Women With Troubles - June 2009

Reported in news stories during June 2009, here is a compilation of women with troubles. Each name is linked to an Interested-Participant blog entry displaying details.

For a more comprehensive listing, check the Women With Troubles category link.

(AL) Samantha Canada, 39,
neighbor - Arrested for sex with boy, 10,

(AL) Kelli Nicole Hussey (aka Kelli Nicole Champion), 27,
neighbor - Gets 10 years in prison for rape of boy, 12,

(AL) Ashley Turner, 24,
neighbor - Accused of sex with boy, 13,

(AR) Anita Kay Fine, 39,
neighbor - Arrested for sex with boy, 14,

(AR) Melissa Gayle Monroe, 33,
teacher - Gets 120 days in jail for sex with male student,

(FL) Laquita Lashay Farley, 22,
neighbor - Arrested for murdering her lesbian lover,

(FL) Karolyn Nagel, 24,
teacher - Arrested for inappropriate behavior with student,

(GA) Madonna A. Whitus, 43,
caregiver - Gets life in prison for murder,

(ID) Meagan Belnap, 21,
teacher's aide - Gets probation for felony injury to child,

(ID) Anna Bettencourt, 39,
teacher - Guilty of sex with student. Sentencing in August,

(ID) Michelle Ward Farley, 40,
teacher - Gets 180 days in jail for sex with male student,

(ID) Lisa Marie Rasho, 30,
neighbor - Guilty of sex with boy, 14. Sentencing in July,

(IL) Bonnie J. McDonald, 49,
neighbor - Gets 13 years in prison for molesting boy, 8,

(IL) Joanna Prieto, 35,
neighbor - Arrested with husband, Ronnie, for sex assault of two pre-teen girls,

(IL) Annette Prisk, 46,
neighbor - Gets 30 days jail for sex abuse of boy,

(IN) Noelle Wolak, 33,
neighbor - Accused of engaging in sex with foster son, 15,

(KS) Brenda Jo Hitt, 33,
neighbor - Arrested for jail sex with inmate,

(KY) Kimberly Fryman, 24,
teacher - Indicted for sex with male student,

(KY) Barbara Sue Waters, 36,
neighbor - Arrested for rape of boy, 14,

(LA) Monique Bordelon, 37,
teacher - Arrested on drug charges,

(LA) Brittany Sumrall Johnson, 26,
teacher - Gets no jail for sexually suggestive emails to boy, 14,

(LA) Angela Dawn Romain, 40,
neighbor - Charged with indecent behavior with juvenile,

(MA) Linda M. Mayotte, 45,
neighbor - Charged with rape of boy, 13,

(MA) Carolyn A. Pierce, 26,
neighbor - Accused of raping child under age 14 whom she was caring for,

(MD) Valerie Lianne Carlton, 40,
neighbor - Indicted for repeated sex abuse of two girls, ages 5 and 6,

(MI) Ranee S. Proper, 42,
teacher - Gets nine months jail for sex with two male students,

(MT) Summer Many White Horses, 31,
neighbor - Guilty of killing son, 2. Sentencing in July,

(NC) Candice Brooke Smith,
teacher - Arrested for possession of drugs,

(ND) Stacey Anvarinia, 26,
neighbor - Guilty of felony neglect for breast-feeding baby while drunk. Sentencing in August,

(NH) Francine Barron, 34,
neighbor - Sentenced to prison for rape of boy, 12,

(NH) Cathleen Crowley, 30,
youth counselor - Gets 30 days in jail for sex with boy, 14,

(NH) Michelle Martin, 20,
neighbor - Accused of sex with boy, 15,

(NJ) Lisa Glide, 35,
teacher - Guilty of sex with male student, 17. Sentencing in August,

(NJ) Christina Joseph, 19,
neighbor - Arrested for forcing girl, 15, to have sex with two males,

(NY) Laura E. Douglass, 39,
prison staff - Indicted for sex with inmate,

(NY) Lindsey Latourette, 24,
neighbor - Indicted for allegedly raping, drugging and causing the death of boy, 15,

(NY) Rachael S. Patterson, 33,
prison staff - Accused of sex with inmates,

(NY) Lisa Vaughn, 41,
prison supervisor - Gets 60 days in jail for sex with inmates,

(OH) Heidi Mullinix,
teacher - Guilty of sex with male student, 17. Sentencing in July,

(OH) Robin Pickering, 44,
teacher - Guilty of sex with girl, 11. Sentencing in July,

(OH) Theresa Ritchie, 33,
neighbor - Accused of sex with boy under 16,

(OH) Erin Speicher, 34,
teacher - Guilty of sex with two male students. Sentencing TBD,

(OK) Lahoma Sue Smith, 36,
prostitute - Arrested for trading sex for Cheetos,

(OR) Susan Alderson, 46,
teacher - Arrested for sex with boy, 13,

(OR) Korena Roberts, 27,
neighbor - Accused of killing pregnant friend and cutting fetus from womb. The newborn died,

(OR) Melissa Stephens, 55,
educator - Accused of sex with boy, 10,

(PA) Caroline Maria McNeal, 39,
school secretary - Arrested for changing grades in school computer,

(SD) Sommar Chaffee, 31,
teacher - Arrested for solicitation and exploitation of minor,

(TN) Casey Brock, 32,
teacher - Indicted for sex with two male students,

(TN) Stephanie Bryan aka Tinkerbell, 21,
neighbor - Accused of sex crimes against minor,

(TX) Sandra Borrego, 43,
dance teacher - Gets 180 days in jail for sex with boy, 13, in school cafeteria,

(TX) Debra Jeter, 32,
neighbor - Arrested for slitting daughters' throats, ages 12 and 13, killing one,

(TX) Christine Mack, 38,
neighbor - Gets 30 years in prison for sex assault of daughter, 9,

(TX) Julianna Christine Sauls, 38,
teacher - Gets prison for sex with two students,

(TX) Sarah Mascorro Sifuentes, 31,
legal guardian - Accused of neglect of child, 22 months, leading to death,

(TX) Rhiannon Smith, 25,
neighbor - Gets probation for sex with boy, 16,

(UT) Linda Nef, 46,
teacher - Guilty of sex with boy, 13. Sentencing in July,

(WI) Lori C. Bone, 32,
neighbor - Accused of drug crimes involving juveniles,

(WY) Jamie Nicole Hale, 32,
teacher - Gets six months in jail for sex with student, 17.

Thanks to the readers, tipsters and commenters.

Louisiana Teacher Gets No Jail for Suggestive Emails - Updated

(Oak Grove, Louisiana) Former English teacher and coach, Brittany Sumrall Johnson, 26, has admitted to sending sexually suggestive emails to a 14-year-old male student.

For pleading guilty to a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile, Johnson was sentenced to probation.

District Attorney Billy Coenen said special terms of 26-year-old Brittany Johnson's 2-year supervised probation forbid her to teach or have contact with anyone under the age of 17.

He says the judge suspended a 6-month jail term and ordered Johnson to pay $500 plus court costs.

Johnson ultimately resigned her tenured position with the school system.

It's worth noting that Johnson, as an English teacher, was somehow able to write garbage such as:

"oh yea and in the closet, I so wanted to grab you and pull u in there and shut that door and take full advantage of you..."

How in the world did Johnson ever get credentials as an English teacher?

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Louisiana Teacher Accused of Inappropriate Emails to Boy
[Previous 1/9/09 post]
(Bastrop, Louisiana) A 26-year-old English teacher and girls basketball coach at Kilbourne High School, Brittany Sumrall Johnson, has been accused of sending inappropriate messages to a 14-year-old student.

The reports claim Johnson sent messages asking the 14 year old boy for sex. The family wants her arrested and for her to resign or be dismissed.

“The school system and administration of Kilbourne High School investigated these allegations right before we got out for the holidays,” West Carroll Superintendent Kent Davis said. “We gathered our information and met with Mrs. Johnson and [another party]. The information was forwarded to the sheriff’s office.”

Davis said Johnson did come to work Thursday after reports showed up on Wednesday.

“As of right now, Mrs. Johnson is still working. She is a tenured teacher,” Davis said. “If that comes to be, we will certainly take appropriate measures. I will do what I legally can.”

