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A Bakersfield, CA woman — a doctor — tried to break into her “on-again/off-again boyfriend’s house last Wednesday — hereafter known as Ash Wednesday. From AOL News: A doctor involved in an “on-again, off-again” relationship apparently tried to force her way into her boyfriend’s home by sliding down the chimney, police said Tuesday. Her decomposing body was [...] Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) sums up what’s at stake this election cycle — should Republicans be given majorities again. From the Wall Street Journal: I ask what so many voters are pondering: If Republicans win this fall, will they have learned the lessons from the overspending and corruption that got them tossed out in [...] Somebody at the Environmental Protection Agency takes too much policy guidance from Chris Rock standup routines. Rumors — let’s call it “truth” — were circulating that the EPA was planning on banning lead — as in lead bullets. You see the lead was poisoning the environment and killing animals. Yeah.. I know. [...] This one is on us America — and quite frankly you can thank us too World. I haven’t talked to Rufus but since I know he is independently upper middle class he won’t mind if we forgo our usual fee. We have solved America’s problems in our Friday Open Thread. Who knew [...] Colondra Hamilton (above) eschews driving automatic — dare I say it? For stick: A Cincinnati woman was simultaneously masturbating with a sex toy and watching a pornographic video while driving last week, according to cops who arrested her on assorted criminal charges. Colondra Hamilton, 36, was pulled over last Tuesday evening in a traffic stop triggered [...] Who is this heroine bad bad woman? Footage of the attack was captured by a CCTV camera which the couple use to monitor the front of their home. They have now posted the video on YouTube and Facebook in a bid to track down the culprit. Darryl, 26, a mobile phone repair man, said: ‘I’d like to know [...] Wikileaks founder and spokeshole Julian Assange was charged and then discharged of rape and molestation by a Swedish prosecutor this past week and weekend. Assange, of course, is trying to paint it as a Pentagon set up. Using our noodle — and the common sense God gave us (or that you inherited from [...] Britain’s most disgusting woman: An arrest warrant is out for Wendy Lewis, 32, who was given a “guard of dishonour” by angry veterans when she appeared at Blackpool Magistrates Court. She was caught on security cameras relieving herself on the seaside town’s Cenotaph, before performing a sex act on a man nearby. Lewis was found guilty of [...] Did Germany outstrip England’s growth — reaching industrial parity in 1900 because it didn’t have copyright laws? This article from Speigel online makes that claim. The entire country seemed to be obsessed with reading. The sudden passion for books struck even booksellers as strange and in 1836 led literary critic Wolfgang Menzel to declare Germans [...] I’m prepping Fall Courses and wrapping up Summer ones. These are a couple of the books I’ll be assigning this Fall. For a grad seminar called Psychology, Law and Public Policy In my Disability Law course: The Ugly Laws: Disability in Public (History of Disability) And as a supplemental in my Humanities course (which I love to teach [...] The Washington Post is reporting that Roger Clemens is going to be indicted for perjury. Roger Clemens will be indicted on charges of making false statements to Congress about his use of performance-enhancing drugs, the New York Times is reporting. Citing two sources who’ve been briefed on the matter, the Times reports that an announcement is [...] From Breitbart.com: Police said Wednesday they were astonished to find at least 14 wild black bears guarding an illegal marijuana growing operation after a recent raid on the property in westernmost Canada. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Fred Mansveld said police believe two growers arrested in the raid had used dog food to lure the animals onto [...] Here’s fascinating article from The New York Times on Obama’s expansion of drone and commando operations across Asia and Africa. The attack offered a glimpse of the Obama administration’s shadow war against Al Qaeda and its allies. In roughly a dozen countries — from the deserts of North Africa, to the mountains of Pakistan, to former [...] From the London Sunday Telegraph: One local authority is using its budget to pay for the services of a prostitute in Amsterdam, while others have said visits to lap dancing clubs are permissible under new policies which transfer funds directly to those who receive care from social services. Holidays