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If your father was convicted for downloading child pornography, would you expect to be ordered to stay with him on the weekends? I typically figure that this would come from Florida, but not Australia.

Meet Judge Robert Benjamin, who ruled that two young girls will have to spend weekends with their father, who was convicted for being a Chomo, but they can stay only if the father puts a lock on the door that the children can lock from inside their room.

He also added some other stipulations to the order; like having to have an “adult friend” over when the girls are there and must share the same room, so they can have the “support of each other.”

The argument is that the risk of sexual abuse was, “diminished when they are awake and alert. The girls are at an age and maturity when awake, dressed and together it would be unlikely the father would act inappropriately toward them.” This is the dumbest thing I have read in a long time, and I read a lot of stupid shit!

The father was convicted for filming images of child pornography back in 2007. The Family Court found the father had invited one of the girls into his bed, and had “demonstrated affection toward her in a way that was, in all the circumstances, inappropriate for a child of that age.” Yet it is okay if the two young girls stay the weekend with the man.

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Kids Ordered To Stay With Sex Offender

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I just finished the Zombie survival guide and started going through the new stories and found that the crazy meter was turned up to high and left in the hands of the insane. A cop in New Jersey pushed a lady down at a bus stop and spit on her and a kid on the West Coast shot himself in the testies.

Since it’s Friday, I thought we’d go to the Taronga Zoo in Australia, where a baby elephant died during an intense 9 day labor process for the mother Porntip.

On Tuesday they declared that the baby had died, but on Wednesday, baby “Shuffles” was alive and kicking. The baby calf is learning how to feed itself and learned to stand already.

Taronga Zoo Director Cameron Kerr said, “Despite no vital signs of life for several days, we now have obviously a healthy little calf on the ground. This little calf has been through an incredibly tough time. There is no record anywhere else in the world … of a labor that has gone this long. There is no recording of a calf being absolutely still for several days like this.”

They think that Mr. Shuffles went into a coma and fooled vets to think that it had died. He weighs a massive 256 pounds already. Vets still say that he is “not out of the woods” yet, so they are maintaining a 24 hour watch.

No where does it mention any testing for the T virus or to see if the baby has a fondness for flesh. Is the Zombie elephant the beginning of the end?

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Dead Elephant Lives

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After spending some time away doing some business and spending some hard earned vacation in Las Vegas, it was absolutely clear. Sex is like gambling, its a crap shoot and you’re either on the pass line or playing the field.

Momma’s Out Whoring

Lori Richards

Our first stop on this all sex based post is in Kettering, Ohio. Meet Lori Richards, 25, who was arrested on Saturday night for attempting to sell her body for some cash. Not a big deal, but she left her 8 month old baby at home alone.

Police were tipped off about the woman, because she was in front of a bar, “standing outside the door offering sex for exchange of money.” Police arrived on the scene and found Richards matching the description from the earlier call.

While talking to Richards they discovered that she had left the baby unattended in her apartment. She then admitted she was attempting to exchange sexual favors for $40 to $120.

Richards has been charged with first degree misdemeanor of child endangering and third degree misdemeanor of soliciting.

This Ain’t Hogwarts

Welcome to Jolly ol’ England, where a house master at a boarding school decided to punish a 16 year old student with his personal trouser gavel. Ryan Deneven-Lewis, 27, was responsible for looking after the students in the Edinburgh boarding school.

The investigation comes from messages that were posted back in 2008 on the Internet. Edinburgh Sheriff Court was told about the incidents that took place between June 1st through the 30th.

Deneven-Lewis was responsible for the general supervision and took charge of the recreational activites in the evenings at the school. He would play pool with a 15 year old girl in the school dining room and the games went from teasing to sexual behavior. He would kiss her, touch her sexually, and then talked her into “performing” on him.

After Deneven-Lewis had left the school, that’s when the posting from Bebo and a full picture emerged. Deneven-Lewis had previously pled guilty to using lewd, libidinous and indecent practices and behaviour towards a 15-year-old and to having sexual intercourse with the 16-year-old, while in a position of trust.

Deneven-Lewis was placed on probation and on the sex offenders register for three years.

Copyright ISP Battle Rages Down Under

iiNet Fighting

An Australian based anti-piracy group called AFACT has filed a lawsuit against iiNet because it refuses to take action against “alleged” violators beyond sending out an infringement notice. The ISP has argues that if they received a list of the IP addresses of those PROVED to have committed violations with exact dates, it would move forward. Yet without that information, it would be against the law to release it’s customers information based on accusations only.

AFACT is stating that it is the responsibility of iiNet to “Police” all its users. iiNet is standing firm against violating the Australian telecom act and the nation’s privacy laws.

iiNet has come out and stated the following, “Under the Act, it is illegal for iiNet to use customers’ personal information in the manner demanded by AFACT without a court order or warrant. Breaches of the privacy provisions of the Act can attract a two-year gaol sentence. To examine customer communications on the basis of a third party’s allegations would be a criminal act for us to engage in.”

“Our starting position on this would be there is good public policy reasons for why Australia Post should not be opening your letters. And good reasons for why carriers should not be listening to your phone calls or looking at what you download. Our view is that would constitute a criminal offence,” said iiNet.

Links:
Where’s Mama?
Headmaster Lovin
ISP Down Under

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Space The Final Dumping Ground

Captain’s Log, Star Date 5132009.430. The Space Shuttle Atlantis is in danger as it attempts to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, with all the space garbage floating around. The problem with the junk is that its flying around the Earth at 20,000 mph (take that nascar..right turn), is that an object the size of a pea would shred right through the shuttle.

