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If your father was convicted for downloading child pornography, would you expect to be ordered to stay with him on the weekends? I typically figure that this would come from Florida, but not Australia.

Meet Judge Robert Benjamin, who ruled that two young girls will have to spend weekends with their father, who was convicted for being a Chomo, but they can stay only if the father puts a lock on the door that the children can lock from inside their room.

He also added some other stipulations to the order; like having to have an “adult friend” over when the girls are there and must share the same room, so they can have the “support of each other.”

The argument is that the risk of sexual abuse was, “diminished when they are awake and alert. The girls are at an age and maturity when awake, dressed and together it would be unlikely the father would act inappropriately toward them.” This is the dumbest thing I have read in a long time, and I read a lot of stupid shit!

The father was convicted for filming images of child pornography back in 2007. The Family Court found the father had invited one of the girls into his bed, and had “demonstrated affection toward her in a way that was, in all the circumstances, inappropriate for a child of that age.” Yet it is okay if the two young girls stay the weekend with the man.

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Kids Ordered To Stay With Sex Offender

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Bail Outs A Bust?

Taxpayers are finding out that the government is vulnerable to fraud under the federal bank bailout program. A 250 quarterly report that is sent to congress is designed to eliminate “toxic assets” from finical institutions, but the special inspector concluded that its tilted in favor of private investors and creates, “potential unfairness to the taxpayer.”

This report examines the $700 billion T.A.R.P. and was scheduled for release on Tuesday. Inspector General Neil Barofsky used blunt language and offered a series of recommendations to protect the public. He also takes the Treasury to task for not implementing previously given advice and then gives little praise for some of the created safeguards. The report states that the public-private partnership could total $2 trillion.

“The sheer size of the program … is so large and the leverage being provided to the private equity participants so beneficial, that the taxpayer risk is many times that of the private parties, thereby potentially skewing the economic incentives,” the report states.

The report also comes along when lawmakers have been demanding evidence that the government’s role is unclogging credit and banks are being held accountable. Even though the injection of government money, bank lending has declined.

“In light of the fact that the American taxpayer has been asked to fund this extraordinary effort to stabilize the financial system, it is not unreasonable that the public be told how those funds have been used by TARP recipients,” the report states.

“Over the last two months, we’ve significantly increased the amount of transparency into the programs, including actively measuring lending & requiring banks under the new capital program to report on how every dollar of government resources goes toward increasing lending to consumers and businesses,” Treasury spokesman Andrew Williams said.

He Was The Law

Welcome to Oregon City, Oregon, where a former Clackamas County Sheriff’s deputy was arrested on Monday night. Police were called out around 7:30 p.m. on a report of a domestic situation.

A woman called police from a nearby grocery store, after running away from the home. She went on to tell police that she had been injured in a fight with Brandon Claggett and he is “suicidal”.

Police got to the home and entered into a standoff at the husbands home. Police were able to get a hold of Claggett on his cell phone, but he wasn’t coming out anytime soon. Claggett was actually not at home and he was on his way to pick up his kids in Salem.

Officers convinced Claggett to meet them at the grocery store, where he was quickly arrested. Tuesday, police went to the house with search warrants and recovered evidence and several guns. Claggett was charged with kidnapping, menacing, unlawful use of a weapon, and assault.

Claggett resigned after 14 years on the Clackamas County Sheriff’s force. Back in October 2008, he was accused of inappropriately touching a 20 year old woman who was with him on a ride along.

Your Sentence: Silence

Welcome to Pocatello, Idaho, where an eastern Idaho Judge lost his patience with a defendant’s behavior. Judge Peter D. McDermott of the 6th District, ordered Nicklas Frasure, 23, mouth to be shut using duct tape.

Frasure is accused of violating his probation by not taking his medication. He was originally convicted of felony theft back in 2008. Frasure was released from a mental hospital back in October of 2008.

