The Worst Superhero Movie of All Time?

Certainly the worst movie in the MCU.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is a part of a new generation of awful.

Mauler is one of the many film critics on YouTube. He is famous (or infamous) for making incredibly long reviews. His review of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is almost 6 hours long. The movie itself is 2 hours and 6 minutes. The first 7 minutes of the review covers the first 2 minutes of the movie. (It takes 7 minutes to detail everything that is wrong with those 2 minutes.) But I'm not saying you should watch all 5 hours and 51 minutes. Certainly not in one sitting.

The review is broken into chapters so it is easy to watch one bit at a time. I am going to dump you down in the middle. It is a 15 minute (or so) section that compares two scenes from different movies that have to accomplish similar things.

Mauler compares one scene from X-Men: The Last Stand with the current monstrosity. Did you ever think you would look back fondly on X-Men 3? Neither did I, but here we are.

Our candidates are what is considered one of the worst superhero movies of all time versus the actual worst superhero movie of all time.

OK YouTube has decided to stop letting me start embedded videos at a particular point in time. Not sure why. (It may actually be a bug, now that I look into it.) Use the link below or Jump forward to 4 hours, 16 minutes and 50 seconds from the start to get to "An Essay within an essay: X-Men 3 vs. DS:MOM"

This is Mauler's review: An essay within an essay: X-Men 3 vs. DS: MOM.

“New York is not what it used to be.”

When you lose the die-hard, native New Yorkers, you know things are insane. NYC resident Vesly Beato may move to Florida after subway slap

Of course people have been leaving NY for a while.

Vesly Beato, 22, bashed the current crime streak in the Big Apple with a now-viral TikTok video following the unprovoked attack — and continued doing so in a Wednesday night interview with The Post.

“I don’t feel that comfortable in New York anymore,” she said from her mother’s Upper Manhattan apartment. “It’s not the same… New York is not what it used to be.”

There is a bit of her TikTok video and some of the reactions it got at The Post. Click the link above.

The Manhattanite said she never thought she’d leave New York, but her perspective has “completely changed” since she was smacked across the face.

She is considering a move to a more civilized location, like Florida.

This is the New York that people voted for, and they will likely vote for again the fall. The real question is if she does move to Florida, will she vote for the same failed politics that drove her out of her hometown?

He Ran From Cops Right Into an Armed Homeowner

He would have been better off to just surrender to the cops. Man running from Detroit Police shot by woman after running onto her porch

Police were trying to pull over the car Thursday night after a hit-and-run but the 24-year-old refused to stop and led police on a slow-speed chase. It eventually ended on a homeowner's porch on Cherrylawn near Santa Clara in Detroit when he got out and started running.

It was just after 11 p.m. when police said 24-year-old ran onto the porch of a 42-year-old woman and she shot him.

Police picked him up and took him to a local hospital.

Neighbors were not shocked, and basically said, "You have to protect your family."

Self-defense is a human-right.

August in Chicago: Not as bad as 2021

HeyJackass! has the details. August Wrap-up.

An average August is just good enough to claim a “downward trend” and therefore “crime is down”.

The totals were 70 killed, and 329 shot and wounded. That is down from 88 killed and 424 shot and wounded last year. Still it does NOT mean that things are better. Last year was a sh*t show.

August 2020: 66 killed, 430 wounded
August 2019: 51 killed, 241 wounded
August 2018: 60 killed, 302 wounded

And are we saying that those numbers are perfectly fine? 60 dead is OK?

Click thru for more details including such things as racial breakdown of the victims, #ShotInTheAss, selfies, etc.

Looking ahead to the end of the Summer of Joy and September, we do not see a 100+ killed month as we did last year but more around 65 homicides with some 300 shot and wounded. Of course, anything less than a full blown shitshow will be looked at as a “remarkable” success.

Pro-criminal Policies Do Not Help Anyone But Criminals

A recent video (Wednesday) from Leon on the policies contributing to rising crime. Leon usually makes me laugh, but this topic is no laughing matter. People are being hurt because of the bone-headed things politicians are doing in places like Minneapolis or Chicago. Leon isn't really trying to make anyone laugh in this video; he is just highlighting the insanity.

This is Ruined Leon's video Abolishing Police/Prisons Will Benefit Criminals ∓ Hurt The Innocent. It is 11 minutes, so grab a coffee.

