State Department: Mexican Security Forces Engaged in "Unlawful Killings, Forced Disappearances, Instances of Torture" - Reason.com
25 May 2012, 9:38 am
Instances of cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment were reported to occur in public mental health institutions, including the use of unconsented lobotomies on persons with disabilities.   Corruption among Mexican local police is rampant ...

The Readers’ Writers: Second-anniversary edition - MetroWest Daily News
25 May 2012, 7:00 am
What many aren’t aware of these days were the court-ordered lobotomies and placements into insane asylums for the “offense” of being homosexual. Again, at the urging of friends, I decided to tell the story of Charlie and Gabe, two war veterans caught ...

A Cautionary Tale: When Your Boss Wants to Become Your Friend - Huffington Post
22 May 2012, 3:39 pm
But I do my work well. And I enjoy doing it too. Months passed of my good job and lobotomies, and when a permanent position opened, I stepped up to the plate. I can navigate this, I said to myself. Why shouldn't I go for a job I like and that I'm good at?

CIA or Mossad snipers caught in Syria - Examiner
22 May 2012, 9:20 am
If that sounds preposterous, you better take another look at your government and if I hear, one more time, “I can’t believe my government would do that” I’m going to call in some doctors to perform mass-lobotomies and call it day. If Al-Qaeda is ...

Ryan Murphy talks "AMERICAN HORROR STORY's" second season - FANGORIA
21 May 2012, 6:54 pm
Of course, the 60s were one of the last periods before lobotomies were banned heavily as well.  On the series' season-to-season anthology nature, Murphy says of the institution, "I actually had the idea first. I knew the first season was about a very ...

Museum hosts stories from the FF State Hospital [UPDATED] - Fergus Falls Daily Journal
21 May 2012, 11:51 am
Over the decades it developed an aura of mystery and legend that dominated the cultural fabric of the region. lobotomies, straight jackets, shock treatments – this was the public perception of the state hospital. It was a castle of questions ...

Books So Bad, They're Good: The Adventures of Doc Savage - DAILY KOS
19 May 2012, 7:53 pm
They'd then be set up with jobs so they could make a living. If this sounds creepy today, don't forget Doc Savage comes from the era when lobotomies were routinely performed for some mental disorders. Considering that we seem to have entirely ...

Police taser Alzheimer's patient - Natural News.com
17 May 2012, 12:14 am
It seems that mental health care has still not progressed from the days of barbaric electric shock treatments and lobotomies. Mrs Russell said that she would be making a formal complaint.

Khloe Kardashian Calls Out Kim For Playing Dumb About Kanye On The Tonight Show - thegloss.com
15 May 2012, 4:52 pm
The joke fell flat, because it was terrible. I realize being sharper and funnier than two sentient lobotomies is not a terribly difficult thing to do, and also that Khloe is still a career reality star, which is, by its very nature, gross. Still ...

Norwich State Hospital Series: Recordings Prove Campus is Haunted - Patch
10 May 2012, 10:06 pm
TAPS co-founders Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson investigated the Abraham Ribicoff Research Center, a building where lobotomies were performed and housed the hospital’s morgue. They admitted seeing a figure going from left to right at the end of ...