Police departments appear to be vying for who can claim responsibility for the most outrageous abuse of a taser. This week’s winner: The Wichita Police Department. Continue reading “Police Enter Home on False Alarm and Then Taser a Hearing-Impaired Man Getting Out of the Bathtub”
Category: Bizarre
The Sizzler is a favorite carnival ride produced by Wisdom Industries. It also seems to have a tendency to kill some children, but neither the company nor the U.S. government appears particularly eager to deal with the matter. Continue reading “The Sizzler: Is a Common Amusement Ride Defective?”
In different studies, scientists have recently identified two major sources of global warming: Kudzo and Canadian beer drinkers. Continue reading “Scientists Identify Two Emerging Threats to the Planet: Kudzo and Canadian Beer Drinkers”
James McHaney, a 28-year-old staffer to Senator Maria Cantwell has been fired. McHaney was arrested in a sting during his lunch hour for trying to arrange for a sexual encounter with a 13 year-old boy. Continue reading “Cantwell Fires Staffer Arrested in Child Sex Sting”
Talk show host Michael Savage has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the Council on American-Islamic Relations in an action that threatens journalistis and bloggers and advocacy groups that use material from broadcast and radio programs. The filing seems calculated more to allow Savage to defame an organization than to seek real legal relief. Continue reading “Michael Savage Sues Muslim Group and Attacks Islam”
James McHaney, a 28-year-old staffer to Senator Maria Cantwell has been arrested in a sting during his lunch hour for trying to arrange for a sexual encounter with a 13 year-old boy.The sting was arranged through a cooperating witness. Continue reading “Aide to Senator Cantwell Arrested”
President Bush has been criticized by members of both parties as something of a spendthift. With $1.7 trillion for the Afghanistan and Iraq wars alone, his administration has left a soaring debt, that now amounts to $30,000 per family. Continue reading “Latest Debt Figure: $30,000 Per Family; Grows $1 Million Per Minute”
The President of the Sudan announced that he has shown mercy and will pardon Gillian Gibbons, the teacher at the center of the Mohammad Teddy bear case. Continue reading “Sudan Grants a Pardon of Remaining 6 Days to Teacher in Mohammad Teddy Bear Case”
The latest toy from the good people of the Chinese fun shop: a CSI Fingerprint Examination Kit that uses asbestos. Continue reading “Canada Finds Asbestos in Chinese CSI Fingerprinting Kit Made for CBS”
The Baltimore Sun is reporting that the recent discovery of a rope and picture of a noose was a hoax, allegedly planted by African-American fire fighter and paramedic Donald Maynard. Continue reading “Black Firefighter Allegedly Planted Baltimore Noose Picture and Rope”
Talk show host Michael Savage has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the Council on American-Islamic Relations in an action that threatens journalistis and bloggers and advocacy groups that use material from broadcast and radio programs. Continue reading “Talk Show Host Michael Savage Sues Muslim Advocacy Group CAIR for Copyright Infringement”
A court in Fort Collins has ordered the police to return the property taken in an unlawful search and seizure of James and Lisa Masters last summer, including their marijuana. Continue reading “Colorado Court Orders Police to Return Couple’s Pot After Illegal Search”
A man in Nassau County was found to be liable for child support after he said that he donated sperm to a female co-worker as a friend. The case adds another controversy to the field where a court recently held that a mother could put a child up for adoption without informing the father of the birth. Continue reading “Sperm Donor Found Liable For Child Support”
For those of us concerned about the expanded use and abuse of taser technology, we have not seen anything yet. A French company is developing a flying drone that can shoot tasers at people in large crowds. Continue reading “French Developing Air Drone to Shoot Tasers into Crowds”
Large crowds in Sudan are calling for British teacher Gillian Gibbons, 54, to be put to death for allowing her young students to name a teddy bear “Mohammad.” Continue reading “Protesters Call for the Death of the Teacher in the Mohammad Teddy Bear Case”