Google Maps Blamed for Invasion
Bad enough that Google Maps allegedly caused a woman to be hit by a car because its route told her to walk along a highway and failed to warn her that said highway posed certain risks (namely cars). Now it…
International Law
Tiny Dress, Big Award
Geisy Arruda, a 21-year-old Brazilian woman who was kicked out of her university for wearing a dress that officials considered "too short," has been awarded $23,600 in compensation by a local court. Officials at Bandeirante University, a private school in Sao…
How Many Times Do I Have to Say It? Skulls Go in Checked Baggage
Those of you who have been to Greece may know that it is against the law to remove anything at all from the ancient sites there or take any relics out of the country. Also included in that prohibition: skulls….
Notice: Use of Propaganda as Toilet Paper Is Strictly Forbidden
This inscription, said to be on the wall of a public restroom somewhere in China, gives us a reason to be thankful for one of the few freedoms we have left. Translation: "Use of Party newspapers and magazinesas toilet paper…
Why Poland Has Three Presidents Today
According to FOX News, the fair-and-balanced (and, as it turns out, accurate) source of Polish-presidential-succession information, Poland had three different presidents today (July 8), depending on what time it was. When he woke up this morning, Bronislaw Komorowski was the…
“I No Longer Do,” Japanese Couples Say in Divorce Ceremonies
I have heard of people celebrating after a divorce becomes final, but this is the first I've heard of a couple celebrating together their decision to split up. For the past year or so, an entrepreneur in Tokyo has been…
Food Fight Breaks Out in Ukrainian Parliament
When your legislators really care about democracy, it shows. In the U.S., most speeches are made to a C-SPAN camera in an otherwise empty room, and almost nobody watches. In other countries, they feel strongly enough to get involved in…
Israeli Minister Makes Turkish Ambassador Sit on Little Sofa
I guess when you have as many friends in the Middle East as Israel does, you can afford to humiliate one of them. Turkey, which has been an ally of Israel's for some time, is threatening to recall its ambassador…
Colonel Sanders Appears at UN to Seek Membership for Grilled Nation
United Nations officials in New York said they were "still trying to find out exactly what happened" to enable a man dressed as Colonel Harlan Sanders to get past security and into the UN building on October 22. Reports suggested that…
French Court Finds Church of Scientology Guilty of Fraud
On October 26, a French court held that the Church of Scientology and six of its members were guilty of fraud, sentenced the members to as much as two years in jail (suspended) and fined them up to $600,000 each. It did…