{"id":30050,"date":"2017-10-28T10:51:36","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T17:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=30050"},"modified":"2017-10-28T10:51:36","modified_gmt":"2017-10-28T17:51:36","slug":"everyday-erinyes-98","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/28\/everyday-erinyes-98\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyday Erinyes #98"},"content":{"rendered":"

Experts in autocracies have pointed out that it is, unfortunately, easy to slip into normalizing the tyrant, hence it is important to hang on to outrage.\u00a0 These incidents which seem to call for the efforts of the Greek Furies (Erinyes) to come and deal with them will, I hope, help with that.\u00a0 Even though there are many more which I can’t include.\u00a0 As a reminder, though no one really knows how many there were supposed to be, the three names we have are Alecto<\/strong><\/span>, Megaera<\/span><\/strong>, and Tisiphone<\/span><\/strong>. These roughly translate as “unceasing,” “grudging,” and “vengeful destruction.”<\/p>\n

Well.\u00a0 I promised to keep everyone posted as the Sherin Mathews case developed, and it has.\u00a0 Yes, her body was found.\u00a0 Yes, it was confirmed to be hers through dental records.\u00a0 Yes, her father changed his story.\u00a0 He now says she choked on the milk he was giving her, and that she died, or he thought she died.\u00a0 He has been formally chsrged with “injury to a child.”\"\"<\/p>\n

The Indian people and the Indian government is very interested in this case, but they are less interested in the death than in the adoption process<\/a>, which makes sense.\u00a0 The orphanage from which she was adopted is no longer functioning, but the former owner says<\/a> “The child had no problem when she was here, neither in drinking milk nor in eating.”\u00a0 Also, “We loved her laughter.\u00a0 She was a smart child.”\u00a0 The adoption was handled through an agency, Holt International, under the supervision of the government’s Central Adoption Resource Authority, which says that due procedures were followed, including background checks.\u00a0 India’s External Affairs minister has formally requested the Women and Child Development Minister to investigate the adoption.<\/p>\n

And, already, people with similar names are being harassed on social media<\/a>.\u00a0 Sigh.\u00a0 Well, Tisiphone<\/span><\/strong>, it’s still yours.<\/p>\n

In a week in which we are still discussing Harvey Weinstein, in a week in which bill O’Reilly has again raised his ugly head (the upper one), this time to complain to God, and of course Donald Trump’s proclivities are being discussed, this story is still going to cause facepalms.\"\"<\/p>\n

In Chicago, at a massage parlor called Therapy for Everybody, the operations director and lead therapist, Anthony Winters, raped a client<\/a>.\u00a0 The client reacted in shock, which caused the therapist to nopologize.\u00a0 Why did he do it?<\/p>\n

“because he thought she was physically attractive.”<\/p>\n

You can fill in the acronyms.\u00a0 Go ahead.\u00a0 As many as you like.<\/p>\n

Well, he is being charged with criminal sexual assault, but is apparently not locked up, because the prosecution has asked the judge to ban him from working as a masseur while awaiting trial.\u00a0 This will probably be another one to follow up.\u00a0 Let’s see – Alecto<\/span><\/strong>, since rape culture appears to be unceasing, how about you look into it more deeply.<\/p>\n

And then, there’s this<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Montanans are debating the motives of two candidates allegedly running for the United States Senate seat currently held by Democrat Jon Tester.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cJames Dean\u201d says he is running for the Republican nomination.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cSarah Dean\u201d says she is running for the Democratic Party nomination.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I am not making this up.\"\"<\/p>\n

William James Dean, who currently refers to himself as James Dean, \u201cfiled to run for president in California under a different name, Daniel Lane Dean, the name that appeared on his Air Force Academy diploma, and his Hawaiian state bar exam, and a divorce record that shows him being served dissolution papers while working for the Judge Advocate General Corps at Guantanamo Bay.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And not only that, but<\/p>\n

\u201cSarah Dean has used no fewer than four names, each affiliated with an online business, or a Christian ministry, a collection of children\u2019s books, or a crowd-funded charity.\u201d\u00a0 ….\u00a0 \u201cSeveral of the answers offered by the Deans are like coins in the deep end of a swimming pool, vaguely recognizable but not reachable,\u201d [Billings Gazette reporter Tom] Lutey explained of the encounter.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They also would not confirm that they were married.\u00a0 Questioned, they were apparently unable to provide a wedding date or location.\u00a0 But they have filed the forms to run, and they are not backing down.\u00a0 Both are still running.<\/p>\n

Megaera<\/strong><\/span>, I don’t see a grudge here (yet), though I do see an awful lot of grift.\u00a0 Maybe you can clarify this – story (for want of a better word.\u00a0 Oh, myth you say?)<\/p>\n

The Furies and I will be back.<\/p>\n

Cross posted to Care2 HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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