“A teacher who was caught having sex with a 12-year-old boy has been jailed. Lucinda Rodriguez Caldwell, 41, a married mother of two,was jailed for 10 years. The veteran teacher taught fifth grade at Cable Elementary School in the Northside Independent School District in San Antonio. Caldwell was arrested in …
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Disappointed Dad’s Letter Goes Viral
“A retired British naval officer’s scathing email to his three adult children about his bitter and frustrating disappointment in all of them has gone viral with its eloquence and biting honesty. Nick Crews, 67, of Plymouth, England, sent the letter to his two daughters and son to express his deep …
Read More »Romney Advisor Brags: We Won Wealthier, White Votes
“Mitt Romney may have lost the 2012 election, but if you ask his top advisor Stuart Stevens, the former Massachusetts governor has nothing to sulk about. Writing in the Washington Post , Stevens bragged that Romney’s ability to win over middle class voters was the real victory earlier this month. …
Read More »Supreme Court Rejects Ban on Taping Police Officers
“The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a case on the constitutionality of recording police officers while they do their job. This means the court leaves in place a lower-court ruling, which found placing limits on taping police in public spaces unconstitutional. The ACLU of Illinois brought the a …
Read More »Bought Climate Change Denier Heads Science Committee?!?
“Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), a skeptic of man-made global warming, is set to take over the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology in the 113th Congress. On Tuesday afternoon, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced that the Republican Steering Committee had recommended Smith as the new chairman. The full …
Read More »Young Voters Won Election for Obama
“Most people expected youth turnout to decline this election cycle compared to 2008, when under-30 year olds voted in force for Barack Obama. Signs of diminished enthusiasm were hard to miss. For instance, the Center for Information on Research on Civic Learning and Engagement asked a random sample of young …
Read More »Desjarlais: Hypocritical Backtrack on Abortions, Mistresses
“Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), the former physician turned anti-abortion Tennessee Republican congressman, says he hadn’t given abortion as much thought as he “should have” when he supported his first wife’s decisions to have two abortions, and that he often used “very poor judgment” during his first marriage and the separation …
Read More »Obama’s Civil Liberty Problem – Drones or Indefinite Detention?
“The Senate voted late on Thursday to prohibit the government from imprisoning American citizens and green card holders apprehended in the United States in indefinite detention without trial. While the move appeared to bolster protections for domestic civil liberties, it was opposed by an array of rights groups who claimed …
Read More »Lets Play Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7 – Part 8
Welcome to my first let’s play series of Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7! It will also be the first game I explore in my new gaming playlist, RoPG’s (Ro Playing Games) I am not the best at PC games, but I love playing them. Great way to relax and have …
Read More »German Sex Zoos May Bring Back Bestiality Laws
“Germany is poised to reinstate an old law forbidding sex with animals after a sharp rise in incidents of bestiality along with websites promoting it. Parliament begins debating changes to the national Animal Protection Code this week with the agricultural committee of the Bundestag pledging fines of up to £20,000 …
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