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Saturday, December 24, 2011

Twatwaffles Of The Week

And away we go.............................

Number Five:  Texas Rangers catcher Yorvit Torrealba who struck an umpire in the face during a heated argument about balls and strikes in a Venezuelan Winter League baseball game earlier this week.

Yorvit Torrealba Strikes Umpire During Argument

Torrelalba is well known and widely respected for playing the game with fire and passion; however, this behavior does not merely cross a line, it hurdles a line.  As the columnist in the attached link so correctly states, this was an ugly disgusting incident which will taint an otherwise stellar career. 

Number Four:  A thus far unidentified individual or group of individuals who spray painted Anti-Christian/Satanic graffiti, including "666" and an inverted cross, on the garage of a Bakersfield, CA family who have prominently displayed Christian themed Christmas decorations, including a "Happy Birthday, Jesus" sign on and around their home. 

Hate Graffiti Spray Painted On Home

Can't we all just get along?  Was this nation not founded on a basic principle of freedom of, and from, religion?  Can we not let everyone celebrate the religion, or lack thereof, of their choice without behaving in this type of repulsive manner?  Dear readers, when will we learn to celebrate our few differences instead of persecuting each other over them?

Number Three:  State Governments across America, who during recent budget crunches, have slashed funding for services for the mentally ill.  The end result, of course, has been a flood of mentally ill patients into emergency rooms throughout the country.

Mentally Ill Flood ERs As States Cut Services

Isn't this just par for the course, folks?  Times get tough; but instead of trying to implement difficult, deep budget cuts, state lawmakers prefer to cut services for the most misunderstood, feared, and stigmatized patients in the health care system.  Economic hardships such as job losses, foreclosures, and the like lead to an increase psychotic breaks, so the logical thing to do is cut services for the mentally ill, right?  Pitiful.  They should be ashamed of themselves.  Just once I would like to see the powerful instead of the powerless bear the brunt of the results of hard times.

Number Two:  Roy Allen Ostergren, 34, who was wanted out of Texas for aggravated assault on his common law wife. Authorities say Ostergren beat his wife with a baseball bat, wrapped a chain around her neck and dragged her behind his truck on December 12th.  He was tracked to Northern California and arrested in Oroville.

Texas Fugitive Wanted For Attacking Wife Arrested In California

As if the whole baseball bat beating, dragging behind the car thing weren't bad enough, Ostergren is also accused to of sneaking into his wife's hospital room and attacking her again while she was recovering from her injuries.  Assuming these allegations are true, you, sir, are a twatwaffle extraordinaire!

Number One:  Paul Daniel Kunzler, 34, of Taylorsville, UT, who was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for investigation of two counts of rape of a child, three counts of sodomy of a child and three counts of sexual abuse of a child.  His four-month "relationship" with a 13 year old girl was discovered after a bizarre incident at the man's house in which one of his housemates was shot by a third housemate who was reportedly trying to shoot a mouse in his kitchen with a 9mm handgun, according to investigators.

Man Shoots At Mouse And Injures Roommate While Another Roommate Is Arrested For Rape

Talk about everything happening for a reason!!!!!  Unbelievable!!!!!!  I say it week in and week out, friends and frenemies, I don't make this stuff up.  I just report it for your amazement.

Peace, Love, and Happy Holidays, my brothers and sisters.

Friday, December 9, 2011

Twatwaffles Of The Week

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First we have a Dicknozzle of Douchebaggery:  An unidentified female California State University, Northridge student who had a meltdown in the campus library during Finals Week because some of her fellow students, in her view, were talking and breathing, yes---breathing, too loudly.

Dude, It Is Finals Week!!! Stop Breathing At The Top Of Your Lungs

Of course, the student who was irate made more noise telling everyone else how loud they were than anyone else in the library.  You know, I am a student myself.  I understand the stress and anxiety of Finals Week, but, for the love of Pete, chill out a little, will ya'?

Number Five:  An unidentified female thirteen year old Philadelphia middle school student who is currently under arrest for passing the sleep aid Ambien to some of her classmates.  Seven were sickened with two in hospital overnight.  Reports indicate that the offending student essentially had a mobile pharmacy at the school.

Thirteen Year Old Arrested After Passing Sleeping Pills To Classmates

Remember the good old days when the worst thing that school administrators had to worry about was hooligans like me smoking in the restrooms?  Also, a gold star goes to the first person who points out the grammatical error in the attached article.

Number Four:  An as of yet unidentified (We are falling into a rut, my friends.) male nurse who allegedly touched a female patient's breasts and stomach in a "sexual manner" while the young lady was in hospital for dehydration. 

Former Hospital Patient Says Male Nurse Touched Her Breasts

Dear readers, I take this one personally.  Being mere weeks from earning my RN license, this really hits home.  When  one practices medicine, one has to put one's hands on members of the opposite sex, but one must maintain the utmost in professionalism and decency.  I do not wish to be too judgemental since this matter is still under investigation; but if the allegations are proven to be true, this disgrace to the honorable profession of nursing needs to lose his license for life!

Number Three:  We have a twelve way tie for number three this week, friends.  Twelve members of the Kenmore (NY) East girls varsity basketball team who routinely engaged in a racist chant in their locker room prior to their games.  It seems that in order to prepare themselves to play, they needed to chant "One, two, three, niggers!" before they took to the court.  Needless to say, the one African American member of the team was offended by this and rightfully so.  However, when she confronted her teammates, she was met with the usual "we aren't racist" nonsense that is to be expected from a community that is 97% white.  The end result of this overt bigotry as well as other taunts involving slavery, chains, shackles, and referring to Tyra Batts, the African American member of the team, as a "black piece of shit" was a fight between Batts and an offending teammate.  Batts and the other girl involved in the fight were suspended.  After investigation, the entire team was suspended due to their racist behavior.

