Miscellaneous

Elections rule, don't they?

Posted on May 15, 2008
(Yesterday’s Non Sequitur, from Go Comics.)…

Back in My Day...

Posted on May 15, 2008
Ok, not to get all “old manish” here, but these NYC parents are ridiculous. The city’s public schools issued a ban, back in 2005, on cell phones. It was part of a revision to the school system’s disciplinary code and…

Kick Me In the Nuts! (Take Two)

Posted on May 15, 2008
A couple of months ago, we reported on a Canadian man who would corner strangers in a park and ask them to kick him in the nads as hard as they could, which this guy apparently got his own kick…

Rough Sex a Little Too Rough

Posted on May 15, 2008
Here’s a valuable lesson, folks: Knives, alcohol, and sex don’t mix: A Winnipeg woman who accidentally plunged a knife into her boyfriend’s chest during a drunken bout of rough sex received a three-year conditional discharge yesterday...

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The Daily Memo - 5/15/08

Posted on May 15, 2008
Dolly Parton may sue Howard Stern because of his amusingly NSFW edits of her audio book. (Defamer) Dustin and I had a property professor who was a notorious Celtics fan, so we knew that people in our exam who were…

Dude, I would totally watch "Mind of Scalia"

Posted on May 15, 2008

Andy Dufresne is shaking his head

Posted on May 15, 2008
Across the pond, prisoner Paul Wright made a daring jailbreak. He was being escorted to a secure cell when he managed to get going: Wright ran off and jumped over the boundary wall before sprinting across a field pursued by…

Rant On, Keith. Rant On.

Posted on May 15, 2008
He’s on top form, again. A little self-indulgent? Sure. Spot on? Absolutely….

Everything comes down to poo

Posted on May 15, 2008
In Connecticut, a woman has filed a $100 claim against the city of Norwalk because her son stepped in dog shit. Kelly DeBrocky and her family were taking an excursion at the aquarium when it all went to pot, thanks…

Stephen Colbert Nimbly Justifies Bill O's Tirade

Posted on May 14, 2008
Killer….

This Is Why They Should Hand Out Abortions with Packs of Cigarettes

Posted on May 14, 2008
I have no idea how it happened, but a couple of days ago, when I got home from a car trip where my 10-month old son was being unusually quiet in his car seat, I went to the backseat to…

This Is How They Scratch Their Back in Texas, Y'all

Posted on May 14, 2008
If you’re reading it on QL, I’m guessing you already where this is going: A Fort Worth man trying to scratch an itch on his back used a revolver and accidentally shot himself. Jorge Espinal, 44, was drinking beer and…

The Daily Memo - 5/14/08

Posted on May 14, 2008
A big ol’ counterfeit ring here in Southern Cali done gone and got themselves busted. (LAist) Wait — so it’s bad to drop your pants and ask the judge to blow you? (Above the Law) Two million bucks a year…

This is how it starts people!

Posted on May 14, 2008
Sure, at first its just parents hanging out on the bus that took their kids to high school prom, getting all drunk and committing a misdemeanor of consuming alcohol on school grounds. But then it’s parents going to visit their…

Longtime at Bernie's

Posted on May 14, 2008
Seems that Tammy Lewis and Alan Bushey (whom Tammy calls her “superior,” and who goes by the name “Bishop Jon Peter Bushey”) were living with a dead woman in their home for two months. They told the cops that the…

Hey fatty ... way to be fat!

Posted on May 14, 2008
Hey, remember that fat fuck inmate in Arkansas I told you about? The one suing folks because he was — god forbid! — losing weight. Remember how he claimed he wasn’t being fed enough? Well he’s now been caught giving…

Racist much?

Posted on May 14, 2008
Jesus Christ. That image comes from a T-shirt being hawked by Mike Norman, who owns a bar down in Georgia. He says they’re not supposed to be offensive. He doesn’t think all blacks look like monkeys, just Obama: We’re not…

What's this bloody "light" thing you speak of, guv'ner?

Posted on May 14, 2008
Well it seems that Kent may just be England’s version of Florida. Dig this: A police force has sparked fury by admitting it is powerless to break up illegal raves - because it’s too dark when the party is in…

Here's a Man Who Knows His Priorities

Posted on May 13, 2008
Hmmm. What’s more important? Baby or beer? Police in Alice Springs say they were appalled to find a driver put a seatbelt around a carton of beer - but left a five-year-old child unrestrained. Officers stopped the unregistered sedan…

Man Sues after Passenger Upgrade

Posted on May 13, 2008
After all the seats are taken on a plane, a passenger was offered the throne: A New York City man is suing JetBlue Airways Corp. for more than $2 million because he says a pilot made him give up his…

Uhhh. Well. Ummm. Errrr. Hmmmm. How 'Bout Those Mets?

Posted on May 13, 2008
(Source: APNews)…

It's Merely a Flesh Wound

Posted on May 13, 2008
(Source: Gocomics)…

The Daily Memo - 5/13/08

Posted on May 13, 2008
Oh Dahlia, when you mention Homer Simpson in the title of your post, you just know I’m going to throw you a link! (Slate) Space law? Wait — what? I want a fucking space law degree! (Space.com) “Why do we…

It's pronounced Eye-gor

Posted on May 13, 2008
(God bless the never ending mugshots of The Smoking Gun.)…

Wait, John McCain is old?

Posted on May 13, 2008
With a hat tip to If a TV Falls in the Woods I found out about the amusing blog called Things Younger than Republican Presidential Candidate (Oh, and Did I Forget to Mention “War Hero”) John McCain. It’s … uhm,…

What's the point of being a judge if you can't say shit like this?

Posted on May 13, 2008
A Magistrate Judge in West Virginia is fighting a suspension recently handed down by a judicial panel by going to the state’s Supreme Court. He’s hoping that the WV Supremes don’t mind when judges sexually harass folks from the bench….

Message from a Sex Offender

Posted on May 13, 2008
Hi, My name is Paul Laurence Briggs. And sure, I’m a sex offender. But the thing is, you wouldn’t know it, because I beat the system — I didn’t register! I’m smart like that. Trouble is, I like the kiddy…

Man Mistakes Himself for Firestorm; Sets Self On Fire, Dies Before He Can Save the World

Posted on May 12, 2008
Straight outta Tokyo, this is bizarre, and proves that sometimes the cops are dumber than the criminals: Hifumi Kubota, 45, was taken for questioning to a police station in the central Japanese city of Nagoya on Saturday after a woman…

Alas, poor Yorick! I smoked him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite ... heh. "Horatio." Your name has "whore" in it.

Posted on May 12, 2008
Last week, three Texas teens were arrested for “decapitating a corpse and using the head to smoke marijuana.” Which is just … uhm … you know, wrong. Seems these three wise men (and there may have been a fourth) dug…

If You Don't Vote for Hillary, You're a Sexist and a Racist

Posted on May 12, 2008

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