The Handmaid's Tale is based on outrages that were being perpetrated against women somewhere in the world at the time it was written.There's a film out at the moment all about the raw deal women have had historically, called The World to Come. If you feel like being depressed for a couple of hours.
The Handmaid's Tale is based on outrages that were being perpetrated against women somewhere in the world at the time it was written.
I learned that when I read the book on its release and it stayed with me.
Male lions will kill the Cubs of another Male if they take over a pride, and someone posted a story about a group of chimps killing a young gorilla recently.Women all over the world have a “ hard way “ to go from menstruation huts, hands and heads cut off, physically beat up, or tortured by their own families.
I personally never think humans are really civilized from the hurt they cause.
Animals only kill if they are hungry.
I think male bears also will kill cubs if they are not his own.Male lions will kill the Cubs of another Male if they take over a pride, and someone posted a story about a group of chimps killing a young gorilla recently.
That would be in a church wedding? Back in the early '70s there was a big discussion over'ere about the part of the Church of England wedding ceremony where the bride would promise to love, cherish, and to obey her husband while he got away with just the loving and cherishing.I live in the south “ Bible Belt “ where usually during the marriage ceremony the woman promises to be submissive to the husband.
This is so not me at all.
My wife is always my equal !
FULL STORY: https://www.ktnv.com/news/crime/man...kill-everyone-at-las-vegas-strip-hotel-casinoMan arrested for threatening to kill everyone at Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino
A man is behind bars after police say he threatened to kill everyone at The Cosmopolitan hotel-casino on Las Vegas Strip.
According to an arrest report, David Demaison allegedly said he had a nuclear weapon. ...
Detectives describe Demaison as a transient.
He is facing multiple charges, including conveying false information concerning an act of terrorism.
FULL STORY: https://apnews.com/article/oddities-europe-london-7cda1c1abea4197919458979d2b7305dWoman convicted of swapping pebbles for gems in London heist
A woman who secretly swapped seven pebbles for 4.2 million pounds ($5.7 million) worth of diamonds has been sent to prison for her role in the audacious heist at a luxury jewelry store in London’s tony Mayfair district.
Lulu Lakatos, 60, was sentenced Wednesday to 5 1/2 years in prison after a jury at Southwark Crown Court in London found her guilty of conspiracy to steal.
Lakatos was part of an international gang that fled to France after stealing the diamonds from Boodles on New Bond Street on March 10, 2016. The gems haven’t been recovered. ...
Lakatos, who was born in Romania and lived in France, posed as a gem expert named “Anna” who then went to Boodles to value seven diamonds for the buyer.
After she inspected the gems, which included a 20-carat heart-shaped diamond valued at more than 2.2 million pounds, they were individually wrapped and placed in a locked bag that was supposed to be held in the jeweler’s vault until payment was received. But when Boodles’ own expert became suspicious the next day, the bag was X-rayed and the store discovered nothing but seven ordinary pebbles.
Lakatos had used a distraction to swap the bag containing the diamonds for an identical one containing the pebbles before it was locked in the vault, according to security camera video released by police. ...
FULL STORY: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...coots-away-after-mind-boggling-heist-in-parisArrests made after jewel thief scooted off from ‘mind-boggling’ Paris heist
French police have arrested two suspects after a thief took jewels worth between €2m and €3m (£1.7m and £2.55m) from an exclusive Paris store and scooted off before the alarm could be raised.
The two suspects, who were travelling on a coach, were arrested in a motorway layby in Moselle in eastern France on Wednesday morning. Officers said a “substantial part” of the jewels stolen in the heist had been recovered. ...
CCTV shows the alleged thief, grey-haired and wearing a light-grey suit, white shirt and tie, arriving at the store about 5.10pm on Tuesday. Shortly afterwards he was filmed leaving the shop with a white bag of jewels and gemstones and departing on a green scooter that he had left parked outside.
Staff told police the lone man had at first pretended to be a customer asking to see various pieces of expensive jewellery before drawing a knife. No one was injured in the robbery. ...
After the heist, potential witnesses at a nearby cafe told Le Parisien they saw and heard nothing. Many were reportedly distracted by the presence of one-time screen hard man and martial arts specialist Jean-Claude Van Damme at the nearby opticians.
…in three stages, according to the US Department of Justice (DoJ). In the first, disturbing packages were sent to the couple, including live cockroaches and a bloody pig mask. The second phase involved some of the accused sending Twitter messages to the pair, complaining about the newsletter and saying they would visit the couple at home.
What a total shovel of a man.As you sow, so shall you reap.
Ebay security supervisor Philip Cooke, 56, was jailed for 18 months Wednesday for harassing critics of the company online.
Cooke, a former police officer, targeted a Massachusetts couple who published a consumer rights newsletter, sending them a preserved pig fetus and a book about coping with the death of a spouse as part of a "carefully planned" campaign of harassment.
https://boingboing.net/2021/07/28/e...ending-critics-of-company-dead-pig-fetus.html
Follow up - He's been sentenced to 5 years 3 months in jail.Brighton Cat Killer
A security guard dubbed the ‘Brighton cat killer’ has been found guilty of carrying out a gruesome campaign of animal knifings that left detectives stumped for months.
