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Au Mauvais Pain: New York EMTs Allegedly Refuse to Help Dying Women Because They Were On Coffee Break

Posted on December 23, 2009
An Au Bon Pain shop in Brooklyn has become the scene of a disturbing case in which a pregnant woman died after two EMTs allegedly refused to help because they were on a coffee break. The EMTs, Jason Green and Melissa Jackson are accused of sitting by and telling people to call 9-11 after [...

Thirteen-Year-Old Boy: Tequila Saved My Life

Posted on December 23, 2009
It appears that Dr. José Cuervo has saved another life. Last May, 13-year-old Evan Hamilton downed eight shots of tequila on a dare from his friends at McCaffrey Middle School in Galt, California. He passed out and was rushed to the hospital. It was then that the doctors discovered a brain tumor [...

Harlem Hospital Sued After Misdiagnosing Woman With Advanced AIDS, Hepatitis, and Herpes

Posted on December 23, 2009
The Harlem Hospital is facing a horrific lawsuit where its staff allegedly misdiagnosed Maria Osorio, 54, as having advanced AIDS as well as hepatitis and herpes. It ruined her marriage and her life until the hospital called to say “opps, you’re perfectly healthy...

Expecting a Court Martial: General Announces New Policy to Court Martial Pregnant Women in Iraq

Posted on December 22, 2009
Maj. Gen. Anthony Cucolo has announced that getting pregnant or impregnating a fellow soldier is an offense punishable by a court-martial in Iraq. He has stated that he will not charge women who are raped. The order for the 22,000 soldiers under Cucolo’s command has been justified on the basis that they cannot lose soldier [...

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Lawyers Rise Up Against Arpaio and Thomas to Fight For the Rule of Law in Arizona

Posted on December 22, 2009
While many of us have been following the de-evolution of the Arizona law system in Maricopa County recently (here), lawyers are taking to the street to protest against the assault on the rule of law by Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and Sheriff Joe Arpaio...

Let Them Eat Cake: Rise in Divorces Leads To Creative Niche for ?Divorce Cake?

Posted on December 22, 2009
Now, this is a particularly wonderful way to celebrate your divorce. This is why the law named personal actions “torts.” However, they are still not even close to the women who had a life-sized version of herself made into a wedding cake, here...

The Pub and the Penitent Man Sermon

Posted on December 22, 2009
In light of Father Jones’ advising to the spiritual shoplifters (here), I wanted to offer my own spiritually lifting story for the holiday. A cowboy walks into a bar in Texas, orders three mugs of Bud and sits in the back room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn...

Shopping with Father Jones: Priest Supports Faithful Turning to Five-Finger Discount

Posted on December 22, 2009
Father Tim Jones, 41, (on the right) surprised his congregation this month with a novel holiday sermon in which he advised poor people to go out and shoplift. Jones reportedly stopped his sermon at St. Lawrence Church in York to give the divine endorsement for the five-finger discount...

Leading Minnesota Lawyer and Bar Official Arrested for Rape of Minor Boy

Posted on December 22, 2009
Aaron F. Biber, 46, a leading attorney and former treasurer of the state bar (and a leading candidate for the presidency) has been arrested after giving an underage boy alcohol and raping him. The boy is reportedly mentally handicapped. Biber reportedly told the boy “Let’s get this party started” after meeting him at a local [...

We Bring Good People To Court: Leading Physician Warns That Patients May Be Dying From Drug So General Electric Silences Him With a Libel Lawsuit

Posted on December 21, 2009
Dr. Henrik Thomsen is one of Europe’s leading radiologists who has been alarmed over patients who have contracted a rare and potentially fatal disease, nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF). It turns out that the patients were reportedly given a drug to help images become more pronounced during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans...

Sarah Palin Denounces Climate Talks as Example of ?Arrogance of Man?

Posted on December 21, 2009
According to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, climate talks are simply evidence of the “arrogance of man.” It is expected that next week Palin will announce her campaign to dismantle all dams, re-irrigation programs, and forest fire suppression programs in part of her “de-arrogancing of man...

California Court Strikes Down State Law Criminalizing Possession of Body Armor By Ex-Felons

Posted on December 21, 2009
A California appellate court has struck down the state law barring ex-felons from possessing body armor. The law was passed in 1998 and the Congress passed a similar federal law in 2002. The California law was passed in response to case like that of Lee Boutwell, who fatally shot San Francisco Officer James Guelff [...

Pants to Die For: Killer Trips on Baggy Pants and Falls To His Death

Posted on December 21, 2009
We have been following jurisdictions which have moved to outlaw baggy and low-riding pants (here). The problem is that, if wearing baggy pants is criminal, only criminals will have baggy pants. A story out of New York indicates that police may not want to see the style outlawed after all – as a [...

Guardian: Israel Admits To Harvesting Organs From Dead Palestinians

Posted on December 21, 2009
For months, the government of Israel has demanded the retraction of a story by a Swedish paper that said that Israeli doctors had harvested the organs from dead Palestinians without the consent of their families. The Israeli government canceled visits to Sweden and called the article anti-Semitic...

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Country Attorney Thomas Charge Judge Who Sent Deputy to Jail

Posted on December 21, 2009
We have been following the latest controversy of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in his support of a deputy who committed an outrageous act in rifling through the papers of a criminal defense attorney and then removing and copying notes about her client (here)...

