Are White middle-class men more prone to shooting up schools, movie theaters and other public places??

Study Shows White Men Are More Likely To Commit Mass Murders

Are white men more likely to carry out mass killings like last week’s Newtown tragedy or this past summer’s Aurora killings?

Is there something about the white, male, middle-class experience that makes it easier for sick young men to turn schools and movie theaters into graveyards? Some studies say, yes.

Via LAWSONRY News And Analysis reports:

While the majority of all violent crimes are perpetuated by men, American mass murders in particular seem to be the territory of white men. The Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime writes that, “Compared with assailants who kill but one victim, mass murderers are overwhelmingly likely to be male, [and] are far more likely to be white,” and the numbers prove it. According to Wikipedia, 75% of the rampage killings on US record were perpetrated by white males, as were 71% of massacres in schools, and 60% of workplace rampages – a seriously disproportionate number for the number of white males that make up the general population. Clearly, there is more at play here than the advantage of opportunity.

Historically, the focus on serial killers and mass murderers has been on the individual motives for the crimes, and little on the overarching trend. It’s plausible that the elevated social status of white males combined with isolation, desperation, opportunity, and mental illness has led the white men who have gone on rampages to make their pain felt by those around them in a very violent way.

Of course, it isn’t just male privilege that makes men more prone to violent crime than their female counterparts. From the time they are toddlers, men are socialized to express their emotions through violence. Western culture – and especially American culture – teaches boys that emotional intelligence and expression is worthless and effeminate, and that the acceptable masculine response to anger, sadness, and/or frustration is to act out physically. If this mentality is particularly deeply rooted in an individual man, he may find it incredibly difficult to form an emotional support system, leading to more self-inflicted and outwardly motivated violence among men.

News outlets have a also broken down by demographic, shooter’s identities, weapons and number of victims of these shooters. The most common denominator, most of these killers were white men…

Via MotherJones reports:

Since 1982, there have been at least 62 mass murders* carried out with firearms across the country, with the killings unfolding in 30 states from Massachusetts to Hawaii. We’ve mapped them below, including details on the shooters’ identities, the types of weapons they used, and the number of victims they injured and killed.

*Mass Murder- The shooter took the lives of at least four people. An FBI crime classification report identifies an individual as a mass murderer—as opposed to a spree killer or a serial killer—if he kills four or more people in a single incident (not including himself), and typically in a single location.

Here is a sample of the timeline of mass murders. Only 6 of the 62 mass muderers featured were people of color…

Why is no one asking what’s wrong with White Men in the United States?

With the newest mass shooting in Newtown captivating the world, it seems someone should ask the question. After all, if we had a pattern of midgets walking into public places, armed, and killing everyone possible, you can guess all the headlines would read, “What’s wrong with American Midgets!?”

Do you agree with the latest findings? Are white men more likely to commit these murders???

Check out the full timeline of mass shooting killers HERE

Police Officer Fired For Writing Fake DUI Tickets To Meet Quota

A Utah state trooper who was recently honored for the number of slizzard citizens she got off the road has now been sent packing after an investigation revealed that most of her “convictions” turned out to be fake.

via AOL News

State troopers put their lives on the line every day. And the act of pulling someone over on a highway can be a deadly experience for any cop not following the best protocols. But police are also under great pressure to generate ticket revenue for their cities, counties and states, and their zeal to hit revenue targets can lead them to do the wrong thing.

So says a class action suit filed against the State of Utah and a specific state trooper who is accused of writing “driving under the influence” tickets when they weren’t impaired.

State trooper Lisa Steed was honored inside the state police force for busting an extraordinary number of drunk drivers. But some of her convictions were subsequently over-turned, and the trooper was reprimanded and then fired for making false arrests.

Since Steed’s performance and punishment were reported, dozens of people who were convicted have been signing up with lawyers for a class action suit. People convicted of DUI lost money, cars and trailers and even jobs, according to ABC 4 News/Salt Lake City.

Aren’t there enough ACTUAL drunk drivers on the road for one-time to focus on? SMH.

