Saw this on CBS news. Still reeling that anyone can think this is ok:
So being from a “good family” means you shouldn’t be charged with or convicted of rape - even when you confessed the act to your friends by the video you sent them? I have no words at all. It’s not only crazy news that I expected to find out was “fake,” it’s “boggle my mind” news in a way few other stories can.
I think it was the squirrel that couldn’t be tested for meth, and was released. The squirrel was named Deeznutz, the guy was Paulk.
@Creekland , it makes me sick.
@VaBluebird I agree, though “sick” seems too mild of a word for it. How can any judge think such a thing? It makes me wonder what he did in his past that he’s relating to. So much for justice being blind if you come before him.
Bomb sniffing giant rats!
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/watch-these-giant-rats-sniff-out-landmines-180956899/
In other news of amazing animals - a feral hog invaded an Australian camp site, where it stole a few six packs of beer, drank them, and drunkenly tried to chase a cow. The cow was not amused and ran after it! I wish so much that there was video…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/09/swigging-pig-hogs-18-beers
Another one - a macaw that escaped in Britain was stranded for 3 days on the roof of her owner’s house. The owner told the firefighters who came to rescue her that the bird had been trained to jump onto someone’s arm if they said “I love you”. So the firefighter said that and the bird told him to F-off! Then she flew away! What a great bird. (she was rescued by the owner and she thanked the firefighters but I don’t believe it was quite a sincere apology…)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/parrot-rescue-curse-words-london_n_5b73d74ce4b02b415d73c11a?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGXjTuGgqbblI7o-7qxgpwvavOoIKtY1XBPBhWk_0F0dznzKwuqnWblKjYQlg6Y-orHC2SWj2vdLzmVT2fNsDJq_nDuEDo1D6TKhACIMMv7vO65WvtTQNxpmocPjEd-AXYSDictHwFGyN4sm7W9NmY3fBCGR551KcOmoBhxoVDWw
Here’s another positive story - British brewery makes beer from discarded cereal. Why not?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/03/business/media/beer-cereal-food-waste.html
@Creekland, the judge didn’t rule that he couldn’t be charged with or convicted of rape; he ruled that he could not be charged with that crime as an adult.
He did make some incredibly offensive statements when he made his ruling. To me, worse than the “comes from a good family” nonsense was that “traditional rape” usually consists of "2 or more men two or more males using a gun or weapon to corner a victim into an abandoned house, shed or shack, and just simply taking advantage of the person as well as beating the person, threatening the person.” Okay, so all of the solitary rapists are somehow only guilty of a lesser sexual assault rather than “traditional rape.”
He used the same defense of his comments as many here on CC do-that she shouldn’t have been drinking, she went into the room with him willingly. Pull up any rape thread here at CC and you will see the same victim blaming arguments made, as well as the objections to “ruining a young man’s life”. Then there is the whole “women lie” thing that permeates every thread. Point is this kind of thing is not that surprising or unusual or “crazy.”
His ruling was overturned, but that only means that the grand jury can consider the prosecutor’s recommendation to try him as an adult. The case will likely go on for a long time.
To me it’s crazy. I hope I never think otherwise.
In this case (according the the snippet we saw), the dude sent a video of the act to his friends calling it rape, so he had to have known what he was doing. Assuming that part is true, I don’t really need any other evidence or reasons, pro or con.
@Creekland we are in agreement on everything except the one fact that was incorrect about the judge’s ruling. The official ruling was simply whether or not to prosecute as an adult or a juvenile. His ruling had no authority to decide whether or not he should be charged or convicted, I was glad to see that the appellate court overruled him and that they also took great issue with the fact that he went on to comment about other things which he had no business discussing in his ruling; his task was was simply to decide whether or not to allow the prosecutors to charge the perpetrator as an adult. It’s clear to me that if he were to be the judge in the actual criminal complaint, justice would likely not be served with his sexist and antiquated notions.
Personally I might understand (though not necessarily agree) with the argument that young people are redeemable, therefore juveniles should be charged as juveniles. But he didn’t stop there. Suggesting that because this young man came from a" good family," had high test scores, went to a prestigious school, etc ., he should be treated more leniently reeks of elitism, because I highly doubt he would make the same case for a juvenile of color, who didn’t come from “a good family” and didn’t have high test scores.
As to whether all this is crazy: rape apologist rhetoric may be crazy, but unfortunately it’s not uncommon.
Oh my…
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1028556
As one law prof said, “My criminal law exam writes itself.”
I saw that yesterday and really just don’t understand people anymore. ?
Yesterday while eating lunch at a table with a view of the ocean, we saw a small inflatable toy drifting rapidly from one end of the beach to the other with no adult nearby until the float almost reached a rock wall. An adult appeared and intercepted the float which contained a very young child or maybe age 5 and he escorted boy and float to shore. We figured that adult thought it was cool and fun allowing the child to float unattended in the deep water of the current with no one near.
There are so many ways that could have gone wrong—my dining companion and I were astounded. There was no way that child could have had any assistance if anything went amiss—no one was near him.
Driving around with a timber rattler and uranium ranks high up on the crazy scale.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/uranium-rattlesnake-whiskey-found-during-oklahoma-traffic-stop-n1028956?fbclid=IwAR3FUtDPEfgmi2BwZULLzWV3xylW_kbO9vLGt4jks2G7Ff_jI5N34Ti1LsE
That’s pretty nutty!
We desperately need a “WTH” emoji for this thread!
This fugitive is regretting that last meal.
'http://www.fox4news.com/trending/loud-fart-gives-away-suspect-s-hiding-spot-leads-to-arrest
How did meth squirrels get into this thread but not METH GATORS?
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/15/us/police-warn-flushing-drugs-create-meth-gators-trnd/index.html
RIP the squirrel that was kept high on meth.
At the end of the day, I’m ok!