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  • YouTube under the gun

    Finnish gunman’s video puts YouTube policies back in spotlight:

    Last year after the shootings at Jokela High School in Finland I called on YouTube to revise its policy about videos such as the ones that Pekka-Eric Auvinen posted prior to the shootings. Of course, the Google-owned company didn’t heed my words. Why would they? I’m just one blogger and they’re a multi-billion dollar corporation. However, that warning has come back to bite them in the ass with Matti Saari and the Kauhajoki School shooting.

    As I mentioned before Saari posted similar videos to the ones Auvinen made prior to his shooting spree. Not to mention all the mutant videos that pay tribute to the Columbine killers. I wonder if it will finally take the deaths of 10 people in Finland to rethink their policies.

    Stop relying on the users to flag inappropriate videos. Considering the stereotypical YouTube user this is kind of the videos they live for.

    Like I’ve said before if Google can censor the entire country of China I would imagine they could do a better job in screening their videos.

  • 10 dead in Kauhajoki School shooting

    Gunman kills 10 at school in Finland, then self:

    Add another coward to the yellow flames of hell.

    As I’m sure you all know by now there was a school shooting earlier today in Finland. It happened at the Kauhajoki School of Hospitality which in US terms is a vocational college.

    22-year-old Matti Juhani Saari stormed the school with guns and explosive devices and opened fire on students who were taking an exam. Before it was all over 10 people were dead. When finally approached by police Saari shot himself in the head. Unfortunately, he only survived for two hours. Another scumbag takes the cowards way out.

    Of course, everyone is comparing this to last years shooting at Jokela High School and Pekka-Eric Auvinen. The comparison is quite apt. Saari also had videos on YouTube much like Auvinen…

    But in one YouTube clip posted by a 22-year-old “Mr. Saari,” a young man wearing a leather jacket fires several shots in rapid succession with a handgun at what appears to be a shooting range.

    The posting was made five days before the shooting and the location was given as Kauhajoki — the same town as Tuesday’s shooting. The posting included a message saying: “Whole life is war and whole life is pain. And you will fight alone in your personal war.”

    “Mr. Saari” also posted three other clips of himself firing a handgun in the past three weeks.

    Another clip shown by Scandinavian media showed the alleged gunman pointing his gun to the camera and saying “You will die next” before firing four rounds.

    And also like Auvinen, Saari was nothing but a lowlife mutant…

    Clips from the 1999 Columbine school shootings in Colorado were listed among his favorite videos.

    To make matters worse Saari was questioned by police yesterday because of his YouTube clips. Police in Finland didn’t think they had enough to hold him on and even returned his gun to him. Yet people in the US complain that law enforcement reactions to videos like that or threats on MySpace are overblown. In the US he’d at least be in holding right now. That’s no knock on Finland.

    And people also complain that somehow their rights are being violated when YouTube pulls a video like this. I’m not blaming YouTube but they need to be more active in taking these kinds of videos seriously and stop giving these troglodytes and mouth breathers who want to commit mass murder a platform and an audience.

    No word yet on what his selfish motive was. I’m sure it will come out that he thought he was wronged by society in some way that most rational thinking people will believe is petty. His MySpace offers no clues.

    Finnish police say they have found a note at his home but will not make it available just yet.

    Just another loser in a long line of losers. Enjoy hell scumbag.

  • Brian Draper’s MySpace revisited

    Maintenance of Convicted Killer Brian Draper’s Myspace Page in Question:

    Not too long ago I posted about the MySpace of convicted killer, lifer, and mutant Brian Draper. Draper is one of the teen killers convicted in the 2006 slashing death of someone whom they called their friend, Cassie Jo Stoddart.

    I theorized that his MySpace was obviously written by either a member of his family or an advocate who believes that teens should never be charged as adults. I came to that hypothesis after I noticed the proper grammar which I doubt Draper has and the fact that prison inmates usually don’t have access to the internet. It seems that one of my readers tipped off the local media to Draper’s MySpace.

    We’ve previously reported on a website that supports Torey Adamcik’s innocence called Voices for Torey. Thanks to a viewer, we tracked down a commentary page that negatively outlines the possibility of Brian Draper updating his myspace page from prison.

    Earlier this month, “A Murderer’s Disguise” was posted on the website called The Trenchcoat Chronicles. On it, Trench Reynolds debunks the idea that Draper can access the internet saying, among other things, that the two teenagers have become poster boys for people who believe teens should not be charged as adults. Reynolds simply states that someone else must be maintaining the personal page.

    KPVI then followed up on my assumptions and called the Idaho Department of Corrections. They have confirmed that inmates do not have access to the internet. So is it being maintained by family or an advocate? Is Draper actually in the programs that he claims and is it just for show?