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Kris And Bruce Jenner Keep Up Happy Marriage Facade For Business Purposes

Via RadarOnline

The marriage of Bruce and Kris Jenner is reportedly “all but over” and “business” is the only thing still keeping the celebrity couple together, but don’t expect Kris to ‘fess up to her relationship woes anytime soon, a source tells RadarOnline.com exclusively.

In fact, don’t expect either of the reality stars to come clean about the state of their marriage, or file for divorce, as the source says “momager” Kris is determined to maintain the façade of a happy union to make money and maintain the Kardashian brand.

“Kris and Bruce are all but over,” the source says. “They have grown apart and their relationship is all about business these days rather than love or romance.

“They’ve built a brand together though, and that’s very profitable for both of them, not to mention the amount of valuable assets and business ventures they have together.”

That is a LOT of money they might be sacrificing.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported tension has been brewing between Bruce and Kris who have been married for 21 years. While the mom-of-six has denied their marriage is going through a rocky patch, it’s been reported that the former athlete is looking for a new place to live.

However, according to the source, the Jenners are not willing to publicly throw in the towel on their marriage just yet, and when they are, it’s likely Kris will want to fully control how it happens.

“There’s no way Kris is going to go through with a divorce right now, despite the problems they are having,” the source says. “She’s determined to keep up the façade of a happy marriage at all costs. Showbiz and her career come way before any chance of divorce.”

Would you stay with your husband or significant other for the sake of “business”???

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If makin’ it rain is wrong then we don’t wanna be right…

Trey Songz Arrested For Assaulting Woman In Club

Via NY Daily News:

Hip-hop artist Trey Songz tried to throw money at a problem at a Queens strip club — and got busted on an assault rap.

The 28-year-old musician allegedly tossed a bundle of cash at Donna McIntosh-Inoe, 36, after she snapped a cell phone picture of him during a party at Club Perfection in Woodhaven about 4 a.m. on Aug. 22.

“He chucked a wad of cash at me,” McIntosh-Inoe told the Daily News. “A wad of cash.”

The Staten Island woman, who went to the club with her husband to see the “I Gotta Make It” star, said the knot of bills struck her so hard that it left her with a black eye.

“I didn’t even know I had a bruise on my face until after I left the club,” she said. “I had to walk around a whole week with a black eye.”

Her husband said the couple paid $700 to sit with Trey in the VIP section of the club, where he held a release party for his fifth studio album “Studio V.”

McIntosh-Inoe, a nurse, said the spat began when she snapped a cell phone picture of Songz, who quickly grabbed the phone and tried to delete the photograph.

“Everyone else was taking a picture,” she said. “The difference for me and the other girls is that they were naked and I had clothes on.”

But the frustrated Songz couldn’t trash the picture, so he threw the money at her face instead.

“He tried to delete the picture, but he didn’t know how to use my phone,” she said. McIntosh-Inoe said she couldn’t bring herself to pick up the discarded greenbacks.

“It was insulting that he just threw something,” she said. “He was verbally disrespectful as well. . . . He embarrassed me in front of everyone in the club.”

We just wonder if she picked up the stack…

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The drama continues…

“Basketball Wives L.A.’s Laura Govan Claims She Knocked Out Cast Mate Draya Michele

The second half of the “BBWLA” reunion went down on VH1 last night and Laura Govan went hard in the paint on Twitter as the show aired.

As Bambi went on the attack against Laura’s sister Gloria over her “Chronicles of V” web-series Laura wasn’t going to let the slick comments slide without a fight.

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Troubled Celebrities Who Need A Break From Fame

Living the Hollyweird high life certainly has its’ perks.

You get free stuff, you have tons of fun, and most of all, you make millions of dollars doing what you love. But being young, rich and famous can also have a downside if you don’t take time off every now and then for some rest, relaxation….and a general break from the ratchet.

More than a few high-profile celebs have gotten to know the wrath of fame all too well this year, and some time off seems to be something they desperately need.

Let’s take a look at a handful of people who need to lay low and get it together.

John Edwards is still blowin’ his baby mama Rielle Hunter’s backs to smithereens! And he’s doing it so loudly the whole neighborhood knows!