Cospirazione! Popular Italian Video Says Berlusconi Attack Was One Big Falsificazione

Posted on December 21, 2009
In the United States, there is the second gunman on the grassy knoll, the belief that the Moon landing was faked, and the ongoing debate of the true cause of the Twin Towers collapsing. Around the world, there is the debate whether Lenin in Lenin’s Tomb is really a wax dummy and [...

FLOG THE BLOG: Vote Now or the Orcs Will Inhabit the Blog

Posted on December 20, 2009
It has come to this. We are facing a 50 vote deficit with ten days left in the battle for the blogoshere. It is time to pull out the video that most captures the moment (as supplied by Mespo). You are not the first to face an overwhelming army with many assuming certain [...

Peeping Tom Cats

Posted on December 20, 2009
In light of the lawsuit against Green Mountain College over co-ed bathrooms, this picture is proof that the problem goes far beyond our species. Something tells me that the fishmonger is making a delivery or the neighbor’s dog is being spayed today...

Death By Zhu Zhu: Target Fires Seven Employees For Buying Popular Toy

Posted on December 20, 2009
We previously followed the allegations that the popular Zhu Zhu Pets are toxic. Now, they can not only allegedly make you sick but make you jobless. Just ask David Lawrinowicz of Lancaster, Pa. Lawrinowicz worked for Target for eight years before he was fired...

Student Sues Green Mountain College Over Co-Ed Bathrooms

Posted on December 20, 2009
Jennifer Weiler, 19, of Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont has filed a lawsuit contesting the use of co-ed bathrooms at the school. The lawsuit names the Department of Public Safety and notes such things as flimsy curtains as shower doors and men using toilets without closing the door...

Iran to Sue for World War II Reparations

Posted on December 20, 2009
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sent a letter to the United Nations announcing the intention for Iran to seek compensation for World War II damages. Putting aside his country’s support of terrorism around the world and repressions at home, Ahmadinejad believes the world owes his country for invading Iran in defeating the Nazis...

D.C. Detective Admits to Pulling Gun after His Hummer was Hit with Snowballs ? Internal Affairs Head Clears Officer and Insists It Was a Cellphone

Posted on December 20, 2009
A D.C. police detective is under fire today after he allegedly pulled his service weapon after kids hit his Hummer with snowballs. In addition, the head of internal investigations for D.C. Assistant Chief Peter Newsham is being criticized for telling the public that the detective never pulled his weapon and only had a cellphone [...

A Glint in a Titan?s Eye

Posted on December 19, 2009
This beautiful picture holds more than aesthetic value for NASA scientists. Scientists waited to see if they could pick up the reflection of the sun on the surface liquid and were rewarded with this extraordinary picture. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft photographed a flash of sunlight reflecting from a lake on Saturn’s moon Titan, confirming the presence of [...

Rep. Grayson Asks Holder to Prosecute On-Line Critic at ?Mycongressmanisnuts.com?

Posted on December 19, 2009
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) has written Attorney General Eric Holder to ask that he investigate and prosecute Republican activist Angie Langley for her website ?mycongressmanisnuts.com.” In his letter below, he claims that Langley has misrepresented the purpose of the site in raising funds against him...

California Man Triggers Protests After Creating Lawn Display of Jesus Shooting Santa

Posted on December 19, 2009
There is a controversy brewing in Nipomo, California over the right of a resident Ron Lake to display a decoration on his lawn depicting Jesus shooting Santa Claus. Neighbors want the display removed, but Lake insists that it is a work of art. Lake insists that it is a political statement against the commercialism of [...

North Carolina Commissioner Refers to ?De-Infesting? Areas of Gays

Posted on December 19, 2009
At a hearing concerning domestic partner benefits, Republican Mecklenburg County Commissioner Bill James took a slightly different tact on the issue: referring to gays as if they were vermin. James spoke of the effort to “de-infest” areas where gays ?congregate...

The Divine Referral: Christian Scientists Lobby for Faith Healing To Be Covered As Part of the National Health Care Plan

Posted on December 19, 2009
One of the provisions proposed for the current health care bill has received little attention in the media: mandatory coverage for faith healers. Christian Science advocates are pushing for the inclusion in the bill under a provision barring discrimination against religious based healing...

Remote-Controlled Murder: Husband Sentenced for Killing Wife With 4 Ounce Remote

Posted on December 18, 2009
The judges of the Old Bailey in England have a fascinating criminal case before them. Paul Harvey, 46, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after killing Gloria Laguna, a former American diplomat in India. The weapon was the television remote. It is difficult to see why Harvey was charged with manslaughter in the case [...

Thieves Steal Infamous Auschwitz ?Arbeit Macht Frei? Sign

Posted on December 18, 2009
Polish police are searching for one of history’s most recognized and most infamous relics: the sign above the entrance gate of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp reading “Arbeit Macht Frei” (“Work Sets You Free”). Thieves stole the sign this week before dawn...

Flash Tort: Teenage Girl Flashes Motorist Who Loses Control of Car and Hit Her

Posted on December 18, 2009
This is an excellent case for exploring the limits of comparative and contributing negligence. Cherelle May Dudfield, 18, is a New Zealand teenager who decided to flash passing cars. With her friends egging her own, she lifted her shirt. She succeeded in distracting one man who lost control of the car and [...

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