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Spain: Salafist criminal “procedure” condemns a woman to deat…
Tea and Politics | December 5th 2009 by Angry Infidel
El Periódico: An Islamist procedure in full. Like the ones held by the Talibans in Afghanistan or by extremist militias in Somalia. But this time it was held in an isolated masía (sort of cottage typical of Catalonia). There, 9 islamists, all o read more
Friends And Fathers
Willowbatel's Blog | December 5th 2009 by willowbatel
I found out that a friend of mine has been being abused physically by her father. He’s a drunk and is violent towards her sometimes apparently. My father became VERY violent when he was drunk, though I don’t know if that’s the case here. She to read more
A story of somebody’s youth
In Search of Meaning | December 4th 2009 by Robert Krzisnik
She was 16, full of life, romantic expectations, laughter, beauty… Life was wonderful, especially because she just fell in love with a guy who seemed warm, caring, humorous…, and, oh boy, was he handsome. Let’s call him Loverboy. Loverb read more
When people value Parking Spots over Human Life
theblackurbantimes.com | December 4th 2009
How do you run over someone for a parking spot? A human life. by Courtney Zubowski / 11 NewsPosted on November 29, 2009 at 8:51 PMUpdated Wednesday, Dec 2 at 10:54 PMHOUSTON—The search is on for the suspect who ran over a young woman in a Wal-Mart read more
Giuliani To Fight Crime In Pre-Olympics Rio
heave-ho.org | December 4th 2009
RIO DE JANEIRO — Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani says Rio de Janeiro can become a safe city before it hosts the 2016 Olympics. See original here: Giuliani To Fight Crime In Pre-Olympics Rio read more
We ‘Support’ the Troops by Burdening Them More
luckyrooster | December 4th 2009 by David
From Truthdig By T.L. Caswell For a few paragraphs, simple labels will do: Soldier No. 1 and Soldier No. 2. Besides serving in the wartime military, they didn’t appear at first glance to have been much alike. They were born in dramatically dispa read more
Depression, peers top influences on youth violence
BPD in OKC | December 3rd 2009 by bpdokc
by Reuters Kids who are depressed and have delinquents for friends may be the most likely to lash out violently at others, according to a new study in The Journal of Pediatrics.The amount of time a youth spent watching violent TV or playing violent v read more
The Maguindanao Massacre Issue
Blogfornoob Dot Com | December 3rd 2009 by geoffrey
The Maguindanao murders are election related crimes. These murders heralded the coming of Philippine election in 2010. Election related murders are nothing new in the Philippines. Filipinos are noted for that. The world ever. Election in the Philippi read more
EUROPA LEAGUE 2009: AUSTRIA VIENNA 0 - ATHLETIC DE BILBAO 3
SPANISH FOOTBALL & SPORTS | December 3rd 2009
The highlight of this EUROPA LEAGUE game between Austria Vienna& Spanish Club Athletic de Bilbao was the pitch invasion by "hooligans"that stopped the match in the 2ºhalf for about 30 minutes. Apart fromthe flares & the numerous ob read more
The writer who only made things worse for the Punisher
The Four Color Media Monitor | December 3rd 2009
IGN Comics writes an interview with Rick Remender, who's taken up writing Frank Castle's book, and all he's got to offer is deja vu, and worse. As told at the beginning of the article:Writers and publishers are always promising that their books will read more
The State of The Union
Recipe for success | December 3rd 2009 by Dmobile215
If I were asked to stand before the nation and give a State of the Union speech I would be hard pressed to come up with much good news. I would have to begin by stating the obvious which is that many people are struggling to get by. Many people can&# read more
Ronnie Wood Accused of Beating His Young Girlfriend
Celebrity Disaster | December 3rd 2009 by norman rogers
Crazy Hot Mess Ekaterina Ivanova Must be a generational thing: Ronnie Wood has been arrested after an alleged assault on his 21-year-old girlfriend Ekaterina Ivanova. The Rolling Stones guitarist, 62, who has only just divorced his wife Jo, was read more
Strange Days
Download DVD Direct | December 3rd 2009 by Meng Jidong
Ex-vice cop, Lenny Nero, is a loser who deals in VR clips – captured straight from the cerebral cortex – who uncovers that some things are not as they should be. Lenny keeps trying to protect old girlfriend Faith, a punk-rock singer, from read more
The Sanctuary – Review
Japan Cinema | December 3rd 2009 by Cello
The Sanctuary is set in the year 1897, a clan successfully broke into the royal palace of Thailand to steal the Royal Antiques which the King intended to give to America as a reward for its help in negotiations that avoided Thai territorial cuts. Th read more
Culture can and does change
Accidental Academic | December 2nd 2009 by Azad Essa
The words custom, culture and tradition are often invoked to shut down debate and discussion instead of used as a meaningful way of explaining a practice, belief or to understand historical events or legacies. The furore surrounding the feast and cel read more
Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child?
