#the unabomber <33< /div> Explore tagged Tumblr posts

[deathgroupie]

omg have fun with nosferatu!!! 🤍 do report back with your impressions if you feel so inclined <33 (tossing this in your ask box on anon because im still in jail mwah!!! 🦭)

irene i will actually plan some unabomber shit against tumblr hq for you they NEEED to let you out of jail

but hehe yess i'm excited, i'll def update

[gattmammon]

Did u know that the Italian Unabomber (31-33 attacks attributed to them between 1994 and 2006, concentrated in the North East of Italy, no manifesto found, no signature, never credibly claimed by any organisation) has never been caught? This is because while all cops are worthless worm, Italian cops are the worthless worms that other worthless worms are embarrassed to be seen with

[verseziam]

i was tagged by @zaynieswolfie thank you so much ily <33

Are you staying home from work/school? yes all of ulta stores are closed

Who is at home with you? my mom and my dog

Are you a homebody? Yes, although being basically forced to stay home and not really have the option to go out is really weird lol 

Any event you were looking forward to that got cancelled? nope not really

What movies have you been watching recently? the invisible man and birds of prey

What are you doing for selfcare? lol uh what’s selfcare? i’ve read a little bit, i’ve cooked more than i normally do, and cleaning i guess? 

What shows are you watching? good girls, the valhalla murders, unabomber, making a murder, messiah, and don’t fuck with cats. these are all on netflix 

What music have you been listening to? the weekends new album, and a lot of blues 

What books are you reading? fantasy romance books, and ziam fics 

idk who to tag so i’ll tag @mektaba @oh-no-its-elle @zenmalik @catchjadedreamer @switchingthelanes @harryandlouisarehappilystrong @pkmonka @settingtrends @zaynsthatkindofbeautiful and @bumble-zee

[wayfaringmd]

2017 Annual Review

Stolen from Md-Admissions

1 - What did you do in 2017 that you’d never done before?

Quit a job, took antidepressants, went on a date!

2 - Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

Nah. I don’t typically make resolutions, though I always intend to get healthier and spend more time with Jesus.


3 - Did anyone close to you give birth?

Yup, 2 of my best buddies and my former nurse!

4 - Did anyone close to you die?

Sort of. My dad died. We weren’t close, but you know. I also had 27 patients die in 2017.

5 - What countries did you visit?

France, Israel


6 - What would you like to have in 2018 that you lacked in 2017?

More confidence in meeting new people, more enjoyment of my work, better time management, and the ability to say no without fear.

7 - What date from 2017 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

1/1/17, when I turned in my notice for my old job; 7/14/17, my last day at that job; 4/16/17 my dad’s death date.


8 - What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Taking back control of my life and getting closer to the lifestyle in and out of work that I want.


9 - What was your biggest failure?

Laziness. In pretty much everything, but especially when it comes to physical fitness.

10 - Did you suffer illness or injury?

I got a cold or two, but otherwise I’m good!

11 - What was the best thing you bought?

My new house that is soooo cute!

12 - Whose behavior merited celebration?

My new office manager, who I love because she actually cares about the staff.

13 - Whose behavior made you appalled or depressed?

My older sister- neither of us were close with our dad, but she was plain mean about some things.

My former medical partners, who had no interest in helping me succeed in my job.


14 - Where did most of your money go?

Paying my way out of my old job and life. To the hospital, who had me ransomed for a buttload of cash to keep me working in that horrible place. To the apartment complex I stayed in briefly but had to honor a 6 month lease. To my new house which I am loving furnishing. Student loans. Taxes.


15 - What did you get really, really, really excited about?

Leaving my old job!

16 - What song(s) will always remind you of 2017?

Look What You Made Me Do by Taylor Swift- because it’s a crap song for a crap year.

17 - Compared to this time last year, are you:
I. Happier or sadder?

Much happier. SO MUCH HAPPIER.

II. Thinner or fatter?

Same.

III. Richer or poorer?

A lot poorer, thanks to having to pay my way out of a contract.

18 - What do you wish you’d done more of?

I’m gonna second MD-A and say more self care. I definitely did a lot better in 2017 because I did absolutely focus on getting myself to a better place mentally, but I wish I had taken better care of my body in addition to my mind.

19 - What do you wish you’d done less of?

Watch tv.

20 - How will you be spending/spent christmas?

Went home and hung out with my mom and sister and grandma. 
21 - Did you fall in love in 2017?

Negative.

22 - How many one-night stands?

Zero.

23 - What was your favorite tv program?

Probably Manhunt: Unabomber

24 - Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

No

25 - What was the best book you read?

Finished up Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison last week (so good!) and I’m almost done with a serial killer thriller now.

26 - What was your greatest musical discovery?

I didn’t discover anyone new this year but got a lot of new stuff from old faves.

27 - What did you want and get?

New job, house of my own, and a 4 day work week.

28 - What was your favorite film of this year?

Uhm, not sure there. Nothing sticks out at me.


29 - What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

Turned 31 at home with my family. Nothing special this year.

30 - What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

A fella. Or babies.


31 - How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2017?

Super casual at my old job- khakis and sweaters or leggings and tunics. New job is slightly more formal and I had to give up the leggings at work.

32 - What kept you sane?

Jesus, Prozac, Wellbutrin, medblr, and my family

33 - Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

I really can’t think of anyone!

34 - What political/social issue stirred you the most?

Healthcare equality, immigration ban, rampant sexual harassment of women

35 - Who did you miss?

My granddaddy.

36 - Who was the best new person you met?

One of my work partners and a neighbor of mine, both of whom I knew before but have gotten to know much better in the past few months and they have become great friends.


37 - Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2017:

You can’t sacrifice happiness and contentment for money or approval. There’s never enough of either to make you happy.

[thechroniclesofdaraliss]

100 Mutants & Masterminds Session Ideas

One of my favorite RPGs is the tabletop game Mutants and Masterminds. This clever take on the classic medium of heroism serves as one of the most diverse scenarios for both DMs and PCs. However, with so much freedom, it can be sometimes overwhelming to find a scenario that will catch the attention of both parties. Based on my own experience, it’s best to contain the game to one-shot campaigns, but you also need to take the time to shake it up if you’re playing it in the long term. So without further do, here’s a list of session ideas that I’ve either field tested, or always wanted to try out. Enjoy!

