In a glimpse into the insanity and inhumanity that fuels Al Qaeda, Pakistani police have found this video of a 12-year-old boy who cuts off the head of a victim and holds the severed head up as the adults scream “Allah o Akbar” joyfully at the scene. Police have also uncovered what they called a “suicide training nursery.”
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It was not enough that Christine Ruther, 19, broke into a candy store. It wasn’t even the fact that she removed her baby from the stroller to fill it with hot candy. It was the fact that the police were able to follow the candy wrappers to arrest her and her confectionery criminal friends in Cincinnati.
This blog has been following (and criticizing) the increasing criminalization of America as politicians make every infraction a crime. The Canton City Council is now joining this trend with a reckless abandon: threatening to jail citizens who do not cut their grass.
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Adam Serafin, 26, has made a little of legal history in the most disgusting possible way. He was convicted of third-degree sexual abuse in Texas without any skin-on-skin contact as previously required. He was found guilty of masturbating on a friend’s wife in December. It is a ruling that could have significance in other cases.
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In a relatively rare exchange, a female newscaster in Saudi Arabia took on a religious leader who insisted that female newscasters should be entirely or most covered if they go on television. The 2006 debate on Memri TV is just now being circulated. Saudi newscaster Buthayna Nasser offers a very compelling retort to cleric Nasser Al-Huneini.
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The White House is directly contradicting Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki who told Iraqis that President George Bush had apologized for the use of the Quran for target practice. While the distinction may be lost on many between “deep concern” and an “apology,” it will not likely be lost on the Iraqis who are likely to see the distinction as an added insult. Continue reading “I Didn’t Apologize and You Can’t Make Me: White House Denies that Bush Apologized about Use of Quran for Target Practice”
Rep. Vito Fossella (R., N.Y.) has announced that he is leaving Congress after this term in the wake of the disclosure of an extramarital affair and a child born with the woman, former Air Force Colonel Laura Fay.
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One of the great divides between the United States and England is the scope and protection given to free speech, particularly when it comes to the media. Now, it appears that even a speech during a protest is regulated by the government. An unnamed teenager was charged criminally after he held up a sign reading “Scientology is not a religion, it is a dangerous cult.” Whether true or not, it is a view shared by many around the world. It also appears to be a crime to utter in England. Continue reading “Student Charged Criminally for Using the Word “Cult” to Describe Scientology During London Protests”
The Maryland Supreme Court has handed down a stinging blow for gay and lesbian couples: ruling against parental visitation rights for a lesbian partner. The issue is what the court of appeals called “de facto parenthood,” which it rejected in the case of Janice M. and Margaret K. Continue reading “Maryland Supreme Court Rules Against Parental Rights of Lesbian”
The parents of Steven Domalewski are suing Little League Baseball, Sports Authority, and the manufacturer of metal bats over his injury from being hit in the chest with a ball hit by a metal bat. The injury caused brain damage and his severe disability. The case will become part of a national debate over the use of the bats. Hillerich & Bradsby Co. is the maker of the 31-inch, 19-ounce Louisville Slugger TPX Platinum bat involved in the case. Continue reading “New Jersey Couple Sues Metal Bat Manufacturer”
Arthur Price is charged in Ohio as a serial violator of . . . . picnic tables. He was allegedly filmed three times having sex with the picnic table in a public park. He is not unique, however, in his selection of paramours as the man-on-bike and man-on-gate stories below indicate. Nevertheless, the video of Ten Ten Reasons the Man Had Sex with a Picnic Table by Letterman are hilarious.
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In Boulder, Colorado, two men arguing over a parking spot drew tasers and shot each other. Restaurant owner Harvey Epstein of Mamacitas was charged in the incident with fellow taser-slinger Casey M. Dane, the supervisor for Colorado Security Services.
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It turns out the Max Mosley’s alleged Nazi-orgy fantasy may have been only half as interesting as reality. He contested that there was any Nazi theme to the encounter. Unbeknownst to Mosley, one of the prostitutes in the orgy appears to be the wife of a MI5 spy. For those who work in the national security field, it is a surprising development given the background checks common for top clearances. Even as a lawyer, my clearances have come with elaborate field interviews and polygraphs. This was a fatal disclosure for the spy who hid an obvious vulnerability to blackmail or pressure from a foreign intelligence source. The MI5 officer has since resigned. Continue reading “Max Mosley Prostitute Turns Out to be Wife of MI5 Spy”
Another pastor of a megachurch has been busted. This time it is Joe Barron who was captured in an undercover Internet sting allegedly trying to meet with a 13-year-old girl following sexual communications. The 52-year-old paster of the 26,000 member Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano was actually speaking with a detective.
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The FBI agent in charge of the campaign-finance probe of Southfield lawyer Geoffrey Fieger denied that he was abusive to possible witnesses as they have claimed. Jeffrey Rees said that he was merely trying to get them to tell the truth. There has been no action taken against Rees, even though some of these accusers appear quite credible and his alleged misconduct has undermined the federal case.
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