Miscellaneous

"My eyes -- the goggles do nothing!"

Posted on March 04, 2008
Holy hell in a handbasket. Last week, police in Virginia Beach arrested Robert B. Lewis in the parking lot outside of a grocery store. He was arrested for a rather common activity — placing pamphlets on folks’ car. Well, except…

Heeeeeeeere's Hillary!

Posted on March 03, 2008
At least Nicholson hasn’t jumped the Hillary shark yet. Why? Because “there is nothing on this Earth sexier than a woman you have to salute in the morning.” C’mon, Jack: Come to the other side, man….

Do You Reject or Denounce, Senator Clinton?

Posted on March 03, 2008
Hillary Clinton, who ridiculously gave Barack Obama a healthy amount of shit for “denouncing” instead of “rejecting” the endorsement of anti-semitic, racist, and homophobic Louis Farrakhan, weirdly and ambiguously “disavowed” any knowledge that Obama was Muslim in what must have…

Reading is FUNdamental

Posted on March 03, 2008
Harsh much? Beloit Public Library director Dan Zack said when books aren’t returned, the library sends three overdue notices. After the third notice, a citation is sent that could include court date. Givhan said she was in the process of…

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The Daily Memo - 3/3/08

Posted on March 03, 2008
The IRS is sniffing around Obama’s panties over a June ‘07 speech at the Trinity United Church of Christ. (Above the Law) Vermont has joined some other states in considering whether to lower the drinking age to 18, at least…

Maybe it's just time for Hillary to roll over and die

Posted on March 03, 2008
Tomorrow is a big primary day, with Hillary looking for must-wins in Texas and Ohio. Now it turns out that Texas has quite a confuzzing system that’s a weird mix of primary, caucus and “don’t mess with Texas.” The Atlantic’s…

Bill Clinton endorses Obama!

Posted on March 03, 2008
Sure, it’s Past Bill Clinton, circa 2004, rather than Present Bill Clinton, but still….

That is one way to handle it...

Posted on March 03, 2008
Not content on letting Italy hog all the squicky age-inappropriate romancing all to itself, a couple in Northfleet, Kent, England had decided to stop fighting the relationship between their 16-year-old daughter and the 36-year-old divorced father of the one she…

How I Envy Oregon Voters

Posted on February 29, 2008
... who have an opportunity for vote for Steve Novick. Check out his party trick! And he's short, too!

Hey Ma! Look! My Pubes!

Posted on February 29, 2008
Here's some advice to our readers out there in QuizLaw land, and listen good: Don't ever fuck with a restaurant cook. You'd think this would be obvious; you'd think it was just common sense. If your food sucks, eat it anyway. Or don't. But don't send it back...

Hypocrisy ...

Posted on February 29, 2008
... thy name is douchebag (R-GA).

The Daily Memo - 2/29/08

Posted on February 29, 2008
"In a landmark judgement with far-reaching social implications, Italy's highest appeals court has ruled it is a criminal offence for Italian men to touch their genitals in public." (guardian.co.uk) Ah Philly, I miss you more and more every day -- this time, it's because twin brothers who do online hardcore gay porn have been arrested for a rooftop burglary, and suspected of having done dozens more...

I don't like to laugh at the pain of others...

Posted on February 29, 2008
...but what the hell else am I supposed to do when MSNBC gives me a headline like this: Ex-Homecoming Queen Beats Sister with Fake Leg in Trailer It gets even better when you read the article. Our queen also threatened to burn down a neighbor's home during the incident...

Florida - it's like Italy, only with worse food and more old people

Posted on February 29, 2008
I mean, seriously, check this shit out: A Florida lawyer has been charged with assault after shaking hands with a federal prosecutor. ... Kathy Brewer Rentas is accused of shaking hands too vigorously.

Italy - it's like Florida, only with better food and less old people

Posted on February 29, 2008
I mean, seriously, check this shit out: A 34-year-old Italian man who had sex with a 13-year-old girl has had his sentence cut by a two-thirds because a court decided there was "real love" between the pair. Yup -- the court bought the argument of his lawyers, the there was "deep tenderness" between the perv and the little girl, an so Antonio de Pascale only got a sentence of a little over a year...

It's a Good Thing Rodney King wasn't Black AND Quadriplegic

Posted on February 28, 2008
A few weeks ago, we showed you video of the Hillsborough, Florida police harshly dumping a quadriplegic out of his wheelchair, thinking -- I suppose -- that he was faking it. There was an investigation and, ultimately, I believe the police department apologized...