1) A gang of villains steals NPCs close to the heroes to bait them into a trap 2) There are children going missing all across the city and nothing ties them together, save for the fact that they’re all mutants 3) A villainous Speedster is stealing advanced technology 4) A smuggling ring has been revealed, and it turns out that the contraband is a cover for something far worse 5) A meteor is hurtling toward Earth, and it doubles as a mobile nesting ground for invading aliens 6) A host of horrible monsters have been plaguing the city, but all of them turn out to be child experiments to create Mutant war machines, and they are simply desperate to find their way home, and are coping with the predatorial instincts that have been unlocked from their genetic code being tampered with 7) A villain has figured out a way to transfer his consciousness into the internet, and this could spell disaster for the entire city, maybe even the entire world 8) The local jail has been taken over and forced ordinary criminals and mutant villains into fighting in gladiatorial combat 9) A criminal enterprise has let its services become available to the common man for a reasonable fee. Secretly, the criminals have dirt on all who buy up on their services 10) A group of C-list villains joins forces to commit a crime that will make all A-list schemes pale in comparison 11) A microscopic species mingles with a viral disease, and is on the verge of becoming airborne and unstoppable 12) The archenemies of the heroes trade opponents to exploit weaknesses and win the fight once and for all 13) The forces of nature have been harnessed in an object or person in order to avenge the lives lost to pollution or a human-caused disaster 14) All of the inhabitants of a village/town/city begin killing one another, claiming that their loved ones have turned into monsters 15) A series of monsters, villains, and disasters appear randomly across the city. But when they’re revealed to be illusions, the heroes must investigate how the damage was done 16) A band of mercenaries are taking the fight to criminals, and it’s up to the heroes to decide what to do with them. Aid them in their blood-soaked path to a safer neighborhood, or bringing the mercenaries to justice. 17) Criminals have stolen advanced weapons and are using them to commit crimes 18) A series of demons are collecting contracts in your city 19) A race of leviathans break the seawall and invade the land to consume humans 20) A demented sorcerer has called on spirits from beyond to kill the heroes at the cost of his own soul 21) A young vampire has expanded his vampirism to the criminal underworld and the police. He has designs to live his eternal life in luxury and decadence, and take down anyone who stands in his way 22) An astral presence is possessing victims and driving them insane, and leaving them with violent psychic powers before leaving them 23) A cyber terrorist sends messages to the heroes, and threatens to take innocent lives for every riddle/mystery/problem they can’t solve in time. 24) The powers of young Mutants go into overdrive. Earth Elementals cause Earthquakes when walking, Mimics permanently steal the life forces of everything they touch, and psychics read minds of everyone in range all at once 25) All of the legal authorities in your jurisdiction (cops, lawyers, judges) have fallen unconscious, and their heartbeats get fainter every hour. Find out the cause before their hearts are silenced forever 26) One of your villains has declared that he/she has turned over a new leaf. Are they being genuine, or is it a scam? 27) An “Ultimate Mimic” sets out to collect the heroes’ powers. But along the way, it encounters something else, the capacity for human emotions. Both prove to be overwhelming 28) A time-traveler meets your heroes in the present day with some of the most devious criminal of all time (Jack the Ripper, Al Capone, Unabomber, etc.) 29) After averting a natural disaster, the heroes accidentally unleash an ancient being that has designs on ruling the world 30) A botched attempt at an eternal youth ritual turns the heroes or villains into children. In it, there’s a change to either rehabilitate them or to help them regain their original age 31) Alternate versions of the heroes claim that they are the true versions (robots who think they’re you, clones how need help understanding who they are, or runaway shape shifting aliens desperate to escape intergalactic authorities). 32) An old man is taking in the homeless and giving them superpowers in exchange for services. Yet his incredible gifts come at a terrible price 33) Dozens of death row inmates that have never met are claiming that they were framed by the exact same man 34) The apprentice of a hero (or villain) has received the last will of their mentor after they have died. It pleads that they kill their most hated enemy 35) Those with superpowers begin losing their abilities while normal humans gain superpowers 36) An alien war has reached Earth, and humanity is merely seen as collateral damage 37) A new designer drug turns addicts into zombies with repeated exposure 38) A Master of Disguise steals nanobots to kidnap his rivals. He then copes their biological signature before killing them. The nanobots then mimic the appearance of their victims perfectly, down to the last cell 39) The heroes are shrunk to miniscule size in a bizarre deathtrap. A rat mazes becomes a hunting ground with the heroes as prey. A cup of water becomes a boundless sea with little chance of escape. Or electrons become like wrecking balls and the world you knew before has vanished completely 40) A twisted business tycoon is capturing aliens that land on Earth and is keeping them in tanks, prodding at their bodies to discover treatments for deadly diseases 41) A hero (or villain) has been diagnosed with a deadly disease. All they want is to commit the ultimate act of heroism/villainy before they go out 42) A new procedure is unveiled that can turn even the most violent criminals into law-abiding citizens. While it proves effective, a group of villains want to use the procedure to turn innocent people into their minions who have no regard for morality 43) A monster of pure energy is created, and it has the ability to grow larger with the more power it consumes. If left unchecked, it will engulf the entire earth, perhaps even the universe 44) A top-secret military vessel has been stolen. If it is not soon recovered, the end result could be a modern pirate crew that can’t be stopped 45) A new island has popped upon the map. A massive glacier located on the equator. You are tasked with finding out how it got there 46) An ancient African spirit escapes his tribal burial casket and has designs of killing the most powerful warriors on Earth 47) A cult has kidnapped a child from one of the most powerful arcane bloodlines on Earth. However, the victim ahs no idea that they are the product of such a respected or powerful family 48) A drug ring has claimed a chemist who has discovered a formula that will make a hardcore drug for half the production cost, but with twice the potency. Will you save the chemist, or bring her to justice for illegal activity? 49) After collecting the artifacts of a great historical figure (Napoleon, Montezuma, etc.) an archeologist concludes that the subject may have had meta-human abilities. They may even still be among us! 50) A supposed alien spacecraft turns out to be a human-crafted Trojan Horse to steal scientific knowledge from a rival nation 51) The hero of an old war (WWI, WWII, Vietnam) is hiding in one of the wildest and least known portions of the world. It’s revealed that exile in luxury was his reward/punishment for his actions in his service to his country. Now he wants to fight another war…a war on mutants! 52) A false mage is using his supposed power as a cover up for an illegal arms race, but no one can catch him or debunk him on his false magic. The people who want to catch him are also superstitious, and it’s your job to bring him to justice when no one else can or will. 53) A once-respected scientist is breeding animals with immense strength, speed, or some other form of meta-human power. All for the sake of hunting humans for sport 54) An old woman has struck fear into the hearts of a village or town by threatening to kill them with an otherworldly creature that has a childlike affection for her 55) An entire forest has had its trees converted into incubation chambers. People are hidden inside, but for what purpose? Assimilating plant cells into animals? Nature consuming industry? Or perhaps a new stage in evolution? 56) A pack of werewolves are killing livestock across the countryside. Is it an attempt to satisfy their appetites without killing humans, or are they feeding the pups so they can hunt humans? Either way, the angry mobs are impatient for answers, and you must discover the truth 57) Arcane murders have been committed across the city. However, each victim has hidden out in a place they shouldn’t have been, there’s no sign of forced entry, and they are found in impossible circumstances (they burn without any sign of fire, gravity ceases to work in the room, or there are no shadows present at the murder site). 58) An alien race is discovered by a small band of heroes, and it turns out they have been on Earth longer than humans. Do they harbor ill-intent? Have they been hiding out of fear? What is their overarching goal? 59) A missile silo network has been discovered in a swamp. Is it the product of arms dealers, a fallen Cold War regime, or a secret government project? 60) NASA’s latest anti-gravity technology is being stolen for criminal purposes 61) A poacher has been travelling around the world collecting Mutants of all kinds for trophies. You happen upon his facility and discover that he’s also been keeping them in captivity like a zoo. Yet some of them seem incapable of assimilating into the regular world. Some may not even want to 62) An ancient fighting tournament has called all the world’s greatest warriors into mortal combat. Many of them are meta-humans, but there can only be one winner. 63) A new meta-human training program has started. If you’re new to this, you’re one of the recruits. If you’re an established hero, you’re a proctor. Those who pass the program get their “hero license” 64) A meta-human military program is revealed that turned the tide of the last war. The project was top secret, and now the lives of each member are in jeopardy when their secret identities are revealed to the world 65) A prominent hero has fallen unconscious. After a preliminary investigation, it’s revealed tha their mind was sent to the Astral Plain. It’s up to you to get them back 66) A young woman has been subjected to years of systematic experimentation to unlock her superpowers. However, the end result is transferring her horrific scars and injuries via touch. She’s been freed for the first time in decades, and she’s got a lot of hate to go around 67) It turns out that time machines aren’t needed to travel through the time stream. There are “Temporal Circles” that allow you to travel into the past and future. They have claimed hundreds of lives and are responsible for hundreds of missing persons. But the source is unknown, so it’s up to you to find out how it’s done 68) A powerful psychic has captured the heroes in a dream world where he is supreme ruler 69) A living brain in a jar has designs at attaining a human body. Preferably, it’s one that has superpowers and has physical strength to match its mental strength 70) A cursed suit of armor grants incredible strength to whomever wears it. However, it also develops an obsession in the user to kill 71) An archenemy approaches the heroes with the proposition of joining forces to take down a greater evil 72) A hero has been sent back in time as penance for a horrible act he’s committed, yet he has trouble remembering why. The danger becomes more intense as time police arrive to ensure that he doesn’t disrupt the time stream 73) “Mutant Factories” have popped up across the city/state/country and they take in the most destitute people in an attempt to have guinea pigs for creating their own personal mutant armies. 74) Unusual clues are left behind at crime scenes, and it seems as though someone wants to be found. Is it a kidnapping victim leaving a trial, a villain laying breadcrumbs for a trap, or an extra dimensional entity trying to contact you? 75) A series of strange sensations overcome random civilians (a cold wind, a burning sensation, the feeling that they’re being crushed). Something must connect them together. But what? 76) A hero has been called into court for a crime they didn’t commit. The penalty is severe (life in jail, stripped of their powers, death, etc.) and they are unable to prove their innocence. Prove it for them before time runs out 77) A natural disaster (earthquake, hurricane, fire) threatens to demolish an entire city, yet its source is not natural 78) Satellites have been hacked and are being used to disrupt/hack into military technology. It’ sup to you to take the culprit down before countless lives are lost 79) Local criminals have taken to the streets with advanced exoskeleton armor that can withstand shots from a tank 80) An eccentric Gadgeteer poses you a challenge at the local sports arena. You two are to engage in battle to see who is worthy of being called a hero 81) An organization of Mystics is using their combined power to block out the sun with a solar eclipse. This way, the creatures that come out at night will never have to hide again and heroes everywhere will be at their mercy 82) Dopplegangers of the heroes are reeking havoc in the streets, and blackening their names 83) A group of demigods destroy monuments of the mortal world, claiming that they are now the rightful rulers of humanity 84) The local villain prison has had all of its inmates escape 85) Sky Pirates have stopped over a major city and are embarking on skyward swashbuckling venture, stealing bank vaults, ATMs, jewels, and everything else of value 86) A villain gathers the most powerful minds on the planet and plans to extract their intelligence so he becomes unstoppable 87) A string of crimes mirror a crime spree that occurred fifty years ago. Any police officers alive that investigated the original disasters are soon ending up dead or missing 88) People are rapidly starting to experience devolution and turning into primates with immense strength and a hive mind. Discover the source of this mutation before it becomes too powerful to stop 89) A series of scrolls have been exhibited at a museum. But when they are stolen, the heroes must find them before its too late. When deciphered, these scrolls unlock the most ancient secrets of marital arts, granting their user incredible powers such as enhanced strength, element control, and invincibility 90) The heroes are transported to a labyrinth that holds their worst fears 91) A medical facility is unearthed that subjects its patients to numerous diseases in order to create cures for the rest of the world. But will you let hundreds suffer endlessly for the benefit of millions, or free them? 92) A master thief has discovered a method of controlling animals to steal valuables from wealthy homes 93) A villain captures one of his nemeses in an attempt to form a malevolent partnership, seducing him to the side of villainy 94) A cold cannon is fired into the atmosphere to cause a second ice age 95) The Rogues Gallery of a city have established a competition to see who can take down their mutual foe first. They are not to aid one another, and the winner gets to unveil the secret identity of the hero. 96) The villain sets up a trap to unmask the heroes on live TV 97) A freak accident renders a villain without powers for a time, but then gives them new abilities 98) Animals have been infused with mutated DNA. Some of the creatures become monsters, and some become human 99) A sinister robot faces off against the heroes, claiming that it knows all of their moves and strategies before they even do 100) An EMP goes off in the center of a city and shuts down all technology within. This leaves ample opportunity for looters and pillagers

