HypoChron of the Chilean Mine Disaster
What would have happened if the Chilean mine had been in Colorado?
That's the question asked in a hypothetical chronology of the disaster. It's arguably realistic with all the familiar American government officials making timely, in their minds, decisions.
Alternative title: What if the Chilean mine disaster had been handled like the Gulf oil spill?
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Gazprom Finance Manager Found Dead
(Moscow, Russia) A top finance manager for Russia's huge energy company Gazprom, Sergei Klyuka, was found dead Saturday from a single gunshot to the head. He reportedly was found in his car on a Moscow street.
Another report (Interfax) states that Klyuka was "found overnight slumped behind the wheel of his Range Rover in an underground garage in the capital, with a pistol on the seat."
Frankly, I don't know what to believe. I am suspicious. In Russia, too often it seems that important people in influential positions are suicidal.
(Moscow, Russia) A top finance manager for Russia's huge energy company Gazprom, Sergei Klyuka, was found dead Saturday from a single gunshot to the head. He reportedly was found in his car on a Moscow street.
Investigators believe that Klyuka could have committed suicide because police found the body and a Czech-made CZ-75 automatic pistol in a garage that belonged to the victim.Interestingly, Ria Novosti says Klyuka was found in his car on the street AND he was found in his garage where the gun was found. Speculatively, it appears Klyuka must have shot himself in the head in his car on a Moscow street, then exited the car and returned the gun to the garage and, finally, he returned to the car to die and be found.
Klyuka, 36, left home early on Saturday morning to meet a relative at a railway station. He never showed up at the meeting and did not answer phone calls, which prompted his wife to call the police.
Another report (Interfax) states that Klyuka was "found overnight slumped behind the wheel of his Range Rover in an underground garage in the capital, with a pistol on the seat."
Frankly, I don't know what to believe. I am suspicious. In Russia, too often it seems that important people in influential positions are suicidal.
Managing Anger with a Knife
(Bellevue, Washington) Although violent outbursts are probably uncommon, one should hardly be surprised to find angry people at anger management classes.
(Bellevue, Washington) Although violent outbursts are probably uncommon, one should hardly be surprised to find angry people at anger management classes.
A 19-year-old Bellevue woman has been charged with second-degree assault after she allegedly stabbed a classmate Saturday during an anger-management class.Maradiaga was booked into custody at the King County Jail with bail set at $50,000.
Bellevue police say Faribah Maradiaga "blew up out of control" and stabbed the classmate's arm and shoulder several times after the two women exchanged words.
Woman Pinched for Stealing Doughnut
(Bartlesville, Oklahoma) A 27-year-old local woman, Shantell Nicole Ishem, was arrested earlier this week for allegedly stealing a doughnut, urinating in public and soliciting a police officer.
Ishem has been charged with burglary, indecent exposure and solicitation of prostitution.
Tip: slwlion
(Bartlesville, Oklahoma) A 27-year-old local woman, Shantell Nicole Ishem, was arrested earlier this week for allegedly stealing a doughnut, urinating in public and soliciting a police officer. Ishem has been charged with burglary, indecent exposure and solicitation of prostitution.
According to a probable cause affidavit filed in Washington County Court, around 2:06 a.m. Oct. 11, Bartlesville police received a report of a citizen needing assistance in the 400 block of Southeast Adams Boulevard.Ishem was booked into custody with bond set at $20,000.
The victim there reportedly told police that Ishem had gotten into his truck and stolen his donut.
As police were receiving that report, a clerk from a nearby convenience store said that after Ishem got out of the man’s truck, she pulled her pants down and urinated in the parking lot.
When police questioned Ishem, she reportedly told them that she was “sitting on her moneymaker” and offered sexual favors to arresting officers.
Tip: slwlion
Wal-Mart vs. The Morons
I won't vouch for all the numbers below but the general idea has a lot to be said for it -- JR
1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart Every hour of every day.
2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!
3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year.
4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target +Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined.
5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people, is the world's largest private employer, and most speak English.
6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the world.
7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger and Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only fifteen years.
8. During this same period, 31 big supermarket chains sought bankruptcy.
9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.
10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are Super Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had five years ago.
11. This year 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at Wal-Mart stores. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 Billion.)
12. 90% of all Americans live within fifteen miles of a Wal-Mart.
You may think that I am complaining, but I am really laying the ground work for suggesting that MAYBE we should hire the guys who run Wal-Mart to fix the economy. This should be read and understood by all Americans Democrats, Republicans, EVERYONE!!
