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Mother drowned disabled baby because she was ashamed
A 32-year-old mother drowned her four-year-old daughter in the bath because she was ashamed of the girl's disability, a court heard.
Joanne Hill was "ashamed and embarrassed" of her four-year-old daughter Naomi's condition and struggled to cope caring for the youngster, who suffered with cerebral palsy. Hill then murdered her daughter in a "determined and planned act" after her husband refused to allow the child to be adopted.
Mrs Hill allegedly planned the murder for the afternoon of November 26 last year knowing her husband Simon would not be home until 5.30pm. After picking up Naomi from the childminder she drove them to the family home in north Wales, poured herself a glass of wine then ran a bath.
The barrister, Mr Chambers, said: "When the bath was full she told Naomi she was having a bath, but Naomi didn't want one. The defendant carried her upstairs and undressed her. The defendant put her in the bath and drowned her by holding her head under the water for a long time until she was dead." After the killing, Mrs Hill dressed her daughter's body as if nothing was amiss and drove her around for eight hours, drinking several glasses of wine, before taking her to hospital claiming she was unconscious, the jury heard.
Mrs Hill, who denies murder but admits manslaughter, told police she had been suffering from suicidal thoughts before the killing and later suggested she was psychotic.
But Mr Chambers said: "She quite simply wanted Naomi dead."
The prosecution does not accept Hill's diminished responsibility defence. They claim she was not suffering from any mental problems and had not been "entirely honest" since she was arrested. Jurors heard how Mrs Hill had told doctors that she was hearing voices in her head but had later admitted making up the account.
The trial continues. A 32-year-old mother drowned her four-year-old daughter in the bath because she was ashamed of the girl's disability, a court hea... more -
The Worst Corporations Of 2008
This video highlights a few a the worst corporations in 2008. It shows why they are the worst corporations.
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Let's play the Shame Game!
Senator and presidential hopeful Barack Obama, who has come under criticism for saying that small town Americans deal with bitterness by clinging to their guns, religion, and nationalism, has found himself on the defensive facing what appears to be a slam-dunk shot for the Democratic nomination, provided he can break even with rival Hillary Clinton in the final primaries and shore up votes from the questionable yet all-powerful superdelegates. Senator Clinton has dubbed him as elitist and out of touch with American Values. Here's his response:
"Now, I have to admit that I expected some of this out of John McCain. John McCain said I was out of touch, he said I was being condescending and elitist, 'people aren't bitter.' And I'm thinking to myself, 'Here's a guy, it took him three tries before he actually came up with a plan to deal with the millions of people who are about to lose their homes because of foreclosure, who wants to perpetuate the Bush tax cuts.
"And he's saying I'm out of touch. Do you think I'm out of touch or do you think he's out of touch?! So I expected this out of John McCain. But I've gotta say, I'm a little disappointed when I start hearing the exact same talking points coming out of my Democratic colleague Hillary Clinton. She knows better. She knows better! Shame on her! Shame on her! She knows better!"
Meanwhile, Hillary's campaign has fired back about Obama's "shame" remarks. In a written statement released Sunday, Clinton spokesman Phil Singer referred to Obama’s remarks as an “outburst.”
“For months, Barack Obama and his campaign have relentlessly attacked Hillary Clinton’s character and integrity by using Republican talking points from the 1990s. The shame is his,” Singer said. “Sen. Clinton does know better — she knows better than to condescend and talk down to voters like Senator Obama did. Senator Obama’s outburst won’t change the fact that he has embraced his characterization of the millions of Americans who live in small towns.”
I say shame on US! Senator and presidential hopeful Barack Obama, who has come under criticism for saying that small town Americans deal with bitterness ... more -
The Raw Story: Pentagon Papers leaker calls Iraq invasion 'supreme war crime...
Fear of war with Iran has overpowered my thoughts. The drums have been beating, getting louder by the day. My heart races every time I contemplate the effects of war with Iran. There are people who spoke out before we went into Iraq; they were stating facts to back up their views. They were written off, overruled by spin. It’s 5 years later and we now have facts to support their claims; the Iraq War was wrong.
Listening now, I hear those same individuals talking about Iran and the same ‘talking heads’, spinning the same spin about Iran. I’m sorry but given the choice, I’ll choose the ones who were right before.
