TSA Says Baby-Frisking Justified
"TSA defends frisking of baby at KC airport," reads the headline of this item, and really they had me at "TSA" but I'm glad I kept reading. I don't know how I missed this picture, since it has apparently been…
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If You See a Woman Wearing a Hat, Please Notify the Authorities
Among the many good reasons to do that: she may be part of an all-female pickpocket squad. Police in [Sterling Heights, Michigan,] say an all-female criminal ring, made up of middle-aged and elderly women, are running a sophisticated con in…
Kansas City Ape Owners Must Pay for Rampage, Judge Rules
After a two-day trial featuring "contentious testimony" by 11 witnesses, a Kansas City judge has ruled that the owners of a chimpanzee that went apeshit last year must pay to fix the police car she damaged. As I mentioned at…
Assorted Stupidity #18 [Updated]
"I instantly thought of you when I saw this headline," wrote the submitter. That headline: "West Virginia Man Accused of Killing Neighbor's Goat While Wearing Women's Underwear." Can't be that many people in the world who would find that comment…
What the Billionaire-on-the-Street Thinks About Trump for President
The guy who covers the "billionaire beat" over at Forbes.com – who must be pretty busy these days, since according to Forbes there are now over 1,200 billionaires in the world – was able to chat this week with some…
The Case of the Dangerous Dachshund
Plaintiff: Plaintiff enters the Penny Pinchers grocery store in West Point, Mississippi, on August 16, 2006. She says hello. She walks down the aisle. Suddenly, the bark of a savage dog rings out! Plaintiff flees, terrified, with the clicking of the…
In This Country We Would Simply Instruct the Witness Not to Answer
But in Europe, where I think they got their legal system mostly from the French, lawyers may have other options. An Austrian newspaper is reporting that a lawyer dropped his trousers during the questioning of his client by two female…
UC Davis Law School State of Mind
Above the Law is running its annual Law Revue Video Contest, which solicits funny videos from the nation's law-school students. ATL offers some sort of prize to the winners (though not, apparently, a job), and heaps mockery on non-winners, or…
TIP: Prisoners Should Be Cuffed to Things That Do Not Move
Via failblog.org: This happened in Buffalo on April 26. The man was recaptured later that day, and I assume police got their chair back too.
BREAKING: Bin Laden Caught After Tripping on Saggy Pants
Okay – after watching this surveillance video many times, I'm now prepared to concede that it's unlikely to be bin Laden. (Among other things, he was reportedly much taller and not known to drink Bud Light.) But I'm also prepared…