Tuesday

True Crime-Rape and Muslims, Worthington, Edington, The Strange Case of the Missing American Soldier

Time for some True Crime.

We begin with some very intriguing updates on the Edington murder. Jonathan Edington stabbed his neighbor to death over allegations of molestation by his 2 year old.

The police say the baby was NOT molested. So what's going to happen to Edington? And why might the police be misleading us?

Also, updates on that female soldier who went missing in the Ukraine, notes on "Dog" Chapman, a woman kills her baby while it's in her belly, and the Jerry Hobbs trial begins. Hobbs killed his daughter and her friend. Why should his confession be disallowed?

Some interesting info on why Muslims rape their women and hint...it's the WOMAN's fault! Also, enslaved ten year old and a True Crime involving circumcision? Well the case DID go to court.

A sad story of a quadriplegic woman as she testifies against her husband who made her that way and finally, why does this burglar have his pants down around his ankles?


Pic of the Day
Halloween cartoon




Quote of the Day
In a recent interview, General Norman Schwartzkopf was asked if he thought there was room for forgiveness toward the people who have harboured
and abetted the terrorists who perpetrated the 9/11 attacks on America.

His answer was classic Schwarzkopf.

The General said, " I believe that forgiving them is God's function. OUR job is to arrange the meeting. "



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Perfect for the Holiday

It's Halloween! Here's a cuter than cute rendition of some spooks as they celebrate their special night.

Spooks Night Out



TIDBITS
Here are some Buzzword Dictionary definitions:

• 404: A derogatory term used to describe someone who is totally clueless. Comes from the pesky error message on computers: 404 Not Found.
• Blahger: A blogger whose message primarily consists of blah-blah-blah.
• Cellular Macarena: When a cellular phone rings in a public place, everyone reaches for his or her coat pocket, front pants pocket, back pants pocket, etc.
• Cyberslackers: Employees who use the company Internet connection during work hours to surf the Net, shop, play games, check stock prices, etc.
• Déjà moo: The nagging feeling that you've heard this bull before.
• Déjà poo: The feeling that you've stepped in this bull before.
• Dixie-Chicked: To be reviled or boycotted for voicing an unpopular political sentiment.
• Enron: To undermine the future. A product of the Enron scandal, this new verb comes courtesy of former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle of South Dakota, who said, "I don't want to Enron the American people. I don't want to see them holding the bag at the end of the day just like Enron employees have held the bag."
• Escape ring: A planned call or beep from a co-worker that allows you to feign an emergency to escape a particularly boring or meaningless meeting.
• Geek chic: Styles or fashions favored by computer geeks.
• Jitterati: What the digital generation becomes after sipping one too many cups of Starbucks.
• Job spill: When work cuts into your personal time.
• M&Ms: Entry-level employees fresh out of college who fancy themselves "management material." Their candy-coated degree looks great, but inside they melt in the heat of real work.
• Nerdvana: The ultimate state of complete geekiness.
• Pajamahadeen: The new-media watchdogs. Bloggers who spend their days surfing the Net, challenging and fact-checking the traditional media.
• Payroll orphan: Someone who has lost his or her job.
• reBay: To buy an item on eBay only to turn around and sell it on eBay at a higher price.
• Refrigerator magnet: A person who can't pass the refrigerator without opening the door and searching for a quick snack.
• Repurposed entree: Leftovers.
• Scooby snacks: Token compensation, generally non-monetary, given as a reward. Taken from the cartoon Scooby Doo, wherein the heroic dog is rewarded with Scooby snacks.
• SEP: Someone Else's Problem.
• SOFE: Significant Other Forced Event. Any event your spouse or significant other is obligated to attend - preferably with a date. Pronounced So-fee.
• Up-titling: The practice of giving impressive-sounding titles instead of raises. Examples: The Head of Verbal Telecommunications is really a receptionist. An Optical Illuminator Enhancer cleans windows. And Stock Replenishment Executives stock shelves.
• Vuja day: The distinct feeling you've never been here (or heard of this) before. The opposite of déjà vu.
• Yetties: Young, entrepreneurial, tech-based 20-somethings. Also known as "young, entrepreneurial technocrats."
• YOYO: Acronym for You're On Your Own. Commonly used in text messaging and in chat rooms, but increasingly slipping into daily business discourse.
• Zerotasking: To do nothing or have nothing to do. Taken from the caption of a New Yorker cartoon, which pictures a serene-looking man plopped in a comfy chair.


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New and Intriguing Details on Edington Murder

Previous Blog posts on this crime HERE and HERE.

The debates rage across the Google True Crime boards that I like to frequent. For new information has been released regarding this crime and as I see it, the new information only confuses things more.

In summary, Jonathan Edington is an attorney who received news from his wife, via telephone as she and their child were visiting relatives, that his 2-year-old daughter was molested by their neighbor. This accusation by the wife was based on the fact that the toddler did not want to return home because she was scared of "Barry". Barry James was the Edingtons' neighbor.

The toddler allegedly explained her fear to her mother by describing what the mother assumed was a description of a molestation by James. The baby said James came to her in the "starry nights" and went on to describe what the child's mother assumed was a molestation incident involving James placing his penis on the child and subsequently ejaculating on the child, which the baby described as being like "rain".

Jonathan Edington heard this information from his wife, grabbed a kitchen knife and ran over to the James' house, climbed into the man's window, and stabbed him to death in his own bed.

This initial information leaves open a lot of questions which have not yet been answered. How did Barry James get to the baby? Surely the parents did not leave the baby alone with James? Could neighbor James have climbed into the Edingtons' window in dead of night, molested the child, then left with parents totally unaware? This is assuming the alleged sexual act as described by the toddler WAS, indeed, a sexual act. We are talking a 2-year-old here.

I find this case fascinating because I have a grandchild the same age as the Edington baby and my own house is situated such that it's possible, although not likely, that a neighbor could climb into the baby's room window and molest the child. But I have dogs and dogs tend to bark at strangers entering their house via window. As I understand it the Edingtons also have a dog and big or small, dogs tend to bark at this sort of thing and I can't believe a dog yapping in the middle of the night would be ignored by the owners.

The biggest glitch that keeps me thinking that there might be something to this story is the toddler's story. Remembering this is a 2-year-old here, and if the mother's story is true as she related to her husband AND the police, it seems the child's fear and her description of events are not fantasy. The toddler said James came to her in the "starry nights". Then she said in her childish way that James put his penis on her face and belly, made her do some sort of snorting sound, then "rained" on the baby. I don't see how a toddler could make up such a story.

However, from the aforementioned newsgroup, we find:
Jonathan EdingtonFAIRFIELD, Connecticut (AP) -- Police have concluded that a 2-year-old girl was not molested by a neighbor whom the girl's father is accused of stabbing to death in rage, a police official said Thursday.

Jonathon Edington, a 29-year-old attorney from Fairfield, is charged with
killing Barry James on August 28 after his wife told him their daughter had
indicated James touched her inappropriately "in the starry night," police said.

Edington pleaded not guilty last week. (Full story)

"We're confident this 2-year-old was not molested," said Capt. Gary MacNamara. "We are confident in our investigation that Mr. Edington did in fact kill Mr. James. We are as confident in our investigation that Mr. James did not molest the Edingtons' daughter."

So the investigators on this case have concluded the child was NOT molested. How I must wonder? If they did a physical exam on the baby and the results indicated no damage to the child's genitals, well what does this prove? As the toddler explained it, nothing happened to her genital area. If the examination proved the baby's vagina was perfect I don't see how that proves that Barry James couldn't have molested her as she childishly described it.

It's likely a Child Psychologist interviewed the child and perhaps an alternate explanation was deduced based on this interview; perhaps Barry squirted her with a hose or some other explanation that would explain the baby's story. It's possible the child's mother recanted her story as told to her by the toddler then passed on to her husband.

SOMETHING is causing the investigators to refute the baby's story as described by police report statements given by the mother.

