company:the herald

Boy, 8, calls newspaper “idiots, jerks, [and] shitholes” for killing his favorite comics - Boing Boing
▻http://boingboing.net/2015/03/02/boy-8-calls-newspaper-idi.html

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An 8-year-old in Bloomington, Indiana telephoned the editor of the Herald-Times on Sunday, after discovering that the newspaper had swapped out 13 comics in the color-comic section. Some of those terminated comics were his favorites. It ruined his day, and he let the editor of the paper know very clearly how he felt. The voicemail he left for Bob Zaltsberg is below.

Labour’s John Gallagher, of Dublin South Central Ward, tells council bosses every year that he is waiving his expenses.

Speaking to the Herald, Mr Gallagher said he represents many people “at the bottom of the ladder”, and therefore wants to live as modestly as possible.

"I don’t broadcast the fact that I don’t claim expenses. It’s a decision I’ve stuck with over the years and it’s one I believe in personally. I feel I have independence as a community worker when I don’t claim expenses.

Mr Gallagher told the Herald that he cycles to work and spends most of the day in the community centre close to The Coombe.

▻http://www.herald.ie/news/john-gallaghers-expenses-for-13-years-are-zero-29299672.html

Sarkis Soghanalian, ‘Merchant of Death,’ dies at 82 - Obituaries - Miami-Dade - MiamiHerald.com (via @angryarab)
►http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/07/2443364/arms-dealer-sarkis-soghanalian.html

In the mid-1980s, Soghanalian reportedly made $10 million to $12 million a year, and, according to The Herald story, “sometimes demands proof of the effectiveness of his weapons. From Lebanon, he boasts, young right-wing Christian soldiers sent him jars of human ears, packed in formaldehyde.’’