I may or may not be the parent of a toddler, teenager or walking talking muppet – but I sure wouldn’t want some young girl wearing a “tramp stamp” at the tender age of most Toys-R-Us shoppers.
An 11-year-old girl died after her parents prayed for healing rather than seek medical help for a treatable form of diabetes, police said Tuesday. Everest Metro Police Chief Dan Vergin said Madeline Neumann died Sunday.
“She got sicker and sicker until she was dead,” he said.
Vergin said an autopsy determined the girl died from diabetic ketoacidosis, an ailment that left her with too little insulin in her body, and she had probably been ill for about 30 days, suffering symptoms like nausea, vomiting, excessive thirst, loss of appetite and weakness. The girl’s parents, Dale and Leilani Neumann, attributed the death to “apparently they didn’t have enough faith,” the police chief said.
The family does not attend an organized church or participate in an organized religion, Vergin said. “They have a little Bible study of a few people.”
Syracuse police shot a man with a Taser early this morning after he challenged them to a fight, but the 250-pound suspect pulled the device’s electric darts out of his abdomen, laughed and said, “That’s all you got?”
Designer Tommaso Colia’s Eco_Drop Shower eats people. Well maybe not actually eat them but when the shower has decided that you have outstayed your welcome, concentric circles on the floor rise & make standing in the stall too uncomfortable to continue.
In a way, it is really sad that someone who has served their country in such an honorable manner has to stand on the same stage as the rest of the Republican nimrod candidates and grovel for votes.
Crooks and Liars is a phenomenal website for a bit of snark, stupid political people and off the beaten path music. And… oh yeah… they have great videos and pictures.
A couple of favorites for today – although the eagle creeps me out a bit.
The “Bay Watch” bikini life jacket concept is brilliant on three levels: It can help save lives, it is much more attractive to wear than traditional life jackets and your likelihood of being saved by a male lifeguard in the area probably increases ten-fold when you are wearing it. Plus, it looks as though there is some additional padding in the rear to achieve J-Lo levels of buoyancy.