October 31, 2003
Mark your elfin nugget calendars
The elfin nugget can be purchased in swashbuckling nugget form on December 2, 2003:
Amazon.com: DVD: Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
No more Sydney Opera House gaffes
Just think in the future, in addition to having realistic 3-D renderings of a house, you'll be able to hear the inside as well.
What's Next: Is There an Echo in Here? Software Lets Architects Predict
The videogame was still great
It turns out that lemmings don't commit suicide - they just happen to be really tasty and pathetically easy to catch.
Scientists Find Lemmings Die as Dinners, Not Suicides
October 30, 2003
Cops don't call collect
The Salt Lake Tribune -- County issues strip-search alert
Utah is only the most recent state reporting such an incident. The calls are believed to originate in Florida, and the suspect -- who calls collect from a pay phone -- is almost always male, said Peggy Faulkner, spokeswoman for the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office.
Note to self next time, don't call collect.
You children are ugly and stupid
Verisimilitude: Sometimes The Truth Hurts
I don't find your kids or their behavior particularly cute. In fact, I think your kids are hideously ugly. Your children are whining, crying, rude, nasty, deformed looking little brats that smell like shit and are in serious need of a good, sound beating. I would brutally murder your children and tack their dried skins on my wall as a trophy if I could get away with it. Trust me.
Do you really want someone like me bringing your kids chocolate milk? No?
Then leave them at home.
Meta are you writing articles for Versimilitude?
Report Links Iraq Deals to Bush Donations
Apparently if you donate to Republican Party, you can get the best seat at the trough that corporations go to to feed off human misery. No big surprise there, but it's good to see a credible report about it.
Take a giant leap back for victims rights
Globe to name and picture Kobe's accuser...
Globe co-editors Jim Lynch and Candace Trunzo yesterday cited - among their reasons for naming the woman - several feminists who advocate publicly naming rape accusers, just as the accused are named.
They also noted that the judge who ordered the case sent to trial has characterized the prosecution's case as weak.
"The girl has made an enormous amount of allegations, and we felt it was time to let the public know exactly who she was," Trunzo said.
This is outragous. This is a disgusting bid to raise readership.
October 29, 2003
Kid suspended for stick figures
'Patriotic' Stick Figure Drawing Troubles School
A 14-year-old New Jersey schoolboy - whose dad and stepdad are in the military - was suspended for five days because he drew a "patriotic" stick figure of a U.S Marine blowing away a Taliban fighter, officials said yesterday.
October 27, 2003
SCO vs IBM -- analysis
Groklaw is a site by a paralegal that analyzes and comments on different legal documents in the IBM SCO bout.
They are definatly in the IBM camp. I'm in that camp also so I like the site. However, the site is generally accurate and well written.
It kind of suprises me that SCO thinks this law suite is a good idea. The keep saying one thing to the public yet completely different things in court.
A journalist in Iraq
Kevin Sites Blog
Kevin Sites is in Iraq covering the war for MSNBC. Independantly he has his own blog of what he is seeing and doing with some amazing pictures.
During a night raid, while her brothers and sisters were crying this little girl was virtual stoic. He mother covered here face while the little girl peered right into my lens. I almost felt as if she was recording my image in her mind, just as i was getting hers on a memory stick
Who needs the first amendment
TimesDispatch.com | Free-press ideal takes hit at HU
Summary: Hamption Univerisy has a bunch of health code violations in the University Cafateria.
School paper tries to run a story about it passing the the subsequent inspection. University president wants her memo on the subject to be on the front page. Student paper thinks about it but decides to run the memo on page 3. President siezes the yet to be distributed papers and demands a reprint.
A comprimise is to run the memo with a note from the paper staff as an objection.
Who needs the first amendment?
October 24, 2003
Unintended consequences
I was playing around with Amazon's new search inside feature and came across some interesting side-effects of the new search algorithm. For example, the top three search results for "Arnold sucks":
1. Ten Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Went Out into the Real WorldMan, those must be some harsh lessons Maria Shriver is dealing out.
by Maria Shriver (Author) (Hardcover)
2. Crime Fiction II : A Comprehensive Bibliography, 1749-1990
by Allen J. Hubin
3. ARNOLD : THE EDUCATION OF A BODYBUILDER
by Arnold Schwarzenegger
You can't play the "suck" game with everything, but there's still enough fodder to have a little bit of fun. For example:
"Microsoft sucks":Any other gems out there?
