House Arrest instead of jail for our Grifter.
I can guarantee that if you or I were thought to have stolen 1/1,000,000 of what they suspect this guy of and we weren’t able to meet our bond conditions we wouldn’t get house arrest.
Instead we’d be rotting in the third world hell pit that makes up [...]
The L.A. Times has a wrenching article here
and of course there are the tribulations of others, mostly very minor offenders in Oklahoma at this link.
These outcomes don’t surprise me very much. Far too much of our policy is driven by hysteria and ignorance as verses good science, compassion and reason
Worse the pander-monkeys who [...]
A person who mails pictures of herself is not a “child pornographer” nor is a peer who receives them regardless of what a Florida court says.
These injustice are part and parcel of the delusion that “sex is bad” that seems to infect our country.
what the idiots who write and enforce these laws seem [...]
Read and Heed. This poor man served 16 long years for a crime he did not commit. To prevent such things in the future it is incumbent on all decent persons to fight injustice. Whenever, wherever , to whoever it happens we must say,strongly. No More. We must fight. Do what you can.
if [...]
Even for Florida this is nuts.
30 years for a woman having consensual sex with a 16 year old. Note she wasn’t the teacher here. Thanks to Glen Sacks for bringing this to my attention.
Folks this is completely insane for more reasons than I can count.
1stly 16 is a common world wide and [...]
This was the Salt Lake Tribune via Fark.com
In essence, a woman tries to help a drunk kid (whose drinking she had nothing to do with as far as we know) , takes him to her house to get better instead of a hospital (probably because she fears being arrested) he dies, she charged [...]
On Orcinus.
This type of thing makes me very sad and angry. Unitarian Universalists (U.U.’s for short) are among the nicest most reasonable people you will ever meet. Honestly if every faith were as compassionate and sensible as they are, this world would be a far, far better place.
My compassion goes out to those hurt [...]
This was sent by a friend of mine who had been the victim of a hit and run . Basically she been told by the L.A.P.D (not in those words mind) that
Even though you had major property damage and a concussion and even with all the information you gave us (name of the driver, [...]
From Joe Bageant’s Deer Hunting with Jesus (via Reddit)
Simply put
Most Americans are afraid to feel outrage.
I agree with Joe on pretty most all particulars. I do think there are another three good solid reasons people are unable or unwilling to act.
#1 Reason:
Our pretense of a civilization is fragile and [...]
Reuters making up for the junk article on spanking I guess.
if we want to do the right thing anyone falsely imprisoned should be given at least $240,000 a year. Prison is a horror and if you are going to steal a man or womans life than you ought to pay them for it. [...]