Zeitgeist November 2011

November 27, 2011

"Stop the man-boy love junk"

Philadelphia Enquirer raises the alarm that academics and "so-called scholars" represent a threat to society by trying to "normalize pedophila".

Much as we'd welcome such support from academia, we have seen little evidence of it.

Instead, we often read sensationalist claims of this sort, often originating from the usual scare mongerers and promulgated by the ultra-conservative rantings of World Net Daily. They trot out the same old conspiracy theories whenever they smell blood in the water, such as the latest Jerry Sandusky media abuse-fest. Extravagant claims, utterly bereft of factual substance, are continually recycled to serve a new generation of the credulous and the angry.
http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20111122_Stop_the_man-boy_love_junk.html

States consider legislation to track sex offenders at nursing homes
"There needs to be notification of every entrant into the facility that there is a violent or sexual offender in that facility," Bledsoe said. "That way, when we have school groups, church groups or civic groups coming to entertain these residents – these children - we can make sure they're being protected."

Of course, the remedy is going to be to exclude registered sex offenders from nursing homes. And then they will join the other homeless sex offenders on the street who have been told that they cannot legally live anywhere. This is the definition of banishment.
http://www.wmctv.com/story/16077019/states-consider-legislation-to-track-sex-offenders-at-nursing-homes

Flawed screenings pack sex offender facility, JLARC says
The screening process for all of these programs is driven by bad science and bad faith.
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2011/nov/14/flawed-screenings-pack-sex-offender-facility-jlarc-ar-1459053

Sex offender arrested for attending church
Yes, having been convicted many years ago for possession of child porn, he now faces serious prison time for his regular attendance at his longtime Presbyterian church, a crime in North Carolina (of all places). He had to post a $50,000 bond and will await the tender mercies of North Carolina law.
http://www.gastongazette.com/news/church-63501-offender-sex.html

Louisiana law bans sex offenders from websites
ACLU of La. is suing Gov. Jindal
http://www.lsureveille.com/sex-issue-2011/louisiana-law-bans-sex-offenders-from-websites-1.2671472

The Martyrdom of Lawrence Brose 
How I.C.E. can break down the door of a noted gay filmmaker and artist, threaten to destroy his life, and the gay community remains silent.
http://www.chelseanow.com/articles/2011/11/23/gay_city_news/news/doc4ecd876a7139d408835502.txt 

Penn State Scandal: Victim’s Mother Says Sandusky Interview ‘Made Him Look More Guilty’
Sandusky's interview is a stellar example of why you keep your mouth shut. And to think that his lawyer was sitting by his side, silently, speaks very poorly of his legal competency. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/11/penn-state-scandal-victims-mother-says-sandusky-interview-made-him-look-more-guilty

Proposed bill to add coaches, professors to list of mandated reporters for child sex abuse
Involuntary enslavement to the nanny police state: mandatory reporting has forced an increasing range of professionals to be fully complicit with extremist and obsessive sex laws and has predictably expanded the scope of the modern police state.  http://www.wktv.com/news/local/Proposed-bill-to-add-coaches-professors-to-list-of-mandated-reporters-for-child-sex-abuse-133844203.html

Speaking of scary pedo-obsessives, here we see the extent to which their sex-o-phobia can take them: "WHEN ARE WE CROSSING A CHILD'S SEXUAL BOUNDARIES?" http://www.wethechildren.com/boundriesenglish.htm

6 guards charged with beating sex offender inmates
We can only speculate on how few of these common assaults have resulted in similar charges against custody staff.
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/11/15/6-guards-charged-with-beating-inmates/UPI-82911321397812

Kids Fight Back Against Bullying With Lawsuits
As with the recording of police abuse, technology can be used by kids to surreptitiously record abuse or indifference to abuse by those wielding authority over them, i.e. public school staff. http://jezebel.com/5860022/kids-fight-back-against-bullying-with-lawsuits-video

Criminals in the classroom: Children charged with sex crimes back in school
Using terms such as "horrific" to describe children having sex with other children and informing the public of "sex offenders" attending local schools,, local t.v. news demonstrates the role "journalists" play in feeding and perpetuating sex hysteria.  http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/16047892/criminals-in-the-classroom-children-charged-with-sex-crimes-back-in-school

PA Senate passes sex offender registry bill Pennsylvania comes into "compliance" with federal Adam Walsh Act
And the State's citizens forfeit their independence and a bit more freedom.
http://www.abc27.com/story/16049135/penns

Penn State Scandal Emboldens Other Abuse Victims
A look at the phenomenon of high profile sex scandals spurring new allegations nationwide. 

