All We Wanna Do Is…Go To A Party

There was a car crash in Portland, Oregon that people won’t soon forget. Witnesses were sure that all five occupants in the overturned car were dead as doornails, or at least in really bad shape. It turns out they all had only minor injuries. Why the confusion? The five were dressed as zombies and were …

Parlez-Vous Français? Oh! Merd!

This story about a woman not realizing a police officer from India could speak French and consequently busting herself makes me think of a story of my own. But first, hers. A woman and her boyfriend tried to commit a little insurance fraud. They smashed their windows, made fake footprints and hid all their stuff, …

I Think Whole Foods Needs A Whole New Policy

I know that store folks can’t chase down shoplifters anymore, but Whole Foods has a completely different approach, and it’s no good. Whole Foods just bans you for life, no matter what your story is. This is what happened to Lisa Portes. I guess she was in the store, and bought a whole bunch of …

One More Example Of G20 Brutality

I couldn’t bear to look at this until I was ready. I guess I’m ready now, although it doesn’t make it any better to look at. Here’s another example of police doing crazy things during the G20 summit. One of the o so dangerous criminals who needed to be dragged through the streets was John …

Aaah! That’s Not A Lollypop!

Help me out here. To simulate a sex act means you’re not actually doing it, right? So sucking on a dildo outside a convenience store while waving it at women, that would be simulating a sex act, yes? No, according to the 5th District Court of Appeal in Daytona Beach. Because he was using his …

Twenty Years For A Couple Of Fools

It’s nice to see some mortgage scammers get what they deserve. Kurt F. Johnson and Dale Heineman were on trial for scamming some people and getting 3 million dollars from them. As a way to somehow wiggle out of having a trial, they said they would represent themselves, and then did stupid things like filing …

Compactor Man, Compactor Man, Compactor Man Hates Escapee Man, They Have A Fight, Compactor Wins, Compactor Man

This is what Carlos Roberto Medina-Bailon looked like before he decided to escape from jail via climbing into a dumpster, whose contents were subsequentlycrushed by the garbage truck’s trash compactor and buried in the landfill. He was working as a trusty in the kitchen downstairs in jail, helping to prepare breakfast, when he escaped. After …