Don't get along with your Mom? Wish you had a better relationship? Then read this story, it might suddenly make your mom look like Mother of the Year.
By all accounts, Mary Shieler was a perfect mother, one who loved and spoiled her breathtakingly beautiful teenage daughter Jessi. They were a team, inseparable, getting nails done together and prom shopping for not just one, but two dresses. The family budget was tight, but Jessi was going to two proms, her own, and her boyfriend's. Mary wanted only the best for her little girl.
Which makes it all the more difficult to understand the evil this mother was secretly unleashing into cyberspace.
Turns out Mary, middle aged, overweight, and tragically bored, had created a new life for herself online. One where SHE was Jessi. One where SHE used her daughter's pictures, videos and underwear to lure men into a sex charged Internet web of lies.
Jessi's swimsuit photos, and Mary's screen name: “talhotblond” were the perfect bait. Mary was thrilled with all the attention. She took more pictures while Jessi wasn't looking — of her daughter lifeguarding at the pool, getting into the car, showing an unintended flash of skin. Mary sent her prey sexy red silk g-strings and love notes. God, men were easy.
But one of the men this faux Internet honeybee attracted, was more interested than most. Thomas Montgomery was in a sexless marriage and a dead end job. When “talhotblond” texted him that she was a virgin, and asked how old he was, he began a fantasy of his own. After all, he never intended to actually meet the girl. What would the harm be in pretending he was a young “marinesniper?” Another world-class liar hit the web.
For almost a year, marinesniper and talhotblond carried on a steamy love affair, until one night, when marinesniper's real life wife, Cindy Montgomery, discovered her husband's secret stash of photos and panties. Cindy was furious, but this good mom felt sorry for the girl, and wrote “Jessi” a letter, exposing Montgomery's true identity:
Do not trust words on a computer, let this go, you will only be hurt by a man who has mastered the art of manipulations and lies.
Sincerely, Cindy Montgomery
Imagine Mary's surprise when she found out she wasn't the only good liar. This would have been a great time for the fantasy to end. But Mary couldn't let it go. She would extract revenge by starting up another steamy online affair, with one of Thomas Montgomery's co- workers. Brian Barrett was a handsome 22 year-old, the only one in this sordid tale who was telling the truth. Brain thought “talhotblond' was really a teenager too, and was quickly entangled in Mary's web. The cyber-sex was just too hot to resist.
When Montgomery found out 'talhotblond' had a new lover, Brian, a slow burn began. It escalated to full fledged uncontrollable rage when he overheard Brian tell co-workers that “talhotblond' had chosen him, Brian, to “pop her cherry.”
Montgomery's alter ego suddenly and violently crossed over from fantasy to real life. Late one night after leaving work, Brian Barrett was shot to death, executed with a sniper rifle. All because of a fantasy girl no one had ever met in person. Mary Shieler would later explain her actions by saying she was “just having fun playing games online.”
So this story ends with one man dead, one in prison, and one mother who was never charged with a crime. No laws exist against what she did.
The real Jessi found out what her mother had done after a random Google search of her mother's name. We're told Jessi doesn't speak to Mary anymore.
Mother's day must be a killer holiday for Jessi.
How does your mom look now?
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I don’t know about you guys but ever since I booted up my first FPS game I was fascinated with guns. Of course, utilizing them in-game is a whole lot more glorious, moral and overall fun than it is in real life. However, if you’re like me it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside when some new destructive technology gets off the drawing boards and into production, you’re going to like this one.
It seems that the United States Government is investing a whole $5.6 million into the design, development and production of an upgrade to their already heavily used and incredible valuable M24 sniper rifle (Call of Duty players, you payin’ attention?). The current version of the M24 rifle has the capability of firing ad deadly shot from up to 800 meters away, or about half a mile. Well, this new and improved version of the sniper rifle has the ability to disable (read: kill) a target with .300 Winchester Magnum rounds from over a kilometer away. Couple this with the gun’s new 16.5x – 25x adjustable magnification scope and a attachment loving body and you have yourself a very, very deadly weapon.