1. Word 2002 For Dummies
2. Microsoft Access 2002 for Dummies
3. PowerPoint 2002 For Dummies
god hates mel gibson, despite ass-kissing attempts
Lightning strikes Gibson's 'Christ'
This will surely remind Christine of that angel on top of the mormon temple in San Diego.
Got this via my friend toonces who says (I paraphrase) "WE are the chosen people, not you, you pretentious Australian infidel poofter."
Too much water
washingtonpost.com: Running the Risk of Too Much Water
October 23, 2003
Change to the tour for '04
Newsday.com - Changes in Store for 2004 Tour De France
"How could we make the 2004 Tour unconventional?" Leblanc said. "By having a time trial in the mountains to mess up established tactics and game plans and provide more uncertainty."
Via Fark
Bruce on technology that should die
E-Commerce News: 10 Technologies That Deserve to Die
The DVD was the most eagerly adopted electronic consumer gizmo in history, but I'd feel bad if I failed to complain about the evil of these things. First and worst, DVDs are unbearably frail. Any benefit one gets from "clearer pictures" -- on what HDTV superscreen, exactly? -- is quickly removed by the catastrophic effects of a single thumbprint or scratch.
Plus, just like CDs, DVDs as physical objects will prove to warp and delaminate. Most loathsome of all is the fiendish spam hard-burned into DVDs, which forces one to suffer through the commercials gratefully evaded by videotape fast-forwards. The Content Scrambling System copy protection scheme doesn't work, and the payoff for pirating DVDs is massive, because unlike tapes, digital data don't degrade with reproduction.
So DVDs have the downside of piracy and organized crime, without the upside of free, simple distribution. Someday they will stand starkly revealed for what they really are: collateral damage to consumers in the entertainment industry's miserable, endless war of attrition with digital media.
The famous author Bruce Sterling weighs in on technology that should die...
His list:
- DVDs
- Lie Detectors
- Cosmetic Implants
- Prisons
- Manned Spaceflight
- Land Minds
- Incandescent Light Bulbs
- The Internal-Combustion Engine
- Coal-Based Power
- Nuclear Power
October 22, 2003
Them crazy koreans
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | N Korea 'kills detainees' babies'
Kept in short-term detention camps, the women are either given abortions or their babies are killed at birth, according to a report by the US Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (CHRNK).
So now the North Korean's are killing half chinese babies. They are building nukes and killing babies... Ughhh, some one (other then us!) should probably do something about this... Um, like maybe China?
October 21, 2003
Who needs the ada?
A showdown between a small-town police chief and a boy in a wheelchair has attracted the attention of lawmakers and advocates who say the child is being treated unfairly.
Who needs the ADA? I think we should remove all the beepers from cross walks. Replace ramps and elevators with stairs and remove hand controls from all cars. Hell I think we should put all voting boths at the top of really really tall ladders.
ancient rice...
those crazy korean scientists.
somehow, i don't think it would taste that good anymore :)
This is my girlfriend, I mean daughter, I mean girlfriend...
'Sometimes, when I introduce the kids I say, "This is my second daughter, my third daughter, and this is my eldest daughter, Penny." Everybody believes me, especially in America.' And no wonder, since Rod's real eldest daughter is in fact a mere eight years younger than her dad's latest squeeze. Besides, who would have any reason to believe otherwise, that a man would refer to his lover as a blood relative?
If you can't remember if the guy next to you when you wake up is your man or your father, it is time to wake up next to some one new!
Via Fark
October 20, 2003
Sue you, Sue me!
The 2003 Dumb-Ass Corporate Lawsuit Awards
Holy Flaming Pastries, Batman! Allstate, like most insurance companies, does not enjoy paying out claims to policyholders who suffer losses, but they upped the corporation-desperation ante recently by dragging food maker Kraft into court during a dispute over a home fire. Allstate claimed that Kraft's "Toastette" pastries are flammable and dangerous and caused the fire that burned the house that Allstate insured, and now does not want to pay out on.
Via Fark
shocked and awed
Iraqi Children Depict "Operation Iraqi Freedom"
I got this from my friend John. I was expecting so see primarily images of destruction at the hands of the evil whities, but it was a mixed bunch of stuff. Which made the sad ones that much sadder. Here are two that were side by side, a particularly poignant juxtaposition, I thought:
Supplied with pens, crayons, pencils and paper from New York City, we watched amazed as these very young survivors brought their experience of "Operation Iraqi Freedom" to life. When asked to provide written accounts of their beliefs, they refused - fearing the implications should Saddam Hussein return to power. The depth of these Iraqi children's reaction to America's war is measured by these powerful and compelling images.