It is interesting to note that many who did not consider their "abuse" as children or adolescents re-frame their experiences later, sometimes decades later, as "abuse". (see "The Trauma Myth"). 

Also universally assumed is that "victims" always represent their historical experiences accurately. We know that there are those who lie about having been abused as children, a fact almost never examined by the media. 

NPR, despite the reverance with which it is often accorded by liberal Americans, is virtually indistingushable from other news media, leaving unchallenged these phenomenon (re-framing sex as "abuse" or lying altogether about being abused). 

Never questioning the credibility of sexual abuse sources makes for "non-credible" journalism.
http://www.npr.org/2011/11/16/142369663/penn-state-scandal-emboldens-other-abuse-victims?ft=1&f=1001

Michigan cracks down on sex offenders
Health care workers would automatically lose their licenses if convicted of sex crimes. Apparently, we have an unlimited number of health care workers to fill the breach.
http://www.wtol.com/story/16050045/michigan-cracks-down-on-sex-offenders

Ohio Supreme Court to review juvenile sex offender registration in local case
The legal contortionists who defend registration laws insist that it is not punishment but "civil remedy" so, therefore, how could it possibly be "cruel and unusual punishment"?

Civil "remedies" are the great, emerging tool of the modern police state.
http://www.newarkadvocate.com/article/20111116/NEWS01/111116011

The Department of Justice’s Quest to Weaken FOIA Still Going Strong
The Freedom of Information Act will be gutted if the Obama Administration gets its way. https://nsarchive.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/the-department-of-justices-quest-to-weaken-foia-still-going-strong

‘Nice Guy Molesters’ Believe They’re ‘Child Lovers’
It's a sad state of affairs when former FBI agent Kenneth Lanning sounds like the most reasonable of our detractors.

' “I can’t tell you how many cases where there are letters from the victim written to the accused, saying, ‘You’re the nicest person I ever met,’ or ‘You’ve been so good to me,’” said Lanning.

Many victims don’t tell anyone of the inappropriate behavior because they are considered “compliant child victims.” ' http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2011/11/17/nice-guy-molesters-believe-theyre-child-lovers

A Day Job Looking at Child Sexual Abuse? Why Would You Do It?
Our question exactly: who would someone do it? And these eager British beavers, the only U.K. civilians legally allowed to view child pornography, are more than willing to take on the dirty job of deciding what it is that no one else can see. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/susie-hargreaves/child-sexual-abuse_b_1096666.html

Boy, 6, caught playing doctor, is accused of sex assault
When adults playing "justice" go too far, they need to be punished.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/box-6-caught-playing-doctor-is-accused-of-sex-assault-pi33ogg-134089743.html

Riverside Charges Inmates for Stays In 'Prison Hotels'
Even though the room service is terrible! And just try checking out.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/03/riverside-charges-inmates_n_1075129.html

Who Says Kids Aren't Capable?
Another in a series of stories profiling the resourcefullness, intelligence and capacity of kids to shape their world:
Sixth-Grade Developer Teaches Other Students How to Make Apps
A young Los Angeleno creates, sells IPhone aps. Watch this video!
http://www.good.is/post/this-sixth-grade-developer-is-teaching-students-how-to-make-apps

ACLU Raises Privacy Concerns Over Confiscated Student Cellphones
Kid's privacy and property rights are under attack by schools which confiscate and search the contents of their cell phones. http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2011/11/student_cellphones_texts_aclu.php

Complying with Walsh Act costs Ohio $10 million
If Ohio had chosen not to comply with AWA, the state would have lost about $935,000 in federal grant money. But complying with it has cost it much, much more. And the lawsuits are rapidly piling up with no end in sight..
http://www.vindy.com/news/2011/nov/13/complying-with-walsh-act-costs-ohio--mil

"Violent" sex offenders strain S.C. mental health agency
And by "violent" they include those who had consensual sex with those under 14 as the term has been redefined under state and federal laws.
http://savannahnow.com/bluffton-news/2011-11-13/violent-sex-offenders-strain-sc-mental-health-agency#.TtHfv2NCqU9

Legislative review finds Virginia's civil commitment process for sex offenders is flawed
The "tool" used to determine eligibility is a crude and bigoted assessment questionnaire called the "Static 99" which judges men with boy "victims" to be more dangerous than those with female "victims" and those with adult relationships lasting several years or more as less dangerous than those who did not. http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/f2d89b50076040f3a8648fb250546b3f/VA--Sexual-Predators-Commitment

