Domestic Violence Awareness

Mo’Nique, fresh from her Golden Globe nomination and SAG award nomination for her searing performance in the film “Precious,” says that the breakthrough role has done more than put her on the map as a serious actress. The preparation and character study she did in order to convincingly play the part of Precious’ abusive mother [...]  

A man who tied his dog's legs and mouth with electrical tape - leading to the dog's tongue decaying - has been punished for his actions.Fukahetau Togafana, of West Harbour in West Auckland, appeared in the Waitakere District Court...  

A woman labelled a "predatory paedophile" by police has been given an indeterminate prison sentence after she admitted sexually abusing children. Carol Clarke, 46, assaulted children she followed into toilets in Grimsby and other places in Lincolnshire. Grimsby Crown Court heard that Clarke, of Cromwell Road, Grimsby, had admitted abusing children, aged between four and seven, over 30 years.  

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has said he hopes justice had been served after a paedophile priest named in a damning State inquiry was jailed for sexually assaulting an altar boy.  

Are we particularly aghast about crimes like Vanessa George's because it's "contrary to the instinctive nurturing role with which it is generally assumed most women are born?" Suggests the Times of London, For the public, the most obviously shocking aspect of the case was the fact that George was a woman, a mother, and had therefore behaved in every way contrary to the instinctive nurturing role with which it is generally assumed most women...  

Animal Cruelty Abounds in Some States The the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) has just release a new report that looks at the best and worst U.S. states when it comes to the legal protection of animals against abuse and cruelty. The comparative analysis tells us what are the best states, but also, what are the "best states to be an animal abuser" (their words). What are those 5 states?...Read the full story on TreeHugger  

In recent days we have all witnessed two vomitous eruptions of moral nullity that would tax the powers of a Voltaire or a Vidal to do them proper justice; they quite o'er-crow the meager gifts of a hack like me. But I will sketch a few observations here nonetheless, if only to add one more small voice to those few who bear witness to the evils perpetrated by our unaccountable leaders. We speak of course of Barack Obama's Nobel speech and...  

Telegraph.co.ukAbuser's mind 'must be unlocked'The Press AssociationThe husband of a nursery worker jailed for "stomach churning" child abuse said he hopes doctors can "unlock her twisted mind". Vanessa George, 39, who worked at Little Ted's Nursery, in Plymouth, Devon, "plumbed new depths of depravity" by abusing ...ANALYSIS: The sentencing rules that tied a judge's hands over Vanessa GeorgeDaily MailVanessa George and the evil that women...  

A Schaumburg mother avoided a prison term for abusing her pit bull so badly it had to be euthanized, but a Cook County judge bluntly warned he plans to keep an eye on her.  

A diagnosed psychopath who once plunged a fork into his girlfriend’s eye — and had what a judge described as a long and “deeply troubling” history of violently abusing and threatening his intimate partners — has been declared a long-term offender and sentenced to nine years in prison.  

PORTLAND, Ore. - Advocates for domestic-violence victims say a restraining order by itself can't stop an abusive partner bent on doing harm, but it can be a deterrent."It puts people on notice, and that function is inherently valuable," said Circuit Judge Maureen McKnight, who hears applications for restraining orders in Multnomah County.Seven women in the Portland area and [...]  

A Santa Cruz County man has been convicted of animal abuse for neglecting more than four dozen dogs at his home where canine parts were found, a prosecutor said Monday. Robert Brunette, 46, of Boulder Creek was convicted Friday of two felony counts and seven...  

Interpol internet appeal pays dividends A US child abuser who became the target of an internet manhunt last year has been jailed for nearly 20 years after abusing boys as young as six.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work  

What is wrong with Emily Bazelon? My boys love astronomy. I couldn't care less. This leaves me with a guilty question: What do you do when your children's interests don't match your own? Do you do your utmost to cultivate genuine enthusiasm and expertise? Do you fake it? Or do you keep the faith with your own passions, figuring you're...  

DOWNLOADS: (117) PLAYS: (600) Bill O'Reilly is such a narcissist that he didn't bother discussing President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize speech...  

"Is Tiger Woods a narcissist"? I believe that he is. While there are people from every walk of life who have narcissistic traits to their personalities, when it comes to the world of professional sports – almost ever successful athlete is a narcissist. For years, Tiger Woods successfully hid his narcissism from the public – but just like others, his evil past eventually caught up with him. It is likely that narcissism is necessary in the world...  

Nursery worker Vanessa George has been jailed indefinitely for sexually abusing children in her care and swapping indecent images with two other paedophiles.  

The Whidbey News Times reports on an ugly instance of Pagan religion being used and perverted as a pretext to long-term abuse and rape. According to accounts, Daniel Doherty, while a resident in Island County, Washington, allegedly raped and molested a woman from the ages of 11 to 19, excusing the horror by saying they [...]  

When Kathy Cleaves-Milan's live-in boyfriend abused her she did what society is always telling abused women to do: she reported him to the police. And what did she get for bravely doing "the right thing?" She go evicted. A day...  

Arms company Heckler & Koch has been in the news this week. It seems that H, whose international sales office is located in Nottingham, is still in the business of arming regimes that are well known to commit gross violations of human rights. Notts Anti-Militarism looks at three examples from around the world.  

The Onion has a satirical piece on how a funny but fictional study has found high numbers of psychopaths among the nation's children who have "little regard for anything other than their own egocentric interests and pleasures". Mateo added that even when subjects were directly confronted with the consequences of their inexplicable behavior, they had little or no capacity for expressing guilt, other than insincere utterances of "sorry" that...  

NURSERY worker Vanessa George has been jailed indefinitely after admitting feeding the lust of a Facebook accomplice with sick pictures of children in her care.  

Tony Blair's defence of the ousting of Saddam Hussein "does nothing to repair the damage" of the war in Iraq, a former director of public prosecutions has said. Sir Ken MacDonald, who served as DPP from 2003 to 2008, wrote in an article in the Times ...  

Frankly, I'm surprised the megalomaniac didn't give himself an A+. Must be that famed humility of his preventing him from doing that.President Obama told Oprah Winfrey on Sunday night he gives himself a "good, solid B-plus" for his first 11 months in the Oval Office. On what was billed as Oprah's "White House Christmas Special," Obama credited his administration with getting the economy on track,  

Assemblyman Jose Peralta has unleashed his harshest criticism of his primary opponent, Sen. Hiram Monserrate, to date, calling his fellow Queens Democrat "a liar and an abuser." Peralta's attack came in response to Monserrate's appearance on NY1's "The Road to City Hall" last night - his first one-on-one interview since he was sentenced last week following his conviction in October on a misdemeanor charge of assaulting his girlfriend, Karla...  

ITS DEC 09 another year has gone by of being married to an abusive husband and as much as i love him. He really does make me ill and im confused. I would like to separate and be free but at the same time i love him so much and i dont even know why b...  

Even worse, the council failed to adopt any resolution, special session or investigative mandate for: Belarus, China, Cuba, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Laos, Libya, Morocco, North Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan or ...  

