While some commentators have rushed to suggest that the puppy shown in this video was either dead or stuffed, the accused Marine has reportedly posted an apology. David Motari has been named as the Marine in the video, though the Marines are still investigating. In what is purported to be a posting from him below, he blames the stress of combat.
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Professor Benny Shanon of Jerusalem’s Hebrew University has presented a startling theory: Moses was probably high when he saw the burning bush and received the word of God on Mount Sinai. He has identified a psychoactive molecule on Mount Sinai that is found in plants that produce similar hallucinogenic responses. Continue reading “Biblical Trip: Expert Suggests Moses Was Probably High on Mount Sinai”
Michele Malkin has weighed into the controversy over the puppy thrown off a cliff by a Marine in Iraq. Malkin insists that the puppy was either dead or stuffed and that the puppy cries are dubbed. Continue reading “Stuffed Pup? Michele Malkin Challenges Puppy Video Outcry”
Philadelphia Judge Deborah Griffin has many positive things on her resume: a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, the first black student to win the Missouri-Columbia Law School moot court, and overcoming great challenges in her childhood to become a lawyer. The one omission was that she has a felony record. She is now facing possible removal from the bench. Continue reading “Philadephia Judge Faces Removal for Hiding That She is a Former Felon”
Here is one for the category of strict liability for wild animals and the assumption of risk defense. This video shows what happens when you use animals are props for ratings. Continue reading “Small Creature Attacks Large Newscaster”
The United States Marines Corps is finally responding to international outrage over Marines the video below of a Marine throwing a puppy over a rocky cliff in Iraq. The Marine is called by the name Motari on the video and bloggers believe that they have identified the culprit.
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Sharpsburg police officer Travis Parker was insulted by a boy who made faces and allegedly an obscene gesture from a school bus at him. Most drivers mumble about “kids today” but Parker pulled over the bus, allegedly threatened the driver, and arrested the kid for disturbing the peace. He then returned for other kids who joined the taunting as he put teenager in his cruiser. He has since resigned over stress related to the incident.
Dessie Lewis, 18, was charged with disturbing the peace — a charge later dropped. His brother Derrick Lewis, 15, was also removed from the bus.
At one point Parker is accused of pointing at his gun when the bus driver asked what was happening — though that is an account from one of the children.
This bizarre story joins other recent arrests for people putting too much salt in an officer’s burger as a McDonalds, here,
coughing on an officer, here,and shouting at a clogged toilet inside a home, here.
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Mukasey’s Paradox;
On further review, his manipulations on torture and contempt are a beautiful, twisted thing. Continue reading “Mukasey’s Paradox”
In a decision that could easily find its way into torts textbooks on foreseeable misuse, a Virginia court has upheld a $2 million judgment against lawn mower manufacturer, MTD in the death of 4-year-old Justin Simmons, who was run over by a machine. Continue reading “Foreseeable Misuse: Court Upholds $2 Million Judgment Against Lawn Mower Company”
The authors of two acclaimed books on inspiring childhood lives have admitted to fabricating their accounts. Misha Defonseca, author of the touching “Misha: A Memoire of the Holocaust Years,” has admitted that she not only did not wander as an orphan through the Belgium woods in World War II, but she is not even Jewish as claimed in the popular book. Margaret Jones, a pseudonym for Margaret Seltzer, has admitted that her account in “Love and Consequences” in growing up as a mixed race, drug running, foster child in L.A. is false. Continue reading “Two Popular Authors Admit Fabricating Tragic Life Stories”
In common law torts, liability is often cut off by unforeseeable changes or superseding intervening forces. Michael Downing of South Carolina demonstrated this legal principle in a tragic way. Burned on the grill, he stabbed himself in the chest when he jumped back from the accident. Continue reading “Proximate Cause Meets Murphy’s Law: Man Fatally Stabs Himself Fleeing Grill Accident”
For years, there has been pressure on airports to deal with wind sheer dangers. There have been tort actions for actions raising wind sheer and an avoidable cause. This video of a Lufthansa jet would indicate that it remains a serious problem, even at one of the world’s most advanced airports like Hamburg. Continue reading “Video: German Plane Almost Crashes on Landing”
Riley Taylor, 54, accidentally shot and killed his wife at a family function in Georgia. This follows another recent case of an accidental spousal shooting by an officer. Continue reading “Another Police Officer Shoots Wife Accidentally”
Feminist leader Gloria Steinem attracted considerable attention this weekend after she rejected John McCain’s heroic period as a POW in the Hanoi Hilton as over-rated and suggested the Hillary Clinton was a better president because she was not “trained to kill.” McCain cannot lift his arms above his shoulders due to the beatings and torture that he endured in Vietnam. Continue reading “Gloria Steinem Says McCain’s POW Experience Over-Rated”
According to Amnesty International, the good people in the Iranian justice system are about to add another outrage from their prehistoric legal system. The group says that two gay men, Tayyeb Karimi and Yazdan, will soon be killed by throwing them off a cliff. The group estimates that 4000 lesbians and gay men have been executed since the Iranian revolution. Continue reading “Iran to Kill Two Gay Men By Throwing Them Off Cliffs”