To President Obama and all 535 voting members of the Legislature, it is now official you are ALL corrupt morons:
a. The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775. You have had 234 years to get it right and it is broke.
b. Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 74 years to get it right and it is broke.
c. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 71 years to get it right and it is broke.
d. War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor" and they only want more.
e. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 44 years to get it right and they are broke.
f. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 39 years to get it right and it is broke.
g. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion a year and we import more oil than ever before. You had 32 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.
You have FAILED in every "government service" you have shoved down our throats while overspending our tax dollars.
AND YOU WANT AMERICANS TO BELIEVE YOU CAN BE TRUSTED WITH A GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM?
Posted by John J. Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.).
I won't vouch for all the numbers below but the general idea has a lot to be said for it -- JR
1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart Every hour of every day.
2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!
3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year.
4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target +Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined.
5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people, is the world's largest private employer, and most speak English.
6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the world.
7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger and Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only fifteen years.
8. During this same period, 31 big supermarket chains sought bankruptcy.
9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.
10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are Super Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had five years ago.
11. This year 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at Wal-Mart stores. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 Billion.)
12. 90% of all Americans live within fifteen miles of a Wal-Mart.
You may think that I am complaining, but I am really laying the ground work for suggesting that MAYBE we should hire the guys who run Wal-Mart to fix the economy. This should be read and understood by all Americans Democrats, Republicans, EVERYONE!!
To President Obama and all 535 voting members of the Legislature, it is now official you are ALL corrupt morons:
a. The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775. You have had 234 years to get it right and it is broke.
b. Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 74 years to get it right and it is broke.
c. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 71 years to get it right and it is broke.
d. War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor" and they only want more.
e. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 44 years to get it right and they are broke.
f. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 39 years to get it right and it is broke.
g. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion a year and we import more oil than ever before. You had 32 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.
You have FAILED in every "government service" you have shoved down our throats while overspending our tax dollars.
AND YOU WANT AMERICANS TO BELIEVE YOU CAN BE TRUSTED WITH A GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM?
Posted by John J. Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.).
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Rape in Marriage Not Crime Says Muslim Cleric
(UK) The Muslim cleric who runs the largest network of sharia courts in Britain, Sheikh Maulana Abu Sayeed, said that there can be no rape in marriage.
The sheikh also said that a husband accused of rape "may be disciplined, and he may be made to ask forgiveness."
(UK) The Muslim cleric who runs the largest network of sharia courts in Britain, Sheikh Maulana Abu Sayeed, said that there can be no rape in marriage.“Clearly there cannot be any rape within the marriage. Maybe aggression, maybe indecent activity.”Shjeikh Sayeed explained that rape is defined in sharia as "adultery by force" and since there is no adultery, there is no rape. I wonder how many women agree with the sheikh.
He said the “aggression” of reporting the man to police was greater than the “minor aggression” of forcing a woman to have sexual intercourse against her will.
He claimed many married women who alleged rape were lying.
The sheikh also said that a husband accused of rape "may be disciplined, and he may be made to ask forgiveness."
Texas Teacher Pays Girls to Undress
(Austin, Texas) A 28-year-old biology teacher at Connally High School, Eddie Lolis, resigned this week after being accused of paying female students to take their clothes off so he could measure them.
Lolis faces two counts of improper relationship between an educator and a student.
(Austin, Texas) A 28-year-old biology teacher at Connally High School, Eddie Lolis, resigned this week after being accused of paying female students to take their clothes off so he could measure them. Lolis faces two counts of improper relationship between an educator and a student.
According to an affidavit, Lolis told a female student sometime from Sept. 26 to Sept. 28 that he would give her $10 if she allowed him to measure her for a project for a physics class at Texas State University.Lolis pulled the same stunt with another girl before being exposed and charged. He admitted that there was no Texas State University project requiring girls to undress, only his own.
He then made arrangements to get the student out of class and took her to the boys' locker room where he measured her bare breasts and buttocks with measuring tape, according to the affidavit.
Lolis gave the student $10, telling her "not to tell anyone because teachers shouldn't give students money," according to the affidavit.
The following day Lolis told the same female student that "there was something else she could do for $50," according to the affidavit. He took her into the equipment room in the boys locker room area where he touched her genitals, according to the affidavit. He then told the student that "the more he paid her the more she had to do," according to the affidavit.