libelletage | December 2nd 2009 by Lisa
I remember when I was a kid and people didn't have a computer, or a Wii, or the rest of that stuff. And a lot people I knew liked to put together PUZZLES for fun. Remember that? You'd go to some one's house and they had their dinning room table cove read more
Violence acceptance
Abhibyakti | December 2nd 2009 by Anirban Saha
The defeated warrior looked up at the eyes of the victor. The victor lifted his sword high up, swung it and slashed his head off his shoulders. The head fell on the ground already painted red.. splashed few drops of red. Noone cared to close his eyes read more
South of the Border Roundup
Why We Worry | December 2nd 2009 by Clint
I think that we’ve already said more than enough about our position on Afghanistan. The funny thing is that we have a similar situation (narcotics, corrupt governance, poverty) in a country just south of our own border: Mexico. What is occurrin read more
Une longue guérison
Le blogue du rédacteur du Journal de la Rue, Raymond Viger | December 2nd 2009 by Journal de la Rue
Une longue guérison Dossier Prostitution Anita entre comme un coup de vent au Café Graffiti. Impossible de ne pas la remarquer. Elle parle fort et interrompt tout le monde. Elle s’impose aux gens, leur laissant peu de place, comme si elle seul read more
Ichi – Review
Japan Cinema | December 2nd 2009 by Cello
Can you believe that 26 Zatoichi movies were made so far? Well now there is a female twist on the ongoing saga as pop idol Haruka Ayase is Ichi, the blind musician wandering the land looking for her father. But, an instinctive use of a lethal sword read more
Wear a White Ribbon in Solidarity with Zainab Salbi
Electronic Village | December 2nd 2009 by Wayne Hicks
Soulclap to the Save Darfur folks for telling us about Zainab Salbi, a dynamic leader, author, advocate and entrepreneur. Zainab devotes her life to establishing economic security and leadership training for women in post-conflict societies.It is obv read more
Wizards of Waverly Place [DVDRip]
tang | December 2nd 2009 by David Tang
Wizards of Waverly Place 2009 Violence & scariness: Magical mishaps sometimes result in some bumps or collisions, but it’s all fairly benign, and injuries are rare. Close Magical mishaps sometimes result in More # Sexy stuff: Some episodes read more
The Situation of Violence
The Situationist | December 1st 2009
From BBC’s Horizon: What makes ordinary people commit extreme acts of violence? In a thought-provoking and disturbing journey, Michael Portillo investigates one of the darker sides of human nature. He discovers what it is like to inflict pain a read more
President Obama's biggest mistake so far -- Afghanistan
People Power Granny | December 1st 2009 by People Power Granny
This day will go down as the day President Barack Obama made one of the worst mistakes of his life.Our hero is no longer my hero. I have hoped he would show a backbone amidst his right wing critics, the war mongers, the Wall Street Mafia. But in my read more
Parent complains that school went too far with paddling
DetentionSlip | December 1st 2009
Story: Parent: School went too far with paddlingWe find it necessary to keep reminding readers that some states still allow educators to beat students up with paddles. This boy boy got a few licks for disturbing his class. His mom, (using simple lo read more
Black Friday Redux
Kevin Babbles | December 1st 2009 by Kevin Babbles
Another Black Friday has came and passed. No one died this time around, so I’m not as inspired to compose a rant as I was last year. Of course, the media already planned to devote a lot of time and attention to the event, so they followed through read more
A Few Thoughts on the Modern Warfare 2 Controversy
Honour After Reason | December 1st 2009
I would like to offer my tuppence ha'penny over the recent release of the game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and the ensuing furore over its' more controversial elements, particularly the infamous 'No Russian' level. Within hours of release the gam read more
Do Working Men Rebel?
Free Market Mojo | December 1st 2009 by Ariel Goldring
In a particularly interesting new paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research, Eli Berman, Joseph Felter and Jacob N. Shapiro examine whether employment reduces rates of political violence. They find that contrary to the common belief that th read more
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