A man who sued a lawyer’s client for $918 billion also sued the lawyer for $38,000,000,000,000,000 – that’s $38 quadrillion for those of us that are big number challenged. This case might give us the answer to the legal question: Is a quadrillion more or less than a zillion? If he wins, [...]
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Hairtech International Inc. sued Paris Hilton for breach of a promotional contract. The plaintiff alleges that instead of wearing its hair extensions, she wore extensions made by another company and asks for $35 million in damages from Paris’ bad hair days. New York Post: “Only Albany could find a way to tax a cut. The cash-strapped state has been enforcing a bizarre distinction in the tax laws which requires delis and food peddlers to impose a levy on sliced bagels — even though there is no tax when the breakfast staple is sold [...] There is no better example of the lunacy and arrogance of government waste than the new $578 million school built by the Los Angeles Unified School District. The LUSD has a $640 million budget deficit and laid off 3,000 teachers during the last two years, but that didn’t stop it from spending [...] Daily Herald: A 17 year old girl wanted to play on a basket ball team while she is connected by a plastic tube to an oxygen tank carried by her service dog. “But her family was told it was ‘not appropriate’ for Jenny to be on the basketball court with her service [...] News of what the federal government does never ceases to amaze me. There apparently is no end to the stupidity of unelected government bureaucrats. An Associated Press story reports: “Companies using criminal records . . . to screen out job applicants might run afoul of anti-discrimination laws as the government steps up [...] We all need to get a job working for the federal government. The pay is great and the benefits cannot be beaten – great medical care, early retirement for a fixed amount not subject to stock market losses, lots of time off and virtually impossible to be fired even if you watch [...] A man pushing his two kids in a stroller was charged by police for “child endangering and intoxication.” A court found the man guilty as charged. My fear is that this case will unleash a new wave of OSWI lawyers and OSWI ads on TV and the sides of buses.
New York Times: “Julie Murphy, a 7-year-old Oregonian, set up a lemonade stand on July 29 at an art fair in northeast Portland. County health inspectors shut her down, however, telling Julie and her mother, Maria Fife, that they needed a temporary restaurant license, which costs $120.” Update: “Multnomah County [...] Ralph Dupps’ pet turkeys bugged his neighbors, Robert and Jennifer Klippel. The Klippels birdnapped the turkeys and set them free in a wildlife preserve. Dupps filed a police complaint and had the Klippels arrested for petit larceny. The Klippels spent about ten hours in jail. Naturally, being good American citizens who have [...] Forbes: “Citizens’ right to sigh in exasperation also threatened. . . . Reportedly, Darlene Helsop had hoped to speak to the finance committee about its plan to hire a state lobbyist, but wasn’t given the opportunity to do so. She sighed and rolled her eyes, to the great irritation of committee chairman Stephen Hipskind. [...] Boston Herald: “John Kerry bails on taxing questions. Sen. John Kerry, hounded by questions over whether he is dodging state and local taxes on his ultra-luxe $7 million sailing yacht, yesterday slammed his car door on a pack of reporters demanding to know if he would pony up to the cash-strapped commonwealth. . . [...] Here’s a perfect example why nobody in their right mind wants the U.S. government to be in charge of anything important other than national defense. An audit finds that the U.S. has no clue on what happened to $8.7 billion of $9.1 billion spent on reconstruction in Iraq. Really! This is not [...] More proof that the taxpayers exist to pay for the ruling class. Orange County Register: “the city manager of Bell [California], Robert Rizzo, receives a salary of $787,637 as the top bureaucrat in a city of about 38,000 residents, mostly Latinos. Bell’s Police Chief Randy Adams makes $457,000 a year while Assistant [...] How do these people continue to get reelected to office the ruling class? See “Sen. John Kerry skips town on sails tax,” which reports that “Sen. John Kerry, who has repeatedly voted to raise taxes while in Congress, dodged a whopping six-figure state tax bill on his new multimillion-dollar yacht [...] Daily Caller reports from the “it’s not our money that the US doesn’t have so we can spend as much as we like, especially if we say its for green energy” department: “Abengoa Solar, which received $1.45 billion from the Department of Energy, admits on its website that it will use the money to [...] San Francisco Chronicle: “Sell a guinea pig, go to jail. That’s the law under consideration by San Francisco’s Commission of Animal Control and Welfare. If the commission approves the ordinance at its meeting tonight, San Francisco could soon have what is believed to be the country’s first ban on the sale of [...] From the your tax dollars at work department. No. We did not make up the warning from the Consumer Products Safety Commission that appears under the headline in bold below. After reading it, I can’t wait for possible future announcements from the CPSC that may warn parents about the dangers of children: [...] I love Jay Leno’s “Jaywalking” where he goes on the street and asks people simple questions about the United States. It’s funny, but very sad. Americans can tell you who won American Idol, but don’t have a clue about the history of our great country. This video is about the 4th of [...] Minding the Campus: “Connecticut’s Quinnipiac College, best known for its political polling, is now at the center of the newest round in the controversy over Title IX and women’s sports. In a trial that opened last week, a federal judge must decide whether competitive cheerleading should count as a sport for gender [...] hollandsentinel: “New Environmental Protection Agency regulations treat spilled milk like oil, requiring farmers to build extra storage tanks and form emergency spill plans. Local farming advocates says it’s ridiculous to regulate a liquid with a small percentage of butter fat the same way as the now-infamous BP oil spill.” From the why the feds need to increase our taxes department. CNSNews.com: “Since 2008, U.S. taxpayers have contributed more than $60,000 for research to study the prevalence of water pipe, or “hookah,” smoking is among college students in Jordan.” Movie ticket prices within the jurisdiction of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will be going up. From the Yuma Sun: “Theater owners have to make special devices available to ensure those with hearing and vision disabilities can enjoy the movies, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. In a unanimous decision, the [...] New Haven Register: “After 13 months and costs estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, the six litigants of the Quinnipiac University women’s volleyball program and Quinnipiac University will be back in United States District Court in Bridgeport Monday to determine whether the university’s elimination of the volleyball program violated federal [...] Washington Post: “The California Senate just passed a bill that could send parents to jail for up to a year if their kids — from kindergarten through eighth grade — miss too much school.” Wow! This is a perfect example of the blindness of do good legislators to the unintended consequences of [...] ABC News: “Arizona is spending $1.25 million to build bridges for endangered squirrels over a mountain road so they don’t become roadkill and then monitor their health. The money is being spent, officials said, because cars kill about five of these squirrels each year.” If the bridges save five squirrels a year [...] Seattle Times: “A King County Superior Court jury has awarded $1.25 million to a man who alleged King County Metro Transit was negligent after he fell while exiting a bus in downtown Seattle in 2006. The jury also awarded $87,500 to the man’s wife for the impact his injury had on [...] The Star: “Says he should have stopped her from jumping out of car. A lawsuit launched by a woman who drunkenly jumped from a moving car during an argument with her partner could make drivers liable for intoxicated passengers who cause themselves harm.” The Volokh Conspiracy: “The bill (HB1259) — which passed the state House of Representatives by a 78–16 vote . . . would make it a misdemeanor to transmit any Internet communication or other computer communication ‘with the intent to coerce, abuse, torment, intimidate, harass, embarrass, or cause emotional distress to a person [...] From the “while Rome burns department.” The United States House of Representatives passed a House Resolution 1297, that supports the goals and ideals of American Craft Beer Week. |
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