Saturday Roundup of Link Roundups - 3 September

Wombat-socho at The Other McCain - In The Mailbox: 08.31.22

Transterrestrial Musings: Mikhail Gorbachev
Victory Girls: Problems And Questions About That Classified Documents Photo, also, Fetterman Admits He Can’t Handle A Debate

EBL - Allahpundit Found A New Home

EBL: Sad Little Man and Fascist Joe Biden
AoSHQ: Morning Report 09.02.22

Don Surber - Highlights of the News

ITEM 4: Introducing DeSantisfreude.
Inside the Magic Kingdom reported, "Magic Kingdom Is a Ghost Town as Crowds Vanish From Walt Disney World."

Flopping Aces - The Week in Radical Leftism, 9/02/2022

9/1 – Christopher Rufo: The “Lurie Children’s Hospital” Has Partnered Up With Public Schools to Teach Transgenderism, Bondage, BDSM and “Kink” to Grade School Children
9/2 – Biden Fights 9/11 Victims in Court to Protect Taliban Cash

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 09.01.22

Gates Of Vienna: Throwing Robert Habeck Under the Bus
The Geller Report: Fear of Trump kept Iran in compliance of nuclear deal, says former Israeli security chief

Daley Gator - Friday Links of smart assery, sarcasm, snark, and the like

Nod to the Gods takes a poke at Race Hustling Fail!
Babylon Bee Mocks President Mumbles
Bacon Time still cannot locate Bob…..

The Right Way - Top of the News

Then, they will take your car - The Daley Gator
Author Will Witt Confronts School Board Which Endorses Book That Encourages Children To Go On Grindr App - IOTW Report

Battleswarm Blog - LinkSwarm for September 2, 2022

“5th Circuit Rules Govt Cannot Punish Religious Hospitals for Refusing to Perform Abortions, Gender Transitions.”
“Queer Theory is Queer Marxism.”

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 9/2/2022

1% of Voters Say Biden Economy ‘Excellent’
Just 1% of Americans rating the U.S. economy under President Joe Biden as being “excellent,” a recent poll revealed.

A View from the Beach - Biden Speaks, Palin Loses, Judge Stalls Special Master

Shifting Protestant? Jazz Shaw at Haut Hair says People are begin to notice that Biden spent 40% of his first term on vacation. I say the less time he spend "presidenting" the better.

Wombat-socho again - In The Mailbox: 09.02.22

Power Line: Triumph of the shill, The Great Dictator: The Common Man’s View, and Biden’s Repulsive Speech
Protein Wisdom: When Turnips Attack

Vlad Tepes - Ottawa recommends boosters for 5 to 11, FBI says what? The war against effective medications: Links 1, September 2, 2022

3. There are thousands more UK deaths than usual and we don’t know why
Since April, there have been 22,500 more deaths than expected in the UK. Health experts are concerned but unsure of the causes

Cafe Hayek - Some Links

Aaron Kheriaty reports on the effort to uncover the extent to which the U.S. government worked to suppress and control information about covid and covid policy.

Maggie's Farm - Thursday morning links

Just Days After Phasing Out New Gas Cars, California Says "Avoid Charging EVs" Amid Grid Emergency
Why Americans turned on Dr. Fauci

Pixy Misa at Ace of Spades HQ - Daily Tech News 2 September 2022

You had one job: USB 4 Version 2.0 will hit 80Gbps. (Tom's Hardware)
It still uses the same USB-C connector but will require an active cable (read: expensive) to hit that top speed. Otherwise it will fall back to the current 40Gbps

Ace at Ace of Spades HQ - Labor Day Weekend Cafe

Anteater goes into Beast Mode.
Another tough-guy.
Reason for vehicle insurance claim: Elephant thought my ride was gay-ass.

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 09/01/2022

Upcoming “Omicron booster shot” by Pfizer tested on EIGHT mice.
The California legislature has passed a bill that would punish doctors and other medical professionals for spreading misinformation about COVID-19 vaccinations and treatments.

I leave you with The shit I would've posted on Facebook if the li'l bitches hadn't kicked me off from Wirecutter, Friday Memes … from MaddMedic, All in a day’s work from Bluebird of Bitterness, and Libturd Thursday ~ 2 from Woodsterman.