Va. commission says sex offenders' risks are overestimated
Over crowded facility has now implemented double-bunking. Another reason why civil commitment is really prison.
http://hamptonroads.com/2011/11/va-commission-says-sex-offenders-risks-are-overestimated

Your Right of Defense Against Unlawful Arrest
“An illegal arrest is an assault and battery. The person so attempted to be restrained of his liberty has the same right to use force in defending himself as he would in repelling any other assault and battery.” (State v. Robinson, 145 ME. 77, 72 ATL. 260). http://www.constitution.org/uslaw/defunlaw.htm

Juvenile Curfews?
There are those who believe that placing juveniles under a blanket house arrest every night is a reasonable idea. In other words, they believe that youth who violate these authoritarian encroachments should be arrested and channeled through the criminal justice system. That this is considered to be a reasonable idea by so many should frighten all reasonable people. http://californiacorrectionscrisis.blogspot.com/2011/11/juvenile-curfews.html

REVISITING VICTIM RIGHTS 3
He's very loquacious but, if you have the patience, he makes some very good points.
http://senseoffenses.blogspot.com/2011/11/revisiting-victim-rights-3.html

Ohio Launches New Plan To Catch Sex Offenders
Of course, it consists of hiring more police and opening a new Crimes Agains Children unit. It was announced to public fanfare by the Ohio Attorney General (and former U.S. Senator), Mike DeWine, who has said that he sees his office as a "bully pulpit". We have to agree with him there: he is, if nothing else, a bully.
http://www.onntv.com/content/stories/2011/11/18/story-dewine-sex-offenders.html

November 16, 2011

For Costas, Sandusky Interview Came as a Surprise
Sandusky's interview with NBC leaves us wondering what his attorney was thinking of. One can easily imagine his words being used against him in court. 

His candor in expressing his enjoyment in the company of boys has been predictably met with the shrieks of outrage we have come to expect from all corners of the mediaplex. 
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/for-costas-sandusky-interview-came-as-a-surprise

Suspects may have been falsely jailed in Russia over pedophile cases
What happens when the pedophile hysteria hits Russian justice. With a distinctly Russian flavor!
http://en.ria.ru/society/20111028/168196934.html

European Parliament votes approval of tougher penalties for child abuse, child pornography
"Zero Tolerance" takes hold in Europe. The EU has voted to force member countries to enact more draconian punishments for "sex offenders". 
http://www.sofiaecho.com/2011/10/27/1189119_european-parliament-votes-approval-of-tougher-penalties-for-child-abuse-child-pornography

Donations to non-profit don't appear to stay in KC, or help catch child predators
SCTNow could not provide one example anywhere in the country where information provided by its special operatives helped lead to an arrest or prosecution.
http://www.nbcactionnews.com/dpp/news/local_news/investigations/investigation-finds-donations-to-non-profit-dont-appear-to-stay-in-kc-or-help-catch-child-predators-nov2011swp#ixzz1dwQBOxWL

Tips for protecting your privacy online
This is worth reading. Thank you MSNBC!
http://gadgetbox.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/28/8523553-how-to-create-a-fake-identity-and-stay-anonymous-online

Roman Catholic church's paedophile investigator jailed for possessing thousands of child porn images
Fool! Don't you realize only government agents are able to view child porn legally!!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2054674/Roman-Catholic-churchs-paedophile-investigator-jailed-possessing-thousnds-child-porn-images.html#ixzz1dwTyLyK1

Senate expected to pass bill that would close up Megan's Law loophole
Closin' those darned" loopholes"! Pennsylvania strives to come into compliance with Adam Walsh Act.
http://www.whptv.com/news/local/story/Senate-expected-to-pass-bill-that-would-close-up/K1ImcB0jtUetEhZiOqVWPg.cspx

Sex offenders: Halloween’s boogeyman
It just doesn't matter that it is all bullshit. This will be repeated next year and the year after that. This is about people transparently differentiating themselves from boogeymen and pointing fingers at illusory monsters. What are they hiding?
http://www.salon.com/2011/10/31/sex_offenders_halloweens_boogeyman/singleton

