Daily Rotten Archives January 30, 2009 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 Internet Porn Causes Drop in Sex Crime Beacon Journal | Submitted by: furpo "In 1992 -- the Dark Ages of the Internet -- about 43 people were raped among every 100,000 Americans, according to the FBI's Uniform Crime Report. Since then, the rate has dropped to 30 per 100,000... In 2006, a Clemson University professor presented a paper at Stanford Law School showing that states where the Internet had expanded the most enjoyed the biggest declines in rape. He said a 10 percent increase in Internet access resulted in a 7 percent decrease in rape." Read article... Comments (1013) Arsonist Ignites Self, Getaway Vehicle Daily Mail | Submitted by: FlamingPubes "A bungling arsonist who accidentally set himself alight then set fire to his getaway car has been jailed for four years. Lee Sood, 20, was scarred for life following the blaze at the Walkabout Bar in the Warwickshire town of Rugby. The former army gunner became engulfed in flames after covering the floor in petrol and setting fire to it." Read article... Comments (40) Toddler Chokes on Used Condom NBC Philadelphia | Submitted by: Garlon "A 22-month-old boy choked on a used condom in the Homewood Suites in Mount Laurel, N.J., according to a lawsuit filed by the little boy's family... The morning of their departure, the toddler apparently found a used condom in the room, left behind by previous travelers, according to the lawsuit." Read article... Comments (56) Demographic Jihad Comes to America, Times 8 Fox News | Submitted by: Waste 'Em All—God'll Sort 'Em Out, OctoPubes It was revealed today that the recent mother of octuplets, Nadya Suleman, was already the mother of six priors, that no husband was in evidence on any occasion, that she had filed bankruptcy two years ago, and that she had conceived her latest litter while working at a fertility clinic and living with her parents. The apparent sole male in her life, her father, has left for Iraq to resume his Iraqi military service to bring in extra money for the expanded family. Party on. Read article... and This article... Comments (65) Statue of Glory and Generosity The Age | Submitted by: Yustax "An Iraqi town has unveiled a giant monument of a shoe in honour of the journalist who threw his footwear at former US President George W. Bush. Fatin Abdul Qader, head of an orphanage and children's organisation in the town, said the one-and-a-half-tonne monument by artist Laith al-Amiri was titled statue of glory and generosity". Photo. Read article... Comments (53) Sex Offender Roundup ABC, Miami New Times | Submitted by: furpo, Flag Hag #1: Homeless man denied shelter because he was a sex offender, dies in the cold. #2: Police threaten to remove a colony of sex offenders living under the Julia Tuttle Causeway. They live there because laws have made it nearly impossible to live elsewhere. #3: And the most interesting, unintended consequences of draconian sex offender laws: "[Before recent laws] five years ago, we knew where about 95 percent of those individuals were. Now we're lucky if we know where 50, 55 percent of them are." Read article... and This... and This... Comments (53) Getting High On His Own Supply Asheville Citizen-Times | Submitted by: Crocodile Bungee "Among the items seized were 1,200 capsules and 100 grams of a drug called 2C-B, which was used as a drug in psychiatric therapy. It produces a short “trip” of about three hours and is considered milder than LSD. Investigators said they also found two grams of psychedelic DMT, three pounds of psychedelic mushrooms, 59 hits of Ecstasy, 750 hits of acid, a half pound high grade marijuana and what they believe is a small amount of Hashish, and $7,000 in cash, sheriff's Capt. Steve Lillard said." The mugshot is priceless. Read article... Comments (29) Naked Germanfolk Perplex Neutral Swiss Daily Mail | Submitted by: GrassyPubes "A Swiss Alpine village is trying to ban an unwelcome German invasion... nudist ramblers who have taken a liking to hiking with nothing but a rucksack on the back. Officials in Appenzell are instituting a fixed fine for anyone caught on the mountainside wearing just a pair of boots following an influx of naked walkers, who were encouraged to pay a visit by a German nudist organisation." Read article... Comments (21) Your Fish Food Or Your Life News Corporation | Submitted by: anonymous "An Irish backpacker armed with a pet fish in a container tried to rob a Brisbane ticketing agency saying he needed the money to feed the fish, a court heard. Judge Milton Griffin, SC, in the Brisbane District Court, was told walking Irish joke Richard William O'Flynn, 25, also tried to hold-up a bakery after having earlier tried to order a gay wedding cake for him and his male partner." Read article... Comments (7) Fired For Not Wiping: Un-Australian News Corporation | Submitted by: Shalico "On Thursday, he claims his foreman followed him into the bathrooms questioning his toilet hygiene. Mr Bernabe said his employer, Townsville Engineering Industries, sacked him yesterday for not going to the toilet the Australian way... He asked me what had happened and I explained to him and he said if I didn't follow the Australian way I would be immediately terminated." Read article... Comments (33) Poisonous Testicles Leave 7 Sickened Fox News | Submitted by: Zontar "Seven diners in northern Japan fell ill and three remained hospitalized Tuesday after eating blowfish testicles prepared in a restaurant not authorized to serve the poisonous delicacy... The owner of the restaurant in Tsuruoka city, who is also the chef, had no license to serve blowfish and was being questioned on suspicion of professional negligence, police official Yoshihito Iwase said." Read article... Comments (17) Locusts Plagued by Seratonin BBC | Submitted by: Keya23 "When food runs short, they slowly become clustered together and enter their gregarious phase, culminating in an aggressive swarm. Prior to swarming, the locusts undergo a series of dramatic physical changes -- their body colour darkens and their muscles grow stronger." Once thought to be separate species, it is now known that a Jekyll-and-Hyde transform occurs thanks to seratonin. Read article... Comments (18)