Fitting punishment
Did you hear the one about the guy who tried to rape a prostitute?
In one corner - the convicted rapist, weighing in at 140 pounds, and in the other corner - the prostitute, weighing in at 275 pounds.

[S]he took his knife, stripped him naked and paraded him in front of other prostitutes, after asking how many of them had ever been forced into sex at knifepoint.

Then she hauled him on down to the police station.

The Father of Potty Parity...
has far more than just one 'baby'.

The New York City Council is currently considering a 'potty parity' bill, that would give women twice as many restrooms as men have. The Associated Press, as per usual, contains several fawning references to John Banzhaf III, who they refer to as "a public interest law professor at George Washington University Law School". Apparently, he's filed several court complaints, including the first federal-level complaint, suing to give women twice as many bathrooms as men. The AP dubs Banzhaf the "father of potty parity." I find it kind of deceptive that the AP makes no mention of Banzhaf's previous crusades, especially since they've garnered such a reputation for him.

Banzhaf might be more familiar to readers as the "father of 'it's McDonald's fault I'm Fat!'" obesity lawsuits. Perhaps you know him as the "father of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)", with DIY lawsuit kits, to help non-smokers have their smoking neighbors evicted. You might remember him as the "father of high-school soft-drink bans."

'Father of potty parity' my right buttock. He's the death knell of personal freedom and responsibility.

Ohio Supreme Court Rules That Women Are Stupid And Helpless
...crazy bitches to get a free pass in the state
The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that a woman can't be held accountable for helping a man violate the protective order she has against him, thereby placing women a step down on the free-will and responsibility tier. This also opens up a fun new avenue for bitter women to harrass their exes with.

Justice Paul Pfeifer, writing for the court, said it is irrelevant even if Betty Lucas had violated the protective order by inviting her ex-husband into her home, as the lower court found.

"To find appellant guilty of complicity would be to criminalize an irrelevancy," Pfeifer wrote. "We hold that an individual who is the protected subject of a temporary protection order may not be prosecuted for aiding and abetting the restrainee under the protection order."

If someone is so dangerous to you that you have to get a protective order against them, it behooves you to stay the hell away from them, or face the consequences. If you appeal to the government for protection, deliberately circumventing the government's attempts to protect you should either a) be illegal, or b) nullify the government's responsibility towards you. In a just world, a protective order would work both ways.

Unfortunately, since the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that women are too dumb to be responsible for their actions, the only consequence Betty Lucas faces is people like me pointing out what a totally irresponsible embarrassment to the female of the species she is.

Freudian Slip?
I was scrolling through the latest national news from the AP on the Washington Post's site, and noticed the following:

U.S. Wary About Mideast Truce Reports (AP, June 25, 2003; 1:20 PM)

Dorel Recalls 1.2M Infant Safety Seats (AP, June 25, 2003; 1:19 PM)

Jurist Fights to Save Everglades Legacy (AP, June 25, 2003; 1:19 PM)

Virginia Grower Earning a Hot Reputation (AP, June 25, 2003; 1:14 PM)

N.M. Wildfire Burns Through 700 Acres (AP, June 25, 2003; 1:13 PM)

U.S. Weary About Mideast Truce Reports (AP, June 25, 2003; 1:18 PM)

Given the twisty kitten's ball of yarn that the "Road Map" has been, I personally thought the earlier headline was more accurate.

Eminent Domain, by any other name, is still Stealing
The Associated Press carried an article today titled "Cities Seize Private Land for Development". It's important reading for homeowners, and anyone else who believes in the rule of law and respect for property rights.

The first time the city of New London, Conn., seized Pasquale Cristofaro's home, it was to make way for a sea wall that never materialized. Instead, private medical offices sprouted over the backyard plot where Cristofaro once grew tomatoes, squash and grapes.

Three decades later, when the city wanted to raze another Cristofaro family home to clear the way for a riverfront hotel, health club and offices, the 77-year-old Italian immigrant dug in and fought back in court.

"When they came to take my house from me a second time, I feel sick," said Cristofaro, whose grandchildren now live in the home he bought in 1972. "It's not right, to take it for a business. The United States of America is supposed to stop this."

Bitter disputes are playing out across the country as city leaders eager to improve their economies condemn homes and small businesses - not for highways, airports or other public projects, but for private development.