But there's more:
James's medical condition was further clarified in another article:

"The James family not only fully cooperated with police but voluntarily opened their whole house to police to do a complete search for any evidence, but police found nothing that would fit the profile of someone who would do the activity Mrs. Edington has accused Barry James of," he said. "The real mystery here is why this woman would make these allegations."

Meehan said James suffered nerve damage to his legs which made it difficult for him to climb stairs, meaning it would have been nearly impossible for him to crawl through a window more than 4 feet off the ground to get into the girl's room in the Edington home.

According to the above statement, given by the James' family please note, it was concluded that if the child's story was right, he had to climb in the window. The James' family, who have a horse in this race remember, detail Barry's medical condition and state it would be impossible for him to get to the baby for his disabilities.

I know that the Edingtons have a dog which also muddies the water. I must wonder if the police refutation of a molestation of the toddler is based on what they perceive to be Barry's complete inability to have climbed almost four feet to the child's window. If so I think it's pretty flimsy to dismiss the child's story out of hand. I STILL do not think a 2-year-old would make up such a story.

It's possible that the prosecutors are scared out of their mind to try this case. Jonathan Edington DID stab his neighbor to death in a fit of rage and this is vigilante justice. Although, as I speculated in the past, a neighbor coming into someone's home and molesting a child, hey it's the stuff that would drive most of us to a blood-red rage. A jury might see it that way too.

If the prosecutors want to avoid trying this case they could be encouraging investigators to find that there was no molestation as without the alleged molestation incident, a potential jury would likely not give Edington any slack. However, IF a molestation did occur in the heinous way the baby described it, a jury might tend to be kind to Edington.

I'm in no way espousing taking the law into our own angry hands and Edington reacted and he killed a man in his own bed based on rather flimsy evidence. It's just go with me here, most any parent who "discovered" that a neighbor was climbing into windows and molesting toddler girls would drive most of us to an unreasonable outrage.

I still say there's more to this story than meets the eyeball and I'm mostly hanging my gut feeling on the baby's story as published from police reports. The baby WAS scared to return home and she did describe a sexual incident that I simply do not believe a 2-year-old could make up. The child is TWO years old. She describes a man putting his penis in her face and the subsequent "rain". She said it happened on "starry nights", which would have to be the case as let me state again, the baby was probably never in Barry James' company alone for such a thing to happen.

Of course the mother could be totally lying about the baby's story and if so then SHE should be charged with a crime as it was what she told her husband that set him off. Perhaps the mother has recanted her story to the police and this is why the claim that James did not molest the daughter.

For now, I can't get around that baby's story, if it was told as it was reported and not embellished by the mother. Recall that it was the mother who repeated the baby's story, NOT the toddler herself. Nothing can convince me that a child that young could invent a story with details she could not possibly know at her young age.

For now I believe the prosecutors are trying to make a deal with Jonathan Edington, who IS an attorney by the way. The prosecutors do NOT want to take this case to court. Part and parcel of this pressure is releasing the misleading statement to the public that the Edington child had NOT been molested.

I could be wrong. There's the dog issue. There're reports that Jonathan Edington has a raw temper and hints of anger incidents from his past. Four feet is a long climb for a sickly man with bad legs. Mothers tend to over react and overstate facts when overwrought by toddler tales of molestation.

For all of this, someone needs to give me some sort of credible explanation-perhaps parental prompting-as to why that toddler told such a story. Because on face value, I'll never believe the baby made it up. Until I can get an explanation for the baby's story I believe there is way more to this story than prosecutors and investigators are letting on.

Finally, below, a comment on my Blog about this case.
I just happened to be looking at your input on Jonathon Edington. You are 100% right! Usually children that age dont point out specific individuals in that kind of detail. My daughter was brutually raped by my ex-husband her step-father in May of 2003. He only got 9 years, why because she was 15. I can see how this guy could have snapped seriously. These sex offenders and gosh there are so many we cant keep up..we need to get these people off the streets and away from our children. He knows how the government works..smack on the wrist for the offender and lifelong pain for the victim and their familes. I know because I witnessed how the system failed our family.

Keep up your blog it is awesome...
Sherri C.

Questions on American Soldier Kidnapped in Kyrgyzstan

On September 5, 2005, Major Jill Metzger vanished from a store in Kyrgyzstan. She turned up at a farm house three days later some twenty miles away. She had bloodied feet and her hair was dyed. Metzger alleged she had been kidnapped.

Originall covered on this Blog HERE

From Newsday.com:
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -- New details have emerged in the case of a U.S. Air Force officer who disappeared mysteriously last month while serving in the far-flung ex-Soviet state of Kyrgyzstan, casting doubt on her claim that she was kidnapped.

Maj. Jill Metzger, 33, vanished from a store in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, on Sept. 5, shortly before she was to return to the United States. Three days later, authorities said, she turned up at a farmhouse 20 miles away, her hair dyed and feet bloody, saying she had been abducted, had overcome her kidnappers and had escaped.

Metzger is a personnel specialist with the U.S. Air Force and was stationed in Kyrgyzstan. Her "abduction" has caused a bit of a diplomatic flap in that Kyrgyzstan has been a volatile country and Metzger's disappearance tended to make the new government appear not in charge of the violent factions in that country.

Adding to the mystery, when Kyrg officials questioned Metzger she was told by the American Embassy not to talk to authorities. Metzger was flown to a U.S. base where she was questioned by American military authorities. Kyrg investigators are frustrated as one might imagine in that they were unable to investigate a crime which occurred on their own territory.

Metzger's story as she reported to Kyrg authorities is a bit unbelievable. Metzger stated that she was shopping in a Kyrg department store when a woman asked her for help. Metzger said she followed the woman outside when the mysterious allegedly put something in Metzger's backpack then handed her a note saying it was a bomb.

Right here I'm wondering why an experienced military officer would follow a stranger all around and hey, I'd fight off someone putting something strange in my backpack.

Metzger then told Kyrg investigators that she subsequently wandered the city of Bishkek constantly awaiting instructions from her "abductor" as she believed, according to Metzger, that she had a bomb in her backpack.

Continuing on, Metzger said at one point she was approached by the mysterious woman again who had along with two men who then stuffed her into the trunk of a car.

Heh.

Well Kyrg authorities have video of Metzger from the department store tape where this incident allegedly happened. The video shows Metzger coming down the store's escalator and meeting a bald man at the bottom. Further video shows Metzger going to a market and purchasing hair dye.

Whatever happened with Jill Metzger and her oddball story, it appears U.S. authorities want to handle the matter and on that front the military remains mum. Metzger returned to duty a week later.

Kyrg authorities want to know why she lied on her initial statement to them. Further, they are curious as to why she didn't try to escape when she had the chance. I've read that Metzger was recently married to another soldier.

Whatever the case with this Air Force "Runaway Bride", she is evidently lying. And the Kyrg investigators want to get at the truth as this "crime" happened on their territory and they must assume that some sort of weird band of kidnappers are all about and could harm other Kyrg citizens.

Seems to me the U.S. military is just plain embarrassed by this soldier's behavior and want the Kyrg authorities to forget about it. I am curious as to what this woman's story is but then the U.S. military is notoriously silent about its soldiers.

Circumcision-Male AND Female

Start mucking with nature and the results can be cruel.

Now I understand that male circumcision, a procedure which removes the foreskin around the head of the penis, is a fairly common practice and there's also a religious issue. My inclination is to condemn any medical procedure which essentially mutilates the human body but perhaps that's a bit knee-jerk.

Male circumcision once was widely practiced even amongst non-Jews. This procedure is now used mostly for religious purposes as many parents begin to question the why and wherefore.

Below, a nine-year-old boy suffers recurring infections and his mother wants to have him circumcised. Folks, yes I am female and hardly an expert on such matters. I have, I assert, been married a few times to both circumcised and uncircumcised males. With that experience stated, it's really not that difficult to keep an uncircumcised penis clean and I think it's an insult to males to think them so incapable of such a hygienic procedure that the solution is assumed to be the removal of the offending skin at birth.

In the case below, a divorced couple actually ended up in court over the matter. I must wonder why this boy gets so many infections. The father is fighting a circumcision of his son while the mother wants it done.