CONCORD – Nationwide, more than one-third of alleged child sex abusers are children themselves, according to a University of New Hampshire study. The university’s Crimes Against Research Center analyzed national police data from 2004 for the study, published Thursday by the U.S. Department of Justice.  

SANTA CRUZ -- A man accused of mistreating dozens of dogs on his rural property told jurors Wednesday he was the "alpha dog" of his pack who took painstaking measures to care for the animals but couldn't afford a county kennelling permit.  

Barack Obama's narcissism has frequently been commented upon, but Glenn Reynolds makes an interesting and potentially important observation: I think Obama's "charisma" was based on voter narcissism -- people excited not just about electing a black President, but about themselves, voting for a black President. Now that's over, and they're stuck just with him, and emptied of their own narcissism there's not much there to fill out the suit...  

Scott McLemee, Inside Higher Ed: If sketchy in other regards, Brother West is never anything but expansive on how Cornel West feels about Cornel West. He is deeply committed to his committed-ness, and passionately passionate about being full of passion. Various works of art, literature, music, and philosophy remind West of himself. He finds Augustinian humility [...]  

IT'S OFFICIAL: NET ABUSERS ARE PATHOLOGICALBy Evan Schuman, TechWire Another yardstick of success will be achieved by the Internet community: It will be awarded its first official mental health disorder.The newly identified disorder will be dubbed Pathological Internet Use (PIU) and will be christened during the presentation of a major medical paper at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association in Chicago.The term is being...  

KUALA LUMPUR - A MALAYSIAN court has cut the jail term of a housewife convicted of burning her Indonesian maid with an iron from 18 to 12 years because it was her first offence, an official said on Friday.The case is among the most well-known in a string of maid abuse incidents in recent years that have drawn attention to the risks faced by some 300,000 Indonesian domestic workers in Malaysia.  

Rita Jensen, domestic abuse survivor and editor-in-chief of Women’s eNews, says that women caught in abusive relationships believe they can “fix” their relationships. However, she says, it’s really up to the abusers to the change their behavior and the nature of their relationships. (0:31)  

PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- A witness in the murder trial against Suriname’s former military strongman Desi Bouterse described the ex-dictator as a psychopath for his alleged role in the December 1982 killings of 15 of his political opponents. Meanwhile in the latest twist of events in the ongoing trial...  

If you’re involved with an emotionally abusive woman, at first you probably wondered, “What’s wrong with her?” If you’ve been with her for a significant length of time, you probably now wonder, “What’s wrong with me? Why does she treat me so bad?” Emotional abuse grinds you down over time and leaves you feeling depressed, anxious, [...]  

Washington, Dec 1 (ANI): Cocaine abusers can control their cravings, according to researchers who suggest that new treatments aimed at strengthening inhibitory control could help prevent relapse. The study revealed that when asked to inhibit their response to a “cocaine-cues” video, active cocaine abusers were, on average, able to suppress activity in brain regions linked to [...]  

New Zealand team manager Dave Currie has assured he has no ill feelings towards Jesse Ryder after the temperamental batsman verbally abused at him in the dressing room after smashing a chair during a Champions Trophy match against Sri Lanka in September.  

Jeff Jacoby of the Boston Globe begins a recent perceptive, deeply troubling column about our president’s seemingly boundless narcissism by relating how Obama, who couldn’t be bothered to attend the celebrations in Germany marking the 20th anniversary of the fall...  

A POLICE staff sergeant who assaulted his Indonesian maid over a period of four months had his jail term doubled to two years on Tuesday. In the first maid-abuse case to go before the three-judge Court of Appeal, thejail term handed down to Lawrence Lim Hwang Ngin, 37, underscored the Singapore courts' firm stance against those who abuse their domestic maids.  

SANTA CRUZ - A man accused of mistreating dozens of dogs on his rural property told jurors Wednesday he was the alpha dog of his pack who took painstaking measures to care for the animals but couldn't afford a county kennelling permit.  

This makes sense. A Rock County man sentenced to two years in federal prison for shooting a deer while he was on probation for domestic violence has had his case overturned by a federal appeals court. The case could have far-ranging impact in the gun-rights debate. For Steve Skoien, it meant he’ll be home for the holidays. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled earlier this month that, in light of a major Supreme Court ruling...  

WHEN Archbishop Diarmuid Martin reached into the vaults of the Dublin Archdiocese to review the files on the hundreds of children abused by its priests, he was worried enough by the connections between paedophile priests that he asked gardai to investigate the possibility that a paedophile ring existed in the Church. There was no direct evidence to convince Judge Yvonne Murphy's inquiry when it reported last week. But there were enough...  

Hi all, 12 years ago I met a wonderful woman we got together started dating settled down and got married. I thought it was going to be perfect it was Hell on Earth. She came across as very positive, well meaning and supportive. She was a liar contr...  

A federal judge sentenced a Gresham man who used his own sexually abused children to create pornography to 50 years in federal prison Monday, Nov. 9. Mark Allyn Hoffman, 36, pleaded guilty to two counts of producing child pornography. U.S. District Judge Robert E. Jones called the case one of the ...  

It started with name calling, lazy, fat, selfish, stupid, ugly, etc... Then came the slap, punch, and kicks. Then burns. And I stayed for 5 years no matter that everyone said to get out. When he wrapped his belt around my throat and pulled it tight a...  

Innocent people have been branded as child abusers after malware infected their PCs, an AP investigation has discovered. Technically sophisticated abusers sometimes store images of child abuse on PCs infected by Trojans that grant them illicit access to compromised machines. The plight of those framed in this way is all the worse because paedophiles commonly use supposed [...] Related posts:Even the mother behind “Meghan’s Law” says that...  

I caught this photo in today's print edition of the New York Post, where they note the president is bringing along his favorite reading material: A recent GQ magazine with himself on the cover. Nothing like stroking your ego on the way to the golf course.  

Since time memorial medical science has helped immensely in solving crimes of various natures. However it seems like this is the very first time an fMRI scan of the brain has been used as evidence in a murder trial. The accused in the case was already serving a life sentences for two murders but was apparently released and pleaded guilty to killing a young child after kidnapping her from her home in 1983. In order to prevent the death...  

Before the Christopher Savoie case hit the news, Japanese commentators on the Hague Convention on international parental child abduction had already begun fretting over the completely unsubstantiated assertion that "almost all" instances of children being brought to Japan involve a Japanese mother fleeing from an abusive foreign father. Would Japan signing the convention result in them being sent back? they asked. This is not an unreasonable...  

(ChinaPost.com.tw) - The Taipei City Government announced yesterday a plan to crack down on high-rise buildings and luxury compounds that have exploited incentives for setting up "open space" by encircling the areas exclusively for their privileged rich residents and tenants.  

(ChinaPost.com.tw) - The Taipei City Government announced yesterday a plan to crack down on high-rise buildings and luxury compounds that have exploited incentives for setting up "open space" by encircling the areas exclusively for their privileged rich residents and tenants.  

I was probably more shocked than anyone when I realized that I exhibited so many traits of NPD, based on what I read. Even when reading it, I kept downplaying it to myself. But it's fairly liberating to finally admit it. About 6 weeks ago I cheated...  

