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more about #deathpenalty BytheSea: 70 wpm? I think the old people are bringing that average down. More info on Banita Jacks here: [www.washingtonpost.com] Says she thought the girls w... more » Zombie Ms. Skittles: I can type up to 132 wpm with 2 errors! I am FINALLY better at something than a child prodigy! more » Evie Havok: Hmmm. I was unaware that they changed the definition of the word prodigy. Also, that's awful. Ten year old kids raping an eight year old?That's two s... more » Penny: I took one of those online typing tests and got 90WPM and I thought my fingers were little geniuses. Now I feel lame. more » Old Jean Gallagher: Wow. And I thought I was cool for being able to type 100-109 (depending on which temp agency test you looked at)... I wonder if she also plays piano.... more » Katxyz: I wonder if those two British boys had also been sexually or physically abused or had witnessed abuse recently. That's often the case. Justice is ne... more » GGobsessed: I don't quite understand how Mackenzie is a prodigy - it's amazing, certainly. But it's not exactly a sign of any intellectual abilities. I'm not even... more » badmutha: The Canadian study also said that the women with "maladaptive eating patterns" believed they were in poor health. I wonder what that connection is? Th... more » BlueMorpho: Mavis Beacon eat your heart out. more » boobookitteh: But how fast can she text? more » sshacker: One step, still more to go. I wonder if the UK/US/other western countries governments will allow gay people in Uganda to file for asylum based on thi... more » GreyCat: Gays admitting they exist is "brainwashing" the children but trying to convince gays through intimidation they they can change their errant ways is "c... more » Sputnik_Sweetheart: My first reaction was "this is great news!" and then I realized that there is still a bill that makes homosexuality illegal. Sigh. The human race have... more » Lymed: I can't believe it even needed to get eliminated. more » yvanehtnioj: #smallsteps is right. Yeesh. more » Elaken: That totally wasn't a jury of his peers. All those letters are probably anti-lamp. #pixarintroparody more » Kitty: The lamp was only a child! He should have not been tried as an adult! I blame bad parenting and TV. Those two letters are always up to something. ... more » wtfox?!: keep thnkng what would have happened f the lamp was released lke so many of u bleedng heart lberals who thnk crme shouldn't be punshed want. Probably ... more » Theomeny: That Lamp deserved what t got. And _ hope t burns n hell. #pixarintroparody more » prismatism is Team Bella: There's a big difference between electroshock therapy and the electric chair. Grumblegrumblegrumble. #pixarintroparody more » -
#leftovers
Girl Prodigy Types 119-Words A Minute • Prosecution Allowed To Seek Death Penalty Against Casey Anthony
• Meet Mackenzie, a child prodigy who can type 119 worlds per minute (the average professional adult types 50-70 wpm). "It makes me feel powerful," she said. "I'd like to get to at least 200." • More » -
#smallsteps
Uganda Drops Death Penalty From Anti-Gay Bill
Uganda has eliminated the death penalty and life imprisonment from its anti-gay bill, in the hopes of pleasing some religious leaders. But the bill now includes counseling to "attract errant people to acceptable sexual orientation." [Bloomberg] -
#lightsout
Shock Therapy
In the video after the jump, the lamp is finally tried for stomping out the letter I in the Pixar intro. As punishment, he's supplied with a little too much electricity. [College Humor via Buzzfeed] More » -
#bunnybandits
Rabbit Thieves Executed In Eighteenth Century Britain
Britain's National Archives is posting online records of crimes from the 18th and 19th centuries. At the beginning of this period, over 200 crimes were punishable by death, including forgery, wearing blackface, and "stealing from a rabbit warren." [TimesOnline] -
#ofminksmen
Poll: Animal Pelts More Objectionable Than Death Penalty
A poll found 35% of Americans consider wearing fur morally wrong, while only 30% consider the death penalty unacceptable. Even worse: Having a baby outside of marriage (45% opposed), homosexual relations (47%), and abortion (56%). [Gallup via U.S. News] -
#roevsworld
Whistleblower: FBI Should Have Stopped Roeder, Prevented Tiller Slaying
Colleen Rowley, who in 2002 criticized the FBI on its failure to follow up on would-be 9/11 hijacker Zacarias Moussaoui, now says the Bureau could have prevented George Tiller's assassination if it had investigated Scott Roeder more thoroughly. More » -
#faceoff
Prejean vs. Prejean: A Comparison
Everyone from Keith Olbermann to Sarah Palin has commented on Carrie Prejean, but none have compared her to that other famous Prejean, anti-death penalty advocate and Dead Man Walking inspiration Sister Helen — until now.
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