[masterofd1saster]

CJ current events 21 Jan 20

***Police were called at about 10:33 p.m. to Planet 3 Extreme Air Park on Miller Road near Interstate 75 [in Flint Township] after reports of shots fired inside.

The victim, a 43-year-old man from Flint, was pronounced dead at the scene.***

A 39 y/o woman has been arrested.  The man and the woman knew each other.

Police are investigating the incident and are seeking the public's help in identifying the white male driver of a light-colored creme or white SUV that was backed into a parking space in the parking lot of Planet 3 at the time.

The vehicle may be damaged by the suspect's blue Chevy Tahoe, prior to the shooting taking place, police said.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/01/19/man-shot-flint-township-trampoline-park-planet-3-extreme-air-park/4521475002/

************

Howell — In the past, Theresa Brennan was the one meting out justice to a  defendant begging for leniency during sentencing.

Friday, Brennan found herself on the other side in Livingston County Circuit Court as visiting Judge Paul Cusick prepared to sentence her for committing perjury during her divorce proceedings.***

People in the standing-room crowd clapped and one courtroom spectator shouted, "Welcome to your nightmare!" after Brennan's sentence was announced.***

Brennan is accused of judicial misconduct involving Kowalski's case in January 2013. The former judge is accused of having an affair with a Michigan State Police lieutenant  who was a key witness  Kowalski's murder trial.

Kowalski was convicted of killing his brother, Richard, and sister-in-law, Brenda. The couple were found shot to death in their Osceola Township home in May 2008.***

In April, the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission recommended that Brennan be removed from the bench in 53rd District Court after the commission found she failed to disclose relationships with a state police detective and an attorney who had appeared before her; tampered with evidence in her divorce case; lied under oath; "was persistently impatient, undignified, and discourteous," and ordered employees to perform personal tasks during work hours.***

J. Cusick sentenced her to six months in prison, probation, and the usual related conditions.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/01/17/ex-livingston-county-judge-theresa-brennan-sent-jail-perjury/4490095002/

***********************

Kiernan Williams, 19, allegedly shot two people to death at Ventura, a San Antonio, Texas bar and injured five others on Sat, 18 Jan 20.  The deceased are Robert Jay Martinez III, 20 and Alejandro Robles, 25.

Mr Williams had four previous arrests - three for assault.  When arrested, he

told the present media members, "Don't worry about me. I'm gonna be alright." Additionally, the self-described "upcoming artist" chose the moment to promote his Instagram.***

Williams's final words before getting into the back of a patrol unit were, "Y'all have a blessed day."***

https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/on-the-cool-i-regret-everything-i-did-ventura-shooting-suspect-promotes-instagram-following-arrest/273-844fce10-bc13-4e36-9589-b24391b12925

***************************

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will appear in a Guantanamo Bay courtroom this week, more than 18 years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks he is alleged to have masterminded and a year before he will finally face a jury.***

Mohammed's defense team is led by Gary Sowards, who represented the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, whose domestic bombing campaign killed three people.

After multiple scuttled military commissions, battles over classified information, and accusations of torture, the death penalty trial for the alleged brains behind 9/11, along with additional alleged plotters and other al Qaeda members, has been set for this time next year at the U.S. naval base. Brig. Gen. Mark Martins of the U.S. Army, a 60-year-old West Point graduate, has been the lead prosecutor on the 9/11 case for nearly a decade.***

Air Force Col. Shane Cohen, who is presiding, announced last summer that the trial would begin Jan. 11, 2021. The military panel jury selection is scheduled to begin eight months before the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.***

Defendants are due in court today, 21 Jan.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice-delayed-9-11-mastermind-khalid-sheikh-mohammed-appears-in-guantanamo-courtroom-as-trial-approaches

*****************

[aphrodykete]