Poisoned candy turns out to be a Halloween myth
Of course, this fact has been pointed out every year for the past 30 or more years. Does it matter? It doesn't seem to. Just as it doesn't matter that no child has been sexually assaulted by a neighborhood "molester" passing out candy to trick-or-treaters. That's because it's a coveted opportunity for the self-righteous to contrast themselves with the depraved. Plus, it's a whole lot more fun and thrilling. Kind of like watching the original movie "Halloween" with Jamie Lee Curtis. http://www.tampabay.com/features/parenting/poisoned-candy-turns-out-to-be-a-halloween-myth/104784

Sex offender defends his right to run free haunted house
Apparently, he ran a great "haunted house" each Halloween, but the sex offender hysteria forced him to shutter the doors this year.
http://www.buffalonews.com/incoming/article611758.ece

Halloween Limits on Riverside County Sex Offenders Unconstitutional, Says L.A. Group
"If they see someone who should not be opening the door [to their own home!]they can call 911," Patino says.

This story also points out an important development in California, apart from Riverside County's fascist Halloween restrictions on registered sex offenders not on parole or probation. Namely, R.S.O.L. (Reform of Sex sOffender Laws} has finally formed a California chapter to help counter that state's offensive sex offender laws. We wish them luck, even while we believe their organization has taken some craven but, in their view, expeditious, positions. To the extent that we still share a common goal: good luck!
http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2011/10/halloween_sex_offender_trick_or_treat_riverside_california.php

California's Paroled Sex Offenders Get Halloween Curfew
And, of course, no Halloween would be complete without the annual round-up of sex offenders made to attend obligatory Halloween "parties" held by our government.
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2011/10/californias_paroledsex_offende.php

ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN
And now a message from the Illinois Attorney General, urging you to check the sex offender registry before sending your little ones out to trick-or-treat! Take the 10 question quiz!
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=localnews&pnpID=469&NewsID=1008072&CategoryID=20359&on=1

Sex offenders being picked on?
Albuquerque cops harassing r.s.o.'s who are not on parole or probation on Halloween. I guess this is the "Trick" part? Do they dress up as goblins while they do this? Oh, of course they do! They dress up like cops.
http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/crime/sex-offenders-being-picked-on%3F

Gay Africans flee persecution
What was once rarely discussed, homosexuality, has now become a rabid obsession in much of Africa. Kind of like "pedophiles" in the West. The role U.S. evangelicals play in this witch hunt should surprise no one. Frustrated that they were unable to stem the tide of gay rights back in the States, they are underwriting a campaign to expunge homosexuality from the Dark Continent. 
Many of these groups, such as the Christian Reconstructionists and other "Dominionist" organizations, make the "Rapture" people look open-minded and tolerant in comparison. Think: capital punishment for homosexuality and adultery and even "defying your parents". Yikes! We'd all be dead! Just like the Taliban, but Christian. And without the dancing boys. Probably. http://www.salon.com/2011/10/29/gay_africans_flee_persecution/singleton

Tennessee DA seizing sex offenders' assets
Asset seizure has helped fuel the drug wars and now, it would seem, sex offenders are next. Hey, paramilitary goon squads cost money!
http://www.boychat.org/messages/1275183.htm

Public Safety Possibly at Risk by State (California) Budget Cuts
200 of the 300 agents could lose their jobs. "Public safety is at risk," said Ernie Limon, Special Agent for the Department of Justice.

Is it? Is it really? Or could you just be saying that?
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Public-Safety-Possibly-At-Risk-by-State-Budget-Cuts-132850718.html

Texas faces up to budget cuts: Eliminate one meal a day for inmates!
This reminds me of the story I heard from prisoners who had served time in the South. "Jute-Ball" was a common dish served in prisons there and consisted of any mishmash of leftovers whatsoever, no matter how old or contaminated, rolled into a ball, and baked and served.Or sometimes not even baked. It's hard to imagine anything worse than what is served up to prisoners in California but, apparently, it is. http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/10/thousands-of-texas-prisoners-now-brunch.html

Sex Offenses Most Common Officer Misconduct in Utah
Wait! Aren't they all Mormons? Weren't they wearing their sacred underwear when they committed these acts?
http://www.theppsc.org/forums/showthread.php?t=1562

Help call for sexually abusive children
"Tasmania's Sexual Assault Support Service is concerned there are not enough resources to help an increasing number of children displaying inappropriate sexual behaviour."