Psychologists always proven that men who commit domestic violence are men who have possibly witnessed domestic violence themselves, but not many people know exactly why the women in these situations continue to stay.Contributor: Krista HudsonPublished: Nov 23, 2009  

ALMOST 100% of child abusers know their victims, new figures from the Rape Crisis Network of Ireland reveal. The network found just 3% of child abusers were strangers to their victims, a figure described yesterday as “astounding” by its director, Fiona Neary.  

Because this is what you do with people who, when given their own free will, kidnap and attack escorts: Boy George will be locked up again. But this time, television cameras will be rolling the whole time. CONTINUED » Permalink | Post a comment | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: Big Brother, Boy George, celebrity big brother, Entertainment, Television  

By Patrick Rupinski Staff Writer Ronald Colvin knows the importance of long-term residential treatment for those suffering from substance abuse. For 15 years, he has been the executive director of Tuscaloosa’s Phoenix House Inc., a nonprofit organization that helps homeless people with drug or alcohol addictions turn their lives around.  

Some 97 per cent of people who were sexually abused as a child and sought help from a Rape Crisis Centre last year had been abused by a family member or friend of the family, according the latest statistics from the Rape Crisis Network of Ireland (RCNI).  

High school wrestlers in California are allowed to compete in no more than 40 matches in a single season, and the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) on Nov. 2 implemented new penalties for exceeding the 40-match maximum. The rule has been in...  

A SHOUT OUT TO ANYONE WHO MAY NEED HELP turning their life of that merry go round from hell - narcotic drug abuse - Pills crack heroin shooting or oral. I know what your going thru. I am a survivor. If someone would have told me 10 years ago that...  

A scientist named Jim Fallon in researching traits of psychopathic killers found out that he himself has some of the traits. Jim Fallon recently made a disquieting discovery: A member of his family has some of the biological traits of...  

SANTA CRUZ -- The weeklong trial of accused dog abuser Robert Brunette ended Thursday with a prosecutor asserting the case was not about a man battling poverty but about the suffering of animals and a man who knew better.  

Astonishing though it may be, there are Americans who actually believe that Barack Obama’s vist to Dover was an authentic expression of concern for our troops and empathy for their loved ones. Of all the Obama fabrications, this has to be one of the more preposterous. The Narcissist in Chief was not showing empathy because he doesn’t have any.  

If there’s one place decorum still lives comfortably, it’s in the courtroom. Courtesy titles, last names, standing to address the judge and other such formalities are common practice in Buchanan County Circuit Court — just not this particular Monday. Judge Dan Kellogg, still sporting his black robe, bounces out from behind the bench and presents a woman with a certificate for one year of sobriety as the courtroom bursts into applause. The...  

Dear Editor: If he is found guilty, authorities should throw the book at the upstate New York man who, according to an Associated Press account, is accused of hanging his girlfriend’s kitten with a belt and making a video of the animal struggling. read more  

Chairman Zero wasn't watching election returns last night. There was something much more important on his mind, watching the fawning, HBO Documentary about himself that would have made Leni Riefenstahl say, "Don't you think this might be a bit much?"...  

Last night was when it hit me that I am truly in an abusive relationship. It's been gradual, but the verbal abuse is now apparent. I don't know what qualifies as verbal abuse, but I know a lot of what I'm experiencing does. I'm not perfect, by any...  

Orange has performed something of an about face by stating that it won't cut off users breaching the 750MB 'fair use' data limit on the iPhone.Orange has said to T3 that it doesn't "call [the limit] a cap, we don't restrict the service, and we don't charge them any more if they go over 750MB. It's just an indication of where we'd prefer people to be."According to T3, the network is, like O2 did, offering a different set of rules for iPhone...  

Prosecutors accuse convicted killer of trying to manipulate jury It's been more than a quarter-century since Brian Dugan raped and murdered a 10-year-old Naperville girl, and both sides in his death penalty hearing agree he is a psychopath.  

That new toy an ex-spouse gave to your son or daughter could, in fact, be helping your ex to spy on you. Small cameras inserted into a toy is one way an abuser can techno-stalk a victim, according to Joyce Schrader, executive director of the Portage Family Abuse Prevention Centre.[...]  

2 young girls abused while he was baby-sitting A 70-year-old Joliet man was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing two little girls he was baby-sitting.  

Would you outright condemn their actions?Or would you be torn by friendship and make allowances for their actions?That's what people are suggesting Oprah is doing with singer BeBe Winans, who allegedly shoved his wife Debra to the ground in front of their two children after an argument about custody.A domestic charge violence against BeBe is pending until a court hearing next year.Oprah justifiably railed against Chris Brown's assault on...  

An annual survey on the drug situation by the European drug agency released on Thursday has confirmed that when it comes to the abuse of illegal drugs marijuana and ecstasy by young users, Czechs rank the very worst. This is despite the fact that over the last few years or so the situation in the country has actually somewhat improved.  

Ardmore, OK - A man acquitted of animal cruelty speaks out tonight with his version of what happened. Antonio Ray is a free man tonight after being tried for the dragging death of his pit bull last march. Friday he and his attorney tell their side of the story to our own Austin Wright.  

My husband, Tony E Stewart is a fake and an abuser to me. My husband is a drug user and an abuser. He takes everything I say and turns it around and blames me. He says he loves me, but only love the things I do for him. He goes around naked in...  

Samantha Geimer, the rape victim of Polish-French film director Roman Polanski, is asking for her abuser's charges to be dropped. Geimer was in court Friday, asking for Polanski to be acquitted. Geimer suggested all the media hype is interfering with her personal and work...read more  

A paedophile nursery worker is thought to have revealed the names of her victims to police. Related StoriesPolice hunting poachers seize heads of two deerCitizens Advice halts its legal action over contractParking charges to cope wth influx of shoppers from RepublicTitanic artwork unveiled in BelfastRoma community raising children to steal, says Irish judge  

A new pilot program designed to curb prescription drug abuse in the Medicaid program has saved the state more than $320,000 since it began in January 2009, according to an analysis by the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS).  

Name-calling, put-downs, insults, yelling, boys vs. girls...no, I'm not talking about kindergarten playground politics, it's happening among Bloomfield's town council members, again. The women, Pat Spychala, Pat Barker and Janice Maly say they're not gettin' any R-E-S-P-E-C-T, according to a report in Bloomfield Life. We asked Councilwoman Pat Spychala to comment on the behavior of Bloomfield's councilmen toward the councilwomen: "It is not...  

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A 44-year-old Kerrville man has confessed to sexually abusing a child over a three-year period and received 80 life sentences. Scott Lee Zulfer on Friday pleaded guilty to 69 charges of aggravated sexual assault and 11 charges of...  

(The Associated Press) A Texas man who confessed to sexually abusing a child over a three year period has been sentenced to 80 life sentences.Scott Lee Zulfer pleaded guilty Friday to 69 charges of aggravated sexual assault and 11 charges of continuous sexual abuse from 2006 to 2008.  

