Today’s story about exotic animals who were set free from a privately owned farm near Zanesville, Ohio and then had to be shot by Muskingum County sheriff’s deputies is horrific on many levels. For those who aren’t familiar with this awful story, a man named Terry Thompson kept dozens of exotic animals on his farm [...]
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Horror In Wild Ohio
Posted in crime, Ohio, tagged Bears, crime, Exotic animals, Lions, Ohio, Terry Thompson, Tigers, Wild animals on October 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Masked Avengers, Pepper Spray, and High Heels
Posted in crime, Humor, tagged crime, Ghost, Humor, Phoenix Jones, Seattle, Superheros, Vigilantes on October 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Saturday night a self-proclaimed superhero named “Phoenix Jones,” who wears a black mask and one of those heavily muscled bodysuits, was patrolling Seattle’s streets with his faithful sidekick, Ghost. They say they saw a fight, ran toward a group of people, and a melee broke out. Members of the group claim Jones doused them with [...]
The Dutch Debate “Drug Tourism”
Posted in crime, Travel, World, tagged crime, Drug Tourism, Gambling, Liquor, Maastricht, Marijuana, the Netherlands, Travel, World on October 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Netherlands, with its decriminalization of “soft drugs” like marijuana, has long attracted tourists who are interested in sampling illicit substances. Now Maastricht, a Dutch city on the border with Germany and Belgium, is trying to crack down — in part — on “drug tourism,” and the country as a whole is trying to decide [...]
A Costly Solar Flame-Out (IV)
Posted in crime, Politics, tagged crime, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Politics, President Obama, Solyndra on September 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The Solyndra story — a tale of a company that got more than half a billion in federal loan guarantees as a showcase for green energy jobs, then plunged into bankruptcy — continues to unfold. Today there will be hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, at which certain Solyndra executives have said they [...]
The Fresno State Food Stamp Fraudsters
Posted in crime, sports, tagged crime, Food Stamp Fraud, Food Stamps, Fresno State Bulldogs, Fresno State University, NCAA, sports, Welfare Fraud on September 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Technically, it is the Fresno State Bulldogs. In view of recent news stories, however, perhaps the team name should be changed to the Food Stamp Fraudsters — which has a nice bit of alliteration to it. According to reports, as many as two dozen Fresno State players are embroiled in a welfare fraud investigation involving a [...]
Gram Scam
Posted in crime, Family, Ohio, tagged crime, Family, Fraud, Fraudsters, Grandparents, Mike DeWine, Ohio, Scams, senior citizens on September 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Every grandkid knows that if they are in a pinch and really need money, they can always make a discreet withdrawal from the Bank of Grandma. Unfortunately, fraudsters have learned that same lesson and are using that knowledge to prey on the elderly and bilk them out of their retirement savings. Ohio Attorney General Mike [...]
Snakes In The Trousers
Posted in crime, Humor, tagged Airplanes, crime, Humor, Lacey Act, smuggling, Snakes, Tortoises on August 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Lately there have been a series of curious stories in the news about people trying to smuggle rare animals and birds by storing them on their persons. Such conduct violates the Lacey Act, which prohibits the smuggling of exotic animals. The weirdest attempt, in my view, was by a man in Miami who tried to [...]
When Rivalries Get Ugly
Posted in crime, sports, tagged Alcohol, crime, fighting, Oakland, Oakland Raiders, rivalries, San Francisco, San Francisco 49ers, sports, sports fans, violence on August 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The San Francisco 49ers played the Oakland Raiders last night. Although the two towns are separated only by the San Francisco Bay, they are fierce rivals. Last night’s game was marked by significant violence. Two guys were shot, and another guy was seriously beaten in a stadium bathroom. The story on the violence also features [...]
Fast And Furious And Foolish
Posted in America, crime, Politics, tagged America, Attorney General, BATF, crime, Department of Justice, Eric Holder, Mexican Border, Mexican Drug Wars, Mexico, Obama Administration, Operation Fast and Furious, Politics, The Fast and The Furious, Vin Diesel on July 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Let’s ponder, for a moment, “Operation Fast and Furious,” an ill-conceived, botched initiative that apparently was the brainchild of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF) during the Obama Administration. The fact that the effort was named after a hyper-macho, testosterone-laden Vin Diesel movie probably tells you all you need to know about the [...]
Casey Anthony And Anthony Sowell
Posted in America, crime, tagged America, Anthony Sowell, Casey Anthony, Class, crime, Murder, News media, Race in America, Trials on July 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I didn’t pay any attention to the Casey Anthony trial, although I was dimly aware that cable news shows were paying huge amounts of attention to the trial of a young woman accused of killing her two-year-old daughter. In the wake of the jury verdict declaring Anthony not guilty of the crime, the media focus [...]
The Normal Rules Do Not Apply — Until They Do
Posted in America, crime, Politics, sports, tagged America, Anthony Weiner, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Athletes, crime, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Elite, John Edwards, News, Politicians, Politics, Scandals, sports on June 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We hear about the Anthony Weiners and Dominique Strauss-Kahns, the John Edwardes and Arnold Schwarzeneggers, the Bernie Madoffs and stud athletes and CEOs who break the rules or break the laws, and we shake our heads and wonder: How could they be so reckless and brazen? I suspect that part of the reason is that [...]
John Edwards, Cover-Ups, And Campaign Finance Laws
Posted in crime, Politics, tagged campaign finance, Campaign Finance Laws, crime, John Edwards, Politics on June 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I think John Edwards is a despicable character. Vain and insubstantial, a weak political reed in the wind, he cheated on his wife who was battling cancer, had an affair and impregnated a woman, and then tried to cover it up while he pursued his presidential campaign. When the cover-up failed, as cover-ups always do, [...]
Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous
Posted in America, crime, tagged America, Arnold Schwarzenegger, crime, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, France, International Monetary Fund, Scandals, Sexual Crimes on May 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Americans have always been interested in the lives of the rich and famous — particularly when the story involves their misdeeds. The arrest for sexual assault of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the now-former head of the International Monetary Fund, and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s belated confession to fathering an out-of-wedlock child are just two of a long line of [...]
Don’t Disclose The Photos
Posted in America, crime, Politics, World, tagged Al Qaeda, America, bin Laden Death Photos, crime, Osama bin Laden, Politics, President Obama, United States military, World on May 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Normally I am a proponent of full disclosure of government documents, government meetings, and government decisions. In the case of the bin Laden death photos, however, I agree with the President that the prudent course is to not release them to the press and public. I don’t agree with the President that releasing the photos [...]