How about these parents teach this boy how to clean himself?

From WRAL.com
CHICAGO -- A judge in a case closely watched by those who oppose circumcision sided Tuesday with a divorced man who did not want his 9-year-old son to undergo the procedure.

Circuit Judge Jordan Kaplan said that circumcision is "an extraordinary medical procedure" for a 9-year-old and that the boy can decide for himself when he turns 18.

The boy's father sued to block the operation in a dispute with his ex-wife. The couple's 2003 divorce decree gave the father the right to be consulted before the boy underwent any "extraordinary" non-emergency procedure.

The True Crime below is a bit more heinous. Seems the practice of FEMALE circumcision is widely practiced in some parts of the world. Seems an American man originally from Ethiopia got it into his head to circumcise his TWO YEAR OLD DAUGHTER!

This trial is ongoing now in Georgia. In fact, the Georgia legislature had to pass a law specifically outlawing this procedure as such a law had not existed. In this case the father was charged with assault and mutilation or some such because go with me on this, removing a female child's clitoris is horrifically cruel and the man had to be charged with SOMETHING.

There is no sanitary issue with removing the female clitoris. This procedure is practiced in third-world countries simply to eliminate any sexual pleasure for the female and nothing more.

It's simply beyond civilized comprehension. And yet it happened right here in the United States.

From Compuserve:
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - The trial of an Atlanta-area father accused of circumcising his 2-year-old daughter with scissors is focusing attention on an ancient African practice that experts say is slowly becoming more common in the U.S. as immigrant communities grow.

Khalid Adem, a 30-year-old immigrant from Ethiopia, is charged with aggravated battery and cruelty to children. Human rights observers said they believe this is the first criminal case in the U.S. involving the 5,000-year-old practice.

Prosecutors say Adem used scissors to remove his daughter's clitoris in their apartment in 2001. The child's mother said she did not discover it until more than a year later.


The Tragedy of Christa Worthington

Christa Worthington was a fashion writer who was murdered in her Cape Cod home. The murder was a high-profile as such heinous crimes are unusual in the rarified atmosphere of the wealthy in this retreat in Massachusetts.

It took investigators three years to finally nail the perp for this crime, details in this Blog post. This is tragedy number one. For the perp had voluntarily given a DNA sample but for reasons unclear it was not matched for a few strange years.

The perp, a Christopher McCowan, is currently on trial for Christa's murder. McCowan was a trash-hauler at the time he allegedly killed McCowan.

This True Crime had additional elements of intrigue in that Christa's daughter, Ava, was fathered by a local yokel on the island. Suspicion was cast to this fellow along with some of Christa's other lovers. Ava's real father did try to gain custody of his daughter but evidently Christa had planned for the event of her demise and had a will stipulating custody arrangements in the event of her death.

Tragedy number two is how baby Ava spent the entire day with her dead mother. The poor baby, two years old at the time, tried to clean up the blood on her mother and told authorities when finally discovered that Mommy was sleeping.

Those investigators really screwed up their investigation. The lovely Christopher McCowan walked amongst them for several years and had donated a DNA sample voluntarily when the call went out on the island for such voluntary actions. So while the investigators had a dream come true with a freely-given DNA sample, why the hell did it take so long to nail this guy? Luckily the lovely Christopher McCowan murdered no other innocent females as his DNA sample languished in the police evidence room.

From CNN.com:
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BARNSTABLE, Massachusetts (Court TV) -- A toddler found clinging to her murdered mother's body probably did not witness the killing, a state police detective who interviewed the child testified at the trial of the man accused in the fatal stabbing.

The trooper quoted 2-year-old Ava Worthington as saying, "Mommy's lying down. Mommy won't get up," when questioned a few hours after her mother, Christa, was discovered dead in their cottage in Truro on January 6, 2002.

"She said, 'Mommy dirty. Tried to clean mommy,'" Detective Kimberly Squire told jurors at the trial of Christopher McCowen.


Shoots Baby in Her Belly; It Doesn't Get More Heinous Than This

She shot her pregnant belly and the unborn child's brains splashed across the car seat. Scott Peterson went to jail for the murder of his unborn child. Tammy Skinner shot her baby even as birth contractions began and the baby was struggling to be born. Peterson's in jail for life. Tammy Skinner was returned to her welfare-subsidized house and her two older children returned to her.

The courts, you see, didn't consider what Skinner did to be murder.

Shooting an unborn baby as it's about to be born...this isn't bad enough to, at the very least, deny this woman custody of her children lucky enough not to be killed by their mother?

How bad does it have to be?

From Worldnetdaily:
Tammy Skinner is a 22-year-old mother who has now twice had her case dismissed in Virginia. On the due date of her third pregnancy, she went into contractions and in her own words, "got scared." She grabbed her gun, drove herself to a secluded used-car lot, "told the Lord that her mind was not right," pointed the gun at her belly and pulled the trigger. She then picked up her cell phone, called 911, and told authorities a lie about how a man named Travis had shot her.

Rape and Muslims

"If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside ... without cover, and the cats come to eat it ... whose fault is it, the cats' or the uncovered meat's? The uncovered meat is the problem. If she was in her room, in her home, in her hijab [the headdress worn by some Muslim women], no problem would have occurred."

Above is a quote from Sheik Taj Aldin al-Hilali, a Muslim cleric. These wise words were delivered to a religious congregation and this fellow has attracted the attention of the world with his stupidity.

More important and plainly on display here is the Muslim attitude towards women. It's why those backward, chauvinist men demand that their women wear burquas. For without the burqua, which covers Muslim women head to toe with just a slit for the eyes, they are "uncovered meat" and invite rape. Of course it is the woman's fault if she is raped and more than a few Muslim countries stone a female to death if she is raped.

Not to mention that a burqua conveniently covers the marks from the nightly beatings.

I'll not even pretend to be politically correct about these people. They really need to be exposed for the savages they are.

From the Guardian:
A senior Muslim cleric in Australia has sparked a furore by comparing women who do not wear a headscarf to "uncovered meat", implying that they invited sexual assault.
Sheik Taj Aldin al-Hilali delivered his comments in a religious address on adultery to around 500 worshippers in Sydney last month, but they only came to the attention of the wider public when they were published in the Australian paper today.


Jerry Hobbs-Brutally Murdered His Own Daughter and Her Friend

Jerry Hobbs is a lovely fellow who got very angry at his daughter and her friend when they went missing at the time they were supposed to be home. Covered on this Blog HERE and HERE, Hobbs has an extremely violent history and it's time this fellow be put away. In fact, I formulated my own theory of the Hobbs' defense when the case went to trial and I still state it's a damn good theory.

This case is being tried now and instead of using my own fine theory, Hobbs' defense attorneys are trying to get his very plain confession thrown out. There is no physical evidence linking Hobbs to this horrible crime and without that confession there is no case.

The Defense tactic didn't work.

From the Chicago Tribune:
Image hosted by Photobucket.com The confession of a Zion man that he killed his daughter and her friend on Mother's Day 2005 will be allowed at his trial, a Lake County judge ruled Friday, rejecting arguments that it was coerced.

Jerry Hobbs, 36, is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of his daughter, Laura, 8, and her friend, Krystal Tobias, 9. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.


Quadraplegic Woman Testifies at Her Own Murder Trial

Heather Grossman was able to testify against her lovely husband at his trial although she is now a quadraplegic and confined to a wheelchair for life because of her ex-husband's attempt to murder her.

Seems Ronald Samuels, Grossman's ex-husband, tried to arrange her murder so he could gain custody of the couples' three children and cash in on a million dollar life insurance policy.

This case has received some notoriety in that Grossman's husband after her divorce from Samuels, John Grossman, is the son of former Minnesota Vikings' owner, Bud Grossman.

Ronald Samuels will be spending the rest of his life in jail, or at least a long time.

What goes on in the minds of people? Try getting a divorce when marriage disappoints.

From CourtTV:
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The victim of a drive-by shooting, allegedly masterminded by her millionaire ex-husband, told jurors Wednesday she felt like her body was "a machine shutting down" the moment a bullet ripped through her spinal cord and left her a quadriplegic.

