It seems the courts disagree, but the FBI’s new method of rounding up child porn suspects sounds an awful lot like entrapment to me. The FBI has recently adopted a novel investigative technique: posting hyperlinks that purport to be illegal videos of minors having sex, and then raiding the homes of anyone willing to click …
Monthly Archives: March 2008
Up, Up And Away In A Helium Balloon
Oh boy. Maybe the best thing that could happen to Lefkos Hajji would be to never find the $12000-ring intended for his fiance that he put in a helium balloon that was ripped from his hands by a gust of wind. If the accidental loss of a ring can make his wife to be so …
Update On Holly
Remember a while ago, I mentioned Holly, and her need for an auditory brainstem implant? Well, she’s raffling off some artwork! So if you want a chance at a nice print, and want to help out too, go buy a ticket. Note to blinks: When they wrote out the PayPal address, they wrote it out …
The Babs Journal: Day 5 (May 13, 2005)
This will be a bit of a flurry…am writing at 10 o’clock…busy day. Let’s see. After the usual morning routine, which included a pretty hard bonk from Babs’s head, ouch, my nose still hurts, while she was trying to say hello, we went for breakfast. pretty uneventful I think, although today is a bit of …
I guess The Story Isn’t So Ridiculous After All
Well, it looks like the story the other day about the safe texting street was a bit of a stretch. I guess the street hasn’t been officially made safe for all bumbling idiots. A research company found out a lot of people collide with stuff on that street, so set up the padding as a …
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The Picture Of Stupidity
I’m confused. What law says you’re not allowed to snap a photo of under cover cops while they’re conducting a search warrant? If they’re under cover, there’s nothing to see. If there’s something to see, well I guess they blew their cover. But Randy Dean Sievert is being charged, and accused of violating his probation. …
The Bitter Biddle Battle
I’m all cool with seeing someone get back what they’re owed, especially from the government, but doesn’t it get a little ridiculous when the person getting repaid is the original lender’s great granddaughter, a great granddaughter who is 77, and the debt is 147 years old? At this point, I don’t think anyone would have …
Well, He Did Do What She Said…
Wow. Just imagine what would happen if we took everything a teacher said completely literally. “Put your nose in the corner.” “Eat the microphone.” “Hold it or pee in my lunchbox!” That’s exactly what the student did. He took her lunchbox behind a book-case, drained his lizard, and gave it back to the teacher. Just …
Accuracy? What’s That?
If I’m a reporter, I would think the most important thing to do is to make sure I’m talking to the person I think I am. Ya know, if I’m supposed to be interviewing Hillary Rodham Clinton, I don’t accidentally interview Hillary Wicai Viers, communications director for another senator. But that’s exactly what John Goodall, …
I Have A Dream
Black Guy Asks Nation For Change CHICAGO—According to witnesses, a loud black man approached a crowd of some 4,000 strangers in downtown Chicago Tuesday and made repeated demands for change. “The time for change is now,” said the black guy, yelling at everyone within earshot for 20 straight minutes, practically begging America for change. “The …