Nutty British prisons boss says inmates should have choice of FIVE dishes for dinner
Prisoners must be given a choice of at least five different dishes for dinner, it emerged last night. Under new rules – quickly dubbed ‘Porridge à la Carte’ – inmates will be presented with a menu from which to select their desired meal from the five on offer.
Governors must change the menu regularly to ensure the same options do not appear more than once a month. The order dictating the changes even insists that prisoners are ‘consulted’ about the quality of meals served. Prisons minister Crispin Blunt, who previously gave the go-ahead for Halloween and Christmas parties for inmates, is responsible for prisoner food rules.
Critics described the regulations as ‘lunacy’. The rules, issued by the Ministry of Justice and sent to every jail in England and Wales, came into force on October 1 but were only published yesterday.
Diktats include that drug addicts trying to get clean should be given hot chocolate because it is ‘comforting’. New inmates must be given an arrival pack containing tea and coffee, sweets and cigarettes. And late arrivals – such as newly-sentenced prisoners – must be given a hot meal even if they arrive at the prison after all the other inmates have eaten.
Fiona McEvoy, campaign manager at the Taxpayers’ Alliance, said: ‘While many ordinary, law-abiding taxpayers struggle for cash and brace themselves for cuts in services, these convicts are getting five-star treatment on the public purse. ‘The amount of effort and planning going into these menus is just insulting – it seems criminals are being fed better than patients, school children and the elderly in many cases. ‘No one would deny inmates a decent meal, but this is just ridiculous.’
More here
Posted by John J. Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.).
Prisoners must be given a choice of at least five different dishes for dinner, it emerged last night. Under new rules – quickly dubbed ‘Porridge à la Carte’ – inmates will be presented with a menu from which to select their desired meal from the five on offer.
Governors must change the menu regularly to ensure the same options do not appear more than once a month. The order dictating the changes even insists that prisoners are ‘consulted’ about the quality of meals served. Prisons minister Crispin Blunt, who previously gave the go-ahead for Halloween and Christmas parties for inmates, is responsible for prisoner food rules.
Critics described the regulations as ‘lunacy’. The rules, issued by the Ministry of Justice and sent to every jail in England and Wales, came into force on October 1 but were only published yesterday.
Diktats include that drug addicts trying to get clean should be given hot chocolate because it is ‘comforting’. New inmates must be given an arrival pack containing tea and coffee, sweets and cigarettes. And late arrivals – such as newly-sentenced prisoners – must be given a hot meal even if they arrive at the prison after all the other inmates have eaten.
Fiona McEvoy, campaign manager at the Taxpayers’ Alliance, said: ‘While many ordinary, law-abiding taxpayers struggle for cash and brace themselves for cuts in services, these convicts are getting five-star treatment on the public purse. ‘The amount of effort and planning going into these menus is just insulting – it seems criminals are being fed better than patients, school children and the elderly in many cases. ‘No one would deny inmates a decent meal, but this is just ridiculous.’
More here
Posted by John J. Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.).
Friday, October 15, 2010
Foster Mom Gets Prison for Doing Foster Son - Updated
(Prior Lake, Minnesota) On August 10, Spring Lake Township foster mom Georgiana Glenn Helmbolt was convicted by a jury on three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct stemming from engaging in sex with her 15-year-old foster son.
On October 7, Helmbolt was sentenced by Judge Rex D. Stacy to five years in prison followed by 30 months of supervised probation.
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Foster Mom Guilty of Doing Foster Son
[Previous 8/11/10 post]
(Prior Lake, Minnesota) A 47-year-old foster mother, Georgiana Glenn Helmbolt, was found guilty Tuesday of sexually assaulting her 15-year-old foster son.
A Scott County jury deliberated for 90 minutes in finding Helmbolt guilty on three counts of first-degree sexual assault.
Helmbolt is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Rex D. Stacey on October 7. She faces a minimum 12 and a maximum 30 years in prison.
(Prior Lake, Minnesota) On August 10, Spring Lake Township foster mom Georgiana Glenn Helmbolt was convicted by a jury on three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct stemming from engaging in sex with her 15-year-old foster son.On October 7, Helmbolt was sentenced by Judge Rex D. Stacy to five years in prison followed by 30 months of supervised probation.
In addition to the prison sentence, Helmbolt was ordered to 10 years of conditional release, not to have any unsupervised contact with juvenile males, take her prescription medications, not possess or use any pornographic material, enter and complete sex-offender treatment and register as a predatory offender upon her release.Throughout the trial, Helmbolt maintained that the boy raped her and she was innocent. A jury of six women and six men were unconvinced.
