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WTF #1:

Court: No right to resist illegal cop entry into home

By Dan Carden

INDIANAPOLIS | Overturning a common law dating back to the English Magna Carta of 1215, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes.

In a 3-2 decision, Justice Steven David writing for the court said if a police officer wants to enter a home for any reason or no reason at all, a homeowner cannot do anything to block the officer's entry.

"We believe ... a right to resist an unlawful police entry into a home is against public policy and is incompatible with modern Fourth Amendment jurisprudence," David said. "We also find that allowing resistance unnecessarily escalates the level of violence and therefore the risk of injuries to all parties involved without preventing the arrest."​

Much more at the original online article linked in the headline.
 
WTF #2:

Wasilla High School Principal Bans Bohemian Rhapsody Because Freddie Mercury Was Gay

Seth Abramovitch — Way up in Wasilla, where the men are men and the moose are meat, members of the high school symphonic jazz choir were excitedly rehearsing for the upcoming graduation ceremony, where they'd be performing an epic rendition of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody." Then they were told by Principal Dwight Probasco (that's his staff directory page) [below] that the song had been pulled from the program. "Why?" they wondered, having put months of effort into the big number. Probasco explained it was because he'd received a complaint from a parent. You see Freddie Mercury, the vocalist who had sung the original version of the song, was gay.

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Yes, it's a freaking real-world Glee episode, direct from the icy corridor that belched Sarah Palin to life. The choir kids, god bless 'em, didn't take the news lying down:

Choir member Casey Hight, a junior, was angry enough to contact a gay and lesbian support organization in Anchorage for help. They told her to contact an attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union.

"I felt like the school was discriminating for sexual orientation and I felt it was wrong," Hight said Monday. "It's so stupid because there's nothing sexual in the song. There aren't even any cuss words."
Let it not be said, however, that Principal Probasco is an unreasonable man. After much consideration, he decided to put the song back into the program! However, it will be an edited version of the song that omits "lyrics in one section about killing a man." Probasco: The King Solomon of Wasillan educational administrators, and also a dead ringer for Elton John.​

The original online article is linked in the headline above.
 
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Corona, California courthouse closes the door to the public and media interested in attending trials.

Members of the public are not allowed to attend red light camera trials and other proceedings at the Superior Court of California courthouse in the city of Corona. For the past several weeks a policy has been place denying entry to anyone without a direct involvement in a specific case scheduled that day. Court security verifies this information before allowing entrance into the building.

"Please be advised that this court facility is closed to the general public," a sign posted at the door states. "The facility conducts criminal trials Monday through Friday and only jurors, witnesses and associated trial personnel are permitted to enter. On Fridays, the facility is also open for litigants reporting for court trial on traffic or minor offense matters."

Attorney R. Allen Baylis was stopped earlier this week on his way in to a red light camera case. He believes the court had no legal right to deny admittance to the general public.

"It just blows my mind that anyone would even think about doing that," Baylis told TheNewspaper. "They should know better."

The Sixth Amendment to the Constitution states that the accused shall enjoy the right to a "speedy and public" trial. The 1980 US Supreme Court case of Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia confirmed the right of the public to attend trials is fundamental to the legal system. It found the First Amendment would be meaningless if members of the press were prevented from reporting on cases before the judicial branch.

"Criminal trials both here and in England had long been presumptively open," then-Chief Justice Warren E. Burger wrote for the court. "This is no quirk of history; rather, it has long been recognized as an indispensable attribute of an Anglo-American trial. Both Hale in the 17th century and Blackstone in the 18th saw the importance of openness to the proper functioning of a trial; it gave assurance that the proceedings were conducted fairly to all concerned, and it discouraged perjury, the misconduct of participants, and decisions based on secret bias or partiality."

In general, only trials involving juveniles or terrorists as defendants are closed after a showing that there is a compelling governmental interest in doing so. Members of the public and the media frequently attend photo enforcement trials to discover and spread the word regarding successful defenses to citations. This has upset court administrators in the past. In 2004, the Los Angeles County court attempted to ban the editor of the highwayrobbery.net website from approaching the courthouse to provide motorists with copies of legal rulings that motorists could cite as a precedent in their own cases.

Baylis intends to review the available legal options to compel the court to open cases to the public.​

Above is the whole online article; still linked through the headline.
 
Aching to quench a craving and being denied at every attempt to satisfy it... WHERE the HELL can I buy butter rum lifesavers?!

GAH!?!:mad:
 
Aching to quench a craving and being denied at every attempt to satisfy it... WHERE the HELL can I buy butter rum lifesavers?!

