I've been trying to avoid posting about Jahi McMath, which is one of the more disturbing news stories in the Bay Area this month. But I really can't help it. (wendelina2: this might be a bit too close to home so don't read if it bugs you.)

Jahi McMath, through tragic circumstances we do not know, but which I suspect have much to do with a post- ( Read more... )

sometimes the American class war problem - that the media, and often the left wing too, always tries to recast as race war - shines though loud and clear ( Read more... )

MassLive.com reports that a first-class passenger on Delta Airlines was arrested upon arrival at Logan International becuase he was watching child porn on his laptop in flight. apparently he didn't even bother with a privacy screen and at least one of his fellow passengers complained:

Delta officials contacted authorities just before 3 p.m. ( Read more... )

my LJ has been languishing, becuase of the way social media has been evolving. buzz-word-y or not, that's how it is. but here I am back! and it seems appropriate to explain this situation first ( Read more... )

COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio man has pleaded guilty to beating his 4-year-old stepson to death.

( the mom turned up the radio to drown out the sound of it!!! )

wherein, I depart from the left-leaning ways of my social circle


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the San Jose Mercury News reports ( Read more... )

it's just an entry in the NCLR's case docket blog, that I read last night:

Clay and his partner of 20 years, Harold, lived in California. Clay and Harold made diligent efforts to protect their legal rights, and had their legal paperwork in place-wills, powers of attorney, and medical directives, all naming each other. Harold was 88 years old and ( Read more... )

the Guardian (the British paper, not the San Francisco one) reports to us about a controversy in the middle of Ohio, which started when a parent saw this burned into their child's arm:


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I picked up this AP wire story from the Washington Post. yet another case where Darwin fails me. my friend Rachael has an appreciation for Tennessee, too bad she has no LJ. I wonder what she will think of this. guess I'll echo the URL to twitter too and find out.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Police say a driver passed out in his car at a Tennessee ( Read more... )