    None of this could have been possible if it wasn’t for the watchful eye of Mr. A who brought my attention to Draper’s MySpace in the first place.

  • We get letters (It’s a long one)

    I got some interesting e-mails and comments over the weekend about my stance that craigslist should eliminate its erotic services section. Let’s start with the long boring one from a male craigslist ‘escort’.

    Since your blog makes it perfectly clear you can do a better job of discerning what are “legal” or “illegal” services offered in the erotic services section of craigslist, I challenge you to the following test: I will provide you with the legal statue of the state in which I work, the content of my ad, and a synopsis of what is discussed with a client before

    services are delivered. Your task will be post that same information & then an explanation of how it qualifies under the state statute as illegal activity WITHOUT relying on conjecture and presumptions. Are you up to the challenge? We’ll see….

    1. STATE LAW: Prostitution is performing for hire, or offering or agreeing to perform for hire where there is an exchange of value, any of the following acts: Sexual intercourse; sodomy; or manual or other bodily contact stimulation of the genitals of any person with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desires of the offender or another.

    2. CRAIGSLIST AD: Interactive, Sensual, Satisfying, Massage PLUS – m4m Much-deserved, much-needed, and completely satisfying sensual massage. Former USArmy – 5’8″ husky & masculine — tattooed/hairy arms & legs — Just a real guy for your very real pleasure. Interaction Welcome.

    Special Attention given to Mature Men, but all ages (18+) welcome. Older? – Fully Appreciated & Respected Bearish, Hairy or Chubby? – All body types accepted Straight/Curious? – Your Limits Completely Respected Married? – DDF, Safe, Clean & Absolutely Discreet

    ###-###-#### – EMAIL, TXTMSG or CALL for APPT

    Available MOST WEEKDAYS after 5PM….or ANYTIME Saturdays & Sundays

    INCALL: $60.00/hr; Home or Hotel Outcall: $80.00

    3. UPON CLIENT ARRIVAL: There is never any discussion of sex or sexual acts of any kind for payment.

    Client is asked whether he agrees to the “Terms of Service” presented in large-type which read, “This is not an offer of prostitution and no fees will ever be solicited or accepted for illegal activity. I AGREE that money exchanged in legal adult recreational services if only for time,

    companionship, and general/non-therapeutic massage. I AGREE that anything else that may or may not happen is a matter of personal choice and personal preference between two or more consenting adults of legal age and is not expected or included in the services provided for fee. I AGREE that the services provided for fee do not in any way include or relate to performing for hire, or offering or agreesing to perform for hire where there is an exchange of value, any of the following acts: sexual intercourse; sodomy; or manual or other bodily contact stimulation of the genitals of any person with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desires of that person or

    another.”

    4. SERVICES DELIVERED: As stated in the ad….massage.

    5. SESSION ENDED: Clients pays (and hopefully tips).

    FROM THE ABOVE INFORMATION ONLY can you explain how anything illegal has been offered or has taken place?? If you can’t, I bet you won’t have the guts to post it on your blog. Have fun!

    You’re right. I can’t say with 100% certainty whether or not your services are illegal or not without actually using your services, which I wouldn’t but that’s just my personal preference.

    However, if I were law enforcement in your community your ad would definitely draw my attention.

    Buzzwords like Massage PLUS are a tip-off. The fact that you posted the typical escort ‘this is not prostitution..blah blah blah, would lead me to believe that’s exactly what it is. Not to mention when you posted I AGREE that anything else that may or may not happen is a matter of personal choice and personal preference between two or more consenting adults of legal age and is not expected or included in the services provided for a fee also leads me to believe you’re offering an illegal service. You know that argument never holds up in court right?

    If your massages are so legitimate then why are they posted in the erotic services section? Do you have a professional massage license in your state? Have you ever been arrested for your ‘massages’?

    The next I received as a comment on my post about Jon who was harassed by the ‘hobbyists’ of the erotic services section for flagging ads…

    So you’ve got nothing better to do than this, huh? I have no problem with you having your own religious morals. Just don’t try and force them down my throat!

    If you go back and read that post you’ll notice that religion is never mentioned anywhere. It’s got nothing to do with religious morals but everything to do with prostitution being illegal. I’ll stop when one of two things happens, when prostitution is made legal in the other 49 states, or when craigslist eliminates the erotic services section.

    This next one is from a repeat customer who I’ve ignored up until now. I figured since I was addressing hobbyists and escorts I might as well address a comment from the cult of craig. I received it as a comment on my post about the journalist who took out craigslist escorts on actual dates.

    So you are a judge and jury and human expert?

    What is the objective of this website?

    You need to provide a page telling your tale,

    or you ware just a whiney person, who looks

    a the world and complians,,,but has NO SOLUTION,,,

    what is your purpaose?

