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Strange Crimes

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. :(
 
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. :(

Yes, as much as I am losing patience with The Handmaid's Tale on TV, the original book is excellent and sadly has not really dated that much re: its themes.
 
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.
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.
 
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.
 
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 !
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.

It was a big enough issue that couples wouldn't marry in church because the bride refused to say it. 'Obey' was never in British civil ceremony vows.

However, in 1973 Princess Anne left out 'obey' and it was all over; nobody was obeying any more unless they wanted to. :chuckle:
(I know this is true because I, along with every other British girl and unmarried woman, listened hard to that bit of the ceremony and muttered 'YES!' :cool: )

I have heard 'obey' again at weddings among my kids' generation but I suspect it's left in because it's quaint. :chuckle:
 
The police are investigating an attempted blackmail against Derby County manager and ex- Man Utd & England footballer Wayne Rooney.

"A complaint of blackmail is being reviewed by police in relation to photographs of former England star Wayne Rooney which were shared online.

The images, which were shared widely on social media, appear to show the Derby County manager asleep in a chair with unknown women posing beside him.

It is not known when the photos were taken but there is no suggestion he has behaved in any way inappropriately.

Cheshire Police said it was "reviewing" the complaint."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-57970050
 
If you're going to threaten folks, you need to be credible.
Man 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://www.ktnv.com/news/crime/man...kill-everyone-at-las-vegas-strip-hotel-casino
 
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.
Woman 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://apnews.com/article/oddities-europe-london-7cda1c1abea4197919458979d2b7305d
 
In other jewel heist news ... A solo thief snagged a multi-million pound haul from a ritzy Paris jeweler with no more than a knife and an electric scooter. Potential witnesses were apparently distracted trying to get a glimpse of Jean-Claude Van Damme at a nearby shop. The thief and an associate have apparently been apprehended.
Arrests 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.
FULL STORY: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...coots-away-after-mind-boggling-heist-in-paris
 
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.

…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.

https://boingboing.net/2021/07/28/e...ending-critics-of-company-dead-pig-fetus.html
 
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
What a total shovel of a man.
 
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.

"Animals only kill if they are hungry" is a bit like "All wars are caused by religion": it carries a strong emotional weight even though even most of the people who say it acknowledge that it is not literally true.

Like "I before E except after C" these sayings break down very quickly once you start looking for counter examples.

However, the important truth behind "animals only kill if they are hungry" is that no other animal invents spurious social, moral, religious or political justifications for killing.

Animals will kill to eat, or to get rid of a rival's offspring, or to defend breeding or hunting territory, and for many other reasons, but they won't kill for most of the stupid reasons that our species makes up.

I have heard 'obey' again at weddings among my kids' generation but I suspect it's left in because it's quaint. :chuckle:
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."
 
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
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.

Staff were suspicious right away when she put the gems away in her bag and then took them out again when reminded/challenged.
At this point the gems were still in her bag, She knew she could get away with it once they were rewrapped.
 
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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've been married twice, both times in civil ceremonies so there was no mention of obedience. I absolutely would never marry in church. It goes against everything I believe.

Mind you, I was raised in the '60s when the exact shade and cut of the bride's dress were scrutinised for hints about her virginity or lack of it or her possible pregnancy. I wasn't 'aving that! :chuckle:
 
This Pennsylvania guy has strange taste in selecting hiding places.
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. ...
FULL STORY: https://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stori...-armstrong-county/6G7IQPSEYZB3BEK6NEV3JVP4PM/
 
Max might be interested in the Panther tank.

A German court has convicted an 84-year-old man of illegal weapons possession for having a personal arsenal that included a Panther tank, an anti-aircraft cannon and other items of Second World War-era military equipment.

The state district in the northern city of Kiel handed the man a suspended prison sentence of 14 months and ordered him to pay a fine of 250,000 euros (£213,000), the German news agency dpa reported.

It also ordered the defendant, whose name was not given in line with German privacy laws, 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 in northern Germany in an investigation into black market Nazi-era art which turned up two bronze horse statues which once stood in front of Adolf Hitler’s chancellery. Those items were in another man’s possession.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-40351790.html
 
Er......They contradict their own ruling there don't they?
Could he therefore donate it to himself?

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
 

Witness appeal after 2,500 pairs of flip-flops stolen in Horsham​

Police are appealing for witnesses following a report of a burglary at a garage in Hurst Court, Horsham.

The victim, a local business owner, reported a significant amount of stock having been taken, including around 2,500 pairs of flip-flops with an estimated value of £12,500.

https://www.sussex.police.uk/news/s...r-2500-pairs-of-flip-flops-stolen-in-horsham/
 
A Canadian man is facing criminal charges because he's alleged to have run over a neighbor who pissed on his 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. ...
FULL STORY: https://www.blogto.com/city/2021/08/ontario-man-accused-running-over-neighbour-urinated-front-lawn/
 
Police in Tokyo have arrested a man who stabbed 10 people with a knife on a moving commuter train in Tokyo. Nine passengers were taken to hospital with injuries. One of them was seriously injured. The 10th wounded man was able to go home on his own.

After the emergency brake was pulled, passengers ran off the train in panic, according to eyewitnesses. In that chaos, the unsub managed to escape. He left his knife on the train.

The stabbing incident happened near seijogakuen station. The train in which it happened runs mostly above ground, but in the part where the attack took place, the train runs underground.

The offender was later arrested at a store. According to the shopkeeper, the man had blood stains on his T-shirt and said he was tired of fleeing. The shopkeeper then called the police who arrested the man. o_O

https://nos.nl/artikel/2392897-tien-mensen-gewond-bij-steekincident-in-trein-tokio-verdachte-gepakt
 
One math lesson Prof. Edward C. Ennels taught at Baltimore City Community College was, according to prosecutors, pretty simple: $150 for a C; $250 for a B; and $500 for an A. And in some courses, an A could go for as little as $300. Over the course of seven months last year, Mr. Ennels, 45, solicited bribes from 112 students, and received 10 payments from nine students, totaling $2,815, the Maryland attorney general, Brian E. Frosh, said in a statement on Thursday.

Mr. Ennels, a professor at the college for 15 years who served on the faculty senate’s Ethics and Institutional Integrity Committee, pleaded guilty on Thursday in Baltimore County Circuit Court to 11 misdemeanor charges, including bribery and misconduct in office, according to prosecutors and online court records.

He was sentenced to 10 years in prison with all but one year of the term suspended and to be served in a local jail. He was also ordered to pay $60,000 in restitution and will be on probation for five years upon his release.

Most students declined to pay the bribes and Mr. Ennels “often persisted, offering to lower the amount of the bribe or offering payment plans,” according to the statement.

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2021/08/is-this-the-correct-market-price.html

From the comments:

"Benjamin J. Herbst, a lawyer for Mr. Ennels, said in an interview on Thursday night that Mr. Ennels did what he did “only to keep up with a gambling addiction” and was “in no way motivated” by greed. "

I'm actually surprised the prices were so low. $500 for an A is NOTHING. I remember reading an article written by a professional paper writer a long time ago. IIRC, several hundred dollars was the very bottom of what he'd take for a short, simple paper. Also note, he could knock out a dissertation in virtually any subject in a few days' time. The hard sciences were the only subjects he wouldn't/couldn't do. College is a fucking joke.
 
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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.
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 ..."
FULL STORY: https://denver.cbslocal.com/2021/08/06/operation-unicorn-shane-phillips-marie-roman-adrian-quintana/
 
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