This Week In News That Makes You Doubt Your Committment To Humanity

[Grand Potentate]

Dolphin stranded on Texas beach dies after crowd tries to ride the animal, rescuers say

The female dolphin washed up on Quintana Beach Sunday and was reportedly pushed back to sea while beachgoers tried to “swim with and ride the sick animal."

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

100 people with rare tumors who attended same NJ high school demand answers | Fox News

A single New Jersey man has uncovered a medical mystery apparently linking 100 people diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer to a Woodbridge high school.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

Berlin authorities placed children with pedophiles for 30 years | DW | 15.06.2020

The 'Kentler Project' in West Berlin routinely placed homeless children with pedophile men, assuming they'd make ideal foster parents. A study has found the practice went on for decades.

m.dw.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

Robberies of mail carriers rise dramatically in U.S. with no signs of abating

Between 2018 and 2021, robberies of letter carriers more than tripled, and robberies involving a gun more than quadrupled.

www.nbcnews.com

motherfuckers out here jacking mail carriers. truly bleak times.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Youth softball umpire says she was punched in the face by a mom: 'It's getting worse and worse.'

Kristi Moore, a girls softball umpire in Mississippi, says she was punched in the face after asking an unruly parent to leave the field.

www.usatoday.com

Youth softball umpire says she was punched in the face by a mom: 'It's getting worse and worse.'​

Leader of a national sports officials group calls on sports organizations to do more to curb harassment. "It's going to take an adult population that has to get serious."​

 

[Grand Potentate]

Pico Rivera woman kills pit bull that was mauling her 1-year-old daughter

A Pico Rivera woman stabbed two pit bulls, killing one of them, as they were attacking her 1-year-old daughter in their home Sunday night. The attack occurred when one of the dogs who lived at the …

ktla.com

 

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Pico Rivera woman kills pit bull that was mauling her 1-year-old daughter

A Pico Rivera woman stabbed two pit bulls, killing one of them, as they were attacking her 1-year-old daughter in their home Sunday night. The attack occurred when one of the dogs who lived at the …

ktla.com

Was just reading that earlier.

 

[ter1413]

Surveillance video released of school bus collision

Video showed the moment a school bus in Albuquerque was struck by a driver allegedly racing at more than 100 miles per hour. Seven children were hospitalized.

www.yahoo.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

More than 200 sailors moved off aircraft carrier after multiple suicides | CNN Politics

More than 200 sailors have moved off the USS George Washington aircraft carrier after multiple deaths by suicide among the crew, including three in less than one week in April, according to the Navy.

www.cnn.com

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

More than 200 sailors moved off aircraft carrier after multiple suicides | CNN Politics

More than 200 sailors have moved off the USS George Washington aircraft carrier after multiple deaths by suicide among the crew, including three in less than one week in April, according to the Navy.

www.cnn.com

Warning sign that they may not be suicides. A couple of Army barracks in the UK have had similar issues.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Warning sign that they may not be suicides. A couple of Army barracks in the UK have had similar issues.

if you think that's bad you should look into our Fort Bragg.

 

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Pico Rivera woman kills pit bull that was mauling her 1-year-old daughter

A Pico Rivera woman stabbed two pit bulls, killing one of them, as they were attacking her 1-year-old daughter in their home Sunday night. The attack occurred when one of the dogs who lived at the …

ktla.com

“I had to stab the dog … I had to,” Jamie Morales said. “It was either him or my daughter and I chose my daughter.”

WTF?

The family says the dogs have never been aggressive prior to Sunday’s incident.

I think these sort of dogs should be allowed 1 killing or 3 serious injuries to humans before being criticized.

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

What can you say, hardly a universe of glamour and fine dining...

Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard: Behavioral analyst convinced 'Amber was the aggressor' in relationship

Behavioral analyst Susan Constantine, who specializes in reading body language and detecting deception, says she does "not believe" Johnny Depp "was abusive with" his ex-wife, Amber Heard, based on both of their testimonies.

www.foxnews.com

Pretty rancid. Toxic. Embarrassingly so.

 

[Fwiffo]

I think these sort of dogs should be allowed 1 killing or 3 serious injuries to humans before being criticized.

One dog is worth one human life then?

 

[Fwiffo]

What can you say, hardly a universe of glamour and fine dining...

Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard: Behavioral analyst convinced 'Amber was the aggressor' in relationship

Behavioral analyst Susan Constantine, who specializes in reading body language and detecting deception, says she does "not believe" Johnny Depp "was abusive with" his ex-wife, Amber Heard, based on both of their testimonies.

www.foxnews.com

Pretty rancid. Toxic. Embarrassingly so.

I've been loosely following it. I wonder what the peer celebrities will say on the stand.

It sounds like it's a dysfunctional relationship where one goaded the other. Mix on top of that drugs and alcohol which amplifies whatever drama you create.

It's interesting to contrast with Robert Downey Jr who had his own addiction issues but cleaned up and his career kept going up where as Johnny Depp found success but ended up in a death spiral.

 

[Dropbear]

“Pro-Lifers”

Another Texas GOP lawmaker is attempting to make abortion punishable by the death penalty

Similar bills filed in the Texas Legislature in previous years have failed.

www.texastribune.org

 

[Fwiffo]

Ex-couple linked to Jared Fogle child porn case handed prison sentences

Angela Baldwin, 40, was sentenced to 33 years and four months in prison. Her ex-husband, Russell Taylor, 50, was sentenced to 27 years behind bars, the Justice Department said.

www.nbcnews.com

Subway guy was a child molester? I must have missed that.