Armed Citizen Stops Mass Shooting

Which is why I hadn't seen much about this, I'm sure. Mother of 5 is one victim of what Detroit Police call 'random' shooting rampage

He opened fire on people in a neighborhood near a bus stop. He killed 3 and injured one. Then a neighbor stepped up.

The people who lost their lives are on the mind of neighbors on Pennington, where the gunman shot and tried to kill a fourth victim, but neighbors fought back. Detroit Police describe the man as an 80-year-old. He and his dog were shot but survived.

“He saw my weapon and he went from predator to prey. He had that look of shock,” said a neighbor who grabbed his gun and shot back, to protect his elderly neighbor.

“The neighbor, he fired a shot and the guy turned around and took off. He scattered like a jack rabbit,” said Wallace Pleasant, who witnessed it.

They don't say how long this took, but it was probably a couple of minutes or so. What is 911 response time in Detroit? I know it is better than it was, but how many people would have died if "call 911 and wait for help" was the ONLY option?

Self-defense is a human-right. And defense of others as well. (Hat tip USA Carry.)

Disturbing Impacts of School Closures on Education

Teachers don't want to teach. Not in person anyway. Republicans blame Democrats, union bosses for fastest drop in nine-year-olds' learning in 50 years - as more kids REPEAT grades as DC schools ban unvaccinated students

• Math scores among third grade students dropped five points from 2020 to 2022 and reading scores dropped seven
• Reading scores saw their largest drop in three decades and math scores fell for the first time since records began
• 'Actual science didn't support school closures. Democrats were too busy following political science to care,' said Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pa.

Pediatricians were calling for schools to reopen in 2020.

In June of 2020, the American Academy of Pediatrics strongly recommended that students attend school in person. However, as late as January 2022, teachers' unions were still promoting remote learning. That's despite clear indications of the detriment to students’ mental and academic fitness.

Under the Biden Administration, the CDC allowed the American Federation of Teachers to modify official guidance and ensure many schools did not fully reopen.

The result has been to DEVASTATE a generation of school kids.

As I have said before, if an education is the way out of poverty, then the teachers, and the Left generally, want another generation dependent on government handouts.

Norupo

Heilung is a group that borrows very heavily from Norse folk music. This together with the theatrics - Maria Franz has some of the best corpse-paint of any singer on the Metal circuit - appeals to me. And they do sing at Metal festivals. One of their first public performances was at Midgardsblot Metalfestival in 2017.

Here is how the band is described on their label's website.

Since its inception in 2015, the enigmatic ritual collective HEILUNG has been paving melodic paths to the past with their unique and mystifying sound. Evading all conventional genre tags and the confines of any specific labels, the group aptly self-describes their sound as “amplified history,” emphasizing their ability to connect modern society with the rudiments of humanity’s beginnings through music.

The song today is in Old Norse, so a translation of the lyrics might be useful.

This song is "Norupo" by Heilung from their 2019 album Futha. I have set the video and the link to skip the first portion of the video, because 90 seconds of pure self-indulgence on the part of the cinematographer is not worth it. If that offends you, you can reset it to start at the beginning.

And even though they do sing at Metal festivals, I don't hear them as Metal. So here we are on a Saturday morning.

I had this song stuck in my head for most of one week, in the month of August. I'm not sure if this is a warning or not...

No Friday Links Today.

I had hoped that this week would see a return to (what passes for) normal in my life. It was not to be.

Nothing is too awful, but things have been crazy, and something had to slip. Blogging got pushed to the bottom of the queue.

I have high hopes that everything will be back to normal next week, but then again that is how I felt last week.

I hope your weekend goes well!

Someone Associated With this Show Couldn't Find a Negative Review

They apparently don't have access to the internet. CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power | Daily Mail Online

I haven't seen The Rings of Power, and I probably won't see it. I've been a fan of Tolkien's work for close to 50 years. I won't pay to watch it bastardized. But more on that later.

Turkey is not the word. No turkey, however bloated and stupid, could ever be big enough to convey the mesmerising awfulness of Amazon's billion dollar Tolkien epic.

This is a disaster dragon – plucked, spatchcocked, with a tankerload of Paxo^‡ stuffed up its fundament, roasted and served with soggy sprouts.