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- A Texas man who confessed to sexually abusing a child over a three year period has been sentenced to 80 life sentences. Scott Lee Zulfer, 44, pleaded guilty Friday to 69 charges of aggravated sexual assault and 11 charges of continuous sexual abuse from 2006 to 2008.  

I hold on so tightly to resentment I fantasize about beating the living SH out of people who have wronged me. I remember times in my life that I had been taken advantage of or abused (physically or emotionally) and I become vicious. Now, when I ...  

Have you ever had someone try to give you a gift, but for whatever reason you couldn't accept it, and that person responded with anger and an inability to understand or empathize with your circumstances? Things aren't always as they seem!Contributor: ShawnatariumPublished: Oct 25, 2009  

First aired Wednesday May 20 on CBC Newsworld, RT 43:32. Psychopaths... we usually only know them from Hollywood movies. We never expect them to enter our real life. But, the psychopath is closer than you think. Experts believe their number to be as high as one in a hundred. Most of them function incognito in high-powered professions...all the way to the very top. But it takes one to truly know one. In this intriguing documentary, Sam Vaknin...  

Could I abuse someone? This is a question I have repeatedly asked myself recently after reading the voluminous blogs on this site about abuse and its many grotesque manifestations: child abuse, rape and violence against women, to name a few. As someone who has been physically and mentally abused, it is not an easy question [...]  

The Uganda Human Rights Commission, created under the (amended) 1995 Constitution, says in a new report that even after they and other private actors taught security forces across the country basics of human rights, the Police still huddle suspects in tiny cells while the army maltreat detainees in strange ways...  

by ZeeBC - 'Strange how now it is racist to call non White minorities "visible minorities".' It is a rather interesting insight into the PC-nut mindset that whatever term they decide is the PC description of anyone other than white males seems to become verboten and discriminatory within ten to fifteen years of use.  Sooner or later they're going to exhaust their thesauri searching for fresh acceptable labels.  

A New York State Supreme Court judge has criticised the Orthodox community for shielding perpetrators of sexual abuse while persecuting victims.Judge Gustin Reichbach lamented the community’s “circle-the-wagons attitude” as he sentenced Yona Weinberg, a barmitzvah tutor and social worker from Brooklyn, to 13 months in jail for molesting two boys.At the sentencing earlier this month, the courtroom  

President Obama vowed last weekend to end the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy and allow homosexuals to serve openly in the military. Much of the reporting about this policy in recent years has focused on soldiers who were outed. But Joseph Rocha wrote that the policy is sometimes used as a threat to keep people [...]  

The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — A 44-year-old Kerrville man has confessed to sexually abusing a child over a three-year period and received 80 life sentences. Scott Lee Zulfer on Friday pleaded guilty to 69 charges of aggravated sexual assault...  

Our legal system doesn’t care. And despite decades of disastrous statistics, our political leaders don’t care, either. In fact, nobody in a position of leadership is even complaining about the lack of justice for victimized women.  

Asked by a social worker about her injuries, including extensive bruising and a fractured skull, a 2-year-old girl answered, "Daddy do," according to a 3rd District Court of Appeal document. The court on Monday turned down an appeal by Yuba City...  

NEW YORK -- Rihanna said Thursday that she regrets going back to ex-boyfriend Chris Brown after he left her bruised and battered during a February assault, warning other women facing domestic violence to not let themselves become blinded by love.  

In a lakeside Florida mansion, marriage counsellors, lawyers and public relations advisors were this weekend engaged in a bizarre and expensive round of shuttle diplomacy between the world's richest athlete and his furious wife.  

SANTA CRUZ - Nine months after the trial for a Boulder Creek man accused of abusing dozens of dogs was initially scheduled, defense attorney Margaret Law said the case against Robert Brunette was not about abuse but about poverty.  

I just finished watching the show, I want to talk but I am completely wrecked emotionally. Abused by my brother, and many others...I then became an abuser myself. This is all I can write, can't believe I did. Can't live with this anymore...  

It's October, which means it's Domestic Violence Awareness Month. But we don't really need an "awareness month" anymore. There's so much domestic violence, we're in a chronic state of awareness. What we really need is a revolution.  

Rush Limbauh has ripped President Obama for having "an out-of-this-world ego," for being "very narcissistic," "immature, inexperienced, in over his head," writes columnist Maureen Dowd. It gives new meaning to pot, kettle and black.  

Police are looking for a woman who starved her puppy for a month in what the SPCA has described as one of New Zealand's worst cases of animal neglect. An arrest warrant has been issued for Paulette Taki, who failed to appear in...  

SAN ANTONIO- A Texas man who confessed to sexually abusing a child over a three-year period has been sentenced to 80 life sentences.Scott Lee Zulfer pleaded guilty on Friday to 69 charges of aggravated sexual assault and 11 charges...  

Brian David Mitchell has "cunningly and shrewdly" developed a religious persona to disrupt court proceedings, but he is clearly competent to stand trial in the abduction of Elizabeth Smart, a psychiatrist testified Thursday.  

by Sandra Brown, MA Women in these relationships and their family members who watch her relationship dynamics all wonder about **why** this dangerous guy is so hard to leave. While all the people around her have the easy and rational answers of how and why she should leave, the disengagement and detachment is harder with pathological persons than anyone else. read more  

Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn David Stern is the chair emeritus of the Trustees of Columbia University. He is also the NBA Commissioner. What do Columbia and the NBA have in common? They are both deeply involved in New York City...  

Ten Reasons to Stay the SameFrom "Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men" by Lundy Bancroft.To answer the question "Why Does He Do That?" we have to examine the foundation on which abusive behaviors are based. On the first level are the abuser's attitudes, beliefs and habits-- the thinking that drives his behavior day in and day out, which we have been looking at. On the second level is the learning process by...  

Below are a list of behaviors that are seen in people who are abusive. The last five signs listed are almost always seen only if the person is a batterer, if the person has several of the other behaviors (say three or more), there is a strong potential for physical violence. The more signs the person has, the more likely the person is a batterer. In some cases, a batterer may have only a couple of behaviors that the woman can recognize, but...  

by Ava St Clair The narcissist looks for those who are kind, generous, trusting, empathetic and loving, all characteristics that the narcissist does not possess. It is as if by capturing his prey, the narcissist will somehow be able to drain the victim of her good qualities and make them become his own. Narcissists do not possess these positive characteristics. Lack of empathy, love and compassion allows the narcissist to conduct his life in...  

The next tool in the manipulator's toolbox that George Simon, Jr. Ph.D. of "In Sheep's Clothing" describes is lying. It seems kinda obvious to list lying in the bag of tricks because we all have at least some awareness of the reality that manipulators play fast and loose with the truth to gain an advantage. Obvious or not, we all get taken in by lying manipulators because the truth isn't always readily accessible at the time you're being lied...  

A Means forDominion and Downfallby Joyce WalkerAs citizens become aware of the dilemma the United States faces, they may find themselves wondering what happened to the "land of the free and the home of the brave." It seems incredible that a few rogue politicians could reek such havoc on the democratic traditions of a liberty loving nation such as ours.You would have thought that the violence against protestors by the military in Georgia at The...  