It's increasing? Yes, because they have re-defined and expanded the meaning of "inappropriate" sexual behavior. So of course it's increasing.!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-02/20111102-call-for-help-for-children-behaving-badly/3614066

Monrovia boy 'not truthful' in kidnap probe; suspect released
But wait! We were told that children never lie about things like that!
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/11/monrovia-boy-not-truthful-kidnap-probe.html

Arrest made in Texas wrongful conviction case
Prosecutors withheld evidence that would have exonerated man wrongfully imprisoned for 25 years.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/11/arrest-made-in-texas-wrongful-conviction-case.html

Sex With Animals Can Lead To Penis Cancer: Study
Even if you only give them blowjobs?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/11/sex-with-animals-penis-cancer_n_1088874.html

The Crime of Bestiality/Zoophilia: Sexual Assault of an Animal
"Taboo as a subject to be sure, sexual crimes against animals are not exceptional, isolated incidents. The case facts run a wide range - from individual animals assaulted by their owners in their homes, to organized bestiality events held at clandestine, often rural locations. Not surprisingly, limited research – such as a 2002 study – places these crimes in the context of what experts in animal abuse and criminal justice refer to as “the link,” i.e. the well-documented connection between violence to animals and violence to humans. Below are some examples of media-covered incidents, and a non-exhaustive collection of news stories on bestiality cases can be found on pet-abuse.com."

You horse molester, you!!!
http://www.aldf.org/article.php?id=1098

Citadel attorney says camper claims were 'believable'
Imagine, a 15 year old masturbating to a porn video. Shocking!
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/16/us/south-carolina-citadel-abuse/index.html

To Skip the 'Talk' About Sex, Have an Ongoing Dialogue
Imagine, advocating speaking with your kids frequently and honestly about sexuality beginning when they are young? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204358004577032421571545382.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Date rape case exposes sexual activities in a Bay Area D.A.'s unit
How else is a sex crimes D.A. supposed to learn about sexual assault unless he commits some sexual assaults himself? http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-date-rape-20111115,0,5385283.story

Stop the Candy Shop "A Fairytale About The Sexual Exploitation Of Children"
Fairytale is right! Apparently, this is not a movie but an elaborate short film with surprisingly high production values ($$$) meant to promote these organizations' hysteria.
http://stopthecandyshop.com/the-film

November 5, 2011

Kelvin 'Sgt. Mac' McFarland: Boot Camp Video Emerges Detailing Abuse Of Teens  
This is a deeply disturbing video and article showing a pre-teen boy being terrorized at a "boot camp". How is it that these people are not criminally prosecuted and put on a "name-and-shame" registry for the rest of their lives?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/27/kelvin-sgt-mac-mcfarland-boot-camp-video_n_1051216.html

Linda Wall, Virginia House Of Delegates Candidate, Admits Lesbian Affair With Minor
Apparently, she has since "stopped" being a lesbian, having found Jesus, etc. Thank Christ! Now, she's telling other people how to live their lives.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/27/linda-wall-virginia-lesbian-affair_n_1034914.html

Arab Spring, American Winter
While the Middle-East and North Africa see glimmers of hope on the horizon for human rights and liberty, Americans are falling all over themselves to give up their own liberties.

Here is another attempt to further strip away the rights of registered "sex offenders".

This proposed federal legislation would closely resemble Soviet-era restrictions on travel and would deny American citizens who have served their time in prison the right TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY!

A very nasty and ugly law!

International Megan's Law of 2011:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h112-3253

Scary Movies and Real-Life Risks
While the following article does not posit such a connection, we are left to ask if society's obsession with sex offenders is also tied to human "novelty and thrill-seeking" behavior, much as people are drawn to scary movies. Historically, humans have taken great pleasure in hearing scary stories told around camp fires, finding these collective opportunities for experiencing fear within the safety of the tribe both cathartic and socially bonding. 

I think that there is something very similar going on now with the sex offender hysteria, our societies having lost  so many previous boogeymen, such as witches, poltergeists, ghosts, wolves, vampires, American Indians (or, for that matter, any "other" race), homosexuals, communists, etc.

Apparently, there is a primeval need for such a boogeyman. We've replaced the campfire with television and the internet, but otherwise, it's pretty much the same. Fear and loathing circa 2011 induces the same thrilling frissons felt by our distant ancestors 10,000 years ago. It's just that we now know the amygdala may be partly responsible and its motivations lie deep within evolutionary biology.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204644504576651270700875088.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLE_Video_Top

'SNL's' Darrell Hammond reveals dark past of abuse
Mother systematically brutalized Hammond over years. Very ugly, real abuse.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/24/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/darrell-hammond-abuse/index.html

