By Restless
“The treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilization of any country.”  - Winston Churchill
The United States currently incarcerates 738 people per 100,000 of population.  Europe’s average is 200 (The United Kingdom is 145).  Only Russia comes close at 603 per 100,000.
The U.S. is the only Democracy […]

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From MSNBC.COM:
Gunman opens fire on Illinois campus
Hospitals told to expect […]

The eyes pretty much say it all if you ask me.

As you know by now, there was a small office in the White House Executive office today,  more specifically, in Vice President Dick Cheney’s office…
From MSNBC.COM:
Fire damages Cheney offices near White House
Hundreds evacuated after blaze breaks out close to VP’s ceremonial office
WASHINGTON - Thick black smoke billowed from a fire Wednesday in Vice President Dick […]

 
From MSNBC.COM: 
Gunman opens fire at Omaha mall, kills 8, self
Police: Shooter, 19, left suicide note saying he was ‘going out in style’
OMAHA, Neb. - A gunman opened fire at a busy Omaha mall Wednesday, killing at least eight people, wounding at least five others and then killing himself, police officials said.
The gunman left a suicide […]

 
I had a pretty scary first-hand experience with the American gun problem last night.
I went to have dinner with a friend, which required me driving a few miles, so I walked two blocks from my house to pickup my truck here in the mission.  
I got to the corner my truck was parked on, on that […]

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From News.COM.AU:
Tank driver ‘had beef’ with phone towers
FORMER Telstra worker allegedly stole a tank and used it to demolish six mobile phone towers as he led police on a wild two-hour rampage through western Sydney yesterday.
More than 20 police chased the tank but were powerless to stop it, retreating to a safe distance as the […]

 
From YahooNews: 

Nev. couple blame Internet for neglect
RENO, Nev. - A couple who authorities say were so obsessed with the Internet and video games that they left their babies starving and suffering other health problems have pleaded guilty to child neglect.
The children of Michael and Iana Straw, a boy age 22 months and a girl age […]

While I agree that skateboarding kids can be annoying sometimes, this is just above and beyond in my opinion.
What a scary place this country (or Arkansas) has become when some fat bastard mall cop can strangle and rough up a few kids for riding skateboards on the sidewalk, give me a break. […]

From The Daily Stanford:
IMPOSTER CAUGHT
High school graduate pretends to be a Stanford student, even living in the dorms, buying textbooks and ‘studying’ for exams
Azia Kim was like any other Stanford freshman. She graduated from one of California’s most competitive high schools last June, moved into the dorms during New Student Orientation, talked about upcoming tests […]

From YahooNews: 
India May Arrest Richard Gere Over Kiss
A court issued arrest warrants for Hollywood actor Richard Gere and Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty on Thursday, saying their kiss at a public function “transgressed all limits of vulgarity,” media reports said.
Judge Dinesh Gupta issued the warrants in the northwestern city of Jaipur after a local citizen filed […]

By Restless
The shock and horror of the latest shootings on a campus can cloud clear thinking. But since the massacre I’ve been thinking about the whys. One way to shut off your thought processes: use utterly meaningless terms like “evil” to describe the shooter’s motivations.
If you think Columbine and the other school shootings (as well […]

By Restless
La Journada, Mexico
This is an alarming tendency that must cause the authorities in that country to reflect: what has occurred that things should have come to this?
Filmmaker Michael Moore has no doubt: the school massacres are due to the pathology of violence and fear that prevails in the country, which has the highest rate […]