The Off Topic Topic

[CountDeMoney]

Nothing quite like the love and warmth of being nestled in a mother's bosom until you're dead.

Baby dies after 'highly intoxicated' mother passes out on her
Hagerstown woman was attempting to breastfeed infant girl, sheriff's office says

By Julie Scharper, The Baltimore Sun
4:19 PM EST, November 3, 2013

A two-month old Hagerstown girl died after her mother passed out while breastfeeding her early Saturday, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office.

The baby was found unresponsive under her mother, Yadina Indira Morales, 22, who was "highly intoxicated," according to the sheriff's office.

Morales was charged with manslaughter, second degree child abuse, reckless endangerment and other lesser charges, according to the sheriff's office.

Sheriff's deputies were called to the home in the 11200 block of Scarlet Oak Drive in Hagerstown just before 7 a.m., the sheriff's office said.

The infant was taken to Meritus Medical Center and was pronounced dead. Her body was taken to the office of the chief medical examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy.

Her mother also was taken to the same hospital for evaluation before being arrested, the sheriff's office. The sheriff's office said Sunday there was no additional information available.

Last year, a man Morales identified as her boyfriend was charged with child abuse after another child, Morales' then-2-year-old daughter, was brought to a hospital with fractured ribs and other injuries, according to a 2012 story in the Hagerstown Herald-Mail. Maryland online judicial records indicate Daniel Keith Edmonds ultimately registered an Alford plea — not admitting guilt but acknowledging there was sufficient evidence to find him guilty — to a lesser, second-degree assault charge.

[jimmy olsen]

What is the deal with Mexico?  The Drug gangs will kill your family if you something they don't like or something?

Yup

So why the mystification about Colombia? You've heard of the Medellin and Cali cartels, right?

Now that I think about yeah, but Mexico and Venezuela's problems are just a lot more high profile these days.

[derspiess]

Things have gotten a little better in Colombia.  Not that I'd travel to either place these days, but if I had to choose one or the other I'd visit Colombia over Venezuela.

[Barrister]

So the (east indian) neighbors have had Christmas light up on their house the last few days.  It was particularly odd compared to our orange Hallowe'en lights (though they aren't anti-Hallowe'en - they gave the boys full size chocolate bars).

But I think I have it figured out - tonight is Diwali, the Hindu Festivals of Lights.

So do Hindus put up lights for Diwali?

[CountDeMoney]

Things have gotten a little better in Colombia.  Not that I'd travel to either place these days, but if I had to choose one or the other I'd visit Colombia over Venezuela.

Mike Brown would never pay your ransom.

[MadImmortalMan]

Colombia is the 21st Century Success Story now. Pablo Escobar died in 1993.

[The Brain]

And how!

[Sheilbh]

I guess Shelf was feeling verklempt because of all the bickering.

I don't think I closed it, though I may have done by accident.

Which is annoying because I wanted to say I've just started a Kay novel, first Sarantium book.

So far I think he follows his historical model a bit too much, but I'm sure it'll diverge as I go on. Maybe I should have got the one based on 8th century China because I'm unbelievably ignorant about Chinese history.

[Grey Fox]

I have a new mayor! It's quite the change, we've had the same since 1989.

[Ed Anger]

Things have gotten a little better in Colombia.  Not that I'd travel to either place these days, but if I had to choose one or the other I'd visit Colombia over Venezuela.

Mike Brown would never pay your ransom.

He'd just get another guy to hold his 1973 Poloroid. That he found at a garage sale. And jewed the guy down to 2 bucks.

[Josquius]

anyone know how to save an illustrator image as an svg properly?
It always seems to make my elements go all over the place when I try

[The Brain]

I guess Shelf was feeling verklempt because of all the bickering.

I don't think I closed it, though I may have done by accident.

Which is annoying because I wanted to say I've just started a Kay novel, first Sarantium book.

So far I think he follows his historical model a bit too much, but I'm sure it'll diverge as I go on. Maybe I should have got the one based on 8th century China because I'm unbelievably ignorant about Chinese history.

Open the thread if you can. I may have some Dredd stuff to post.

[Savonarola]

I opened my web server this morning and saw the message "There's a cultural revolution at GE!"  I knew some of the executive leadership were walking the capitalist road.   



(Our latest buzzword is "Culture of simplicity," where they're trying to reduce the needless paperwork and bureaucracy; hence "Cultural revolution.  I'm sure everyone who has worked for a large corporation, or a government agency knows how this is going to turn out.)

[Grey Fox]

Time to update the good old Resume.

[The Brain]

I opened my web server this morning and saw the message "There's a cultural revolution at GE!"  I knew some of the executive leadership were walking the capitalist road.   



(Our latest buzzword is "Culture of simplicity," where they're trying to reduce the needless paperwork and bureaucracy; hence "Cultural revolution.  I'm sure everyone who has worked for a large corporation, or a government agency knows how this is going to turn out.)

Did you engage in intense self-criticism the whole morning?