A HOMELESS woman has given birth to a baby girl after another woman allegedly lured her back to her house and tried to cut the child from her womb. Veronica Deramous, of Maryland, US, has been charged with attempted first-degree murder after she ...  

Narcissists project different images on different mirrors.This is partly because any particular acting job may draw a favorable response from one mirror and an unfavorable response from another. For example, liberal-bashing produces a gratifying reflection in a right-wing mirror, while conservative-bashing produces a gratifying reflection in a left-wing mirror. A goody-two-shoes act looks holy in the eyes of religious hypocrites and the...  

Law Hum Behav. 2009 Apr 24.Emotional Intelligence: Painting Different Paths for Low-Anxious and High-Anxious Psychopathic Variants.Vidal S, Skeem J, Camp J.Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.Psychopathic individuals may be disaggregated into low-anxious (emotionally stable "primary psychopaths") and high-anxious (emotionally disturbed "secondary psychopaths") variants that may differ in their capacity for adaptive behavior. In turn...  

Tonight’s Blog Talk Radio Show Call-in Number: (646) 649-0116 Upcoming Show: 11/11/2009 9:00 PM CST Show Name: Why a Narcissist Enters into a Relationship http://tobtr.com/s/777683 or call (646) 649-0116 Lisa E. Scott, author of “It’s All About Him” will continue her discussion with book/messageboard readers on how to avoid or recover from painful relationships with narcissists. In this week’s episode, Lisa [...]  

A man facing federal charges for allegedly sexually abusing a minor has had a plea hearing rescheduled. David E. Merrill Sr. is scheduled to plead in U.S. District Court in Bay City at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 8....  

PUTRAJAYA: Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam has directed the Labour Department to coordinate with the authorities in prosecuting employers found to have abused their maids.  

Many pathologicals appear to be outwardly respectable, and are therefore able to convince family courts that they should continue to have parental rights. Courts seem especially reluctant to accept that a mother may be a pathological and is damaging to the child. If you have a co-parenting arrangement with a narcissist, expect to be hassled. It can not be avoided. For your own mental health, maintain No Contact as best you can. Exchange the...  

The adoptive parents of four children whose biological father was convicted of sexual abuse said his Thursday sentence of two consecutive life terms was an affirmation to the children who stood up to his abuse and spoke out.  

Psychotic killer. Psychopath. Monster. All three labels were given to notorious biker Wayne Kellestine this morning as lawyers for his co-accused at the Bandidos trial continued to bury him in guilt during closing arguments.  

CHECK OUT THE INFLUENCE CONTINUUMThe following Influence Continuum shows you the method and modes of various influence techniques. Also you will find the various descending techniques for that section.At the top of the Influence Continuum you will find choice respecting tactics that are educative and therapeutic and have their emphasis on the message. In the middle you will find compliance gaining techniques that are persuasive and...  

by Kathy Krajco The fact that you want to help a narcissist — to “save” him or her, as it were — is a manifestation of your good nature and of your true love for the fictional character you thought was a real person. It takes time for the simple truth that narcissists are predators to sink [...]  

by Kathy Krajco The fact that you want to help a narcissist -- to "save" him or her, as it were -- is a manifestation of your good nature and of your true love for the fictional character you thought was a real person. It takes time for the simple truth that narcissists are predators to sink in. I mean that you can "know" a thing cerebrally and yet not really KNOW it. It hasn't sunk in enough to make you clear out contradictory assumptions and...  

Recognizing the ProblemRecognizing the fact that you have been living with a partner who is affected by NPD, is surely the first step of dealing with the issue.However, before someone might be classified as being narcissistic, it is important to keep in mind that, like every psychological disorder, narcissistic personality disorder too comes in various degrees. Going to the extreme, we might argue that each of us has somewhere a narcissist in...  

Pink's "Please Don't Leave Me" Music Video, shows pretty much how a female narcissist (Queen Bee) Views her victims and her relationship. High Quality VersionThe girl in the video doesn't connect at all with her partner, she treats him as an object, a possession, just like the dolls in her home all arranged and positioned in place as her audience. Dolls are not real, they do not have emotions, she can relate to that.Watch her tilt her head...  

October 5th 2009The tragic Little Ted’s nursery case has forced us to face an unfortunate truth: that women use children for sex too.Susannah Faithfull has been haunted by her mother’s image for all of her adult life. She sees her every time she looks in the mirror, for she has inherited her mother’s startling blue eyes. But every time Susannah is reminded of her mother, she is reminded of a childhood full of trauma. She was systematically...  

Dr. Maria Hsia Chang, ProfessorPolitical Science, University of NevadaIn psychology, personality disorders refer to individual traits that reflect ingrained, inflexible, and maladaptive patterns of behavior that cause discomfort and impair a person’s ability to function--including her relations with friends and family. At least ten distinct personality disorders have been identified, one of which is the narcissistic personality disorder (NPD...  

by Kathy Krajco One thing I know for sure: If you need a narcissist, or if they can even just delude themselves into thinking you need them for anything, you aren't going to win. I think this mainly applies to a primary source of narcissistic supply in the narcissist's life. That would be someone close to him or her, someone the narcissist regularly gets a step up on. If they think they can deny you anything you want, look out. They will play...  

by Kathy Krajco Grown-ups are able to consider other people's rights and feelings, and they have a sense of fairness. Three-year-olds and narcissists aren't mature enough. To be sure, they entice their prey into a close, dependent relationship through bribery, by heroic acts of generosity. But, once thus suckered into the spider's web, you always pay. And pay. And pay. Narcissists often meet people who immediately see them as obnoxious...  

SANTA CRUZ -- As the trial of a Boulder Creek man accused of abusing dozens of dogs opened Friday, defense attorney Margaret Law said the case against Robert Brunette was not about abuse but about poverty.  

by Kathy Krajco Narcissists really know only a few tricks. One happens to be projection, and they practice it so much that it becomes second nature. Hence narcissists love to commit character assassination by calling the party they're tearing down (to look better than) 'the narcissist.' A joke. Where is the character assassination coming from? Where is the inflated measure of self importance (grandiosity) coming from? Where is the envy coming...  

Hat Tip: AoSHQ Here's what The One thought was the most important thing to remember about the fall of the Berlin Wall. "Few would have foreseen ... that a united Germany would be led by a woman from Brandenburg or...  

by Kathy Krajco I think we all feel guilty at times about our feelings — or rather our lack of feeling — toward the narcissist. Something inside just dies when we confront the spirit in which a narcissist does what he or she does. That is a confrontation with the pure will to evil. You know — [...]  

by Kathy Krajco And so, what do you do if you cannot forgive your abuser? What SHOULD you do? Which party is the obstacle to reconciliation here? You or your abuser? What should you do? Just accept it. It's a fact. Let it be. You cannot really change it: all you can do is delude yourself about it. You can pretend to have "forgiven" your abuser all you want, but there is nonetheless, a state of war between you. It exists whether you admit it or...  

by Tim Field How do the PTSD symptoms resulting from a Narcissist’s abuse & bullying meet the criteria in DSM-IV? A. The prolonged (chronic) negative stress resulting from dealing with a narcissist has lead to threat of loss of job, career, health, livelihood, often also resulting in threat to marriage and family life. The family are the [...]  

so says a former palin staffer. i rarely give credence to these accusations. it is so easy to call anyone you don't like a sociopath or psychopath or narcissist or whatever term seems to embody unrestrained evil to the general populace at any given time. this particular accusation seemed less accusatory to me, though. as reported by the anchorage daily news, when ex palin aide paul bitney was asked whether he believed sarah palin was sane...  

