The judge also said Koso had a history of pursuing underage girls, including 12- and 14-year-old girls Koso tried to date when he was 19.

This line kind of bothered me. I don't care how immature they claim he is, I seriously doubt the ladies in the 12-14 age range are mature enough to make up for him.

That being said, I think the prosecution is ridiculous. If they can marry, they can screw (and hopefully also raise their child).
posted to MetaFilter by Flamingo at 7:47 AM on February 8, 2006

The increase in funding is all well and good until the honorable discharge puts them back into mainstream society. What then? I wonder how many of our homeless are Vietnam vets who can't find employment and be self-sustaining because of permanent disabilities.
posted to MetaFilter by Flamingo at 4:44 PM on December 5, 2004

I do not support this president and I do not support his war. We were all misled going into it, but none more so that our troops who were sent there under false pretenses. It's not their fault. We are all suffering: American citizens with a moral conscience, our troops, the innocent people of Iraq whose lives we have destroyed -- we owe them the greatest debt of all. Supporting Any Soldier is not an endorsement of this war, it is a way to ease some of the suffering. "Let there be peace... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Flamingo at 9:32 PM on December 1, 2004

I am female but always hung out and played with the boys. When I was about 8 my uncle told me if I could kiss my elbow I would turn into a boy and I spent an entire summer trying to do it. Thankfully, I never succeeded.

I grew up in Florida back when there were only three area codes. The mosquitos being what they are down here, big pesticide fogger trucks would drive through our neighborhoods in the evening and all the kids would run out into the street to play in... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Flamingo at 4:42 PM on December 1, 2004

This gives animal lover a whole new meaning.
posted to MetaFilter by Flamingo at 7:40 AM on November 21, 2004