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http://documenttheabuse.com/index.html Today I was reminded that the Document the Abuse website is up and running. Domestic violence experts Susan Murphy Milano and Sandra L. Brown have created an invaluable resource for victims. This website details how to create an Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit and a questionnaire to help people determine if they’re in a potentially lethal […]
Read More Document the AbuseYears ago, while looking through some personal effects of my great-grandmother’s, I found this New Year’s poem that has a relative’s name at the bottom. I don’t know if he is the actual author; I found this elsewhere on the web attributed to “author unknown.” This is a beautiful statement of hope for the new year. […]
Read More Our PrayerIn 2008, journalist and author Roy Sheppard and Mary Cleary, founder of the Amen network that helps male domestic violence victims, released a book on female predators that turned heads. Venus: The Dark Side shines light on the inner workings and tactics of, as Sheppard and Cleary put it, queens of manipulation and deceit. Having […]
Read More Venus: The Dark SideBarry Goldwater once said that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. As I sat down to type out my thoughts on Colton Harris-Moore’s sentencing today, that is the quote that comes to mind. I am not disappointed that a miscreant of this magnitude has been sentenced to seven years in prison and […]
Read More Seven YearsTo those gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, egg-free folks who are still searching for a decadent non-frozen chocolate dessert– meet temptation incarnate: Merry’s Miracle Tarts, http://www.hailmerry.com/snacks.
Read More Hail MerryThe Kirkland Views blog posted this video of a robotic Christmas tree appearing to drive itself around Kirkland, Washington: http://www.kirklandviews.com/archives/31000/. The letter to the editor that provides the details says: I… was walking my dog… in downtown Kirkland near Marina Park and was surprised to see a fully lit Christmas Tree spinning and dancing itself […]
Read More Automaton TannenbaumThere is new information available about the Jacob Franklin case. Franklin is a former Jackson County, Oregon Sheriff’s Office deputy who was fired from his job after arresting a friend of his superiors. My previous post on this topic is https://wildninja.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/vindication/. A court order has been signed prohibiting Jackson County from releasing the internal […]
Read More Franklin UpdateOnce again, the creative souls that decorate the cow and coyote sculpture in downtown Kirkland have been at work. This time we have a bovine pilgrim and a howlin’ turkey to gaze upon.
Read More Happy Thanksgiving!Have you ever screamed for help when you were being attacked and no one came to help you? That’s exactly what is happening to men, women, and children all over the world right now. They are being harassed, persecuted, tortured, raped, beaten, arrested, and stolen from. Their houses and meeting places are being burned down. […]
Read More Swallowed Up By the NightFor as many inconsistencies as there are about this event, the most important part of it is that a two year-old boy is missing and needs to be found. Two year-old Sky Metalwala has been missing since his mother allegedly left him alone in her car and went for gas yesterday in Bellevue, Washington. http://www.komonews.com/news/local/133378413.html#idc-cover
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