"I tried to scream out for help, but 'help' wouldn't come out," Heather Grossman said of the Oct. 14, 1997, shooting. "I don't remember what happened after that."

As Grossman spoke, jurors could hear the "swish" of her ventilator amplified by the court microphone.

More News from the Religion of Peace-A 10 Year old Slave

Well it was only a little female child so what's the problem?

Seems a fine pair of Californians of Egyptian descent obtained their very own slave, a ten year old child. The child's Egyptian parents evidently "sold" their ten year old daughter to this lovely couple. The child worked 16 hours a day at her masters' house and was not allowed to attend school or leave the house.

After this Muslim pair serve their time and pay that child the money she earned by being their slave, they will be deported.

Good. We don't need such people in America, the land of hope and opportunity. The ten year old will be allowed to remain here and may the blessings of America reward her as those from the land of her birth never did.

From Little Green Footballs:
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two Egyptian nationals who pleaded guilty to enslaving a 10-year-old Egyptian girl at their Southern California home, making her work long hours serving their family of seven, were sentenced on Monday to prison terms.

Abdel Nasser Youssef Ibrahim, 57, was sentenced to three years in federal prison and his former wife, Amal Ahmed Ewisabd Motelib, 43, was given 22 months behind bars by a federal judge. Prosecutors said the pair will be deported after serving their sentences. U.S. District Judge James Selna also ordered the defendants to pay their victim more than $76,000 in restitution, which represents the money the girl should have been paid during the two years she worked for their family.

Naked Burglar

Seems a person forced 19 year old Dennis Reed Jr. to enter a home. Indeed. Reed alleges a gun was held to head and he was ordered to rob a home.

It's not clear just why he had to remove his clothes before entering the home. Did the stranger who forced him to try this breaking and entering at gunpoint also demand that he do it naked?

Burglar Caught With Pants Down


From THNEWS.com:
A Forrest City man allegedly trying to break into a home in a local housing complex was arrested for residential burglary early Saturday after getting stuck in a window of the home.

The Forrest City Police Department was called to an apartment in Grobmyer Circle where a man was stuck in a window of apartment 388.

According to the report, when officers arrived at the apartment they found a nude individual stuck between the air conditioning unit at the apartment and the window frame.


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Monday

"Dancing With the Stars" 2006-Five left; Some Halloween Fun

It's down to five on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" 2006.

Finally Jerry Springer gets the boot.

Predictions and reviews.

Some Halloween fun at the intro.


Pic of the Day
Big pumpkin eats little pumpkin




Quote of the Day
Andy Rooney says,

"As I grow in age, I value older women most of all. Here are just a few reasons why."

An older woman will never wake you in the middle of the night to ask, "What are you thinking?" She doesn't care what you think.

An older woman knows herself well enough to be assured in who she is, what she is, what she wants and from whom. Few women past the age of 50 give a damn what you might think about her.

An older single woman usually has had her fill of "meaningful relationships and "commitment." The last thing she needs in her life is another dopey, clingy,
whiny, dependent lover!

Older women are dignified. They seldom have a screaming match with you at the opera, or in the middle of an expensive restaurant. Of course, if you deserve it, they won't hesitate to shoot you if they think they can get away with it.

An older woman has the self-assurance to introduce you to her women friends. A younger woman with a man will often ignore even her best friend because she doesn't trust the guy with other women. Older women couldn't care less.

Women get psychic as they age. You never have to confess your sins to an older woman. They always know.

An older woman looks good wearing bright red lipstick.

Once you get past a wrinkle or two, an older woman is far sexier than her younger counterpart. Her libido's stronger, her fear of pregnancy gone.

Her experience of lovemaking is honed and reciprocal and she's lived long enough to know how to please a man in ways her daughter could never dream of. (Young men, you have something to look forward to.)

Older women are forthright and honest. They'll tell you right off if you are a jerk or if you are acting like one.

Yes, we praise older women for a multitude of reasons. Unfortunately, it's not reciprocal. For every stunning, smart, well-coifed babe of 70 there is a bald, paunchy relic in yellow pants making a fool of himself with some 22 year old waitress. Ladies, I apologize for all of us.

That men are genetically inferior is no secret. Count your blessings that we die off at a far younger age, leaving you the best part of your lives to appreciate
the exquisite woman you've become, without the distraction of some demanding old man clinging and whining his way into your serenity."



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  • Motorists:
    Watch for children darting out from between parked cars.
    Watch for children walking on roadways, medians and curbs.
    Enter and exit driveways and alleys carefully.
    At twilight and later in the evening, watch for children in dark clothing.

  • Parents:
    Make sure that an adult or an older youth will be supervising children under 12.
    Plan and discuss the route the kids intend to follow. Know the names of all group companions.
    Instruct your children to travel only in familiar areas and along an established route.
    Teach your children to stop only at houses or apartment buildings that are well lit and never to enter a stranger’s home.
    Establish a return time.
    Tell youngsters not to eat any treats until returning home.
    Review all appropriate trick-or-treat safety precautions, including pedestrian/traffic safety rules.
    Pin a slip of paper with the child’s name; address and phone number inside a pocket in case the youngster gets separated from the group.

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    Only fire-retardant materials should be used for costumes.
    Costumes should be loose so warm clothes can be worn underneath.
    Costumes should not be so long that they cause tripping. Remember, falls are the leading cause of unintentional injuries on Halloween.
    If children are allowed out after dark, outfits should be made with light-colored materials. Strips or retro reflective tape should be used to make children visible.

  • Face design:
    Masks can obstruct a child’s vision. Use facial make-up instead.
    If masks are worn, they should have nose and mouth openings and large eyeholes.

  • Accessories:
    Knives, swords and other accessories should be made from cardboard or flexible materials. Do not allow children to carry around sharp objects.
    Bags or sacks carried by youngsters should be light-colored or trimmed with retro-reflective tape if children are allowed out after dark.
    Carrying flashlights will help children see better and be seen more clearly.

  • On the way:
    Do not enter homes or apartments without adult supervision.
    Walk; do not run, from house to house. Do not cross yards and lawns where unseen objects or the uneven terrain can present tripping hazards.
    Walk on sidewalks, not in the street.
    Walk on the left side of the road, facing traffic; if there are no sidewalks.

  • Treats:
    Give children an early meal before going out.
    Insist that treats be brought home for inspection before anything is eaten.
    Wash fruit and slice into small pieces.
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    There Were Five; Now There Are Four

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    Sara Evans 2006 Dance With StarsOn the evening of 10/17/06 absolutely no one was eliminated on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” 2006. The explanation given was that since Sara Evans quit there would be no eliminations and the judges’ scores for that evening would be combined with the judges’ scores for the following week. Since the following week, 10/24/06-reviewed below- had each contender performing TWO dances, the total possible score for the evening of 10/24/06 were 90.

    Jerry Springer and, oddly, Joey Lawrence, did fall in the bottom two the night of no elimination.

    On to the night of 10/24/06 and an impromptu, inexperienced review of the two dances, by me, for each contender.

    There were five duos left to dance on this evening of 90 possible points. This particular week one couple WAS eliminated. We discuss his dances below.

    Top four finalists of 2006


    Jerry Springer

    To the tune of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way”, Jerry and his partner danced the Foxtrot. Jerry sported tux and tails and looked devilishly handsome. I thought this couple looked a bit amateurish in the performance, complete with an awkward spot when they couldn’t get their hands to mesh.

    The couple did give a great spin at the end of the performance.

    The judges declared that the couple “danced the correct way”, a reference to Springer’s prior performances when too often he clowned around rather than do some serious dancing.

    For the second dance, Springer and his partner performed a Mambo. Jerry wore and all white suit with a dashing pink shirt. I thought he looked very cute and during the dance he gave lots of wiggle.

    One judge stated: “I take my hat off to you”, referring to Jerry’s age, well beyond his younger, more agile competitors.

    Jerry and his partner received a total of 64 points out of 90 for both of their dances.

    The following night, Jerry Springer was eliminated. Frankly, the man was relieved.