West Carroll Sheriff Jerry Philley said “we do have a complaint. It’s being investigated. We are going to try to complete our investigation and turn it in to the district attorney’s office.”

The boy's parents are adamantly demanding an investigation due to the nature of the emails sent by Johnson. For example:

Some of the e-mails stated: "And oh my gosh did u look hot! I can't wait 4 u 2 play varsity (so) we can hook up on the bus on the way home lol!,"; "oh yea and in the closet, I so wanted to grab you and pull u in there and shut that door and take full advantage of you..."; and "has anyone ever told u that u have a fine a-- and body?"

Several of the e-mails reminded the boy to delete the messages and not to share their relationship.

Expect more on this story shortly.

Ohio Teacher Guilty of Sex with Male Students - Updated

(Wooster, Ohio) Yesterday, 34-year-old former Rittman High School teacher Erin Speicher pleaded guilty to seven counts of sexual battery.

Each count carries a possible penalty of five years in prison.

According to Judge Robert J. Brown, Speicher will be sentenced after completion of a pre-sentence investigation, tentatively in six to eight weeks.

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Ohio Teacher Accused of Sex with Male Students
[Previous 2/9/09 post]
(Rittman, Ohio) A 34-year-old English teacher at Rittman High School, Erin Speicher, was arrested yesterday for allegedly engaging in sex with two male students. Speicher has been charged with sexual battery.

Rittman Superintendent Jon Ritchie said the alleged incidents occurred at Speicher's home in Orrville. He said school officials cooperated with investigations involving Orrville and Rittman police that were triggered by a parent complaint last week.

Speicher, who was hired in 1996, resigned Friday. She taught ninth-grade English and was the junior class advisor.

Speicher was arraigned this morning in Wayne County Municipal Court. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for February 18. She was booked into custody at the Wayne County Jail with bond set at $75,000.

Speicher is reportedly married with two children.

Maine Fines Group for ‘Inflammatory Anti-Muslim Message’

The Christian Action Network runs afoul of bureaucratic political correctness:

"An organization in the national spotlight recently for producing a documentary identifying several dozen potential terrorist training compounds in the U.S. has offended the sensibilities of Maine bureaucrats, who have fined the organization $4,000, alleging among other things that the group sent out mailings containing an “inflammatory anti-Muslim message.”

The group in question, the Christian Action Network (CAN), received notice of the fines and the fundraising ban in a May 6 letter from Elaine Thibodeau of the State of Maine’s Department of Professional and Financial Regulation. Enclosed in the letter was a prepared consent agreement for CAN to sign agreeing to all of the state’s allegations, waiving all rights to appeal, and agreeing to pay the $4,000 fine. As part of the consent agreement, CAN is required to agree to all of the state’s allegations, including their assertion that their mailing amounted to hate speech.

“These bogus charges and fines the State of Maine has imposed are nothing but an attempt to stifle our free speech and silence our organization from speaking out about the steady creep of radical Islam in America,” CAN president Martin Mawyer told Pajamas Media. “We fully intend to appeal the state’s penalties because if they successfully silence us here, we will quickly find that we won’t be able to speak out anywhere.”

But what has Maine bureaucrats roiling is a fundraising mailing sent by CAN (a copy of which was provided to Pajamas Media) regarding a public school curriculum used in California requiring students to pray to Allah, dress up as Muslims, adopt Muslim names, and learn the five pillars of Islam. Since Christians and Jews are not given similar accommodations, CAN encouraged their supporters to send a petition to Maine Gov. John Baldacci asking him to prevent such instruction in Maine public schools...

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If you read further in the link provided you will see that the Maine bureaucrats are now resorting to lies to defend their unconstitutional actions.

Posted by John Ray.

Airbus Crashes into Indian Ocean, 150+ Dead

(Comoros Islands) Yemenia Air flight IY 626 from Paris to Sana'a, Yemen, via Marseilles and the Comoros Islands, crashed into the Indian Ocean after an aborted landing attempt at the Moroni Airport on Grand Comore. The plane was an Airbus 310.

Passengers on flight IY 626 included 66 French nationals. Casualties are reported at 152 with one apparent survivor.

The Comoros government said speed boats were sent to look for signs of wreckage immediately, helped by two French fighter jets based in Mayotte and another of the country's Indian Ocean territories, Reunion.

They spotted an oil slick around 16 miles offshore.

When the boats arrived they found a number of bodies floating in the water, and had taken three from the water when they found a toddler still alive, according to a Yemenia and local officials, quoting rescue workers.

"A child was found alive. He is now on a rescuers' boat," said Ben Imani, a doctor at Moroni's main hospital.

No initial suspicion of terrorism has been reported. Rather, maintenance problems have been suggested as the cause.

Topless Bathing at Public Swimming Pools

(Malmö, Sweden) Topless bathing has been made legal at public swimming pools in the city of Malmö. The issue was taken up by city lawmakers after a group of feminists started showing off their breasts at public swimming pools.

Rather than address the specific concern, the lawmakers decided to rule that "everybody should wear bathing suits." Therefore, women only have to wear the bottom part of a bikini to meet the requirement.

According to a city council spokesman:

“We don’t define what bathing suits men should wear so it doesn’t make much sense to do it for women.

And besides, it’s not unusual for men to have large breasts that resemble women’s breasts.”

A feminist leader remarked that the issue is about equality and the problem is that women are sexualized when appearing topless in public. Apparently, the mere fact that a physical attraction exists between men and women is problematic to feminists.

In my opinion, physical attractiveness is more a fact of life than a problem.

Companion post at The Jawa Report.

Louisiana Woman Pinched for Sexting Boy

(Webster Parish, Louisiana) A 40-year-old Sibley woman, Angela Dawn Romain, was arrested for allegedly sending nude photos and inappropriate text messages to a 16-year-old boy. The boy's mother reportedly alerted the sheriff's office. Romain faces one count of indecent behavior with a juvenile.

"The mother advised that her son had been receiving pictures from an adult woman," Detective Dustin Reynolds said. "A forensic search of the phone revealed that she had sent him multiple pictures of herself; and in one, she was totally nude."

Detectives learned the exchange of messages had begun months ago.

"This had been going on for a while," Detective Scott Tucker said. "When the mom found out, she contacted us because she knew the sheriff's office was a part of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force."

Romain was booked into custody at the Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center.

Woman Accused of Illegally Changing Daughter's School Grades

(Huntingdon, Pennsylvania) A 39-year-old local mom and secretary at Huntingdon Area High School, Caroline Maria McNeal, was arraigned last Friday in Magisterial District Court on charges stemming from a grade changing scheme implemented to benefit her daughter.

The grade changes were made with McNeal using her own and other school employees' user names and passwords.

McNeal faces 29 counts of unlawful use of a computer and 29 counts of tampering with public records, all third-degree felonies.

The first clue that something was amiss came when a high school guidance office employee in fall 2007 noticed that the SAT college entrance exam score in the school computer for Ms. McNeal's daughter was higher than the one sent by the College Board, 1730 vs. 1370.

Further investigation showed the girl's grades had been altered about 193 times in 24 courses between May 30, 2006 and July 12, 2007, covering school years from 2003-04 through 2006-07.

Many of the changes boosted grades that were already in the 90s, such as changing an accelerated social studies term grade from 94 to 95 and a family and consumer sciences final grade from 98 to 100.

In some cases, the increase was significant, such as raising an exam grade in advanced algebra from 69 to 94.

Officials also determined that the grades of two other girls had been reduced. The girls had higher class ranks than Ms. McNeal's daughter did before the grades were altered.

According to the affidavit, the grades of the two girls were changed by a couple of percentage points, such as reducing one's advanced algebra grade for one term from 96 to 94 and the other's accelerated English grade for a term from 96 to 93.

Reportedly, McNeal's husband and daughter were unaware of the grade-changing scheme. McNeal was released on her own recognizance. If convicted, McNeal faces potentially significant prison time, seven years on each count.

Electrocution Victim

(Warren, Ohio) A 20/30-something white male, described as abundantly tattooed and presumed to have dollar signs in his eyes, entered an Ohio Edison electric power substation with a hacksaw and commenced attempting to cut high voltage cables for their copper.