long post ahead: i was tagged by @hermoingoboingo (heh heh) to do these questions let's goooo Last
1. drink? black coffee
2. phone call? my mom 
3. text message? a link to an article about whataburger tattoos 
4. song you listened to? twisted -twisted chicago cash 
5. time you cried? psshhhh probably a couple months ago Have you ever
6. dated someone twice? yeah
7. kissed someone and regretted it? nah
8. been cheated on? yyyyup
9. lost someone special? yeah
10. gotten drunk and thrown up? yeah, would not recommend Favourite colors:
11. lavender
12. green
13. purple In the last year have you: 
14. made new friends? yeah
15. fallen out of love? yeah 
16. laughed until you cried? oh yeah
17. found out someone was talking about you? probably 
18. met someone who changed you? most likely
19. found out who your friends are? nah
20. kissed someone on your facebook list? eh probably General:
21. how many of your facebook friends do you know in real life? most of em
22. do you have any pets? yes and i love them 
23. do you want to change your name? meh i dunno
24. what did you do for your last birthday? nothing
25. what time did you wake up? 9 then 11
26. what were you doing at midnight last night? sleeping probably 
27. name something you can’t wait for? i have no idea
28. when was the last time you saw your mom? last night
29. what are you listening to right now? the twisted soundtrack 
30. have you ever talked to a person named tom? yeah
31. something that is getting on your nerves? currently nothing 
32. most visited website? probably tumblr
33. hair colour? dark red
34. long or short hair? currently it's a bit past my collarbones
35. do you have a crush on someone? yeah
36. what do you like about yourself? very little lmao
37. piercings? my ears
38. bloodtype? o+
39. nickname? ki, giraffe, princess
40. relationship status? i have a girlfriend 
41. zodiac? Cancer
42. pronouns? She/her
43. favourite tv show? unabomber and wynonna earp
44. tattoos? a pulse symbol on my wrist
45. right or left handed? Right 
46. surgery? i had my wisdom teeth removed from my gums
47. sport? I don't sport
48. vacation? colorado or greece
49. pair of trainers? what's More general
50. eating: watermelon 
51. drinking: coffee
52. i’m about to: start packing and do laundry 
53. waiting for: nothin really 
54. want: to be hella toned
55. get married? eh maybe, marriage is a weird concept to me
56. career? future nurse practitioner Which is better
57. hugs or kisses? hugs
58. lips or eyes? eyes
59. shorter or taller? I'm indifferent 
60. older or younger? don't care
61. nice arms or nice stomach? both 
62. hook up or relationship? relationship
63. troublemaker or hesitant? I'm more hesitant have you ever
64. kissed a stranger? Nah
65. drank hard liquor? Yeah 
66. lost glasses/contacts? surprisingly no 
67. turned someone down? yea
68. had sex on the first date? nope 
69. broken someones heart? I seriously doubt it
70. had your heart broken? Yeah
71. been arrested? no 
72. cried when someone died? yeah
73. fallen for a friend? yup Do you believe in
74. yourself? nahhhh
75. miracles? maybe idk
76. love at first sight? not really
77. santa? nope
78. kiss on the first date? eh sure
79. angels? maybe other
80. current best friend’s name: I don't really have a best friend
81. eye color: hazel 
82. favorite movie: probably wonder woman i tag @frecklesnconstellations @horcuoxes @peacebringer-firemaker and @dikratstarkid !

[skumboyz-blog]

SNOTFEST, the brain child of Jake Skum (Skumboyz/The Donalds) and Rael Griffin (Bust Off), is coming back for 2017. The second annual event had just been announced by Domestic Terror Promotions, and is set for October 14th 2017. It will take place at VFW Post 9274 in Falls Church, VA (7118 Shreve Rd, Falls Church, VA 22043) at 5pm, and features many local favourites, including: Fuck You Pay Me, Copstabber, Walk The Plank, Bust Off, Skumboyz, Rat Infested, Ruin By Deisgn, Jarvis, Cremains, 3:33, and Plastic Taste.

There will be a pre-show the day before, on October 13th, at The Pinch in Washington, DC (3548 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20010), taking place at 8pm for $10. This show currently features The Screws, BBC, Oldham Boys, The Unabombers, Capital Offender, and one special guest TBA.

  SNOTFEST #2 SNOTFEST, the brain child of Jake Skum (Skumboyz/The Donalds) and Rael Griffin (

[topicprinter]

Article URL: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-Unabomber-Manifesto-1-Industrial-Society-and-Kaczynski/1ac5ae3a279a5833cf83fb320cd77e9010769c63

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22585258

Points: 33

# Comments: 15

[ionecoffman]

What Makes a Serial Bomber Tick?

Austin, Texas, recently experienced 19 days of terror at the hands of an unknown figure, as hundreds of law-enforcement officers crisscrossed the Texas capital in a race to track down a shadow. We now know the “who”: The bombings were perpetrated by a 23-year-old, homegrown, unemployed community-college dropout named Mark Anthony Conditt. Investigators probably know the makeup of the mechanical switches he used to detonate his seven deadly devices, ones filled with smokeless powder along with nails to enhance their shrapnel effect. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) and the FBI likely rebuilt each device to study it. What we don’t know is the composition of the switch in the bomber’s head that, once flipped, allowed him to move forward with his assault on the sense of safety and security of the city of Austin. It’s the “why” we don’t understand.

Conditt, who would say in regard to these bombings, “I wish I were sorry, but I am not,” did not seem markedly different from other men and women his age, in his community. Conditt once identified himself as politically conservative, with some making much of his six-year-old statements against abortion and gay marriage, this while others countered that he was against sex offenders being labeled for life, a position perhaps associated with a more liberal base. So what drove him to murder? These were not spontaneous acts. These bombings were a planned, methodical series of decisions that he could have stopped at any point before his eventual death at his own hands.

According to law enforcement, Conditt left a graphic 25-minute video on his cell phone before he killed himself, in which he described his bombs and bombings in great detail, but chose not to reveal his ultimate motive or the reason for his target selection. In addition to this video, police say he also left bomb-making components in his house, items that he could have used to construct even more explosive devices. It’s likely they were things such as iron pipes and caps, smokeless powder, nails, wires, and batteries. He also left behind something else that may help in determining his motive for murder: a list of addresses, possibly his “hit list” of individuals he hadn’t yet targeted.

Technically, Conditt was not a serial bomber, but a spree bomber. By definition, a serial offender has emotional cooling-off periods between offenses, during which they retreat back into their seemingly normal life. Conditt had no such pauses. But never mind the precise label—he was a killer with the full potential to continue killing had he not been stopped.

I was an early member of the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, where we specialized in extrapolating possible insights into criminals’ psyches from limited information. Conditt is dead, and he did not say why he did what he did, which means we can never really know his exact motive or motives. But by examining his actions, and looking at those who have committed similar crimes, we can begin to guess at what might have been going on in his mind.

Conditt’s actions included research, planning, design, buying components, building his devices, and victim/target acquisition, as well as the development of his surreptitious methods of delivery. These actions could have taken him weeks, even months before he was ready to strike. His crimes seem more indicative of planning and design than simply raw passion.

Conditt made pipe bombs, which are one of the more common devices used by bombers, according to the ATF. They can be built relatively easily with simple materials. The Austin bomber probably studied the actions of the spree or serial bombers that came before him to devise his method.

He ultimately detonated a bomb in his car when a SWAT team attempted to arrest him, electing to commit suicide before allowing himself to be captured and exposed to society. But if the motives of those previous bombers are any indication, what we would have found had he been exposed was unlikely to be an evil genius. Bombers have tended to be emotionally and socially challenged individuals who appear to want to punish society for perceived injustices against them. Examples of such are:

The original “Mad Bomber,” George Metesky, terrorized New York for almost two decades, planting at least 33 bombs (many times concealed in a distinctive red sock) across that city, injuring 15 people. His motive: anger with his former employer concerning a workplace injury he had sustained years before.

Ted Kaczynski, a Harvard educated former professor was the notorious “Unabomber,” built pipe bombs in the privacy of his remote Montana cabin, sending 16 bombs that killed three and injured 23 over an 18-year period. When he was captured, he had a completed bomb under his bed, bomb-making components and his own “hit list” of potential future victims in his cabin. His motive: a hatred of modern society—especially its reliance on technology—and, possibly, revenge. He expressed no remorse.

Eric Rudolph, the so-called “Olympic Park Bomber,” used at least four different bombs to kill two and injure 120 people. Motive: Rudolph, a loner like Metesky and Kaczynski before him, was anti-government, anti-gay, anti-abortion, and had a general dislike for those around him. He, too, failed to express any remorse or regret for his actions.

Mark Conditt, the “Austin Bomber,” who used the alias “Kelly Killmore” as the sender of his FedEx package bombs, like those bombers before him also failed to express guilt or remorse. His parents said they were unaware of the “darkness” their son was in. A friend of his described him to the Los Angeles Times as smart, “intense,” “strait-laced,” lonely and angry, and suggested: “It’s in the dark that people start getting angry and sad and eventually go off the deep end.”

Some of Conditt’s early victims were black or Hispanic, which led to speculation that his bombings were hate crimes—but later victims were white, and police said his confession video didn’t indicate he was motivated by racism. He also did not call himself a terrorist, a definition with which many struggle today. He hasn’t yet been proven to have a clear religious or political motive.

My knowledge of such offenders suggested that the Austin bomber was someone more youthful than those that came before him. The hurried frequency between events suggested he would soon make a mistake that would help identify him, while the lack of any known political or religious motive, as well as the identities of his victims, suggested this was more of a personal crime, likely committed by someone with mental-health challenges and long-held anger against society in general, as represented by the general makeup of his victims.