    Monique Coleman

    It’s not that Monique doesn’t dance ably. Not to mention that the poor woman must dance in very high heels in which I wouldn’t be able to walk. I fear that Monique isn’t long for this show as she simply doesn’t possess that special dynamic her opposing three competitors possess.

    Monique and her partner performed a waltz to the tune “Luck Be a Lady”. The couple moved all around the floor fluidly, despite the heels. I thought it was a great performance, lovely to watch.

    One judge pronounced the performance “sheer elegance”.

    For their second dance, Monique and her partner danced a Paso Doble. Monique looked terrific in a sexy, red outfit and to my untrained eyes, they did a great job.

    Total points for Monique and her partner were 77 out of a possible 90.

    Emmitt Smith

    He’s no lightweight, Emmitt Smith, what with being a football player and everything. Like Jerry Rice in a prior season, Smith dances very well, causing me to muse that there just might be similarities in the fleet movement of foot involved in football as there is in the dance.

    Smith and his partner performed a waltz and this is always a pretty dance to watch. I thought some of the steps seemed exaggerated but the overall effect of this dance routine was beautiful.

    One judge asserted that Smith “nailed it”.

    For the next performance, Smith and his partner performed a Mambo.

    Wow, Smith’s shoulder movements were outstanding. That sexy, red silk shirt added to the effect.

    Smith and his partner scored 82 points out of a possible 90.

    Mario Lopez

    Let me question Lopez’ sexual preference right here and now and get that out of the way. No I don’t think that just because he dances so well it must mean he’s homosexual. It’s just a hunch on my part.

    Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

    For the first dance, Mario and his partner performed a Foxtrot to the tune “I Want to Be Loved by You”.

    I saw nice, precise steps with a cute little jaunt at the end that was perfect for the tune.

    One judge declared the performance “elegant, charming” and mentioned Mario’s great body. I can’t remember if the judge mentioning the body was male or female. Heh.

    For their second dance, Mario and his partner danced a Mambo to the tune “Loop De Loop”. Love his old-fashioned saddle oxford shoes.

    What I enjoy about Mario’s performances is that his whole body dances. It’s the mark of an excellent dancer but what do I know?

    A judge declared Mario and his partner a “crowd pleaser”.

    Mario and his partner scored 84 out of a possible 90 points.

    Joey Lawrence

    2006


    Let me state right now that I think Joey’s going to win this thing although Mario could take it away.

    For their first dance, Joey and his partner danced a Foxtrot to “Singing In the Rain”. The choice of song alone lent itself well to such as props. Which, of course, included an umbrella.

    Why I thought this duo looked like a dancing couple straight off of Broadway. They moved with their feet close together and ended with a sweeping circle on the dance floor. Some great choreography going on there.

    A judge pronounced the performance as “flawless”.

    For their next dance, Joey and his partner performed a Mambo. Joey has a great muscular body and the gold, short-sleeve shirt with a pair of dashing pin-striped pants added to his handsome physique.

    I noted that Joey slipped a bit as he got up from some floor action.

    One judge stated that Joey had some “trouble with turns” although the other judges vehemently disagreed.

    Joey and his partner scored 81 points out of a possible 90.

    Both Emmitt Smith and Mario Lopez scored slightly higher than Joey and I note the oddity of Joey falling in the bottom two the night nobody was eliminated.

    The American public, AND the judges it would seem, don’t seem to consider Joey the fine dancer that I think he is.

    More TV Reviews HERE
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    Saturday

    Bobby Calvan



    UPDATE-10/30/07-Please see Doc Weasel's comment below and the new information he's found about Bobby Calvan.

    Who Is Bobby Calvan and Why Is He In Deep Shit?

    I’d never heard of Bobby Calvan until a ruckus started on Hotair.com and continued on throughout the Blogosphere and it’s a tantalizing story.

    For Bobby Calvan works for McClatchy newspapers, formerly Knight-Ridder. He is currently on assignment in Iraq but in his spare time, Calvan decided to create a Blog.



    Calvan, as most of us Bloggers do, used his Blog to post personal vignettes and stories of his daily life in Iraq that he can’t submit for publication to his major publisher.

    I’m sure that Calvan had no idea his post about his experience trying to get past an American soldier at the Green Zone checkpoint would cause such a fuss.

    I’d read about the Calvan flap after Calvan had already pulled down his Blog due the outrage he caused. The stories I’d read about the anger his Blog post caused intrigued me.

    Enter DocWeasel. From his Blog header, Doc Weasel looks like some kind of comic book aficionado but this Blogger was hot on the heels of Bobby Calvan.

    As these things go, in due course some enterprising citizen journalist will manage to fine a cache of that which they would rather hide and HERE is Doc Weasel’s re-creation of Bobby Calvan’s infamous Blog post.

    What’s even better than Calvan’s arrogant, simpering Blog post are the hundreds of comments that followed this little piece of shameless drivel. Below is one example of the many comments.
    October 24th, 2007 at 8:44 pm
    This is incredible. Every other week some member of the press is reporting on how unsafe the Green Zone is. Despite all the current security issues you find the sheer audacity to criticize those who entrusted with providing the security that does exist.

    The men at those checkpoints serve long, difficult hours, doing a mostly thankless job. You seem so incredibly proud of yourself for being ignorant of the current restrictions and requirements, and beyond that you seem to desire approval for bullying those that protect you.

    You sir are an embaressment. If Knight Ridder had any sense, they’d kick you to the curb.

    Click into Weasel’s re-creation of Calvan’s Blog post. Read the nasty crap he wrote about an American soldier who Calvan wouldn’t be worthy of wiping his behind.

    Oh, and in the interest of fair and balanced, a Defense of Bobby Calvan. As if there’s anything worth defending about this sanctimonious creep.
    The WORST Thing Our Government Can Do Was Done This Past Week

    Rush Limbaugh with pic of Smear letter


    I love Rush Limbaugh and will admire to my dying day how the man turned around a senate smear to raise millions of dollars for a very good charity.

    The Lamestream media ignored this most amazing story all week but eventually Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had to acknowledge how his smear letter on an American citizen was attracting all kinds of attention across the fruited plains.

    Only Dingy Harry, heh, he tried to turn Rush Limbaugh’s great crusade to auction off the original letter of America’s first congressional smear campaign of an American citizen into a fine accomplishment that would include his own fine self.

    Heh. Dingy Harry ain’t fooling us. He and those 41 senators who signed that letter, two of whom are running for President of our country that they can use an even greater power to shut up upstart citizens who dare to criticize. Those two Lords in America’s House of Lords would be Hillary (who started it all via her “Media Matters” organization) and mine own Senator-Lord, Joe Biden.

    Here’s a transcript of Dingy Harry’s speech given on the floor of the Senate on Friday, 10/19/07. Reid acknowledges the mockery Limbaugh made of his horrid behavior and tries to insinuate that the whole thing was part of his own divine plan.

    Heh.

    Political cartoon of congress doing stuff it shouldn't


    Yon ladies and gems, it’s not as if there isn’t an enormous immigration problem in this country. It’s also possible Iran is acquiring nukes and Africa is still a mess. We’ve got quite a few domestic socialistic items that might require the sweet attention of our elected Lords.

    Instead they’re all busy trying to condemn our ally Turkey for actions that country took in 1916 or they’re breaking their vow to uphold and protect our constitution by using senatorial power to cause a man to lose his job.

    While I’ve been smiling and laughing right along with Rush all week as he mocks the Lords who would treat him so shabbily, I am very bitter about what these people did.

    Montage of Reid, Casey in Limbaugh smear letter


    Because I write these words on my humble Blog read by two or three people every day. Some day, goodness knows under what scenario, but someday they might go after me.

    I don’t have a great radio show and millions of listeners to bail me out.

    Next…they’ll go after you.

    I’m just sayin’ …

    Video of Rush’s interview on Fox and Friends

    Tuesday

    True Crime-Quinn, Edington, Duke Update, She Used Her Baby as a Weapon

    Time for some True Crime. We have a woman who used her baby as a weapon, a Duke update, some comments about Jonathan Edington who killed his neighbor for allegedly molesting his toddler.

