World Will End On May 21st Says ex-MTA Worker
A retired MTA worker in New York is so confident the world will end next Saturday that he has spent $140,000 — his entire nest egg — on MTA advertising to assist his fellow New Yorkers in preparing for the rapture.
“I’m trying to warn people about what’s coming,” said 60-year-old Staten Island resident Robert Fitzpatrick, who retired from the MTA in 2006. “People who have an understanding [of end of times] have an obligation to warn everyone.”
“Global Earthquake! The Greatest Ever – Judgment Day: May 21,” the $50,000 – $90,000 ads literally shout from bus shelters, subway trains and subway platforms all around the city.
The Metro Transit Authority is happy to take his money, although critics wonder why the MTA is feeding into the May 21 hysteria.
“It’s an individual’s prerogative to spend their money as they see fit,” said MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz.
Fitzpatrick is a loyal follower of California evangelist Harold Camping, who used a complex mathematical formula to predict the exact date of Judgment Day when Jesus Christ returns to Earth to book Final passage for all believers, and non-believers.
Camping also predicted a previous Judgment Day — on Sept. 6, 1994. But that was just a dry run.
“It’ll start just before midnight [May 21st], Jerusalem time: It’ll be instantaneous and global,” said Fitzpatrick. “There are too many scriptures talking about ‘sudden destruction.’”
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Celebs Out & About: Ciara and Amar’e Stoudemire
Sexy Ciara and her boyfriend Amar’e Stoudemire (of the NY Knicks) were spotted having fun in the sun on South Beach in Miami today. If Ci Ci was upset about Amar’e's many rumored sideline hoes, we can’t tell from these pictures.
Tell the truth: have you ever seen Ciara looking more amazing than she does now? She looks so right! Then again, we never saw her romping carefree on the beach with that narcissist, 50 Cent, whom she dated on and off for several years.
fanMAIL: Rihanna and Chris Brown Are Now Following Each Other On Twitter
Loyal reader Melia M. writes:
The title says it all..
This is only news to their Stans. But it makes sense that Rihanna, 23, and Chris Brown, 21, would seek each other out to ease their emotional pain. Only narcissists can truly understand one another. As I told you in an earlier post, Rihanna is having problems finding a man willing to put up with her notorious attitude. She’s gorgeous on the outside but her attitude makes her ugly.
And Chris Brown’s problems with women are well-documented. No one in their right minds wants to be involved with either of these two troubled individuals. They are both creepy.
Update I, 11:29am ET:
Loyal reader Torreon writes:
Hi Sandra,
First, I want to apologize for any hate thrown your way from me. I was just a stan blinded by my love for an artist. But not anymore, and I should have listened to you sooner. It may seem small, but for Rihanna to follow Chris Brown on Twitter sends such a horrible message to everyone. Her OWN fans (of which she follows less than 400) and to girls/women who have suffered domestic abuse. I don’t use Rihanna as a role model, but, she is a public figure. How am I now supposed to explain to my 16-year-old sister, who also was with an abusive little punk, that it is OK to socialize and put herself back in danger b/c time has passed? I go very hard for Rihanna and support all of her endeavors. But if she doesn’t have her best interest at heart then why should I? I’m proudly turning in my Rihanna Navy badge now and whatever happens to her will be deserved.
Torreon
*This email was edited for clarity
Sandra Rose responds: Thank you Torreon.
Eleventh-hour reprieve for Iranian man sentenced to have acid injected into his eyes by woman he blinded
Update I, 10:00am ET:
Authorities have postponed a Tehran court’s decision to inject acid into the eyes of a man who threw acid in his ex-lover’s face, blinding her.
The sentence was permitted under Iran’s Islamic law, imposed since the 1979 Islamic revolution – an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, in cases in which great bodily harm was caused by the defendant.
Majid Movahedi, 27, was sentenced to be blinded with acid as he lies in a hospital under anesthetic yesterday at mid noon — 20 drops in each eye by a medical professional. But, according to an unnamed official, the punishment was postponed.
According to London’s Daily Mail, Movahedi threw sulphuric acid in the face of 32 year-old Ameneh Bahrami at a bus-stop in 2004 after she scorned his requests to marry him.
The sulphuric acid literally melted away her face and left her blind and disfigured. She underwent 19 operations, including skin grafts to her face. But her vision could not be saved.
Movahedi fled the scene after the attack but he was later apprehended and sent to prison.
The tabloid reports that Movahedi stalked Bahrami for months after she broke up with him. The courts awarded her £19,000 ($30,000 USD) for her pain and suffering but Bahrami didn’t want the money — she wanted him to feel the same pain and suffering as she did.
