Category: Bizarre

Bizarre, Military, Society

Big Eatrs: Defense Department Developing Robots Which Can Feed on Dead Bodies

200px-Terminator_3_Rise_of_the_Machines_movieNext time you think of kicking that lawn mower, you might want to reconsider. The Defense Department is funding the development of a new line of robots that will be powered by eating organic material on a battlefield, including human bodies. The Robotic Technology Inc.’s Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot (EATR ) may confuse programmers from foodstuffs, but they can operate without being refueled to operate their steam engine.

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society

The Dangers of Hitchhiking: Bank Robber Hitches Ride With Undercover Officer

MarkEarlWhite.jpgEveryone is told about the dangers of hitchhiking: you simply do not know who the driver might be. The lesson was learned by Mark E. White, 50, who decided to rob a bank just three weeks after being paroled from prison. He then flagged down a car for a ride — driven by a cop.

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Bizarre, Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Society, Supreme Court

Florida Sobriety Roadblock Produces Host of Arrests and Citations — Except for DUI

180px-Sobriety_checkpoint_easthaven_ctThere is an interesting story out of Florida that shows that, at a typical sobriety roadblock, police arrested 10 people and wrote tickets for 100 others — for virtually every type of traffic violation except DUI. What is fascinating is the comparison to the recent D.C. Circuit ruling finding general crime roadblocks to be unconstitutional. Yet, by calling a roadblock a sobriety checkpoint, you can accomplish the same result.
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Bizarre, Criminal law, International, Politics, Religion, Society

English Doctor Allegedly Drugged, Kidnapped, and Forced to Marry Stranger

125px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svgA London doctor is telling a horrific story of how she was tricked by her family to return to Bangladesh, drugged, put into a psychiatric hospital, and then married to a stranger. The Muslim family felt that Dr. Humayra Abedin was too independent and living a non-traditional life as a physician.
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Bizarre, Environment, Politics, Society

Boston Considers Closing Franklin Park Zoo and Killing Animals Due to Budget Shortfall

220px-Sydney_taronga_zooBoston’s Franklin Park Zoo is joining other zoos which are considering closing or killing (or transferring) animals due to budget shortfalls — as we continue to spend billions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Even if the zoo does not closed, one thousand animals may be euthanized or transferred from the zoo.
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Bizarre, Society, Torts

OMG SNERT HAS NU TXT TORT! Girl Walks Into Open Sewer Hole While Texting

200px-Texting300px-OrficeWe have a new texting tort. Alexa Longueira, 15, was walking and texting on Staten Island when she plunged into the ground. She fell into an open manhole and ended up in the pitch black sewer. Her family is preparing to sue the city, which itself is investigating the incident.
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Bizarre, Criminal law, International, Politics, Society

Man Caught Photographing Fish and Chips Shop in England

PoTAct-2K-373x1024We have been reading of the struggle of media and civil libertarians in England where the government continues to pass and enforce laws prohibiting things like photography of police and other sites. Now, we have a report of Alexander Turner who was given a citation for taking a picture of a fish and chips shop under the English anti-terrorism laws. The incriminating picture is below.

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Bizarre, Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Politics, Society

Chico’s Is Not For Gay Chicos: Two Men Allegedly Threatened With Arrest for Kissing in Texas

180px-Chicos_Tacos_on_AlamedaGay Rights activists are protesting the handling of a dispute at a Chico’s Tacos restaurant in El Paso, Texas. When two gay men kissed, the group of five gay men were reportedly told by guards to leave because the restaurant did not approve of “the faggot stuff.” An El Paso police officer later allegedly told the men that they could be arrested for kissing another man in public.

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Bizarre, Courts, Lawyering, Society

The Hole in the Defense: Lawyer Files Motion to Demand Opposing Counsel Wear Shoes Without Holes

quail_13_bg_041506Attorney Bill Bone believes that he has spotted the hole or holes in the defense of his opponent, Michael Robb. Bone has filed a motion with Circuit Judge Donald Hafele in Palm Beach demanding that Robb be ordered to wear shoes without holes in court. Robb’s tasseled Cole Haan loafers have visible holes on both sides and Bone insists that the shoes are cheap theatrics to play to the sympathies or jurors. Robb argues that they are just cheap. It is up to the Court to determine the Cole Hann truth.

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