Lately, I have been in a panic, trying to post the voices of people who were right before, thinking if I could get their voices out there, people would know and George W. would be afraid to start World War III. He has even spoke of it. Why not panic? Do we trust his word? Do we trust his facts? Has his intelligence been wrong before? What will happen this time if he is wrong? Will Russia take it as a challenge? They have warned that an attack on Iran is an attack on them. Do we have a nuclear submarine heading to the area? Do we have aircraft carriers stationed in the area? Did you read the stories back in ’07 about Iran, Russia and China doing joint war games? I did. Did you read about the nuclear bombs moving by plane across America by accident? No kidding, nukes could be moved by accident?
In my PANIC to spread the word, I typed the wrong word in this heading. I typed Iran instead of Iraq. I have realized, it’s time to take a breath. One of my favorite quotes ‘When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on’. I’m gonna take today and tie my knot, but I hope the rest of the concerned writers keep posting and spreading the word. It’s too important not to! I’ll be back. Tomorrow is another day.
Peace! Fear of war with Iran has overpowered my thoughts. The drums have been beating, getting louder by the day. My heart races every time... more -
Beckham's Mum disapproves of him wearing pants
David Beckham has admitted he was worried about stripping off for Emporio Armani – because he knew his mum would disapprove. The footie star posed for the raunchy ad campaign last year, which was plastered on huge advertising billboards around the world.
'When the photos came out, my mum was the first one to call me and say: “What are you doing?” David Beckham has admitted he was worried about stripping off for Emporio Armani – because he knew his mum would disapprove. The footi... more -
"War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death"
A Winning Argument: Loretta Alper and Jeremy Earp's "War Made Easy"
by Michael Joshua Rowin (March 9, 2008)
[An indieWIRE review from Reverse Shot.]
Though the early to mid-aughts documentary boom has recently died down, it's still difficult to believe there hasn't been a serious nonfiction indictment of the collusion between the government and the media in selling the invasion of Iraq to the American public. This accounts for a somewhat shameful omission in the ever-growing Iraq War doc catalogue--the sheer amount of lies, distortions, and fear-mongering titillations on display in a typical CNN or Fox News broadcast circa 2002 (and today) would offer enough evidence on the sorry state of our national media for a book-length study, let alone a feature film. Columnist, critic, and antiwar notable Norman Solomon has now, remarkably, provided both: his 2005 volume "War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death" has been adapted into an explosive, compact 73-minute documentary by filmmakers Loretta Alper and Jeremy Earp. If a few years ago Solomon was a lonely voice in the wilderness, with this film he has a major stage from which to educate a potentially greater audience.
Because educate is what this film has been unabashedly designed to do--there's a reason it was produced by the Institute for Public Accuracy (of which Solomon is founder and executive director) and Media Education Foundation. It would be a mistake, however, to dismiss "War Made Easy" as the cinematic equivalent of a lecture, no matter how tempting it might be to do so in an age where talking head-guided social studies lessons have emerged as the most popular form of documentary expression. Since Solomon is the only interviewee on screen (though it helps in such a case for a marquee name like Sean Penn to provide voice over services) "War Made Easy" should by all reasoning be even more dry and didactic, but it actually works as an effective and often startling montage of found footage (thank you, Fair Use) that plays like a highlight reel of the mainstream media's incessant but subtle ideological agenda. A Winning Argument: Loretta Alper and Jeremy Earp's "War Made Easy" by Michael Joshua Rowin (March 9, 2008) ... more -
Tucker Carlson unintentionally reveals the role of the American press
Tucker Carlson explains how The American Press have become complicit with people of power.
Illustrating that point as vividly as anything I can recall, MSNBC’s Tucker Carlson had Peev on his show last night and angrily criticized her publication of Power’s remarks. Carlson upbraided Peev for her lack of deference to someone as important as Power, and Peev retorted by pointing out exactly what that attitude reflects about Carlson and the American press generally (via LEXIS; h/t Mike Stark):
CARLSON: What — she wanted it off the record. Typically, the arrangement is if someone you’re interviewing wants a quote off the record, you give it to them off the record. Why didn’t you do that?