Offensive Racist Chat Leads To Suspension Of Entire Girls Basketball Team

As I was writing this, I checked the calendar.  I'll be damned if it isn't 2011, so why are these bigots acting like it is 1962?  Sickening.  Repulsive.  Pitiful.  Hateful.  Outrageous.  The list goes on and on.  I have asked this question over and over again.  Why do racism and bigotry continue to exist?

Number Two:  We have a two way tie for second place on this week's dishonor role, Arthur Brasher and Michelle Hanks who were arrested for allegedly kicking in a Provo, UT woman's front door, entering her apartment, and hitting her with a golf club multiple times.  Provo Police Sgt. Matthew Suifanua told ABC 4 that the victim knew the suspects, who broke into her home to collect on what they claimed was a debt owed to them by the victim.

Woman Beaten With Golf Club During Home Invasion

According to media reports, the victim was not seriously injured, but it seems to me like this is another example of society having no regard for human life anymore.  I don't know how we as a species got to this point, and I have no idea how we redeem ourselves.  I wish I did, but I don't.

Number One:  Zachary Meints, 23, a youth hockey coach arrested on suspicion of Internet sexual exploitation of a child.  So far, police said they have interviewed 13 potential victims/witnesses. Five of those victims were under the age of 15 at the time the alleged exploitation, which involved inappropriate sexual messages.

Youth Coach Arrested On Internet Sexual Exploitation Charges

Is it just me, or does it seem like there are more and more pedophiles in the ranks of sports coaches, trainers, and such?  I find the whole matter to be quite disturbing.  Please implore to your children to tell a trusted adult if anyone acts in an inappropriate manner with them.  It could be the difference between a life and death.

Peace and love, my brothers and sisters.


Saturday, December 3, 2011

Twatwaffles Of The Week

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Number Five:  Shawn Porter, a 32 year old Volusia County, FL man recently arrested for ordering marijuana at a Burger King drive through. 
According to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office, Porter and another man drove up to the Burger King on Elkcam Boulevard in Deltona about 10:30 p.m. and said they wanted a "blunt and some herbs" -- slang terms for marijuana.  The cashier said she could smell marijuana coming from the car, so she jotted down the vehicle's tag number and description and called the Sheriff's Office.

Man Arrested For Ordering Weed At A Burger King Drive Through

Talk about having it "your way".  Hey, man, can I get a Whopper meal and......................uh......................a dime bag of grass?  Unbelievable.

Number Four:  Oakland Raiders linebacker Roland McClain arrested for all sorts of assault charges, with the kicker being that he held a handgun next to a man's head and fired it off right next to his ear. Along with that, McClain was arrested for discharging a firearm inside city limits, third-degree assault, menacing and reckless endangerment after being given time off by the team to attend his grandfather's funeral. 

The San Francisco Chronicle has the details ...
The victim, whose name was not released, told police that he got into a fight with Jerradius Willingham Wednesday night. The victim told police who had responded to the call that he crawled to his car after the fight, and then McClain put a gun to his head while he was lying on the ground, police said.
"The victim reported that he begged McClain not to shoot him," a police news release said, "and that McClain took the gun away from his head, held it next to his ear and fired it."
Raider Linebacker Arrested On Gun Charges

First, a Doug Disclaimer.....................I am a HUGE Oakland Raiders fan and have been since early childhood.  That being said, this type of behavior is abominable!!!  McClain is being paid a king's ransom to play a boys game, and he acts in this type of way?  I grow increasingly annoyed with professional athletes, especially NFL and NBA player, who seem to think that they are above the law.  You are grown men, making huge sums of money, living in posh homes, and driving exclusive cars.  You aren't gangsters.  Grow up, and act like the adults you supposedly are.

Number Three:  An unidentified Franklin County, PA man who robbed a wheelchair bound Salvation Army bell ringer

Bell Ringer In Wheelchair Robbed

come under fire for failing to properly discipline the other players who were allegedly involved; the Eagle-Tribune reported on Tuesday that two of the players who have been accused of leading the hazing incident were allowed to try out for the basketball team on Monday, an act which would directly contravene Andov
You read it correctly, friends. This twatwaffle stole a donation kettle from a wheelchair bound bell ringer. A. Wheelchair. Bound. Bell. Ringer. I realize that all of the dirtbags come out of the woodwork during this time of year, but this is a new low, isn't it?

Number Two: David Fazio head coach of the Andover (MA) high school basketball team, some of whom's members have been implicated in a disgusting hazing incident last summer.
According to the Andover Eagle-Tribune, two of the team's younger players were coaxed into participating in a "game" called ookie cookie, where one of the players was forced to eat an Oreo cookie covered in semen. One of the students who reported the incident was among the two forced to play the game, while the other who was hazed has reportedly transferred to another school.
The Andover head basketball coach, Fazio, allegedly reported the incident as soon as he learned of it, alerting authorities as early as Nov. 11 of a potential hazing within his team. Still, he has since er Public School policy which alleges that all students involved in hazing will face levels of discipline that vary from suspension to expulsion.

Basketball Hazing Incident Sparks Outrage

What the hell should I say about this, friends and frenemies?  It is sick.  It is twisted,  It is demented.  Whatever happened to making the freshmen wash the upperclassman's jocks?  Things that used to be relatively innocent have morphed into repulsive things like this.  I just don't understand it.