Did he have some unique insight into his own psyche? He labeled himself in his left-behind video as a “psychopath.” He said “he had been disturbed since he was a child.” He can’t be diagnosed now, of course, but his “video confession,” said the Austin police chief, was “the outcry of a very challenged young man talking about challenges in his personal life that led him to this point.”

Should the Austin bomber’s self-analysis as a psychopath (traditionally defined as a personality disorder) be correct, an investigation may find that he exhibited associated traits, like lack of empathy, impaired remorse, antisocial behavior and perhaps other egotistical traits as well as his now on the record violent social behavior.

Fortunately, spree or serial bombers are rare in this country. Unfortunately, we continue in our struggle to understand “the why” in cases like this. As we attempt our psychological autopsy of the recent bomber, we look for simple answers to explain otherwise complicated behavior. History tells us that many of these acts are committed by challenged individuals who see violence as their own form of conflict resolution. Unfortunately, the more of these types of crimes that are committed, the more examples (and the more inspiration) there is for similarly challenged individuals who end up choosing violence as their ultimate means of expression.

Article source here:The Atlantic

[jollycherryblossomwombat]

Najbolje inostrane serije (RECENZIJA)

/piše: Jelena Đurović, agitpop.me/ Šta je to najbolje što sam doživela u toku 2017. godine? Putovanja? Ljubav? Uspesi? Druženje? Zdravlje? Pokloni?  Greška. Godinu za nama ću pamtiti po seriji, a pogotovo osmoj epizodi Twin Peaks: The Return. Kao što je promenio tok televizije pre 25 godina i uticao na sve što će uslediti (pa i na većinu serija sa ove liste) Dejvid Linč je ponovo postavio lestvicu na teško dostupnu visinu. "Twin Peaks: The Return" je VIŠE nego što smo očekivali, o čemu svedoči opšta egzaltacija kritičara i teoretičara. Ne mogu vas nagovarati da pogledate The Return, ne mogu ni da vam objasnim zašto su mi krenule suze radosnice kad je Agent Kuper izgovorio "I am the FBI", niti da vam dokažem da to nije od ludosti već od ozarenosti pred talentom i snagom koja je Linč. Tu su neki linkovi kao objašnjenje zašto je ovaj osamnaestočasovni film toliko prelomna tačka u istoriji svetske kulture 21. veka. (Guardian, Rolling Stone, Vulture). Izvor: YouTube Razgovaralo se na temu TP dok je serija bila u začetku, dok nismo mogli sanjamo šta nam "Džejms Stjuart sa Marsa" tek sprema i da smo ponovo svedoci istorije: Tribina AgitPop:TV iz juna. Bez dileme i bez konkurencije, na prvom mestu. Ispod, ogroman prazan prostor a onda idu ostali pačići i učenici… "The Leftovers" nije slučajno prva do prvog, Linča. Kreatori su veliki fanovi Twin Peaksa, a znajući da je posle tri sezone i kraj ove TV balade potpuno su se raspustili u pozitivnom smislu... Keri Kun (Carrie Coon) je nepravedno zapostavljena u dodelama i nominacijama i mislim da njeno vreme tek dolazi, a pojedine epizode poslednje sezone su zaista uzvišene, kao da ne gledate u ekran već učestvujete u religioznom ritualu - ponajviše epizoda broj pet . Posebni najež: upotreba numere benda A-ha "Take on me". Izvor: YouTube O "The Handmaids Tale" smo dosta toga rekli na AgitPop:TV tribini koju možete da pogledate na linku ispod. U pripremi je druga sezona, a kad konačno uđe u velike holivudske blokbastere Elizabet Mos može da postane naslednica Meril Strip. Da, toliko je dobra glumica (gledala sam je pre nekoliko godina u predstavi na West Endu pa to tako samouvereno i mogu da tvrdim). Izvor: agitpop.me "The Deuce" je naveliko obradovala tokom druge polovine 2017. Uspela sam da zavolim Džejmsa Franka, i da jovo-nanovo potvrdim ko je i šta Megi Džilenhol. Ona je ozbiljan maher, pionirka, krčiteljka jednog novog puta za glumice i ženske likove uopšte. Od "Secretary" do "The Honourable Woman" Megi nije prezala da krene glavom tamo gde druge ne bi ni nogom. Serija o seksualnom oslobađanju i načinima da prihvatite sebe i uzmete sudbinu u ruke. Genijalno. Izvor: YouTube "Halt and Catch Fire S04". Poslednja sezona ove ultra-inteligentne serije nije razočarala, naprotiv. Maestralno vođena uz besprekoran soundtrack koji nas je dovodio do suza (hints: Dona&Pat Benatar: "We Belong", Gordon&Dire Straits “So Far Away”, Dona, Kameron, Džo&Peter Gabriel: “Solsbury Hill”). Preporuka da pogledate sve četiri sezone, poslušate najbolju muziku a bogami i naučite nešto.      Izvor: YouTube Potvrda da "Nemac igra do devedesetog minuta" je i fenomenalno iznenađenje: "Dark". Odjednom, stiže nam "Stranger Things" na evropski način: tu je Nena, tu su alhemičari i Tabula Smaragdina, tu je Niče, prezgodni plavušani i filozofija. A tema se poklapa sa Linčovom: Koja je ovo zapravo godina i šta nam znači vreme? Izvor: YouTube Iako nije bio ni blizu kvaliteta druge sezone (a to će se teško dostići) "Fargo (S03)" nam je doneo neke epohalne momente: tu je ponovo Keri Kun koju znamo iz "The Leftovers", naš Goran Bogdan i njegov rusko/kozački geng, zli Varga koji ceni sovjetsku revoluciju i nezaboravne biblijske citate koje ležerno "cepa" Rej Vajz (Ray Wise) - inače u Twin Peaks igra tatu Lore Palmer u kome čuči BOB a ovde je misteriozni Wandering Jew. Autor Noa Hauli (Noah Hawley) je fan Linča, i sve nas to vraća na važnost broja Jedan na ovoj listi. "Deliver a message when the time comes, to the wicked: 'Though thou exalt thyself like the eagle; though thou make thy nest among the stars; thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord'". Izvor: YouTube O ostalim serijama sa liste ću po rečenicu-dve: "Feud" je zabavna, cinična i upozoravajuća serija (pogotovo imajući u vidu Weinstein skandal). Sarandon i Lang su perfektne. "Stranger Things (S02)" je na početku ubio u pojam, ali je poslednja epizoda ono zbog čega ga vredi gledati. Hint: Pretty in Pink. Ipak, ni blizu onome kako nas je "odradio" u prvoj sezoni. "Back" - Mičel i Veb, naši miljenici iz serije "Peep Show" su se vratili u urnebesnom sitkomu. "Big Little Lies" za peticu ali je meni to sve PREVIŠE. Previše matematičke glume, previše ispolirano, nedovoljno uverljivo. "American Vandal" je mocumentary/omaž dokumentarnom serijalu "The Keepers". Ipak, kako šala odmiče, sve je manje šale. Odlična stvar, na Rottenu zasluženih 100%. "Godless" - ženski vestern. Nema šta da se ne voli. Michelle Dockery - Lady Mary iz Downtown Abbey nam se vraća u velikom stilu, Jeff Daniels iz The Newsroom u ulozi monstruoznog negativca a tu je i Scoot McNairy, Gordon iz Halt and Catch Fire. Mnogo bolje od Westworld, ajde bacajte kamenje, ali jeste. "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" - I dalje sitkom broj jedan. Najbolji su kad se uozbilje i dotaknu gorućih, političkih tema. Pokažu šta znaju pa se vrate na šegu i zezu.  "Taboo" se ili voli ili mrzi. Meni se dopao zbog elemenata koji su omaž Grofu Monte Kristu, dobro spakovane  osvete ali i činjenice da su otac i sin Hardi zajednički radili na projektu. Moram priznati, često sam tokom gledanja razmišljala koliko li svi oni smrde kad su stalno blatnjavi i neokupani :) "Pls Like" - Brutalni "mocumentary" o tome kako postati i ostati online zvezda. Snimljen je u produkciji BBC3 - možete ga gledati samo na YouTube. Eksperiment koji je uspeo. Bravo! "Billions" - Iako sad već pomalo mamuzaju mrtvog konja i ulaze u repeticiju, važna je Taylor prvi non-binary lik na TV-u. Uzgred, igra je/ga non-binary osoba. Ono je toliko atipično i cela serija se zapravo gleda zbog nje/njega. "Will&Grace" su se vratili više nego dostojanstveno. Prva epizoda je spektakl, a i sve koje su usledile. Šteta što ih nije bilo više. "Top of the lake: China Girl". I opet - Elizabet Mos u kombinaciji sa Džejn Kempion. Ovo je druga sezona koja može da se gleda apartno od prethodne. "Narcos"… Kad smo mislili da ne može bez Pabla, dobili smo Cali ekipu, mafijašku homoerotiku Pača Herere i brutalnost dostojnu Eskobara. Veliki minus - nema Džudi Monkade, moje mezimice. "Brockmire" - Da sam muško, oženila bih Amandu Pit odmah (ali to je već uradio producent GOT, verujem da im je okej:) a tu je i Frenk Azarija. Da ne prepričavam, odmah trejler i privolite na hard. "I Love Dick". Bože, bože, bože. KOLIKO je Kevin Bejkon savršen u ovoj humorističkoj mini-seriji. Pogledajte, molim vas! Izvor: YouTube "The Keepers" je dokumentarna serija o ubistvu opatice u malom američkom gradu. Ali ova serija "vozi" mnogo bolje od nekih fikcija i dokaz da je istina ponekad neverovatnija od mašte. "Comrade Detective" je urnebes. Ništa ne smem da napišem a da ne napravim spojler, prema tome - klik. Izvor: YouTube "Ozark" počinje rutinski i jeste donekle run-of-the-mill ali Džejson Bateman i Lora Lini prave da rutina postane nešto specijalno. Radujem se narednoj sezoni. "Apple Tree Yard" je mini klasik iz kuhinje BBC-a. Emili Votson i Ben Čaplin, ljubav, opsesija, ubistvo. "Loudermilk" je novi sitkom, TV čedo Pitera Farelija (Farelly Brothers). Loudermilk je bivši pisac i bivši alkos koji sada radi za AA. Duhovito koncipirano, maestralno odglumljeno, Ron Livingston je novi doktor TV kurcobolje, onako kako je to radio Dejvid Duhovni u "Californication".    Izvor: YouTube "Room 104" je čedo hiperproduktivne braće Duplas. Svaka epizoda je zasebna priča, manje ili više uspešna.  "Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams" takođe separatne storije po Dikovim kratkim pričama. Ima odličnih, ima dosadnih. "Mr. Mercedes" snimljen po romanu Stivena Kinga dobro počne (a kako i ne kad igra Brendan Glison, momčina najmomačkija) ali se uprska do kraja. Upečatljiva naslovna numera koju peva T Bone Burnett. Izvor: YouTube "Manhunt: Unabomber". Tema epohalna, realizacija prosečna. "The Missing" je drugi nastavak sage o detektivu Žilijenu Baptistu koga glumi Čeki Kario. I samo zbog Čekija treba gledati ovaj podgrejan i mlak pokušaj da se donekle reprodukuje odlična prva sezona. "Mindhunter". Sve je ličilo na uspeh: Finčer i dobra ekipa glumaca. Kritičari odlepili, ali ja nisam uspela da odgledam do kraja sezone. Možda je do mene. "The Americans" su, na žalost, u komatoznom stanju još od prošle sezone a sada su na veštačkom scenarističkom disanju. Osim uzbudljive jedanaeste epizode i jednog lepog ubistva, kao i korišćenja pesme "More Than This" Roxy Music tamo gde joj se najmanje nadamo, sve ostalo možemo zaboraviti. "House of Cards" serija koja je morala da se završi mnogo pre afere Kevina Spejsija. Samodovoljna do izbezumljenosti gledalaca. "The Sinner" je kažnjena niskim mestom jer lepo počne, Džesika Bil je vrlo korektna a onda zaluta u meandre bednjikavog TV filma iz osamdesetih. "Transparent" je pao najniže. Otišli su u Izrael i tamo se zaglavili u pesku nekreativnosti. Džil Solovej je morala da zna kad da kaže ćao, zdravo, kraj. A nije. Šteta. ***NAPOMENA: Nisam stigla da pogledam a na listi čekanja su Black Mirror, Woodworm i Berlin Babylon. CELA LISTA: 1) Twin Peaks 2) The Leftovers 3) The Handmaids Tale 4) The Deuce 5) Halt and Catch Fire 6) Dark 7) Fargo 8) Feud 9) Stranger Things 10) Back 11) Big Little Lies 12) American Vandal 13) Godless 14) Brooklyn Nine Nine 15) Taboo 16) Pls Like 17) Billions 18) Will and Grace 19) Top of the Lake: China Girl 20) Narcos 21) Brockmire 22) I Love Dick 23) The Keepers 24) Comrade Detective 25) Ozark 26) Apple Tree Yard 27) Loudermilk 28) Room 104 29) Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams 30) Mr. Mercedes 31) Manhunt: Unabomber 32) The Missing 33) Mindhunter 34) The Americans 35) House of Cards 36) The Sinner Izvor: MONDO Let's block ads! (Why?)