    First I’d recommend that you switch to the Firefox browser. It comes with a spell checker. Secondly, I thought the objective of this site was pretty obvious. It says so in the tagline, “The craigslist crime blotter“. Do you know what a crime blotter is? A lot of local newspapers in the US have a section that’s called the police blotter which mentions calls that the police have had. That’s sort of what I do except all the crimes here deal with craigslist or other classified sites. And I have three basic solutions that I’ve mentioned repeatedly that would go a long way to reducing crime on craigslist. 1. Make users have a public profile on craigslist. 2. Eliminate the erotic services section. 3. Don’t do business on craigslist.

    Hell, craigslist should be paying me a consulting fee.

  • Close to divorced man busted for child porn, solicitation

    Man Charged With Soliciting Teen For Sex:

    40-year-old Charles R. Mowder of Midlothian, Illinois was arrested for trying to solicit sex from a 16-year-old girl. Illinois’ age of consent is 17.

    A woman, who I assume was the girl’s guardian, found the e-mails that Mowder was sending to the girl and notified police. Police, in turn, searched Mowder’s computer which turned up child porn.

    According to one of Mowder’s MySpaces…

    About me:

    i am a gentleman in chicago very close to divorce, into bdsm, travel, and seeking someone to join me for fun, and maybe more.

    Who I’d like to meet:

    someone interesting, bi, and that is looking for fun, and maybe more. one that is a sub, and seeking a bdsm lifestyle

    I bet that divorce is closer than it was before.

    You know it’s that he’s bi or into BDSM that would have tipped me off to him being a creeper. It’s his lack of capital letters that would have been a tip-off to me. If he misspelled all his words he probably could have passed as a teenager.

    Thanks to Mr. A for the tip.

  • Trial date set for Zarate

    Court date set in Randolph killing:

    A trial date has finally been set in the killing and dismemberment of 16-year-old Jennifer Parks. The trial date for Jonathan Zarate has been set for November 12th.

    It’s been over 3 years since Jennifer’s murder. Hopefully, this trial will finally get off the ground.

  • Dave Grohl And Others Appear On Metal Christmas Collection


    Dave Grohl And Others Appear On Metal Christmas Collection | KBS Radio

    Black Sabbath and Heaven and Hell vocalist Ronnie James Dio sings on “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” the first time that Dio has ever performed on a Christmas song.

    This will be the most epic Christmas album ever.

    All hail his name m/
    All hail his name m/

  • Public needs to know vaccines are safe, docs say


    Public needs to know vaccines are safe, docs say – Yahoo! News

    A new coalition of 22 major medical groups says public confidence in vaccine safety needs to be restored to avoid risks for deadly disease outbreaks.

    Thursday’s message comes from the Chicago-based American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics and 20 more of the nation’s most influential health-related groups.

    It’s not public confidence. It’s an ignorant and very loud minority that would rather have an epidemic happen than have an unproven side effect of the vaccine happen to their precious little snowflakes.

  • Michele Cossey to take plea

    Potential plea in high school shooting plot case:

    Do you remember the name, Michele Cossey? She’s the 47-year-old ‘mother’ who supplied firearms to her teenage son Dillon who was going to use them to attack Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School in Pennsylvania.

    In case you don’t remember let the article refresh your memory…

    Even while knowing that her son was troubled, Cossey bought him three guns – a 9 mm semiautomatic rifle, a .22-caliber rifle and a .22-caliber handgun – and the makings for live grenades including inert grenades, gunpowder and BB pellets, according to the criminal complaint.

    Police found the 9 mm rifle with laser scope and seven homemade grenades, four of which were live, along with numerous air and BB guns, knives and Columbine-related materials, in Cossey’s son’s bedroom on the night of Oct. 10, 2007, when they searched the home.

    Also, she was home-schooling Dillon in the 18 months prior to his arrest.

    Anyway, it looks like she’ll be entering into a plea agreement as early as Monday.

    Michele Cossey has been charged with endangering the welfare of children, unlawful transfer of firearms, possession of a firearm by a minor, corruption of minors and recklessly endangering another.

    No word yet on any of the details of the plea. If she gets away with no jail time then it will be a victory for criminal parenting.

  • A question about Nebraska’s safe haven law

    Safe Haven Law Used for Boys Over Ten:

    Nebraska’s new Safe Haven Law allows any child up to the age of 17 to be dropped off at a ‘safe haven’ if the parent or guardian can no longer care for them. In most states the safe haven laws only apply to newborns.

    In the past week 2 kids were dropped off at Nebraska safe havens. One was 11 and the other was 15.

    My question to you the reader is this such a bad thing? Isn’t it better for the state to find a home for these kids rather than have them live in a home where they’re not wanted?