Number One:  A small Kentucky church has chosen to ban marriages and even some worship services for interracial couples. The Gulnare Freewill Baptist Church, located in Pike County, made the vote in response to a longtime member who is engaged to a man whose birthplace is in Zimbabwe,    The small congregation, which usually hosts about 40 members each Sunday, held the vote after longtime member Stella Harville, brought her fiancĂ© Ticha Chikuni to church with her in June. The couple performed a song together at the church in which Chikuni sang "I Surrender All," while Harville played the piano.  Chikuni, 29, who works at Georgetown College, is black--and Harville, who was baptized at the church but is not an active member, is white. Dean Harville, Stella's father, said he was told by the church's former pastor Melvin Thompson that his daughter and her fiancĂ© were not allowed to sing at the church again. However, Thompson recently stepped down and the church's new pastor, Stacy Stepp, said the couple was once again welcome to sing.

Kentucky Church Bans Interracial Marriage

I say it week in and week out......................  I don't make this stuff up.  I just report it.

Peace and love, my brothers and sisters.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Twatwaffles Of The Week

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Number Five:  Green Bay Packers linebacker AJ Hawk who took it upon himself to display his middle finger toward his own bench after sacking St. Louis Rams QB Sam Bradford last Sunday.

Hawk Flies The Bird

On the other hand, was it an obscene gesture?  It could also equal the number of sacks Hawk has had in the past two years.

Number Four:  Chivas midfielder, Marco Fabian, who after scoring his third goal in a 5-2 win over Tecos in a Mexican Premiere Division football (soccer) match, staged a mock execution of teammate Alberto Medina in "celebration". 

Marco Fabian Stages A Mock Execution To Celebrate A Goal

While this action would not be funny or acceptable anywhere, in a nation that suffered 15,000 recorded murders last year, it is unconscionable.

Number Three:  Susan Sarandon who recently referred to Pope Benedict XVI as a "Nazi".

Susan Sarandon Calls The Pope "Nazi"

You know, folks, I do advocate for freedom of expression, and Ms. Sarandon has every right in the world to call the pope, or any of the rest of us, anything she likes.  However, my concern is that the careless use of Nazi allegations, accusations, and analogies serves to lessen the horror the Third Reich and the Holocaust. 

Number Two:  Minnesota Vikings cornerback Chris Cook, who has been charged with two counts of domestic assault.  Details of Cook's arrest are not currently available.

Vikings CB Charged With Domestic Assault

I hate to be too accusatory about this when the man has just been charged, but he is being held without bail.  I can only assume the incident was serious in order to warrant that type of action by the judge.  So.................I've said it before, and I'll say it again.................  NEVER, EVER PUT YOUR HANDS ON A WOMAN OR A CHILD IN ANGER!!!!!!!!!

Number One:  We have a three way tie for the top spot of dishonor this week, friends.  The top twatwaffles in this installment are:  Thomas Gregory, 47, Eddie Wright, 49, and Linda Ann Weston, 51 of Philadelphia, who are alleged to have held four mentally disabled people in a filthy basement with no food and a bucket for a toilet.  It is thought that the captives' social security checks were being stolen by the alleged perpetrators.  The crime is now thought to extend well beyond the City of Philadelphia.

Mentally Disabled Held In Dungeon

Anyone who reads this column, knows me personally, or both will attest to the fact that one of my biggest causes, along with gay rights and first amendment issues, is the exploitation of the weak by the strong.  This case is textbook example of just that, and I find it utterly repulsive. 

Peace and love, my brothers and sisters.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Twatwaffles Of The Week

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Number Five:  An unidentified Eastern European man who decided he would get out of a speeding ticket by claiming police brutality after punching himself in the face.

Man Claims Police Brutality After Punching Himself

There was only one problem with this brilliant plan.  He was being video taped while sitting in the police cruiser.  Utterly amazing.

Number Four:  An unidentified man who repeatedly stabbed a New Haven, CT tattoo artist because the assailant was unhappy was the work the tattoo artist did on his girlfriend.  The tattoo artist escaped and was treated for minor injuries.

Tattoo Artist Stabbed Over Alleged Shoddy Work

I know that tattoos are supposedly forever, but so are lengthy prison sentences.  Perhaps a better plan of action would have been to sue the artist for the money to pay for a cover tattoo from another artist versus trying to kill the guy.  Just a thought......................

Number Three:  Catholic Bishop Robert W. Finn of the Kansas City-St. Joseph diocese, who along with the diocese itself, have been indicted by a grand jury on a charge of failure to report suspected child abuse by a priest.  The prosecution alleges that Finn "had reasonable cause to suspect a child may be subjected to abuse" by Father Shawn Ratigan, a priest from Independence, Missouri, who was indicted in August on 13 counts related to child pornography. Finn "had reasonable cause to suspect a child may be subjected to abuse due to previous knowledge of concerns about Father Ratigan and children".  The reasonable cause allegedly includes pornographic photos of underage females.

Kansas City Bishop Indicted On Child Endangerment Charges

You know, the faithful often say that they separate their religion from the flawed humans who practice it, and that does make sense.  That being said, how does a man of the cloth rationalize having this type of knowledge about a member of his diocese and not notifying the authorities?  The Catholic Church has taken a well deserved savage beating over this issue during the past several years, and this is one more blow.  Disgraceful.

Number Two:  We have a tie for number two on the dishonor roll this week, folks:   Ausar Allah-El and Serenity Sol-El who were recently arrested in New Orleans on charges relating to abducting their now five year old son two years ago after losing custody of him in Los Angeles.  The boy was found undernourished and weighing 38 pounds, Los Angeles County authorities said Tuesday.  He and his parents are believed to have been living on the streets in New Orleans.

Five Year Old CA Boy Found Malnourished Two Years After Abduction

The parents had lost custody of their son after Los Angeles County officials made "repeated attempts" to help the parents care for their son and found the boy suffering "from numerous medical conditions that could have been prevented with the proper care and medication," the statement said.