Via National Enquirer reports:

“Rielle’s place is only a hop, skip and a jump from John’s home, and it’s pretty much turned into his booze and sex romp hideaway,” a source close to the couple told The ENQUIRER.

“When they get a little tipsy, they get so frisky that their lovemaking becomes embar­rassingly loud. One day, an el­derly neighbor walked right up to Rielle, and snickered, ‘Try to keep it down next time.’ John was mortified when Rielle told him the story, but she clearly got a kick out of it.”

As The ENQUIRER recently re­ported, the former North Carolina senator, 59, didn’t like making the three-hour drive to Rielle’s home in Charlotte to visit the blonde divorcee, 48, and their 4-year-old love child Quinn.

So he moved them closer to the palatial Chapel Hill spread he once shared with his late wife Elizabeth, who lost her brave battle with breast cancer in December 2010.

Edwards and his two youngest children with Eliza­beth – Emma Claire, 14, and Jack, 12 – spent Thanksgiving with Rielle and Quinn at their new home, insiders say. But Emma and Jack refuse to spend the night there, and his oldest daughter Cate, 30, still won’t even acknowl­edge Rielle, sources say.

“Elizabeth is still very beloved in Chapel Hill,” noted the source, “and if Rielle wants to be accept­ed here, she needs to change her behavior.”

These two are just plain nasty. Neither of them have any sense of self-respect or decency.

Mike is down with the Atlah Ministries…

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Restaurant Waiter Shot After Refusing To Eat Customer Leftovers

We all know not to drink and drive, but apparently some people need not drink and eat in public either.

via Huffington Post

A man in New Delhi was angry when his waiter refused to eat his leftovers so he allegedly opened fire on the restaurant.

The incident happened early Sunday morning when the suspect, who is only being identified as “Rajesh,” went to a restaurant called Jain Dhaba with two friends.

The trio was allegedly intoxicated and at one point, Rajesh and his friends asked the waiter, whose name was “Monu,” to eat some of their paratha, a form of Indian flatbread, according to the Times Of India.

When Monu refused to eat the leftovers, an argument ensued and Rajesh allegedly took out a gun and fired it at the waiter, who ran for cover, according to DaijiWorld.com.

Wait, so there were THREE people present during this ridiculousness? Sounds like this fool needs some new friends, ’cause friends don’t let friends get slizzard and do dumb isht that will land them ALL in jail. SMH.

Why do they have him lookin’ so…black though?? SMH

President Obama Named TIME Magazine Person Of The Year

Via Huffington Post

President Barack Obama has been named Time’s Person of the Year.

Managing Richard Stengel unveiled the magazine’s choice on Wednesday’s “Today.” He said it was remarkable that the president won two terms with over 50 percent of the popular vote as a Democrat. He also noted that Obama took office in an economic crisis, and credited him with creating a new political “alignment like Ronald Reagan did forty years ago.”

This is the second time that Time has chosen Obama. The magazine said it named him Person of the Year in 2008 for winning against the odds and becoming the first black president of the United States.

“For finding and forging a new majority, for turning weakness into opportunity and for seeking, amid great adversity, to create a more perfect union, Barack Obama is TIME’s 2012 Person of the Year,” Stengel explained in his note this year.

Time writer Michael Scherer says:

Beyond the Oval Office, overwhelming challenges remain: deadlocked fiscal-cliff talks; a Federal Reserve that predicts years of high unemployment; and more unrest in places like Athens, Cairo and Damascus. But the President seems unbound and gives inklings of an ambition he has kept in check ever since he arrived at the White House to find a nation in crisis.

He certainly has his work cut out for him over the next 4 years, but with so much on his plate in his first term, the President has accomplished a lot since 2008. Clap for him.

Do you think someone else should have won POTY over President Obama??

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Here is Chris Bosh with wife Adrienne and daughter Trinity, spreading holiday cheer in Miami.

He had a Christmas With Chris Bosh At ‘Santa Bosh’s Workshop where the kids played games and received gifts from a pop up shop.