She was also ordered to pay $23,584 in court fees and restitution to Carver County, which placed the boy in foster care in March 2009.
Foster Mom Guilty of Doing Foster Son
[Previous 8/11/10 post]
(Prior Lake, Minnesota) A 47-year-old foster mother, Georgiana Glenn Helmbolt, was found guilty Tuesday of sexually assaulting her 15-year-old foster son.
A Scott County jury deliberated for 90 minutes in finding Helmbolt guilty on three counts of first-degree sexual assault.
Helmbolt is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Rex D. Stacey on October 7. She faces a minimum 12 and a maximum 30 years in prison.
Kentucky Teacher Gets Prison in Sex Case - Updated
(Paris, Kentucky) Thirty-four-year-old teacher formerly at Bourbon County High School, Melissa Arnett, was sentenced to three years in prison for engaging in sex with a 15-year-old male student.
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Kentucky Teacher Accused of Sex with Male Student
[Previous 7/14/09 post]
(Lexington, Kentucky) A 33-year-old special education teacher formerly at Bourbon County High School, Melissa Arnett, was arrested for allegedly engaging in sex with a 16-year-old male student at least five times during a two-month period.
Arnett faces a charge of sex abuse of a minor.
The boy's mother alerted authorities in June. When confronted with the allegations, Arnett reportedly confessed and resigned her teaching position.
(Paris, Kentucky) Thirty-four-year-old teacher formerly at Bourbon County High School, Melissa Arnett, was sentenced to three years in prison for engaging in sex with a 15-year-old male student.Melissa Arnett told the mother of the 15-year old teenage boy that she was sorry she betrayed the trust a teacher should have with her students and the community.Eventualities regarding probation terms and registration as a sex offender were not reported.
Police say Arnett had sex with the teen at least five times during a two month period when she taught him at Bourbon County High School.
Kentucky Teacher Accused of Sex with Male Student
[Previous 7/14/09 post]
(Lexington, Kentucky) A 33-year-old special education teacher formerly at Bourbon County High School, Melissa Arnett, was arrested for allegedly engaging in sex with a 16-year-old male student at least five times during a two-month period.
Arnett faces a charge of sex abuse of a minor.
The boy's mother alerted authorities in June. When confronted with the allegations, Arnett reportedly confessed and resigned her teaching position.
Officers say Arnett often drove the student out of the county to have sex, but say she confessed to having sex once with him in Bourbon County.Arnett was booked into custody and released this morning on $5,000 bail.
School Counselor Accused of Fondling Boy
(Fayetteville, North Carolina) A 36-year-old guidance counselor at J.W. Seabrook Elementary School, Rebecca Brooke Olson, was arrested yesterday for allegedly fondling a 14-year-old boy.
Olson faces one count of taking indecent liberties with a child.
(Fayetteville, North Carolina) A 36-year-old guidance counselor at J.W. Seabrook Elementary School, Rebecca Brooke Olson, was arrested yesterday for allegedly fondling a 14-year-old boy. Olson faces one count of taking indecent liberties with a child.
According to court records, Olson knew the boy because he was a friend of her son’s and was on his wrestling team. Olson served as the team mom.Olson was booked into custody with bond set at $5,000.
The boy told sheriff’s deputies that he began exchanging text messages with Olson over the summer. An encounter occured during a sleepover at Olson’s house, court documents said.
The teen said that while they sat on a couch watching movies, Olson covered both of them with a blanket and fondled him, the arrest report said. She also put his hand on part of her body, the report said.
According to the teen, the encounters happened more than two or three times but fewer than 10 times, court records said.
Lawmen say they found numerous text messages on the boy’s cell phone alluding to sexual encounters as well as tobacco and alcohol use.
Florida Pastor Gets Car for Not Burning Koran
Remember Terry Jones? He's the Florida pastor who planned on burning a Koran on "International Burn a Koran Day" but later changed his mind after receiving telephone calls from Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and U.S. Army General David Petraeus.
Well, Pastor Jones was promised a brand new car from New Jersey dealership owner Brad Benson if he didn't burn a Koran.
Terry Jones -- Brad Benson
Although Jones claims he didn't know about the promise until after he canceled the burning, he called Benson and said he wanted the car.
Companion post at TJR.
Remember Terry Jones? He's the Florida pastor who planned on burning a Koran on "International Burn a Koran Day" but later changed his mind after receiving telephone calls from Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and U.S. Army General David Petraeus.
