If you are planning to join the first Moon colony, you might want to read the latest report from NASA which found that moon dust is actually quite harmful to humans. A recent study published in the April issue of the journal GeoHealth found that moon dust produces what some described as “lunar hay fever.” Indeed, it might give you Moon Lung if you live there long enough.
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Publix stores appear to need a Latin-to-English dictionary. When Jacob Koscinski was declared summa cum laude at this Charleston, S.C., home-schooling program, his mother Cara ordered a cake online from Publix to read “Congrats Jacob! Summa Cum Laude class of 2018.” It is a simple recognition of graduating “with distinction.” However, when it arrived, the store had deleted “Cum” as profanity so that cake read “Summa . . . Laude.” Publix will now receive the distinction of pistrina sine laude, or bakery without distinction.
Below is my column in the Hill Newspaper on newly released information on the use of an informant against Trump officials as well as other details stemming from Operation Crossfire Hurricane. The disclosures appear to confirm in large part the allegations made by President Donald Trump at the beginning of his Administration. While denied at the time, it does now appear that campaign officials were surveilled and investigated. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has now referred the allegation to the Inspector General for further investigation. That is a belated but correct decision in light of the troubling implications raised by this new evidence.
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According to an FBI affidavit, Michael Allen Haag, 45, set a new low for unruly passengers. The Colorado man is accused of first groping women on a flight and then, when moved to a new row, urinated on the seat in front of him — as captured by another passenger. Ironically, this was a Frontier flight from Colorado less than a week after another Frontier passenger on a flight from Colorado punched a service dog in the head and a deaf pregnant woman in the stomach. Continue reading “Colorado Man On Frontier Flight Urinates On Back of Seat After Being Moved For Allegedly Groping A Woman”
Franklin Laine Tomes, 59, allegedly has a unique way to convincing neighbors to stop making noise . . . he fires a dozen rounds from his AK-47. Tomes is now under arrest in Oregon for the incident at an apartment complex in Portland, Oregon. He allegedly hit two men as they fled and then barricaded himself in his apartment until finally surrendering to SWAT officers. Tomes had previously complained about the kids of one of the victims making too much noise. Continue reading “Oregon Man Upset With Noisy Kids Allegedly Fires Over A Dozen Rounds From AK-47”
Below is my column in the Washington Post on the statement by lead Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had assured the Trump team that he would not seek an indictment against Trump while in office. As I have previously written, I do not agree with those who maintain that a sitting president cannot be indicted. However, what is most striking is how many assume that it is better for the President to face an impeachment (which is part of a political process) than an indictment. For a criminal defense standpoint, the opposite may be true. Indeed, the best possible scenario for Mueller would be to have an impeachment before an indictment. None of this means that there is a strong case for either impeachment or indictment, but the sequencing laid out by Giuliani is no favor to Trump.
Here is the column: Continue reading “The Law Of Unintended Consequences: Mueller’s Promise Not To Indict Trump In Office Is No Favor”
We have been discussing the erosion of free speech on campuses with rising speech codes and ambiguous rules barring “microaggressions.” A small percentage of students and faculty often push for such speech codes and regulation. However, it is often difficult for students and faculty to object at the risk of being called intolerant or microaggressors. Now there is a Gallup poll confirming that most students feel that they are no longer able to speak freely at college due to this minority of speech intolerant students and faculty. Ninety percent of Pomona students said that they did not feel free to speak openly or freely. It is an indictment of not just Pomona but many of our colleges. Continue reading “Gallup Poll: Ninety Percent Of Pomona Students Feel That They Cannot Speak Freely”
We have followed the continuing difficulties on airlines where the increasing number of therapy dogs has caused rising complaints from passengers and staff alike, including the recent bizarre case on Frontier Airlines. Universities are facing the same pressures as more students demand the right under federal law to bring their therapy pets to campus and their dormitories. At Yale, the number of such animals have increased from just one last year to 14 animals this year. This the increase has come complaints of constant barking and other inconveniences. Continue reading “Going To The Dogs? Therapy Animals Rise 1400 Percent In One Year At Yale”
There is an interesting complaint filed in U.S. ex rel Bernier v. Infilaw against the American Bar Association that accuses the ABA of negligence in its accreditation of the Charlotte School of Law, which later went defunct. What is interesting is that the lawsuit (alleging that the ABA should not have accredited the school) was brought not just by former student and graduate Ese Love, but a former faculty member, Barbara Bernier.
The alleged owners of Mugshots.com—Sahar Sarid and Thomas Keesee—are now among the mugshots of the week. The company has long been criticized as little more than a shakedown of people desperate to remove embarrassing mugshots on the Internet. California prosecutors alleged Sarid, Keese, Kishore Vidya Bhavnanie and David Usdan engaged in with extortion, money laundering, and identity theft through the site. Continue reading “California Charges Mugshots.com Owners . . . Then Releases Their Mugshots”
Eleven people in Oregon have been charged in what have been described as “kind of demented social club” that would kill and even decapitate animals in thrill kills that became a massacre. The poachers killed bears, deer, and other animals in a disgusting competition of who could rack up the greatest number of kills. Despite the carnage, they only face misdemeanors, albeit over 100 such charges. Police have already confirmed seven bobcats, four cougars, five bear, 35 deer and one silver gray squirrel among the trophy kills.
Timothy Manley, 59, is under under FBI investigation after a bizarre confrontation on a Frontier flight from Colorado Springs to Orlando. Manley is accused of not just hitting a deaf pregnant woman in the stomach, but slugging her service dog. Continue reading “Man On Frontier Flight Accused of Slugging Both A Deaf Pregnant Woman In the Stomach As Well As Her Service Dog”
Larry Wayne Price Jr., 39, allegedly wanted to “disappear” with his mistress. Eventually, however, his brilliant plan would involve a hoax about kidnapping bikers, drugs, and finally criminal charges.
New York lawyer (and GW Law graduate) Aaron Schlossberg who went on a bizarre tirade against Spanish-speaking restaurant workers has quickly become the most hated man of the week in New York. The New York Post reports that he has now been kicked out of his office by Corporate Suites, the company that held his lease. There is also an effort to disbar him and even a petition to hire a mariachiband to follow him around New York. That could lead to an interesting legal fight if he alleges harassment or stalking. The moves against Schlossberg raises our long-standing debate over actions taken against people for obnoxious or unpopular speech in their private lives or on social media.
Below is my column in the Hill newspaper on the release of the transcripts from the investigation into the infamous Trump Tower meeting. The testimony of key players is consistent with a reckless effort to get dirt of Hillary Clinton but, if anything, it undermines claims of collusion or conspiracy with the Russians. The answer may lie in the writings of 13th Century English Franciscan friar William of Ockham.
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