"His parents refused to provide the child with necessary medical appointments, dental exams, occupational therapists and ophthalmology appointments," the statement said.

Asked why the parents allegedly did this, Parker said, "Apparently, they have some type of belief that affects what they feed him and what type of medical care that they will allow him to receive."

Ladies and gentlemen, my view is that freedom to believe what you like ends when you endanger your child.  Agreed?

Number One:  Charlie Post, 33, of Lower Burrell, PA, who gunned down police Patrolman Derek Kotecki outside a local Diary Queen.  Kotecki was dispatched to the area to apprehend Post after he fired shots at his boss at a local motel earlier this month.  Post was also killed in the incident, but it is unclear if he took his own life or was killed by responding officers.

Police Officer Killed Outside Dairy Queen

It sounds like the shooter had mental health issues, and that certainly needs to be taken into consideration.  However, there is nothing more tragic that a public servant losing his life in the line of duty.  Please keep the officer's family and friends in your thoughts.

Peace and love, my brothers and sisters.


Saturday, October 8, 2011

Twatwaffles Of The Week

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First, my friends, we have a Dicknozzle Of Douchebaggery:  The suits that control the New York Yankees who recently suspended long time (35 years) beer vendor (yes, you read that correctly BEER VENDOR), Steve Lazarus for engaging in some playful banter with Boston Red Sox, and former Yankee, pitcher, Alfredo Aceves.  Lazarus was accused of "harassing" Aceves and was escorted from Yankee Stadium as if he had engaged in criminal activity.

New York Yankee Beer Vendor Punished For Joking With Red Sox Pitcher

Folks, I love the Yankees, and I HATE the Red Sox.  I understand this is one of the greatest, most heated rivalries in professional sports; but for the love of Pete, they punished a beer vendor for cracking a joke with an opposing player, who I should note played along with the joke like a good sport.  Unbelievable.

Number Five:  Former Vice-President Dick Cheney who recently said that the Obama administration owed the Bush administration "an apology" for their criticism of the Bush administration for their conduct after 9/11.

Cheney Says Obama Owes Bush Administration An Apology

How about this, Mr. Vice-President?  Those of us, myself included, who routinely criticised you and President Bush will apologize to you as soon as you apologize for trampling the Constitution, ignoring civil rights, and invading the wrong country.  Fair enough?

Number Four:  An unidentified 16 year old Ohio high school football player who is alleged to have placed a tack in his glove and subsequently punctured the hands of 27 opposing players during the traditional post game handshake.  The victims all received tetanus shots after the incident.

Football Player Pricks The Hands Of Opposing Players

Dear readers, this has to be one of the most disturbing acts of an individual "athlete" that I have seen in years.  Not only did the offending player not even play in the game, but the fact that his act also tarnished the cherished tradition of showing sportsmanship and appreciation to your opponents after a game only makes it that much more repulsive.

Number Three:  Dr. Robert Jeffress, the pastor of a Dallas megachurch, who showed the religious tolerance that the Christian Right in this country is so well known for when he stated that Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, a Mormon, is in a "cult" while endorsing Texas Governor Rick Perry's run for the Republican presidential nomination.  In his defense, Perry did say that he doesn't believe that Romney is a cultist; but since Jeffress has made this statement before, I don't see how Perry could have been surprised.

Pastor Who Endorsed Perry Say Romney Is In A Cult

Ladies and Gentlemen, I have studied quite a bit of Constitutional Law at the university level, and I have yet to find the part that requires the president to be a Christian.  What I did find, however, was the First Amendment, which guarantees religious freedom in the nation.  While the same amendment protects Jeffress' statement, and while I will defend his right to say it to my dying breath; comments like his only go to inflame the religious bigotry and intolerance shown by the Christian Right in America.  It is counterproductive and intolerant.  This country was founded on the right to religious freedom, and the religious right must not be allowed to erode this fundamental right of every citizen.

Number Two:  In another example of religious bigotry, a Southwest airlines crew who removed Irum Abbasi, a Muslim woman, from a flight to San Jose when a crew member thought she said "It is a go" into her cell phone.  She actually said, "I've got to go."  As if this weren't bad enough, after the TSA cleared Abbasi to fly, Southwest would not let her reboard the flight because a crew member was "uncomfortable" having her on the plane.  Perhaps a better solution would have been to leave the uncomfortable crew member behind.

Muslim Woman Removed From Flight Sues Southwest Airlines

Lest we forget that Southwest also removed film director Kevin Smith from a flight for being "too fat" and Green Day frontman, Billie Joe Armstrong, because his pants were "saggy".  But, hey, they don't charge bag fees!!!!  Seriously, folks, do we really think anyone who wasn't wearing traditional Islamic clothing would have been treated this way for such an innocuous incident?  I think not.  I understand that Muslim extremists (key word) were responsible for the 9/11 attacks.  I also understand that mainstream Muslims were not.  It is too bad that Southwest doesn't understand this as well.

Number One:  Duewa Lee , 35, of Sacramento, CA, who has been charged with ten counts of endangering the life or health of a child, and one count of torture for allegedly beating her 12 year old step-daughter as well as burning her with an iron and using a stapler on her ears.

Woman Accused Of Torturing 12 Year Old Girl

I say it week in and week out folks.  I don't make this stuff up.  I just report it.

