Bizarre, Courts, Criminal law, Environment

Monkey Business: California Man Stages Mexican Picture to Hide Marmoset

David Grigorian really loves his marmoset monkey. In January, Grigorian was arrested for shouting criminal threats in front of a house — a practice common among marmoset monkeys but less tolerated in Van Nuys, California. They soon found that he had a monkey named Cheeta but no monkey permit (yes, there appears to be a “monkey permit”). When ordered to turn over the monkey, Grigorian took an idea for countless kidnap movies: he showed a picture of Cheeta holding a Mexican newspaper with Mexican decorations to prove that he was now in Mexico. The Court did not buy it and Grigorian, 43, admitted that Cheeta was hiding out in an undisclosed location in Los Angeles.

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Bizarre, Courts, Criminal law, Justice, Lawyering, Society

Bad Times at the Bada Bing: Chief Judge Nottingham Accused of Trying to Get a Prostitute From the Bada Bing to Lie

Details have emerged of the expanding scandal that may have compelled Chief Judge Edward Nottingham to resign. A prostitute from the Bada Bing Club in Denver has reportedly given evidence that Nottingham was not only a regular customer but asked her to lie to cover up their relationship. Continue reading “Bad Times at the Bada Bing: Chief Judge Nottingham Accused of Trying to Get a Prostitute From the Bada Bing to Lie” →

Academia, Bizarre, Society

Music Teacher’s Sex Change Operation Causes Outcry at Foxboro Elementary

In Vacaville, California, parents prefers their music teachers to remain one gender — or at least give them notice when a gender changes. When a music teacher returned to school as a man after an operation, parents protested and children have been pulled from his class.

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Bizarre, Society, Torts

Florida Student Sues Over Shirtless “Lustful” Picture Published in Gay Magazine

A University of Central Florida student Benjamin Massing wanted exposure as a model when he posed shirtless in a photo. He got a lot more exposure than he expected, but it was not where he expected it. Genre Magazine, a publication geared toward a readership, published the photo and Massing instantly became a gay pin-up boy. He is now suing.

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Bizarre, Politics, Society

A Huntin’ We Will Go: AIG Throws Itself a Hunting Party After the Public Bailout

American Insurance Group executives have been ridiculed for spending $440,000 for entertaining themselves at a spa only days after receiving $85 billion in a public bailout. It appears that they have gotten the message. They went hunting partridges instead in England at a cost of $86,000. That is over three times the average income of the American citizens bailing them out for poor business decisions.
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Casey Anthony Arrested After Highway Car Switch

In Orlando, Florida, police moved in to arrest Casey Anthony after she switched cars on a highway, which police feared was an attempt to flee. She was charged shortly after an indictment was issued by the grand jury. What is most striking in the case is that her own father appears ready to testify against her. If he appears at trial, it would be very hard to wipe away the impact on the jury regardless of how talented the defense counsel may be.

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Congress, Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Justice, Politics, Society

White House Directly Approved Torture in Newly Disclosed Memos

Previously classified memos from the White House confirm that torture was directly approved at the highest level of the government. The Administration has previously suggested that it rescinded the infamous torture memo signed by former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and treated that memorandum as an aberrant mistake. However, it is now confirmed that the White House approved a known form of torture to be used on detainees.

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Bizarre, Politics, Society

New York Officials Send Out Absentee Ballots Listing “Barack Osama” — If Voters Correct Spelling, Their Vote is Nullified

Republican officials in the Rensselaer County Board of Elections in Troy, New York are insisting that a typographical error led to absentee ballots being sent to at least 300 voters giving them the choice of either voting for John McCain or “Barack Osama.” Worse yet, if a voter corrected the spelling, the vote is nullified.

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Bizarre, Congress, Courts, Criminal law, Politics, Society

Justice Denied When Law DeLayed: Fellow Justice Accuses Chief Justice Ken Law of Withholding Opinion in Case of Ken DeLay

The on-going (never-ending?) prosecution of former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay has taken a bizarre twist as a serious disagreement between justices has broken into the open. Justice Jan Patterson, a Democrat, is asking the Texas Supreme Court to intervene after she accused Chief Justice Ken Law, a Republican (first picture), of refusing to file her dissent in a case looking at the possible bias of fellow Justice Alan Waldrop, also a Republican (third picture).

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Society

Law Steps in to Help Poor Sod: Elderly Man Released After Neighbors Plant Grass in Yard

As discussed earlier, 66-year-old grandfather, Joseph Prudente, has been sitting in jail because the fully lawned people at the Beacon Woods Civic Association secured the contempt order for his failure to keep up his front lawn. Despite national outcry, the head of the association and its lawyer believed that this was a fair response to Prudente’s failure to respond to their demands — ignoring the fact that he is on a fixed income and trying to support a daughter with two children during an economic meltdown. Now, Andy Law and his girlfriend, Mary Dinan, have shown the humanity that appears entirely absent at the Beacon Woods Civic Association.
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Bizarre, Criminal law, Media, Politics, Society

Former Journalist and Politician Arrested In New York for Attempted Sex With Minor

Former New York State Republican Assemblyman and National Public Radio (NPR) reporter Chris Ortloff has been arrested for attempting to lure a minor into having sex with him. Ortloff is currently on the state parole board and was arrested at a hotel in Colonie, N.Y.by the New York State Police Internet Crimes Task Force. He allegedly was trying to set up a sexual encounter with fictitious 11- and 12-year-old sisters.
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FBI Puts “Honor Killing” Suspect on Wanted List

In what may be the first such listing, the FBI is seeking the capture of Yaser Abdel Said for a double “honor killing.” Muslim groups are opposed to the use of the term, but the evidence appears to support the theory that the killings were due to the father’s “shame” that his daughters Sarah Said, 17, and Amina, 18, were dating non-Muslims. Both were killed on New Year’s Day in the back of his taxi cab.

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Academia, Bizarre, Politics, Society

California First-Graders Taken to Teacher’s Same-Sex Wedding as Official Field Trip

There is an interesting feud in San Francisco after first-grade students to the wedding of their Lesbian teacher’s wedding. Opponents of same-sex marriage object that this is a major religious and political controversy and that the event (where students threw rose petals on teacher Erin Carder and her now wife Kerri McCoy) was “indoctrination.”

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