It is amazing how children grasp reality. I personally disagree with the war in Iraq. However, I'm not sorry to see Sadam gone especially is school children age 12 and younger are afraid to write down their thoughts.
Some of the images at the site are either inspired by Zietgiest or were inspired by each other.
Since meta posted her juxtaposition here is my triad:
Added by PQBON
Luckiest junky alive
Yahoo! News - Crane saves man after parachute fails
Fire services took an hour to rescue the 32-year-old Austrian extreme sports enthusiast after his base jump from the 35th floor left him hanging 45 metres up.
Police released the man, who is under investigation for making an illegal parachute jump, on bail of 450 euros (310 pounds).
I'm all for the presuption of inoscence but the guy was hanging from a crain with a parachute on his back next to a building, how much "investigation" does that take?
Slow down you move to fast, you've got to make the morning last...
WPVI.com: NJ Town Tries Funny Speed Limits
The signs include messages like "Free Speeding Tickets Ahead" and "Meet Our Judge - Exceed 25 mph."
Ahhh, my wacky home land...
An article for metamanda to critique
Boxes and Arrows: Learning to Love the Pixel: Exploring the Craft of Icon Design
(via IDblog: an information design weblog)
He's trying to wreck their natural resources too?
The people of Thailand have trapped Dubya's soul in a clay pot. Maybe he can get evil Willow to re-ensoul him.
Bush's 'spirit' cursed, tossed into Thai river - www.smh.com.au
(via Fark)
Mormon: The Gathering
No offense to the mormons I know, but this is too funny not to post:
Mormonism: the Gathering
(via Making Light)
October 18, 2003
bet-ter english for koreans
Here's another for honeyfields. Your people are messed up.
A short cut to bet-ter spoken English
October 17, 2003
Steve Albini on record deals
Nothinig you don't already know or haven't seen in a rant on the Web, but it's written by producer Steve Albini (Nirvana/Cheap trick/Pixies), which gives it a lot more cred:
The Problem With Music
A blog after honeyfield's heart
BBB: Come for the bunny photographs. Stay for the Warmongery
Among the blog's guiding principles:
1. Bunnies are natural warmongers.
2. Bunnies support a strong defense policy.
3. Bunnies are pre-emptive.
4. Bunnies love the Arsenal of Democracy.
5. Bunnies make excellent pets.
Kids play pong (and more)
Kids Play
Andrew: This is a lot like that game. Um, whatchamacallit-air hockey.
Sheldon: Except worse.
OK... So pong was just before my time, I'm much more a product of the Atari 2600 and 800XL (my first computer) and the Sega Master System and Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It is funny to see what these kids think of games I remember playing and enjoying. They have these kids play Donkie Kong, Tetris, a handheld '70s era handheld football game, and the original Super Mario Bros. game (not the original game titled Mario Bros, but the NES game super Mario Bros).
October 16, 2003
Countdown to the Apocalypse: Finished
Good 'ole trusty Red Sox. Having lived in Boston for four years, I got to witness them do this over and over and over and over again, and now you can add one more to that list. They blew a 5-2 lead and lot it in the 11th on an Aaron Boone homerun. I guess it's only fair, given that the Cubs managed to blow it even worse.
Homophobic christian right sinks to a new low...
Anti-gay preacher Fred Phelps has announced intentions to erect a monument to Matthew Shepard the gay college student brutally murdered five years ago near Laramie.
But, the monument will be no memorial. Phelps says the monument would be 5 to 6 feet tall and made of marble or granite. It would bear a bronze plaque bearing the image of Shepard and have an inscription reading "MATTHEW SHEPARD, Entered Hell October 12, 1998, in Defiance of God's Warning: 'Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind; it is abomination.' Leviticus 18:22."
This is sad horrific and scarry. Not to mention despicable. When are people going to stop caring what two consenting adults want to do to each outher behind closed doors?
Countdown to the Apocalpyse - Apocalpyse Averted
Rather than face the mind-numbing paradox of both teams having to lose in the World Series if they faced each other, the Cubs gracefully bowed out of this series by blowing a 3-1 series lead. Even better, they've managed to place all of the blame on a single fan. The Red Sox usually have to blame the Yankees and Babe Ruth. It remains to be seen whether the Sox, now having forced Game 7, will follow the Cubs gracious lead and bow out as well. No one wants to watch a Marlins World Series anyways.