The cretins in Hollywood don't have the creativity to produce anything new, so they feel it is incumbent on them to shit all over beloved franchises to tell "their stories." Are they going to do Shakespeare next? I wouldn't be surprised.

There's no doubt we can see the budget. It casts a throbbing glow over the screen like a chestful of gold. Ultra-high definition computer graphics paint ivory cities in mountain passes and conjure gigantic monsters in palaces of dark magic.

But magnificent visuals are meaningless if nobody knows who the audience is meant to be. And it's impossible to guess whether The Rings Of Power is meant for children, for hardcore fans or for general viewers – because it fails them all.

Grace Randolph, at Beyond The Trailer calls Galadriel, the main protagonist of the show, incredibly unlikable. That is on top of the fact she says that it feels like sections of the story are missing. That they censored a story like Game of Thrones to get a "G" rating, but just cut out bits. They didn't fill in with anything like a story. She said it feels like there is no story. And I'm not even sure how independent Grace Randolph is as a reviewer.

And Grace Randolph doesn't come close to what Nerdrotic has had to say, and he hasn't even gotten his official review published. Gary at Nerdrotic drove to see the in-theater opening 3 hours from his home. What was his gut reaction, after that? "It's bad."

As far as my love of Tolkien's works go... I was given a copy of Lord of the Rings for Christmas when I was about 13 or 14. I have owned the BBC radio dramatization (something like 15 cassette tapes), the unabridged audio book (20-some CDs), the movies, (both the theatrical edition, and the extended edition Blu-Ray.) etc. While I don't currently have a copy of The Silmarillion, I've owned that in past. The only one of the books I don't care for is The Hobbit, and to be fair I probably have not read that in 40 years.

I was Okay with the changes that Peter Jackson made in his movies: the omission of Tom Bombadill, the changes to Boromir's story, the unwinding of stories told in flashback, and that Strider was carrying around a sword he could actually fight with. But Peter Jackson tried to bring Tolkien's work to the screen, to tell the story Tolkien wrote. Jackson could tell his own story another time. He has told other stories.

I fully expect that the Woke scolds in Hollywood will decide that they need to update Shakespeare. After all they are making a Robin Hood TV show where Robin is a black female. That should be "wonderful." Or awful. I'm sure she will also be a Mary Sue.

‡ Paxo is a brand of stuffing sold in the UK. I had to look it up to be sure.

They Tried to Break Into an Occupied Home

That was a bad idea. Washington woman shoots 2 burglars breaking into her home: police | Fox News

Two would-be bad guys try to break into a home that is occupied. The homeowner confronted the two miscreants and one of them pepper-sprayed her. She opened fire.

One of the suspects was severely injured and transported to the hospital in critical condition, the sheriff’s office said. The other suspect walked off with unknown injuries.

You could say they suffered a breakdown of the victim-selection process.

Self-defense is a human-right.

Good Thing There Are Still Cops in NYC

A stabbing in broad daylight. Man stabbed on NYC street saved by cops in nearby unmarked car

The 23-year-old victim was walking on Dyckman Street near the corner of Vermilyea Avenue in Inwood at around 2:10 p.m. when a man he knows came up from behind and started wailing on him, according to cops and surveillance video shared with The Post.

An intense fight ensued, footage showed, and the 22-year-old attacker eventually got out a knife he had hidden in his clothes and stabbed the victim as the two spilled off the sidewalk, according to police.

When the attacker drew a knife and started stabbing him, he ran into the street, and right into a car of undercover police.

So will this guy spend any time in jail? Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg has sent people to jail ahead of trial. For defending themselves. Actual criminals don't seem to go to jail.

A dispute? Try to kill someone. Worried about cameras, or daylight, or witnesses? Don't be silly. Nothing will happen to this guy. He hadn't even been officially charged when the Post published this article. I wouldn't be surprised if the DA only charges him with a misdemeanor, though I hope that doesn't happen.

A store manager who works near the incident had this to say.

“This area’s not known to be that violent but crime is definitely on the uptick,” he said. “I don’t know whether it’s because people don’t have money or they were used to getting everything for free during the pandemic.”

Or it could be they have figured out that NYC, New York State, Alvin Bragg and a bunch of other folks have seen to it that there are NO consequences for bad behavior.

Civilization was nice while it lasted.

