six, from Westmoreland County, PA have been missing for over a week and there are no clues as to where they might be.
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Sad News to Report, Daniel Compton’s Body Found in Wooded area

We are saddened to report that Daniel Compton’s body was found today, Saturday, at around 2pm CST in a wooded secluded spot south of Atlanta going towards Macon.
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37-year-old Mikalena Nau Missing Since February 4

Mikalena Nau, 37, has missing now for several weeks since February 4. Authorities have stated that Nau was last seen Feb. 4 withdrawing $100 from an ATM near her home.
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Other Opinions on the Newest Joran Van der Sloot Version

Some other takes on the Joran Van der Sloot interviews. No matter what anyone says, Joran Van der Sloot altered his stories once again. Sometimes the problem is that he tells so many different ones, we tend to lose track.

What are others saying:

THE TRUTH? NOT EVEN CLOSE, BUD!

PR Trick Works for Joran

The Kalpoe’s Wild Night in Aruba

BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH… PART 2

Joran Van der Sloot The Pius; He is Believable Why?

Joran Van der Sloot was given chance with Greta Van Susteren’s “One The Record” in an unedited interview to provide his version of events that took place prior to and after the disappearance of Natalee Holloway.

The first that that comes to mind, is why would anyone believe his version of events now as opposed to the other versions he has told? Joran, who had no problem lying to his father, his parents, the parents of Natalee Holloway, the police and the Aruban prosecutors is all of a sudden believable? Why, because he says believe me?

Joran Van der Sloot has done nothing to deserve anyone’s trust. In fact if his were a court of law that his many lies took place, he would have been so discredited, he would have bee found guilty. Prosecuting and defense attorneys try to show that witnesses and accused are lying and that their theories are so unbelievable to a “reasonable” individual that a jury not believe them.

One does not even know where to start with this three part interview as to the lies and sudden revisionist history that Joran Van der Sloot has come up with. If one did not know better it would almost seem as though Joran was coached to come up with a scenario that put the focus on others such as the Kalpoe’s instead of himself. Then again, its not like Joran’s father is a lawyer/judge or anything with inside knowledge into the Dutch legal system.

Something is not believable just because someone say it is so. We will be taking a look at much of what Joran has said in these interviews that contradicts what has already been reported, let alone just makes no common sense.

Part I: Joran Van der Sloot – The righteous individual who is outraged at others.

VAN DER SLOOT: You know lying to the police was — was wrong, stupid, just oh, and you know everything was just, everything that you did, everything that you did, you know, I had a long time to think about all my friends and about my — about my girlfriend. I mean I had a girlfriend at the time too. I mean, you know, you go to — you got to think about all that stuff.

And you’re like, you know, what, you know what are you doing? Because it was — it was a normal — it was a normal thing for us to do, you know, go to our friends, go to the beach, talk to American tourists, you know, then go out with them and have a good time and, you know, nothing — nothing ever bad has ever happened. I mean it’s happened probably 20, 20 times nothing has ever gone wrong.

And this is something it’s — everyone wants to find out what happened and I think people need to find out what happened for everyone’s sake, you know, just to get this closed with and get this moved on with. And I mean I don’t care if someone thinks badly of me now. I mean that’s really — I really don’t care about that anymore.

What I care about is that a lot of stuff that’s going on that’s just wrong. I mean you can’t go — you can’t go on and boycott an island. I mean that’s — you can’t. With me that’s super wrong. I mean people like Jamie Skeeters who will take a tape, who will tape someone without them knowing and go there and actually — and edit a tape in a way that is someone saying something they didn’t say that’s — that’s sick. That’s something you can’t, I mean why would you go and set someone up for something, you know? Why would you go and do that? That’s not even normal.

Joran Van der Sloot has just admitted that he and the Kalpoe’s are also sick and not normal people. “I mean why would you go and set someone up for something, you know?” Joran, you mean like what you three did to two innocent security guards? You would have had no issue at all if these two patsies where tried and convicted on your lies. You would dare make a comment about anyone else? How hypocritical are you? The fact of the matter is that if these two security guards were tried and convicted based upon what you have already admitted in this interview that you implicated them; you would not have lost a minute of sleep.

VAN SUSTEREN: So you hadn’t made up the lie about the two black guys and her stumbling. Had you — had you…

VAN DER SLOOT: I didn’t make up any of that. I mean, we were there, and they said, OK, well, then let’s go to the Holiday Inn. And you know, we got in the car with — with the police officers and they went in the van. And then we went there. I mean, that’s the only — just — me and Deepak, we didn’t get a chance to talk to each other at all about it to actually make up, you know, a story. So it was basically making it up as we go along.

I mean, and we got out — and we got out, and then Deepak said, Oh, yes, there were two security guards there that saw her — that saw her when she got — when she stepped out of the car. And that’s what — that’s what he told the police. And I was, like, you know — that’s what — now, if you also look back at that, you’re, like — I mean, that’s — that’s horrible. They got arrested and held for 10 days because of this. That’s really — I mean, that’s something that you know, I can’t forgive myself for, either.

When I was at the police (INAUDIBLE) in Nord (ph), I had this — one of the guys was next to me. And you know, he was always happy. He was always singing and talking about his — about his wife and his kid. And I was in the cell next to him. And I was talking to him, too, you know? He was really, you know, a nice guy, and you felt so guilty that it was your fault that, you know, he got arrested. That’s something, you know, you feel horrible for.

VAN SUSTEREN: So the story with the two guards who got arrested, or security guards, that was Deepak’s story, and you went along with it. It is that essentially right?

VAN DER SLOOT: Yes, but that’s still not — you know, that’s not — that doesn’t mean anything. I just felt, you know, horrible that they got arrested, too. I mean, at that point, you’re really only thinking about yourself (INAUDIBLE) and now you got to tell the truth or you’re even more — you know, you’re even more screwed. You’re more in trouble.

SM:{Why would you get into more trouble if you just told the truth than continuing to lie and destroying two innocent people’s lives? Unless your truth was more damning to yourself.}

So you know, it was more like, you know, at that point, you didn’t really care about them. You’re more caring about, you know — about yourself. And you know, when I talked to that guy later on, when he was in the cell next to me, you know, you felt — I felt like — I felt like (DELETED), and I felt so bad because he was really, you know, a nice guy to talk to. He was singing. Everyone else that was there, you know, he was keeping them happy there and telling stories. He was really a — you know, a good guy. He was really a nice guy.

The pious Joran Van der Sloot is so quick to call another individual sick and not normal when he committed the exact same offense and maybe even worse. This kid is to be believed about anything he says, why?