Look, I know it’s disturbing when teenagers talk about "killing" other people. We all remember Columbine. But sometimes, it’s just a joke. If some girls talk about "killing" their teachers and classmates, that’s one thing. But when they add Oprah, Tom Cruise, and the Energizer Bunny (which, last time I checked, was an inanimate/fictional non-human corporate mascot) to their list, … Read More
America’s Dumbest Criminals
I admit it — I love stories like these: GPS devices lead to suspects’ home LINDENHURST, N.Y. –Three thieves who allegedly stole 14 global positioning system devices didn’t get away with their crime for long. The devices led police right to their home. Town officials said the thieves didn’t even know what they had: they thought the GPS devices were … Read More
Hate Crimes and The Religious Right
"Hate crime" legislation is intended to increase penalties for people who commit felonies based on the victim’s race, gender, sexual orientation, or disability. Why are so many religious groups on the right threatened by it? Are these people intending to commit crimes?
Ann Coulter Fraud Investigation Update
From Bradblog (who has more documents):
Statutory Rape In Georgia
This is a sensitive subject, I know. But it seems to me that the judgment in this case is unduly harsh. It simply makes no sense. Honestly, should a seventeen year old kid be sent to prison for ten years because he had consensual (oral) sex with a fifteen your old girl? That’s what has happened. Now obviously, we don’t … Read More
Blessed Are The Peacemakers
Up the road from me: MOUNT AIRY, N.C. — The pastor of a Mount Airy church accused of brandishing a gun as part of his sermon is free on bond after being charged with possession of a firearm by a felon. Jerry Wayne "Dusty" Whitaker, 58, of Mount Airy, was convicted in Virginia in 1990 of conspiracy to distribute cocaine … Read More
Identity Theft
Thank God it’s never happened to me, but I do worry about it. The tales I’ve read and heard from identity theft victims will raise the hairs on the back of your neck. Cleaning the mess and restarting over is, in this information age, a disaster. A post at BlueNC has a list of precautions to take so that you … Read More
What Are They Smoking In New Hampshire?
Lots of pot, apparently: Concord – Using upscale, mostly suburban "McMansions" as a front, a drug ring converted the pricey properties into marijuana labs where more than 6,000 plants, worth about $24 million on the street, were seized by police in coordinated raids yesterday. Ten houses, from Derry to Andover — most costing between $300,000 and $400,000 each — were … Read More
92 Year Old Woman Shot And Killed In Police Raid
I agree with the Captain — something about the police’s version of events doesn’t sound right.
Pray For Who?
This story, being somewhat local, has been getting a little press: The Dyersburg Youth Minister accused of raping a 14 year old girl has resigned from his position as Youth Minister of Music at Springhill Baptist Church. 44 year old Timothy Byars submitted his resignation to the church’s pastor over the phone. Byars was released from jail in Knoxville Sunday … Read More
If I Hadn’t Decided To Boycott O.J….
…I’d probably write something like this. UPDATE (3:36 p.m.): Fox is cancelling the O.J. interview. UPDATE (a few minutes later): Looks like the book deal is being axed as well. (The publisher, News Corp., also owns Fox Network). Unhinged perpetually-outraged Michelle Malkin writes: Would have been better if they had listened to common sense in the first place before they … Read More
I Knew This Guy In Law School
Not well though. He was in one of my study groups: Andrew Gardner’s body was found under a stand of trees in a bird sanctuary in tony upstate Bedford – a mile from the sprawling gray cedar-shingled Colonial home he no longer shared with his college-sweetheart wife and their three children. Gardner, a charming, socially connected lawyer with a prestigious … Read More
Arrest Googling
I love it when someone gets arrested. You can google their name and learn all about them. Today, for example, a guy named Chad Conrad Castagana was arrested for mailing white powder (fake anthrax) to Jon Stewart, David Letterman, Keith Olbermann, and prominent Democrats like Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. Doing a little "arrest googling" on Chad (who also uses … Read More
Stupid Is As Stupid Does
It’s a game called "The Stupid Game". Basically, you sit around with your friends and answer the question, "What’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever done?" A guy in Michigan was playing the game at a party with his pals, and answered: "Shot a guy in the head." He’s now under arrest. I think playing that game was the second stupidest … Read More
The FBI Tries The Funny
The headlines are talking about this Wisconsin grocery clerk named Jake Brahm, who created the Internet hoax about terrorist attacks on NFL football stadiums this weekend. It was a stupid thing for this kid to do, but it was definitely not funny. Still, the FBI spokesman thought he’d try his hand at doing some comedy schtick: "Jake Brahm’s unsportsmanlike conduct … Read More