Peace and love, my brothers and sisters.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Twatwaffles Of The Week

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Number Five:  An unidentified hockey fan from London, Ontario, who took it upon himself or herself to chuck a banana peel at Philadelphia Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds during the Flyers neutral site exhibition game versus Detroit on 22 Sep 11.  The apparently racist incident took place while Simmonds, who is African-Canadian, was in the middle of his shootout attempt.  Simmonds showed the class that NHL players are known for when discussing the incident after the Flyers ultimately fell to the Wings 4-3:

"When you're a black man playing in a predominantly white man's sport, you've got to come to expect things like that," Simmonds said. "Over the past 23 years of my life, I've come to expect some things like that. But I'm older and more mature now, I kind of just left things roll off [my back]. I try not to think about stuff like that."

"Fan" Throws Banana Peel At Black NHL Player

Well, folks, is this 1961 or 2011?  Why, in this day and age, would someone choose to act like this much of a cad?  If you have this much of an issue with black folks, do me a favor and stay home from the rink.  The vast majority of hockey fans, myself included, don't behave like this, but your inane action will make all of us look bad.  Pathetic.  I don't for a second believe that this incident was not racial in nature; but even in the outside chance that it wasn't, does this buffoon have no idea how seriously a player could be injured if he fell over a banana peel (or any other debris) on the ice?  I say again, pathetic.

Number Four:  Ranchhodbhai Lakha, 61, of Alpharetta, Georgia who was recently sentenced to six months in prison for sexually assaulting a a sleeping 20 year old female passenger on a Dallas to Atlanta light in 2010.  The victim awoke to find Lakha touching her below the waist.  She told him to stop after removing his hand, after which he, like any good pervert, did it again.  He was reported to a flight attendant and arrested when the plane arrived in Atlanta. 

"Man" Gets Six Months For Sexually Assaulting Sleeping Airline Passenger

One of life's unanswered questions, amis.  Why do certain men think women are nothing more than their sexual playthings?  I just don't get it.

Number Three:  We have a group award for number three on our list this week.  The dishonor goes to the crowd at the Republican presidential debate in Orlando, FL on 22 Sep 11, who loudly booed an openly gay American solider who asked former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum if he would reinstate the recently repealed "Don't Ask; Don't Tell" policy regarding gay troops in the US military.

Republicans Boo US Soldier

That's right, dear readers, those high and mighty, incredibly patriotic citizens known as Republicans booed, BOOED, a member of the US military serving in Iraq.  You will recall that this is where the unjust, illegal, immoral war was stared by their fellow Republican, George W. Bush.  This young man, who happens to be gay, is putting his life on the line day in and day out to defend this country, and these lowlifes have the audacity to boo him for asking a perfectly acceptable question of Santorum regarding DATD?? 

Let me explain something here, friends, REAL Americans appreciate and respect all members of our military, regardless of their sexual orientation and regardless of our opinion on the wars that Bush started.  May I also take this opportunity to remind you, dear readers, that these are the same people who continuously question liberals and President Obama's dedication to, and love for, this country while they behave in such an atrocious manner?  They should be ashamed.  I am sure they are not, but they bloody well should be.

A Dicknozzle of Douchbaggery goes to right wing zealot Santorum for his rambling attempt to defend DADT by babbling about sex in the military and "social experimentation".  (Will someone please tell me what "social experimentation" is?) 

Santorum Rambles About Gay Members Of The Military

First of all, this isn't about sex, although Lord knows conservatives have more sexual hangups than Carter has liver pills,  It is about equal rights.  Should a married military couple not have sex, Mr. Santorum?  Should two heterosexual members of the military who develop romantic feelings for each other not engage in a sexual relationship if both parties decide that is what they want to do?  Ridiculous.  This is not about sex, sir, this is about gay and lesbian Americans who wish to serve their country, and you would deny them that opportunity merely because they are gay?  Or would is be okay if they served as long as they didn't have sex?  You, sir, are a disgrace to this great nation and to your party.

Number Two:  Ethel Fay Hampton, 40, of Las Cruces, NM, who was arrested on suspicion of negligent child abuse, along with her brother Rex Earl Hampton, 45, after police discovered Ethel Hampton's 22 month old son living in a house infested with cockroaches and spiders.  The squalid home was also reported to have an overwhelming stench of cat urine and feces.  The baby appeared to be suffering from insect and spider bites. and, along with Ethel Hampton's other children, is in state custody.

Children Found In Filthy, Roach Infested Home

Why, ladies and gentlemen, do people allow their children to live in filth?  The child has no say in the matter, and I am always disturbed by those who don't keep their children safe.  It is one thing to not adhere to what is considered the societal norm.  It is quite another to put your children at risk for disease and possible death.

Number One:  Muriel Keer, 39, of Denver, CO, who is currently under investigation for child abuse resulting in death of her infant son.  Ten month-old Aldrich Leathers was found floating in an overflowing bathtub by a man living in Keer's home.  The baby died after being rushed to hospital.  And what was Keer doing while her baby was drowning?  "Working" on a computer in her kitchen.  Lovely.

"Mom" Was On Computer When Baby Was Found Dead In Bathtub

Every week, I say it, folks.  I don't make this stuff up.  I just report it.

Peace and love, my brothers and sisters.

Friday, August 12, 2011

Twatwaffles Of The Week

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First, we have a returnee to the list this week, but he only qualifies for Dicknozzle Of Douchebaggery dishonor.  Yes, Rush Limbaugh has made the wall of shame again this week.  What thoughtful, enlightened commentary has brought the Ol' Rushter this dishonor?  Well, this time, he has suggested that the riots in the UK were caused by the policies of the Democratic Party.  Yes, the Democratic Party in the US is to blame for riots in the UK. 


Limbaugh of course blames "entitlements" and "liberalism" for the unrest in the UK while totally ignoring the fact (Rush has never been terribly concerned with facts.) that the underlying causes of these riots were a police shooting, which many or may not have been racially motivated, and  the austerity and growing economic inequality in the UK.  Limbaugh also apparently doesn't realize that there is no UK equivalent to the Democratic Party here in the US.  The Labour Party comes closest, but they certainly aren't carbon copies of Democrats.  He is also, it would seem oblivious to the fact that the current government in the UK is a Torrie (conservative) majority.


