The Bush Administration has been cracking down on obscenity across the country and a very interesting (and very disgusting) case is being heard by a jury in Los Angeles. At issue is the work of Ira Isaacs who produces and sells videos of so called “poo porn” involving bestiality and sexual fetish films involving feces and urine.
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In Berea, Kentucky, Bobby Jones, 27, faces first degree child criminal abuse charges for leaving his son out in the sun for 90 minutes — enough for the boy to receive serious sunburn due to the lack of sunscreen. It is only the latest in such sunburn cases and raises a question about the criminalization of such negligence.
Political activists may have to contend with an interesting little crowd control device known as the “crap cannon” or the “brown note.” The infrasound device makes people defecate on themselves. It is not actually the type of movement that MoveOn.com activists were expecting.
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As an addicted Sudoku player, this one caught my eye. An Australian judge has dismissed a drug conspiracy trial after finding jurors playing Sudoku.
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When a bug flew into the mouth of this reporter covering a death at Augusta High School for Channel 4, the reaction on the video below was rather adverse.
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While she was once known for a near perfect triple lutz in winning two gold medals for Russia, Olympic skater Oksana Grishuk is now being accused of a double lie with a backstab. Grishuk, 36, implicated James R. Halstead of drugging her drink during a lunch at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Hotel in Dana Point, California. He was arrested, but all charges have now been dropped for lack of evidence before his arraignment. Moreover, his counsel says that he supplied police with evidence that Grishuk had lied about their relationship and his client strongly suggested that she set him up.
Just a few months ago, the Administration admitted to lying to federal courts about the existence of classified material and also destroying material evidence in federal cases. Now, Lt. Commander William Kueber has disclosed that interrogators were told to destroy their notes from interrogations for legal reasons.
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Courts have been seeing an increase in work rage and work violence cases. However, on May 23rd, one incident of a man snapping was caught on a security camera. The video below shows how intense such rage and how it can be triggered by as little as knocking over a few papers from a desk.
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It appears that after Issei Sagawa murdered and ate a Dutch woman in Paris in 1981, the Japanese public had a curious reaction: they made him a celebrity. He wrote for a Japanese gourmet magazine, wrote a weekly column for a newspaper on fine dining, and wrote four novels. However, it appears that he is yesterday’s news and is finally facing well-deserved destitution.
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A very disturbing free speech case has emerged out of Canada: another example of how the West is abandoning principles of free speech in its widening definitions of hate speech. The Alberta Human Rights Commission has punished Rev. Stephen Boission and the Concerned Christian Coalition for anti-gay speech, not only awarding damages but censuring future speech that the Commission deems inappropriate. Boission’s offense came in the form of a letter containing anti-gay language.
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The Administration has invested heavily in studies to show various health risks of marijuana use. the most recent suggests that heavy marijuana use can increase the risk of a heart attack or stroke. However, the sample group were smokers of between 75 and 350 marijuana cigarettes per week. If you are smoking 350 marijuana cigarettes per week, I expect you will have a variety of “issues,” not the least of which is remembering your name and city of origin.
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Terrance Taylor of Tyler, Texas is a seventeen-year-old boy who did a stupid thing. In a prank, he called his rival high school and said that he was going to come over an open fire on the students. The adults then did an equally stupid thing: the sentenced him to eight years in prison for the prank rather than giving him probation. It is an example of prosecutors and judges have lost any sense of proportion or logic in sentencing.
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Better Lucknow than Lucklater, it seems. In Lucknow, India, the new Sardar Bhagat Singh College of Technology and Management has finally completed its national search for a chairman. It is Hanumen: the Hindu monkey god. To properly appoint the god-chairman, the school has set aside the large Chairman’s incensed office with computer and chairs for the monkey god and friends. However, even before Hanuman appears, the board and all visitors must enter the conference room with bare feet.
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Okay, there’s no Godzilla in this story. But there are Monster Japanese Parents. Japanese educators are reporting the rise of what they call “monster parents” who relentlessly demand recognitions and opportunities of their child. This led recently to a school play with 25 Snow Whites and no other roles after school officials gave into demands that every child have the lead. No dwarfs, no witch, just Snow Whites.
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In the nation’s capitol, the Washington, D.C. police are closing off whole neighborhoods this weekend in a crack down on crimes — and civil liberties. No one will be allowed into areas of the Capitol unless they live their or can show that they are going things like going to church.