Sudden Adult Death Syndrome?

A disturbing list. How many examples of... "surprise" illness or death announcements have there been in recent weeks? It seems like there has been a lot.

🚨🚨I SHOULD NOTE: I'm intentionally refusing to make conclusions. About any of these stories.

Im just listing what I can dig up. It could be anything. There's a lot of different diseases out there.

News stories, F*c*book posts, and a few stories where the cause of death is known. But a lot of "mysterious deaths."

Feminist Hollywood and Unlikable Female Characters

I've seen a couple of videos recently about how Feminist Hollywood in their effort to promote "Strong Female Character" (as Critical Drinker would say) have produced a bunch of trash.

The video I saw most recently - though it is the oldest is from Comix Division: Unlikable Female Protagonist Gets A Trigger Warning? Because people are distressed that a woman would be portrayed as ANYTHING but perfect.

That's right folks. Apparently society has become so fragile, that the mere presence of an unlikable female protagonist is enough to cause people emotional damage.

Think about this folks. 200,000 years of human evolution, fighting and crawling our way to the top of the food-chain, and THIS is the culmination of that struggle. We are SO fucked.

Here is the Comix Division disclaimer:

Of course Comix Division is not the only person to notice the "all female characters must be perfect" rule. Critical Drinker's review of the live-action Mulan pointed out that the character faced no struggle. She was a perfect fighter from day one, able to defeat anyone, despite being smaller in an arena where physical strength actually matters. In the animated Mulan the character faces that struggle, perseveres and overcomes - to the best of her ability. But that means that she was weak to begin with, and that is not allowed. (See The Rules - as defined by Drinker - above. Click on the image for a larger view.)

But the most current video is from Sydney Watson. Because if I only quote men, people will tell me I am self-loathing for bending knee to the patriarchy. (I'm not joking.)

Okay, I started transcribing part of Sydney's Rant, but just watch the video. It is 20 minutes, so grab a beverage and a snack, or put it up during lunch tomorrow, or whatever. If we make this kind of content popular enough, then maybe, just maybe someone at Marvel or DC will see it, and will finally get women characters like Sarah Conner in Terminator 2, or Ripley in Aliens, or Charlie in The Long Kiss Goodnight. We won't get those kickass women heroes any other way. Or do you think Marvel and DC can figure this sh*t out on their own?

This is Sydney Watson's video The failure of feminist Hollywood, in which Sydney details all of the ways female protagonists have failed in the past several years.

In typing up this post, I was reminded of The Saga of the Renunciates by Marion Zimmer Bradley. There is a scene in one of the novels (it is a 3-novel omnibus edition) where a man asks one of the renunciates (women who have forsworn traditional roles in a traditional society) what does she do when faced with a task that requires more physical strength than she has. She answers by saying, that she does exactly what a man does - ask for help to lift the parcel/whatever. The first book in that trilogy was written in 1976, and the last in 1984, though I really only like the first 2 entries in that particular trilogy. Those women were more relatable, more appealing, and still stronger in 1976 than any female character coming out of Hollywood in the past 5 years.

Bobby Fischer Won the World Chess Championship 50 Years Ago

September 1st, 1972. 50 years ago it was. It was the 21st game of the Championship Match. Bobby Fischer Wins Match Of The Century - Chess.com

"Match of the Century" was how it was dubbed in the press.

If you were alive in 1972, and old enough to watch TV, you knew about this match. It was the height of the Cold War. The defending champion from the Soviet Union, Boris Spassky was meeting the winner of the Candidates Tournament, American Bobby Fischer. It inspired a lot of Americans to learn chess, at least a little.

The match was held in Reykjavík, Iceland. Fischer held the lead with 11.5 points to Spassky's 8.5 points. (1 point for a win, and 0.5 points for a draw.) 12.5 points were needed to win the match.

The 21st game of the match started on August 31st.

After he had navigated the masses and made it to the board, Fischer played his favored Sicilian Defense, but not the variation that had gotten him crushed in game 11. He went with the Taimanov Variation (by transposition) instead. Coincidentally, Fischer had swept its namesake, GM Mark Taimanov, 6-0 on the road to Reykjavik. After starting his Candidates run against Taimanov, Fischer was about to use his opening to finish the job.