Rushmiester also falsely claims that the Democrats fought against desegregation of the US military while ignoring the fact (There is that word again.) that Harry Truman a Democratic president desegregated the armed forces via Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948. This action along with LBJ’s signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 pushed the pro-segregation/racist Southern Democrats out of the Democratic Party and into the Republican Party where they currently reside today.


Rush Limbaugh Blames Democrats For UK Riots


Number Five:  We have a tie for fifth place this week.  Bradley Bickett and Gerald Kirby, Aurora, CO police officers, who were cited for allegedly drinking and driving and throwing trash from an Aurora Police cruiser during a ride through Goshen County,Wyoming.  Bickett was booked into the Goshen County Detention Center for charges of Driving While Impaired, Careless Driving and Speeding.  Kirby was cited for littering.


It seems these two fine members of the thin blue line were driving through Wyoming on their way to South Dakota for a funeral for a law enforcement officer who had been killed, I assume, in the line of duty when they were spotted allegedly driving at speeds over 100 mph, throwing beer cans out of the window of the cruiser, and using their emergency lights to get through traffic.  A cooler full (well, not quite full, I guess) of beer was found in the police car.


Yeah, that's great guys.  You're on your way to a funeral for an officer who gave his life in the line of duty, and you two jackasses decide to tie one on as your driving to the service.  And all the decent cops out there wonder why the public has issues with law enforcement officers..........


Police Officer Arrested For Drinking And Driving In Police Car


Number Four:  Republican Indiana State Representative Phillip Hinkle whose emails suggest that he offered a young man $80 plus tip to spend time with him Saturday night at the JW Marriott hotel.
The emails, sent from Hinkle's publicly listed personal address, ask the young man for "a couple hours of your time tonight" and offer him cash up front, with a tip of up to $50 or $60 "for a really good time."  The emails were prompted by an ad on Craigslist from a young man in the men seeking men for casual encounters section.  The details of this incident are rather salacious and may be read in the attached link.


Quite frankly, I couldn't possibly care less if this man is gay and is looking for companionship on the Internet, save two things.  First, he is married with children.  Second, he has railed against gay rights and gay marriage.  He also often spoke in favor of Indiana's thus far failed attempts to amend its state constitution to prohibit same sex marriage.  Another "family values" Republican hypocrite?  It would certainly seem so.


Anti-Gay Indiana Assemblyman Seeks Gay Sex On The Internet


Number Three:  We have a three way tie for third place this week.  Asusena Gonzalez, Maria Gonzalez and Sergio Almeida who were charged with child neglect after a five year old girl was found locked in a closet.  The girl weighed 19 pounds when she was discovered.  The girl had allegedly been locked in the closet, beaten, and starved while seven other children in the house were not abused and were healthy. 


A second Dicknozzle Of Douchebaggery goes to defense attorney, Frank Kirk, who suggested that the malnourished girl only weighed nineteen pounds because of "genetics" and because her mother "has a small frame".


Week in and week out I say it, folks.  I don't make this stuff up.  I just report it.


Nineteen Pound Five Year Old Found Locked In Closet


Number Two:  Former Luzerne County, PA Judge Mark Ciavarella Jr. who was sentenced Thursday to 28 years in federal prison for taking $1 million in bribes from the builder of a pair of juvenile detention centers in a case that became known as "kids for cash." 


Essentially, this fine example of the judiciary sentenced juveniles who had been convicted of petty crimes to serve time in detention centers in exchange for kickbacks from the detention center developers.  Over 4,000 convictions were overturned as a result of this case. 


So again, someone in a position of authority uses his power to line his own pockets while treating some of the most vulnerable children in society.  Stomach churning, isn't it?  Let's hope this man never sees the light of day outside of a prison cell again.


PA Judge Gets 28 Years In "Kids For Cash" Case


Number One:  Edward Lay, 37, of Indianapolis who was a shooting rampage over a loud stereo that resulted in the deaths of two women and critical injuries to another man.


The victims were identified as Mary Swift, 37, of Indianapolis, and Kelly Jinks, 33. The man who was shot was identified as Ronald Kortz II, 40, of Indianapolis.  Kortz underwent surgery Friday and was listed in critical but stable condition at Wishard Memorial Hospital.


Swift, who was Lay's girlfriend, and Lay argued over the volume of a stereo.  During the exchange, Swift was shot multiple times.  Jinks and Kortz were shot when they tried to intervene. 


I don't possibly know what else can be said about this.  Such is American society in 2011.


Loud Stereo Leads To Killing Of Women


Peace and love, my brothers and sisters.

Friday, August 5, 2011

Twatwaffles Of The Week

And away we go.........................

First, a Dicknozzle of Douchebaggery:  Richard Handl, 31, from Angelholm in southern Sweden who tried to build a nuclear reactor in his kitchen, and, of course, tracked his progress on, among other things, his Facebook page.  "The boiling explosion was about 3 or 4 months ago and the police came two weeks ago," he said.  After the incident, which he tagged "The Meltdown" on his blog, he said he "cleaned up the mess on the cooker and then I bought some more radium and continued the experiment."  After authorities raided his apartment, and discontinued the "experiment", he, in the understatement of the year, logged "Project Cancelled" on his blog.  In the future, might I suggest a safer hobby like lion taming volunteering for the bomb squad?

