en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/119043 Comments by Storms http://northseattle.komonews.com/news/crime/758888-police-roommates-escalating-prank-war-ends-arrest-over-spilt-milk#IDComment385001218 ".....she found a milk carton covered in ketchup in the garbage and used that to desecrate the bed," Heavenly slumber jokes aside, why is the mattress being refererenced as a religious object? Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:58:14 +0000 http://northseattle.komonews.com/news/crime/758888-police-roommates-escalating-prank-war-ends-arrest-over-spilt-milk#IDComment385001218 http://www.komonews.com/opinion/kenschram/Ken-Schram-When-did-lawmakers-become-our-nannies-137288553.html#IDComment265946710 "Because it's the right thing to do doesn't mean there should be a law to make people do it." Like supporting gay marriages, right Ken? Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:57:14 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/opinion/kenschram/Ken-Schram-When-did-lawmakers-become-our-nannies-137288553.html#IDComment265946710 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Low-sentence-for-Kennewick-woman-who-pimped-minors-136393728.html#IDComment250435808 Curious - Under Washington State law, can the prosecutor (or the victims) file an appeal? Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:51:30 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Low-sentence-for-Kennewick-woman-who-pimped-minors-136393728.html#IDComment250435808 http://blog.diynetwork.com/maderemade/2011/12/27/tuesday-toolsday-giveaway-win-a-dremel-trio/#IDComment250420860 I'm going to guess cranberry scoop. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:24:58 +0000 http://blog.diynetwork.com/maderemade/2011/12/27/tuesday-toolsday-giveaway-win-a-dremel-trio/#IDComment250420860 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Family-of--136124613.html#IDComment245536502 Hard to believe that none of the other classmates noticed his absence either.... Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:43:07 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Family-of--136124613.html#IDComment245536502 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Family-of--136124613.html#IDComment245531273 Okay - so which is it KOMO? First, you publish a story suggesting the boy may have been teased or bullied (but fail to show why those allegations had anything to do with his drowning). Now you are acting as a mouthpiece for the attorney who claims a specific teacher was negligent (with a neat tidbit of defective equipment thrown in as well).... The same attorney incidently, for whom you have provided front page coverage today regarding lawsuits at the Bellevue tramploline center. With thousands of personal injury cases out there, how is it the same attorney gets so much free publicity for their cases? Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:34:31 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Family-of--136124613.html#IDComment245531273 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Dashcam-video-shows-SPD-officers-mocking-crash-victim-135908093.html#IDComment242934518 Note to SPD officers: carry extra teddy bear and fuzzy blanket in trunk of car for really sensitive guys like Nelson.... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:52:39 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Dashcam-video-shows-SPD-officers-mocking-crash-victim-135908093.html#IDComment242934518 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Owner-Kalakala-ferry-sold-for-1-saved-from-scrap-yard-135857043.html#IDComment242299077 Who wants to bet that the "anonymous donor" is really just a ploy by Rodrigues to get more time from the authorities? Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:04:32 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Owner-Kalakala-ferry-sold-for-1-saved-from-scrap-yard-135857043.html#IDComment242299077 http://www.komonews.com/news/4-year-old-shoplifter-134440228.html?clmob=y#IDComment226781401 Agree with Safeway's actions here - guard failed to show any kind of discretion or common sense. But why did the reporter rely upon the quotes or statements from Ms. Jones and not Savannah Harp's father? Ms. Jones wasn't even at the store? Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:36:06 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/4-year-old-shoplifter-134440228.html?clmob=y#IDComment226781401 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/131651828.html?#IDComment208909115 Hey - another practioner arrested in Lacey today! Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:00:14 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/131651828.html?#IDComment208909115 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/131953513.html#IDComment208907126 How about no time off for "good behaviour" if you're in solitary? Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:53:13 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/131953513.html#IDComment208907126 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/131651828.html?