Well, Pastor Jones was promised a brand new car from New Jersey dealership owner Brad Benson if he didn't burn a Koran.
Terry Jones -- Brad Benson
Although Jones claims he didn't know about the promise until after he canceled the burning, he called Benson and said he wanted the car.
"They said unless I was doing false advertising, they would like to arrange to pick up the car," Benson recalled.So Jones didn't burn the book and gets a 2011 Hyundai Accent valued at $14,200. Heh.
At first he thought it was a hoax, so Benson asked Jones to send in a copy of his driver's license. He did.
Companion post at TJR.
Camp Counselor in Tent with Boys
(West Milford, New Jersey) A 23-year-old camp counselor, Jessica Fenton of Charlestown, R.I., has been arrested for sexually assaulting two teen boys, ages 16 and 17, in her tent.
Fenton faces two counts of second-degree sexual assault.
(West Milford, New Jersey) A 23-year-old camp counselor, Jessica Fenton of Charlestown, R.I., has been arrested for sexually assaulting two teen boys, ages 16 and 17, in her tent.
Fenton faces two counts of second-degree sexual assault.
The boys, who are from Orange, N.J., were on a camping trip Aug. 7 and 8 at the Wildcat Mountain Wilderness Center in Wawayanda State Park.It's not known whether the boys were allegedly assaulted simultaneously or not.
Must not criticize an airline?
Ryanair is a British budget carrier:
Weird: Criticism is not allowed if you make money out of it! A lot of blogs do a lot of criticizing and also have advertising on them. Are they in trouble? Thus is just a weak excuse to shut down criticism of a very arrogant business.
Posted by John J. Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.).
Ryanair is a British budget carrier:
"A website set up to criticise Ryanair has been shut down by an internet watchdog – because it proved so popular it earned its owner money. The founder of IHateRyanair.co.uk – whose strapline was ‘The World’s Most Hated Airline’ – was forced to surrender the web address after the budget carrier complained to the domain name dispute resolution service.
Yesterday the watchdog, called Nominet, ruled that the stinging criticism and passenger ‘horror stories’ published on the site were not sufficient grounds for it to be scrapped. However it ruled that a small profit made by Robert Tyler from sponsored links on the site meant he abused domain name rules.
Disgruntled passengers’ comments have filled the pages of the website since it was set up three years ago by Mr Tyler, of Walthamstow, East London.
Source
Weird: Criticism is not allowed if you make money out of it! A lot of blogs do a lot of criticizing and also have advertising on them. Are they in trouble? Thus is just a weak excuse to shut down criticism of a very arrogant business.
Posted by John J. Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.).
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Woman Awarded for Looking Like Dog
(Gloucestershire, England) A 32-year-old farm assistant, Nicky Walton, has won a national competition as the woman who looks most like her dog. The award is given by the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals, a veterinary charity.
Nicky Walton and her lookalike dog, Tyler
Walton hesitantly acknowledged that she looked like a dog.
(Gloucestershire, England) A 32-year-old farm assistant, Nicky Walton, has won a national competition as the woman who looks most like her dog. The award is given by the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals, a veterinary charity.
Nicky Walton and her lookalike dog, Tyler
Walton hesitantly acknowledged that she looked like a dog.
‘I wasn’t sure whether to take this award as a compliment or not at first but Tyler is a very handsome dog so I have decided I will,’ said the 32-year-old from Longhope, Gloucestershire.It's a rare occurrence for a woman to be happy about looking like a dog.
‘I have had him since he was a puppy. He got me over the pain of a break-up and he follows me around wherever I go,’ she added.
‘I didn’t consciously choose him because he looked like me but he certainly does now.’
WV Woman Guilty of Sex with Boy
(Wheeling, West Virginia) A 28-year-old Newell woman, Michelle McAdams, has pleaded guilty to engaging in a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy.
When sentenced, McAdams faces a reported 95 years in prison for convictions on four counts of sexual abuse by a custodian and three counts of third-degree sexual assault.
More here.
(Wheeling, West Virginia) A 28-year-old Newell woman, Michelle McAdams, has pleaded guilty to engaging in a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy. When sentenced, McAdams faces a reported 95 years in prison for convictions on four counts of sexual abuse by a custodian and three counts of third-degree sexual assault.
The charges stem from accusations that McAdams and Michael Bull, 35, videotaped McAdams participating in sexual acts with a 15-year-old boy.Both McAdams and Bull await sentencing.