BZZZT! POP! ZAP! SSSsssss ....

Mr. 20/30-Something was electrocuted and the incident caused an area power outage. Authorities are asking the public for help in identifying the young man. Contact the Trumball County Sheriff's Office.

As tipster Charlie Nestor remarks, Mr. Abundantly Tattooed is a likely candidate for a Darwin Award.

California Slashes Health Benefits to Save Money

(Sacramento, California) Effective July 1st, the state-run health care insurance system (Medi-Cal/Denti-Cal) will eliminate adult dental care benefits, podiatry benefits and optometry benefits in an effort to save money.

Apparently, health care decision-makers blew right past any thoughts of rationing the benefits and opted to make them simply disappear completely.

The California Primary Care Association pitched a complaint but a Superior Court judge ruled against them.

In any event, one might logically expect a similar approach to cost-saving when a national health care scheme is adopted.

Companion posts at SocGlory and The Jawa Report.

Polar bear expert censored by Warmists


No dissent from the Warmist Gospel allowed: Mitchell Taylor, who has studied the bears for 30 years, was barred from a U.N. conference about them

"Over the coming days a curiously revealing event will be taking place in Copenhagen. Top of the agenda at a meeting of the Polar Bear Specialist Group (set up under the International Union for the Conservation of Nature/Species Survival Commission) will be the need to produce a suitably scary report on how polar bears are being threatened with extinction by man-made global warming.

Dr Mitchell Taylor has been researching the status and management of polar bears in Canada and around the Arctic Circle for 30 years, as both an academic and a government employee. More than once since 2006 he has made headlines by insisting that polar bear numbers, far from decreasing, are much higher than they were 30 years ago. Of the 19 different bear populations, almost all are increasing or at optimum levels, only two have for local reasons modestly declined.

Dr Taylor had obtained funding to attend this week's meeting of the PBSG, but this was voted down by its members because of his views on global warming. The chairman, Dr Andy Derocher, a former university pupil of Dr Taylor's, frankly explained in an email (which I was not sent by Dr Taylor) that his rejection had nothing to do with his undoubted expertise on polar bears: "it was the position you've taken on global warming that brought opposition".

So, as the great Copenhagen bandwagon rolls on, stand by this week for reports along the lines of "scientists say polar bears are threatened with extinction by vanishing Arctic ice". But also check out Anthony Watt's Watts Up With That website for the latest news of what is actually happening in the Arctic. The average temperature at midsummer is still below zero, the latest date that this has happened in 50 years of record-keeping. After last year's recovery from its September 2007 low, this year's ice melt is likely to be substantially less than for some time. The bears are doing fine.

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To the Green/Left, truth is irrelevant. Destruction is all.

Posted by John Ray.

Honduran Prez Ousted, Chavez Threatens War

(Caracas, Venezuela) By now, everybody has heard that the President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, has been ousted by the army and a new president, Roberto Micheletti, has been sworn in. Zelaya was forcibly removed from his home in the middle of the night and sent to Costa Rica.

President Obama said he was "deeply concerned" by events in Honduras.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, an ally of Zelaya's, placed his military forces on high alert and threatened war.

Chavez, on state television, said if the Venezuela ambassador was killed, or troops entered the Venezuela embassy, "that military junta would be entering a defacto state of war, we would have to act militarily." He said,"I have put the armed forces of Venezuela on alert."

Based upon the Obama administration's limp reaction to the turmoil in Iran, I suggest there won't be much comment out of Washington for a few days at least.

Airport Bribery Prevention

(Kathmandu, Nepal) The government's anti-corruption watchdog has become aware of rampant bribery being committed at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport. Apparently, complaints have been lodged because travelers wanting preferential treatment during screenings and inspections can easily slip some cash to airport workers.

To address the "irregularities" (Nepalese for bribery), the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has ordered that all airport officials be given trousers with no pockets.

Yeah, that'll work.

Muslim Uighurs Clash with Han Chinese, Two Dead

(Guangdong Province, China) In Shaoguan City, the government has pressured factories to hire poor people from western provinces. As a result, the Early Light Toy factory recruited about 800 Muslim Uighurs in the past two months from Xinjiang Province, home to eight million Uighurs.

Unfortunately, persistent ethnic friction between the Han Chinese and the Muslim Uighurs sparked into violence last Thursday by alleged Uighur assaults on Han Chinese girls.

One source indicates that Uighurs committed a series of robberies in addition to rapes.

According to a former female Early Light factory worker, the first rape occurred in the woods behind the factory and the perpetrators were three Uighur male workers. One week later, another female worker went out for a midnight snack and was dragged into the Uighur dormitory and gang raped. When the security guards brought her out, she was stark naked. The factory offered her 10,000 RMB to keep quiet. This was the last straw for the Han workers.

On the night before yesterday, the Han workers in dormitory buildings number one and two began to chant: "Chase the Uighurs off!" They began to vandalize things. The space between the two buildings was littered with garbage receptacles and fire extinguishers. More than one hundred people went wild and used wood sticks to break the window glass. Some of them charged into the Uighur dormitory to assault people. They dragged one Uighur after another one and beat them.

The Uighur retaliated with knives. The Han summoned more than 200 people and the brawl got vicious. Since this incident involves an ethnic minority group, the police acted very cautiously because they wanted to avoid a political incident.

Two people died in the confrontation, both Uighurs. Injuries were reported at 118, injured Uighurs accounted for 79. And, naturally, the incident caught the attention of the all-seeing central government.

The authorities have reportedly told major Internet chatrooms to remove postings about the clash as it could impede the government's policy of encouraging coastal provinces to hire minorities from China's less-developed western region.

Another source makes no mention of any rapes but does indicate that a Han Chinese girl was harassed by Uighurs and she screamed, thereby igniting violence. In any event, the tension between the Uighurs and Han Chinese is great enough that virtually anything could trigger violence.

I would speculate that the conflict is not just ethnic. The Han Chinese might be a bit pissed that the government is importing workers to take jobs away from their families and friends.

Youth Pride Prom

(Boston, Massachusetts) Reported earlier this month, the Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Youth, or BAGLY, sponsored a May 9th Youth Pride Day prom for alternatively-oriented youths at the Boston City Hall.

The event was reportedly attended by "children apparently as young as 12 featuring crossdressers, homosexual heavy petting, suspected drug use and a leather-clad doorman who teaches sexual bondage classes."

An eyewitness reported details of the event, with images, here.

One could assert that the event illustrates what happens when morality is relative. Complaining parents only have themselves to blame.

Tip: slwlion

A new naughty word: "scuffer"

Whining Scottish cop complains about a word of dubious meaning

"David Cameron has ordered an investigation into a claim that a Tory MP manhandled and racially abused a Scottish policeman during a demonstration in Parliament Square. Mark Pritchard is accused of calling PC Ray McQuarrie a ‘scuffer’ – said to be slang for peasant – and of trying to push him out of the way when his route to the Commons was blocked.

PC McQuarrie complained to his superiors and wrote to Mr Cameron asking for an apology, claiming Mr Pritchard, 42, had been drinking when the alleged incident occurred before midnight. Mr Cameron asked Chief Whip Patrick McLoughlin to investigate....

PC McQuarrie obtained his definition of scuffer from the online Urban Dictionary. It calls them a ‘peasant underclass, known for wearing “prison white” training shoes and Burbery check,’ it adds they like ‘drinking cheap spirits/wines on the street and from a bottle, drink pints of lager until they cannot stand at which point they attempt to fight anybody within arms length’. They are also said to ‘chain smoke, write in pigeon English, constantly swear and spit and regard petty theft and violent crime as a game’.

However, Urban Dictionary also gives another definition as a ‘hegemonic power tool of the state, law enforcer’. Other dictionaries say ‘scuffer’ is merely Northern slang for a policeman.

Mr Pritchard last night said: ‘It is the case that when my route was blocked by police officers I objected. ‘I was, however, neither abusive towards them, nor did I push anyone. I did not use the words ‘Scottish scuffer’. ‘Until the complaint was drawn to my attention I had never heard of, let alone myself used, this expression

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It sounds like rather a good word. I will try to remember it. It might come in handy.