Four men plead guilty in sex offender "harassment" incident
After running down man with an SUV, Virginia mob gets slap on the wrist. They had identified their victim using the sex offender register.
http://progress-index.com/news/four-men-plead-guilty-in-sex-offender-harassment-incident-1.1219479#ixzz1bqDGFQbK

Sex Offender Registry: An Unfair Waste of Tax Dollars? 
Wisconsin currently treats sex offenders with more care and effort than it treats offenders that are purely violent, and it's time that changed.  http://portwashington-wi.patch.com/articles/sex-offender-registry

Woman accused of imprisoning and enslaving mentally disabled adults was convicted 30 years ago of starving a man to death under similar circumstances.
Where was the "registry" to protect society from her? In fact, there is none, because her crimes were not sexual.
http://articles.philly.com/2011-10-19/news/30298133_1_director-of-intellectual-disability-prey-reminder

Facebook Mob organizes campaign to pressure judge in barring man convicted of child porn from U.K. community.
Judge Cottle, adjourning sentencing at Exeter Crown Court to get more information about Manley, voiced his
“serious concerns” about him living “uncomfortably close” to a school and ordered that he be allowed to leave his house only between 10am and 2pm, when children would not be nearby, or for treatment for a medical condition.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-15352810

Get out of town: Community unites to expel convicted paedophile
Aussie vigilante group threatens sex offender, warning him to "get out of town". He did just that.
http://www.hawkesburygazette.com.au/news/local/news/general/get-out-of-town-community-unites-to-expel-convicted-paedophile/2329133.aspx

Family photos end up on a "child pornography" site
Now, how it it that they found themselves on a "child pornography" site?
http://www.ktvl.com/articles/pornography-1202208-site-child.html

State lawmaker looks at break with federal sex offender guidlines 
Missouri is now one of the states that, has been deemed IN COMPLIANCE by the SMART Office. Now Missouri is considering backing out of those rules due to what appears to be COLLATERAL COSTS of remaining in-compliance. Costs which no one has talked about before. Is AWA compliance a MISTAKE asks state lawmaker?
http://missouri-news.org/news/regulation/state-lawmaker-looks-at-break-with-federal-sex-offender-guidlines/9958

How children lost the right to roam in four generations
Worth researching is how laws have been enacted in the last 30 years which codify the stripping of kid's independence. 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-462091/How-children-lost-right-roam-generations.html#ixzz1brpdLaa3

Worried about someone abducting your child? 
You’d have to lock them out of the house every day for 200,000 years before they were taken (and even then you’d get them back safe within 24 hours).
http://www.warwickcairns.com

Teenage car thieves turn in stolen laptop after finding child porn on it. "Paedophile" given twelve months in prison.
This is the second such story in as many weeks where police came by their "child porn" evidence through burglars who were themselves congratulated for their efforts.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2051721/Paedophile-Keith-Smith-snared-car-thieves-child-porn-laptop.html#ixzz1bs45dHjw

High School Football Team Bangs 33 Year Old Teacher (Female)  
She confided that she would plan to pead insane if caught. Later, we find out she was sentenced to four years in prison and will be eligible for parole in six months. Sweet deal! I didn't think she was that attractive but, hey, she is a woman, after all! Can you imagine a male teacher getting four years? I think not!

But let me be clear: she should not have been prosecuted if her sexual encounters were consensual and devoid of coersion, which these acts appear to have been. Nor should men, under identical circumstances.

http://www.wlwt.com/r/29640629/detail.html http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/crime/witnesses-say-accused-ex-teacher-hinted-at-insanity-plea-early-1274250.html

Roman Catholic church's paedophile investigator jailed for possessing thousands of child porn images

Apparently, he was under the mistaken belief that it was a job perk.

Seriously, however, we have to keep in mind that there ARE those who are permitted to gaze upon child pornography without fear of life-destroying prosecution: government agents. They are amongst the very few who cannot only look at pornography, but compile and carefully catalog and "classify" troves of the stuff. And, just what the hell is a "Level 5" article of child pornography? And how is it different from a "Level 4"? Only our government can know for sure!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2054674/Roman-Catholic-churchs-paedophile-investigator-jailed-possessing-thousnds-child-porn-images.html

Rite Aid "ad" groped by sex offenders
In other words, piece of cardboard was molested by a sex offender.
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_19194291

Former Coach at Penn State Is Charged With Abuse
Well, his life is now over, for all intents and purposes. His may be one of the higher-profile cases, but it is just one of many thousands in this country.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/sports/ncaafootball/former-coach-at-penn-state-is-charged-with-abuse.html