Summer reading is here, whether we like it or not!
Term’s end was bittersweet as the summer reading list from mom and dad grew.
(Photo: Jason Schmidt; Dwell)
So stoic, yet still so cute. My heart goes out to Japan, especially to the children who face such a long life of rebuilding.
Neena Sasaki, 5, carries some of the family belongings from her home that was destroyed after the devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 15 in Rikuzentakata, Miyagi province.
(Paula Bronstein/Getty Images, via the Big Picture)
Distraught mother SANDY FONZO, of Wilkes-Barre, PA, angrily confronting the judge who sentenced her then-17-year-old son for possession of drug paraphernalia to 30 days at a juvenile detention center, followed by four months at a boot camp — for what was only his first offense. Ms. Ponzo said her son was emotionally scarred by the sentence for years after — “The kid was never the same” — and as a result, committed suicide in June 2010.
Ponzo confronted the judge, Mark Ciavarella, as he left court: Ciavarella was convicted of racketeering, money laundering and other charges related to the building of the PA Child Care center — the juvenile detention hall where he’d sent Ponzo’s son.
Prosecutors said Ciavarella had routinely sent juveniles to the center for minor offenses in a bid to ensure its occupancy rate remained high.
Scumbag indeed. May he rot in Hell.
(Via the Wilkes Barre Times Leader)
Oh, yeah. NEPA judges are incredibly fucking corrupt. I heard sooooo many scandal stories over the past year (that I lived there) it was silly.
(via nines19)
So sad.
(via caraobrien)
Stuff and things, things and stuff... stuff yourself with things.
