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Straight Talk in a Crooked World
Originally posted May 12th, 2013. On February 12th of this year, Bothell, Washington resident Susann Smith didn’t show up for work. She was found bludgeoned to death–and stabbed– in the bathtub of her home. This murder set the community on edge and to date a suspect has not been arrested. Smith had primary custody of […]
Read More Murdering Susann SmithSzzzzzzzz… that was the sound of an egg on a sidewalk on this sizzling summer weekend. The temperature was a sweltering 95 degrees, which is unusual for our meteorologically moderate corner of the Puget Sound. It was on this weekend, without obvious male assistance, that I decided to start car shopping. I’d had quite enough of […]
Read More MAFP Goes Car ShoppingAbout midnight Pacific time tomorrow night (April 14th/15th, 2014), a total lunar eclipse will occur. As the moon is engulfed in Earth’s shadow, it will become a mesmerizing shade of molten crimson, hence the name blood moon. As an added bonus, the Red Planet, Mars, will be loitering nearby in dazzling brightness as April 14th marks the […]
Read More The Blood Moon TetradSo your worthless wife or girlfriend wants to get a divorce/break up/move on/have guy friends/wants to work outside the home/didn’t heat your dinner up enough/disapproved of you wanting to bring other women in the relationship/looked at you funny/didn’t iron your pants/wants to go to school/didn’t feel like having sex. And you killed her. Because she […]
Read More It’s Okay. She’s Muslim.Have you ever been so overwhelmed and besieged by a problem that if you could draw a picture of how you feel it would look like this?
Read More Zoom OutIndoctrinated. Zealot. Bigot. Feminist. Liberal. Social engineer. Man hater. Extremist. These are just some of the names I’ve been called over the years, including by fellow law enforcement employees, for standing up to domestic violence. I’m a Christian conservative woman who, yes, is passionate about being a good steward of the environment and is outspoken […]
Read More “Real” Domestic ViolenceNo one can tell me that someone that’s going to commit suicide would turn a gun upside down, in a difficult position, shove it all the way to the back of their throat and then pull that trigger. This was not a suicide. This is a person that was able to commit murder and get […]
Read More Dateline: The Officer’s WifeDid I eat hallucinogenic mushrooms for breakfast? No, I read that correctly: those with criminal convictions are becoming a protected class. http://socialistworker.org/2013/06/19/seattle-bans-the-box http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/03/new-laws-make-criminal-pasts-off-limits-in-california-city/?test=latestnews Earlier this week I was floored to read that yet another city, Richmond, California, has barred private companies with city contracts from doing criminal history background checks on job applicants in most cases.
Read More Ban the Box LawsYes, pun intended. This past week I’ve been learning more about Barry H. Landau (he’s especially important; get the H in there). As the Washington Post called him, he’s the “the once-esteemed collector of presidential memorabilia” who was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for stealing historical documents. From http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/barry-landau-collector-of-historic-documents-gets-7-year-term-for-thefts/2012/06/27/gJQAizMj7V_story.html:
Read More Cookie Cutter Sociopath?Have you ever seen steam coming out of someone’s ears? Recently I was listening to a domestic violence expert describe the supposedly biblical practice of Christian Domestic Discipline. Righteous anger started lapping at my feet and slowly radiated throughout my body as I listened to how “true Christian husbands” are given license to hit their […]
Read More CDD is Heresy
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