Some Actors Lend Support To Writers' Strike

This strike has even affected New Orleans' own 'K-Ville'.

The Fox network cop show "K-Ville" stopped filming in New Orleans on Thursday, cutting short its planned 13-episode shoot by several weeks and cutting loose its large local crew.

The series, starring Anthony Anderson and Cole Hauser as post-Katrina New Orleans Police Department officers, was reportedly a victim of the Writers Guild of America strike, which started Monday.

Fox on Wednesday released a strike-shuffled schedule for January and beyond, and "K-Ville" isn't on it. But the show's main NOPD station-house set, built in a Harahan warehouse, will not be disassembled immediately.

Perverts Visits Chat Lines

Pedophilia is in the air. You can hear it. You can see it. Indeed, just two weeks ago, the US Supreme Court was waist-deep in the vile mess struggling with the oral arguments in U.S. v Williams. In that case, Michael Williams engaged an undercover agent in an on-line Yahoo! chat room dedicated to child pornography. Williams bragged about possessing such filth including pictures of himself engaging in sexual conduct with his own young toddler-age daughter.

The federal authorities arrested Williams and while they didn’t find pictures of his daughter, they found plenty of others. He was charged with two federal criminal counts: one for possession of child pornography and one for what has been labeled pandering in child pornography.

Some General Aspects of a Psychopath

The following information provides another glimpse into the mind of a psychopath:

A psychopath is often filled with greed inside, relating to the world through power, even though on the outside he can claim to be on the side of the disenfranchised or the downtrodden. The psychopath can also often identify himself as a revolutionary.

On the flip side, however, the psychopath can paint a picture of himself as the downcast anti-hero (his "own worst enemy type") and some like to see themselves as lone-wolves. The psychopath may even claim he is sensitive and profound, but inside he feels nothing but emptiness and greed. Whether or not the psychopath is aware of his behavior is something that is often debated. I do believe that psychopaths usually know exactly what they are doing, although others suggest that psychopaths are "born, not made."

I believe that psychopathy is primarily genetic. A son with a psychopathic father often will be psychopathic as well, especially if the father was abusive and/or abandoned the family as well.

A Glimpse At How a Psychopath Views the World

Yesterday, I commented on an article, in the Times Picayune, title "The Two Sides of Stan Barre". The following information will perhaps shed more light on Mr. Barre's personality:

Most psychopaths are very arrogant and cocky. However, when charming a potential victim, they say all the "right" things and make you believe they are kind-hearted souls; not always, but often enough. The truth is, psychopaths are not altruistic and do not really care about friendships or ties.

Guggenbuhl-Craig states that they are very talented at appearing much more humble than the average person, but are hardly so. Some are also able to feign concern about the lower classes and profess that they are on the side of the underdog, the poor, and so forth. A psychopath may claim, for instance (if he's from a low socio-economic class), that he dislikes rich people intensely, but at the same time, he will inwardly yearn and envy what they have. He is like the narcissist, desiring to reflect a false image of himself through his possessions.

Among his possessions are included human beings: girlfriends, wives, and children. Some psychopaths can even be very fond of animals (contrary to the common viewpoint), but still view them as objects in relation to themselves.

Don't Let Drug Addicts get at your old Meds

Drug addiction is a serious problem in our country. There may have been a time when you were prescribed medication that would appeal to a drug addict. Have you ever thought about what you could do with those unused drugs? I ran across this interesting article that I think you should read:

Got some leftover drugs -- the kind that someone else might want to use, such as painkillers or stimulants? Wrap them up in used kitty litter or other pet droppings, the U.S. government advises.

A pilot program at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is looking at ways people can safely dispose of unused prescription drugs that are liable to be abused.

The Food and Drug Administration recommends flushing some of the most dangerous ones down the toilet, including the strong, addictive painkillers oxycodone and fentanyl and stimulants such as methylphenidate.

On its Web site at http://www.samhsa.gov/rxsafety/, SAMHSA recommends ways to disguise leftover pills.

"Mixing prescription drugs with an undesirable substance, such as used coffee grounds or kitty litter, and putting them in impermeable, nondescript containers, such as empty cans or sealable bags, will further ensure the drugs are not diverted," it says.

Of course some people do not drink coffee. But maybe they have a pet ferret.

"Ferret waste, like nearly any other form of pet waste, can be effectively used to help prevent the abuse of unused prescription drugs," SAMHSA spokesman Mark Weber said.

This news delighted the American Ferret Association.

"The U.S. government declares ferret poop to be an effective weapon against drug abuse," the group said in a statement.

SAMHSA said the problem is no joke.

"One in five teens reports intentionally misusing someone else's prescription drugs to get high. Nearly half say they get the medications from friends and relatives for free," it says in a statement.

Dr. Ilene Ruhoy of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, studied leftover pharmaceuticals found in the homes of 473 people who died in 2006. She found 3,562 controlled substances, or an average of nearly eight per person.

More than half were hydrocodone painkiller products, while the rest were oxycodone, morphine or fentanyl.

Myspace Becomes Hybrid for Phishing Scam

The online social networking site, is causing a lot of problems for unsophisticated teens and unwary adults whose sites have been targeted by a phishing scam. The scam offers the users a free Macy's gift card. Macy has denied that such offer exist.

The users of Myspace are tricked into giving out their usernames and passwords. After their information is captured, the scam also sends out the same Macy's gift card offers to the users Myspace friends. Myspace seems to not be able to control this type of scam.

Myspace Is a Haven for Gangs

The online social networking site, Myspace, is always in the news. It appears that the online social networking site is only interested in their revenue dollars and not the interest of the large numbers of young people who spend time on their site. Myspace appears to not be concerned with what is being posted on its sites.

There has been incidents of alleged internet posturings by gang-banger wannabes that has run smack into school officials with zero tolerance.

Three Kamiakin High school students were hauled before the school board last week to answer questions about photos posted on their Myspace, accused of flashing gang-signs and clothing on school grounds.