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[VIDEO] Warning Graphic: Syrian Rebel Being Buried Alive At Gunpoint
There’s really not much to say about this other than the Syrian regime is out of control. This isn’t something new, but it is something that has been ignored for far too long. Why is it we choose to step up and help those in need, but only in countries were we can gain something? If we really do believe in helping humanity, then we should have forces here in Syria, Darfur and many other places. But, sadly we aren’t a nation that cares about humanity, we’re a nation whose primary concern is financial gain and staying in power. Watching a man be buried alive is sickening. And to think, this is just one man the regime has killed.
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- Son of former Syrian PM wants to form government in exile (timesofisrael.com)
- Syrian rebels strike in Damascus (independent.co.uk)
Brandon Goes Missing At Runyon, Police And Media Refuse To Believe He’s Home And Okay
Many media outlets have informed the public of a young man who went missing in Runyon Canyon on Sunday, January 1st, 2012. The young man, Brandon Olterman, 26, did go missing for about 20 hours when his friend, Logan, reported him missing. How do I know this? Logan is my assistant here at work and is the one who called the police about his friend. After he was able to get a hold of Brandon, who left Runyon on his own, had a dead cell phone and wasn’t able to get into his apartment, he reported to the police that all was fine.
Unfortunately, he is now being featured as STILL MISSING on many sites, including LA Weekly, MSNBC, FaceBook, the LAPD, etc. The guy is not missing and Logan has told this to every person who has called, which trust me, has been a few. He sits next to me here at work and I can’t tell you how many journalists have called and been informed that he’s fine before I see another article posted about this poor guy who’s gone missing and they are fearful for his health and safety.
I have never heard of a case of missing persons being so important that they refuse to believe the man who went missing after he says he is fine. If you are told the guy is no longer missing from the source who reported him missing as well as the missing victim, you should no longer pursue writing an article or feature it in a news report. I am literally in awe.
Here is the article posted on an LA Weekly Blog:
A young children’s book illustrator and graphic artist from Los Angeles has gone missing after taking off for a hike in Runyon Canyon on Sunday afternoon.
Brandon Thomas Olterman, 26, is currently being sought by the LAPD’s Missing Persons Unit. “If anyone knows & has heard from children’s book illustrator Brandon Olterman please let me know,” says a friend and fellow artist on Twitter. “He was lost in Runyon Canyon yesterday — and no one has heard from him since.”
According to Olterman’s Facebook, he attended both high school and college in Ohio before moving to Los Angeles. His last public Facebook activity was on December 27…
Police describe Olterman as a 5-foot-10-inch white male weighing 135 pounds. An LAPD release says he “was last seen wearing a dark color button shirt with a white t-shirt underneath, blue jeans and tennis shoes” before setting off to explore the Runyon Canyon hiking trails.
“Mr. Olterman has not been seen or heard from since and his family is extremely concerned for his welfare,” says the release.
Anyone with any information on his whereabouts can contact Detective Carlton at 213-996-1800.
Olterman’s LinkedIn profile says he works as a sales rep for “California Marketing Team” and a graphic designer for “ROAR Clothing.” More of his art can be viewed on his Tumblr or DeviantArt account. And here’s a quote from his RawArtists.org profile:
“I’m really inspired by old storybook illustrations. There’s a balance of innocence and darkness to them sometimes. There are an infinite amount of ‘things’ in this world, and they all have potential to be sources of inspiration. Every aspect of life is amusing; good, bad, and all the gray areas too.”
According to the Runyon Canyon Park website, it’s “unstaffed, unlocked and open from dawn to dusk.” And an employee at the L.A. Department of Recreation and Parks notes that the canyon has “a lengthy trail, and it’s mountainous, so you can really fall anywhere.”
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Russian Grave Robber Dresses Up At LEAST 29 Female Corpses As Teddy Bears And Dolls
UPDATED (Tuesday November 8th 1:05PM):
Anatoly Moskvina is a Russian man who thoroughly enjoys his collection of teddy bears and dolls. Ordinarily people would think this was odd for an older gentleman, but for Maskvina, this is truly unbelievable.
After he dug up the bodies of at least 29 females from hundreds of different cemeteries, he proceeded to take them back home to his three-bedroom flat in Nizhny Novgorod. He carried the remains of women aged 15-26 in plastic bags where they would soon be transformed into his live-in doll collection.
At his apartment, the twisted 45-year-old apparently dressed the bodies and skeletons in stockings and dresses, and even made one look like a teddy bear. All had died years earlier.
His ghastly obsession was uncovered when Moskvina’s parents visited him in the town around 200 miles east of Moscow after returning from a holiday.
The man was always a bit eccentric as neighbors report they thought he was a ‘genius’. Obviously he was very intelligent and was known to be a journalist as well as a historian, which may have led to his fascination of older, dead bodies. Apparently he sometimes slept in a coffin or on the benches in graveyards. Surprisingly no one linked the cuckoo (who was oddly obsessed with the dead) to the grave robbery‘s that were occurring.
Speaking 13 languages would be a great quality if he were actually having to use this skill set, but unfortunately the knowledge is wasted on dead bodies that were wrongfully removed from their graves.
Moskvina was said to have visited more than 750 cemeteries in western Russia to indulge his fantasies, although it was not clear when he had begun exhuming graves.
Police arrested Moskvina and later released him, but it was not immediately clear what charges he will face.
My twisted mind can’t help but wonder if he did anything else with these bodies other than dress them and admire his work? Seems pointless to take them, dress them, and leave them on display for no one to ever see, or so he hoped.
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- Russian police detain man after finding remains of 20 female corpses in flat (telegraph.co.uk)