PEEV: Are you really that acquiescent in the United States? In the United Kingdom, journalists believe that on or off the record is a principle that’s decided ahead of the interview. If a figure in public life.
CARLSON: Right.
PEEV: Someone who’s ostensibly going to be an advisor to the man who could be the most powerful politician in the world, if she makes a comment and decides it’s a bit too controversial and wants to withdraw it immediately after, unfortunately if the interview is on the record, it has to go ahead.
CARLSON: Right. Well, it’s a little.
PEEV: I didn’t set out in any way, shape.
CARLSON: Right. But I mean, since journalistic standards in Great Britain are so much dramatically lower than they are here, it’s a little much being lectured on journalistic ethics by a reporter from the “Scotsman,” but I wonder if you could just explain what you think the effect is on the relationship between the press and the powerful. People don’t talk to you when you go out of your way to hurt them as you did in this piece.
Don’t you think that hurts the rest of us in our effort to get to the truth from the principals in these campaigns?
PEEV: If this is the first time that candid remarks have been published about what one campaign team thinks of the other candidate, then I would argue that your journalists aren’t doing a very good job of getting to the truth. Now I did not go out of my way in any way, shape or form to hurt Miss Power. I believe she’s an intelligent and perfectly affable woman. In fact, she’s — she is incredibly intelligent so she — who knows she may have known what she was doing.
She regretted it. She probably acted with integrity. It’s not for me to decide one way or the other whether she did the right thing. But I did not go out and try to end her career.
Credit to Tucker Carlson for being so (unintentionally) candid about the lowly, subservient role of the American press with regard to “the relationship between the press and the powerful.” A journalist should never do anything that “hurts” the powerful, otherwise the powerful won’t give access to the press any longer. Presumably, the press should only do things that please the powerful so that the powerful keep talking to the press, so that the press in turn can keep pleasing the powerful, in an endless, symbiotic, mutually beneficial cycle. Rarely does someone who plays the role of a “journalist” on TV so candidly describe their real function. For anyone who wants to dismiss Carlson as some buffoon who is unrepresentative of journalists generally, I would refer them to the testimony at the Lewis Libby trial of the mighty, revered Tim Russert, Washington Bureau Chief for NBC News:
When I talk to senior government officials on the phone, it’s my own policy — our conversations are confidential. If I want to use anything from that conversation, then I will ask permission. Tucker Carlson explains how The American Press have become complicit with people of power. ... more -
Bush to veto bill banning waterboarding
WASHINGTON - The White House says President Bush will veto legislation on Saturday that would have barred the CIA from using waterboarding — a technique that simulates drowning — and other harsh interrogation methods on terror suspects.
Bush has said the bill would harm the government's ability to prevent future attacks. Supporters of the legislation argue that it preserves the United States' right to collect critical intelligence while boosting the country's moral standing abroad.
"The bill would take away one of the most valuable tools on the war on terror, the CIA program to detain and question key terrorist leaders and operatives," deputy White House press secretary Tony Fratto said Friday.
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So tell me again why impeachment is off the table? This is SHAMEFUL. WASHINGTON - The White House says President Bush will veto legislation on Saturday that would have barred the CIA from using waterboar... more -
Doctors Interrogate Children as Informants on Parents Behavior
Don’t use the children! Families first! Forget tapping our phones, they are going to tap our children. What have we become that we have to turn children into unknowing informants? Children trust their doctors. Parents teach the children to trust the doctors. Doctors occasionally have to hurt the children to protect them (they give them shots). Now they are going to use what they tell them against members of their families. Parents are going to have to teach their children to lie to their pediatricians if they smoke marijuana in the privacy of their own home. Daddies who have a gun in the home for protection will need to tell their children to lie to someone they should trust.
Pediatricians are a necessity. They should not be used as a tool for the government. Our children should not be used as a tool for the government. Are they that desperate that they have to use the weakest (our children) in their wars. What kind of psychological scars will they give to the children that accomplish their goals and they arrest their family members? Does the ends really justify the means? Our government is going to hurt families, via the child? Sad!
Who decides what questions to ask? Or is it, 'just go fishing'? This should not be accepted, our children should be loved and protected, not used. Don’t use the children! Families first! Forget tapping our phones, they are going to tap our children. What have we become that we ... more -
WND settles $165 million libel case. Out of court agreement ends 7 year old suit
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A 7-year-old, $165 million defamation case against WND springing from a series of stories about then-presidential candidate Al Gore has been settled.
