Affirmative Action Plastic Surgeon Jilts Larry King November 20, 2007
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A plastic surgeon who operated on Kanye West’s mother the day before she died abruptly walked off CNN’s “Larry King Live” during a scheduled interview Tuesday with the talk show host. Dr. Jan Adams said he initially agreed to speak with King to clear up what he said were inaccurate reports about him in the news media. But he said West’s family asked him not to appear on the show.
“I have a tremendous amount of love and respect for the West family and they have asked me not to go on,” he said. “And I’ve said from the very beginning, I don’t have a side in this. They are my side and so I’m going to respect their wishes.”
As Adams got up from his chair to shake King’s hand, the TV host asked whether the surgeon would ever answer questions surrounding Donda West’s death.
“When they’re comfortable, then I’ll be comfortable. If they’re never comfortable, then I’ll never be comfortable,” Adams said, referring to West’s family. “They are what’s important to me. I said that from the start and that’s what I’ll continue to honor.”
See also: Video from the Larry King Show on CNN; Affirmative Action Plastic Surgeon and Kanye West’s Mother
Don’t Tax Me, Don’t Tax Thee, Tax That Nerd Behind the Tree November 20, 2007
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The People’s Republic of Maryland has approved a 6% sales tax on certain computer-oriented services, but not ISP access fees.
Now there’s a great idea — make these kinds of services 6% more expensive in Maryland than in surrounding states and the District of Columbia, keeping in mind that most Marylanders have only a short drive to one of those neighboring states.
Doctor, Doctor, Give Me the News November 20, 2007
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It’s a violent trend many find hard to explain. Just last week, a St. Louis teen was sentenced to 60 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl.
This week, three Georgia boys, ages 8 and 9, are accused of kidnapping and raping an 11-year-old girl.
Why are kids committing such crimes?
A St. Louis doctor is researching the topic.
Dr. Valerie Walker runs a family practice at Forest Park Hospital. She is publishing a book on juvenile violence. She says she found an alarming trend among many of today’s youth: the lack of stable homes.
Along with bad nutrition, and gratuitous sex and violence on TV, video games, and the internet.
She “found an alarming trend” in the “lack of stable homes,” as if she was first to this conclusion, and nobody else but her has ever made this link, and that these ideas are so unique and revolutionary that she figures you’ll plonk down twenty bucks to find out all about it.
Perhaps these kinds of rapes and other sorts of juvenile violence, as well as bad nutrition, lack of a stable home environment, lack of parental limitations on gratuitous sex and violence in certain media, all have a common cause.