Say what you want about Chrissy Bosh, but he sure is a stand up guy. Peep more pics below:

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Earlier this week we received an email “open letter” from a man claiming to be the former benefactor that Bambi made famous on “Basketball Wives L.A.” While he has nothing but nice things to say about former girlfriend Brooke Bailey he trashes the hell out of Bambi.

Read it and weep:

Black Santa Speaks,

First off, I’d like to state that I did not sign up for Basketball Wives LA. I was not a cast member, but somehow I have been made an unwilling participant in the Bambi/Brooke drama. I don’t owe the fans (of BBWLA) any response, but I would like to clear a few things up since it seems the truth has been stretched too far. Here are the facts…

1. I respect Brooke for trying to handle the situation with class, and not make the story or Bambi too relevant on the show, but she should’ve just told it like it was. Years ago, I dated Brooke, and was serious about her. Bambi was just a toss she found out about.

2. “Street dope boy”? NO!!!! I’ve been a private investor since 2004 on 4 existing businesses and multiple start-ups. I help people build or save their dreams. In 8 short years I’ve been blessed to have grown to where I am now. Yes, I’m a hustler, in the business world, and my money is clean. Not all money is Hollywood money, or drug money people. Grow up.

3. I am NOT a trick. I’m a real ni**a like any other real ni**a out here that works hard for the people I love. My lady represents me, and if she’s holding me down there’s nothing ima get for myself, that I won’t get for her too. Brooke was my lady, Bambi was not. If Bambi thinks the crumbs I threw her are worth bragging and creating a whole reality show story about, it just confirms the type of chick she is. Trash!

4. Brooke and I threw a big party. We flew all of Brooke’s friends in 1st class to host. We put them up in the Ritz Carlton, gave them their own VIP section with bottles. Bambi and her homegirl were also flown in, Coach. I put them at the Comfort Inn and stashed them in another section with my boys and gave them A bottle to share. FACTS. Was I wrong for having a toss at the same party as my lady? Yeah, Because I think Bambi saw the difference in how I treated her.That’s what kicked off this one-way drama between her and Brooke

5. Bambi took pictures with Brooke at the party and posted them online. I don’t know if she did it as a fan, to be funny, or to get under my skin. But she did it.

6. When Brooke hit up Bambi and found out she was my slide, Bambi hit me and asked me to change her name in my phone so she could keep talking to me. Ni**as know, that is a sign she was a professional toss. NO main chick even thinks to do something like that.

7. I don’t know Malaysia. Never even met the chick. Her asking Brooke about my whereabouts was confusing and strange to me.

8. I’m flattered but also a bit offended at this “Black Santa” isht. Anyone who really knows me knows I have high standards and priorities. If I fawked with Bambi like that her, Black Santa’s first “present” would’ve been some porcelain veneers, then a better wardrobe. I wouldn’t even let an ex-lady of mine walk around like that.

9. If Bambi was looking for a “Black Santa” to upgrade her shoe game and invest in her music career, she DID NOT find that in me. I wife women that are already used to a certain level of luxury and are already established or investing in their own isht. Fly women that are gonna motivate me to go get it and share it with them. I don’t save or rescue ho ho hoes.

10. Bambi says she didn’t sleep with me. This is true. Well, actually, “I didn’t sleep with her” would be more accurate wording. And once you peep the pic of her p***y she sent me(attached) you’ll see why. Garbage!

There it is. It’s not my intention to expose that girl but she should have never misrepresented her position with me to gain fame on reality TV. I hope this brings some clarity and closure to this exaggerated ass story. But if I’m going to be labeled Black Santa, here are some gifts for you all. Pics of Bambi in all her glory. Happy Holidays!

Sorry but we’re not putting up photos of Bambi’s pink stuff (you’d probably rather not see anyway), but the nail polish of the fingers in the photo match the blue Bambi is rocking in the shots of her with the gun.

Check out the photos of Bambi on the flip along with photos of “Black Santa” and Brooke at the party he refers to in the letter.

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Dear Bossip,

I really don’t want to write this because you usually SLAY people whenever they write you, but I have nowhere else to turn.

