Year: 2009
Scattershot 2009-06-29
Random shots around the web: Federal conspiracy charges coming in 5…4…3…2… Turns out many diagnoses of Shaken Baby Syndrome weren’t actually caused by people shaking the baby. Lots of people may have gone for jail for mild accidents that took place days before the murder-by-shaking supposedly occurred. This sort of thing is why I’ll never… Read more
Eminently Ignorant
I’m probably being unfair, but it seems like Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is a bit of a dumbass. (Or maybe, as fair Jennifer says, we should have listened to Anita Hill.) That’s really the only way to account for his explanation of why it was okay for a school principal to order a strip… Read more
Michael Jackson, R.I.P.
Now that Michael Jackson is dead, I’m not going to miss him. I didn’t know him. I don’t think many people did. I do, however, miss the Michael Jackson I once thought I knew, back before it all got so weird. You see, there was a time… I never really loved Michael Jackson’s music, but… Read more
Scattershot 2009-06-25
A few random shots around the web: When I heard that bartender-beating Chicago cop Anthony Abbate got a light sentence, I wondered if someone who wasn’t a cop did the same thing, would he get off as easy? When Moser did some research, and the answers is probably yes. It was, after all, just a barfight.… Read more
Not Much Punishment For Abbate, Even Less For Conspirators
Chicago police officer Anthony Abbate—caught on video beating up a young woman bartender—has been sentenced. He got probation. Note that Abbate is still a police officer. The Independent Police Review Authority has recommended he be fired, and it sounds like he was convicted of a felony, which should disqualify him for the police force, but… Read more