The terms of the out-of-court agreement with auto dealer Clark Jones are confidential. The settlement averts the need for a trial in Tennessee that was scheduled for next month.
I wish it hadn't taken 7 years, I can't remember which series of stories they are referring to. Does anyone remember? So many things have happened during those 7 years, There’s a question -- Why did WorldNetDaily.com report false information? Was it to benefit George W. Bush? If WorldNetDaily.com influenced the outcome of the 2000 election, they owe us all money! We need our Constitution back! We have the shame of being a country that questions what 'is' torture. Bill Clinton's question about 'is' was about sex. This administrations 'is' question is about torture. Our economy is in shambles. People are loosing their homes. Credit card companies are charging record interest rates, more than the bookies in the early 70's; they only charged 25%. Oil companies are making record profits every quarter. Every quarter is better than the last. Halliburton can not account for billions of dollars, with no accountability. $6.3 billion buyout by Carlyle complete -- chicagotribune.com -- December 22, 2007 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-sat_3brief_1... seniors received notice stating: 'Important New Medicare Changes...' One paragraph stood out to me. **'Also, the DRG program payment system is still in effect and sets per ailment ceilings on Medicare payments to a hospital. Because of these ceilings, many hospitals are now transferring patients to lower cost nursing homes or extended care facilities **
Would the rich have gotten richer and the poor gotten poorer if news organizations like WorldNetDaily been held accountable at the time? Would other news organizations been more afraid of litigation and accountability than George W. and the neocons?
America needs accountability again. If people and corporations would be held accountable, they would fear the cost and shame for lying. The spin that has gone on for the past 7 years, is lies that distort fact, yet are given equal coverage. Mainstream media has reported spin and fact as equal; it's an 'Assault on Reason'.
Congress spent today investigating steroids of baseball players? If the libel settlement is because WND used lies against Clark Jones to hurt the campaign of Al Gore, WND admitted to tampering with an election. Knowingly printing lies during a campaign 'IS' TAMPERING WITH OUR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION! That is what I want Congress to investigate, NOT STEROIDS! MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A 7-year-old, $165 million defamation case against WND springing from a series of stories about then-presidential can... more -
Exxon tries for new profit record on back of $100 oil
Ordinary Americans are hit with hard times! Exxon Mobile hit with record profits? How can this happen with no accountability? Did Dick Cheney have anything to do with our hard times? Did his energy policy have anything to do with their record profits? We'll never know? The Supreme Court ruled in his favor, he doesn't have to tell us. No accountability! NO SHAME! SHAME, SHAME, SHAME!
George W., Dick Cheney and the Supreme Court have done it to us! They did things in plain sight with no accountability. Mainstream media enabled them! How much longer will Americans let this happen? We pay record prices for everything due to record GLUTNEY of Corporate American Executives. Mainstream media has sold their souls to the highest bidder! They no longer represent ordinary Americans! Don't support their sponsors, let's get some accountability. Ordinary Americans are hit with hard times! Exxon Mobile hit with record profits? How can this happen with no accountability? Did D... more -
Malaysian Minister Admits Sex Video
Malaysian Health Minister Chua Soi Lek has admitted that he is indeed the man who features in two widely circulated DVDs of an unmarried couple having sex.
It's been reported that he has apologised to the Malaysian Prime Minister, as well as other ruling party leaders. His own wife and children have also accepted his apology.
It's believed the video is CCTV footage from a hotel room, although the date is still unconfirmed.
Imagine the conversation between him and his children, now that is something I'd pay to watch... Malaysian Health Minister Chua Soi Lek has admitted that he is indeed the man who features in two widely circulated DVDs of an unmarri... more -
Discovery Breaks Through Fibbery...
OK - First he worked really hard to become a respected researcher, then he worked really hard but was not happy with the results, so he embellished a little, throwing it all away. Now, it turns out, his research that needed embellishing inn his mind turns out to be a serious legitiate breakthorough (the parts that are true...) OK - First he worked really hard to become a respected researcher, then he worked really hard but was not happy with the results, so h... more
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