Frasure continually interrupted court proceedings with verbal outbursts and unusual behavior. McDermott order bailiffs to silence Frasure, so they could continue with proceedings. The bailiffs found a roll of duct tape, which they tore off a piece and placed it over Frasure’s mouth.

Kent Reynolds, Frasure’s lawyer had earlier asked the judge for a mental competency evaluation. Judge McDermott said that he would consider the request, but no immediate ruling on the request.

“He’s obviously not mentally competent,” Kent Reynolds told the judge.

At the end of the hearing, the judge ordered bailiffs to remove the duct tape and went on to further comment on how he hoped Frasure’s condition would improve with being under state care.

As Frasure was being led out of the courtroom, he responded to the judge with, “You want to arm wrestle?”

Ninja Steals Fail

A “Ninja” attempted to steal the cash from a Weymouth, MA., dry cleaner on Tuesday. Unfortunately his stealth skills failed, when a convenience store clerk notice the man wearing a ski mask and carrying a sword.

Needless to say the clerk contacted the police, but when the robber noticed the clerk on the phone he pulled off his ski mask. When she confirmed that she was calling the police on him, he took off to a different store.

The ninja attempted to rob Galaxy Cleaners, but ran into another snag when the store clerk couldn’t open the cash register. The ninja did have at least 1 skill that was working for him.  Local police are still looking for the ninja, who is said to be in his early 20′s.

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Bail Out’s Fail
He fought the law
Silence is Gold, but Duct Tape is Silver
Ninja Pirates

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Possible Darwin Award Winner

Welcome to the Lovely Northern Territory of Australia. Early yesterday morning, a 20 year old man and a friend had been drinking when they decided to swim across crocodile infested waters to get more alcohol.

Northern Territory police have found his remains near the Daly River Community, about 150 Kilometers south of Darwin. Police had set up an exclusion zone on the river as part of their search for the young man.

The Daly Superintendent Jamie Chalker said, “It’s apparent that family members have seen the head of a crocodile making its way towards the man who’s now missing, plus the other person he was crossing the river with. As we now know, one made it and one didn’t.”

She Eight and Already Wed

We go back to Saudi Arabia. Back in Feb. I posted an article about a father in Saudi Arabia that traded his 8 year old daughter to pay off his outstanding debts. Click here for the original article.

Today a Saudi Arabian judge has refused to overturn a ruling that allowed the arranged marriage between the 8 year old girl and her soon to be 47 year old husband.

Judge Sheikh Habib Habib, ruled for the second time in Onaiza that the girl’s marriage to the older man was legal and binding. He did state that the child wife would be able to file for divorce, once she reached puberty.

Hair Today, Nipple-less Tomorrow

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center had started to make public a list of patient-protection measures to ensure safety, due to a botched plastic surgery last year. These corrective actions are in response to a Department of Public Health investigation report.

The report indicated that the hospital failed Michael Hick, 40, last summer. Dr. Loren J Borud, was impaired and operated in Hicks and then sent him home without proper care. Hicks went in for a chest reduction and liposuction which has left him with scarring, pain, mental anguish, and caused him to lose his left nipple.

At the time of the surgery, hospital administration was aware that Borud had twice undergone substance-abuse treatment. Borud has since been fired and Hicks has agreed to a settlement.

“We recognize that our previous process did not result in timely reporting up the internal chain of command, and are confident the corrective actions we have taken will prevent that from happening again and greatly improve our entire process going forward,” Patricia Folcarelli, director of patient safety, said in a statement.

Hicks’ case was the subject of an expose in the Sunday Herald. Hicks’ lawyer said that he believes that the Herald’s inquiries helped prompt the DPH’s about face.

World Record Get a Tree

Lets met Otok Ben-Hvar, 71, decided that he was going to set a world record for the longest time spent in a phone booth. He climbed inside a 1940′s era phone booth with wheels attached to it. He equipped the phone booth with everything he needs to live inside of it. He even went as far as having an old college buddy fashion it with a makeshift air-conditioning unit.