Swede Tried To Build A Nuclear Reactor In His Kitchen

Number Five:  One of our favorite windbags, Rush Limbaugh, makes a return appearance this week.  What inane thing did he say to warrant a return trip to our twatwaffle list?  After a a moronic rant about how President Obama essentially wants to destroy everyone's savings, and I can only assume that the president is happy about the recent stock market slide and tonight's announcement of a credit downgrade, at least in Rush's rather distorted view, he then compared President Obama to strongman Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe.  Rush seems to think that President Obama will soon be seizing white folks' farms here in the US, much like Mugabe did in Zimbabwe.  Yes, once again, Rush's ignorance of world events and racial insensitivity are on full display again.  In his defense, maybe he was stoned on pain killers.  Just sayin'.

Limbaugh Says Obama Economic Role Model Is Robert Mugabe

Number Four:  Texas Governor Rick Perry, who is also an on the fence Republican presidential candidate.  As previously noted in the column, Perry is attending a prayer gathering in Houston on 6 Aug 11, which seems innocuous at first until you hear the types of ministers who will be attending this rally.  Among the more (ahem) interesting statements put forth by these wonderful examples of Christianity at it best are that God sent Hitler to Earth to hunt Jews and force them into Israel, the repeal of Don't Ask; Don't Tell caused a bird kill in Arkansas, the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of religion only applies to Christians, the Statue of Liberty is a demonic idol, and that the Japanese stock market has remained stagnant because the Emperor of Japan had sex with the "Sun Goddess".  I wish I were making this up, but I am not.  Really, Rick, you should watch with whom you are seen.  Folks might think you are as loony as these "pastors", nor maybe you are.  Regardless, I hope the American people take this type of thing into consideration before possibly electing you as the most powerful man in the world.

Rick Perry Pals Around With Pastors Who Warm About The Perils Of Sex With Demons

Number Three:   Mark Bausch of DeLeon Springs, FL, who allegedly forced his way into a blind woman's home and stole a parrot that he previously traded to the woman in exchange for fifty dollars and a computer.  It seems Mr. Bausch decided that he missed the bird and the computer ran too slowly, so he wanted the bird back.  When the woman refused, he accosted her and took it anyway.  I bet you are as impressed as I am, aren't you, dear readers?  There is something particularly sickening about the disabled being physically assaulted, isn't there?

Man Shoved Blind Woman; Stole Her Parrot

Number Two:  Gerardo Martinez, 30, of Council Bluffs, IA, who  has been charged with animal torture, bestiality and indecent exposure after he allegedly attempted to have sex with a cat and then threw it out a window, along with a pornographic DVD.  The cat later died, and Martinez admitted to using meth before the incident.  I say it every week, folks.  I don't make this stuff up,  I just report it. 

Man Admits To Sex With Cat Before Throwing It From A Window

Number One:  We have a 72 way tie for Twatwaffle Number One this week.  They are the 72 people who were recently charged in an online child pornography ring.  More than 50 members of a child pornography ring who engaged in what authorities describe as "horrific" and "unspeakable" crimes have been arrested for sexually exploiting children from 12 years old to as young as infants.  Seventy-two members of the online site called Dreamboard have been charged in the United States. Officials said 52 of them have been arrested in the U.S. and abroad. The identities of the remaining 20 are unknown at this time.  "In order to become part of the Dreamboard community, prospective members were required to upload pornography portraying children under 12 years of age or younger," said Attorney General Eric Holder at a Justice Department news conference. "Once given access, the participants had to continually upload images of child sexual abuse in order to maintain membership. The more content they provided, the more content they were allowed to access. Members who created and shared images and videos of themselves molesting children received elevated status and greater access," he said.  What particularly horrified investigators were "super-hardcore" posts that involved adults having violent sexual intercourse with "very young kids" who were being subjected to both physical and sexual abuse.  Holder said, "Some of the children featured in these images and videos were just infants and in many cases, the children being victimized were in obvious and also intentional pain, even in distress and crying, just as the rules for one area of the bulletin board mandated. They had to be in distress and crying." 

Friends, I often try to have some fun with the Twatwaffles

Seventy Two Charged In Online Child Porn Ring

Peace and love, my brothers and sisters.

Friday, July 29, 2011

Twatwaffles Of The Week

And away we go..........................
First a Dicknozzle of Douchebaggery to all of those folks who just INSIST on reposting every silly "If you ate crickets by the campfire and rolled in the pig slop when you were a kid and survived, repost this." on Facebook.  Ya' know, most of the people who repost this nonsense are my age, and don't let them fool you.  Growing up in the 70s and 80s wasn't all that great.  The Cold War.  Inflation.  Sky high interest rates.  Racial strife.  Marxist rebels in Central America.  The Iran hostage crisis.  The energy crisis.  Yeah, baby, a good time was had by all.  Give me the here and now any day.

Number Five:  A thus far unidentified Pembroke Park, FL, man who attempted to rob a gas station in the wee hours, only to discover the cashier and money were safe and secure behind bullet proof glass.  While this will not garner him twatwaffle status, the fact that the sodding fool took his mask off while still being recorded by the store's video surveillance will.  Hey, Einstein, keep your mask on until you are out of range of the cameras next time.

Keep Your Mask On Next Time

Number Four:  Christopher Hildreth, 20, of Jaffrey, NH, who is accused of adding nasal mucus to the coffee cups of two local police officers at a Dunkin Doughnuts.  (Insert tasteless cop and doughnut joke here.)  It seems this young man disappeared (or so he thought) into a back room after the officers ordered their beverage where he added the (ahem) extra ingredient.  Of course, the police officers saw the whole thing on store video and reported Hildreth to his manager.  Hildreth was subsequently sacked.  Okay, once we get beyond the yuck factor here, again, Mr. Brilliant be aware of the cameras!!!!  I guess the old saying about only the dumb ones getting caught really is true.

