Author: wildninja

Someone like you. Someone who'll rattle the cages. B.A. Criminal Justice, M.A. Forensic Psychology.

Harlem Shake: Washing Machine

Evidently there’s a new dance craze this month called the Harlem Shake. Basically someone dances by themselves to a crazy electronic song until the bass line kicks in, and then everyone else joins in wearing random costumes. Believe me, anyone can do this dance– no mad skillz required. I think my family probably made this […]

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Drew Peterson: It’s Not His Fault

Justice Cafe, a blog following the Drew Peterson case, has posted the transcript of Peterson’s speech to the court yesterday: http://petersonstory.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/i-did-not-kill-kathleen-read-drew-petersons-full-courtroom-speech/. If you’re used to being victimized by, interacting with, or studying narcissists and sociopaths, this impassioned declaration of innocence will be transparent to you. What is the most universal behavior of sociopaths (thank you Martha […]

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Skagit County Files Charges

News outlets in the Seattle area are reporting that Skagit County has filed burglary and theft charges against Camano Island native Colton Harris-Moore. http://www.komonews.com/news/local/New-charges-filed-for-Barefoot-Bandit-in-plane-theft-192121421.html http://q13fox.com/2013/02/20/new-charges-filed-against-imprisoned-barefoot-bandit/#axzz2LPDJ0UEt Remember the plane he stole and flew to Orcas Island while a fugitive? Yep. That’s what this is about. This is not double jeopardy or “reaching” or an injustice or misuse […]

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Weighing in on Pistorius

Last night I caught the tail end of The Usual Suspects just before Keyser Söze/Verbal Kint says, “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” The past few days I’ve been quietly observing the case building against Olympian Oscar Pistorius after the brutal death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. From the beginning […]

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Optimus, Is That You?

It’s 11:30 Pacific Time on a beautiful Friday morning and asteroid 2012 DU14 just passed by the earth without incident. DU14 actually passed closer than some of our weather satellites, just over 17,000 miles above the earth’s surface. NASA was livestreaming video from Australia: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html. The far bigger news, though, is the meteorite that hurt hundreds […]

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Powell Suicide

KCPQ is reporting that Michael Powell, brother of Josh Powell, has committed suicide: http://q13fox.com/2013/02/12/josh-powells-brother-michael-dies-in-apparent-suicide/#axzz2KkdcxTsC. For those unfamiliar with the case, Josh Powell brutally murdered his two sons while trapping them in a burning house and was strongly suspected of murdering his wife Susan: https://wildninja.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/3084/.

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Food Allergies and the ADA

Jefferson Adams over at Celiac.com has highlighted a commentary claiming that food allergies and the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) should not mix: http://www.celiac.com/articles/23176/1/Is-a-Food-Allergy-a-Legitimate-Disability/Page1.html. The article in question was written by Hans von Spakovsky, a senior fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. He will be sent a copy of this post as […]

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Start by Believing

Two days ago a story was posted on Seattle news station KOMO’s website that has ignited a firestorm of comments, http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Police-officer-accused-of-groping-handcuffed-pregnant-woman-190472651.html. A young woman leaving a bar claims that she was followed a short distance home by a police officer and sexually assaulted. Other news sources say that the officer claims he was off duty when […]

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Dorner’s Manifesto

It is irresponsible journalism when the media seemingly presents a profile of a suspect to the public but leaves out key details. Public Secrets, http://pubsecrets.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/media-scrubs-left-wing-manifesto-of-fugitive-cop-killer/, is the blog that made me aware that Christopher Dorner is not a stereotypical right wing “nut” as some would assume from his murderous rampage. A manhunt is underway to find Dorner, […]

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