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Oklahoma Legislature to Consider Proclamation Linking the Economic Crisis to Obama?s Immoral Policies

Posted on June 30, 2009
Recently, Russ Limbaugh explained (if it were not already obvious) how Obama economic policies were the cause of Republican Gov. Mark Sanford’s affair with a beautiful Argentinian woman. But what caused the economic problems that caused the stimulus package that aroused Gov...

Minnesota Supreme Court Votes Unanimously With Franken ? Coleman Concedes

Posted on June 30, 2009
I’m Good Enough, I’m Smart Enough, and Doggone It, the Minnesota Supreme Court Likes Me. This election may have been a virtual tie, but Al Franken swept the Minnesota Supreme Court today. The Court ruled that Franken should be certified as the winner of the state’s Senate race — rejecting a challenge by [...

Overspray or Assault? Florida Man Charged with Battery After Drenching Wife with Garden Hose for Smoking

Posted on June 30, 2009
John Jeffrey Murray, 51, is either a fanatical anti-smoker or a reckless hoser. A court will have to decide. Murray was charged with drenching his wife with a garden house for smoking in the house and then wrestling away a phone when she tried to call the police...

Maryland Officer Accused of Assault Captured on Dash Cam Video

Posted on June 30, 2009
Prince George’s County police are investigating a disturbing dash cam video of Cpl. Steven Jackson, who is accused of yanking a man out of his car and then slugging and tacking him. Shawn M. Leake, 24, had insisted on being told why he was being told to exit his car...

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Nebraska Woman Charged with Manslaughter After Running Over Woman Talking With Boyfriend

Posted on June 30, 2009
There is an interesting manslaughter case out of Omaha, Nebraska. Courtney L. Antillon (left), 19, insists that she accidentally hit Ana Rodriquez-Delopez-Cardenas, 35, who was talking with her boyfriend, Israel Francisco Gonzalo. Prosecutors insist that it was a jealous rage that prompted Antillon to floor her Mazda...

India on the Verge of Repealing 150 Year Ban on Homosexuality

Posted on June 30, 2009
India is on the verge of a major victory for civil liberties: repealing a ban on homosexuality that was first introduced by the British 150 years ago. While Winston Churchill once said “Don’t talk to me about naval tradition. It’s nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash,” the Crown imposed a ban on only one [...

Supreme Court Set to Decide New Haven Firefighters Case ? And the Prior Ruling of Judge Sonia Sotomayor

Posted on June 29, 2009
This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court will release its much anticipated decision in Ricci v. DeStefano, the New Haven firefighters case. Firefighters are challenging a decision to throw out promotional exam results because no African-American firefighters were in the top scoring candidates for promotion — only white and hispanic officers...

Twelve-Year-Old Boy Dies in Bull Riding Competition

Posted on June 29, 2009
When researchers recently found that cheerleading is the most dangerous sport, they probably did not consider bull riding. The accident happened around 11:20 a.m at the Boulder County Fairgrounds. Richard Wayde Hamar, 12, of Yuma died in the junior bull riding competition held in Boulder County Fairgrounds this week while riding a bull...

Florida Man Arrested For Tasering His Mother ? While Awaiting Charges for Threatening Her With A Sword

Posted on June 29, 2009
Matthew Beider, 23, of Port St. Lucie, Florida, is not exactly the ideal son. Only last month, he was arrested after threatening his mother with a three-foot sword. Now, he has been re-arrested after tasering his mother and then stomping on her as she lay on the floor after being shocked...

Trashed: City Attorney Resigns After Embarrassing Photos in Garbage Can

Posted on June 29, 2009
Larry Wilder, the City Council attorney for Jeffersonville, Ind. has announced that he will resigned due to recent criticism. It was not Wilder’s skills or courtroom demeanor that proved his undoing. It was the combination of a certain trash can, a lawyer, and a camera...

Bye, Bye Bernie: Madoff Gets 150 Years

Posted on June 29, 2009
While his attorneys asked for just 12 years, Bernie Madoff, 71, has been sentenced to 150 years after expressing sorrow for the ruin that he brought to thousands of people — rich and poor — through his criminal enterprise. During the hearing, victims spoke passionately about all that they had lost — some professionals turning [...

THE SECRET LIVES OF CATS

Posted on June 28, 2009
Ever wonder what your cat is doing when you are not at home? This is why I am a dog person. I have always suspected cats have a secret agenda, if not a secret organization, that mocks humans and their gullible notions.

Doing the Unthinkable: TSA Accused of Detaining Comic Script Due to Script

Posted on June 28, 2009
Boom! Studios is alleging that its comics writer Mark Sable was detaining by the TSA at Los Angeles International Airport because of his script for a new issue of his comic miniseries Unthinkable. Unthinkable is a series about a group of smart guys who come up with 9/11-type “unthinkable” terrorist scenarios...

Bittar Breakup: Car Dealer Sues Surgeon Over Affair With Wife

Posted on June 28, 2009
There is another interesting alienation of affection case in the courts. Wealthy car dealer Bob Rohrman (known as “Bob Rohrrrrrrr-man” on his commercials) is suing a surgeon, Dr. Sami M. Bittar, who wooed his wife, Ronda. Of course, Rohrman must show that the couple had a loving and full relationship before Dr...

The Most Dangerous Sport Is . . .