abroad, subscriptions for internet dating and driving lessons [...] You’ve probably heard this talking point with regard to the California Proposition 8 case: the counsel for Prop. 8 proponents did a crappy job of presenting their case. Heck – they didn’t even present evidence – the morons! Plaintiff’s co-counsel Ted Olson echoed that theory on Fox this Sunday: “In fact, they [Prop 8 proponents] said [...] We’re all familiar with the number of dead on 9-11 — or its approximation — 3,000 total including over 2,700 in the World Trade Center attack. I had assumed that after nearly 9 years that most (well over most) remains had been recovered and identified. That assumption was wrong**. Human Remains Discovered Since 2006 About [...] Got this link from Big Hollyweird Dawson, Alba, Longoria fight Arizona’s immigration law in PSAAug. 9, 2010, 4:15 PM EST Dawson recruited Alba and Longoria Parker to join a host [...] On this date in 1942 President Franklin Roosevelt and the War Department handled unlawful enemy combatants (8 German saboteurs in their military tribunal above and made famous in the Supreme Court case Ex parte Quirin they way they should be handled — burying them after their electrocution. Share on Facebook From the Hill’s Blog Briefing Room: The Pentagon demanded Thursday that Wikileaks hand over classified Afghanistan war documents published leaked to the website. Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell at Thursday’s briefing said “the only acceptable course” is for Wikileaks to turn some 15,000 documents still being reviewed by the website back to the U.S. government and delete all [...] Having traveled from Wal-Mart to Home Depot, I, King FN the First, have decreed more laws of the land. Take heed, passively notice, or completely ignore them. 1. Tattoo ordinance. In order to have a tattoo one must show proof of service in the military, Bloods, Crips, Hell’s Angels or comparative inner-city or biker gang. Two [...] Was honestly wanting to post this earlier today, after reading the St. Nicholas story, but even more on the mind thanks to a CA federal — cough, cough — judge. Share on Facebook Federal judge overturns CA gay marriage ban. A federal judge overturned California’s same-sex marriage ban Wednesday in a landmark case that could eventually land before the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if gays have a constitutional right to marry in America. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker made his ruling in a lawsuit filed by two gay [...] I know this story is all over the news — people can’t STOP talking about it, but just in case you’re the one in 311 million people who haven’t heard… while New York City rushes to help Muslims build an Allah-damned mosque 500 ft. from Ground Zero — St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, which was [...] Just wanted to quickly point your attention to three excellent pieces over at National Review Online. At the Corner, Andy McCarthy details the changing role of the federal government on the issue of immigration, which he points out is distinct from naturalization. …in 1899 the Supreme Court, in the so-called Chinese Exclusion Case (Chae Chan Ping v. [...] I’m not as anti-War on Drugs as libertarians — especially the folks from Reason, but I am concerned (though I don’t know if the “war on photographers” is a real trend or a faux media trend because I’m unaware at any real attempt to fully catalog incidents where people are wrongfully arrested for videotaping and [...] Bill McGurn has a great piece on the Mosque that is being planned near Ground Zero in today’s Wall Street Journal. Here’s a bit, go read the whole thing: In the 1980s, Carmelite nuns moved into an abandoned building on the edge of the former Nazi death camp to pray for the souls taken there. [...] Chang Apana… Detective Honolulu Police Dept. Here’s a very interesting piece from The New Yorker on the beginnings of, the inspiration for, and legacy of Charlie Chan. I loved the Warner Oland movies in reruns of course in the 1970s though I’ve never read the books. Chang Apana, a real life detective [...] This is THE crux of this election… actually, it has been the crux of every election since 1788. h/t: HotAir via Mi Madre Share on Facebook Here’s an interesting — and telling — story from Yahoo! News about the status of trials for terrorists and other unlawful enemy combatants down at Gitmo. A bit: Attorney General Eric Holder announced in November the trial would be moved to federal court in New York. But the administration backtracked and put the issue under [...] California Congresswoman Maxine Water is going to be charged with violations by the House Ethics Committee. Both Waters and Rangel