Bahrami has received numerous death threats, and the police warned her not to go outside alone.
“His mother phoned my parents. She asked for mercy,” said Bahrami in an interview.
“She said that Majid would always work for me if he could keep his eyes. But now it’s too late,” she said.
Bahrami and her lawyer have now said they were not aware that the punishment had been postponed yesterday.
Amnesty International has urged Iran not to carry out the sentence, saying: ‘the Iranian authorities have a responsibility under international law to ensure it does not go ahead’.
‘Regardless of how horrific the crime suffered by Ameneh Bahrami, being blinded with acid is a cruel and inhuman punishment amounting to torture,’ said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, deputy director for Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Programme.
Originally posted on May 13, 2011 @ 9:08pm
Celebs Out & About: Kim Kardashian, Kris Humphries, Ne-Yo
Photos: Splash News Online
Socialite and reality TV star Kim Kardashian and her boyfriend Kris Humphries (of the New Jersey Nets) walked hand in hand as they shopped for a location for the new Dash boutique in Miami today. Kim wore a cute short brown strapless culottes jumpsuit with an oversized belt.
No, that isn’t your imagination; that is loose fabric that you see around her buttocks. Clearly, Kim forgot to strap on her butt pads. Or maybe Kris has grown tired of all the constant speculation about her derriere, and he asked her to quit wearing them.
A loyal reader sent in these pics of Ne-Yo climbing out of his brand new Mercedes SLS AMG at his Compound Entertainment complex in Atlanta today. Javid wrote:
“The gentleman knows how to make an entrance. Ne-Yo shows us that when you work hard you get to play hard, jumping out of his hot new Benz with the doors up. Motivation to follow your dreams!”
Does Ron Artest’s Wife Know About His Girlfriend?
Some of you were inquiring about Ron Artest’s date at the Samsung event in Hollywood yesterday. Well, according to loyal reader Misty G., she’s his mistress, Shin Shin (or one of his mistresses).
I’m not surprised. But this is so messy.
Ron’s wife, Kimsha Hatfield, is @Msmish37Laker on Twitter. That’s her on the left with Chanita Foster at a recent Lakers game. I think I’ll head on over to Twitter and ask her what she thinks about all this.
According to Playerwives.com:
* UPDATE: Given Ron Ron’s recent suspension from game 3 of the Western Conference semi-finals against the Mavericks, it seems like he’ll have some extra down time to sort out his wife versus girlfriend situation.
* Fast Facts: Despite Ron Artest being married to his wife Kimisha Hatfield, Ron has been seen out lately quite a bit with a woman who isn’t his wife. From various reports around the Internet, it appears that Ron Artest’s girlfriend is Shin Shin, a singer of Chinese and Korean descent. Based on the sheer number of times they have appeared in public together, and the poses they choose to take for cameras, it looks pretty obvious to us that Shin Shin is Ron Artest’s mistress. Or, if you believe him, she is simply “talent” that he signed to his record label Tru Warier. Too bad she isn’t actually listed on his website, which definitely brings into question the validity of that. Anyone’s guess as to how Ron Artest’s wife feels about this, but based on her appearance – I’m sensing another brawl in the Palace style fight on the horizon for those two.
Photos by Sportsbybrooks.com via Playerswives.com
Bishop Eddie Long Will Face His Accusers in Court
Remember when Bishop Eddie Long told his congregation that he had 5 rocks and he hadn’t thrown one yet? Well, he just heaved one, according to the Atlanta Journal.
The AJC reports that the judge overseeing the Bishop Eddie Long sex scandal case has set a trial for late Summer. The news indicates that settlement negotiations that have been ongoing for months have broken down and the case will go to trial.
This is actually good news for Long and his dwindling flock over at New Birth Missionary Baptist church, which was once 25,000 members strong.
Long found himself embroiled in a sex scandal late last year when a young man alleged that Long coerced him and other young men into sexual relationships with him in exchange for clothing, cars and trips.
The pastor has long maintained that he gave the four male plaintiffs gifts, including cars, clothes and assistance with rent, but he denied that the endowments were in exchange for sex.
When the news first broke last November, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church and the LongFellows Youth Academy filed responses saying they could not confirm or deny whether sexual misconduct took place.
But Long’s attorneys pointed out that there was no law against having sex with consenting adults.
All of the plaintiffs admitted in news broadcasts and in court documents that they were fully grown men when the consenting sexual acts took place.
