Massachusetts State Legislature: Hard at Work
Bills would mandate machete registration, make it illegal for officers to use profanity on duty, etc.
March 2006
Surgeon Arrested for DIOWPI: Demanding Immediate Operation While Possibly Intoxicated
Dr. Federico Castro-Moure, the top neurosurgeon at Highland Hospital in Oakland, California, was arrested Monday after he angrily demanded to be allowed to operate immediately on a patient whose spine had been fractured. Two other doctors had already determined that…
Couple Sues for $20 Million Due to Bedbug Bites
Leslie Fox and Stephen Cohen have sued the owners of the Nevele Hotel in the Catskills for $20 million in damages allegedly caused by bites from a bedbug infestation when they stayed at the hotel in early July. While I…
Order Denying Motion for Incomprehensibility
That’s the actual title, and those are the actual grounds for denial. Quality work from Judge Leif Clark of the Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas. Complete with footnote to Adam Sandler movie "Billy Madison." The Smoking Gun.com
Vote-Buying, Appalachian Style
The mayor of Appalachia, Virginia, a town of 2,000 in southwest Virginia, has been charged (along with 13 others) with election fraud and corruption. The scandal includes charges that a slate of three candidates bought votes from hundreds of residents…
South African Police Shoot Invisible Man
On Friday, an East Rand flying squad shot a man wearing muti after he stole a bakkie from Limpopo. I know: not again. The translation (and I did have to do some research), is that a South African special police…
“Citizens” Know More About Simpsons Than About First Amendment
A study commissioned by the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum, a new institution that claims to be dedicated to helping visitors understand the First Amendment but is clearly a Communist front organization, has found that Americans know more about the Simpsons…