October 15, 2003
Victims rights go back a milenium
ajc.com | Sports | 'SNL' skit spoofs Bryant lawyer
"A lawyer, like Pamela Mackey of the Colorado firm Haddon, Morgan, Mueller, Jordan, Mackey and Foreman, which is probably in the 303 area code, should know that people can look up a name, like Joe Smith or Pamela Mackey, on the Internet and learn everything about them," Fey said.
Pamela Mackey is evil... Find her number call her. Find her law firm call them... Call them alot. Make them unlist their number. Make them change it. Then they have to redo all there stationary, bussiness cards, yellow pages entries, and all else.
October 14, 2003
Countdown to the Apocalypse: Update
It's looking worse and worse for the Sox and Cubs. The Cubs have blown two chances to seal the deal and are now looking at a game seven. The Sox have fallen apart in their traditional manner and will now have to win two games at Yankee Stadium when they couldn't even win two at home.
Sox trail the Yankees 2-3 in the ALCS
Cubs tied with the Marlins 3-3 in the NLCS
SF Photographer... Garbage on the street
The Morning News - If on a Summer
A city's orphans are the furniture on its streets, left out for garbage or an enterprising upholsterer. San Francisco photographer Heather Champ examines her town's left-behinds.
Via BoingBoing
pqbon.com search stats for october and september
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| violin playing goat | 5 | 2.2 % |
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| bmw z3 2.8 | 2 | 0.8 % |
| Other phrases | 97 | 43.4 % |
| September | ||
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| pqbon | 63 | 14.9 % |
| toryn | 15 | 3.5 % |
| kobe byrant accuser | 13 | 3 % |
| bmw z3 2.8 | 10 | 2.3 % |
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| Other phrases | 285 | 67.6 % |
October 13, 2003
Countdown to the Apocalpyse: Update
Red Sox tied with the Yankees 2-2 in the ALCS
Cubs lead with the Marlins 3-2 in the NLCS
The odds are descent that this might actually happen now that the Red Sox have managed to pull even once more. However, they will have to win a couple at Yankee stadium.
On a side note, apparently Michael Bolton sang the national anthem to open the game, but after he got to "and the ramparts we watched," he forgot the lyrics, and the grandstand had to sing him through. I'm hoping video of this pops up somewhere.
ESPN.com - MLB - Recap - Yankees at Red Sox - 10/13/2003
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MT-Blacklist: Monday, hell or high water :: The Daily Journey :: JayAllen.org
I haven't gotten any myself, but you guys might be interested in the MT-Blacklist.
October 12, 2003
sundance film festival
just a plug. they have two movies left:
Dopamine - a movie about love, chemical or magical?
Die Momma Die - i think the mom is a dad, i'm not sure.
showing at the Metreon. tickets available on fandango. :)
October 11, 2003
iTunes for Windows?
Looks like Apple will finally announce it's iTunes for Windows software on the 16th. I'm mostly excited because MusicMatch doesn't fully take advantage of the iPod's capabilities, nor does it hide it bugs as well as the Mac iTunes does. MusicMatch does have a many great features lacking in iTunes (e.g. super-tagging for IDv3 tags, which the iPod greatly depends on), but it has a preposterously slow interface.
As for the music store, I personally am not all that excited by buying DRM'd 128kbps music as I prefer live music, which sounds terrible at 128kbps, AAC or no. However, it's nice to have Apple move into the Windows online music space to raise the bar a bit, especially over sites like BuyMusic. BuyMusic is absurd enough to have non-uniform rights for the songs that you download, so each song you download may have drastically different burn/transfer rights (yes it's probably a matter of the record companies causing this situation, but tough for BuyMusic). I have 2400+ songs on my iPod. Imagine having to keep track of 2400 different "content usage rules." Given BuyMusic propensity to copy everything Apple does (right down to the font), lets hope this is one more thing they learn to copy.
AppleInsider | Apple to Host Music Media Event Next Week
Countdown to the Apocalpyse: Update
Red Sox trail the Yankees 1-2 in the ALCS
Cubs lead with the Marlins 3-1 in the NLCS
The Cubs win but the Sox lose, so it's looking more and more like the Apocalypse will be averted. The Cubs will most likely face the Yankees, which isn't nearly an interesting enough matchup to be called an Apocalypse.
