Authorities say the brutal heat is suspected in the death of a Des Moines police dog found dead inside a patrol vehicle.
Harley, a Labrador retriever assigned to the narcotics team, was found Wednesday afternoon. The temperature had already reached the low 90s.
Police Sgt. Chris Scott says Harley had been working with his human partner, Officer Brian Mathis, on Wednesday. Scott says it was Mathis who found Harley dead in the vehicle.
Investigators are checking how long Harley was left inside the vehicle and whether the air conditioner was on or some windows were rolled down.
ABC
2012-08-31
2012-08-30
Rape victim calls out Rob Ford's 'slut shaming' niece for calling her a whore. (LETTER)
Dear a lot of people, but specifically Ms. Krista Ford,
In advance I’d like to say I am sorry. This is not the ideal situation to first acquaint oneself with someone and I am mortified. Sorry! However, under the circumstance, I feel like you owe me a moment of your time, even though we’ve never meet.
The circumstance being you called me a whore.
I should clarify: I’m one of the victims of the recent string of sexual assaults in the Annex. ‘Sup? It’s nice to make you acquaintance.
So, you’ve called me a whore. Here we are. This is awkward now, isn’t it? You’re probably wondering if I’m going to challenge you on having been a member of Lingerie League. I’m not, because I’d never slut-shame another woman. I believe you have a right to your body and regardless of how you do or don’t dress it I believe you have a right to respect and personal security. I guess that’s the key difference in our thinking. You could wear a t-shirt that says “I’m literally asking for it” and I’d still advocate for your security.
That’s what I’m asking for this brief moment of your day, for your edification. You’re a woman and you should know that your body is yours and yours alone. No matter how you dress it, you have a right — an actual Charter of Rights and Freedom right — to not be sexually assaulted. You are entitled to life, liberty and the security of person. Welcome to Canada — you live here! If you weren’t aware of your Charter rights, other Canadian things you may have missed out on are double-doubles, good maple syrup, and Beachcombers*, so check that s--- out.
For the record, I was sexually assaulted while wearing a knee-length polka-dot dress. The last time I wore that dress, it was to Easter dinner at my Gran’s, where I’m fairly certain I could make little to no money whoring.
With due respect / sorry,
Alice Moran
Canadian / Comedian / Beachcombers Enthusiast
*I love Beachcombers.
Alice Moran, you fucking rule. The Star
In advance I’d like to say I am sorry. This is not the ideal situation to first acquaint oneself with someone and I am mortified. Sorry! However, under the circumstance, I feel like you owe me a moment of your time, even though we’ve never meet.
The circumstance being you called me a whore.
I should clarify: I’m one of the victims of the recent string of sexual assaults in the Annex. ‘Sup? It’s nice to make you acquaintance.
So, you’ve called me a whore. Here we are. This is awkward now, isn’t it? You’re probably wondering if I’m going to challenge you on having been a member of Lingerie League. I’m not, because I’d never slut-shame another woman. I believe you have a right to your body and regardless of how you do or don’t dress it I believe you have a right to respect and personal security. I guess that’s the key difference in our thinking. You could wear a t-shirt that says “I’m literally asking for it” and I’d still advocate for your security.
That’s what I’m asking for this brief moment of your day, for your edification. You’re a woman and you should know that your body is yours and yours alone. No matter how you dress it, you have a right — an actual Charter of Rights and Freedom right — to not be sexually assaulted. You are entitled to life, liberty and the security of person. Welcome to Canada — you live here! If you weren’t aware of your Charter rights, other Canadian things you may have missed out on are double-doubles, good maple syrup, and Beachcombers*, so check that s--- out.
For the record, I was sexually assaulted while wearing a knee-length polka-dot dress. The last time I wore that dress, it was to Easter dinner at my Gran’s, where I’m fairly certain I could make little to no money whoring.
With due respect / sorry,
Alice Moran
Canadian / Comedian / Beachcombers Enthusiast
*I love Beachcombers.
Alice Moran, you fucking rule. The Star
Rob Ford's niece shames the victims of rape by implying they were at fault for their rapes. Also, she encourages carrying illegal weapons. Really.
The daughter of Toronto Coun. Doug Ford and the niece of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford had written the following message on Twitter: “Stay alert, walk tall, carry mace, take self-defence classes & don’t dress like a whore.”
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Ford was a high-profile member of a Toronto women's football team, the Toronto Triumph, part of the Lingerie Football League.
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Her advice to "carry mace" is also controversial, since mace is a prohibited and restricted weapon.
A similar comment from a Toronto police officer led to the creation of the Slut Walk, which has spread to cities across North America and Europe.
[...]
Slut Walk Toronto responded to Ford's comments on Thursday.
In a statement it said, "What Krista said was problematic for many reasons, including placing the onus for preventing sexual assault on a potential victim, pointing to clothes as a reason or inciting factor of sexual assault (time and time again proven to be untrue), and shaming survivors with 'don't dress like a whore'. When anyone says that 'dressing like a whore' makes someone liable to be raped, they're blaming existing survivors for their own victimization."