In all honesty, this advancement in firearm technology will prove itself to be extremely valuable to the United States military currently positioned in the Middle East. The M24 is already known to be a silent killer but with the added range, new and improved scope and the ability to be paired up with attachments like night vision, this new rifle may very well be a game changer.
The War on Terror has seen a number of guerrilla warfare tactics utilized by the Middle Eastern insurgents so being able to neutralize enemies silently, efficiently and quickly is an absolute must. However, before you head over to your local gun shop to pre-order one of these puppies, think again; the only way you’re going to get your hands on one of these brand new M24 sniper rifles is if you enlist in the military or wait until game developers incorporate it into their games.
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CNN was a hotbed of controversy when it played a video of an American soldier being sniped – something easily accessible on the internet and having received hundreds of thousands of page views. The work was allegedly done by the masked sniper known as Juba, who constantly updated the web with videos of his “victories”, using a Dragunov Rifle with a telescopic scope. It was even rumored, shortly before Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death, that he was going to open an insurgent sniper school, so that the city of Baghdad could be surrounded by al-Qaeda snipers.
Juba is very likely not the man's true name – nor is it a single figure. Much like The Princess Bride's Dread Pirate Roberts, it is very possible that the term is simply passed down in the hopes of invoking fear in American and Iraqi troops, as with the constant death of al-Qaeda leaders across Iraq, new figures need to emerge to rally behind for the sake of propaganda. As far as can be told, however, Juba has only been claimed by two Iraqi snipers – neither of which are still haunting the streets of Baghdad.
Most of the sniper's videos that he filled the internet with were crude and basic – totaling what he claimed where 37 confirmed kills, many of the videos appear to cut out before the soldier that the viewer saw getting shot actually stands back up. Indeed, it's been confirmed that most of his alleged victims were barely harmed thanks to American body armor – the same cannot necessarily be said for the targeted Iraqi troops.
Using a hand-held camcorder, two people are always present at the sniping incidents – one alleged driver, and the other Juba himself, who usually chants and prays to Allah before pulling the trigger and making a fast getaway. The videos are almost always set to a form of fundamentalist Islamic music, usually a singing of a Quranic verse, recognizing the interpreted Islamic law forbidding the use of instruments.
One video even showed Juba returning to his hideout, putting aside his rifle, and withdrawing a small notebook so that he could write his pending thoughts in Arabic. The thoughts were not of much interest – just musing how he dreams of driving the Crusaders and Apostates out of his land. Though his wall showed 37 notches carved into it, there's been some controversy on the internet over his actual number of “kills”, as, unlike most snipers, he never actually claimed the dog tags from his victims to confirm any of his alleged successes, seriously calling his achievements into doubt. To back up the claim that his successes were marginal at best, most of the videos depict an American soldier's helmet jarring backward, dust flying off of it after he pulls the trigger. While they will almost always fall over, they'll usually stand back up and run for cover behind an object somewhere.
This did not deter Juba, however, as he coordinated his efforts across Baghdad, allegedly using a small van covered in mattresses to muffle the sound of his rifle.
The first Juba made a grievous error on June 2, 2005, however, as he saw what he thought was an easy target. An American medic stood idle, waving people by on occasion. The mujahideen sniper took his aim, squeezed his trigger, and the medic fell over. Proclaiming praise to Allah, his victory was short lived, as the American medic stood back up and discharged his weapon. A brief fight ensued and the driver of the van was detained – the wounded Juba was later caught trying to flee the scene.
In the most amazing turn of events, the medic who had survived Juba's attempts to kill him, then administered first aid that may very well have saved his life.
This was not the only case of a man taking on the name Juba, however – as another man, identified as Ali Nazaar al-Jubouri was also captured, professing himself to be the “sniper of Baghdad” in 2006.
However, since the successful 2007 Baghdad Security “Surge” Plan, no new snipers have attempted to take on the mantle of “Juba.”
Sources:
-Stars and Stripes – Juba the Sniper Legend Haunting Troops In Iraq
-Here Now – Juba the Sniper
-Baghdad Treasure – Juba Baghdad Sniper
-Murdoc Online – Original Juba Captured?
-Strategy Page – Baghdad Sniper – Juba