GAH!?!:mad:

There always used to be a roll or two in the lifesaver story book my aunt would get for each of us every Christmas. The butter rum ones were always divine. I've been driven to occasionally sneak a butterscotch dum dum out of the candy stash I have to give to my students (for rare and special occasions). They are good but not quite the same thing... sigh...:)
 

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There always used to be a roll or two in the lifesaver story book my aunt would get for each of us every Christmas. The butter rum ones were always divine. I've been driven to occasionally sneak a butterscotch dum dum out of the candy stash I have to give to my students (for rare and special occasions). They are good but not quite the same thing... sigh...:)


Butter Rum Lifesaver story books... I subscribe to them too... I only read them for the "articles".
 
Fucking up at work about something that could easily be fixed then having my nose rubbed in it .
 
finding the absolute most gorgeous sexy drop dead perfect bra only to find out it digs into my skin and not in a good way.

being worried and frustrated and helpless and upset waiting to hear from a friend. wondering about the test results. Hoping and praying for no cancer, but the more time that passes without contact makes me fear the worst.

i'm not much of a poster here, but y'all have taught me lots. She hasn't posted in ages either, but if you can, spare some positive thoughts for my good friend babyslave.
 
finding the absolute most gorgeous sexy drop dead perfect bra only to find out it digs into my skin and not in a good way.

being worried and frustrated and helpless and upset waiting to hear from a friend. wondering about the test results. Hoping and praying for no cancer, but the more time that passes without contact makes me fear the worst.

i'm not much of a poster here, but y'all have taught me lots. She hasn't posted in ages either, but if you can, spare some positive thoughts for my good friend babyslave.

Sending much :heart:, comfort, and positive thoughts to you, your friend, and all worriers in her orbit.
 
Yeah, now I'm pissed.

Some asshat posted a story in my ageplay thread on the fetish board, and I reported it because it had nothing to do with anything that was being discussed. Also, it was a story. On a discussion board.

So I went back to check the thread again while ago, and all my motherfucking posts have been pulled and my thread locked with a threat from Laurel that it was the "last warning" (where the fuck was the first one?) and anyone discussing it further would be banned because discussions about people under 18 weren't allowed.

What the fucking fuck? I've half a mind to take it up with her, but if I'm banned over something that has jack fucking shit to do with pedophilia, I'll be really pissed. It's bad when the goddamned board owners don't know the fucking difference.
 
Living so far away from a lot of things I want to do. Damn aerospace industry, why did you leave LA? (Ok, I know why, but still, it sucks.)
 
Okay, we're disagreeing on whether or not there is/was a Mrs. Peanut for the Planters folks. I Googled up *one* reference to her, someone posting that she was there (so to speak) briefly, but didn't "take off" and was abandoned.

Can anyone locate proof that the Planters people at least briefly had Mrs. Peanut in the entourage? Pleaaaaaseeee?
 
Nasty summer code. The kide where you use a gross (ad I do mean gross) ob tissues per day... *sniff* ...and genery make life delightfaw for everywod aroud you. *ACHOO!!!!* :(
 
Okay, we're disagreeing on whether or not there is/was a Mrs. Peanut for the Planters folks. I Googled up *one* reference to her, someone posting that she was there (so to speak) briefly, but didn't "take off" and was abandoned.

Can anyone locate proof that the Planters people at least briefly had Mrs. Peanut in the entourage? Pleaaaaaseeee?

This suggests not, but doesn't definitively answer the question about an aborted female legume at some point:

"He's very classy and upscale," raves Planters Vice President David Yale of his brand's icon, Mr. Peanut. "He's someone you might meet at a celebrity party, or at a new club, or lounge or bar. And -- to your surprise -- he talks to you! He engages you in conversation! So yes, he's got his top hat and monocle. But paradoxically, he's also quite approachable and down to earth."

Is there a Mrs. Peanut?

"I don't know," Yale says. "John, is he single?"

"He is single," confirms John Barrows, senior manager of marketing communications. "There is no Mrs. Peanut. There will never be a Mrs. Peanut."

Why not?

"He's a cosmopolitan guy," Barrows says. "He's busy."

"He's a man about town, representing Planters and nuts wherever he goes," Yale says cheerfully. "He's not the settling-down kind."


-from Salon


I'd recommend emailing the current President of Peanut Pals. They seem to eager to come out of their shells.

Also, here's a way-cool flash advertising retrospective on their corporate site, but didn't see any girls. Might wanna call corporate relations.
 
Fucktards who speed up when you try to pass them.
Fucktards who sit one inch off the back of your car when the road is flooded and you really can't go any faster because you have no idea if the road is still there or not.
Fucktards who insist on leaving their highbeams on when driving towards you.

Oh and my father has to be the biggest fucktard of them all.

Thank you, that is all.
 
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