Headline of the Year

damn drunk formatting

Classic, but wtf CNN. How is this newsworthy?

I wish they included a google map marker so I could avoid the area

Sex offender with tracheotomy and heart of gold kept from dreams of modest furniture shop -- story at 10.

Don you're setting yourself up for some classic strikethrough action there

that's because I know you're drunk and you need easy targets

damn ppl piling on john tonight

yeah Don in my condition I don't think I can be relied on to do a strikethrough

I would be happy to refill your glass with some whisky, friend.

key is under the mat, glass in on the table, pedophiles are hiding under the car

"in on," jesus fuckin' christ

Don't worry, I was planning on leaving my kids at home for this bender.

That article was unintentionally hilarious, BTW.

I totally get that only one person has been caught re-offending, totally think this country could use more rehab and fewer scarlet letters, but I still think it would be nice to let new people renting know that 50% of their neighbors are sexual offenders (though it sounds like they must not allow families to set up camp there).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/bunchoffives/yesss.jpg

I totally get that only one person has been caught re-offending, totally think this country could use more rehab and fewer scarlet letters, but I still think it would be nice to let new people renting know that 50% of their neighbors are sexual offenders (though it sounds like they must not allow families to set up camp there).

I agree with this - I'm pretty fierce on civil liberties generally, but I spent ten-plus years working with children, and that colors my opinions on this stuff. I mean: I have personally worked with adults who'd crossed that line, been horrified with themselves, wanted to fix themselves. But the prevailing logic among professionals remains: you're gonna want what you're gonna want, and removing the stimulus is the only sure way to extinguish a behavior.

However, all this is boring. "Trailer Park Is Sex Offender Haven." Come on, now.

Headline I'm getting is "Trailer park becomes 'paradise' for sex offenders" which is even more awesome, imo.

Royals To Get A Taste Of Angels' Colon

checkmate!

It seems like if it's an adults-only community, and the owner is very purposefully using it as a sort of halfway house for sex offenders to readjust to society (in an environment where they're both not stigmatized/isolated and kind under watch!), you'd think she MUST be doing some level of notification, even if it's in a circumspect way.

yeah it does seem like there's a whole story to be told here of somebody who 1), on the cynical side of things, saw a market that would come to her & be loyal customers, and, 2), on the hopeful side of things, realized that there was a class of people who even the would-be Mother Theresas of the world weren't willing to reach out to, and said "well, what the hell, if I go adults only, why shouldn't these people live here"

which is pretty right on: dudes are fucked up, you can loathe them for their actions if you like but it's seldom the case (not never, though) that they chose to be monsters, some ridiculous percentage of them suffered utterly dehumanizing abuse when they were very young and that's how they became what they are: it's lovely that there are human beings who can find it within themselves to look past the revulsion and toward giving such people, may God keep them far away from all children, a place to live in peace

however

"Trailer Park Becomes 'Paradise' For Sex Offenders"

yes yes and yeslol

I'm willing to concede that this trailer park is probably pretty okay safety-wise, but "'paradise' for sex offenders"? Wouldn't that involve at least a few kids?

Royals To Get A Taste Of Angels' Colon

one thing I love about this is how basically ANY verb would be hysterical, "Royals face Angels' Colon" "Royals take on Angels' Colon" "Royals get ready for Angels' Colon" but this writer could not resist mining for gold.

postgame headline was what? 'royals get blasted by angels' colon'? 'angels' colon dumps on royals'?

Angels' Colon delivers steady stream of heat to Royals

Angels' Colon blows the Royals out of the running

"he had filthy stuff tonight" said royals catcher john buck.

Teenpop Thread Is Sex Offender Haven

"Angel's Colon" Is Sex Offender Haven

Pale, Indie Hipster Helpless Against Angels' Colon

Royals Have Sex With Opposing Team

this potty talk reminds me, is it chuck berry's birthday?

youbetcha

Chuck Berry was a big fan of kids' colons?

girls colons

colonoscopes maybe.

not a big fan of taxes however.

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/12/dikshit-guilty.html

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Dikshit, Anurag

He's not just guilty, he's dikshit guilty.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2009/10/nutt_faces_sack.html

Post categories: The way we learn

They're doing this on purpose, aren't they?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6898456.ece

do britishers commonly use "nutsack"?

oh shit just posted this elsewhere sry

Tomorrow's headline:

Johnson's Nutt Sack Causes Uproar

Serial Stabbing Suspect a 'Gentle Giant,' But With Alleged History of Violence

in fairness the article does state that it's a 'complex' situation

"Aside from all the stabbings, he's lovely guy" claimed Eric Idle in a falsetto

the feel totally is Pythonesque - "He was a gentle giant. Of course there was all that bit with the serial stabbings, but leaving that aside, he was a gentle giant"

"Wouldn't hurt a fly", his best friend blinked out in morse code from his ICU bed

Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli 'did nothing wrong' trying to enter womens' prison - agent

deserves its own thread

highly urban hipsters

'Paul McCartney masturbated with The Beatles until John said Churchill’

(Metro online)