Neurological Correlates

Obama/Biden wins in ‘08. And how do I know this?
Because I ran into a 17 year old family friend at the DMV today, who was correcting the birthday on his drivers’ license  - because he’ll be 18 just before November 2 and he wants to vote.

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Google news search using terms “child custody”
Man accused of killing wife loses child’s custody
Times of India, India - Aug 12, 2008
NEW DELHI: A father is the natural guardian of his child, so goes the law. But, when a father is accused of murdering his wife over dowry, can he still have …
Lawyer: woman in pastor’s death gets [...]

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Milk Carton, numb3r, via flickr
I met a 13 year old girl, now returned to her mother, who was on a milk carton. She was kidnapped and brought to Israel by her father.  For a few years, she was raised by her grandparents in Israel.  Her father, a handsome, charming, bon-vivant, later brought her to live [...]

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Rockefeller Center
This post covers two topics: One, the press reports that have some sympathy for the guy; two, analysis of Mr. Gerhartstreiter’s reported life so far.
Reading the recent reports, this guy is textbook: glib, beguiling, charming, arrogant, lack of empathy, low frustrational tolerance, ease in deception and lying, lack of conscience.
Classic psychopath (for previous posts [...]

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Selected from Google news search, “con man”:
Boston man investigated in California cold case
The Associated Press - Aug 6, 2008
In 1994, homicide detectives circulated a news release that described Chichester as a con man who “surfaces in affluent neighborhoods and mingles in social …
Probe into conman claiming Baillieu link
The Age, Australia - 2 hours ago
A fraudster who claimed to [...]

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High functioning sociopaths are in positions of power and authority because they have boundless ambition and bounded morality - and, if they look the part, they ape the white guys in power. Like affirmative action - let the white guy in, give him a chance, he’s not risky.

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Selected citations from Google news search, “homicide suicide” for July 2008:
Fort Bend detectives: Man killed wife, claimed suicide
Houston Chronicle, United States - Jul 24, 2008
After an autopsy, however, the Galveston County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled Jackie Cantu’s death a homicide. “Upon further investigation, detectives …
Homicides end with apparent suicide
Enterprise-Record, CA - Jul 17, 2008
OROVILLE — Police found a woman [...]

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Brain Dysfunction in Cribbing Horses Gives Researchers Something …
TheHorse.com, KY - Jun 3, 2008
In the first study of its kind, researchers from the United Kingdom have discovered that cribbing horses learn differently than horses that don’t crib. …
Emotional trauma linked to brain dysfunction
Los Angeles Times, CA - May 30, 2008
Healthy adults who were near the [...]

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“Man shoots“
Man shoots wife, child and himself
Independent Online, South Africa - May 27, 2008
“It was alleged at the scene that the man had shot his family before turning the gun on himself.” said Dollman. Police were not immediately available for …
Augusta Man Shoots Neighbor During Dog Dispute
NBC Augusta, South Carolina - May 28, 2008
Investigators tell [...]

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A new feature, probably on Fridays, dysfunction in the news:
Woodbury man charged with starting fire on NWA flight. If you are unhappy with your working conditions, go burn down your employer — especially if you work on an airplane.
Missouri Woman Accused of Driving Girl to Suicide Is Indicted in California From the NYT summary: [...]

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When this happens, we are all touched by evil.

Josef Fritzl, Vincent Filyaw, and Hans Reiser. Three monsters, who committed atrocities as instrumentalities — as the means to an end, not as the end in and of themselves. One, to shut up his daughter so she wouldn’t rat him out for incest. Two, [...]

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Here’s the math:
About 1.8 million Islamic Jihadists (although only about 300,000-400,000 on the government list)
About 1 Trillion for the war (conservatively)
$1 trillion/1.8 million = $555,555 each
That’s enough to get a Mullah to retire and move to Scottsdale.

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Jose Canseco, the noted baseball player and author of “Juiced“, was busy as a bee pollinating major league baseball with knowledge and practices for steroid and growth hormone use. (Here’s the link on Docuticker). This strikes me as similar to the stock option backdating scenario — interlocking boards of directors and using the [...]

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