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  • Bowling for Columbine influenced would be shooter

    Bowling for Columbine influenced would be shooter

    Calgary teen dreamed about shooting teachers after seeing Bowling for Columbine:

    A 14-year-old from Calgary was arrested back in April for threatening to kill two of his teachers on the Anniversary of Columbine. Recently, the charges against him were dropped after he agreed to what the article calls a one-year peace bond.

    The peace bond requires the teenager to report to a probation officer, reside with his parents and not have any contact with the two teachers or any students involved in the matter.

    He’s also not allowed to go within one city block of the southwest junior high school he once attended, use the Internet without supervision or come into contact with any firearms.

    My beef here isn’t with the kid because he told his parents, who went and got him help. However, as the headline states, he came to the conclusion that he wanted to kill his teachers after viewing Michael Moore’s ‘documentary’ Bowling for Columbine.

    This isn’t the first time I’ve posted about a potential threat against a school that wasn’t in some way influenced by the film. Yet, you never hear the media speaking out about the movie. It’s always video games or violent movies that they usually cite as the cause.

    Do I think Michael Moore’s disgrace of a film caused this kid to want to shoot his teachers? No, of course not. I just think if people are going to get into an uproar about video games and the like, they should be getting into an uproar about this film as well.

  • Douglas Brian Wall

    Douglas Brian Wall

    Douglas Brian Wall

    Police: Man Lured Minor From MySpace:

    The surprised looking dude over there is 26-year-old Douglas Brian Wall of Ferndale, Michigan. He’s in jail for having sex with a 15-year-old girl that he lured to his house via MySpace. He’s also accused of supplying drugs and alcohol to minors. A regular pillar of the community, this guy is.

    A parent tipped off police shortly before midnight on New Year’s Eve. The parent said he discovered his minor children had been at Wall’s home.

    A search of his home turned up marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

    The investigation also revealed that Wall had sex with a 15-year-old girl from “a nearby city” several times over a two-month period. Police said other juveniles, some as young as 14, were in the house during the encounters, drinking and using drugs.

    I wonder how many parents were totally unaware of their kid’s behavior. All it takes is a little check-up on their computer.

    Mr. Hall here, however, just may possibly be the absolute least productive member of society and deserves to be thrown in a hole for an awfully long time.

  • Neuro-psychological exam requested for one of Cassie Jo Stoddart’s killers

    Neuro-psychological exam requested for one of Cassie Jo Stoddart’s killers

    Exam Requested By Adamcik’s Private Counsel in Pocatello:

    I’ve posted about the murder of Cassie Jo Stoddart before. She was the 16-year-old Idaho girl who was brutally killed by two scumbags she thought were her friends, Brian Draper, and Torey Adamcik. They also videotaped her murder. Back in August, they were both sentenced to life without parole after they were tried as adults.

    Now the attorney for Adamcik is requesting that his client receive a neuro-psychological exam for his client on the taxpayer’s dime to see if he has a brain deficiency.

    Brain deficiency? Adamcik and Draper sliced Cassie Jo Stoddart to ribbons, videotaped it, and bragged about her murder on the tape. He doesn’t have a brain deficiency he has a soul deficiency and a humanity deficiency and hopefully, a judge will make sure he has a society deficiency for the rest of his life.

  • Canadian Facebook Vigilantes always out their man

    Canadian Facebook Vigilantes always out their man

    Facebook vigilantes identify alleged cat killers:

    The Royal Canadian Kilted Facebook Vigilantes have struck once more. I made that name up, by the way, with heavy influence from Ren and Stimpy.

    Anyway, this time they’ve published the names of four teenage animal abusers…

    In a case of vigilante justice, the identities of four teenage boys accused of killing a cat by putting it in a microwave oven in Camrose, Alta., were posted on a Facebook page on Sunday.

    The names of the boys, who were charged with animal cruelty and other offences after allegedly breaking into a home on Dec. 29 and killing the cat, were quickly pulled from the website by police because the accused cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. The names had been posted on one of several group pages condemning the boys’ actions and threatening violence, said Sgt. Tony Thomsen.