are prominent members of the Congressional Black Caucus. Dual ethics trials would be a major political liability for Democrats, forcing them to defend their party’s ethical conduct while trying to hold on to their House majority. While [...] This is awesome… not the way I’d train my employee, but these things don’t always work according to corporate’s plan. And I like the way the story is presented straight up — no editorializing that I noticed. Share on Facebook No one exceeds Threedonia in their estimation of the many talents that make up the awesomeness that is The Shat — William Shatner. Well now… Shatner has gone and upped the ante on awesomeness… now he’s a news breaker — and not just entertainment. He’s made a bit of a splash in a [...] A new report by the Center for Public Integrity, if true, seems to indicate the federal government caused the oil spill. From Ed Morrissey at Hot Air — who links to the full report: The Coast Guard has gathered evidence it failed to follow its own firefighting policy during the Deepwater Horizon disaster and is [...] In my International Law seminars we often discuss the similarities between pirates (or pyrates as Daniel Dafoe would write) and terrorists. I’ve just put the above book on my list since that course is coming up in the Fall again. The history of dealing with pirates could offer a great road map for [...] Oh Gaia! I need a massage! Does Harry Reid’s recent removal of cap and trade from the Energy Bill signal the death of the global warming movement? While I think it’s always too soon to count out liberals (they are the loony slut from Fatal Attraction) this article from Forbes outlines why it [...] John Derbyshire at NRO’s The Corner links to an interesting story from the BBC about two recent executions in Japan. From the BBC: The two prisoners, both convicted killers, were hanged at the Tokyo Detention Centre. Justice Minister Keiko Chiba – who opposes the death penalty – witnessed the executions and announced the formation of a [...] Last week I blogged an item about how the Gulf oil spill’s long term effects are being over hyped by the media. In that post I asked: How bad can the long term environmental damage be when the Gulf of Mexico is already loaded with oil and has been for thousands or millions of years? So [...] If you’re not already motivated to participate actively in this Fall’s election then Cornell Law Professor William Jacobson has a great motivator at his blog Legal Insurrection. So many of the important decisions of the United States Supreme Court are decided by a single vote. Often that vote is Anthony Kennedy. Not a bad single vote to [...] The ongoing WikiLeaks release is being covered by The Guardian here — it seems to me to be the most comprehensive coverage. A lot will be written about WikiLeaks’ motivations…. I don’t know that that is very useful — why does a toddler throw a tantrum? Because he can and because he lacks the wisdom [...] Here’s a pretty good piece from The Economist documenting (finally — they’re documented!) the mass exodus (I prefer “Brown Out” to Brown Flight) from Arizona in anticipation of Arizona SB 1070’s going into affect. Here’s a bit: While the law targets undocumented migrants, legal residents and their U.S.-born children are getting caught up in the [...] The UK’s National Health Service is about to be less Health and less Service — but with the same amount of National! From the London Sunday Telegraph: Some of the most common operations — including hip replacements and cataract surgery — will be rationed as part of attempts to save billions of pounds, despite [...] Hey Outlaw… maybe you can start to have some “chronic pain” when you retire… Patients treated at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics will be able to use medical marijuana in the 14 states where it’s legal, according to new federal guidelines. The directive from the Veterans Affairs Department in the coming week is intended to clarify current [...] Watch the above… Then read this from The Australian: Correspondence obtained by The Sunday Times reveals the Obama administration considered compassionate release more palatable than locking up Abdel Baset al-Megrahi in a Libyan prison. The intervention, which has angered US relatives of those who died in the attack, was made by Richard LeBaron, deputy head of the US [...] Washington D.C. School District Chancellor Michelle Rhee has just fired 241 teachers for incompetence. Huzzah! This will only inure to the benefit of the good teachers not to mention students. I’m sure she’ll catch hell for it, but she sounds like a tough one. Here’s an op-ed she wrote last month for The [...] |
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