According to the criminal complaint, the victim told police that between November 2008 and April 2009, he had sexual intercourse with McAdams on multiple occasions, with Bull participating in some of the acts. The victim also alleged Bull had provided crystal methamphetamine, alcohol and performance enhancing drugs to the teenager before the sexual acts occurred, the report states. Evidence of the alleged encounters was found by investigators on the hard drive of Bull's personal computer.
The two were arrested again in June when an underage girl came forward alleging Bull and McAdams had committed sexual acts with her on four separate occasions from January 2008 to June 2009. The girl, who was then 8 years old, alleged Bull forced her to commit various sexual acts. In one incident, the girl said McAdams was present in the room. The girl told interviewers Bull also "made her breathe out of a pipe and she felt dizzy," the criminal complaint states.
More here.
Child Sex Abuse in Cartoons
(Boise, Idaho) A report out of Idaho indicates that the federal government is going after people who download cartoons, anime, that depict child pornography.
The federal crime is "possession of visual representations of child sex abuse" and it's punishable by 10 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000.
I suspect that some folks may inadvertently download anime cartoons without giving much thought to the illegality of possessing "visual representations of child sex abuse." Rethinking would be appropriate.
Note that child porn is harshly treated by the feds and sentences of 20, 30, or more years in no-parole prison are not uncommon.
In any event, it would seem that making cartoons illegal, despite their contemptible nature, must raise constitutional questions. Maybe an expert legal mind could advise.
(Boise, Idaho) A report out of Idaho indicates that the federal government is going after people who download cartoons, anime, that depict child pornography.
The federal crime is "possession of visual representations of child sex abuse" and it's punishable by 10 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000.
I suspect that some folks may inadvertently download anime cartoons without giving much thought to the illegality of possessing "visual representations of child sex abuse." Rethinking would be appropriate.
Note that child porn is harshly treated by the feds and sentences of 20, 30, or more years in no-parole prison are not uncommon.
In any event, it would seem that making cartoons illegal, despite their contemptible nature, must raise constitutional questions. Maybe an expert legal mind could advise.
Florida Man Accused of Molestation
(Daytona Beach, Florida) A local man who identifies himself as a pastor and works as a hearse driver for a funeral home, Michael Charles Campbell, has been accused of molestation.
Campbell allegedly took young girls, 15 and 13 years old, to motels for naked modeling sessions.
Campbell has been charged with lewd and lascivious molestation and lewd and lascivious conduct.
Interestingly, Campbell reportedly convinced the girls to strip and let him fondle them with the story that he would help them land a lucrative modeling career and "it was how Brittany Spears and Beyonce got their start."
Tip: slwlion
(Daytona Beach, Florida) A local man who identifies himself as a pastor and works as a hearse driver for a funeral home, Michael Charles Campbell, has been accused of molestation. Campbell allegedly took young girls, 15 and 13 years old, to motels for naked modeling sessions.
Campbell has been charged with lewd and lascivious molestation and lewd and lascivious conduct.
Interestingly, Campbell reportedly convinced the girls to strip and let him fondle them with the story that he would help them land a lucrative modeling career and "it was how Brittany Spears and Beyonce got their start."
Tip: slwlion
Will posting comments on conservative internet sites put YOU on the government’s watch list?
We read:
Posted by John J. Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.).
We read:
"Several developments have occurred in recent days that indicate something as innocuous as visiting pro-gun rights websites that are critical of government Constitutional compliance, and especially participating in comments and forums, can results in heightened law enforcement scrutiny and even as a supporting criteria for "legal" intervention.
On Friday, I told WarOnGuns readers I was aware of a child welfare case in New Hampshire where one of the criterion for removing a child from its parents was an ostensible membership of the father in what protective services was characterizing as "a militia known as the Oath Keepers."
Long-time readers know we've discussed Oath Keepers--specifically not a militia group--many times, including attempts by the Department of Homeland Security, the Southern Poverty Law Center, opportunistic politicians, and certain media outlets to conflate them with violent haters.... It appears the father in question's tie to OathKeepers was that he commented on their forums.
Talk about chilling speech! If this is allowed to continue, it will chill the speech of not just Mr. Irish, but all Oath Keepers and it will serve as the camel under the tent for other associations being considered too risky for parents to dare. Thus, it serves to chill the speech of all of us, in any group we belong to that “officials” may not approve of.
Source
Posted by John J. Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.).
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