Posted on June 28, 2009
The National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has released its 26th annual report on sport injuries and has found the most dangerous sport to be . . . cheerleading. That’s right, cheerleading...

University of Illinois Law School Accused of Trading Admission for Unqualified Student in Exchange for Five Jobs for Graduates

Posted on June 27, 2009
The scandal involving University of Illinois Law School is getting worse by the day. We previously discussed the scandal involving the admissions process and the use of “special admits” where deans circumvent the usual process to guarantee admission for certain well-connected students...

Dangerously Cheesy: Couple Arrest for Assault with Cheetos

Posted on June 27, 2009
A Bedford, Tennessee couple has been arrested for domestic assault. Nothing new there except for their chosen weapon: a bag of Cheetos. Cpl. Kevin Roddy said that he responded to a call and found Taylor, 40, and Childers, 44, arguing on the side of the road...

?Perv Dad For Fun?: Duke University Official Arrested For Allegedly Offering His 5-Year-Old Son for Sex

Posted on June 27, 2009
Duke University faculty and students were shocked this week with the arrest of Frank Lombard, the school’s associate director of the Center for Health Policy, for allegedly offering his five-year-old son for sex with a man. Police say that Lombard identified himself as “perv dad for fun” and even suggested the hotel that the [...

Sharia Court Cuts Off Hands and Feet of Petty Thieves in Public Ceremony

Posted on June 26, 2009
The world has another example of justice by extremists using Sharia law. In Mogadishu, Somalia, an Islamic court held a public ceremony where the hands and feet of weeping thieves were cut off in front of hundreds of onlookers. The Sharia court is part of the dominant Islamic group al-Shabab...

Mother?s Little Helper: Mother Accused of Changing Daughter?s Grades and SAT Score on School Computer System

Posted on June 26, 2009
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania (The Weekly Vice) — Carolyn Maria McNeal, 39, is a mother who values education and will not tolerate bad grades. The high-school secretary in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania is accused of using a co-worker’s password to change her daughter’s poor grades...

Stimulating Sex: Russ Limbaugh Blames Sanford Affair On Obama Economic Policies

Posted on June 26, 2009
There were of course many possible explanations for Republican South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s affair with an Argentinian beauty. There is of course love, lust, or simply a mid-life crisis. However, it took Russ Limbaugh to isolate the true reason: President Obama...

Judge Samuel Kent Resigns to Avoid Senate Hearing

Posted on June 26, 2009
U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent has finally resigned after Congress expedited his impeachment and Senate trial. In a remarkably dim-witted act, Kent’s lawyer announced that they had calculated that Congress could not possibly complete an impeachment and start a trial for a year...

Monica Conyers Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Bribery

Posted on June 26, 2009
Detroit City Council President Pro Tem Monica Conyers and wife of Judiciary Chairman John Conyers has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bribery. She is free on personal bond awaiting sentencing. This is only the latest criminal plea or conviction for the Detroit political establishment...

Leading Iranian Cleric Calls for Execution of Some Protesters

Posted on June 26, 2009
The Iranian government has continued its crackdown on protests, including the arrest of dozens of university professors for merely meeting with opposition leader Hossein Mousavi. Senior cleric Ayatollah Ahmed Khatami has called for the execution of some protesters and harsh treatment of all leaders of the protests...

Ohio Firefighter Pleads Guilty To Shooting Two Dogs To Avoid Boarding Fees During His Vacation

Posted on June 26, 2009
David P. Santuomo, 43, is a real charmer. The Columbus firefighter has pleaded guilty to shooting his two dogs because he did not want to pay boarding fees while and went on vacation. Santuomo was going on vacation with his girlfriend, so he took his two dogs Sloopy and Skeeter into the basement, hanged them [...

Federal Court Rules Against Hustler Magazine in Use of Nude Photos of Deceased Wife of Wrester Chris Benoit

Posted on June 26, 2009
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has issued a major ruling on freedom of the press and privacy. The court ruled that Hustler did not have the right to publish nude photographs of Nancy Benoit, the wife of professional wrestler Chris Benoit...

White Supremacist Leader Arrested for Threatening Federal Judges

Posted on June 25, 2009
A white supremacist blogger, Hal Turner, 47, has been arrested for allegedly posting threatening messages about three federal judges in Chicago. Turner was upset with the decision to uphold a handgun ban in Chicago. The judges are Chief Judge Frank Easterbrook, Judge Richard Posner, and Judge William Bauer...

For the Love of God, Take the Flowers

Posted on June 25, 2009
I just saw this video and wanted to share it of a Japanese boy who is rejected by a girl after finishing a piano performance. (He succeeded with the first two girls and struck out with the last one). Unfortunately, it does not get much better for most of us in high school, kid...

Gay Exorcism: Video of Connecticut Ceremony Causes Outrage

Posted on June 25, 2009
A video of a “gay exorcism” has outraged the public as a teen is shown writhing on the ground as members of the Manifested Glory Ministries Church in Bridgeport, Connecticut drive out “homosexual demons.” Church leaders can be heard screaming at the “homosexual demons” “Right now I command you to leave!” The teen, who is shown [...

Supreme Court Rules Strip Search of Middle School Student Illegal

Posted on June 25, 2009
In a major victory for student right, the Supreme Court has ruled that the strip search of a 13-year-old middle school student was unconstitutional. The Court ruled 8-1 with only Justice Clarence Thomas voting with the school in the case. For an earlier column on the case, click here...

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