The Sox blew up in familiar style. To recap:
- Pedro gives up a couple of runs so he skips a pitch of Karim Garcia's back
- Garcia tries to take out Walker while running the basepath
- Pedro points into the Yankees dugout and gestures towards his head, most likely saying something like "I'll hit you in the head"
- Manny gets mad at a Clemens pitch he shouldn't have resulting in the benches clearing
- While both benches were cleared Don Zimmer lunged at Pedro and got his 72-year-old butt thrown to the ground. Zimmer spends the rest of the game in the dugout with a bandaid on the bridge of his nose and a sprained hip.
- Jeff Nelson gets mad at a Red Sox groundskeeper who cheered a little too much while in the Yankees bullpen and pounds him into the ground with the help of Garcia (exactly what happened is still in dispute). Garcia has to leave the game with a cut hand.
- and all of this happened with out the notorious Clemens doing anything but pitching well
I thought that I had been to the most notorious Red Sox/Yankees ALCS game (Game 4 of the 1999 series, where the game was delayed when fans began pelting the Yankees bullpen with batteries and throwing cups onto the field). I think the Red Sox have outdone themselves.
SI.com - MLB - Cubs slam Willis, take 3-1 lead in NLCS - Sunday October 12, 2003 12:26AM
Countdown to the Apocalpyse: Update
Red Sox tied with the Yankees 1-1 in the ALCS
Cubs lead with the Marlins 2-1 in the NLCS
SI.com - MLB - Glanville's pinch hit gives Cubs 2-1 lead - Saturday October 11, 2003 2:23AM
October 10, 2003
California to merge with Nevada
Citing the money that could be saved in all bureaucratic levels, Fiorina has announced that the two states will merge (retaining the California brand). Fiorina also hopes that Nevada's department of gambling will complement California's reservation casinos. 15,00 layoffs are expected to accompany the transition.
Schwarzenegger enlists Fiorina for team | CNET News.com
Ich bin ein Berliner
Can we at least wait until Arnie is too old? (note that one of the bills supporters is Mr. Recall himself, Darrell Issa)
Let Immigrants Run (washingtonpost.com)
October 9, 2003
Were fourtyfour!
1. Massachusetts
5. New Jersey
10. New York
17. Virginia
19. Delaware
22. Ohio
28. Missouri
29. West Virginia
40. Florida
43. Hawaii
44. California
50. New Mexico
local6.com - Education - Massachusetts Named Smartest State
Countdown to the Apocalypse
Red Sox lead the Yankees 1-0 in the ALCS
Cubs tied with the Marlins 1-1 in the NLCS
October 7, 2003
Its a total recall... Arnold terminated Davis
Yahoo! News - Angry Californians Dump Davis, Elect Schwarzenegger
An estimated 10 million California voters cast ballots in the special election, 30 percent more than voted in the governor's race that reelected Davis last year and the biggest turnout for any nonpresidential contest in state history, according to the Field Research Corp.
October 6, 2003
Urban Tribes
USATODAY.com - 'Urban tribes' build bonds
Tribes vary greatly, Watters says. Many are intricate, tightly knit, mixed-sex groups of singles, who support each other emotionally, exchange favors and sometimes take trips together. Some have gay members. Some tribes have a half-dozen members, and others balloon up to about 25. Some eventually marry and bring new blood into the tribe, as have several members of the Capitol Hill group.
Tribes are often formed by a core group who work together or went to the same college, who then bring in other members, Watters says. Many have an enviable sense of freedom, seemingly endless time to make and then correct life choices, including jobs and partners.
October 4, 2003
Happy 59th Birthday Roy
I can't believe this took thirty years to happen.
- CNN.com - Roy of 'Siegfried & Roy' critical after mauling - Oct. 4, 2003
- Simpsons episode where Gunter and Ernst are attacked by their tiger
October 3, 2003
complementary currencies
Interview with Bernard Lietaer -- Money, Community & Social Change
1) Someone else also has a Pho mailing list. We are so unoriginal.
2) This will make you feel better about Japan after that horrifying groping article.
For example, there are about 300 or 400 private currency systems in
Japan to pay for any care for the elderly that isn't covered by the
national health insurance. They are called "fureai kippu" (caring
relationship tickets). Here's how they work: let's say that on my
street lives an elderly gentleman who is handicapped and cannot go
shopping for himself. I do the shopping for him. I help him with food
preparation. I help him with the ritual bath, which is very important
in Japan. For this help, I get credits. I put those credits in a
savings account, and when I'm sick, I can have other people provide
such services for me. Or I can electronically send my credits to my
mother, who lives on the other side of the country, and somebody
takes care of her.