Tammy Hanson was sentenced in Arkansas' Baxter County District Court on November 4, 2009 for 20 misdemeanor counts of cruelty to animals. The judge imposed a 1-year sentence in the county jail and $10,000 in fines.  

Are you sick of seeing the same Psychopath posting all over the web when researching Narcissistic Personality Disorder? Did you get sucked into his boards, forums, books, speeches? Or are you one of the victims who adore Sam Vaknin, Look up to him and hold him up on a pedestal as your life saver? if so let's take a closer look at the supposed "Dr Sam Vaknin PhD" In one of his repetitively & compulsivelye posted online articles, Vaknin reveals...  

This post is for the Christians, Non Christians there are lots of goodies here on spotting the female "Jezebel" Narcissist. Who was Jezebel??Jezebel was an actual person. Jezebel, the Biblical character, first appears in First Kings 16, when she marries Ahab, king of Israel. Jezebel was the daughter of Ethbaal, the king and high priest of the Baal worshipping Sidonians. Baal worship was closely associated with obsessive sensuality and often...  

What is behind the behavior of the narcissist? In this article I talk about what the thought processes that lead to their actions could be.Contributor: Sarah SichmanPublished: Dec 05, 2009  

To deal with workplace psychopaths, employers and employees have to know how to recognize them. You will be wrong in thinking that if you encounter a workplace psychopath you will identify him or her straightaway. In fact it is not obvious if you have not come across one before. You can be easily fooled and often charmed by them. You do not suspect anything until you begin to feel trapped and controlled by them.To make the situation worse...  

For a change, Chairman Zero deigned to visit American troops while on his junket in Asia. Here's what he had to say to them: You guys make a pretty good photo op. I'm sure they're pleased to know they're good...  

When or if you achieve some level of success in life, whether as big as a prestigious award or as small as a compliment , the narcissist is going to hate you for it. You can bet your money on that one. Obviously, success draws its share of admiration, but it's guaranteed to rouse some hate as well. So why does the narcissist hate you when are successful? I think there are four basic reasons.The first and most obvious reason is that they are...  

by Tim Field How do the PTSD symptoms resulting from a Narcissist's abuse & bullying meet the criteria in DSM-IV? A. The prolonged (chronic) negative stress resulting from dealing with a narcissist has lead to threat of loss of job, career, health, livelihood, often also resulting in threat to marriage and family life. The family are the unseen victims. A.1.One of the key symptoms of prolonged negative stress is reactive depression; this...  

WHEN OTHERS BELIEVE YOUR(Narcissistic or Psychopathic) ABUSERfrom this site: CLICK HERESince when is it good to be friendly with bad people? Since when is winking at their wrongdoing a virtue?Perhaps someone can quote chapter and verse in the comments, because holier-than-thous really deserve to have their religion's true teachings show what frauds their twisting of religious doctrine makes them.In the New Testament, in Revelations, I believe...  

November 18, 2009I think that the exhortation of "no contact" with the narcissist, although rightful in its claim, loses something in the execution. If you begin with "no contact" as a strategy or goal, you are likely to fail. Your feelings and belief system will conquer you. "No contact" is not a must per se; it is something that you find yourself desiring because now you have the narcissist's number. No self-respecting person, and that...  

by Kathy Krajco Nearly everyone has seen something like the following little scene… A three-or-four-year-old is with his mother in the grocery store. He points at a candy bar, looking at his mother with the brightest, cutest, most engaging little face you ever saw. Mother is busy and hardly glancing at him as she reads her grocery [...]  

How many does yours have? 1. The ‘Jekyll/Hyde’ Psychopath comes on strong, sweeps us off our feet. He targets us by falsely mirroring our values, interests, goals, philosophies, tastes and habits. He fakes integrity, honesty and sincerity. He plays the role of the victim. We take pity on him. He wants to marry us quickly. This control freak wants us dependent on him. He portrays false integrity, appears helpful, comforting, generous in his...  

by Kathy Krajco Nearly everyone has seen something like the following little scene... A three-or-four-year-old is with his mother in the grocery store. He points at a candy bar, looking at his mother with the brightest, cutest, most engaging little face you ever saw. Mother is busy and hardly glancing at him as she reads her grocery list and says, "No, you don't---" She was going to say, "No, you don't need that," but she didn't get half the...  

So, at bottom, the nature of the narcissist is the nature of a predator who preys on his own kind. The importance of that fact cannot be overstated. The brain of a predator just does not relate to the living soul of its prey. If you don't believe this, just watch PBS. Watch the behavior, and look into the eyes, of predatory animals while they're making a kill. There's nothing there. They are like machines at that moment. They must be, or they...  

by Kathy Krajco They will say ANYTHING and tell any outrageous lie, and if you can prove it’s all BS, somehow YOU are the “bad guy” for not being gullible and believing their reality. True. This is another bizarre thing about narcissists — something no normal person would even think of doing. It reminded me of an example [...]  

by Kathy Krajco They will say ANYTHING and tell any outrageous lie, and if you can prove it's all BS, somehow YOU are the "bad guy" for not being gullible and believing their reality. True. This is another bizarre thing about narcissists -- something no normal person would even think of doing. It reminded me of an example at Joanna Ashmun's site Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Traits Discussed read more  

Here is the basic anatomy of a personality-disordered person. They are never the problem; you are! If you dispute THEIR logic and reason because you know what they say lacks rationale, then the PD processes your reaction as retaliatory. Their epicenter has been compromised and you are now considered their “tormentor.” Mutual benefits such as, diplomacy, compromise, apologizing when wrong, etc., are non-existant in their minds. You have...  

Daily MailHollywood smile, a liar, a narcissist and a killerDaily MailThere was even talk of a Hollywood film – after all, who could resist the story of a beautiful 22-year-old American whose trip to Italy ended with her being ...and more »  

If you've done much research on malignant narcissism you've seen it stated that narcissists (and psychopaths) lack empathy. This is only partially true -- not because of what it states but because of what it omits. To say they lack empathy is erroneous because most will take that to mean the narcissist lacks empathy in any capacity. They are capable of empathy, but like everything else having to do with the narcissist their empathy is...  

I thought I would share the letter my main abuser wrote to me while he was in prison when I was 15. I have had this letter sitting away for 7 years and whenever I come across it I get so mad because of his pathetic lies and bullsh*t. It is rather long so if you don't want to sit here reading his...  