Posted by John Ray.

Ahmadinejad and Critic



Too bad that it's photoshopped. According to commenters at this site, the original photo is here.

Nevertheless, the original image is still considered disrespectful.

Woman Accused of Raping Woman

(Gothenburg, Sweden) No names were reported in this apparent violent attack.

A 32-year-old woman has been charged for the rape of another woman by the Gothenburg District Court.

The 32-year-old allegedly attacked the other woman in April at the Redbergsplatsen square, located in the city’s Olskroken district.

Having pulled the victim to the ground by her hair, the 32-year-old straddled the other woman and inserted several fingers into her vagina.

According to the indictment, the woman’s actions are tantamount to intercourse meaning that the crime can be classified as rape.

This is the first report I've heard of a violent woman-on-woman vaginal insertion and, frankly, I don't understand it.

One-Gun-A-Month Law

Here's a ridiculous gun control plan out of Massachusetts that appears to be based on the unsupported belief that licensed gun owners in the state are regularly selling their weapons to street criminals.

"An Act to Reduce Firearm Violence," (H4102), an insulting, anti-gun bill filed by Governor Deval Patrick, will do nothing of the sort. The bill is just another smokescreen by the governor to divert attention away from failed social programs and a failed criminal justice system, which refuses to keep hardened, gun-wielding criminals behind bars, where they belong. The bill only infringes upon our constitutional rights and will cause increased hardship for law-abiding citizens who own guns for hunting, the shooting sports and home protection.

A section of the bill is the "One-gun-a-month" clause that would imprison lawful citizens for purchasing — or for a licensed firearm retailer for selling to a licensed citizen — more than one rifle, shotgun or handgun in a 30-day period.

Sniveling gun-grabbers, with nothing but empty space between their ears, say that limiting law-abiding gun owners to buying only one gun per month will put an end to gun-trafficking — and it lights a fire in my belly. So, us law-abiding gun owners who go through the expensive and unconstitutional licensing process and endure the lengthy procedure and paperwork to buy our guns at licensed gun dealers — are turning around and selling those guns to gang-bangers to commit murder with?

Patrick says we are risking our lives, families, jobs, reputations, our passion for hunting and the shooting sports and taking a chance on spending years in jail (please send soap on a rope) — by selling our souls for a few hundred bucks to some street punk? It's one of the worst insults Patrick has hurled at us law-abiding citizens yet and I think he should offer us a public and written apology.

And, there's more. The bill would make it illegal for legal gun owners to sell guns to other legal gun owners. Instead, all transactions will have to be performed through a licensed gun dealer with, of course, payment of a government fee. More at the link.

Companion posts at GunWatch and The Jawa Report.

Illinois Couple Indicted for Molesting Pre-Teen Girls

(Springfield, Illinois) Earlier this month, a local couple, Ronnie and Joanna Prieto, 38 and 35 respectively, were arrested for alleged sexual assault of two pre-teen girls. According to Assistant State Attorney Amy Wolff, the alleged sexual assaults occurred between 2004 and the present.

This week, Mr. and Mrs. Prieto were indicted by a Sangamon County grand jury and arraigned.

Ronnie Prieto on 15 counts of predatory criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual assault and conspiracy to commit predatory criminal sexual assault; and his wife on 11 counts of conspiracy to commit predatory criminal sexual assault and endangering the life or health of a child.

A trial status hearing is scheduled for next month.

Al-Jazeera Arrives in Washington

Effective July 1st, the Al Jazeera television news network will begin broadcasting in Washington, D.C.

Therefore, the inside-the-beltway political crowd will soon be belching the taste of a brand new Kool-Aid. Expect the NYT and WaPo to lead the dhimmi flag-raising as all references to Al Jazeera's known ties to terrorism are sloughed off.

Of course, I could be wrong but I think not. The mainstream media is owned by the left and so predictable.

Walter Cronkite Ill

To dispel rumors, Walter Cronkite's family issued a statement indicating that the long-time broadcaster "suffered for some years with cerebrovascular disease and he is not expected to recuperate."

Cronkite is 92 years old.

Foreign Police in the U.S.

(Los Angeles, California) A report from the AP discloses that foreign police officers are now performing law enforcement functions in the United States under a scheme supported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials. Reportedly, foreign police officers from Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and Canada are participating.

Although it's generally indicated that the foreign police are engaged in anti-smuggling operations, it's unclear what specific law enforcement functions they are permitted to perform. For example, it's mentioned that Canadian law enforcement officers have been given arrest authority in New York whereas Mexican officers do not have the same authority in Texas. However, Mexican officers are given the authority to investigate in Texas which logically means they can interview and interrogate suspects.

Consequently, one must ask which nation's laws and procedures are employed when foreign officers perform these functions. Interrogation of suspects under Mexican law is quite different from interrogations conducted under U.S. law.

Also, arrests of suspects in the U.S. by Canadian officers appear to be completely outside the law. And it seems to set a dangerous precedent where any nation could send policemen to the U.S. to arrest somebody to be tried in a court in -- pick a place -- Beijing or Islamabad or Pyongyang.

According to Tim Durst, ICE chief of contraband smuggling, the focus of the effort is information.

"We look at it as real-time, firsthand information sharing. It is one of the few ways to go back to the source of smuggling activity."

So, according to Durst, the whole scheme is designed for information-sharing but, as described, it appears to go way beyond simple communications. To my knowledge, putting someone in handcuffs has never been considered "information-sharing."

Nonetheless, the way the scheme supposedly works is that U.S. immigration and border patrol officers tell the Mexican, Colombian, Argentine and Canadian officers the plans for disrupting smuggling operations and the foreign officers tell their colleagues back in Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Canada what is going down. The intended result is cross-border cooperation in stopping the flow of contraband.

Of course, the whole plan is predicated on a belief that most law enforcers in the foreign countries are not corrupt. I suggest that the belief is flawed with regard to Mexico, Colombia and Argentina where police allegedly often work in unison with smugglers.

In conclusion, I contend that foreign police performing law enforcement functions in the U.S. is not a good idea and it probably violates wheelbarrows-full of existing American laws. And most troubling of all is a statement by Tim Durst, the head anti-smuggling man with ICE.

"By working with our foreign partners, we can basically remove the border as a barrier," Durst said.

Frankly, I don't know how anyone in a position of authority could suggest removing the border.

History of Liberals and Conservatives

Here's a curious version of history that will not likely be showing up at your local theater. Excerpt:

The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to get man to the beer. These were the foundations of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two distinct subgroups:

1. Liberals, and
2. Conservatives.

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A Sign of the Times?

Is this the new “justice” for America? A massive armed federal raid in Utah has resulted in two deaths, including the suicide of a popular small town doctor. Those arrested have been accused of stealing American Indian artifacts from federal land.

The Obama administration’s Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar flew to Salt Lake City to proudly announce the raid. But the arrests were conducted in a chilling manner. According to the LA Times:

Shortly after sunrise last week, a squad of flak-jacketed federal agents surrounded the remote home of Dr. James Redd, arrested his wife and then stopped the 60-year-old doctor as he returned from his morning rounds to arrest him as well….

Nearly 20 agents had surrounded a pair of mobile homes belonging to septuagenarian brothers and led them away in cuffs…. Local authorities called the raids overkill.

Then a day after his arrest, Dr. Redd killed himself…. Redd, the town's only physician, was known for traveling to treat patients at all hours. Huge lines formed outside the town mortuary for his wake.

The Times story says that the US attorney for Utah “noted that many of the defendants own guns, common in this part of the country but still a cause for caution.”

"Eighteen vehicles surrounded the Redd’s house,” San Juan County Supervisor Bruce Adams said in an interview. “Do we do that with child molesters? With murderers?” He added, “I haven’t seen a piece of pottery or an artifact that’s worth a human life.”

All of this for stealing shards of pottery. For those Americans who bitterly cling to their guns and Bibles … did you get the message?

SOURCE

Posted by John Ray.

Leftists being devious about "Hate Crimes" bill?

