Anthrax Scientist kills himself as FBI prepares to arrest him
Archive for the ‘Law’ Category
Your laptop will be seized at the border if we like it
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has confirmed to the Washington Post what many people have mentioned in recent months: DHS border guards are seizing laptops, Blackberries and other electronic items at the border with little or no probable cause of wrongdoing. Federal agents may take a traveler’s laptop computer or other electronic device to [...]
SWAT raids mayor’s house. Finds 32lbs of pot
The part time mayor (Cheye Calvo) of the small town of Berwyn Heights, MD was awakened the other day to the Prince Georges County SWAT team kicking in his door after he brought in a package containing 32 lbs of marijuana addressed to his wife. They shot his dogs and interrogated him as if he [...]
Caviar Smuggling a growing trade
High speed boats flying through the sea being chased by even faster patrol boats. Cargo and contraband thrown overboard just in time before heavily armed paramilitary troops jump on board the seized vessel. Sounds like another day in the Caribbean, but it’s not. Caviar smuggling on the Caspian Sea is now a big business. With [...]
Title IX Sex Discrimination being applied to Science, not just Athletics
The New York Times is writing about Title IX, the landmark ruling that requires Universities to spend equal amounts of money for mens and womens’ sports. This has led to a slew of gold medals for the US in womens’ sports and a drastic decline in the number of schools offering mens olympic sports like [...]
Heath Ledger estate to go to probate
The Daily Telegraph in Australia reports that the estate of actor Heath Ledger will soon enter a probate court, with his young daughter standing to be the main beneficiary. The estate, valued around $20 million, will have to be divided up in court as the parents and his sisters are technically the main beneficiaries. While [...]
DC’s new gun rules announced for handgun owners
The Post is reporting on the new gun control regulations in the District of Columbia following the Supreme Court decision invalidating the District’s handgun ban. There will be a limit to 1 gun per person for the first 90 days while they sort through the process. Gun owners will have to pass vision test pass [...]
“Blame the Knife” anti-crime initiative launched
In the US they blame the gun for all the crimes, so after an outbreak of stabbings in the UK the PM has announced a new policy to get tough on those who carry knives. Perhaps that not fair. They are going after some of the families behind these crimes. He said stop and search [...]
Tapie wins a long court battle for Adidas money
The wheels of justice move slowly, but when it involves a major name like Adidas and a French political/sports/business celebrity it moves even slower. Thirteen years to be exact. Bernard Tapie bought Adidas many years ago with two loans from banks. But he had problems with the payments and the banks supposedly found a buyer [...]
French reject Muslim women’s citizenship–says ‘total submission’ to husband incompatible with French values
Expect to hear more about this case. France has denied citizenship to a Moroccan woman who wears a burqa on the grounds that her “radical” practice of Islam is incompatible with basic French values such as equality of the sexes. The case yesterday reopened the debate about Islam in France, and how the secular republic [...]
The Rinaggio apartment scam
I have a friend who just moved to New York who was so excited to find a room in a house in midtown Manhattan for $600 a month. The guy was traveling a lot and wouldn’t be there most of the time so she could live as a house sitter just a few blocks from [...]
