Former Superior Court Judge Michael T. Joyce is seeking a venue change from Erie to Pittsburgh, Pa., for his criminal trial on insurance fraud charges — the first such trial of a former judge in 14 years. Once an appellate judge Joyce’s recreational activities — and abilities — will be at the heart of the case. Continue reading “Pennsylvania Judge to Stand Trial for Criminal Fraud — After Claiming “Excruciating” Injuries in 5 MPH Crash”
Category: Bizarre
Kentucky Representative Tim Couch wants to know who is saying what on the Internet. He has proposed legislation to make anonymous postings online illegal. It would face a daunting challenge on constitutional grounds. Continue reading “Kentucky Legislator Seeks to Make Anonymous On-Line Postings Illegal”
YouTube has again attracted controversy by pulling a video. This time it has removed the video of Marine David Motari throwing a puppy off a cliff as shown below in a different link. The company appears unwilling to recognize that some disturbing videos serve an important public interest, as with the torture videos that it removed earlier involving the Egyptian and Russian abuse . Continue reading “YouTube Removes Video of Puppy Being Thrown Off Cliff by Marine”
The Italian Supreme Court has ruled that wives can lie when asked questions in a criminal iinvestigation that would reveal an affair. It is a jurisdiction that might have saved Bill Clinton, but it is not clear that the Court would extend the same privilege to men. The Court has a history of bizarre, sexist rulings such as its 1999 decision that a woman was not raped because she was wearing tight jeans, which had to have been removed with her consent. Continue reading “Putting the Lie Back into Sexual Liaison: Italian Supreme Court Says Wives Can Lie About Lovers”
A recent video shows a drunk soldiers taking a Russian tank out of a spin, hitting a house and terrorizing a family. As these videos indicate, however, tanking for fun is not just a Russian past time. Continue reading “Tanks Don’t Kill People . . . : Videos Show the Potential of Tank Torts”
Representatives of the Sikh faith have been barred by the Secret Service from participating in a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI next month because they wear the Kirpaan, or ceremonial knife. Given the fact that these would be leaders of the Sikh faith, the Secret Service appear like perfect morons in barring the Sikhs. Continue reading “Secret Service Bar Sikh Leaders From Meeting with the Pope over Ceremonial Knife or Kirpaan”
Pensacola News Journal faces possible insolvency if the Florida Supreme Court upholds an $18 million judgment against it for publishing true facts in a false light case. At issue is the inclusion of true facts about how Joe Anderson, the owner of one of the state’s largest paving companies, killed his wife. The inclusion of those facts in a series on the paving company was viewed as actionable false light — an allegation that a Florida jury accepted. Continue reading “Newspaper Appeals $18 Million for Publishing True Story in False Light Case”
Samantha Power is an award-winning and respected academic has served as Mr Obama’s key foreign policy aide. She has now resigned after the Scotman newspaper published an off-the-record comment about Hillary Clinton, calling her a “monster” who will do or say anything to get elected. What I find most disturbing is the complete absence of journalistic ethics on the part of this newspaper. Years ago, I had a run in with the Scotsman over their publication of an interview or column that they attributed to me. I never gave them an interview or spoke with them. Continue reading “Beware of Scotsman: Aide Fired After Newspaper Publishes Off-Record “Monster” Comment”
If you are hiring a lawyer in Brazil, you may want to be sure to call before Dora the Explorer comes on. Joao Victor Portellinha recently passed the entrance test for law school despite the fact that he is in the fifth grade. Continue reading “I’ll File, You Drive: 8 Year Old Passes Law School Entrance Exam”
Arkansas Robert Steinbuch won an appeal to the Eighth Circuit in his case against former Senate aide to Mike DeWine, Jessica Cutler — the so-called Washingtonienne. Steinbuch sued after he was identified by initials by Cutler in her account of sexual affairs in Washington. It is a case of some significance for bloggers and those who keep online diaries that could be challenged as defamatory or violations of privacy. Continue reading “Grapes of Wrath: Law Professor Steinbuch Wins Appeal Over Book Detailing Alleged Affair with the “Washingtonienne””
In what seems like a scene out of the movie “The Big Easy,” New Orleans police are accused of beating and using a taser on Steven Elloie on June 23, 2006 and then losing the critical police tape showing the incident. The two officers, Jason Samuel and Hans Ganthier, are defendants in another such brutality case that occurred at another bar on Mardi Gras. Continue reading “New Orleans Cops Allegedly Beat and Tase an Innocent Man; Then Lose Video of Incident”
PGA Tour golfer Tripp Isenhour has been charged with intentionally killing a red-shouldered hawk (pictured below) after it forced him to do a re-take while filming his series “Shoot Like A Pro.” John Henry Isenhour III, his real name when he is not depopulating nature, now faces 14 months in jail if convicted.
Continue reading “Shoot Like a Con: Golf Pro Tripp Isenhour Criminally Charged with Killing Migratory Bird”
In what could be an important first amendment case, a Nebraska police officer, Robert E. Henderson, is fighting to keep his job after being fired for his associations with a group affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan. It is only the latest such action taken against officers over their private lives or views. Continue reading “Nebraska Police Officer Fired Over Assocation With KKK-Linked Group”
SwissMiniGun has made the world’s smallest working revolver at just 2.16 inches long (5.5cm) with bullets that can kill. They are small enough for earrings or even a lovely lapel pin. They are also illegal in the United States. Continue reading “At Last, A Gun For the Tiniest Felons: Company Makes a Lethal 2.16 inch Gun”
So this is why “there are no atheists in a foxholes.” Army Spc. Jeremy Hall says in a lawsuit that he was told that he could not be promoted because one of the jobs would be to pray with his soldiers. Of course, if true, this would mean that a puppy thrower like Marine Lance Corporal David Motari would be eligible so long as he professes to believe in God. Otherwise, you have no right to die for th e country unless you think that you will go to heaven. This could be a significant case in the making. Continue reading “Atheist in a Foxhole: Soldier Sues Over Discrimination on the Basis of Faith (Or the Fact Thereof)”