[obsessiveviewer]

OV223 - American Vandal - The Neon Demon, Wet Hot American Summer, Dunkirk, Manhunt: Unabomber, War for the Planet of the Apes

In this episode, Tiny and I review Netflix’s true crime satire American Vandal and then discuss a plethora of Potpourri covering Manhunt: Unabomber, The Neon Demon, Dunkirk, Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later, and more!

SHOCKTOBER IN IRVINGTON

Join the OV Facebook Group!

Support the podcast!

Buy Official OV Merch on our TeePublic Store

Timestamps

Show Start - 00:19

Horror Movie Yearbook - 01:06 

American Vandal - 02:12

Expectations - 03:33

Review - 08:20

Spoiler Review - 21:58 

Ext. Potpourri - 35:18

Tiny: The Neon Demon - 36:57

Matt: Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later - 43:09 

Nightmare on Edgewood Promo - 47:24

Tiny: Icarus (Netflix Documentary) - 48:33

Matt: Downsizing trailer - 56:10

Tiny: Manhunt: Unabomber - 1:00:34

Matt: Dunkirk (2017) - 1:12:56

Tiny: Chasing Coral - 1:22:46

Matt: War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) - 1:31:10

Tiny: A Cure For Wellness (2017) - 1:35:02

Matt: The Disaster Artist trailer - 1:39:08 

Closing the Ep - 1:42:38

Stinger: Outtakes - 1:43:48

Pre-Recorded Outro - 1:44:19 

Related Links

Shocktober in Irvington!

Episode Sponsor: Horror Movie Yearbook

Obsessive Viewer Facebook Group

Buy official Obsessive Viewer Merch on TeePublic

Buy the Rights - The Movie Pitching Party Game - Amazon Link 

Obsessive Viewer - Check out plenty of reviews of movies, TV shows and industry commentary at the blog that started it all.

Obsessive Viewer Presents: Anthology - Matt’s solo podcast exploring science fiction anthology storytelling in television’s first golden age starting with The Twilight Zone. iTunes - Google Play - Stitcher

Obsessive Viewer Presents: Tower Junkies - Our spinoff podcast dedicated to Stephen King’s magnum opus, The Dark Tower and related topics. iTunes - Google Play - Stitcher

Obsessive Book Nerd - Our “sister site” where you can find book reviews and commentary on the evolving world of reading.

The Secular Perspective - Check out Tiny’s side project podcast that explores the concepts of faith, religion and existence from the perspective of secular hosts.

Loudlike Facebook Page - Like the band that gave us our theme song on Facebook!

Loudlike “Mistakes We Must Make” EP on iTunes - Our theme song is “An Eclipse of Events.” Grab Loudlike’s EP and hear the full version of our theme.

Matt’s Letterboxd Profile

Tiny’s Letterboxd Profile 

Let us know what you think!

Like us on Facebook: The Obsessive Viewer

Tweet us: @ObsessiveViewer, @ObsessiveTiny, @IAmMikeWhite

Email us: Matt, Tiny or Mike at ObsessiveViewer.com

Check out the blog: http://ObsessiveViewer.com

Find past episodes of the podcast: http://OVPodcast.com

RSS Feed: http://obsessiveviewer.libsyn.com/rss

The official OV Subreddit: r/ObsessiveViewer

Subscribe to us on iTunes and leave us a review.