An incest victim was sentenced to 5-15 years in prison Friday for cutting off her father (and perp's) penis while he bled to death. Brigitte Harris was convicted of 2nd manslaughter after a two week trial. Jurors acquitted her of 2nd degree murder and 1st degree manslaughter charges after 3 hours of deliberation on September 30. Judge Arthur Cooperman, who presided over the trial in Queens Supreme Court, sentenced Harris. Harris was beaten and...  

by Kathy Krajco It seems to me that a malignant narcissist can’t help his or her temptations, predatory urges. Maybe they are the fruit of a lifetime of twisted thinking and therefore the narcissist’s own fault ultimately. Maybe not. For example, if you are addicted to heroin, your desire for it today is the end of a [...]  

A new brain-imaging study shows that active cocaine abusers can suppress drug craving, suggesting new ways to help them quit and avoid relapse. New treatments aimed at strengthening inhibitory control could help prevent relapse.  

by Sandra Brown, MA We've talked about 'Hate' and it's impassioned connection to relapse. Anything we feel that embroiled about we are likely to act on. Your relapse prevention has to be more detailed than mere feelings such as using 'hatred' as a way of distancing yourself from the pathological. This usually doesn't work because hate is passionate and increases your sense of attachment to him. Instead, let's consider emotional detachment and...  

I gotta agree with police on this…I mean, if she is able to knock the living shit out of a toddler in front of strangers, I’d hate to think of what she is doing to that kid behind closed doors. var fbShare = {url: 'http://www.dreamindemon.com/2009/11/24/police-looking-for-child-abuser-caught-on-tape/',size:'large'}  

by Joseph M. Carver, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist People are often amazed at their own psychological conditions and reactions. Those with depression are stunned when they remember they’ve thought of killing themselves. Patients recovering from severe psychiatric disturbances are often shocked as they remember their symptoms and behavior during the episode. A patient with Bipolar Disorder recently told me “I can’t believe I thought I could...  

KEY WEST -- A 42-year-old man was taken to a Miami hospital for a crushed eye socket and broken nose Sunday morning after a man hit him near the Schooner Wharf Bar. The alleged assailant, who...read more  

"Narcissists become particularly shameless during a divorce. They accuse the other spouse of neglecting the children when the reverse is true. They hide their assets long before the formal divorce proceedings begin. They lie about their net worth so they don't have to part with alimony or child support. Some narcissists, both male and female, abandon their families all together and start new lives with more attractive, adoring and compliant...  

HONOLULU — A former B-2 stealth bomber engineer accused of spying for China suffers from narcissistic personality disorder, expert witnesses for the prosecution and the defense testified in federal court Thursday. But the forensic psychologists who ...  

For those dealing with addictions, anxiety, anger management, trauma, depression and other issues, the Center for Network Therapy offers an outlet to receive therapy, find solutions and learn from others.  

How Abusers Stage Their ReturnsWhile the smooth talk that it takes to get an abused spouse to take them back varies from person to person, there are five major "strategies" that seem to cover most of the wide range of tactics used by abusive partners:The Honeymoon SyndromeAlso known as "Hearts and Flowers", this can include any bribe that will get you to return - and the sooner the better. Common bribes include promises to get therapy...  

I read about someone that did not contact her sister on her birthday. I truly understand your feelings, but I guess both of you were children? Don't cut the string! Know that she is caught up in this, and cant choose freely. Its a betrayal, and you will be disappointed, so don't expect...  

Is your boss manipulative? Intimidating? Totally lacking in remorse? Yet superficially charming? Then you could be working with a workplace psychopath. The latest figures suggest one in ten managers are psychopaths, and this week Catalyst goes deep inside their minds - what makes them tick, how do you spot them; and how do you avoid being crushed by them. We'll also run a handy test - tune in to find out if your boss is an office psychopath...  

July 24, 2009 Update : Dr Robert Hare reacts to the film (below) Filmmaker says that DVD coming out soon!August 27, 2009 Update: Thanks to commenter, Barbara, we now have a link where you can watch it in full online. I, PsychopathMarch 26, 2009I have been debunking SV and his acolytes ever since an aborted stint of revictimisation on his forum at Suite 101 (now, happily, defunct.) I have always asserted that he...  

The sexual relationship with the narcissist is most peculiar. Narcissists are exhibitionists and sex is just one further means of being admired to her or him.Intimacy does not exist. You will frequently feel used. Your own sexual preferences will be boycotted or twisted. Narcissists have a strong tendency to sexually abuse a partner. Here is a list of some of these abusive behaviors (yours may use just a couple of these or ones that are not...  

You are the same as the chair you're sitting on to the Narcissist by Anna Valerious Picture the narcissist who is preening and posing in the mirror you hold up to him. Does he see you? No more than you notice a mirror as you're checking out your own reflection. Does this explain to you why he knows so little about you? Why some of the most obvious things about you seem to be missed by him? He doesn't see you....he only sees his reflection in...  

Love Adviceby sarrie - 1st-loveadvice.comI love you! These three words create magic in your heart. The thing is to be delivered by the person you want to spend your entire life. Choosing a real partner is not easy. You must apply both the heart and brain. When these two bodies allow love, then you should only commit to a relationship. But the heart does not understand these words seriously. It is only known to live in love so much. The...  

The case of two men and a woman arrested for the alleged sexual abuse of children in a home was postponed in the Krugersdorp Magistrate's Court on Friday. A police spokeswoman, Captain Paula Terbla...  

Calling her dumb, an idiot, stupid is verbal abuse. Putting her down, criticizing her, defeating her in argument for the sake of defeating, not for the sake of mutual enlightenment – this is verbal abuse. Threatening and intimidating by use of words is verbal abuse. If he is angry almost daily, this is verbal abuse. If he is constantly trying to convince her that something is wrong with her, this is verbal abuse. If he further tries to...  

"Are You Involved With A Psychopath?"Stop The MadnessBy: Michael G. Conner, Psy.D, Clinical, Medical & Family PsychologistFor most of us the idea of a psychopath conjures up images from movies like "Silence of The Lambs" and characters with names like "Hannibal Lector." Fortunately characters like Hannibal don’t really exist. Serial killers and people involved in ritual torture are rare,psychopathic behavior is more common than you might think...  

Failed dieters may be pushed to over-eat not by their stomachs, but by their brains, according to an Inside Science News article. The brain chemistry that makes it hard for alcoholics, drug users and smokers to quit their addictions also punishes us for trading sugar for salad, according to a new study of food consumption in rats. Some eating disorders, such as anorexia and bulimia, are already included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual...  

BENNINGTON – Almost three years after he entered into a plea arrangement that set off a national controversy, Andrew C. James, a convicted sex offender, may be facing real jail time within the next month. James, 40, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in ...  

If Chris Brown was bothered by Oprah Winfrey not lending him a helping hand after his "incident" with Rihanna, he must really be hating her now. Oprah has stated that she's against domestic violence and therefore did not offer Chris the opportunity to go on her show and try to clean up his image. But she did [...]  

The out director of Lee Daniels revealed on Tuesday that a man confessed to abusing his daughter following a screening of his film Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, which deals with abuse between a father and daughter.  