From the Leftist "Media Matters":

"CNN's Deborah Feyerick reported the charge from "some lawmakers and religious groups" that the hate crimes bill "could be used to criminalize conservative speech on abortion or homosexuality." But she did not note that the bill specifically states, "Nothing in this Act shall be construed to allow prosecution based solely upon an individual's expression of racial, religious, political, or other beliefs."

Source

What the above appears to overlook is that the bill has undergone various changes during its now rather long life and I must confess that there might have been a recent change that has escaped me. As far as I can see, however, Media Matters is referring to an older version of the bill rather than the current one. What is apparently the current text of the bill is here. The definitions it refers to are from H.R.3355 (Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994) and can be found here. Earlier versions of the bill did explicitly include a statement that speech was not targeted but that has now gone. At the end of the bill there is simply a pointless assertion that the bill does not attack any constitutional protections (such as the 1st Amendment).


Posted by John Ray.

Assaulted with Cheetos

(Shelbyville, Tennessee) A local couple, James Earl Taylor, 40, and Mary S. Childers, 44, were arrested by Bedford County Sheriff's deputies responding to an alleged domestic assault incident involving Cheetos as weaponry.

On the scene was Cpl. Kevin Roddy of the Bedford County Sheriff's Department.

According to Roddy's report, the pair became "involved in a verbal altercation" with each other "at which time Cheetos potato chips were used in the assault."

"There was evidence of the assault," the report read, "however no physical marks on either party and the primary aggressor was unable to be determined."

Both Taylor and Childers were released on $2,500 bond. Regarding the weaponization of Cheetos, I'm fairly confident that this is the first documented case. In any event, as a domestic assault, it sure seems more like a food fight, with some yelling, of course.

Tip: CNestor

Louisiana Teacher Nabbed in Drug Raid

(Kenner, Louisiana) A 37-year-old physical education teacher at John Clancy Elementary School, Monique Bordelon, and two men were arrested during a raid on a residence with a suspected methamphetamine lab.

Investigators found drug-making ingredients and equipment inside the house, along with a small amount of a clear substance that tested positive for crystal meth.

Arrested with Bordelon were 33-year-old James Miller and 31-year-old Gregory Brown.

Bordelon has been suspended by the Jefferson Parish School District.

Tennessee Teacher Arrested in Student Sex Case

(Cleveland, Tennessee) A 32-year-old seventh-grade teacher formerly at Lake Forest Middle School, Casey Brock, was arrested yesterday after being indicted by a grand jury on multiple counts of sexual battery and solicitation of a minor.

The Bradley County Sheriff's Department launched an investigation after allegations surfaced in April. At the same time, Brock was placed on suspension by the school system. After investigating, the Sheriff's Office determined that the alleged offenses involved two male students.

Brock was booked into custody at the Bradley County Jail and later released on $25,000 bond. A court appearance is scheduled for July 20.

GREENIE HEARTBURN OVER WAXMAN-MARKEY

Both Greenies and conservatives think the bill is useless and yet it could still be enacted!

As the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill nears a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives, environmental groups are "teetering at the edge of existential crisis," writes Josh Harkinson. "Almost all environmental groups agree that Waxman-Markey is far from ideal," but some are supporting it, while others "believe the bill is so deeply flawed it might actually make matters worse." Critics say the bill "lines the pockets of polluters with little to show for it. The most it would cut carbon emissions by 2020 is 17 percent below 1990 levels, nowhere near the 25 to 40 percent reduction sought by scientists and international climate negotiators."

Other concerns are that the bill may decrease clean energy production, as it would overrule higher renewable mandates in states like California; it would strip the Environmental Protection Agency of its ability to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from coal plants; and it would auction just 15 percent of emissions permits, giving a whopping 50 percent "to the fossil fuel industry for free."

Some environmentalists blame the United States Climate Action Partnership, "a coalition of industry and moderate environmental groups," for sticking with a "quietly hammered out" agreement developed during the Bush administration. Others criticize President Obama, "who spoke out in favor of auctioning off pollution permits during his campaign ... but is now thought likely to sign whatever bill crosses his desk." Meanwhile, the industry front group Cooler Heads Coalition is planning efforts to oppose the bill, with "scientific skeptics and legislative critics," reports Greenwire.

SOURCE

Posted by John Ray.

Kenya-Somalia Winds of War

(Nairobi, Kenya) Yesterday, reports surfaced that al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab in Somalia was plotting to blow up a critical bridge in northern Kenya. In response, Kenya placed some military installations on high alert status with all leave time and off days cancelled.

Also, a Kenyan Police Rapid Response Unit has been dispatched to guard the bridge.

All vehicles and passengers are being thoroughly searched. "Our security is on high alert," government spokesman Alfred Mutua said during the weekly briefing in Nairobi on Thursday. [...]

In North Eastern Province, which borders Somalia, security forces were working to thwart possible infiltrations and cross-border movements by Islamist fighters. Most police stations and police posts across the barren frontier had been reinforced, according to police sources.

With a waiver of the UN arms embargo, military arms are flowing to the government of Somalia, led by embattled President Sheikh Sharrif who Osama bin Laden calls an enemy. Reportedly, arms and ammunition are being supplied through and from nearby African countries with costs being reimbursed by the U.S.

Meanwhile, 15 Somali MPs have fled to Kenya along with a constant flow of refugees. Approximately 275,000 Somalis are camped in Kenya and the number grows by an estimated 200 daily.

Al-Shabaab controls most of south Somalia and most of the capital of Mogadishu and has instituted particularly barbaric practices of double limb amputations, floggings and executions to enforce its extreme beliefs.

Companion post at The Jawa Report.

Illinois Woman Gets Prison in Sex Case - Updated

(Peoria, Illinois) Forty-nine-year-old Bonnie J. McDonald was sentenced yesterday by Circuit Judge James Shadid to 13 years in prison for sexually molesting a young boy a decade ago.

McDonald apologized for her behavior, however, the victim, now 17, said he wished the death penalty would be an option for McDonald.

The plea had no agreement on a sentence, so McDonald, who is free on bond, faced six to 30 years in prison. Uncharged was an incident in 1989, when McDonald began to molest another boy, then 8, for several years.

For that reason, prosecutor Brad Chamberlain argued for a stiff sentence for McDonald, saying she was a danger to society. He blasted McDonald's explanation that alcohol caused her to make poor decisions, saying a "person doesn't become intoxicated and want to have sex with 6- and 8-year-old children." [...]

According to court records, McDonald was watching the child, who was home sick from school, when she allegedly fondled him and performed a sex act upon him. The incident came to light recently when the teen, who told Shadid he had tried to kill himself as a result of the abuse, told his parents.

McDonald must serve at least 85 percent of her sentence before being eligible for parole.

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Illinois Woman Guilty of Sex Assault of Boy, 7
[Previous 4/17/09 post]
(Peoria, Illinois) A 49-year-old area woman, Bonnie J. McDonald, pleaded guilty yesterday in Peoria County Court to one count of predatory criminal sexual assault of a seven-year-old boy. In accordance with a plea deal, no sentence was specified but one count of sexual abuse was dropped.

The sexual assault reportedly occurred between May and August 1998. The statute of limitations was not an impediment to prosecuting the case since the victim has not turned 18 yet.

According to court records, McDonald was watching the child, who was home sick from school, when she allegedly fondled him and performed a sex act upon him. The incident came to light recently when the teen told his parents.

Questioned by police, McDonald corroborated what the child had said occurred.

Sentencing has been scheduled for June 19 by Circuit Judge James Shadid.

Farrah Fawcett, b.1947 - d.2009

American actress, pop culture icon and sex symbol Farrah Fawcett died in the intensive care unit of Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California, today of cancer. She was 62.

For the last few years, Fawcett has fought anal cancer which was first diagnosed in 2006.

In April 2009, she was rushed to the hospital, reportedly unconscious and in critical condition. Subsequently, it was reported that the cancer had metastasized to her liver. All the while, Fawcett was watched over by her long-time companion, actor Ryan O'Neal.

Rest in Peace.

Michael Jackson, b.1958 - d.2009




Pop music icon Michael Jackson died today after collapsing and being rushed to the hospital.

Upon arrival at the UCLA Medical Center, Jackson wasn't breathing. He was unresponsive to attempts to resuscitate. One source said he died of cardiac arrest. Michael Jackson was 50 years old.