    Then there's the murdering soldier, Martinez, and he's facing life.

    Oh and the lovely John Karr, ersatz murderer of Jonbenet Ramsey, is grabbing his fifteen minutes before he molests again.

    Some bodies are being exhumed for that murder of the Nevada Controller. He killed her; did he also kill her husband?

    Finally, that Vermont missing coed found. A creep lent her his cell phone then murdered her.


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    She Used Her Baby As a Weapon

    But hey, she didn't mean to.

    The baby, Jarron, suffered a fractured skull and bleeding in the brain from the incident.

    Excerpted from FreeRepublic.com:
    Woman used baby as weapon
    A northwestern Pennsylvania woman accused of using her baby to batter her child's father said she didn't realize what she was doing until it was too late.

    Chyrotia Graham, 27, of Erie, told police she had been drinking when an argument with the child's father turned violent early Sunday morning, according to an affidavit filed to support Graham's arrest.

    Graham said she ''snapped'' and began grabbing things and throwing them at Deangelo Troop, 20, not realizing she had picked up her 4-week-old son, Jarron Troop, telling police she held the child by his legs and swung him at his father. Police had said they believed the woman held the baby by the midsection when she hit the man.

    The father of this child laments that people are making a "big deal" about the incident, that his mother didn't mean to do it.

    The child is in the custody of its grandparents. Graham is being held on $75,000 for "simple assault". If nothing else, this woman should NOT be given custody of this child. With the pathetic record of child welfare authorities in this country, we shall see.

    Duke Update

    Kim Roberts Pittman was the second stripper performing at the now famous Duke Lacrosse player party during which a rape of a first stripper was alleged to have occurred.

    So it seems that Pittman has received the advice of a PR Spin firm and the lady is carefully playing her cards that her book and possibly movie deal not be damaged.

    Duke Link 1 on this Blog HERE
    Duke Link 2 on this Blog HERE
    Duke Link 3 on this Blog HERE

    From the Heraldsun:
    "She tried to play it down the middle," the source added. "She tried not to offer an opinion as to whether it was a crock. She wants the viewers to decide. But she says she didn't witness any rape. She wants to set the record straight on some things [the alleged victim] has said. She doesn't know whether a rape occurred. She just knows some of the things [the accuser] alleged to have happened did not happen."

    Of course this case has been all over the map and depending on whose story you believe, a heinous crime has occurred. It's not yet clear, but becomes increasingly obvious, on WHICH side of the law this crime took place.

    For the prosecutor in this case was running for election at the time of the incident and his voters were primarily of the same demographic as these Duke strippers.

    Note in the quote above how the source to Pittman's interview with "60 Minutes'" Ed Bradley, declares the second stripper "tried to play it down the middle".

    When people involved in a true crime go out and about giving interviews, believe that there is always an underlying motive. Prosecutors cannot stop said involved persons from speaking publicly, of course, as this is a free country. Pittman, it can be argued, is hardly this prosecutor's friend as she stated early on that it's a "crock" that a rape occurred that night.

    Now she has to get her name out there and present herself as the self-important person she obviously is for happening to be on a strip job when this so-called "crime" occurred. The dilemma is, for Pittman, that she does not know how this case is going to come down and I got eyes and I got ears-I can tell when someone is being evasive.

    Pittman declared that she did not "see" a rape but she does, bottom line, believe a crime occurred.

    What happened to that "crock" she formerly declared the rape-accuser's assertions to be? I'm supposing that Pittman doesn't quite know how this is all is going to turn out and she doesn't want to jeopardize her book deal.

    As for Prosecutor Nifong and his "victim", this is yet another example of prosecutors run amok in this country and the damage they can do to all sane notions of law and order while they solicit votes to maintain their power.

    I am reminded of that zany Colorado prosecutor who, at the urging of John Ramsey, actually imported a pedophile back from Thailand that he can now prey on innocent American children. More on John Karr later.

    Those young Duke Lacrosse players were stupider than shit and hey, shouldn't they be studying instead of hiring strippers? There was a big hole in which adolescent erections were invited and these idiots walked right into it. But if they didn't do the crime as accused, their name has been splashed across the newspapers over the fruited plains and their lives will be forever marred. This while the accuser gets to remain anonymous and the subject of faux sympathy.

    The accuser already identified the wrong men in the police album, declared that one attacker had a mustache which he did not, and all of the accused have alibis, some of them verified by video evidence.

    Below some excellent Blog resources on this crime:

    Liestoppers.com
    Has links to audio and video elements of this crime and provides many refutations against the Duke case as presented by Nifong.
    From Durham Wonderland.com:
    Another good link with plenty of documented sources.

    Edington Commentary

    This is a true crime currently receiving little attention from the Lamestream. As I see it, the repercussions of how this case is decided have lasting social implications.

    Initially covered on this Blog HERE:
    The quick and dirty story so far is that Jonathon Edington, 29, a patent attorney, was informed by his wife that his neighbor, 59 year old Barry James, molested his two year old daughter. In an apparently savage, emotional reaction, Edington climbed into the window of James and stabbed the man to death.

    And a follow up Blog post HERE.
    There's still a lot of mystery in this case but a police affidavit was released and the child told her mother what Barry James did to her. Folks, I have a 2-year-old granddaughter and the way this two-year-old described what this neighbor did to her sounds EXACTLY how a child this age would describe the incident.

    If the quotes above don't summarize this case sufficiently, understand that a two-year-old child came up with a description of a molestation incident with a neighbor and understand that the youngster is limited in language skills as those that age are. I argued that, with my sum total of experience as the grandmother of a two-year-old, the baby's childish description did sound very much like a toddler would describe the incident.

    The baby's father, Jonathan Edington, became enraged and evidently in the heat of the moment, climbed into the bedroom window of the child's alleged tormentor and stabbed the man to death. My Blog posts described a possible scenario as to how the neighbor might have gotten access to the baby and yes, in my own passion and love of my grandbaby, I bold-facely suggested that if this were my granddaughter, I'd stab her molester furiously just like Edington did.

    The problem here, as I am sure yon astute reader understands, is this is all based on the "testimony" of a two-year-old. Children this young simply do not have the life experiences to make this stuff up and this neighbor had been a thorn in the Edingtons' side in the past.

    There's been some comments placed in both of these Blog posts as evidently someone out there is following this story. Some of the comments were thought-provoking, some just outrageous. Since I consider this a story close to my heart, I'd like to address those comments right here instead of way down the bottom of a Blog post.

    Regarding you post about the man that murdered his neighbor due to his 2yo SUPPOSEDLY being molested.

    I am sorry, but no matter how much someone is angry, for whatever crime is commited, it should not give ANYONE the right to take another life. I do not care how wicked and insane the crime. If you are not in Law enforcement, you have no right to kill anyone.

    I am not saying I think this molester should get away with what he did, but the killer should have phoned the police after hearing what his daughter said. Who knows, this supposed molester may have never done it.

    And for all we know, the toddler may have mistaken this man for someone else. Killing another human should not go unpunished no matter what your reason for taking another life.

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    Posted by Anonymous to The Kaitlyn Mae Book Blog at 10/13/2006 01:13:12 AM

    I never, NEVER, suggested in any post of mine that vigilante justice is honorable, even in this case. The commenter above evidently wants to be self-righteous and self-important so he or she posted, duh, the obvious.

    If Jonathan Edington killed his neighbor, no matter what his two-year-old alleged, he should suffer all consequences as the law deems appropriate. I did suggest that this is going to be a very difficult case for your average jury. Anyone whoever had a child would have a visceral reaction to some creep helping himself to his selfish sexual pleasure at the expense of a two-year-old for God's sake. A gut reaction of the normal parent would be to eliminate the vermin who would assault the innocent. Doesn’t mean they’d actually do it but evidently Edington did.
    I can't shut up. But you know what really bugs me are the words "Barry came to me in starry nights." What stands out here? It's simple. To me, it's 'Barry.' Not Mr. Barry. Not Mr. James, but Barry.