BBC NewsNursery abuser names some victimsBBC NewsA nursery worker who sexually abused young children in her care has named some of the children she assaulted. Vanessa George, who pleaded guilty to abusing children at Little Ted's Nursery in Plymouth, had previously refused to identify her victims. ...Nursery monster Vanessa George 'names' children she abusedDaily MailNursery paedo names childrenThe SunNursery abuser 'names some victims'The...  

Savior Complex Otherwise known as beating your head against a wall… by Anna Valerious If you are under the misconception that you could someday fill the attention-cup of the narcissist it is time for a reality check. There is no filling their vast reservoir. You can labor intensively for the rest of your life only to find yourself [...]  

KDWNTexas child sex abuser gets 80 life sentencesThe Associated PressSAN ANTONIO — A Texas man who confessed to sexually abusing a child over a three year period has been sentenced to 80 life sentences. ...Sex abuser sentenced to 80 life sentencesDallas Morning Newsall 207 news articles »  

Turkish Husband and British Wife and baby Daughter live in Turkey … and UK. Couple are divorcing. Wife flees with Daughter from Turkey to UK via Greece. Wife obtains an order of protection in the UK upon learning that Husband is in London. Husband makes application for return of Daughter to Turkey under the Hague Convention on the Civil [...]  

Conservatives are still wandering stunned through the wreckage of the Bush presidency and have absented themselves from the policy debate. GOP politicians are hunkered down...  

- Chris Gardner, head of the PCYC in NSW, says drunken louts need to pay for what they do. Chris is proposing a "abuser pays" system whereby if your drunkenness results in police officers, or ambulance officers or hospital teams having to deal with you, you pay the full cost of this intervention.Do you think drinkers should pay for the cost of their behaviour? Tell us below...   

He complained that I offered only media reports and insurance data.“The greater number of sex abuse victims and abusers never come to public attention via either set of data,” he said. “Church records” are where the greatest number of priest abusers can be found, he insisted.“I could not possibly agree more,” I answered. “The greater number of sex abuse victims and abusers never come to public attention” via media reports or insurance data...  

Judge sends man to prison after girlfriend terrorized with 'spectacularly gratuitous' violence Ottawa - A diagnosed psychopath who once plunged a fork into his girlfriend's eye and had what a judge described as a long and "deeply troubling" history of violently abusing and threatening his intimate partners has been declared a long-term offender and sentenced to nine years in prison. Ontario Superior Court Justice Colin McKinnon said it was...  

BBC NewsBaby P abuser Jason Owen wins appeal against sentenceIrish IndependentJason Owen, one of three people convicted over the death of Baby P, is likely to be freed from prison in just three years after winning an ...Jailed Baby P lodger wins appealBBC NewsMan wins appeal over Baby P jail termReuters UKBaby P death - Lodger wins sentence appealThe Press AssociationTelegraph.co.uk -Mirror.co.uk -Haringey Independentall 223 news articles »  

GUANGZHOU, China -- President Obama's half-brother has broken his media silence to discuss his new novel -- the semiautobiographical story of an abusive parent patterned on their late father, the mostly absent figure Obama wrote about in his own ...  

Con artists scam because it gives them infinite pleasure to "put one over" on anyone who stands still long enough.The compulsion to scam is so strong that a con artist will produce a scam even if he/she gains no money out of it. Con artists even scam each other!An unusually sick groupQuoting a studies by Richard Blum (Deceivers and Deceived: Observations on Confidence Men and Their Victims, Informants and Their Quarry, Political and Industrial...  

The Electronic Frontier Foundation today unveiled its latest effort to haul Internet censorship abusers into the spotlight and in front of the crowds that they presumably dread. The Takedown Hall of Shame “focuses on the most egregious examples of takedown abuse, including an example of a YouTube video National Public Radio tried to remove just [...]  

CBC.caKellestine 'psychopath,' Bandidos jurors hearWinnipeg SunOne of his six co-accused, Michael Sandham was called someone who "lies, lies, lies." And the Crown's star witness, MH was portrayed as "a lying, drug-dealing murderer." The character attacks were thick yesterday on the second ...Accused killer a 'monster,' biker trial toldToronto StarFinger pointing ensues at Bandidos trialNational PostKey witness not credible, Bandidos lawyer...  

Hugh from the Electronic Frontier Foundation sez, "Today, EFF is launching our new 'Takedown Hall of Shame' project, which collects the worst and most shameful examples of bogus DMCA takedowns. We've got everything from the recent Ralph Lauren takedown to Michael Savage's attempts to silence critics to a video NPR tried to remove just last week!" "Free speech in the 21st century often depends on incorporating...Electronic Frontier Foundation...  

I removed photo of Pfc. LaVena Johnson from my blog's sidebar earlier this month. There didn't see to be much activity online or in Congress to deal with the issue of rape and sexual abuse in the military.As such, I was glad to learn about Sen. Al Franken's (D-MN) anti-rape amendment in the defense appropriations bill. The amendment would withhold defense funding from companies barring their employees from taking sexual abuse cases to court...  

Times OnlineNursery abuser admits acts 'vile'BBC NewsA nursery worker who sexually abused children in her care admitted her crimes were "disgusting" and "vile", on police tapes obtained by the BBC. ...Child sex ring: Third woman chargedThe Press AssociationNursery worker admits "vile" child sex abuseInTheNews.co.ukRevealed: Fourth person arrested in Facebook paedophile probe also worked at a ...Daily MailTeleText -Channel 4 News -Western...  

Channel 4 NewsNursery child abuser Vanessa George admits 'vile and disgusting' actsTimes OnlineVanessa George remained calm and unemotional as she admitted abusing children at the nursery where she worked, according to police interview tapes released on Monday. George, a nursery worker, who is due to be sentenced next month for a number of ...Fourth woman arrested over Vanessa George paedophile networkTelegraph.co.ukNursery abuser admits acts...  

A GARDENER at one of Scotland's top private schools abused a nine-year-old girl after luring her to his shed, and built up a store of child pornography. John Gallagher had been working for several years as groundsman at Glenalmond College when he carried  

A GARDENER at one of Scotland's top private schools abused a nine-year-old girl after luring her to his shed, and built up a store of child pornography. John Gallagher had been working for several years as groundsman at Glenalmond College when he carried  

Physical abuse is easily identified. There is no doubt, once you have been hit, that you have been abused. You don't second guess yourself because the bruises and scars are visible evidence that abuse has taken place. Verbal abuse is different. The damage is internal, there are no physical bruises or scars, just a wounded spirit and sense of self-esteem. Below are some common signs of verbal abuse: Being called names by your spouse. Any...  

BBC NewsChild abuser Vanessa George admits her crimes were 'disgusting and vile'guardian.co.ukVanessa George, the nursery worker who sexually abused children in her care and took indecent images of her victims, told police she knew what she did was "vile" and "disgusting". Tapes of George, 39, being interviewed by police also reveal her hinting ...NURSERY PAEDOS: MUM OF 8 CHARGEDMirror.co.ukFourth woman arrested over Vanessa George paedophile...  

Naperville girl, and both sides in his death penalty hearing agree he is a psychopath. However, defense attorneys are trying to paint a sympathetic picture."He is still a psychopath, but he has change...