Rest in Peace.

Illinois Woman Gets 30 Days for Sex with Boy

(Carol Stream, Illinois) In November 2008, a local woman, Annette Prisk, was indicted for aggravated criminal sex abuse of a 16-year-old boy.

Today, 46-year-old Prisk pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a child before DuPage County Circuit Judge Peter J. Dockery and was sentenced to 30 days in jail.

Prosecutor Brian Perkins said Prisk originally thought the boy, whom she met through a mutual friend, was 17 when they began having sex in 2008. She later learned he was a minor, at 16, but had sex with him at least one more time Sept. 12, 2008.

"They had sex approximately six times," Perkins said. "The defendant knew that last time that he was 16, not 17 as he had previously told her, but she continued the sexual relationship, anyway."

Prisk, of the 1300 block of Spring Valley Drive, also pleaded guilty Thursday to misdemeanor battery for flicking a lit cigarette May 12, 2009, at a man during an argument. She received one-month court supervision. Lastly, she settled an unlawful use of a credit card allegation by surrendering nearly $600 of her bond to Charter One Bank.

Prisk was also ordered to register as a sex offender and serve two years of probation.

Man Gussied Up in Gym, Sweating to Porn

(Tustin, California) A 45-year-old man, Stephen Murdoch, was arrested early Tuesday after a security guard found him in a closed and locked apartment complex gym.

Police responded to a suspicious activity call and observed Murdoch, sweating profusely and dressed in a miniskirt, fishnet stockings, bustier and high heels.

The arguably fashionable interloper was hiding behind exercise equipment and watching porn on a laptop.

Murdoch was collared on suspicion of drug possession after officers allegedly found marijuana, methamphetamine and paraphernalia in his gym bag.

Murdoch was booked into custody at the Orange County Jail.

Tip: CNestor

NH Woman Gets Prison for Raping Boy, 12 - Updated

(Dover, New Hampshire) Thirty-four-year-old Francine Barron pleaded guilty yesterday in Strafford County Superior Court to multiple child sex crimes and was sentenced to prison.

For the sex assaults, she received 8-20 years in state prison. Four years can come off her minimum sentence if she completes the sex offender program at the prison.

She was also sentenced to 5-10 years in state prison, all suspended for a period of 10 years consecutive to the eight-to-20-year sentence. Another suspended state prison sentence, for two-to-five years, runs concurrent to the other suspended sentence.

Barron is also to complete drug and alcohol counseling, as well as any other counseling deemed fit. She is to pay restitution to the victim's family for counseling. She may have no contact with the victim or his family, and cannot have any unsupervised contact with anyone under 16 years old, except for her own children or grandchildren.

Barron will also have to register as a sex offender for the rest of her life.

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Woman Accused of Raping Boy, 12
[Previous 7/31/08 post]
(Dover, New Hampshire) A 34-year-old local woman, Francine Barron, surrendered to police yesterday in response to an arrest warrant issued on July 16.

Barron is accused of raping a 12-year-old boy last March 31st and faces a charge of aggravated felonious sexual assault.

According to Lt. Paul Toussaint, police were alerted to the alleged sexual assault on June 25, prompting an investigation.

Barron was booked into custody at the Strafford County Jail with bond set at $50,000. A Dover District Court appearance is scheduled for today.


[Update 11/12/08]

Barron was free on personal recognizance bail which has now been revoked due to failed drug tests. Prosecution on six counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child for engaging in sex acts with the boy remains in her future.

Monitor ABC World News Sponsors in Light of White House "Town Hall" Meeting on Health Care

New Webpage Provides List to Public

In light of the ABC World News program's decision to host a "Town Hall" meeting on health care at the White House without opposition participation, the National Center for Public Policy Research is making a list of ABC World News sponsors available online for those who wish to boycott sponsors or/or send a letter of protest to them.

The list of sponsors includes sponsors from the June 18, 2009 program - the date ABC announced the White House-based program would take place - to the present and beyond, and is available at www.nationalcenter.org/ABCNewsSponsors.html.

"Town Hall meetings are generally understood to cover a wide range of viewpoints," said National Center for Public Policy Research president Amy Ridenour, "and network newscasts are supposed to be objective. Yet ABC is holding a Town Meeting with the chief backer of government-run health care at a venue entirely favorable to him, and inviting opposition only in the form of questions to him from a generalized audience placed in an entirely inferior position. An objective conversation is impossible under those conditions."

"Moreover," said Ridenour, "ABC News has refused offers from opponents of the President's plan even to buy paid advertising during scheduled commercial breaks. ABC is not only pitching for Obama, it's pitching him a no-hitter."

"Many Americans, probably millions, believe so-called 'ObamaCare' will lead to shortages of health care services, leading to pain, misery and even death," Ridenour continued, "as this is the experience of every nation that has tried government-run health care so far, The health care debate is literally life-and-death, yet ABC is treating it like an afternoon tea at the White House."

"Because of this," she concluded, "the National Center for Public Policy Research is posting online a list of all the sponsors of ABC World News since ABC announced this program, and we encourage people to make their views -- including, if they so choose, with their wallets -- known to ABC's sponsors."

The list of ABC World News sponsors can be found online here.

SOURCE

Posted by John Ray.

Hopping High Wallabies Create Crop Circles

(Tasmania) Supplying about half the world's supply of legally-grown opium for pharmaceuticals, Tasmania is home to about 500 poppy farms which also produce mysterious crop circles. Fortunately, authorities have finally solved the crop circle mystery. They are made by wallabies.


In a statement yesterday, Attorney-General Lara Giddings said that wallabies had been found "high as a kite" hopping around the fields after eating the poppies, creating the circles.

The poppy field crop circles have become a campfire legend.

Kansas Woman Accused of Unlawful Sex in Jail

(Topeka, Kansas) A 33-year-old local woman, Brenda Jo Hitt, was arrested yesterday for allegedly engaging in unlawful sexual relations with an inmate at the Shawnee County Department of Corrections jail in Topeka.

The alleged sex reportedly occurred in September 2008.

It's not clear what Hitt was doing at the jail besides allegedly having sex. It's conceivable that she was a worker, visitor or an inmate. We'll have to wait for details.

A pre-trial hearing has been scheduled for August 28.

Alabama Mama Charged with Raping Boy, 10

(Birmingham, Alabama) Last week, a 39-year-old local woman, Samantha Canada, was arrested for allegedly engaging in oral sex and intercourse with a 10-year-old boy. The boy was a family acquaintance and friend of Canada's 10-year-old son.

Canada has been charged with two counts of rape and two counts of sodomy.

According to Jefferson County Sheriff's Department:

The suspect admitted during questioning that the relationship started with the suspect giving the victim cigarettes and later escalated to swimming nude in their pool.

The nude swimming led to physical contact and then oral sex and intercourse on two different occasions.

On the second occasion another young friend of the suspect’s son walked in on the suspect and victim in the suspect’s bedroom.

The suspect admitted that she asked the young boys not to tell anyone or she would be arrested.

She also attempted to bribe her 10-year-old son with the purchase of an XBOX Video Gaming system if he would not tell anyone.

Canada was booked into custody at the Jefferson County Jail with bond set at $240,000.

SC Governor Sanford Admits Extramarital Affair

(Columbia, South Carolina) Republican Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina revealed today that, during a five-day unexplained absence, he was in Argentina with a woman other than his wife.

Sanford admitted that he "did" have sex with that Argentine woman and immediately resigned his position as president of the Republican Governors Association.

"The bottom line is this -- I've been unfaithful to my wife," the governor said during a news conference at the State House in which he paused several times to compose himself. He admitted lying to his staff about his whereabouts and said he had been in Argentina with a woman whom he didn't name.

In a statement, Jenny Sanford, Gov. Sanford's wife, said she knew of her husband's infidelity and asked him to leave two weeks ago.

Mr. Sanford said he has known the woman for eight years and that the relationship turned romantic within the past year. He profusely apologized -- to his wife and four sons, his staff, the people of his state and "people of faith" around the country.

Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi takes over as head of the Republican Governors Association.

Wanna Dip for Your Chips?

(Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) Last February, a 36-year-old woman, Lahoma Sue Smith, was arrested for prostitution after allegedly negotiating a session of sex in return for a box of Frito-Lay chips.

Officers said they followed Smith’s car and found her with her blouse open and found a man in the passenger seat pulling his pants up.

The man told police he was having marital problems and knew he could pick up a prostitute there.

Smith told police the man told her he was looking for company but he didn’t have any money, so she agreed to be paid with a $30 case of Frito-Lay chips he had in the back of his car.

Last week, Smith pleaded no contest to prostitution charges and was fined $1,142.

Tip: slwlion

Once again, the thoughts come out in a heated moment

I don't suppose it's big news but many homosexuals don't think very highly of one-another either:

"Police have charged the tour manager of the Black Eyed Peas with assault after he allegedly gave celebrity blogger Perez Hilton a black eye outside a Toronto nightclub.

Hilton said he got into an argument with band members Fergie and will.i.am at the Cobra nightclub early Monday morning and was punched outside by Polo Molina, the band's tour manager. They were at the club following a Sunday night video awards show.

Hilton, who is openly gay, said in interview with The Associated Press that he called will.i.am a "faggot," a gay slur, inside the club after the musician told the blogger not to write about his band on his Web site.

Source

The homosexual "community" now seems intent on excommunicating their one-time hero over his use of such a naughty word. Details of the furore here.


Posted by John Ray.

Singapore Airport Terror Plotter Caught in Indonesia

(Jakarta, Indonesia) A Singaporean identified as Husaini Ismail, an alleged plotter in the 2001 terrorist scheme to crash a plane into Singapore's Changi Airport, has been arrested by Indonesian Police.

A police source close to the investigation said Husaini had moved around Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara, in 2006-07 before settling down in Central Java.

“In Sumbawa he tried to build a new community to support his ideas to build an Islamic state in Asia but then we lost him before we found him again in Central Java,” the source said. [...]

It is believed that Husaini came to Indonesia together with terror suspects Mas Selamat bin Kastari; Mohammad Hasan bin Saynudin, also known as Fajar Taslim; Ishak Sio Muhamed Noohu; and Muhammad Rasyid bin Zainal Abidin by ship via Medan, North Sumatra, in January 2002.

Another source reports that all five terrorists involved in the failed Changi Airport plot have now been captured. Also, Husaini Ismail will be prosecuted in Indonesia rather than being deported to Singapore.

Meanwhile, Amnesty International issued a report earlier today claiming that torture is commonly practiced by Indonesian Police.

The report - Unfinished Business: Police Accountability In Indonesia - found that the police were particularly brutal to the most vulnerable and marginalised people, such as drug addicts and women.

Furthermore, Human Rights Watch issued an earlier report also stating that torture and abuse of jailed prisoners in Indonesia are rampant.

Companion post at The Jawa Report.

Support Digger

From Dan Amato at Diggers Realm:

Amnesty, amnesty, amnesty. That's all we're hearing lately and with the man in the White House now we have reason to be concerned. Obama sponsored legislation put forth by La Raza while a senator and marched with the illegal aliens through the streets of Chicago in the mass march of illegal aliens. All the while they were burning American flags, demanding citizenship and calling for the deportation of "The Gringo".

Pro-illegal alien groups throughout this time have managed to receive taxpayer funds and donations by the millions from wealthy Liberals hell bent on destroying this country from within. Meanwhile, small grassroots groups of Americans have used their own monies to try and hold off the massive lobbying effort going on in DC for the passage of amnesty for illegal aliens. A lobbying that is pushing hard for an amnesty this year.

I am one of those grassroots individuals and over more than half a decade have went from living in California and writing on illegal immigration to crossing the country, traveling, speaking, being interviewed on talk shows and reporting on illegal immigration to interviewing and questioning congressional candidates on their immigration views to being branded by the Anti-Defamation league a xenophobe and anti-immigrant. There are no rich supporters paying the way, no government funds backing me and contrary to what the SPLC, ADL and other racist groups say, I have no ties to big pocketed right wing extremist or white supremacist groups.

I am just me.

Without any official or organizational backing, Diggers Realm needs assistance in covering the costs to continue actively pursuing immigration issues. Readers who can help should visit here.

Naming Rights to College Courses For Sale

(San Francisco, California) Chancellor Don Griffin of the City College of San Francisco offered to sell naming rights for individual college courses to anyone willing to pony up $6,000 but he failed to check with the Board of Trustees first. Hilarity ensued.

"Public education is not for sale," said Milton Marks, president of the board. Nonetheless, the idea doesn't appear to have died completely. Jawbones continue to flap.

Therefore, don't be surprised to see a course catalog featuring Women's Studies, sponsored by Starkist Dolphin-Free Tuna, or Accounting Principles, sponsored by Full-Tilt Poker, or Human Anatomy, sponsored by Omaha Steaks.

Heh.

Indiana Woman Accused of Sex with Foster Son

(Cedar Lake, Indiana) A 33-year-old local foster parent, Noelle Wolak, has been accused of engaging in sex with her 15-year-old foster son. Reportedly, the boy fathered a baby Wolak gave birth to last fall.

Wolak has been charged with sexual misconduct with a minor, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and child seduction.

Court records indicate Wolak and the teen were watching the 2008 Super Bowl at a friend's home and Wolak gave him alcohol and he consumed quite a bit. The teen told police he woke up at a motel in Schererville wearing a pair of shorts and a T-shirt. Wolak told him they had unprotected sex and that she might be pregnant.

Wolak also rented a room for them in May or June 2008, the teen said.

Police confirmed that Wolak rented rooms at the Schererville motel on Feb. 4, 2008, and May 8, 2008, court records state.

After Wolak and her husband split up, Wolak moved the teen into her bed.

Authorities removed the teen from the Wolak home and placed him in a foster home in Chesterton, but the teen ran away from the Chesterton home and Wolak picked him up in Burns Harbor and brought him back to her home. It was then Wolak told him she became pregnant and had a baby in October.

If convicted of the charges against her, Wolak faces a possible 20 years in prison.

Arab Toon

From the Saudi Gazette:


Now it seems logical to me that an increase in pressure in the bottle would likely eject the stopper and blow that bearded fellow's head clean off.

Iran: “Conservatives” and Liberals

Comment by David Yeagley below. I add some further notes at the foot of his post

In the great American liberal media, the word “conservative” represents the bad guys, the meanies. Any liberal media report on Iran’s current crisis will use the world “conservative” in reference to the mullahs, Ahmadinejad, and the present regime. By contrast, anyone who respects human rights (sometimes called “freedom”) is to be called “liberal.”

The truth is exactly the opposite. This is not something that should be ignored, unnoticed, or not condemned.

Liberals think the conservatives are those clinging to tradition, or to “their guns or religion,” as Barry Soetoro, acting US president, declared. This is a highly relative, subjective call. When applied to the country of Iran, liberal media shows the classic example of partiality, selective history, and gigantic ignorance.

The tradition of Iran is Persia. The foundational identity of Persia is the reign of the Achamenid emperors, from Cyrus the Great (560-530 BC) through Darius III (336-330 BC). This is the era known for general humanitarian sentiments, internationalism, and advanced civilization. This is Iran. Islam is an Arab religion, brought to Iran by the invading slaughters from Arabia in the 8th century AD. There is nothing Persian about this religion, language, or culture. Iran’s Persian culture has survived today because of patriots like Ferdowsi, Persian patriots, who resisted the Arab Islamicist’s attempt to obliterate Persian glory.

The Iranians who want to honor and preserve their Persian identity are the true conservatives of Iran. The mullahs are coercivists, just like American liberals, like Barry Soetoro in the White House, who want to coerce their ideas on the American people. Coercion is the liberal way.

It is a grave error to equate American conservatism with the Islamic regime in Iran. This is simply grossly mistaken, and should not be ignored. The AP wire by “ALI AKBAR DAREINI and BRIAN MURPHY” demonstrates the typical error:

a state-run television channel reported that a suicide bombing at the shrine of the Islamic Revolution leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini killed at least two people and wounded eight. The report could be not independently evaluated due to government restrictions on journalists. If proven true, the reports could enrage conservatives and bring strains among backers of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi.

