This comes with the usual "read comments at your own peril" caveat; aside from the linked Reddit comment, I don't intend to read any of them myself.

A man at a California bar teased an off-duty cop "Aw, you suck at darts". The cop responded by saying he can do what he wants, pulling out his gun and executing the man.

( Text of InformationLiberation article )

( Reddit comment from reporter who broke the story )

"Audience at tea party debate cheers leaving uninsured to die."

( WTF?! )

Glenn Beck compares Norway youth camp to Hitler Youth

Yes, the same one that got shot up. There are no words. There are seriously no words.

This might be a bit frothy and incoherent, but there's so much EPIC FAIL here I'm not even sure if I can adequately contain it all.

So, there's this New Age huckster named James Arthur Ray who was one of the talking heads in the film The Secret. He has a few books out and pulls down fucktons of money running seminars like "Harmonic Wealth Weekend" and "Spiritual Warrior".

At the "Spiritual Warrior" seminar, according to Ray, you'll build upon what you started in Practical Mysticism. You'll become privy to techniques (many kept secret for dozens of generations) that I searched out in the mountains of Peru, the jungles of the Amazon (and a few other places I don't care to recall).

Mastering these (quite esoteric) practices required me to think and act more differently than I've ever had to before. At first it was quite grueling, but the results...well...all I can say is, "Wow!"

So, yeah, New Age white people paying ONLY $9695 per person for a mish-mash of cultural appropriation and positive thinking. What could possibly go wrong?

What, indeed . . .

PHOENIX — Two people died and an estimated 19 others were taken to hospitals after being overcome while sitting in a sauna-like sweat lodge during a Sedona spiritual retreat, authorities said Friday.

It probably didn't help that he made some Tweets just before the incident that said things like "What needs to die in you so that new life can emerge?" The Tweets were deleted, but TechCrunch and a few other places managed to retrieve them before they disappeared completely.

A few days later, he tells a crowd of some 200 people "I don't know how to deal with it really."

Two people are dead, authorities are investigating and he's off in Marina del Ray at another 'seminar' to tell people how to live their ideal life.

A homicide investigation is in the works.

A third person died in the hospital.

Seriously, it's just a clusterfuck of epic proportions. Whirled Musings and Making Light have much more on this, including some pointed commentary about how Native Americans feel about white people swiping their religious practices and charging vast amounts of money for them.

So, you gotta wonder, just what kind of vibe was he giving out to 'attract' this tragedy?

So much RAGE. This creature can't even be considered a human being for what he did.

( LJ Cut for potential triggers )

TV host suspected of ordering killings

"A state lawmaker in Brazil who hosted a crime TV show is under investigation for allegedly ordering killings that boosted his show's popularity.

Police have confirmed they are investigating Wallace Souza and his son for allegedly ordering at least five of the killings.

Souza's lawyer said his client vehemently denies the accusations, and said political opponents were trying to disgrace him.

He said the only witness is a police officer who made the accusations in hopes of leniency in nine murders he is charged with.

Amazon State's police intelligence chief however, said the accusations stem from the testimony of several former employees and security guards who worked with the Souzas, allegedly as part of a gang of former police officers involved in drug trafficking.

He started "Canal Livre" in the 1990s on a local station in the capital of Brazil's largely lawless Amazonas state.

It became extremely popular before going off the air late last year as police intensified their investigation."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090710/ap_on_re_us/us_florida_couple_slain

( Fla. couple who adopted 12 children found slain )

ETA: Looks like they've got suspects in custody and are looking at possible motives.

Motive probed in slaying of Fla. pair with 16 kids

Apple pulls plug on Baby Shaker game

Apple Inc. pulled a 99-cent iPhone game called "Baby Shaker" from its iTunes store Wednesday after its premise — quiet a crying baby with a vigorous shake — prompted outrage.

According to screen shots posted on several Web sites, "Baby Shaker" displayed black-and-white line drawings of a baby. The iTunes description included the line, "See how long you can endure his or her adorable cries before you just have to find a way to quiet the baby down!"

Maybe I've just lost my sense of humor due to a rash of incidents of guys permanently injuring/killing their girlfriends' babies, mostly by shaking, in Alaska shortly before I left, but seriously, who the hell thought this would be a fun game? I'm appalled, I tell you! Appalled!

You read that right.

The crime drips with brutal irony: a woman decapitated, allegedly by her estranged husband, in the offices of the television network the couple founded with the hope of countering Muslim stereotypes.

Yeah, it appears that the wife had enough of her husband's abuse and filed for divorce. So he cut her head off.

Bonus: Contained in the article is the stupidest statement I've seen in weeks: "I just do not feel it was an honor killing," Sanders (former news director for the station) added. "I think it was domestic abuse that got out of control."

As opposed, of course, to the totally reasonable domestic abuse that goes on all the time. This would be one reason I hate the term "domestic violence/abuse." It sounds so civilized, like a domestic dog. Abuse is abuse; kindly do not slap qualifiers on it.

Angie Zapata was hit three times in the head with a fire extinguisher by a date when he found out she was transgender and still had some male genitalia. She was murdered and the murderer said he thought "he killed it." IT? O_O

The Rocky Mountain News seems to be taking down offensive comments by readers, sort of.

rm has a post about it and talks about her own crossdressing and queer experiences. And linked from her post is a post by er, Ginmar that frankly I'm afraid to read.

Over at the neuroscience comm on LJ dreamsailboat posts to the following provocative query:

"Question: if you were aware that the usa was responsible for a hidden CNS chemical warfare holocaust
within itself from corruption and crime, which newspapers would you go to with the story?

or what would you do?

(other then go back to the corrupt government
which is activily trying to murder you
for what you know and have witnessed?)"

The responses range from "seek help," to "no, really seek professional help."


(This one seemed unfunny to me. But if you think it belongs at OTFW let me know.)

(Note: This would qualify for F_W except that it is SO FUCKING UNFUNNY that I wouldn't dare post it there. Chuunin *is* wanking over it here, for the curious, but not for those who have tenuous faith in humanity.)

A ten-year old boy dies after his friends buried his head and shoulders in a sandbox, believing that he would have control over sand, like Gaara from Naruto.

Edit Shippuden: Wank was deleted.

Pro Golfer Charged For Purposely Hitting and Killing Hawk

If the accounts are accurate, 15 people just stood there and watched him take potshots at the bird with golf balls. Maybe it's just me, but I think everyone in the goddamn crew should be facing charges, even if they were the ones who turned him in.

Marine throws puppy off cliff
Over on Digg.com, the guy's identity has already been discovered.

Excuse me, I have to go throw up.

Smoking Gun has the paperwork on Lori Drew wanting a paper trail because "neighbors were hostile to her".

Anyone -- anyone who simpers that this is made up or it's the kid's fault, or her family's fault, is coridally invited to go fuck themselves.