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Can’t “Beat” This!

April 15th, 2005 · No Comments

This definitely fits into the “Now I’ve Heard Everything!” category. Only, I’m sure that sooner or later, someone will come up with something that will spurt right past this one, too. “Okla. Judge’s Career Ended by Allegations”  

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Strange…Jonathan Strange

September 26th, 2004 · No Comments

Well, I’m not really sure what to think of this. I mean, she gets to look like a normal human being in Europe, but in the United States, she has to have a more glamorous look? Heck, that sounds like the title for a nice fiction novel itself: “The U.S. Photo of Susanna Clarke.”

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They Thought We Only Wanted Oil

November 7th, 2003 · No Comments

This is another one of those borderline posts that you might not want to read if you’re easily offended. All I really have time to say about it is: “You lost what?” Any more special thanks to Bob Marcotte for bringing stories to my attention and I’ll have to make him a co-author on this […]

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Ketu-BAH!

November 6th, 2003 · No Comments

The story is about an Israeli lawyer who tried to place his wife “under no pressure whatsoever” to have sex with him twice daily…by suing her.

I think the court did him a favor by ruling the petition was not receivable. Here in Clovis, a contract for sex would be a) unenforceable as against public policy and b) probably get you charged with pandering or pimping.

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