Here is an agreement within a community to use as medium of payment
something other than national currencies, to solve a social problem.
And it makes it possible for hundreds of thousands of people to stay
in their homes much longer than they otherwise could. Otherwise,
you'd have to put most of these people into a home for seniors, which
costs an arm and a leg to society, and they're unhappy there. So
nobody's winning. In contrast, Japan has created a currency for
elderly care.
This man is thinking very originally about the nature of money, and how you can tweak currency systems to benefit communities. This makes him liable to be labeled as a crackpot at first glance. However, this guy is eminently qualified: he co-designed and implemented the convergence mechanism to the Euro, from the old currencies.
Creative Problem solving
We all know the **BEST** way to write that code would have been:
#include < stdio.h >
int main(int argc, char **argv){
int count;
for(count=0; count<500; count+=1)
printf("I will not throw exceptions in classes..\n");
return 0;
}
Japan's groping brotherhood
"We all pool our money and employ several girls who let us grope them while actually on the train," he explains. "We do it in teams of six, and take turns on the girl, while the others observe from a slightly detached location. Then when it's over, we'll go to a coffee shop and critique the others, telling one, 'If you look around suspiciously before touching her, people will take notice,' or 'You squeezed her too hard at the beginning; you can't do it that way.'"
Via Fark
Unbullet proof vests
Boston.com / News / Local / Mass. / Risks disclosed in safety vests used by police
Thousands of police officers across the state and the country are wearing bulletproof vests that may not protect them from gunfire, and the manufacturer has notified scores of departments, including the Massachusetts State Police and numerous urban and suburban forces, that it has stopped selling the popular models.
Via Fark
Payback is a bitch
BBC NEWS UK Car stunt shocks newlyweds
A newlywed couple were shocked to return home from honeymoon to find half a car on the roof of their garage.
October 1, 2003
The bay area ain't cheep
Bay Area living costs up 14% / Family of 4 needs more than $70,000 to just get by, study finds
A four-member household with only one parent working needs $48,344 a year, also 14 percent more than in 2001, according to the study. The cost is cheaper than for a family with two working parents because one parent can take care of the children and doesn't have to pay as much for transportation.
A single parent with two children: $61,986, up 15 percent from two years earlier.
And a single adult: $27,781, a 14 percent increase from 2001.
Via Fark
Parent just don't understand
I have friends who have shitty parents. Either they don't love them or they are conditional in their love or they are controlling or neglectfull. We all know people in that situation. Being a parent is tough, to do it well it means becoming second to the needs of anouther and people aren't all the good at doing that. Recently, I've come accross a shocking group of incidents or abuse or neglect. What really scares me is many of these parents are around my age, and that makes it a little more personal some how.
The first story is about a woman (21) kiling her son (6mo.) and then prepairing to kill her self. It seems she didn't get past the note for the suicide but she did kill her kid.
The second is a step-father (36) and mother (46) that locked her daughter in a basement and tortured her with electrodes and cigerettes. The daughter was aparently coming to visit or something from California and landed in the situation. I really must suspect that they planned on killing the daughter, since you can't send her back to anyone after that kind of torture.
A trio of young adults (22, 19, 17) held a girl (18) overnight and tortured her. They beat her and subjected her to degrading treatment along with confining her in a wardrobe.
A 12 or 14 (it depends on who you ask) Romanian Roma princess was forced to marry a 15 year old Roma prince. She was force to consumate the marriage and she will no longer be in school but will "apprentice" with her mother-in-law.
An amazing 3 year-old survived 3 weeks by eating dried pasta, ketchup, and mustard when her mother (22) abandoned her. She was found by her father (33) who was in the process of devorcing the mother.
A father (48) killed his 16 year-old daughter because she was becoming too western. The man first tried to blaim Al-Quada for the attack but later confessed to slitting her throat.
A 25 year-old father sodomized his 11 month old to death. The childs heart burst during the attack.
A man (29) killed the son (3) of his common law wife for wetting the bed.
A woman (32) is facing charges for thowing her 7 month old out of the window during a bath. She claims the infant jumped...
Parents of a 6 year-old kept her locked in a 4' x 3' cage in the garden. Reportedly the child is mentally handicapped and this was the families way of dealing with it.
Father , mother, and babysitter duct-taped a boy (9) to death. The babysitter and father were just convited in a trial while the mother plead guilty eariler.