    Now while I think these scumbag animal abusers should be hung by a certain body part, the Canadian Facebook Vigilantes have to understand that by posting the offenders’ names, not only are they possibly impeding the investigation, but they could be getting themselves in trouble as well.

    Now, if I was some kind of unscrupulous person, I would remind the Canadian Facebook Vigilantes that the Youth Criminal Justice Act doesn’t affect Americans.

  • Sex master Adam

    Sex master Adam

    How a sinister MySpace predator targeted teen girls:

    Recently, Buffalo, NY police arrested 48-year-old cafeteria worker David W. Evans. On MySpace, he said he was a muscular 20-year-old called “Sex Master Adam”. He’s been charged with coercing a minor to produce child pornography, which is a federal felony.

    Apparently, he either coerced or convinced underage girls to send him nude pictures of themselves. Police believe there may have been as many as 100 victims.

    The police are also left asking themselves some questions that parents should be asking too.

    As police continue their investigation and more girls are located, questions are being raised about the victims, too:

    • Regardless of how old she thought Adam was, why would any teenage girl send naked pictures of herself to a man she had never met?

    • How could the girls’ parents be unaware of what was going on?

    • How common is this kind of conduct in the Internet age?

    I’ll take those questions on.

    Usually in these cases, children are coerced and threatened into sending these types of pictures to predators.

    Some parents still refuse to monitor their kids’ internet activities.

    Unfortunately, it’s all too common.

    I can’t stress this enough to parents. Keep the computer in a common area where it can be monitored easily. Learn how to check the internet history of your child’s browsing. Those two simple things will go a long way in keeping your child safe online.

  • craigslist for kids?

    craigslist for kids?

    Is Craigslist safe for kids?:

    Excuse my language, but let me answer that question rather bluntly.

    (Ahem)

    Fuck no. Are you fucking stupid or something?

    (straightens tie)

    Now that we’ve got that out of the way, let’s get on with the article.

    A local teen, Kiana, has been posting advertisements on Craigslist.

    She’s offering baby-sitting and dog-sitting services, hoping to earn enough money to buy herself a puppy.

    While her mother is aware of the postings, she and her daughter admit they’ve received some unusual responses from people looking for a baby-sitter.

    They received at least one call from a woman on a pay phone who wanted to drop off her children without even meeting Kiana.

    Police warn it is dangerous to offer baby-sitting services to strangers.

    Ya think?

    I mean between two websites I’ve listed a litany of reasons on why kids shouldn’t be allowed in a 12 block radius of craigslist. I’ve called MySpace the trailer park of the internet. craigslist is the windowless van of the internet.

  • Facebook vigilantes ride again

    Facebook vigilantes ride again

    Suspect identified, threatened on Facebook:

    Facebook may not be a hotbed of criminal activity like MySpace is, but it sure does have its share of dumbasses.

    16-year-old Mike Woloshyn was fatally stabbed at a house party in Selkirk, Manitoba.

    A memorial Facebook group was started so friends and family can post their thoughts and feelings on his tragic death.

    Of course, the internet being what it is, someone had to go and ruin it.

    The 17-year-old suspect in the stabbing was named on the Facebook group, which is a major taboo in Canada.

    On a linked message board, the 17-year-old accused of killing him is named and users are told the accused “should get stabbed in prison” and anally raped.

    The accused “deserves a kick in the balls and a shot in the face,” one user wrote on that message board, which has been shut down.

    A photo alleged to be of the accused after a fist fight was also posted.

    Thanks to posts like those, the Facebook group was shut down.

    And here’s why you shouldn’t do things like that on Facebook in Canada…

    A youth accused being named online raises issues of contempt of court and interfering with the administration of justice, said lawyer Jay Prober. Under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, young offenders cannot be identified in the media, except under rare circumstances.

    This isn’t the first case of Facebook vigilantism that I’ve posted about.

    Let the law do their job, people. I want to see this scumbag put away as much as the next person, but don’t screw things up by pulling stunts like this.