    Am I old fashion or an I to believe from the mother's testamony that this child refers to a family hated strange adult by his firstname.

    Moreover, from all of the reports reported, these neighbors weren't friends.

    Why is this important?

    Am I supposed to believe that as Mr. James was going in and out of his house that the Edington's wife, the mother, pointed out this man to her daughter and said there goes Barry and not Mr. James or Mr. Barry.

    If mom and dad are in the kitchen discussing how much they hate him in front of the baby that they both refer to Barry James only as Barry. But, to go with this belief then we have to assume that they had to point Barry James out to her daughter through the kitchen window.

    Question to most grandparents. Does your 2 year old grandchild know you by name. But, remember before you answer, you never interact with this child.

    It just bugs me and somethings wrong here.

    The above commenter makes a good point. Hell I don't know how this all came down and the people involved in this case sure are keeping strangely mum on it all. I truly believe that the prosecutors in this case are wheeling and dealing with Mr. Edington as I am quite sure they don't want to handle this case. It's a hot potato.

    Thus the question as to why the toddler referred to her neighbor as "Barry" is beyond me. I don't know whether my granddaughter would call a neighbor by his or her first name though I tend to think not. Recall that this child does not live with me but with her parents (my daughter is her mother) so I don't know how they refer to their neighbors.
    Edington murder case.

    You make me sick. Read today's news. There is no physical evidence of molestation. He did not have access to the girl nor did he have the physical ability to climb through the window. Cut screens? Fingerprints? Footprints at the window? Supposively, Edingtons have 2 dogs? Yes, James the evil molestor was able to pull all of this off and not leave a single trace of evidence. Not a hair or blood or semen.

    James seemed to know when the child would be left in her bedroom alone. He knew how long to be in the room with her without someone coming in. The child never raised her voice as he climbed in and out of the window. She never said a word after he left.

    But no, this 2 year old child's word is uncontestable.

    Step back lady and use some logic.

    Now I make the above commenter sick. This is what they call an ad homonym attack and it brings absolutely nothing to the argument. I suspect this is some friend or relative of Barry James as give me a lurid true crime and the players often search the web for references to their new found fame.

    I know nothing about the Edingtons having two dogs as the commenter asserts. I did speculate in a possible scenario on this crime that IF the Edington had dogs then my scenario would not fly. You'll just have to read the post for my fine scenario.

    As for no hair or blood or semen, this just shows the commenter does not have a clue about this crime. Definitely a relative of Barry James as I see it, choosing to ignore the facts.

    There was NO blood, semen or other as this is NOT how this crime came down. A toddler mentioned something that happened to her and there were questions about how it could have come down.

    IF the prosecutors are making a deal with Edington, who is a lawyer by the way, then we'll likely hear no more about this crime. I will keep my speculating eyeball on it as I am, unabashedly, intrigued.

    To the commenter above, I was speculating. It was COUCHED that I was speculating for the reading impaired. I welcome disputes to my speculation. So sorry I made you sick Mr. Or Mrs. James.

    Runaway Bride Sues Former Fiance

    So the Runaway Bride is in the news again.

    I admit I’ve enjoyed the odd story of Jennifer Wilbanks. Covered on this Blog HERE, and HERE, I’ve enjoyed the exploits of the very confused Ms. Wilbanks as she ran off from her extravagant wedding, lied about an abduction and served her community service for scaring the community half to death and using up precious resources as they desperately searched for her.

    Her fiancé, John Mason, finally got a clue and the couple broke up. Now we understand that the calculating Mason sold this story and Wilbanks wants some of the money.

    Well hell’s bells, I have to agree with the Nancy Pelosi lookalike. She’s the one who instigated Mason’s claim to fame and God Bless America, if this couple can make money from their craziness more power to them.

    There’s also an issue regarding Mason’s abuse of Wilbanks’ Power of Attorney. Good luck, Jennifer. You deserve half of this story. At the very least.

    From Foxnews.com:
    Jennifer Wilbanks is seeking $250,000 as her share of a home she says John C. Mason purchased through the partnership with proceeds from $500,000 received for selling their story to Regan Media in New York.

    She also wants $250,000 in punitive damages for alleged abuse of the power of attorney she granted for Mason to handle their financial affairs.

    Military Seeking Death Penalty on Soldier Murderer

    In this Blog post, I speculated that a war setting would be a perfect place to commit murder. Which the lovely Alberto Martinez is accused of for setting off explosives that killed two U.S. officers. Seems ole Alberto isn’t getting away with his little bit of nastiness. For the military is seeking the death penalty.

    This should be an interesting case. And I bet it doesn’t take thirty years to give this guy the needle he so deserves.

    From TimesUnion.com:
    Image hosted by Photobucket.com FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- A Schaghticoke soldier accused of killing two U.S. officers in Iraq will face death penalty charges at an arraignment scheduled for Nov. 3 at Fort Bragg, military officials announced Monday.

    Staff Sgt. Alberto B. Martinez, a 37-year-old New York Army National Guardsman, is charged with using explosives to "frag" Capt. Phillip T. Esposito, 30, of Suffern, Rockland County, and 1st Lt. Louis E. Allen, 34, of Milford, Pa., in June 2005 near Tikrit in Iraq.


    Karr Working on His Fifteen Minutes of Fame

    Once again, let’s all thank John Ramsey and that idiot of a Colorado prosecutor for inflicting this creep John Karr upon the innocent children of this country. Imported he was, on the taxpayer dime, right back from Thailand and now he’s going around peeking into schools and once again, thank you John Ramsey and your wife Patsy who killed your daughter. Not only do the Ramseys want to get away with murder, they INSIST that someone else take the rap for it.

    Of course John Karr’s DNA did not match DNA found at the crime scene. This is mostly because Karr was nowhere near the Ramseys the night Jonbenet was murdered.

    Read here for what happened to Jonbenet the night her mother accidentally killed her.

    From a Drudge report on FreeRepublic
    NBCNEWS 'TODAY' INTERVIEW WITH JOHN MARK KARR PUT ON HOLD; 'ALCOHOL SERVED' BEFORE CHAT, NETWORK SOURCE TELLS DRUDGE...

    NBC MESSAGE TO STATIONS: '** ATTN. STATIONS : PLEASE HOLD OFF FROM USING THE JOHN MARK KARR SOTS! THIS SEGMENT MAY NOT AIR TOMORROW ON 'TODAY' AND FURTHER LEGAL DETAILS ARE BEING WORKED OUT. WE WILL ALERT YOU WHEN YOU ARE CLEAR TO USE THEM.'...

    So far Karr has been found peeking into school room windows whilst being driven around in a limousine by two ABC producers. Now he’s reported to be drunk for an interview the “Today” show was supposed to air.

    But we’re not done with Karr yet. Soon we’ll read his bestselling book not that fine writers like myself shouldn’t have bestsellers instead of child molesting creeps.

    Thank you John Ramsey. And hey, Mary Lacy, stupid Colorado prosecutor, we thank you too.

    Nevada Death

    Here’s another intriguing case covered on this Blog HERE.

    Seems a Charles Augustine was once married to Nevada State Controller Kathy Augustine. A Chaz Higgs was Charles Augustine’s nurse and cared for him in a Nevada hospital. Nevada, home of the very honest Senator Harry Reid, I must remind.

    All of a sudden Kathy Augustine, age 50, ups and dies. Tests revealed she was subjected to large doses of powerful muscle relaxant, succinylcholine. Kathy Augustine’s career as a politician was frought with problems. She was impeached by the legislature and was found guilty of misuse of state government equipment. Kathy was NOT removed from office because hey, I don’t know, whilst you and I would be kicked out on our patootie should we behave that way with our employers, the precious politicians are sacred.

    Chaz Higgs, Charles Augustine former nurse, married Kathy Augustine. Now Nevada authorities are exhuming Charles Augustine’s body to see if this how this poor man met his death.

    Once upon a time Charles Augustine was an impediment to the love of Chaz Higgs and Kathy Augustine. Once upon a time Kathy Augustine gave Chaz Higgs a lovely life but what with her problems and everything, well it looked like she would not get re-elected to say the least.