Toronto Star
2012-08-25
Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on the moon, is dead, age 82
Armstrong underwent a heart-bypass surgery earlier this month to relieve blocked coronary arteries.
As commander of the Apollo 11 mission, Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969.
Vancouver Sun
2012-08-15
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford drives on city's busiest highway while reading.
Photos posted on Twitter appear to show the mayor reading a document while driving on the Gardiner Expressway.
When asked about the snapshots at a news conference Tuesday, Ford didn’t deny it happened, but said he still kept his eyes on the road.
He cited his busy schedule and said he uses the commute to catch up on his work.
In a post on their official Facebook page, Toronto police say they would not be able to lay charges because Ontario’s distracted driving legislation applies only to electronic devices.
However, police are urging Ford to get a driver.
“On behalf of all the citizens of Toronto that value road safety, Mr. Mayor ...please get a driver,” the post said. “It is obvious that you are busy enough to require one and no amount of money you are saving by not having one is worth the life of one of your citizens.”
You have a 1 in 100 chance of dying due to inattentive driving - you have a 1 in 325 chance of dying due to firearms. Which is to say, Rob Ford is more likely to kill you than any so-called gun-toting thug.
Chronicle Herald
2012-06-24
GOP rep Wayne Schmidt loses his shit over a lawmaker (and woman) saying 'vagina' during an abortion debate, so he decides to treat women like children after that. Also, he doesn't believe in 'no means no'.
Thousands of women protested when Michigan State Rep. Lisa Brown (D-West Bloomfield) was banned from speaking on the House Floor for a day after she used the word "vagina" during a debate over anti-abortion bill.
But her colleague, State Rep. Wayne Schmidt (R-Traverse City), said Republican leadership's decision to silence Brown was no different than putting a child in timeout.
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She had told her colleagues, "I'm flattered you're all so concerned about my vagina, but no means no."
Schmidt said "vagina" wasn't the problem.
"It wasn't about body parts, it wasn't about dissent, it wasn't about anyone's religious beliefs," he said. "It was that last comment that took a step too far-- the 'no means no' comment."
You sick deceitful sexist oppressive fucking mouth-breather. Huffington
But her colleague, State Rep. Wayne Schmidt (R-Traverse City), said Republican leadership's decision to silence Brown was no different than putting a child in timeout.
[...]
She had told her colleagues, "I'm flattered you're all so concerned about my vagina, but no means no."
Schmidt said "vagina" wasn't the problem.
"It wasn't about body parts, it wasn't about dissent, it wasn't about anyone's religious beliefs," he said. "It was that last comment that took a step too far-- the 'no means no' comment."
You sick deceitful sexist oppressive fucking mouth-breather. Huffington
2012-06-14
Burger King taunts animal rights groups with new bacon sundae.
Eager to lure customers to their counters this summer, the fast food chain Burger King is introducing a bacon sundae to its menu.
This crazy soft serve dessert took Nashville, Tenn. by storm earlier this year, where it was first launched.
The sweet and savoury dessert features the rich and creamy vanilla Burger King soft serve ice cream, drizzled with chocolate fudge, caramel and topped with bacon crumbles. The sundae is then completed with a thick-cut, hardwood smoked bacon garnish.
The introduction of this limited-time concoction is yet another example of how fast-food chains are trying to stay competitive in today's market.
This outrageous treat is affordable, with a suggested retail price of US$2.49. But it also takes a heavy toll on consumer's waistlines. The sundae clocks in at 510 calories, 18 grams of fat and 61 grams of sugar.
CTV
This crazy soft serve dessert took Nashville, Tenn. by storm earlier this year, where it was first launched.
The sweet and savoury dessert features the rich and creamy vanilla Burger King soft serve ice cream, drizzled with chocolate fudge, caramel and topped with bacon crumbles. The sundae is then completed with a thick-cut, hardwood smoked bacon garnish.
The introduction of this limited-time concoction is yet another example of how fast-food chains are trying to stay competitive in today's market.
This outrageous treat is affordable, with a suggested retail price of US$2.49. But it also takes a heavy toll on consumer's waistlines. The sundae clocks in at 510 calories, 18 grams of fat and 61 grams of sugar.
CTV
2012-06-12
Religious asshole prick suing the NYPD because they won't let him lock up people for gayness.
The NYPD wouldn’t hire him — because he is anti-gay, a Police Academy reject complains in a startling new discrimination lawsuit.
The would-be cop from Brooklyn — identified only as “Farhan Doe” — is a Muslim-American who believes homosexuality is a sin as a matter of religious principal, according to the suit.
Doe deserves to be in the NYPD, despite checking the “yes” box next to the question, “Do you believe that homosexuals should be locked up,” in 2009, when he applied, said his lawyer, Jerold Levine.
When Doe — who works as an auxiliary cop in Brooklyn — applied to the Police Academy the next year, he’d softened his views, still believing homosexuality is a sin, but no longer believing gays should be arrested, Levine said.
NY Post
The would-be cop from Brooklyn — identified only as “Farhan Doe” — is a Muslim-American who believes homosexuality is a sin as a matter of religious principal, according to the suit.
