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November 18th, 2024 - 1:37 pm § in Law and Courts

Why we need a felony murder law

Israel hanged Adolf Eichmann for his complicity in the murder of 6 million Jews even though he didn’t personally kill anyone. His role in the Holocaust was “collecting information on the Jews in each area, organizing the seizure of their property, and arranging for and scheduling trains&[...]

November 18th, 2024 - 12:28 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts

Ex-soldier and war criminal sentenced for Jan. 6 rioting

The photo below isn’t of a military unit; these dudes aren’t soldiers at all, they’re Jan. 6 rioters. In fact, Edward Richmond Jr. of Geismar, Louisiana (in middle of photo), was court-martialed and dishonorably discharged for murdering a handcuffed Iraqi civilian prisoner. Richmon[...]

November 15th, 2024 - 6:15 pm § in Law and Courts

Immigrant parents jailed for honor killing attempt in Washington

Immigrants typically bring their customs, beliefs, and habits with them. But when you’re in another country, you’re subject to its laws. Don’t bring drugs with you to Indonesia, or you might get to visit that country’s notorious “Execution Island” (grisly details [...]

November 15th, 2024 - 12:16 am § in Law and Courts

Bellevue Pride art vandal arrested

On three separate occasions last summer, a young male BMW driver (photo below) performed “burnouts” on Pride street art (vide0). On Tuesday, November 12, 204, police arrested Ivan Barzul, 21, of Renton, Washington (read story here). Hate crime? Or just being an immature jerk? Barzul is c[...]

November 14th, 2024 - 11:33 pm § in Israel/Palestine, Schools & Colleges

This isn’t how to get sympathy for Palestinians

What’s happening to Palestinians in Gaza, and the West Bank, is a tragedy. Yes, Palestinian militants have a long history of terrorism, and the Oct. 7 terror attacks incited the violent Israeli response. But the only “crime” of the Palestinian children being killed and maimed is un[...]

November 14th, 2024 - 12:36 am § in Law and Courts

Teen swatter headed for prison

When he was 16 years old, Alan W. Filion (photos below), of Lancaster, California, made at least 375 swatting calls targeting “religious institutions, schools and universities, government officials, and other innocent victims.” The malice of his swatting calls is illustrated by “a [...]

November 8th, 2024 - 6:01 pm § in Law and Courts, Schools & Colleges

How 12 college students just ruined their lives

They lured a gay man to a rooming house by going on Tindr and pretending to solicit sex; when he arrived they grabbed him, forced him into a chair, then punched, kicked, and spit on him. They threw him to the floor every time he tried to leave. Twelve students are charged with “first degree [&[...]

November 5th, 2024 - 7:47 pm § in Law and Courts

His gun didn’t keep their family safe

On Saturday, December 4, 2021, Jesse Kitson of Granite Falls, Washington, then 30 years old, put a loaded gun on a coffee table in a sofa where Arabella Watts, 23, and their 1-year-old daughter were sitting. That was stupid. The gun fell off the coffee table, went off, and killed their daughter (see[...]

November 5th, 2024 - 4:17 pm § in Donald Trump, Hypocrisy, Law and Courts, Religion, Republicans

Evangelical leader likes naked children

Jason C. Yates (photo below) is the founder and former CEO of My Faith Votes, which is “part of a loose network of nonprofit organizations rallying support for Donald Trump through get-out-the-vote operations.” In this video, he talks about “the freedom we have in Christ.” Ya[...]

November 5th, 2024 - 3:34 pm § in Humor, Law and Courts, Misc.

How not to stay out of jail

A 43-year-old man was inside a Kent, Washington, gas station on the afternoon of Sunday , November 3, 2024, “when a gun fell out of his pants.” “The man picked up the gun and put it back into his waistband, but was fiddling with it as he walked to the checkout counter,” a Sea[...]