The crew is going to attempt to make some upgrades to the telescope in under one week. The new additions will include some new batteries, gyroscopes, and cameras. The reason for so much concern is that with all the pieces of broken and shattered satellites, the space crew can only detect pieces down to 2 inches.

Unfortunately, NASA has no plan at this time of cleaning up the debris, but I would say that since the Endeavour Shuttle is prepped and read in case of emergency, lets equip a space net and skim the outer gravitational rings (like a pool).

Australia Fails Warning System

What if there was a way to warn people about a tragic event, like a massive fire that wiped out homes, cars, pets, and wild creatures? Now ask the same question, but you know the answer is absolutely, and it could be used to interrupt radio and television broadcast, but ask yourself would you have used it?

A Victorian bushfire’s royal commission has heard that the Standard Emergency Warning Signal can broadcast a siren and interrupt radio and TV signals with a message to warn listeners of an emergency. Yet, Authorities decided not to use the emergency service during a tragic brush fire known to many around the world as “Black Saturday.”

The geniuses decided that the use of the system would desensitise people to the alarm. Not only did they not use the service, they didn’t even bother an attempt to discuss using it during the lead up to “Black Saturday.”

Now lets introduce Emergency Services Commissioner Bruce Esplin. When he was asked if the Emergency singal could have been used to warn communities of the fires, he responded with the intelligent answer of, “I’m not in a position to answer that question for each of the towns.”

He followed up the comment with, “It’s a balance between not overusing the … sound and therefore desensitising the community to its importance and having a method which is as efficient … as possible.”

Unless authorities are firing off an emergency alarm system twice a day for 3 months straight, I think people would have paid attention… Especially if there was a message right after it say, “Take what you can and get the F out! Big Fire tearing through everything and anyone. Also, a firefighter will get to give water to a Koala from his water bottle for Epic Hero Picture.”

Its hard to see failure at such a massive level. It’s like watching Manny Ramirez get banned 50 games for steroids, after signing some ginormous contract… oh wait.

Groomer’s Death Dog

Meet the Marczuk Family of Castle Rock, Colorado. They have filed a lawsuit against PetsMart, due to their 2 year old Yorkshire Terrier, Buddy, was killed during a grooming visit.

Buddy was apparently attacked by a store employees dog on April 12th. The murder took place 30 minutes after they dropped him off at the store. Police cited Crystal Marie Cruz for, “having a dangerous animal.” Crystal’s dog is a bulldog mastiff. She is expected in court on Weds for a misdemeanor.

Jessica White, spokeswoman for PetsMart said that Cruz herself had brought the dog in to be groomed that day, but can’t discuss the case any further. The family wants to force PetsMart to change their polices, rather than sue the individual for having control of their animal.

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Space Junk
Australian Alarm
Dog Groomer Incident

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Possible Darwin Award Winner

Welcome to the Lovely Northern Territory of Australia. Early yesterday morning, a 20 year old man and a friend had been drinking when they decided to swim across crocodile infested waters to get more alcohol.

Northern Territory police have found his remains near the Daly River Community, about 150 Kilometers south of Darwin. Police had set up an exclusion zone on the river as part of their search for the young man.

The Daly Superintendent Jamie Chalker said, “It’s apparent that family members have seen the head of a crocodile making its way towards the man who’s now missing, plus the other person he was crossing the river with. As we now know, one made it and one didn’t.”

She Eight and Already Wed

We go back to Saudi Arabia. Back in Feb. I posted an article about a father in Saudi Arabia that traded his 8 year old daughter to pay off his outstanding debts. Click here for the original article.

Today a Saudi Arabian judge has refused to overturn a ruling that allowed the arranged marriage between the 8 year old girl and her soon to be 47 year old husband.

Judge Sheikh Habib Habib, ruled for the second time in Onaiza that the girl’s marriage to the older man was legal and binding. He did state that the child wife would be able to file for divorce, once she reached puberty.

Hair Today, Nipple-less Tomorrow

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center had started to make public a list of patient-protection measures to ensure safety, due to a botched plastic surgery last year. These corrective actions are in response to a Department of Public Health investigation report.

The report indicated that the hospital failed Michael Hick, 40, last summer. Dr. Loren J Borud, was impaired and operated in Hicks and then sent him home without proper care. Hicks went in for a chest reduction and liposuction which has left him with scarring, pain, mental anguish, and caused him to lose his left nipple.

At the time of the surgery, hospital administration was aware that Borud had twice undergone substance-abuse treatment. Borud has since been fired and Hicks has agreed to a settlement.

“We recognize that our previous process did not result in timely reporting up the internal chain of command, and are confident the corrective actions we have taken will prevent that from happening again and greatly improve our entire process going forward,” Patricia Folcarelli, director of patient safety, said in a statement.

Hicks’ case was the subject of an expose in the Sunday Herald. Hicks’ lawyer said that he believes that the Herald’s inquiries helped prompt the DPH’s about face.

World Record Get a Tree

Lets met Otok Ben-Hvar, 71, decided that he was going to set a world record for the longest time spent in a phone booth. He climbed inside a 1940′s era phone booth with wheels attached to it. He equipped the phone booth with everything he needs to live inside of it. He even went as far as having an old college buddy fashion it with a makeshift air-conditioning unit.

Ben-Hvar thinks that winning a World record will have 2 effects. The first would be for coursework at Pasco-Hernando Community College. The second is to get America’s First National Tree planted on the White House lawn. He wants to see a silver leafed Maple tree planted in the front lawn.

“Every American can identify with that tree,” he says. “That’s why it belongs there.”

Links:
Crocodile Darwin Nominee

She’s Married only 8

Telephone Booth Living, Plant a tree

Its all fun till you loose a nipple

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