    It just could be that Chaz Higgs has a tendency to rid his life of these human impediments to his happiness. Heh.

    From CBSNEWS.com:
    Chaz Higgs of Nevada The body of the second husband of slain Nevada state Controller Kathy Augustine was exhumed Tuesday so investigators can seek evidence that would show if he also died as a result of foul play.

    Air America-Yeah It’s a Crime

    The liberals can’t do anything right. This could be because no one wants to hear their liberal cowardly tripe and without listeners, hey, no advertisers. Without advertisers, no paychecks for the help, no money for the expenses.

    So the founders of Air America decide to do what liberals do best-rob the poor, lame, blind and crippled. Then they pay Al Franken and keep their failing enterprise on the air and now, heh, Air America has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

    The criminals didn’t even show a bit of class with their robbery of the poor. Luxury cars? Home renovations?

    Liberals love the underprivileged. And they treat them so well.

    From the New York Post:
    October 6, 2006 -- Managers of the Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club in The Bronx looted the charity and used $1.2 million in taxpayer money for luxury cars, home renovations and start-up cash for lefty radio network Air America, a two-year investigation has found.


    Duncan Still Faces Death Penalty

    The topic of Shasta Groene and her tormenter Joseph Duncan was covered HERE on this Blog.

    Joseph Duncan plead guilty in the STATE case against him. He will get three life sentences with no parole for his plea.

    The Feds are going to try Duncan as well. As covered on the Blog post linked above, there’s been ongoing negotiations involving Shasta Groene’s testimony, the federal case and the state case.

    Shasta was the only survivor in her household on the night the lovely Joseph Duncan brutally killed Shasta and Dylan’s family then went off with these two children. Duncan murdered Dylan at a state park. The state trial was for the murders of Shasta’s Mom, her boyfriend, and Shasta’s older brother.

    The feds will be trying Duncan for Dylan’s murder. You can only kill someone once. The feds are going after the needle for this Duncan creep who has aptly demonstrated why he should not be allowed to live.

    Vermont Coed’s Body Found

    She asked to use his cell phone. She strangely went missing shortly after. Brian Rooney buried her under a cement pad where he worked. Brian Rooney is a creep. He needs the needle. We’ll keep following this case.

    From FreeRepublic.com:

    Gardner-Quinn

    details from WCAX-TV Burlington VT

    - October 13, 2006

    A sad ending to an exhaustive search. Channel 3 News has learned that police have found the body of Michelle Gardner-Quinn, the missing U-V-M student.

    Official sources tell us that her body was found Friday near the Huntington Gorge in Richmond. We are told it was not in the gorge, but along Dugway Road.

    No other details are known at this time.

    Michelle has been missing since early Saturday morning. She was seen walking with a man who has been called 'cell phone man'. A man who loaned her his cell phone so she could call her friends. The police have not identified him, but Channel 3 News has learned he is 36-year old Brian Rooney who used to live in Richmond.

    There is still no word why dozens of police officers, including a forensic lab, spent the day at a house being rehabilitated on Spruce Street in Burlington. Police spent much of the last two days there. most of the day.



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    "Dancing With the Stars" 2006-Will Sara Evans Quit? In Memory of Cleetus

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    Five have been eliminated in ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" and there's some intrigue with the status of contestant Sara Evans.

    Is she really going to quit?

    And in memory of a special dachshund, Cleetus. He is no more but we loved him while we had him.


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    Five Eliminated-Will Sara Evans Quit?

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    Dancing With Stars Five Elims


    It was Samba and Rumba night on 10/10/06 when a fifth contender would be eliminated.

    Right now let us state that Jerry Springer hung in there and while this fellow is no professional dancer by anyone’s estimation, he and his partner did perform a most delightful routine, more on this later.

    First up, Joey Lawrence and his partner performed a Samba. I loved that totally black outfits worn by the partners and those sexy arm movements did emphasize Joey’s physique.

    This duo danced some perfectly in sync steps and it was a performance quite enjoyable in the watching.

    The judges liked the performance but there was some carping criticism. The team got 25 points out of a possible 30.

    Willa Ford and her partner performed a Rumba to the tune of “I’ll Be Watching You”.

    A couple of outstanding moves in this performance; one had Willa held by her partner until touching floor and some amazing leg splits that would rip me open.

    I thought the steps of this team’s performance to be slow, sometimes obviously deliberate. The judges declared “You guys have some chemistry going on.” This dance team scored 27 out of a possible 30.

    Recently country singer Sara Evans has been out and about and touting her appearance on this reality show. I saw her with my own eyeballs on “Hannity and Colmes”.

    Sara and her partner performed a Samba and there was some great shoulder action going on but alas, it was her professional dance partner intriguing with these moves, not Sara.

    This performance didn’t excite me and seemed to push no barriers or have much originality. I’d deem the routine was adequate.

    The judges, however, declared that this team “did it right, tonight” The team received 24 points.

    Seems that Sara is having some marital problems of late and rumor is that she will be quitting this competition.

    Sara Evans quits 2006 Dancing With Stars


    Sara Evans’ Nasty Divorce
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 13) - Country singer Sara Evans alleges in divorce papers that her husband committed adultery, was verbally and emotionally abusive, drank excessively and frequently watched pornography in their home.

    Sara’s Resume below.
    PROFESSION:
    Singer

    PARTNER:
    Tony Dovolani

    BACKGROUND:
    Academy of Country Music Top Female Vocalist and top-selling singing sensation. Sara will dance with Tony Dovolani, who partnered with Stacy Keibler in the second season.

    I’m not sure this isn’t all hype for the show but scuttlebutt has it that Sara will be making a grand announcement tomorrow night, 10/17/06.

    Next up was Mario Lopez who did a Rumba to the dreamy tune of “The Way You Look Tonight”.

    Wow, what a sexy routine, but it was slow with not a whole lot of movement from Mario. He gave just the nicest smile at the end. The judges declared that Mario gives “performances always right on the nail”.

    I’ve read some complaining across the Blogosphere about Jerry Springer and his role in this competition. Grousing, really. The scuttlebutt is that this guy can’t dance so why isn’t he voted off?

    I suspect he’ll be voted off soon enough but his performance on this fifth elimination of the contest was just cuter than all get out.

    Jerry was dressed in all black and came out shaking a pair of mariachis to a Samba. Frankly I thought Springer moved along pretty good. At some point he pretended to play the drums on his partner’s body. Heh. At one point his partner had a problem keeping her, eh, womanly parts in their costume.

    The judges pronounced that Springer and his partner “made me laugh, adorable.”
    Jerry and his partner got 24 points out of a possible 30.

    Monique Coleman and her partner performed a Rumba to a song I didn’t recognize but it was very, very slow. I thought Monique did some very nice steps. The judges declared Monique was “captivating and sexy”.

    Finally, one of my favorites, Emmitt Smith, performed a Samba. The song was a Cha-Cha and reference to that dance was even in the lyrics. Smith wore an exquisite silk shirt and his shoulder movements was to die for. Smith and his partner’s gave a very enjoyable performance with some excellent side-by-side spins. Smith and his partner received 27 points out of 30.

    The following night, Willa Ford was voted off the show. Jerry Springer was in the bottom two and I suspect soon enough he will be gone.

    In Memory of Cleetus



    He was a nasty little dog. He didn’t love anyone else on the planet but me, indeed he even wanted to marry me.

    For the past six months the little guy hadn’t been right. He’s a dachshund and he developed a limp in his hind leg. He also was drinking voraciously and constantly had to pee. He was only nine years old but he should have easily lived to a ripe old age of 12 years. I’ve known all along that his time was coming and I most dreaded that he would be paralyzed, a fate so many dachshunds suffer on occasion.

    This past weekend he refused to eat and was throwing up constantly. He couldn’t even keep water down. He whimpered constantly and I knew he was in pain. Monday I made arrangement for my little guy to be euthanized.

    I will meet Cleetus at the famous Rainbow Bridge, where he will be whole and healthy and I’ll greet with all the love I had for him when he was alive.

    I miss you Cleetus.

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