Would You Like Sugar, Cream, Or Snot In Your Coffee?

Number Three:  We have a four way tie for the third biggest twatwaffle this week as four family members have been charged in the murder of ten year old  Ame Deal who suffocated after being locked in a box.  Again, friends, I don't make this stuff up.  I just report it.  John and Samantha Allen, both 23, were charged with first-degree murder after confessing they had locked Deal in the box.  Cynthia Stoltzmann, 44, and Judith Deal, 62, were charged with child abuse and kidnapping after both admitted they had locked the girl in the box on previous occasions.  It seems that these fine upstanding examples of humanity often locked the young girl in the box as a form of punishment.  On top of that, they tried to convince the investigating law enforcement officers that the girl had willingly climbed into the box while playing hide and seek.  Sure, and she willingly stayed in there until she died to avoid being "it".  Unbelievable!!!!  Now, I would like to see these four imprisoned in a stifling hot box for about the next 95 years.

No, Officer, We Didn't Kill Her. She Was Playing Hide And Seek

Number Two:  Robert Bruszenski, 68, of York, SC, who informed police that he "just lost it" and severely beat his DISABLED 40 year old daughter.  The daughter suffers from MS and spends the vast majority of her time in a wheelchair and has virtually no use of her legs and very limited use of her arms.  The daughter reportedly needed help going to the bathroom, and this is what caused Bruszenski to snap.  He called local police, admitted to beating the woman, and threatened to kill her if they didn't quickly arrive at his home.  Upon arrival, officers found the woman with a swollen eye, and blood on her face, nose, and lips.  You know, as a longtime EMT and a student nurse, I find this particularly disturbing,  It isn't as if these folks asked for their lot in life.  Do you not think they would prefer to be able to go to the loo without assistance?  As fellow humans, we need to treat these folks with all the honor and dignity that human beings deserve.  The abuse happening at the hand of a parent makes it that much more sickening.

Number One:  Suspected Taliban insurgents who hanged an 8 year old boy in the Helmand province of Afghanistan.  The boy's father, a local police officer, refused to surrender himself, his staff, and his vehicle to local militants, after which they took the boy from his home and hanged him.  One more time, guys and girls, I do not make this up.  I just report it, so you don't forget how lucky you really are to be relatively healthy, safe, and secure.  As for the boy, if there is a heaven, I truly hope he is there.  As for the insurgents, I hope Allah has a particularly hot, miserable place in hell for those who kill in the name of a perfectly peaceful and honorable religion, Islam.

Militants Hang 8 Year Old Boy

Peace and love, my brothers and sisters.

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Twatwaffles Of The Week

And away we go..............................
Number Five:  Militant group al-Shabab who are not allowing The World Food Program to reach 2.2 million people in desperate need of aid in famine stricken Somalia. 

We Don't Care If People Are Starving To Death. It Is All About Our Militant Ideals

Are people really this cold hearted?  Well, obviously, they are; but I just can't grasp being so callous as to let people starve to death or die attempting to walk to refugee camps rather than let food aid, which is readily available, reach them.  The group, in fact, denies a famine is taking place, disputing the U.N.'s view that tens of thousands of people have already died.  Al-Shabab signaled in early July that it would accept aid groups it had previously banned, but changed course on Thursday, saying groups like WFP are not welcome. The group's refusal to accept aid from Western and "Christian" aid groups means millions could starve — or be forced to begin the hike to help to Kenya, Ethiopia or Mogadishu, the Somali capital, which is also being overwhelmed with refugees. 

Allah be praised.  You are keeping out the infidel food.  May you find an extremely hot, extraordinarily hot corner of hell reserved for you when your day comes.

Number Four:  Anders Behring Breivik, a 32 year old Norwegian who expressed right-wing and anti-Muslim views on the Internet and is now suspected of killing scores of Norwegians in an unprecedented attack this week.

Norway Shattered By Attack

Well, folks, we see again what happens when extremist political views are left unchecked.  How does a person become so committed to a particular viewpoint that they can justify killing those they think oppose them?  If this can happen in an open and peaceful country like Norway, when will it happen here again? 

On a side note, there is talk that this man is an evangelical Christian.  If this is true and is being covered up by the media in western world, they should be ashamed of themselves!!!!!

Number Three:  TiAndra Davis, 21, of Rancho Cordova, CA, who allegedly left a six month old Pomeranian/Shih Tzy mix puppy in a 93 degree car with no water and with the windows only cracked approximately two inches.

Hot Car Plus Puppy Equals Twatwaffle Every Time

The puppy, Gizmo, was found panting heavily on the rear seat of Davis' car.  The puppy was taken to a hospital but later died.  Davis has been charged with animal cruelty. 

I have an idea.  Let's lock her in a sweltering can with no fresh air or water, and see how she likes it!!!!

Number Two:  Catherine Kieu Becker, the Southern California woman accused of cutting off her husband's penis and throwing it into a garbage disposal. 

Hey!!!! What Are You Doing With That Knife????

It seems the couple was divorcing and had argued about friends staying in their residence.  I guess she felt this gave her the right to mutilate and torture him.  As I like to say, folks, I don't make this stuff up.  I just report it.

Number One:  A thus far unidentified Kansas City, MO man who stole a donation jar that had been placed at gas station in order to solicit funds to bury an impoverished family's deceased five month old baby.

Someone Please Find This Scumbag And Turn Him Over To The Police

That is right, ladies and gentlemen.  Someone stole money that was intended to help a family bury a dead baby.  He stole from a dead baby.  Does it get any lower than that?  One more time, folks, I don't make this stuff up.

Peace and love, my brothers and sisters.