I need help. I have been in a relationship for the past 4 years with a man and am newly engaged. He plays soccer overseas and I am finishing school to get my bachelors degree, so for the most part, our relationship is primarily long distance. We have found a way to make it work despite being apart for 9-10 months out of the year (I often go to visit him and he comes to visit me). Long story short, I caught him looking at gay p0rn. Actually, all sorts of weird p0rn honestly, but what stood out to me the most was the fat girl p0rn and gay p0rn. Specifically: transvestite sex and BDSM transvestite p0rn. WEIRD to say the least.

Anyway, I was devastated and confronted him and asked him if he was gay. He of course denied it and said that he was just really freaky (and he is) and said that he watches so much p0rn because he is overseas and does not want to cheat on me. Eventually he just started getting off to any and everything he could find. During our argument, I repeatedly tried to get him to admit to me that he was gay because of course, looking at gay p0rn obviously makes you gay right?

Well, he nicely reminded me that I used to be bisexual and asked if I was gay because I still continue to fantasize about/enjoy watching women. Ironically, I don’t feel like I am gay because I realized that that is not the lifestyle I want to live and ultimately I want to be with a man. Although, I am still attracted to women I have not the slightest intention on being with a woman ever again in that way. So, I said no. But, he’s right. It’s the same shoe, different foot.

So, eventually I retreated my threats and after some time I forgave him and remained with him.

He said he’d stop looking at it if it bothers me, but I wanted him to stop looking at it because it’s wrong, and it’s gay. He tried to make it seem like any sex is sex and just because that is what he watches it doesn’t mean that’s what he wants to do with me (the BDSM or feeder porn) or anyone else of that matter, it’s just freaky to him.

But, men don’t just look at tranvestites, black men especially. It doesn’t help my peace of mind that my butt and breasts are huge and he is in absolute awe of my body, but literally only worships my butt! (Go figure).

It’s been a year and I’ve often checked his computer and he hasn’t been on those websites since. Well, at least not to my finding. Am I wrong for feeling like this makes him gay and feeling like he will leave me for a man or something crazy like that because I’m a hypocrite!?! However, I fear that when he leaves again, he’ll start looking at it again once he gets bored or even worse decide to experiment during our engagement or worse after we’re married! I mean he clearly fantasizes about being with, a man or at least a transvestite, right?

It is because of this that I am hesitant to marry him and obviously cannot stop thinking about his sexuality. I try to be an open book and keep communication open between us, but this topic clearly makes him uncomfortable to talk about. He treats me like a freaking diamond, is extremely romantic and thoughtful, manly, God-fearing, sexy, and very successful. I absolutely adore his family, and he mine and we pray together. He’s everything any woman would want in a man, except I am not sure if he is gay/bi, even though he tries to make it clear  that I am his end all be all. The funny thing is I am so kinky, I could care less if he is bi or previously was as long as his heart is mine and only mine and as long as we enter a monogamous marriage.

I don’t want to look back and wish I’d made a different decision, especially if he comes out of the closet on me and embarrasses me later on. We’ve talked about it since, but something is just not right. He wants to marry me soooo badly (so we can finally have kids and live together), but these insecurities are really killing me. I don’t know how to feel, think, or what to do. And, I have not told anyone. I need advice, help. – Concerned About His Sexuality

Dear Ms. Concerned About His Sexuality,

Girl, there are so many things wrong with your letter, and I’m holding myself back from laying you out!!! You are truly sad. Sad and pitiful. You make lots of accusations, blanket statements, and judgments, but I peeped your game. Ole blankety blank blankety blank so-and-so!!! Holding my tongue. Just holding my tongue.

The problem isn’t your man and him watching gay p0rn, the problem lies with you and your insecurities about your own sexuality. The hell you’re going to sit up here and condemn gay people and say being gay is wrong, yet, you’re bi-sexual?!? You sleep with men and women. You have a problem with being gay, so therefore you condemn gays because of your own issues. You are a hot a** mess! You are the worse kind of person. You are the epitome of ‘those’ persons who say they hate and can’t stand gay people, yet, you’re gay and trying to hide behind the façade while throwing stones in a glass house. Well, the glass has shattered! Clean up in aisle 3!!!

