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Friday, September 1, 2006

Cult Status And Patricide

There are few things in recent memory that have had a staying effect, a cult status attributed to it. One is the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Another is Phish. Then there is Scarface. Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. Tom Robbins' books. There are a few others. But nothing as insidious and menacing to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Katrina And The Differene(?) A Year Can Make

Today, August 29, marks the first year anniversary of Hurrican Katrina's horrendous landfall and the devastation she wreaked upon the Gulf Coast. And unless you're a hermit, an isolationist nut, or someone with an anti-technology phobia, you have been subjected to some type of news about the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 28, 2006

Karr Case Dismissed

Well, it's official. That nutcase Karr made a false confession (told you so). The prosecution for the City of Boulder dropped the charges of murder against him. Why? Because the DNA evidence left in JonBenet's underwear was not his. The prosecutor's office stated that extraditing Karr from Cambodia... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 25, 2006

Is A Rampage Coming To An Area Near You?

Last Sunday a man shot and wounded a state trooper and three other policemen in Midlothian, Texas, in an 8-hour standoff before fatally turning the gun on himself. Neighbors said that he'd recently had trouble keeping a job. Thursday, a man in Vermont argued with an ex-girlfriend, went looking for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 20, 2006

Jacking Judge Jailed In Oklahoma

After 23 years of service on the bench and elected as a legislator, Oklahoma judge Donald Thompson has been sentenced to four years in prison and fined $10,000. In this episode of courtroom turnaround, we find that an otherwise illustrious career has been marred by continuing performances of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 17, 2006

The Continuing Tragedy Of Jonbenet Ramsey

The news broke last night that an elementary school teacher had been arrested in Bangkok, Thailand, and had confessed to the 1996 murder of Jonbenet Ramsey. A man named John Mark Karr, once a resident of Atlanta (where the Ramseys also once lived), said he had killed Jonbenet by accident, that he... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 12, 2006

15-Year-Old Has Contractual Sex With Mom's Boyfriend -- Mom Cosigned

In a story that reaches new heights of depravity, a Muskegon Heights, Michigan, woman who was afraid of losing her boyfriend while she was hospitalized arranged for her daughter, 15, to have sex with said 37-year-old boyfriend. In fact, the three signed an agreement where the teenager would perform... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 7, 2006

Let's Substitute The Death Penalty For Life In Prison For This Teacher

Out of Ontario, California, comes the story of a 28-year-old substitute teacher, one Eric Norman Olsen, a native of Ontario, who claims to have molested between 100 and 200 students in his three year career. He was arrested after a male student witnessed him molesting a 10-year-old girl. It was... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 30, 2006

$50 Million Bail Set For Seattle Hate Crime

The forever war being fought between Jews/Israelis and various Arab and Muslim states and organizations has spilled over into the American community, not just as political posturing or religious mania, but as an extension of the the actual violence. It is a grim reminder that ideologies are not... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 7, 2006

More Neo-Nazis In Today's Military?

The Southern Poverty Law Center has published a report on their website that claims the Pentagon, in an effort to meet recruitment quotas during an ever increasing unpopular war, have loosened their requirements and allowed more skinheads and neo-Nazis into the military. The Pentagon, of course,... Sign in to see full entry.

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