Does India have a higher rate of violent sex crimes compared with other countries, or have I been propagandized? I don’t want to be the guy who says, “WTF is happening over there?” so I’m curious if something is, indeed, “happening over there.”

If the shooter was black they would have sent the SWAT team within an hour. I can’t believe the chief was saying this shit out loud. “We knocked on the door, he didn’t answer, there was nothing we could do.”

This story is bananas. After Moturi was shot, it wasn’t until he went to the press that the police made an effort to arrest the shooter. Here’s MPD chief’s unhinged response to the criticism.

https://youtu.be/A0TCnMHHhwY

Is that how you think this works? Nobody gets to choose where they’re born, and people tend to stay close to their families or other support systems, and their jobs. They might have partners or kids who are similarly invested in the area. Not so easy.

What you’re saying is true in fact, but I feel like you’re letting the price gougers off the hook a little. Eggs are popular because they’re versatile, nutritionally dense and traditionally cheap. Eggs are almost the best breakfast kids can have before school because they help with focus and keep them full. There really isn’t a replacement at the same price point. I don’t think we should expect them to be so cheap that we rely on animal cruelty, but they shouldn’t be a luxury item either.

EDIT: to clarify, it’s the protein and fat that help with focus and fullness, not eggs specifically.

This one really hurts to think about. What an evil act. She deserves to be alive, the officer(s?) deserve to be in prison forever, and whatever payout the family receives should come from the department’s pension fund.

What’s insane? That she was wrongfully convicted, or that anyone is questioning her guilt? If the latter, we should never stop scrutinizing the government when they’re able to lock people up for life. To be clear, I’m not making a judgment about Letby.

At the very least they should lose every penny they have, and every penny they earn henceforth should go directly to the fund. Or am I just describing incarceration?

This case sounds eerily similar to the case of Curtis Flowers, who spent 20+ years on death row for a quadruple-homicide in Mississippi. The DA and investigators just didn’t want to do their jobs, so they pinned it on someone who they didn’t expect to fight back, and they tried and convicted him 6 times instead of looking for the real culprit. In the Dark is an incredible podcast about it.

The state isn’t just stealing the years these guys were locked up. They’re stealing the years afterwards too. In Ziegler’s case, he’s never used a cell phone, never used the internet. There’s no amount of money that would compensate for what they did to him.

Ha, I had the same experience doing lemon tek with my wife. It was my first time trying it too. She didn’t hold it against me afterwards but she did think I over-served on purpose.