 

[ter1413]

LA mom admits murdering 3 of her children with the help of teen son: cops

Mom-of-seven Angela Flores, 38, was booked into the LA County jail Sunday night on three counts of murder for allegedly killing her 8-year-old and 10-year-old boys and a 12-year-old daughter.

nypost.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

Revealed: 93% of districts in major US cities unaffordable to Black residents

In most metro zip codes, majority of Black local renters don’t earn enough to afford median rents, National Equity Atlas found

www.theguardian.com

 

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LA mom admits murdering 3 of her children with the help of teen son: cops

Mom-of-seven Angela Flores, 38, was booked into the LA County jail Sunday night on three counts of murder for allegedly killing her 8-year-old and 10-year-old boys and a 12-year-old daughter.

nypost.com

“I guess at that time she was in our neighbor’s yard … burning a candle and she had the Bible out.”

 

[Fwiffo]

Indian couple sue son and his wife, demanding grandchildren

“We want a grandson or a granddaughter within a year or compensation, because I have spent my life’s earnings on my son’s education,” Sanjeev Ranjan Prasad said.

www.nbcnews.com

“A retired Indian couple is suing their son and daughter-in-law, demanding that they produce a grandchild within a year or pay them 50 million rupees ($675,000).

Sanjeev Ranjan Prasad, a 61-year-old retired government officer, said it was an emotional and sensitive issue for him and his wife, Sadhana Prasad, and they cannot wait any longer. His son, a pilot, was married six years ago.

Prasad said he spent 3.5 million rupees ($47,300) for his son’s pilot training in the United States.”

Making a kid won’t make you realise your ROI or increase the NPV. It’s another mouth to feed. Unless you are selling the kid into slavery…

 

[Grand Potentate]

Microplastics Found In Lungs of People Undergoing Surgery

e360.yale.edu

 

[Grand Potentate]

'Extremely aggressive' jumping worms now seen in California

When caught, they shed their tails like a lizard.

www.sfgate.com

 

[ter1413]

3 kids struck by car near OC elementary school; incendiary device found inside suspect's car: police

Several kids were rushed to the hospital after being struck by a car that drove onto the sidewalk near a Santa Ana elementary school, police said.

abc7.com

 

[ballmouse]

Vicky White and Casey White's Indiana motel room now has waiting list and higher price, employee says

The former corrections officer and the capital murder suspect managed to elude authorities for 11 days after they fled from Alabama together on April 29.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2022/05/22/southern-baptist-sex-abuse-report/

Southern Baptist leaders covered up sex abuse, kept secret database, report says​

Among the findings was a previously unknown case of a pastor who was credibly accused of assaulting a woman a month after leaving the presidency of the Southern Baptist Convention​

 

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2022/05/22/southern-baptist-sex-abuse-report/

Southern Baptist leaders covered up sex abuse, kept secret database, report says​

Among the findings was a previously unknown case of a pastor who was credibly accused of assaulting a woman a month after leaving the presidency of the Southern Baptist Convention​

Surprised and shocked. Shocked and surprised I tell you.

 

[Grand Potentate]

What’s killing the world’s biggest fish?

The ocean has a roadkill problem.

www.vox.com

we've killed off half the whale sharks by running them over with our gigantic fucking boats.

 

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california-couple-accused-branding-strangling-175838968.html

 

[Grand Potentate]

The night sky is vanishing: 80 percent of Americans can no longer see the Milky Way

A new atlas shows just how pervasive light pollution has become.

www.vox.com

This is really sad

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

The night sky is vanishing: 80 percent of Americans can no longer see the Milky Way

A new atlas shows just how pervasive light pollution has become.

www.vox.com

This is really sad

First photo is wrong, as we don't see the night sky with those colours.

But if you get into a dark sky zone when the weather and atmospherics are right, it's pretty amazing. If you're into astronomy and astro-photography, there are filters that can remove the effects of lights.

 

[Grand Potentate]

First photo is wrong, as we don't see the night sky with those colours.

But if you get into a dark sky zone when the weather and atmospherics are right, it's pretty amazing. If you're into astronomy and astro-photography, there are filters that can remove the effects of lights.

Way to get the article premise as always

 

[ter1413]

1 dead, 8 injured after driver hits pedestrians in Berlin

BERLIN (AP) — A man drove a car into pedestrians in a popular Berlin shopping district on Wednesday, killing at at least one person and injuring at least eight others, rescue services said. The man drove into people on a street corner at around 10:30 a.m.

apnews.com

 

[ter1413]

Three killed after ‘mass shooting’ at Maryland factory

Three people were killed and multiple wounded, including a police officer, during a “mass shooting” at a factory in Maryland on Thursday, police said.

nypost.com

 

[Dropbear]

Police officer gets $1.5m settlement to resign after antisemitic behavior

Assistant police chief Derek Kammerzell from Washington pinned Nazi insignia on his office door and made jokes about the Holocaust

www.theguardian.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

we live in a dystopia

 

[Grand Potentate]

https://thehill.com/blogs/3525313-us-prison-workers-produce-11b-worth-of-goods-and-services-for-little-to-no-pay-at-all/

US prison workers produce $11B worth of goods and services for ‘little to no pay at all’​

 

[ballmouse]

https://thehill.com/blogs/3525313-us-prison-workers-produce-11b-worth-of-goods-and-services-for-little-to-no-pay-at-all/

US prison workers produce $11B worth of goods and services for ‘little to no pay at all’​

It balances out the corporate workers who produce nothing for $11B.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Human pollution likely killed 47-foot sperm whale found dead off Florida Keys

This month proved to be deadly for two endangered sperm whales that beached themselves in the water of the Florida Keys last week.

www.local10.com

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