This is not a new problem, but one that finally appears to be gaining some well-deserved attention. The Institute for Justice recently published a report documenting eminent domain abuses, which can be found here on their website. James Bovard has been writing books exposing eminent domain and asset forfeiture abuses for years. Yes, just about anyone's land could be more valuable to the state if it were in the hands of a private business, but that doesn't make stealing it from the rightful owner right. Not unless you're living in a communist country.

A more lighthearted, but no less effective look at the unfairness of private property seizures can be found in the movie, The Castle. It's suitable for anyone, gently amusing, and really drives the point home.

A Great Example...
This is the sort of story you don't hear about often enough.

The general impression seems to be that children with guns are either highly dangerous, and likely to kill a bunch of unsuspecting jocks who bullied them - or - so stupid they point the gun at their friends and pull the trigger as a joke. That isn't always the case, as this 15 year old boy has demonstrated.

KALISPELL, Mont. - A father's advice paid off when a 15-year-old Eagle Scout obediently grabbed a firearm before going to look for his dog and ended up shooting a charging grizzly bear behind the family chicken coop.

Only Reuters would think this 'Odd'...
Yahoo News' Reuters Oddly Enough section contained this article: Women Enjoy Best Sex Within Marriage.

"This survey turns on its head the idea that the best sex is when we are footloose, fancy free and single," Juliette Kellow, Top Sante's editor, said.

"The truth is truly great sex and deep intimacy are most likely to happen within the trusting, committed environment of marriage or a long-term relationship."

Sad that someone had to do a study to figure out that "deep intimacy" is most likely to happen within a "trusting, committed environment..."

Belated Justice
Ira Einhorn has been declared guilty of murdering his girlfriend.

Update: Here's an AP article announcing the verdict.

How do you spell relief in Alabama?
Now you can spell it S E X T O Y S.

Finally... Just Desserts
Mir Aimal Kasi, the islamic terrorist bastard that murdered two people in a cold-blooded shooting at the front light for the CIA is finally scheduled to be executed. Mark your calendars. On Nov. 7, the murders of Frank Darling and Lansing Bennett will finally be punished.

This does NOT however, detract from what I consider one of the CIA's more devastating security failures. The reason Kasi was able to stand outside the front gates of the CIA with an AK-47 and open fire on the helpless drivers trapped at that light was because the CIA did not install guards at this very vulnerable point. Rumor has it that the ritzy residents of McLean, VA (avg income: $183,381), did not like to be reminded that the nation's chief spy agency was sitting right in the midst of their million dollar homes - so no guards out front. If you drive down 123, past the main entrance now, you can see a cute little white gazebo at that light, a gazebo that was paid for with the lives of two Americans.

The CIA, and other intel agencies are rotten with this "it takes an incident" attitude. People have to die. Secrets have to be lost. Sources have to executed. Terrorists have to slam passenger planes into occupied office buildings... before government agencies will be moved to do anything about it. When government agencies move from a reactive to a proactive stance on security, then perhaps these sorts of failures will occur less often.

News from the Dept of the Obvious
One of the front page articles in the Washington Times this morning carries the headline "Monsignor says gays shouldn't be priests. Now, I was never a catholic, but I was under the impression that homosexuality was considered sinful in the eyes of the church. It would follow, then, wouldn't it, that the church wouldn't want their appointed spiritual leaders to be sinners?

And how is this front page news?

K K K Brownies in the Wal Mart
Or should I call them whities? In any case, some sneaky little elf-like folks in their pointy little white hoodies have been hiding their supremacist literature in Wal Mart products. Those mischevious little white supremacist brownies!

Kick Ass!
Judo Club Members Beat Up Carjacker

Mixed Feelings...
Well a judge out in San Francisco tossed out Marjorie Knoller's murder conviction.

The couple, as the judge rightly says, is despicable. In addition to their ties to a white supremacist group in prison (who it is rumored they were raising the dogs for) there was also apparently evidence that the Knollers were engaging in bestial acts with these dogs as well. They suck. They're evil. I'd like neither of them to set foot out in public again.

But then again... how do you convict someone of both involuntary manslaughter and second degree murder??

MPD = Ministry of Poor Detectives
I know other people are just as disgusted by this as I am. But is anyone who has ever been around the DC area really surprised?

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt
Get a load of the comments made by INS officials regarding a breakin at their Seattle office... from the Washington Post