TankBuster 0 #1 February 14, 2009 This was too bizarre not to share on Valentine's Day. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,493011,00.html Ohio Transgender Woman Pleads Guilty to Homicide for Exercising Husband, 73, to Death Saturday, February 14, 2009 CHARDON, Ohio — An Ohio transgender woman has pleaded guilty to reckless homicide for exercising her 73-year-old husband to death in an apartment complex swimming pool. Middlefield police say surveillance video shows 41-year-old Christine Newton-John pulling James Mason around the pool by his arms and legs and preventing him from leaving. Mason had a heart attack on June 2 just after the extended swim session. Police Chief Joseph Stehlik says a deputy investigated the death because of previous complaints that Mason was abused. Newton-John pleaded guilty on Thursday. She faces up to five years in prison. Mason was a longtime friend of his wife's family. He knew her as John Vallandingham before she had gender reassignment surgery in 1993 and changed her name. They married in Kentucky in 2006.The forecast is mostly sunny with occasional beer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #2 February 14, 2009 See? Fair, balanced and unafraid. I'm sorry for all that mean stuff I've said about Fox News. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #3 February 14, 2009 I am confused about the relevance of her being transgendered. Was she also a Sagittarius? It seems equally germane. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #4 February 14, 2009 QuoteI am confused about the relevance of her being transgendered. Was she also a Sagittarius? It seems equally germane. The relevance is that it appeals to FoxNews & its audience. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallingOsh 0 #5 February 15, 2009 QuoteQuoteI am confused about the relevance of her being transgendered. Was she also a Sagittarius? It seems equally germane. The relevance is that it appeals to FoxNews & its audience. Or perhaps a transgender person married to man who she then killed isn't considered "normal" by most. Just a thought. -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #6 February 15, 2009 QuoteI am confused about the relevance of her being transgendered. Was she also a Sagittarius? It seems equally germane. QuoteThe relevance is that it appeals to FoxNews & its audience. QuoteOr perhaps a transgender person married to man who she then killed isn't considered "normal" by most. Oh, I'm sure it's not considered normal by most. But the appeal of the story is to FoxNews & its audience. Not dissimilar, I suppose, to the sort of audience appealed-to by supermarket tabloid stories about 2-headed babies. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TankBuster 0 #7 February 15, 2009 It's an Associated Press article.The forecast is mostly sunny with occasional beer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #8 February 15, 2009 QuoteIt's an Associated Press article. ...picked up and published by Fox News. Oh, and the NY Daily News, too - let's be fair, now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 210 #9 February 15, 2009 QuoteQuoteI am confused about the relevance of her being transgendered. Was she also a Sagittarius? It seems equally germane. QuoteThe relevance is that it appeals to FoxNews & its audience. QuoteOr perhaps a transgender person married to man who she then killed isn't considered "normal" by most. Oh, I'm sure it's not considered normal by most. But the appeal of the story is to FoxNews & its audience. Not dissimilar, I suppose, to the sort of audience appealed-to by supermarket tabloid stories about 2-headed babies. So are you libs starting to dictate what is acceptable in the news media?Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #10 February 15, 2009 Pfft. I'm not dictating; I'm mocking. Why are you wing-nuts advocating 2-headed babies? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #11 February 15, 2009 QuoteQuoteQuoteI am confused about the relevance of her being transgendered. Was she also a Sagittarius? It seems equally germane. The relevance is that it appeals to FoxNews & its audience. Or perhaps a transgender person married to man who she then killed isn't considered "normal" by most. Just a thought. Where I come from a Sagittarius married to a man who she then killed isn't considered normal either. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,120 #12 February 15, 2009 >So are you libs starting to dictate what is acceptable in the news media? No; that's primarily a conservative function, manifested most often when they are reporting on news that conservatives want suppressed. When that happens, it's the "liberal media agenda." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcd11235 0 #13 February 17, 2009 Quote Why are you wing-nuts advocating 2-headed babies? As though you've never heard that two heads are better than one. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stitch 0 #14 February 17, 2009 Amazon needs a workout partner ?? "No cookies for you"- GFD "I don't think I like the sound of that" ~ MB65 Don't be a "Racer Hater" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #15 February 17, 2009 QuoteAmazon needs a workout partner ?? Now where did I put that knife I got from Lorena? Oh Stitchypooo... where are you..... its time for your sex change surgery Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #16 February 17, 2009 QuoteSo are you libs starting to dictate what is acceptable in the news media? They're headed that way, yes. There starting to talk-up the revival of the "fairness doctrine". With government taking over banks, insurance and mortgage companies, the next step is control of media content too. "This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for socialism!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #17 February 17, 2009 QuoteQuoteI am confused about the relevance of her being transgendered... The relevance is that it appeals to FoxNews & its audience. There are 471 news stories on this episode: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ncl=1304309026&scoring=d Of the stories that don't use the word "transgender" in the title, most still use it in the story text. You can't pin this just on Fox News. Maybe you should just stick to direct personal insults. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,120 #18 February 17, 2009 >>So are you libs starting to dictate what is acceptable in the news media? >They're headed that way, yes. . . . With government taking over banks, >insurance and mortgage companies, the next step is control of media >content too. Cool! You have promoted GWB to a "liberal." Who'd a thunk it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #19 February 17, 2009 QuoteMaybe you should just stick to direct personal insults. As you wish: you're a tree-hugging, welfare-advocating, gun-o-phobe Yankee. You hang a poster of Pelosi above your bed. And you wear sandals with socks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
