Recent content by Fukiyama

Great post, though I think Synanon is a dead end. I think she left and then fell into the black hole of the Bay Area after.

Certainly whatever they believe in their heart of hearts is one thing, but they did get the outcome they wanted.

They insisted she died at the World Trade Center, so.

You can even take it back a decade or so earlier as well. How many kids who grew up in the eighties had decent exposure to Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck and the like? Those cartoons were chock full of pop culture allusions from the 30s and 40s. We may not have known what the references were to, but...

Looking at the map and drawing my own conclusions from similar places I've seen in other towns in Iowa, I would suggest that other children outside the family are few and far between out there. It's possible there are young families in those duplexes, but it's also quite possible they are full...

Unrelated cased: A friend of mine from high school has a relative, I think his son, who ran away from a facility in Waverly, IA in early June. This reminded me of Klunder. Does anyone remember the name of the facility he was at?

Along the way has there been any indication CBR belongs to something like MS13? I read a book recently by a psychiatrist that included a section on MS13's satanic predilections.

Who do you think would be willing to spend to keep CBR free? Have we seen any evidence he is tied to some group that is interested in his freedom?

Just saw a clip of CBR giving his story that had a split screen showing his lawyer lady. She took a long look out of the corner of her eye at the jury when he started talking about masked men. "Are you people buying this *advertiser censored*???"

I think he's just referring to that line because of the situation. Twelve Angry Men is a great movie by the way.

Highly highly unlikely anyone really thinks DJ is a racist based on the g/f's word. Mollie on twitter was quite vocal what she thinks about racist people. I doubt she'd have been in a relationship with one.

I thought direct examination was all about letting the witness tell his story?

Is that your experience? People assume that about minors who are with their parents. Just think about all the "unaccompanied" minors who are crossing the border everyday. I would say a lot more of them are like CBR than they are little kids.

I read an interesting piece from the time of the murder that examined the cultural milieu CR comes from. Machismo and all that. He wanted her attention, she told him to go away. He reacted!

For those of you who don't live in Iowa, this is how it works... There are US, state, and county highways that are paved. Then counties maintain gravel roads that are laid out in a grid pattern as much as the local topography allows. There is a gravel road usually every mile. Counties can...