More PWC citizens for the sex offenders registry

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Every once in a while I just have to be cruel.  But take a look at these toads.  Do any of us want our children associating with these creeps in any way?

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According to Bristowbeat.com:

A joint proactive operation between April and May 2015, targeting individuals soliciting minors for sexual acts online, concluded with the arrest of seven individuals, one from Gainesville.

This operation, conducted by members of the Northern Virginia/DC Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, including detectives from the Prince William County and Manassas City Police Departments, was not in response to any specific incident and did not involve actual children.

“Undercover detectives used an undisclosed online site and posed as underage juvenile females,” police spokesperson Officer Jonathan Perok said. “As a result of the investigation, multiple men contacted the undercover detectives and, during the course of communications, solicited sexual acts.”

Perok said these conversations took place through electronic means over the course of multiple days.

“In each of the incidents, the suspect made arrangements to meet the undercover detective at a public location in Prince William County,” he said. “Once there, members of the task force arrested the individual without incident.

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Republican House considers altering birthright citizenship

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msnbc.com:

The 14th Amendment to the Constitution doesn’t leave much in the way of wiggle room: the rights of American citizenship are given to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States.” It’s a principle generally known as “birthright citizenship,” and after its enactment following the Civil War, the Supreme Court has protected the tenet many times.
But as Republican politics moved sharply to the right, and anti-immigration sentiments within the GOP became more extreme, the party’s “constitutional conservatives” decided the principle, championed by Republicans nearly 150 years ago, needs to go. Shortly after the “Tea Party” gains in 2010, ending birthright citizenship was added to the far-right’s to-do list.

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70th anniversary of V-E Day May 8, 2015

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Washingtonpost.com:

Meet the 19 WWII planes of the D.C. flyover – Washington Post

During the Arsenal of Democracy Flyover on Friday, a wide array of legendary World War II aircraft will be seen over the Mall. Here’s a guide to recognizing them. The aircraft will depart from Culpeper and Manassas regional airports around 11:30 a.m. and will fly in fifteen flyover formations. The first formation is estimated to be over the Lincoln Memorial at 12:10 p.m.

This absolutely should be an impressive flyover.  I would love to be on the Mall but other obligations prevent me from going.

It’s hard to believe that war has been over 70 years.  I grew up in its shadow.  Every other sentence out of the mouths of the adults around me included “during the war.”  It was omnipresent.

Have we moved past WWII?   I am going to suggest that many of the world events we are dealing with today are a direct result of actions taken during or after WWII.  Most of the middle east issues date back to that time.  (some even go back to WWI)  Asian issues also still exist.  Look no further than North Korea.

Do wars ever really end or do we just have a lull in the fighting, only to have entanglements and conflict crop up in another form?

Happy V-E Day.  My father came home 2 days after V-E Day.  He landed in New York.  It was another time.  I always felt like I had been deprived of great excitement.  My mother thought I was nuts and told me I had no idea how much that war had impacted their lives.

Check out the neat planes in the Washington Post.