The ongoing Robin Hood of Keene court and street performance has been overwhelmingly decided by readers as the top story of 2013. Approximately eighty-nine percent of the final vote favored the story out of the nine other options. Printed on the back page of section A in the December 31 edition, we may expect more coverage in the next year and beyond as the court saga proceeds towards the supreme realm. The Sentinel took a break from publishing on the January 1 holiday, and will resume the presses on Thursday. Previously released on youtube is a video from the Sentinel discusses the Robin Hood story as it developed over the year.
Say hello to a new 2014 tomorrow at the Keene mayor’s inaugural drinking game, to be held at Keene City Hall at 12 noon New Year’s Day. In following with drinking games of past, celebrants of our new people’s democratic representative candidate Kendall Lane are invited to bring a delicious beverage of their choice for the event. Be sure to stay properly hydrated if enjoying state sponsored substances this evening, and save some partying energy for early afternoon celebrations on January’s first day. See previous congratulations paid to the newly re-elected senior politician in the DPRK’s announcement relative to the Robin Hooding court ruling in a recent video message. (more…)
In a followup to their previous two videos, one published to youtube and another to their official website, the bureaucrats behind the Democratic People’s Republic of Keene have crafted a new video message denouncing a Cheshire superior court judge’s ruling in their lawsuit against the merry people associated with Robin Hood of Keene. The ruling that was handed down on December 3 determined that no civil claims were legally actionable given the protections granted in the first amendment of the US constitution. The judge declined to elaborate on implications which may or may not be granted by the more eloquent NH state constitution.
The new piece of content by the City people is brief and to the point. Commemorating the re-elected person who won the mayor contest, the video also serves as a new year’s update from the officials and to the civilianry that is claimed representative dominion over. Meanwhile in DPRK, Robin Hooding continues unabated.
Everyone’s favorite National Security Agency whistleblower has released a Christmas message to the people of the world. Cheers!
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Hi, and Merry Christmas. I’m honored to have a chance to speak with you and your family this year. Recently, we learned that our governments, working in concert, have created a system of worldwide, mass surveillance, watching everything we do. Great Britain’s George Orwell warned us of the danger of this kind of information. The types of collections in the book — microphones and videocameras, TVs that watch us — are nothing compared to what we have available today. We have sensors in our pocket that track us everywhere we go. Think about what this means for the privacy of the average person. A child born today will grow up with no conception of privacy at all. They’ll never know what it means to have a private moment to themselves — an unrecorded, unanalyzed thought. And that’s a problem, because privacy matters. Privacy is what allows us to determine who we are, and who we want to be. The conversation occurring today will determine the amount of trust we can place both in the technology that surrounds us, and the government that regulates it. Together we can find a better balance, end mass surveillance, and remind the government that if it really wants to know how we feel, asking is always cheaper than spying. For everyone out there listening, thank you, and Merry Christmas.
In this special holiday presentation airing during the AKPF #1 time slot, Official DPRK takes an educational excursion to unofficial DPRK. Opening with an exquisite press symposium hosted by the honorable NHUSA governor Maggie Hassan, who is premiering a new official vodka for the people. In order to promote harmonious relations with similar other portions of the world, leaders of Official DPRK have pieced together an anthology of uplifting and timely musical arrangements. This installment signals a cultural and political alliance between the two geographically-based factions contending for the Official DPRK designation. Happy holidays from the Democratic People’s Republic of Keene!
1. 00:00 Special message to the viewers of Cheshire TV disclaimer
2. 00:10 DPRK face of state media AKPF promo
3. 00:20 Official NHUSA governor’s vodka sales pitch
4. 02:41 Jingle Bells, Unofficial DPRK Style
5. 05:03 Hail North Korean Communist Party ballad
6. 08:10 Glorious and Admirable, by Moranbong Chorus
7. 12:43 Please, Let The Snow Fall, by Moranbong Band
8. 17:23 Let’s Study!, by Moranbong Band
9. 20:51 Children of DPRK present classical guitar arrangements
10. 24:18 Our Father (Kim Jong Il dedication) by Song & Oungum
Late last evening, David E. Wheelock, a 48 year old resident of Pearl Street, was found dead with at least one gunshot wound in his home. An investigation into the homicide was being carried out today by New Hampshire state police with assistance of the Keene police. Pearl Street was closed to vehicular traffic between Meadow Road and West Street, and pedestrians were prohibited from crossing the area on foot surrounding the address. State police detectives entered and exited the scene with evidence that was analyzed in a mobile lab operated by the major crimes unit. With the killing believed to have occurred between 9:00 and 9:30pm on Saturday, investigators are requesting information regarding any happenings in the area around that time.
According to the facebook page New Hampshire’s Law Enforcement, the victim in this case was notably listed on the state’s sex offender registry due to a 28-count conviction in 2005 for charges of possession of child pornography. Demonstrating the dehumanizing effect placement on the list elicits from some individuals, a handful of morbid comments were posted to an announcement of the homicide on the facebook page, including one from a man named Joel which reads, “No sympathy. Good riddance.” Another from a woman named Jenny expresses, “I hope he died terribly.”
