Six former Freddie Mac and Fannie May bigwigs sued by the SEC.
Video shows inmates escaping Santa Fe Courthouse. The cop who saw them flee takes a leisurely stroll and sets down his drink before chasing them down. Who is this guy? Dirty Harry?
55 bricks of weed found at crackdown on auto repair shop on Broadway.
Death toll up to 169 in India bootleg liquor poisoning, with 195 under treatment.
Barefoot Bandit due for sentencing today on 33 charges in a Washington state court.
Boy meets girl. Boy takes girl to movies. Boy leaves girl in theater and steals her car.
Woman’s breast implant sucked through her ribcage during Pilates maneuver.
ICC may investigate Gaddafi’s death as a war crime.
Two baby goats apparently tortured and killed in the South Valley.
In less depressing animal cruelty news, dog that was thrown from car window found alive.
Is the 1994 Chargers team cursed by the Grim Reaper?
Just when it looked like Blago was out of the picture, source tells the Sun-Times that “Rod can’t sleep without drinking.” The judge that sentenced him to 14 years recommends prison rehab.
Third-rate NFL player arrested in major drug sting. Meanwhile, Long Island high-schoolers get suspended for Tebowing.
So much of it in the news lately. I don't understand at all. What's the impulse? Misdirected rage?
if I knew who did that to those goats...my rage would not be misdirected. Selfish, savage cowards. They have to assault the defenseless because they don't have the balls to act like real men. Poor excuses for human beings.
thrown out the window. I think abusers feel helpless (sorry for themselves?) with their own lives so they do things that make them feel in control.
I want to be able to help protect animals from abusers. But how? It's not a simple matter of trying to educate them. These folks need to be in therapy.
or in jail.
I wonder if the urge to harm animals for no reason—to snuff out life—indicates the abuser is likely to harm people, too. Like what kind of brain do you have to have to do something like that?
This is true. Not that you would really want to read it, but there is literature out there from psych evals of torturers and abusers.
Animal cruelty (which includes neglect, let alone abuse and torture) is a criminal offense.