Doe deserves to be in the NYPD, despite checking the “yes” box next to the question, “Do you believe that homosexuals should be locked up,” in 2009, when he applied, said his lawyer, Jerold Levine.
When Doe — who works as an auxiliary cop in Brooklyn — applied to the Police Academy the next year, he’d softened his views, still believing homosexuality is a sin, but no longer believing gays should be arrested, Levine said.
NY Post
2012-06-11
UK Prime Minister David Cameron forgot his eight year old daughter in a bar.
British Prime Minister David Cameron's office confirmed Monday that he accidentally left his 8-year-old daughter Nancy in a country pub after a family Sunday lunch.
The incident sparked a debate in Britain about Cameron's parenting and comes only a few weeks after the government set up a program to give parents of young children classes in how to raise them. It highlights a sharp contrast with the United States, where Secret Service agents routinely guard and monitor the president's immediate family when they are out in public.
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Downing Street said the incident happened "a couple of months ago" as the family was leaving the pub near Chequers, the official country house prime ministers use while in office. Sunday pub lunches are a long traditional in Britain, often including roast beef, potatoes, Yorkshire pudding and salad along with red wine, beer or ale.
Nancy had gone to the bathroom while Cameron and the rest of the family piled into two cars to drive back to the house west of London.
Cameron was travelling in one car with his bodyguards and assumed that Nancy was in the other car with his wife Samantha and their two other children. Samantha assumed Nancy was with her father, and they only realized she was missing when they got home.
Associated Press via Google
The incident sparked a debate in Britain about Cameron's parenting and comes only a few weeks after the government set up a program to give parents of young children classes in how to raise them. It highlights a sharp contrast with the United States, where Secret Service agents routinely guard and monitor the president's immediate family when they are out in public.
[...]
Downing Street said the incident happened "a couple of months ago" as the family was leaving the pub near Chequers, the official country house prime ministers use while in office. Sunday pub lunches are a long traditional in Britain, often including roast beef, potatoes, Yorkshire pudding and salad along with red wine, beer or ale.
Nancy had gone to the bathroom while Cameron and the rest of the family piled into two cars to drive back to the house west of London.
Cameron was travelling in one car with his bodyguards and assumed that Nancy was in the other car with his wife Samantha and their two other children. Samantha assumed Nancy was with her father, and they only realized she was missing when they got home.
Associated Press via Google
Man has known for a century that penguins are horrible rapist necrophiliac pedophile homosexuals.
Worse was to come, however. Levick spent the Antarctic summer of 1911-12 observing the colony of Adélies at Cape Adare, making him the only scientist to this day to have studied an entire breeding cycle there. During that time, he witnessed males having sex with other males and also with dead females, including several that had died the previous year. He also saw them sexually coerce females and chicks and occasionally kill them.
Levick blamed this "astonishing depravity" on "hooligan males" and wrote down his observations in Greek so that only an educated gentleman would understand the horrors he had witnessed. Back in Britain he produced a paper (in English), titled Natural History of the Adélie Penguin. However, the section about the animal's sexual proclivities was deemed to be so shocking it was removed to preserve decency. Levick then used this material as the basis for a separate short paper, Sexual Habits of the Adélie Penguin, which was privately circulated among a handful of experts.
Guardian
Levick blamed this "astonishing depravity" on "hooligan males" and wrote down his observations in Greek so that only an educated gentleman would understand the horrors he had witnessed. Back in Britain he produced a paper (in English), titled Natural History of the Adélie Penguin. However, the section about the animal's sexual proclivities was deemed to be so shocking it was removed to preserve decency. Levick then used this material as the basis for a separate short paper, Sexual Habits of the Adélie Penguin, which was privately circulated among a handful of experts.
Guardian
Greek Nazi bitch (and politician) Ilias Kasidiaris assaults two women on live TV - so he's suing them. Or something.
A Greek far-right politician who slapped a left-wing politician in the face and threw water at another during a live television talk show sued his victims for defamation on Monday.
Ilias Kasidiaris, spokesman of the far-right Golden Dawn party, said he would also sue private TV station Antenna for wrongful detention after he was locked in a room in the studio following the attack until he broke down the door and escaped.
Kasidiaris shocked viewers last week with the attack on Rena Dourou, a deputy in the radical leftist SYRIZA party and Liana Kanelli, a veteran communist deputy, during a heated debate ahead of national elections on June 17.
The 31 year-old former army commando went into hiding after the assault but issued a statement at the weekend blaming the two middle-aged women for deliberately provoking him into the attack.
Toronto Sun
Ilias Kasidiaris, spokesman of the far-right Golden Dawn party, said he would also sue private TV station Antenna for wrongful detention after he was locked in a room in the studio following the attack until he broke down the door and escaped.
Kasidiaris shocked viewers last week with the attack on Rena Dourou, a deputy in the radical leftist SYRIZA party and Liana Kanelli, a veteran communist deputy, during a heated debate ahead of national elections on June 17.
The 31 year-old former army commando went into hiding after the assault but issued a statement at the weekend blaming the two middle-aged women for deliberately provoking him into the attack.
Toronto Sun
Former Waterloo police constable Christopher Knox stole a dildo from a woman, and photographed naked men, while on duty.
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