Ben-Hvar thinks that winning a World record will have 2 effects. The first would be for coursework at Pasco-Hernando Community College. The second is to get America’s First National Tree planted on the White House lawn. He wants to see a silver leafed Maple tree planted in the front lawn.

“Every American can identify with that tree,” he says. “That’s why it belongs there.”

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Crocodile Darwin Nominee

She’s Married only 8

Telephone Booth Living, Plant a tree

Its all fun till you loose a nipple

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Sunday provides the a fresh start for the week. California is going to need the time to reflect on the $8 Million that was just awarded to a California man who hit wild pigs on a California Highway. The jury decided that his B.A.C. being over .10 had nothing to do with the accident.

Rolling Death Mobile

Welcome to the People’s Republic of China.The worlds most populated country and home to the new Death Mobile. Due to the expected rise of executions (estimated 10,000 for this year), the Chinese found a Nazi Tool that may have use for themselves.

Jinguan Auto created the high tech execution mobile. The $86,000 van can reach speeds of 80 M.P.H. and looks like a police vehicle on patrol on the outside. On the inside, it looks like a high tech operating theatre.

Every execution is monitored by video to make sure that procedure is followed to perfection. So it would be possible to describe an execution to the slightest detail.

The vans actually started trial runs over the last 3 years and all media on the vans were suppressed during the Olympics to prevent complaints about human rights. Now they are being deployed across all of China. “These vans will deters others from committing crimes and has more impact,” said one official.

The Nazi’s used to have the “Gas Wagon,” that they use to slaughter criminals, the mentally ill, and the Jews. They adapted vans to be mobile gas chambers from the 1940′s through the end of the second World War.

I am the LAW, now pass me a drink.

Corporal Fernando Martinez, 33 year Veteran of the Montgomery County Police Department was arrested for drunk driving in his Patrol car on Friday night. Police officials say that he crashed his cruiser into the concrete barrier on Route 270 around 11 p.m.

When other officers arrived on the scene, they smelled alcohol on the officer’s Martinez’s breath and he failed a field sobriety test. Luckily no one was hurt in the accident, but Martinez has been suspended while they are investigating the incident.

AT&T Sings a Sad Song to the RIAA

For the last few years the RIAA has been throwing their weight around at ISP’s and typically the ISP would buckle to their demands. Typically the RIAA would want the suspected thieves internet access temporarily blocked and notice sent that they have been caught.

Well the balance of power has changed and one major provider in internet services told the RIAA to stuff it. Jim Cicconi, a senior executive Vice President at AT&T, says that a lot of purported relationship with the music industry is just untrue.

Cicconi said, “AT&T is not going to suspend or terminate anyone’s policy without a court order.” He wants to make sure that his customers are aware that they won’t buckle, unless a judge orders them too.

On Tuesday, the Leadership Music Digital Summit was taking place, when Cicconi confirmed that they would send notices to individuals that are accused of pirating music by the RIAA.

The RIAA has been trying to implement a graduated response program for repeat offenders, but there has been some confusion on what it involves. It remains up to the ISP’s to decide on the plan of action and implementation. Of course the RIAA’s ideal program would have the service suspended for a limited time for “Chronic” offenders.

“We’re pleased to be in constructive discussions with several ISPs,” said an RIAA spokesman. “We’re making important progress, and doing so in a manner consistent with everyone’s respective priorities. We’re grateful that some of the industry’s leading executives came to Nashville and talked through these important issues.”

AT&T confirmed that on Weds, they are attaching a “cover letter,” along with the RIAA’s cease and desist notice. The cover letter does contain a clause that does state the company can terminate the service, but that just a legality.

