Legal Commentary

Gaddafi?s Son Allegedly Beats Wife in London Hotel, Breaks Her Nose, and Then Invokes Diplomatic Immunity

Posted on January 02, 2010
Moutassim Gaddafi, son of Libyan Leader Muammar al-Qaddafi (aka Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi) (shown left), claimed diplomatic immunity after English police came to his hotel room and discovered his wife — 29-year-old model Aline Skaf — with a broke nose after an alleged argument with Gaddafi, 33...

Ninth Circuit Rules Officer Can Be Sued For Taser Injury

Posted on January 02, 2010
The Ninth Circuit has handed down a major ruling that allows an officer to be sued for injuries sustained from the use of a taser. The unanimous panel ruled that Carl Bryan could sue over his injuries resulting from the use of a taser in 2005 by former Coronado, Calif...

The Leaning Tower of Liuzhou

Posted on January 02, 2010
A Chinese demolition company inadvertently turned a 22-floor residential building into a leaning tower for the city of Liuzhou in southern China. I would not want to be the guy calling back to corporate on the status of this particular job. For the full story, click here...

Poll: 58 Percent of Americans Want Underwear Bomber To Be Tortured

Posted on January 02, 2010
A new Rasmussen poll reveals that 58% of people polled would like to see Flight 253 bombing suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tortured for information. It is not just an indictment of our values but another byproduct of President Obama’s blocking of any independent investigation and prosecution of torture under the Bush Administration...

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Ultimate Human Wave

Posted on January 02, 2010
The good thing for this Japanese operator is that with this many people, you only have room for a teaspoon of water. I am not sure if you have room to drown, but I could not imagine how a lifeguard would get to a victim.

Father Time

Posted on January 02, 2010
Now this appears to be the only verified picture of father time. The designer of this clock projects a picture of himself changing the clock in a time piece fitting for Hogwarts. For the most human of clocks, however, you have to go here.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Posted on January 01, 2010
Happy New Year to all of our blogging family. This has been a remarkable year for the blog. We are now solidly in the top ten legal blogs, according to the AVVO rankings and we have over doubled our number of visits from last year. The success is almost entirely due to [...

Laying Hands on the Faithful: Pastor Rick Warren Calls for a Million Dollars from the Faithful

Posted on January 01, 2010
First, there was Rod Parsley saying that Satan has been messing around with his bank accounts and needs a massive infusion of cash to fight his demonic plan, here. Now, fellow Evangelical pastor Rick Warren has asked for roughly a million dollars from his faithful due to a few end of the year shortfalls [...

Music To Die For: British Authorities Believe that Teenager May Have Been Killed By Loud Music

Posted on January 01, 2010
British teenager Tom Reid had just enrolled in college and went to a nightclub to celebrate. He never made it out alive and authorities believe that the loud bass may have killed him by affecting his heart rate. They believe that Reid had a rare genetic disorder known as long QT syndrome...

Mad Dog Versus Zen Cat: The Classic Battle Captured on Video

Posted on January 01, 2010
This just may be the coolest cat I have ever seen. Well done, Zen Cart, Well done.

HAPPY NEW YEAR?S EVE!

Posted on December 31, 2009
Happy New Year’s Eve to all of our blog family. I hope that everyone has a wonderful and safe New Year’s Eve. We will be going to a friend’s house and share our traditional bottle of Schramsberg Sparkling wine. This is my wedding anniversary...

VOTE NOW: HOURS TO GO TO THE CLOSING OF THE ABA POLLS!

Posted on December 31, 2009
The final day is here in the galactic struggle for blog dominance. This afternoon, voting will end and, while the vote count has now been hidden by the ABA, we cannot give up our righteous battle. To that end, we are unleashing our 40 inspirational speeches from Lottakatz: [...

China Executes Mentally Disturbed Briton

Posted on December 31, 2009
Despite international calls for mercy, China executed Akmal Shaikh, a mentally disturbed British citizen, for possession of 4 kilograms (8.8 pounds) of heroin at the Urumqi Airport in September 2007. Prime Minister Gordon Brown stated “I … am appalled and disappointed that our persistent requests for clemency have not been granted ...

Bad Bet: Vultures Face Extinction in South Africa As Gamblers Smoke Their Brains

Posted on December 31, 2009
Vultures are disappearing South Africa. This is not because of pollution or global warming or development. Vultures are disappearing because gamblers are literally smoking their brains. That’s right. Smoking their brains. South Africans who follow traditional medicine believe that, when smoked and inhaled, the brain of a vulture gives you the gift [...

.708 Proof: Woman in South Dakota Sets Record in Blood Alcohol Test

Posted on December 31, 2009
Marguerite Engle, 45, has clearly left her mark on the world. The South Dakota police have recorded Engle as having the highest ever blood-alcohol level of .708 percent in the state’s history. Engle was found passed out behind the wheel of a stolen vehicle parked on Interstate 90...

Fighting For Pork: Obama Breaks Promise on Wasteful Spending in Defense Bill

Posted on December 31, 2009
In August, President Obama proclaimed that he would not tolerate pork in the defense budget by declaring “If a project doesn’t support our troops, we will not fund it.” He is being accused again of a substantial gap between his rhetoric and the reality of his politics...