The switch proved justified. After seven moves, Spassky was already off balance.

The game was adjourned at the 41st move. Black White (Spassky) sealed his move with the authority, and it was to be made when the match was resumed. Spassky resigned by telephone on 1 September 1972.

It's the end of the most awaited match in chess history, the culmination of a fulminating trajectory for the American genius towards the world title. His greatest life goal had been achieved. To the dismay of all chess lovers, however, he would not play another chess game until 1992, against the same Spassky.

Fischer enjoyed some of the celebrity that surrounded his win. He even made an appearance on Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show in November of that year. After that he disappears from the world of chess.

Except for his 1992 rematch with Spassky and a few other aberrations, that status remains true until his death in 2008. Additionally, what few public appearances do occur reveal a broken soul at best and a raging anti-Semite at worst.

But in 1972 he was famous across America. There is even a movie about chess, Searching for Bobby Fischer which is pretty good. (It is not about Fischer.) I like the other movie about chess a bit more, Fresh, but I'm not sure how well-known either is.

Note on the logo at top: FIDE stands for Fédération Internationale des Échecs, or International Chess Federation; it is the governing body of international chess competition.

Another Instance of the “How Dare You Live Without Me” Attitude

That attitude never works out. Video shows Ohio man shoot daughter's ex during break-in

And relatives of dead people never like self-defense. Also, self-defense is legal in Ohio.

The key part of the story is that he was the "ex-boyfriend." He apparently had a problem with that, because he showed up at the family home of his ex-girlfriend and broke in. It was a bad decision.

The door is eventually forced open and three gunshots ring out, sending Rayl fleeing, the clip shows.

The 22-year-old makes his way down the porch steps and walks a short distance before collapsing in the middle of a sun-dappled pathway.

He was told to go away. He was told that one person inside the home was armed. He disregarded all of that and broke the door open. What did he think was going to happen?

“Dad, is he trying to kill me?” the woman could be heard saying.

After Duckro shoots at Rayl, his daughter is heard telling him, “Dad, there’s nothing you could have done. You saved my life,” according to the station.

Ohio has a Stand Your Ground law, which encompasses the Castle Doctrine. A grand jury refused to return an indictment of the father under those circumstances.

As for the relatives of the dead guy, they are upset because the fatal shot hit him in the back, but we can't see if the view was obstructed. The family is "demanding justice," but given the lack of narrative-support, this will not be a national story with riots and/or mostly-peaceful protests. Also, expecting to have to deal with the consequences of actions - clearly spelled out consequences - is a 20th Century idea.

Self-defense, and defense of family is a human-right.

Fewer Police Mean Longer Waits for 911 Response

14 minutes is a long time when bad things are happening. It's taking longer for Denver Police to respond to 911 calls | 9news.com

Add Denver to the list of cities where there are not enough police officers. Did we really expect any other outcome?

Since 2018, response times for the highest priority calls, like those for shootings, have increased nearly 3 minutes and is now about 14 1/2 minutes.

Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen said he's deeply concerned by the increase in response times, which he described as a supply-and-demand problem: Too much demand for police services and too few cops on the street.

But it was just recently that cities across the country decided that it was a good idea to defund the police, and have fewer officers. And I just recently saw yet another video about how people should not call police. So how can there be a shortage? <sarcasm/> And about the same time a bunch of people decided that they don't want to be police. Between the lack of recruits and the increase rush for the exits of retirement, and resignation, well...

Strangely the article doesn't talk about defunding the police, or why the department is about 15% short of its authorized headcount.

I can't even pretend to be shocked that there is a shortage of officers.

Keeping Criminals in Jail Is Unfair - UK Edition

And I'm shocked - shocked, I tell you! - that this could happen in Gun-Free England, with all of those lovely gun-control laws. UK police arrest two men in connection with murder of 9-year-old girl, release them on bail | Fox News

Two men were arrested on Thursday and Friday in connection with the murder of 9-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel this week, who was shot to death at her family's home in northwestern England on Monday evening, police said.

A 33-year-old man and a 36-year-old man were arrested on suspicion of murder, as well as two counts of attempted murder, but were both were released on bail. The 36-year-old, however, was later returned to prison for violating the terms of his license, which is similar to probation.

Why were they released? Because to do otherwise would be unfair, of course.

Click thru for the sad details.