The True Cost of War

Posted on February 28, 2008
I found a fascinating article in the UK Guardian written by a Noble-prize winning economist about the cost of the Iraq war for America, and it's kind of mind boggling. He estimates that, all told, the war will cost America $3 trillion, and about the same for the rest of the world...

Another Reason to Stock Up on Duct Tape

Posted on February 28, 2008
We here at QuizLaw are always on the lookout for all the great uses of duct tape. You can use it for babysitting! You can use it for kidnapping! You can use it to conceal your face before committing a robbery! And today, we learned yet another valuable use for duct tape: Suicide...

The Daily Memo - 2/28/08

Posted on February 28, 2008
"Why the cops who shot Sean Bell aren't getting judged by their peers." (Slate) Ok, look, I know The Signal is a scary movie and all, but that's no reason to go and stab some folks. (LAist) Man, I'll tell ya - that OJ Simpson, he just never gets a break from the judicial system...

"Luke, I am your mayor."

Posted on February 28, 2008
A Mayor in Australia is now serving a jail sentence, having lost an appeal seeking to overturn his conviction. That conviction? False accounting and theft from the city council. What he falsely accounted and stole? Almost three grand worth of stuff, including a refrigerator, women's underwear and a Darth Vader voice modulator...

What'd the Australian teacher's five fingers say to the student's face?

Posted on February 28, 2008
"I'm legal, beeyatch!"

Oh, come on - he's just a romantic!

Posted on February 28, 2008
Sixty-year-old Warren Robinson was already having a bad day, coming into court to face a domestic violence charge. But things got worse when he wound up being arrested and charged with bribery. That's because, when he showed up for his hearing, he handed an envelope to Judge Charles Cofer's assistant...

Woah! McCain's Daughter is a Hottie

Posted on February 27, 2008
Meghan McCain, ladies and gentleman. Total cutie, but a bit on the Valley Girl side.

The Going Rate for Copping a Kiddie Feel? $5

Posted on February 27, 2008
Were these teachers simply dumb, or was there something more sinister at work: A class of third-grade students at a western Kentucky elementary school was searched by a group of teachers after an envelope containing $5 disappeared, a school official said...

Sh*t or Get off the Pot

Posted on February 27, 2008
Somebody really had to take a leak: An 18-year-old man suffered five stab wounds to the stomach in a fight over how long he was taking in the bathroom of a home in the Linda Vista area, authorities said Tuesday. An argument between the victim and a 28-year-old man who lived at the home escalated into a fight in which three of the man's friends jumped in and began fighting with the victim, Dare said...

Worst Job Ever?

Posted on February 27, 2008
For Immediate Release: Idaho Senator Larry Craig is currently seeking intern applications for the summer term, which runs from May to August. The application deadline is March 15, however if more time is needed for the application process, please contact Senator Craig's office for an extension...

The Daily Memo - 2/27/08

Posted on February 27, 2008
The Jim Davis estate Jim Davis will probably make this guy take this site down at some point, but it turns out that the Garfield comic strip is actually kinda fantastic if you just get rid of the lazy, fat, lasagna loving cat. (garfield minus garfield) Don't cry for the disbarred PI lawyer, Argentina, because he's got a freaking $35 million mansion...

"...and a bag of chips, and some sodas, and this gum, andthesecondoms, and a Snickers bar..."

Posted on February 27, 2008
Sure, guys can be nervous the first time they have to go get themselves a rubber. They hit the local 7-11 or CVS and purchase $50 worth of crap to cover up their condom purchase. Or, their first box of condoms surreptitiously winds up in the bottom of a backpack, because the embarrassment of getting busted for shoplifting is infinitely preferable to the embarrassment of buying rubbers (and so strong is male teenage lust, that they don't think about the embarrassment of getting caught stealing condoms)...

The gosh darn best insurance company this side of hell

Posted on February 27, 2008
Speaking of health insurance, 52-year-old Patsy Bates just got a hefty $9 million verdict against her former health insurance company, Health Net Inc. Back in 2005, she was undergoing cancer treatments when Health Net decided, "nah, we don't want to keep paying for this nonsense," canceling her policy and leaving with over $100,000 in unpaid bills (lucky for her, a state-funded program covered her treatments so she didn't, you know, die)...

I'm going to have words with my company!

Posted on February 27, 2008
In Pennsylvania, the state mailed out about 40,000 postcards to retired state workers telling them about some changes to their health benefits, changes which might not make them happy. A variety of health plan offerings were listed, along with phone numbers which could be called for more information...

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