  Episode Homepage: http://www.obsessiveviewer.com/OV223

Check out this episode!

[fijimurmaider]

Okay. It really pissed me off so here I go. Someone I know on FB posted this dumb ass picture of Ronald Reagan kissing the American Flag and it said "I miss the America I grew up in, type AMEN if you agree." Okay first off. She was born in 1993 just like me. This is what the America she grew up in consisted of (you know, since here lately it's just been SUCH a shitfest...) 

1. The Buffalo Bills third FUCKING SUPERBOWL LOSS. 2. World Trade Center Bombing 3. Rodney King testifies. 4. Stand off at Branch Davidian in Waco, TX begins and ends- taking 76 lives with it. 5. Lorena Bobitt whacks a weiner. 6. " David Miscavige announces the IRS has granted full tax exemption to the Church of Scientology 7. Vincent Price Dies. 8. Nancy Kerrigan vs. Tonya Harding 9. Northridge Earthquake in LA kills 57, injures more than 8,700. 10. Buffalo Bills lose their FOURTH consective Super Bowl. 11. John Wayne Gacy executed. 12. Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman found dead at the Simpson home. 13. O.J. and the infamous Bronco fiasco. 14. Selena is murdered by the president of her fan club. 15. Oklahoma City bombing. 16. O.J. Simpson and the glove the prosecution should have ignored the fuck out of. 17. O.J. found NOT GUILTY. 18. 1996 blizzard kills 150 people. 19. Menendez brothers are found guilty of killing their parents with a shotgun. 20. Unabomber arrested. 21. Tupac is shot to death. 22. JonBenet Ramsey. 23. Empire State Building shooting. 24. The Notorious B.I.G. shot to death. 25. Heaven's Gate. 26. OKC Bomber convicted. 27. New Jersey teen, Melissa Drexler gives birth in toilet, leaves newborn in trash. 28. Bill Clinton accused of sexual harassment. 29. Monica Lewinsky scandal, Clinton denies having sex with that woman. 30. Bomb explodes at Birmingham, AL abortion clinic. One is left dead. 31. Aryan Nations members arrested for possesing military grade Antrax in Henderson, NY. 32. 2 Teens open fire killing 5 and injuring 10 at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, AK. 33. Afghanistan declares Osama bin Ladan "a man without sin" in court. 34. Milwaukee, Wisconsin snowstorm kills 68. 35. Bill Clinton Impeached. 36. Columbine. I don't think it needs an explanation. 37. World subjected to Jar Jar Binks. 38. George W. Bush is elected President of the U.S.A. 39. Wakefield Massacre. 7 of Michael McDermott's coworkers killed. 40. "W." is sworn in. 41. Dale Earnhardt dies, sending rednecks all over in a blubbering panic. 42. 19 year old African American, Timothy Thomas is shot by Cincinnati officer, leading to 2 days of riots. 43. Thirty Mile fire. 44. 9/11. 45. Anxthrax attacks. 46. 2001 Greyhound bus attack. 47. Alex Trebek appears on Jeopardy without his mustache. 48. No Child Left Behind. 49. First detainees arrive at Guantanamo. 50. Elizabeth Smart is kidnapped from her bedroom in Salt Lake City, Utah. 51. The Beltway Sniper attacks begin. 52. Space Shuttle Columbia disintregates, kills all 7 astronauts on board. 53. Bush's Mission Accomplished speech. 54. Brian Douglas Wells, pizza deliveryman forced to rob a bank with a bomb fastened around his neck. 55. Staten Island Ferry crash kills 11. 56. Cedar Fire in San Diego County burns 280,000 acres, destroys 2,232 homes and kills 14. 57. Iraq war starts. 58. Saddam Hussein captured. 59. Johnny Cash and his wife June Carter Cash die. 60. The New England Patriots start their SuperBowl death grip. 61. CIA admits no weapons of mass destruction. 62. John Kerry get democratic nomination. 63. The last Oldsmobile rolls off assembly line. 64. "W". Is renominated. 65. Hurricane Francis kills 15. 66. Hurricane Ivan kills 25. 67. Mount St. Helens becomes active again. 68. Hurricane Jeanna hits 2 weeks after Francis, kills over 3,000 people, mostly in Haiti. 69. Osama Bin Laden videotape releases as he threatens the US and taunts the W. 70. US decides to re-elect the W. 71. Dimebag Darrell is murdered onstage in Ohio. His murderer also kills 3 others before being gunned down by police. 72. North Korea announces it has nuclear weapons. 73. Youtube comes up, ruins everyone's lives. 74. BTK killer, Dennis Rader arrested 31 years after his first murder. 75. Red Lake shoots in Minnesota. Ten are killed. Teenaged gunman commits suicide after police shoot-out. 76. A hand grenade lands about 100 feet from W. 77. Lance Armstrong is banned from cycling for life for doping offenses. 78. Australian photojournalist in Afghanistan films U.S. soldiers burning two dead Taliban militia's bodies. 79. Shipwreck on Lake George, NY kills 20. 80. Riot occurs in Toledo, Ohio during a Neo-Nazi rally. 114 arrested.

-and here's a bonus because like 9/11, it was a huge fucking happening: Hurricane Katrina kills AT LEAST 1,836 people. This bitch caused $108 billion in damages.

...and this is all before your 13th birthday. Yes, your childhood looked fucking awesome!

[herretes]

El asesinato es un acto imperdonable. Quitar la vida a otro ser igual a uno mismo; de carne y hueso, que respira el mismo aire, y que tiene sueños y esperanzas es aborrecible y hasta incomprensible para muchos. Que esos sueños terminen en unos instantes por las manos propias es un pensamiento que retuerce las entrañas de algunos, pero saca una sonrisa a otros

Es de asumir que un acto tan visceral y primitivo venga de un ser turbado, de alguien… “especial”. Tal vez el asesino no conocía nada más, tal vez fue abandonado a su suerte desde pequeño, obligado a enfrentar traumas sin apoyo de alguien más, o tal vez no era suficientemente inteligente como para ver más allá del crudo acto que llevó a cabo.

Todas estas opciones son posibles, comunes incluso. Sin embargo, una parte considerable de los asesinos más famosos de la historia han gozado de intelectos ubicados por encima del promedio. Ahora vemos que el término “especial” no siempre es lo que creemos.

A continuación, presentamos una lista de los 7 asesinos más inteligentes de la historia, según su coeficiente intelectual, para demostrar que a veces es mejor no meterse con el cerebrito de la clase.

Andrew Cunaman – IQ: 147

Cunanan nació en un hogar religioso en San Diego, California, en 1969. Demostró una inteligencia superior desde joven, socializando principalmente con hombres mucho mayores que él y llegando a hablar siete idiomas fluidamente a los 21 años de edad. Su juventud fue hundiéndose en drogas, riquezas materiales, prostitución, una obsesión con pornografía violenta (en la que también participaba) y sexo excéntrico con sus parejas homosexuales, una de las cuales fue su primera víctima después de que lo abandonara.

A pesar de haber llamado la atención del FBI con tres asesinatos más, Cunanan no huyó de la justicia, sino que volvió a la comunidad gay de Miami. Unos meses después, mataría a su víctima final, el reconocido diseñador de moda Gianni Versace, provocando una búsqueda más agresiva de parte de la policía federal.

Al verse rodeado por la ley, Cunanan se suicidó antes de ser capturado.

Rodney Alcala – IQ: 160

Nacido como Rodrigo Jacques Alcala Buquor en 1943, en Texas, Estados Unidos, Alcala se desempeñó desde joven en la fotografía, incluso bajo la tutela del cineasta Roman Polanski. Era el más inteligente de su clase y obtuvo una licenciatura en Artes en la Universidad de California, Los Angeles. También fue aceptado en la Escuela de Artes de la Universidad de Nueva York.

El asesino y violador abordó a cientos de hombres y mujeres para que figuraran en su “portafolio” fotográfico, tal vez a manera de una lista de presas potenciales, aunque sus víctimas fueron mujeres de entre 8 y 31 años de edad a quienes engañaba con un encanto y labia excepcionales, virtudes que posteriormente llevaron al psicópata a ser invitado (y ganador) en el show de TV estadounidense The Dating Game.