Note that the “conservatives” are those who support the Islamic regime. Therefore, the “liberals” must be anyone who opposes them.

I say it is time to correct this error. Liberals in America will of course try to take credit for anything good that comes out of the opposition movement in Iran. It’s time the lying deceivers were exposed.

SOURCE

This same problem arose in the dying days of the old Soviet union. Hardliners there too were often called "conservatives" in the Western media. Journalists saw nothing strange in calling Communists "conservatives"! That is the sort of blindness that could only come out of Left-dominated journalism schools.

The mistake arises from the very simple-minded nature of Leftism. Leftists define the political spectrum purely in terms of attitude to the status quo. They are against it so conservatives must be for it. But conservatives such as Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher were great changers of the status quo so does that make them Leftists? Clearly not. So defining politics solely in terms of attitude to the status quo is brain-dead. While it is true that rejection of the status quo defines Leftists pretty well, what defines conservatives is something quite different: A desire for individual liberty. But Leftists know that to change the status quo significantly you need coercive power: the power of government in particular. And conservatives don't want to be coerced. They want individuals to be able to make their own decisions as freely as possible. So that is why the Left and the Right clash.

The Soviets, the Ayatollahs and American "liberals" are the ones who are three peas in a pod: They all depend on the coercive power of the State in order to get their way. Conservatives don't want to get their way. They just want to be left alone to do their own thing. Sadly, however, we have to fight the left in order to be left alone. I say much more about the nature of conservatism here -- with particular reference to the history and psychology of conservatism

Posted by John Ray.

China Accused of Stealing Green Technology

(Washington) A measure authored by Democrat Rep. Rick Larsen was approved in the U.S. House of Representatives with intentions of protecting intellectual property rights of green technologies ahead of the Copenhagen global warming meeting in December.

The measure was prompted by a belief that the Chinese are aiming to steal green technology and deny the U.S. of "million of jobs" tied to global warming.

Despite a recession, President Barack Obama has vowed to work to halt the planet’s warming, which UN scientists warn will threaten severe weather and the extinction of plant and animal species later this century if unchecked.

Heh. It appears that concerns regarding global warming are secondary to which country gets to profit.

"Sure I want to save the Planet. But first, I want my cut."

Some crisis, eh? Logically, if the end-of-the-world scenarios had any validity, nobody would care who profited or received credit for the solution. It's largely a political scam.

Michigan Youth Suicide Attempts Above Average

(Detroit, Michigan) It's not clear why Michigan ranks higher.

Michigan youths are more likely than the average American youth to attempt suicide, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In its last survey in 2007, 9% of Michigan youths surveyed admitted attempting suicide (compared to a national average of 7%) and 27% said they had been depressed.

Not good.

NJ Woman Forces Girl into Sex with Two Males

(Montclair, New Jersey) A 19-year-old local woman, Christina Joseph, was arrested this past week for allegedly forcing a 15-year-old girl to have sex with two males, ages 17 and 18. The incident allegedly occurred on June 8.

Joseph held a rock in her hand and threatened to hit the girl in the head if she did not engage in sexual activity, according to investigators. Then the 17-year-old boy and an 18-year-old from Bloomfield, who had left the area before police arrived, allegedly abused the victim, according to authorities. Joseph struck the victim several times in the body with a belt, according to police, while both of the males sexually violated her, authorities said.

The Bloomfield suspect, Jahad Meadows, was taken into custody last night, June 18, at his house, police indicated.

“This incident is extremely disturbing and very sad for the victim and her family,” stated Montclair Police Detective Lt. James Carlucci.

Joseph was charged with aggravated sexual assault, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon, police said.

Joseph and Meadows were booked into custody at the Essex County Jail. The 17-year-old was booked into custody at the Essex County Youth House on a charge of aggravated sexual assault.

Disgusting or Creative?

An interview about unmentionables:

Who are you, and what do you do?

My name is Phil and I run Easy Tiger Corp. We make Pre-Stained Underwear.

You sell WHAT?

Pre-Stained Underwear. Underwear for men that has skid marks printed in them.

Apparently, there are some men in society too lazy to stain their own underwear -- or something. Readers can decide.

Sneaky Islamic Chicken Served at McDonald's

(Helsinki, Finland) Consistent with the dhimmitude running arguably unchecked throughout Europe, McDonald's in Finland sells halal chicken while not informing customers that the poultry has been slaughtered in accordance with Islamic ritual.

In traditional halal slaughtering, the animal's head turned by a Mekkaa and carotid artery is cut from the animal which is conscious. At the same time, pronouncing a prayer. In EU countries, the animals are stunned before slaughter.

In an interview published in Kotimaa, Finnish McDonald Quality Manager Tiina Partanen says that the method used by the restaurant chain's subcontractors is not a traditional halal slaughter, because the animals are stunned before.

The slaughter is overseed by a Muslim employee who submits aprayer "Allah, Allah is the greatest" at the beginning of the slaughter, and every time when the process is interrupted.

Partanen is not taking a position on whether Finnish customers have a right to know they're eating chicken, which at the time of slaughter have an Islamic prayer uttered over them. (sic all)

Christians in Finland are upset about having chicken served to them after being sacrificed to a foreign god. They don't like being misled and have called for a boycott of McDonald's.

There has also been some concern about live chickens having their throats cut. Sensitive people find the practice disturbing.

Big embarrassment: "Ozone saver" is "global warmer"


THE green movement’s greatest triumph – the abolition of ozone-destroying CFC gases in the 1980s – may become its biggest embarrassment because of research showing that their replacements are sharply accelerating global warming. CFC, or chlorofluorocarbon, gases were widely deployed in air-conditioning and refrigeration units before they were found to destroy the ozone layer and banned under the 1987 Montreal protocol.

They were replaced by HFCs – hydrofluorocarbons – gases that have far less effect on ozone but have since been revealed as extremely powerful greenhouse gases. A ton of HFC23 used in refrigeration has the same global warming potential as 14,800 tons of CO2. A ton of HFC-134a, widely used in vehicle air-conditioning units, is equivalent to 1,430 tons of CO2. The problem has been increased by the rising demand for refrigeration and air-conditioning because of economic expansion and population growth in Asia.

A study out this week will warn that, by 2050, HFCs could account for up to 19% of global warming. “By 2050, the contribution of HFCs to global warming will be more than that of current global CO2 emissions from houses and office buildings,” said Guus Velders of the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, who did the research. “The contribution of HFCs to global warming is currently small, but can increase to between 9% and 19% of the total contribution by 2050.” CO2 He found that by 2050 the demand for HFCs was likely to have increased by 800% compared with today’s figures.

More here


Posted by John Ray.

Air France 447 Update - 11 Victims Identified

(Sao Paulo, Brazil) Fifty bodies have been recovered from the Air France Flight 447 crash site and 11 have been identified.

Five of the first 11 bodies to be identified were Brazilian men, five were Brazilian women and one was a “foreigner of the male sex,” the Public Safety Department of the northeastern state of Pernambuco said in a statement Sunday.

The department did not reveal the nationality of the non-Brazilian victim.

The search for the plane's flight data and voice recorders continues over an area with a radius of 50 miles. As of last night, no signals from the black boxes have been detected.

No-Permit Concealed Weapons

(Phoenix, Arizona) By a 4-3 vote on Friday, the Arizona Senate Judiciary Committee agreed with a measure that would allow people to carry concealed weapons without first obtaining a state permit. The measure will now go to the full Senate.

Ahmadinejad: No "Circle of Friendship" For U.S., Britain

Well, Hrrumph!

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, has told the US and Britain to stop interfering in the country's internal affairs following its disputed presidential election on June 12.

The US and other Western nations have criticised the police crackdown on the mass protests that followed his re-election and some have backed calls for a recount of ballots.

"Definitely by hasty remarks you will not be placed in the circle of friendship with the Iranian nation," the state-run ISNA news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying in a meeting with religious leaders and scholars on Sunday.

"Therefore I advise you to correct your interfering stances."

I suggest that "Bite me, Mahmoud!" would be an appropriate response.

Companion post at The Jawa Report.