Animals only kill if they are hungry.
Male lions will kill the Cubs of another Male if they take over a pride, and someone posted a story about a group of chimps killing a young gorilla recently.
I think male bears also will kill cubs if they are not his own.
My second wife said to me as we were planning the wedding, "I'll promise to obey if you want, but remember that you'll have to express your instructions extremely precisely."I have heard 'obey' again at weddings among my kids' generation but I suspect it's left in because it's quaint.
In a TV report it was explained that Lakatos didn't follow the valuing protocol where gems are handed over, unwrapped, examined, rewrapped etc in order while being watched and so was able to do the swap by sleight of hand.This woman used a little sleight of hand to steal more than 4 million pounds' worth of diamonds in London over 5 years ago. She and the rest of the gang involved have been tried for the heist, but the stolen diamonds have yet to be found.
FULL STORY: https://apnews.com/article/oddities-europe-london-7cda1c1abea4197919458979d2b7305d
My second wife said to me as we were planning the wedding, "I'll promise to obey if you want, but remember that you'll have to express your instructions extremely precisely."
Anything more than 6 months gone would be hard to hide TBH.and cut of the bride's dress
Depends. Anyway, less than that and she could claim her bouncing 10lb baby was 3 months premature, conceived in wedlock on her wedding night.Anything more than 6 months gone would be hard to hide TBH.
FULL STORY: https://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stori...-armstrong-county/6G7IQPSEYZB3BEK6NEV3JVP4PM/Man barricaded himself in treehouse after assault, arson in Armstrong County
A Kittanning man is facing charges after police say he barricaded himself in a treehouse after assaulting an elderly man and setting fire to a home.
Joseph Alton Hawk, 20, of Kittanning was charged with arson and assault-related charges after an incident ...
The Pennsylvania State Police responded to a call on Saturday ... , where it was reported that Hawk assaulted an 82-year-old man. While police were responding, it was also learned that Hawk allegedly set fire to the home and ran off.
Multiple police agencies including state police, local departments, K-9 officers and helicopters searched the area but could not find him.
Police again responded to the home on Sunday at 7:10 a.m. after reports that Hawk was seen there. When they arrived, they found Hawk barricaded by himself in a treehouse.
He eventually surrendered without incident and was arrested. ...
It also ordered the defendant, ... to sell or donate the 45-ton tank and the flak gun to a museum or a collector within the next two years.
Authorities discovered the illegal military arsenal during a 2015 raid of the collector’s storage facility
FULL STORY: https://www.blogto.com/city/2021/08/ontario-man-accused-running-over-neighbour-urinated-front-lawn/Ontario man accused of running over neighbour who urinated on his front lawn
Police in London, Ontario, are seeking the public's assistance with a "Dangerous Operation causing Bodily Harm" investigation after a 38-year-old man hit one of his neighbours with his car.
Authorities allege that the man got into his vehicle and purposely struck the victim, causing said victim "to be thrown a number of meters and sustain a gash to the back of his head."
His motive? The man he ran over had reportedly been peeing on his front lawn. ...
"Police attended in an emergency fashion and upon investigating found that this incident was the result of a neighbour urinating on another neighbours front lawn. The homeowner responded by getting into his vehicle and purposefully striking the male with his vehicle." ...
The 38-year-old man who retaliated against the urinating neighbour has been charged with Dangerous Operation of a Vehicle causing Bodily Harm — a criminal offence that, if proven in court, carries with it a penalty of up to ten years in prison. ...
Well he was taking the pissA Canadian man is facing criminal charges because he's alleged to have run over a neighbor who pissed on his lawn.
FULL STORY: https://www.blogto.com/city/2021/08/ontario-man-accused-running-over-neighbour-urinated-front-lawn/
FULL STORY: https://denver.cbslocal.com/2021/08/06/operation-unicorn-shane-phillips-marie-roman-adrian-quintana/Unicorn Figurines, Pictures Led Investigators To Boulder County Crime Spree Suspects
Investigators who were trying to solve a series of crimes in Boulder County kept running across unicorn figurines and pictures of unicorns. They say those small discoveries as they were recovering stolen property and executing search warrants, helped them tie the crimes together and identify three suspects in their case. ...
The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office says Shane Phillips, Marie Roman, Adrian Quintana had an “affection for unicorns” and left clues as they stole cars and swiped packages from homes in the county. ...
The crimes took place in Boulder, Lyons and Longmont, and also included vehicle trespasses. They started happening in September and continued through February. It’s estimated that they stole items that added up to $115,000 in value during that time. ...
As for the discovery of the unicorn books, drawings and figures in the stolen cars and other places, sheriff’s spokeswoman Carrie Haverfeld said “We can’t speak to what their intent was, whether they left them as calling cards or whether we just happened to find them ..."
Reminds me of 'The sticky (wet) bandits' from 'Home Alone'This Colorado criminal trio were so consistent in leaving unicorn-related items behind that unicorns became the trademark by which they were identified, connected, identified, and arrested.
FULL STORY: https://denver.cbslocal.com/2021/08/06/operation-unicorn-shane-phillips-marie-roman-adrian-quintana/