[News] Chuck’s Links for Thursday, April 16, 2009
Bizarro World: (1) Two yrs ago, a little girl saved the life of her 84-yr-old landlady, and now the woman's relatives are evicting the girl's family. (2) If you work for the state of Massachusetts and also deploy with the Massachusetts Nat'l Guard, you get both salaries; if your Guard unit deploys to Iraq, though, you get only the higher of the two salaries. (Seriously.) (3) East St. Louis, Ill., cop Kristopher Weston, 28, apprehended a high-profile murder suspect so impressively that he was called before the City Council for praise . . and five minutes later, the Council voted a list of police layoffs that included Kristopher Weston. Chicago Sun-Times /// Boston Globe /// St. Louis Post-Dispatch
You'd think a Border Patrol agent trying to smuggle in illegal tortoises would know the law better than to disguise the shipment as "scorpions" (since they also are usually illegal). Reuters via MSNBC
An Ontario man with an auto-immune disease that has impaired his vision, swollen up his hands, and left him often in morphine-level pain, has been spotted by an insurance investigator during a couple of his better days, thus encouraging his employer to order him back to work . . in his job as a bus driver. Canoe.ca
A Hong Kong maid was accused of trying to poison her boss, but it was all a misunderstanding because she was only adding menstrual blood to the boss's soup, and everybody knows menstrual blood can only help things. Agence France-Presse via Yahoo
Jennifer Madrigal filed a complaint against Guadalupe Andrade in Ogden, Utah, for putting a curse on her (imminent auto accident!), but Madrigal's OK because she hired a witch doctor who saved her with the ol' magic egg ritual. KSL-TV (Salt Lake City)
Awesome multitasking: driving (80 mph) while having sex (real sex, too, not just oral). Agence France-Presse via Yahoo
Update: Our old friend Steve Rocco, once the strangest elected official in California, finally went to trial this week for that petty theft (stealing ketchup from a Chapman University dining hall). Associated Press via Yahoo
[Jury Duty] OK, here are John Kincaid (top) and Christopher Fitzgerald, who stand accused of holding up a dirty-video store in Kilgore, Tex., and the question for you is: Assuming they're guilty, which of the two came up with the idea? TheSmokingGun.com
Today's Newsrangers: Dean Larson, Kathryn Wood, Emory Kimbrough
You'd think a Border Patrol agent trying to smuggle in illegal tortoises would know the law better than to disguise the shipment as "scorpions" (since they also are usually illegal). Reuters via MSNBC
An Ontario man with an auto-immune disease that has impaired his vision, swollen up his hands, and left him often in morphine-level pain, has been spotted by an insurance investigator during a couple of his better days, thus encouraging his employer to order him back to work . . in his job as a bus driver. Canoe.ca
A Hong Kong maid was accused of trying to poison her boss, but it was all a misunderstanding because she was only adding menstrual blood to the boss's soup, and everybody knows menstrual blood can only help things. Agence France-Presse via Yahoo
Jennifer Madrigal filed a complaint against Guadalupe Andrade in Ogden, Utah, for putting a curse on her (imminent auto accident!), but Madrigal's OK because she hired a witch doctor who saved her with the ol' magic egg ritual. KSL-TV (Salt Lake City)
Awesome multitasking: driving (80 mph) while having sex (real sex, too, not just oral). Agence France-Presse via Yahoo
Update: Our old friend Steve Rocco, once the strangest elected official in California, finally went to trial this week for that petty theft (stealing ketchup from a Chapman University dining hall). Associated Press via Yahoo
[Jury Duty] OK, here are John Kincaid (top) and Christopher Fitzgerald, who stand accused of holding up a dirty-video store in Kilgore, Tex., and the question for you is: Assuming they're guilty, which of the two came up with the idea? TheSmokingGun.com
Today's Newsrangers: Dean Larson, Kathryn Wood, Emory Kimbrough
Comments
bus driver - I used to work for a private investigator who did workman's comp claims. Ever since I treat all claims of horrible disabilities with scepticism. It's just too easy to say you're in excrutiating pain because there's very little doctors can do to prove otherwise. Milking the system for cash so you can stay home when there are people who actually can't work just hurts everyone.
border patrol - Stupid is as stupid does.
maid - Ewwwwww.
multitasking - Are these people very limber, or does he have really long legs, or what? I don't see how you can fit two people behind the steering wheel and still be able to steer.
jury duty - Guilty, of course. And it had to be Kincaid who thought of it.
border patrol - Stupid is as stupid does.
maid - Ewwwwww.
multitasking - Are these people very limber, or does he have really long legs, or what? I don't see how you can fit two people behind the steering wheel and still be able to steer.
jury duty - Guilty, of course. And it had to be Kincaid who thought of it.
Posted by Nethie on 04/16/09 at 09:38 AM
jury duty- hey maxx, it's 'Master/Blaster' from Thunderdome!
Posted by mrjazz on 04/16/09 at 12:00 PM
Border Patrol - He should have labeled them "fireworks". Duh!
Posted by Matt in Florida on 04/16/09 at 12:09 PM
Witch Doctor - I never realized Utah had so much in common with Nigeria.
Posted by Matt in Florida on 04/16/09 at 12:12 PM
Jury duty - Guilty and guilty by association.
Posted by Matt in Florida on 04/16/09 at 12:13 PM
Nethie,
I have a 36" inseam, getting room between the wheel and seat and still reaching the pedals poses no problem. depending on the, uh how do I say this politely, girth of the woman reaching around to hold the wheel wouldn't be a problem either. That or in a jam I could use my knees for small steering and to help stabilize the wheel
I have a 36" inseam, getting room between the wheel and seat and still reaching the pedals poses no problem. depending on the, uh how do I say this politely, girth of the woman reaching around to hold the wheel wouldn't be a problem either. That or in a jam I could use my knees for small steering and to help stabilize the wheel
Posted by Bill_ on 04/16/09 at 12:39 PM
Hong Kong maid
So chunky you can eat it with a fork.
So chunky you can eat it with a fork.
Posted by Madd Maxx on 04/16/09 at 01:19 PM
Jury Duty
Guilty.
I think Kincaid came up with the idea and threatened to eat Fitzgerald if he didn't go along.
Guilty.
I think Kincaid came up with the idea and threatened to eat Fitzgerald if he didn't go along.
Posted by Madd Maxx on 04/16/09 at 01:22 PM
Jury Duty - Who cares who though it up. Put both of them in a cell and either slap a transparent mask tightly on both of them and let nature do its thing or force them to constantly watch gay porn till they admit their man love for each other and go on with their pathetic lives.
Posted by DownCrisis on 04/16/09 at 03:34 PM
Wow ~ perhaps I've underestimated Utah. Witch doctors and Mormons co-existing...really? Might be worth a visit just to shoot some video 😊
Posted by Skitt in SW USA on 04/16/09 at 06:24 PM
I haven't read the article, but how does one disguise a tortoise as a scorpion?
Posted by kingmonkey in Athens, Ontario on 04/17/09 at 11:31 AM
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