  • The 2007 Trenchie Awards

    The 2007 Trenchie Awards

    I present to you for the 7th year in a row the 2007 Trenchie Awards.

    Best Movie: I really didn’t make it to the theater this year, so I’m going by the DVDs I rented this year that were actually 2006 movies. And the winner is Children of Men. That movie had me on the edge of my um…couch through the entire movie.

    Worst Movie: Following the 2006 DVD principle, the loser is Superman Returns. Brandon Routh was ok as Superman. Kate Bosworth sucked as Lois Lane. Not to mention there wasn’t enough actual Superman. Next time, less talking and more of Superman smashing stuff.

    Best Album: This was a phenomenal year for albums. We had The Dio Years by Black Sabbath, Dead Again by Type O Negative, and United Abominations by Megadeth. However, the album that got the most play time in My Zen was Framing Armageddon by Iced Earth. It’s a shame that IE let Ripper Owens go. No offense to Matt Barlow, but Ripper rules.

    Worst Album: Black Rain by Ozzy. No question. It’s like your grandfather trying to act cool.

    Best TV Show: Burn Notice. Again, this was the only show that I made sure I was in front of the TV when it was on. Heroes lost out because of their crappy second season. But it wasn’t the worst show. That distinction goes to…

    Worst TV Show: 24. Yeah, you heard me. I brought its jersey back from retirement so I could burn it. I stopped watching once they found the nukes because I could not have cared less about Jack getting Audrey back.

    Best Wrestling Moment: A rather lackluster year, but I have to give it to the return of Y2J. I was hoping he would go to TNA, but Jericho on WWE is better than no Jericho at all.

    Worst Wrestling Moment: Chris Benoit.

    Best Video game: I only bought games for the DS this year. I’m staying away from the next-gen consoles until the prices go way down. And it’s a tie between Puzzle Quest and Front Mission. Both kept me within arm’s length to my DS all year.

    Worst Video game: Final Fantasy XII. Too long and too boring.

    Dumbass of 2007: Ron Paul supporters. Y’all are a whole bag of crazy.

    Most Inane Political Agenda of 2007: All those like the Rev. Al Sharpton who are trying to get the kidnapping and torture of Megan Williams changed to a hate crime. Ms. Williams was dating one of her captors. Not only that, but the scumbags that did that to her will get more time on the kidnapping charge then they would on a hate crime charge.

    Biggest Jackass Celebrity of 2006: Natalie Maines. She jumped on the West Memphis 3 bandwagon to support 3 convicted killers after watching the heavily biased Paradise Lost ‘documentaries’.

    Have a safe and happy Amateur’s Night and hopefully will do this again next year.

  • Anthony Uckele convicted

    Anthony Uckele convicted

    Man guilty of more charges in MySpace case:

    I originally posted about Anthony Uckele here. He’s the 24-year-old from Saratoga, California, who was facing 36 charges for a sexual ‘relationship’ he had with a 12-year-old girl he met on MySpace.

    Well, it seems that Mr. Uckele has been convicted of 20 of those charges. On the remaining 15 charges, the jury was deadlocked. So now Uckele is only looking at 46 years behind bars, rather than the 78 he could have received. He is scheduled to be sentenced on February 29th.

    What’s almost disturbing as Uckele himself is the number of people posting comments not only on this site but on the newspaper’s site that blame the 12-year-old victim. You people have issues, and I wouldn’t be surprised if you had certain criminal sexual leanings yourself.

  • Social Services probed after the death of Zoe Garcia

    Social Services probed after the death of Zoe Garcia

    Weld County probed in deaths of 7-year-olds:

    Weld County’s Department of Social Services of Colorado is being investigated in the wake of the death of Zoe Garcia. As I’ve mentioned, Garcia was killed by her sister Heather Trujillo and her boyfriend Lamar Roberts when they beat Zoe to death while allegedly imitating Mortal Kombat.

    Neighbors had contacted Weld County DSS with concerns about Zoe’s well-being, but apparently, DSS didn’t do enough. Yet, I’m sure some people will be too busy pointing fingers at a video game rather than a failure of the system and a horrendous family situation.