California Man Kills Woman?s Dog and Then Runs Naked Through San Clemente

Posted on December 31, 2009
First the story. Bayron Reyes Lopez, 26, ran up to a woman, grabbed her mini shnauzer and beat it and choked it to death. He then ran naked to a tennis court and poured hot water on himself. Here what is fascinating. The story barely made the Los Angeles Times — [...

Drunken Florida Man Arrested After Calling Police for Ride to Bar

Posted on December 30, 2009
Gregory J. Oras, 37, may want to find a designated driver . . . other than the 911 operator. After calling the police for a ride, he ended up tasered and arrested. Oras reportedly called 911 for a ride to a bar and said that he was bleeding and people were shooting at him...

Separate But Unequal: Ahmadinejad Moves for Segregation of Sexes Throughout Iranian Society

Posted on December 30, 2009
As his security forces continue to beat and kill pro-democracy protesters in the streets, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has stepped up a plan to strictly segregate the sexes throughout Iranian society in business and public buildings. It is part of his continued radical Muslim agenda with the hard-right religious leaders that support his regime...

Fifty-Nine-Year-Old Man Looking For Hard-Right Woman With Good Demographics and Vicious Disposition

Posted on December 30, 2009
Looking for the perfect arch-conservative with a frisky and fun side? Well, ladies, you are in luck: Karl Rove is now available for dating. After 24 years, Karl Rove and his wife, Darby” were granted a divorce. The problem with dating is that Rove has a notoriously bad memory as shown in his repeated [...

Honor Killing: Father and Brother in Germany Kill Woman After Learning That She Is Not a Virgin

Posted on December 30, 2009
We have yet another “honor killing.” In Germany, a Kurdish man, 50, was sentenced to ordering the murder of his own daughter after learning that the 20-year-old woman named Gulsum Semin was no longer a virgin. He reportedly preferred a dead daughter and convinced his son to murder his own sister...

Bad Bunny: Former Playboy Model of the Year Convicted of Beating Fellow Hostess with Toilet and Then Has Meltdown in Courtroom

Posted on December 30, 2009
Louise Glover, a former Playboy Model of the Year, has added a novel category for assault: AWT (assault with a toilet). She has been convicted of assaulting DJ Maxine Hardcastle in a restroom of a club where they both work. The fight occurred after Hardcastle (daughter of 80s musician Paul Hardcastle) reportedly looked [...

Stimulus Backhand: Public Gets Served After City Spends Stimulus Money on New Tennis Courts

Posted on December 30, 2009
Critics have long maintained that much of the stimulus package in Congress was a thinly veiled opportunity for members to spend wildly on pet projects in their states without fear of debt ceilings or backlash. Montana appears almost eager to prove the critics right...

Illinois GOP Senate Candidate Calls Out Rep. Kirk For Alleged Homosexuality

Posted on December 29, 2009
The Senate race is already heating up in Illinois after GOP primary candidate Andy Martin (left) ran a negative ad accusing Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL) of being gay. Martin has achieved a degree of infamy for anti-Semitic remarks and his fostering of the rumor that Barack Obama is a Muslim...

Fugitive U.S. Doctor Found Living in Tent 6000 Feet Up in the Italian Alps

Posted on December 29, 2009
International fugitive and former millionaire nose doctor, Mark Weinberger was captured while living in a tent at 6000 feet up in the Italian Alps. Weinberger tried to take his own life with a small knife that he hid in his underwear. Mark Weinberger’s wife, Michelle, said that he disappeared during the night of September [...

Four Arrested in Christmas ?Lynching?

Posted on December 29, 2009
Four men have been arrested in a bizarre Christmas day “lynching” in Indian Land, South Carolina. The victim was Ronnie Gene Wallace, 42, shown to the left. Wallace was reportedly attacked and beaten with sticks and 2-by-4 boards by four Indian Land men...

Chinese Student Freezes to Death After Being Forced to Stay Outside by Teacher Who Went Out Drinking

Posted on December 29, 2009
Yang Guangsheng, principal of Wujing Junior Middle School in Linqu county of Shandong province, and Wang Dongping, vice-principal, were suspended after Student Zhang Jixin, 14, was found dead after freezing to death. He was told to stand outside in the cold all night by a teacher as punishment...

Parking in Pink: Extra Wide Parking Places Are Offered to Women in Chia

Posted on December 29, 2009
China appears to be following the trend in other countries to offer women wider parking spaces. We saw this controversial practice emerge in countries like South Korea. Now, a shopping center in Hebei province will offer the same widened spaces for female drivers...

Minnesota Man Racks Up 20th DUI Offense

Posted on December 29, 2009
Paul D. Garay, 55, has racked up his 20th drunken-driving offense but will not face a felony charge for the DUI arrest on Christmas Eve. Instead, Garay will face revocation proceedings over a drug charge. However, because only two of those prior DWI convictions within the last 10 years, his most recent arrest cannot be charged [...

Balloon Boys Parents Sentenced to Total of 110 Days in Jail

Posted on December 28, 2009
Balloon Boy’s parents Richard and Mayumi Heene have been sentenced for this hoax. Larimer County, Colo. Judge Stephen Schapanski sentenced the couple to a total of 110 days in jail and eight years probation. He also prohibited the couple from making any money off the balloon boy fiasco during that time...

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