#IDComment207538797 On p.67 and 68, co-author Debi Pearl tells how she switched the bare leg of a 15-month-old baby she was babysitting, 10 separate times with a 12-inch long switch, for not playing with something she told him to play with. She believed he had a “selfish and rebellious spirit.” The Pearls recommend pulling a nursing infant's hair if he bites his mother’s breast (p.7), and describe tripping their non-swimming toddler so she falls into deep water (p.70). Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:26:36 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/131651828.html?#IDComment207538797 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/131651828.html?#IDComment207538528 And more: •If a father spanks a child and the child cries for his mother, the mother should hit the child as forcefully as the father did—even if the father was being unduly harsh: “It is better for your child if you support an occasional injustice than to destroy the authority base by your open division.” (p.58) They recommend switching a three-year-old who was not acting appropriately (according to their standards) by administering “about ten slow, patient licks on his bare legs. He cries in pain. If he continues to show defiance by jerking around and defending himself, or by expressing anger, then she [the mother] will wait a moment and again lecture him and again spank him.” They recommend this until he is “totally broken.” (p.62) Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:25:48 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/131651828.html?#IDComment207538528 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/131651828.html?#IDComment207538206 More from the book: •On p. 50 the authors claim “Any spanking, to effectively reinforce instruction, must cause pain. It is most effective to strike a light rod against bare skin, where nerves are located at the surface. A surface sting will cause sufficient pain, with no injury or bruising. Select your instrument according to the child’s size. For the under one-year-old child, a small, ten- to twelve-inch-long, willowy branch (stripped of any knots that might break the skin), about one-eighth inch in diameter is sufficient. Sometimes alternatives have to be sought. A one-foot ruler, or its equivalent in a paddle, is a suitable substitute. For the larger child, a belt or a three-foot cutting off of a shrub is effective.” Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:24:51 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/131651828.html?#IDComment207538206 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/131651828.html?#IDComment207437170 Really? They suggest setting up children—including young babies who aren’t yet walking—to fail, and then switching them in order to “train them” to obey immediately. (p.5-8) They believe God tempted Adam and Eve by placing the forbidden tree in the middle of the garden, so we should do the same to our children. They believe a baby’s crying is self-centered and manipulative, and on p. 8 insist newborns need “training”. In Chapter 2 they say an infant’s natural ability to gain attention through crying, kicking, and smiling in order to satisfy his “wants” as opposed to simply his “needs”, is actually the baby telling a lie. Psalm 58:3 is quoted: “[They] go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.” The authors recommend switching (striking with a rod or stick) babies who cannot sleep and are crying, and to never allow them "to get up… To get up is to be on the firing line and get switched back down.” They speak approvingly of a mother who switched her 12-month-old daughter for crying and not wanting to sleep. (p.63, 64) Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:29:45 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/131651828.html?#IDComment207437170 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/131651828.html?#IDComment207433443 "To Train Up a Child" by Michael and Debi Pearls Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:18:04 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/131651828.html?#IDComment207433443 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/131298674.html#IDComment204595780 The truth to the matter is that this mother doesn't want her son (or herself) associated with talking to police. She would rather let some other child suffer for lack of a witness rather than be considered as a "snitch." Sat, 8 Oct 2011 01:37:43 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/131298674.html#IDComment204595780 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/131298674.html#IDComment204595192 How is that stretching the law? The article quoted only a single instance where the police may interview a minor witness - Washington State law and case law in general provide quite a few more. Sat, 8 Oct 2011 01:35:20 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/131298674.html#IDComment204595192 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/131298674.html#IDComment204594399 The law does not require parental consent to ask a minor for witness statements. Sat, 8 Oct 2011 01:32:31 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/131298674.html#IDComment204594399 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/131298674.html#IDComment204593629 Actually, the law says they do have the right to ask your child questions. Sat, 8 Oct 2011 01:29:49 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/131298674.html#IDComment204593629