And, you’re lying to your man and yourself when you say that you will never do it again, but, yet by your own admission you said that you fantasize and are still attracted to women. DO NOT PUT OFF YOUR ISSUES ONTO SOMEONE ELSE. You are the damn problem! You can’t accept who you are, and you have a problem with your own sexual identity. And, because you don’t want to be gay, bi-sexual, or whatever the hell you’re trying to fight, you’re trying to make him the bad guy. Girl, miss me! Ole trifling a**!

But, I am a firm believer that you attract that which you are. So, how does it feel knowing your man is watching transvestite p0rn, and getting off to it? Yeah, you’re worried about him, but what are his thoughts and views about you and your sexual identity? Have you addressed that? Obviously not because he threw it up in your face when you tried to throw stones and accuse him. So, for him to throw back leads me to believe that he has, is, and probably thinks you’ll want to be with a woman at some point. So, what is he supposed to do with his feels and thoughts?

You are truly selfish, trifling, and so many other things. You’re obsessing over the possibility of your man being gay, yet, you’re gay and trying to fight your urges and deny who you are. YOU ARE GAY YOURSELF, MA’AM!!

And, before you two get married, I strongly suggest that you two go to marriage counseling, and you need to be in personal counseling to deal with your own personal issues around your sexuality. To sit up here and say you’re bi-sexual, but you’re not interested in that lifestyle, and you feel you’re not gay and that you prefer to be with men. HUH? What? Being LGBT is not a lifestyle. It’s who you are!!! It’s not an option on an application form that you check. Chile, you folks with these issues about your sexuality are truly not going to do me today. For the record, rich is a lifestyle. Hip Hop is a lifestyle. Being LGBT is not a lifestyle! Ugh!!

But, hold up, at the end of your letter you write, “The funny thing is I am so kinky, I could care less if he is bi or previously was as long as his heart is mine and only mine and as long as we enter a monogamous marriage.” What the hell!?! So, if you don’t care if he is bi-sexual, then why did you write the letter? Marry him and go be happy in your own damn warped shaped dark bubble.

Oh, but, I get it. You think he will eventually one day go out and be with a man. He will not feel satisfied in the relationship with you, and he will go fulfill his desires and needs with a man. Actually, it’s the thoughts that you have about your own damn self that you are projecting onto him. You’re the one who actually feels that your desires and needs to be with a woman will come surging back, and you’ll step out on him. You’re the one who is having thoughts about him not satisfying you, and you will need to be with a woman to make you feel good. Because you’re in denial about your sexuality you feel he is denial about his. I get it. Be honest with yourself, and then you can be honest with him. But, your lies will be the downfall to your marriage. Trust me. Keep lying to yourself, to him, and to everyone else, but one day you will have to face the truth. Wake your a** up!

This is why you need to be in therapy to deal with your issues and your sexuality. Free your mind and the rest will follow. You’re dragging him into your insecure and unstable a** life. Your life is not together, but you want to marry someone else to make you feel better about yourself. You’re questioning your sexual identity, and in denial about who you are, so you figure marrying him will make you not desire women any longer. LMBAO! Girl, I can’t! And, now that you’ve caught him watching some gay p0rn, you can’t handle the heat in the kitchen.

Let me wrap this up because you’re not going to have me caught up in your trick bag. Does your man watching gay p0rn make him gay and want to eventually go out and try it? Possibly. Who knows. But, I don’t know any straight men who purposely sit down to watch gay p0rn no matter how freaky they are. No matter how much they want to get off, and how freaky they may be, there are thousands upon thousands of freaky a** videos and naughty sites that will fulfill his desires to get off. And, I’m sure many straight men have vivid imaginations whereas it won’t take much for them to get themselves off. Therefore, him purposely watching gay men, and in particular transvestite BDSM could be a fetish or desire he may have. Whatever it is, you won’t know what he’s doing because 9-10 months out of the year you’re not together. And, you can monitor and snoop through his computer all you want, but you can’t monitor his d**k. BOOM! BAM! POW! I just hope he’s strapping up before he gets it in. – Terrance Dean

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