In the news...

Just some news stories that caught my attention.

We start with what I consider to be a perfect example of irony.

'Dog' Collared for Jumping Bail in Mexico

Duane "Dog" Chapman, the self-proclaimed world's most-famous bounty hunter who achieved notoriety nabbing thousands of bail jumpers was arrested Thursday for allegedly jumping bail in Mexico.

I met a bounty hunter once. I was at my college radio station and he came in because he had been convicted of using an illegal wire tap in the process of aprehending a child molestor or something. His slap on the wrist sentence involved community service, which can be done by working for a non-commercial radio station as it turns out. We didn't really have anything for him though. Anyway...

76 Year Old Fugitive Nabbed After 30 Years

He served 12 years on a 20- to 40-year sentence at what is now called the Southern Michigan Correction Facility, then transferred for treatment in 1976 to the Center for Forensic Psychiatry in Ypsilanti, Michigan, from which he escaped.

He would have been released in 2004. My opinion, if he's managed to lay low for that long, and has not committed any other crimes[1], if his sentence is over it's kind of pointless to put him back in prison. He's 76 years old now. Putting him in prison is only barely punishment.

Mother of the Year

A woman who forced her stepchildren to gorge themselves on food and drink, then eat their own vomit has been sentenced to two to six years in prison.

Conversely, prison is NOT GOOD ENOUGH for this woman. There is a special place in hell for people like this. Hitler would look at this woman and say, "What the hell is WRONG with you!?" I have no idea what causes someone to do things like this.

And just to show it's not all prison news today, this one is for xastalask. Great White Buffalo

A farm in Wisconsin is quickly becoming hallowed ground for American Indians with the birth of its third white buffalo, an animal considered sacred by many tribes for its potential to bring good fortune and peace.

"We took one look at it and I can't repeat what I thought, but I thought, 'Here we go again,"' owner Dave Heider said.

Ted Nugent, eat your heart out.

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