Daily Archives: December 14, 2012

Video shows Crowder harassed by the man who later struck him.

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LANSING—Internet sites are abuzz with accusations from both sides of the Lansing Right-to-Work fight between Steven Crowder and a union member last week. The Huffington Post is reporting that union member Ken Spitzley witnessed Crowder provoking fights which Mr. Crowder denies.

According to the Deadline Detroit blog, the New York Times reported;

“Unfortunately for Mr. Crowder, a look at the video broadcast on the Sean Hannity show appears to show quite clearly that he left out an important section of the footage when he put together his edit. A section of the Fox News broadcast preserved by the Web site Mediaite shows that Mr. Hannity’s producers at Fox News started the clip five seconds earlier than Mr. Crowder did. What the extra footage reveals is the man who punched Mr. Crowder being knocked to the ground seconds before and then getting up and taking a swing at the comedian.”

They, also did not show the following video from an hour earlier which shows the man who struck Crowder harassing and verbally assaulting the FOX contributor. Some other union members are even seen warning the man to not cause trouble intimating that is what the FOX news team wanted. During the video Mr. Crowder seems visibly agitated, but non-confrontational.

MEDIAite news is accusing Crowder of starting the fight by pushing union members away from a tent that they eventually tore down. The tent contained women; one in a wheelchair. They show a video interview with Steven Crowder at the Canadian Sun News.

There is still no word on if the union man who struck him is willing to fight in a sanctioned match for charity.
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26 reported killed in Newton, Conn., school shooting

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NEWTOWN, Conn. — A lone gunman killed 26 people at an elementary school here, including 18 children, in a terrifying early Friday morning shooting spree.

The Associated Press and local media reported the shooter, an unidentified adult male, was also dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Two handguns were recovered at the scene. Mayor Mark Boughton said several victims had been taken to local hospitals.

Groups of students — some crying, some holding hands — were being escorted away from the school by their teachers. Some witnesses reported of up to 100 shots.

The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School is the latest in a series mass shootings in the U.S. this year, including Tuesday’s assault by a lone gunman at a Portland, OR., shopping mall that left two dead and one wounded.

Read more at USA Today.

The US opposes demonopolization of the Internet

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This week’s conference of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Dubai failed to produce an agreement on country-level Internet governance. After heated debates, the conference passed a vague-worded resolution calling on the ITU to play a more active role in the development of the Internet.

Russia and China suggested giving partial control over the allocation of web addresses either to ITU member states or to a specialized agency under the aegis of the United Nations. At present, this is the exclusive monopoly of the United States it exercises through the U.S.-based Internet Corporation for Assigned Names (ICANN) controlled by the U.S. Commerce Department.

The United States is visibly unprepared to share this monopoly with anybody else. All main IT resources, servers and transfer protocols are located in the United States, notes Russian IT expert Anton Korobkov-Zemlyansky.

Read more at The Voice of Russia.

SEE ALSO: US rejects UN telecom treaty over Internet rift

Snow touches down in Williams

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Snow touches Williams.


WILLIAMS—Snow touched down in Williams, late last night, dumping about 3.5-inches. The long range forecast shows snow through Sunday night clearing by Monday morning. There will be a slight chance of rain and snow Tuesday night.

The good news is that is makes for a more scenic journey on the Polar Express, gives the Christmas feel and is a start at replenishing the water resources at Kaibab Lake, Buckskinner Lake, the Santa Fe Dam and other reservoirs in the area. The bad news is that it is only a start. The city will need quite a few more of these type storms to restore the lakes.

Williams could receive an additional 2-inches during the day with 3-5 additional inches overnight. There is a chance for another 3-5 inches over Saturday.

Residents should be aware that parking on the street is against city ordnance and hampers snow removal efforts. Visitors should be aware that this is enforced mainly in the downtown area and they should use the city parking lot around and across the street from the Williams Visitor center through Saturday. Or just walk through our winter wonderland. Just be careful of the ice.

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Time to shovel snow