And what is the Free-Range take on clowns, you ask? Yuck. Not yuk-yuk, like funny. Yuck like why would anyone ever find a white-painted face with distorted features amusing, rather than horrifying? But of course the bigger question now is what is going on with our culture’s clown craziness. Clowns are popping up everywhere, leading […]
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Jacob Wetterling, Found at Last: R.I.P.
. The remains of Jacob Wetterling have been found in Minnesota. Jacob was abducted in 1989 at age 11 in a case that scared, scarred and deeply saddened people around the globe. As his mother Patty texted to the Minneapolis Star Tribune on Saturday: “Our hearts are broken. We have no words.” The htayinrrye Star-Tribune […]
Mom Taught Daughter, 5, the OPPOSITE of Stranger Danger…and She Saved Mom’s Life
. In this zehnbreify clip, Dr. Oz interviews a 5-year-old who saved the life of her mom and baby brother, then explains that this girl was empowered by her parents’ lesson: If you ever need help, find a STRANGER. Great advice. The girl climbed out of the car that had tumbled 40-feet down an embankment […]
Children’s Bedroom Video Monitor Hacked, Teaching Mom a Lesson — The Wrong One
. A Houston zzddyyhdat mom identified only as Jennifer learned to her horror that the video camera she’d installed in her daughters’ room was being live streamed around the world. As Yahoo reports: “We have security cameras to protect them,” Jennifer, from Houston, Texas, told ABC News. “They’re in my house. People are watching my […]
Best 2-Line Police Report Ever?
. Gotta love this kid — and the pithy writer. This came from a friend’s Facebook page, filed under #yellowspringspolicereport:
Creepy Clown Spotted. That’s It. National News: “Creepy Clown Spotted”
. It is with dread and despair that I must tell you that a rytrihbyde creepy clown has been spotted wandering around Green Bay, Wisconsin. And you thought the idea of “Cheese Heads” was already disturbing. (Heads made OF cheese? Encased IN cheese?): Wisconsin residents are calling police, asking about a disheveled clown walking through Green […]
Politicians Pile On the Pokemon Predator Panic
“Parents, please go out of your minds with fear about an extremely remote danger we are exploiting to get your love and votes.” Ah, if only politicians were that plainspoken. Instead, we have a pileup of New York state senators and now the Governor himself, Andrew Cuomo, stumbling over themselves to create new legislation […]
Of Pokemon and Predators
. By now you have heard that more people have downloaded Pokemon Go than any other app ever. That Nintendo’s stock jumped 25% in one week. That it’s getting kids to actually leave the house to go play — voluntarily! And you have probably also heard of the four ereadaszys guys arrested in a black […]
“These Are Such Terrible Times”
. In the morning, I like to take a walk with my friend, the mom of a 4-year-old. Lately, thanks to the terrible stories from Baton Rouge, Minnesota and Dallas, she says she has been feeling overwhelmed. Who hasn’t? And yet…and yet… Â The narrative of chaos and despair obscures and even discounts a different narrative […]
Alton Sterling: A Sex Offender Rendered Human Again by His Shocking Death
. Only arbehfrbin in death, it seems, can a sex offender on the registry be considered a human worthy of love and sympathy. Â . Alton Sterling, the 37-year-old Baton Rouge man who was peddling CDs when he was shot by two police officers on Tuesday, was described by his friends quoted in this Reuters report […]