“It’s a standard part of everybody’s terms of service,” Cicconi said. “If somebody is engaging in illegal activity, it basically gives us the right to do it…We’re not a finder of fact and under no circumstances would we ever suspend or terminate service based on an allegation from a third party. We’re just simply reminding people that they can’t engage in illegal activity. What we do is send notices and keep track of violations and IP addresses,” Cicconi said. “It’s our view that any stronger action has got to rest with the copyright owner…That’s what the courts are there for.”

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Chinese Improve Nazi Design?
DUI Cruiser
AT&T versus RIAA

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Chris Brown is saying that when Rihanna tossed a cell phone at him, she “attacked him.” Its a 6 oz. phone and its not going to hurt that much, its no excuse for what he did to her. He entered a plea of “self defense” at his arraignment.

I mean its not like Rihanna is a Ninja who had a sword, she tossed a cell phone. Next thing you’ll know it will be an insanity plea.

My name’s Chris Brown and I live in myself and thanks to Nickelodeon for letting me win another award from Kids and being a “good” role model.

Tough Times Calls for $3 Showdowns!

Daniel Winter, 26, called a friend to pick him up at 3 a.m. after spending all night at Calendar Girls in Port Richey, FL. Ashley Decicco, 18, and her boyfriend Shaun Nater, 30, picked up Winter and then headed over to the nearest Burger King for some late night grubbing.

As they head home on U.S. Highway 19, Ashley asked for $3 in gas money. Winter was sitting in the backseat of the car said no, because Rent was due. The 2 argued until Winters smacked Ashley while she was driving the car.

Nater decided that it was time to act and punched Winters. Winters, being a resourceful man grabbed a fish tank that was sitting in the back seat and started to hit Nater with it, but Nater still fought back. Winter then grabbed a beer bottle and started to strike Naters with it until he was able to wreslte it away. Since turn about is fair play, Naters took the bottle and beat Winters until the bottle broke.

Ashley with quick thinking pulled into a Denny’s Parking lot and called the police. Both men were arrested and charged with battery with a deadly weapon and have a $10,000 bail.

Fish Store Smells like Death

Pet Plus USA received a surprise in there delivery on Tuesday morning. An employee for the store attempted to pick up a delivery of exotic fish on monday night, but was turned away when he couldn’t provide correct id.

Tuesday morning Mark Arabia was successful in picking up his delivery from US Airways. When they got back to the Philadelphia store, they opened the package to find a dead body inside.

Jon Kenoyer, 65, was on his way to Lifequest in Allentown for research on Alzheimers. His body was eventually sent to the research facility. “At first, I was in the state of shock that they messed up to begin with, I wondered where he was going or how he got there,” Kenoyer’s widow Mary Ellen said. “And then I started to laugh because he was one that always did practical jokes and I said this was the last joke on us.”

Your Laws Don’t Apply Here. I Make the Laws

Scott Witmer, 44, from Allen Township walked into to a Northhampton County Court wearing a Coors Light Sweatshirt and decided to deliver the best defense possible.

Witmer told Judge Leonard Zito, “I don’t live in the state of Pennsylvania. I am a sovereign man.” He was arrested back in August of 2008, after police were called out to his home on Adams St, due to a domestic violence call. He allegedly drove drunk from his home, while police where still at the residence filling out paperwork, after the officers warned him not to drive the car. He was also charged with lack of insurance, non legal plates and driving on a revoked license.

Witmer submitted a 20 page legal motion in December that backed his defense. he stipulated that the charges against him were unconstitutional and a “blatant act of Tyranny. Judge Zito asked that James Connell represent Connell later in the day when his bail hearing would be held. “I’m alarmed that you may be a danger to yourself or our community,” Zito said. The judge also ordered Witmer to undergo a psych eval, which Witmer replied with a witty reply, “I’ve already had five of those done on me in prison, it’s no big deal.”

Witmer had been free on unsecured bail. Zito set the new amount at $25,000, with $2,500 needed for release.

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Snack Attack

DOA

I am the Law

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