Después de 8 asesinatos registrados -de unos posibles 130-, Alcala fue llevado a juicio tres veces y sentenciado a pena de muerte, también tres veces. Sigue vivo.

Ted Bundy – IQ: 136

Theodore Bundy nació en Burlington, Vermont, en 1946. Fue criado por sus abuelos pensando que su madre era su hermana, ya que ella lo había tenido a los 22 años estando soltera, lo que se habría visto mal por la comunidad religiosa que los rodeaba.

Siempre le fue bien en el colegio y a los 26 años obtuvo una licenciatura en psicología de la Universidad de Washington. También fue aceptado en la Escuela de Derecho de la Universidad de Utah y hasta recibió una carta de recomendación del gobernador de Washington en aquel entonces. Interesado desde pequeño por cuchillos, pornografía violenta y delincuencia, Bundy creció para matar y violar al menos 36 personas, casi todas mujeres, aunque se estima que pudo haber llevado a cabo más de 100 asesinatos. Engañaba a sus víctimas para que se acercaran a su carro alegando estar herido y logró escapar de la justicia múltiples veces.

Fue sentenciado a muerte por silla eléctrica y ejecutado en 1989.

Nathan Leopold y Richard Loeb – IQs: 210 y 169

Nathan Leopold nació en 1904 en Chicago, Illinois. Se jactaba de la posición económica de su familia y de su inteligencia superior, cosa que lo alejó de sus pares y convirtió en objeto de bullying. Hasta fue abusado sexualmente por una institutriz a los 12 años de edad.

Después de que su familia se mudara a un barrio exclusivo de Chicago, fue transferido a la Escuela de Harvard, donde su educación avanzó rápidamente. Entró a la universidad de Chicago a los 15 años. Es aquí donde conocería a su codelincuente, Richard Loeb.

Loeb nació en 1905, también en Chicago. Era otro niño extremadamente inteligente: saltó varios grados en el colegio y entró a la Universidad de Chicago a los 14 años de edad. También era de familia adinerada, pero se diferenciaba de Leopold en sus habilidades sociales, ya que era considerado un niño agradable y popular.

Desde pequeño estuvo interesado por el robo, el vandalismo y la piromanía. Además, se hacía fantasías de una vida perfecta como criminal, con todo y planes para un “crimen perfecto”. Estos planes serían compartidos e inoculados en Leopold -a cambio de favores sexuales- años más tarde, cuando se reencontraron para cursar el postgrado de sus carreras respectivas. Llevaron a cabo su soñado crimen con Bobby Franks, de 14 años de edad, a quien secuestraron, mataron a golpes con un cincel y quemaron su rostro y genitales para esconder su identidad.

Fueron descubiertos y capturados por una nota de rescate que enviaron al padre del niño después de abandonar el cuerpo en una cuneta: Franks contactó a la policía, quienes encontraron los lentes de Leopold cerca de la escena del crimen y los rastrearon hasta los asesinos. Ambos evadieron la pena de muerte y fueron condenados a cadena perpetua, más 99 años.

Loeb murió asesinado en la cárcel por su compañero de celda después de hacerle supuestas proposiciones sexuales. Leopold obtuvo libertad condicional después de 33 años, escapó a Puerto Rico y murió a causa de un infarto producto de su diabetes.

Juan Corona – IQ: 130

Corona nació en México en 1934. Huyó a Estados Unidos y rápidamente creó una reputación como un contratista confiable para trabajadores inmigrantes en Yuba City, California.

Mientras unos empleados de Corona trabajaban en una casa, un granjero vecino notó un hoyo en el jardín de la residencia. Más tarde, el hoyo había sido rellenado. Llamó a la policía y se descubrió el cadáver de un vagabundo con la cabeza y cuello cortados, y con revistas de pornografía homosexual a su lado.

Días después se descubrirían 24 tumbas más en una granja remota. Todas las presas, masculinas, tenían una herida punzante en el medio del pecho y cortadas en forma de cruz en la parte posterior del cráneo, sus camisas estaban por encima de sus rostros y sus pantalones, por debajo de las rodillas. Todos mostraban signos de actividad sexual reciente.

El asesino fue capturado y sentenciado a cadena perpetua, y sigue preso hasta el sol de hoy, aunque sólo tiene un ojo; el otro lo perdió a punta de cuchillo en la cárcel.

Ted Kaczynski – IQ: 167

Nació en 1942, en Chicago, Illinois. Saltó dos grados en el colegio y solía ser rechazado por sus pares, quienes lo consideraban diferente por su edad e inteligencia precoz.

Entró a Harvard a los 16 años con una beca, donde obtuvo su licenciatura en Matemática. Después, sacó un doctorado en la Universidad de Michigan a los 25 años. Daba clases pero nunca hacía contacto directo con sus estudiantes; no le gustaba la compañía.

Construyó una cabaña remota en Montana, donde vivió en aislamiento y desarrolló ideas antigubernamentales y antitecnológicas. Pronto enviaría bombas caseras dentro de cartas y paquetes a varias universidades y aerolíneas estadounidenses, ganando el seudónimo “The Unabomber” (por el acrónimo del caso policial UNABOM: University and Airline Bombing).

Exigió que su manifiesto se publicara bajo este seudónimo en el New York Times con la amenaza de más atentados. Su hermano reconoció las ideas y caligrafía de Kaczynski y ayudó en su captura. Sentenciado a cadena perpetua más 30 años, está actualmente preso en Colorado.

UB

La entrada 7 asesinos más inteligentes de la historia aparece primero en Noticias Diarias de Venezuela.

[medicalmarijuana-news]

El Chapo Loses His ‘Public Enemy Number One’ Title

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has lost his title as Public Enemy Number One, which was bestowed upon him by the Chicago Crime Commission in 2013.

Actually, Guzman was the only person on the list for the past 87 years.

The Commission first coined and designated the title to Al Capone in 1930. Up until El Chapo came onto the scene, the Commission had yet to regard a criminal worthy of the same moniker.

“Not since the Chicago Crime Commission’s first Public Enemy Number One has any criminal deserved this title more than Guzman,” said J.R. Davis, chairman and president of the Chicago Crime Commission. “Compared to Guzman, Al Capone looks like an amateur.”

Really? Hard to believe in a town that knows a bit about organized crime and has a significant list of infamous criminals in it’s recent past.

Let’s look at a few—the “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski, domestic terrorist and target of one of the FBI’s costliest investigations; John Dillinger, depression-era gangster and bank robber who was notorious for getting away with his crimes and not harming those he robbed; and the horrible John Wayne Gacy, Chicago’s worst serial killer and convicted rapist of 33 teenage boys.

Then, there’s Chicago’s very own former governor Rod Blagojevich, fourth of the last seven Illinois governors to serve time behind bars.

Nevertheless, the Chicago Crime Commission had vowed it would keep El Chapo on their Public Enemy Number One list until he was safely in U.S. custody, which he is now.

“At the time of his escape in 2015, the Chicago Crime Commission was outraged that Chapo Guzman had been allowed to slip through the hands of Mexican authorities once again,” said Davis.

Chicago has been identified as a key recipient of El Chapo’s drug operation and as a trans-shipment hub for the cartel. The Sinaloa Cartel found willing business partners among the 100,000 street gang members in Chicago.

Drug enforcement experts conservatively estimated that annual revenues from El Chapo’s Sinaloa Cartel had exceeded $3 billion—more than those of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group.

Fortune Magazine rated the Sinaloa Cartel as the fifth largest organized crime group in the world. Now with the cartel’s leader in U.S. custody, one wonders if that dubious title will also be lost.

Speaking of organized crime and violence, President Trump has been busy on his personal Twitter account with a blast of threatening tweets warning that he’ll “send in the feds” unless Chicago fixes the “carnage” of its violent crime problem.

The hail of Trump tweets came after Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel commented that Trump should get over his fixation with the size of the audience at his inauguration.

Related: ‘El Chapo’ Guzman’s Case Will Rely Heavily on Snitches from Chicago 

You can keep up with all of HIGH TIMES’ news right here.

from Medical Marijuana News http://ift.tt/2jqyCMF via https://www.potbox.com/