"Overton attributes his advanced age and good health—he walks without a cane and still, somewhat concernedly, drives—to a very particular diet: Overton smokes up to 12 cigars a day. AND, he takes his morning coffee with whiskey. Overton says whiskey is a "good medicine" that "keeps the muscles tender." This is very wise advice."
Fuck this guy - 10 Days in Jail for Ex-Prosecutor Who Sent Innocent Man to Prison for 25 Years - Hit & Run : Reason.com:
"A former Texas prosecutor accused of withholding important evidence in a murder trial, which resulted in an innocent man serving 25 years in prison, will go to jail. For 10 days. And he’ll pay a $500 fine and serve 500 hours of community service."
Yoga Pants Tycoon Blasted for Stating the Obvious | What Would Tyler Durden Do:
"The dude who owns the Lululemon yoga pants empire, Chip Wilson, kind of let slip on national TV that the reason some of the company’s leggings might be getting so easily worn out is because of chub rub. He was smart enough not to say ‘chub rub’, he said, ‘Frankly, some women’s bodies just don’t work for it.’ So, fatties. Which has led to tons of angry letters, Facebook posts, cries of sexism from the large and lovely set who have threatened boycotts online. All this for implying that too much stuffing is going to bust your casing..."
"Marvel have announced that they will be producing four original series for Netflix, focusing on the characters of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist and Luke Cage. They’ll get thirteen hours apiece, screening through Netflix and, in a slightly Avengers-like fashion, culminate in a grand crossover, The Defenders."
Anally violated a half dozen times on an expired, out of jurisdiction warrant and then billed for it. - Don't Appear to Be Clenching Your Buttocks When Pulled Over For Not Coming to a Complete Stop or Be Tortured by Doctors: America, This is Your War on Drugs - Hit & Run : Reason.com:
"1. Eckert's abdominal area was x-rayed; no narcotics were found. 2. Doctors then performed an exam of Eckert's anus with their fingers; no narcotics were found. 3. Doctors performed a second exam of Eckert's anus with their fingers; no narcotics were found. 4. Doctors penetrated Eckert's anus to insert an enema. Eckert was forced to defecate in front of doctors and police officers. Eckert watched as doctors searched his stool. No narcotics were found. 5. Doctors penetrated Eckert's anus to insert an enema a second time. Eckert was forced to defecate in front of doctors and police officers. Eckert watched as doctors searched his stool. No narcotics were found. 6. Doctors penetrated Eckert's anus to insert an enema a third time. Eckert was forced to defecate in front of doctors and police officers. Eckert watched as doctors searched his stool. No narcotics were found. 7. Doctors then x-rayed Eckert again; no narcotics were found. 8. Doctors prepared Eckert for surgery, sedated him, and then performed a colonoscopy where a scope with a camera was inserted into Eckert's anus, rectum, colon, and large intestines. No narcotics were found. Throughout this ordeal, Eckert protested and never gave doctors at the Gila Regional Medical Center consent to perform any of these medical procedures...
There are major concerns about the way the search warrant was carried out. Kennedy argues that the search warrant was overly broad and lacked probable cause. But beyond that, the warrant was only valid in Luna County, where Deming is located. The Gila Regional Medical Center is in Grant County. That means all of the medical procedures were performed illegally and the doctors who performed the procedures did so with no legal basis and no consent from the patient. .... The warrant also had expired in time when the "medical procedures" were carried out.
UPDATE: Eckert's lawsuit. And yes: they are trying to bill him for medical services rendered. From the suit: "Defendant Gila Regional has billed Plaintiff for the “services” it provided at the request of law enforcement....Plaintiff still receives medical bills for thousands of dollars for these illegal, invasive and painful medical procedures.""
Fuck this guy too - Chicago Cop Cleared in Shooting of Unarmed Man, His Third Shooting in Six Months, City Already Settled With Family for $4 Million - Hit & Run : Reason.com:
"Earlier this year, the city of Chicago settled with the family of Flint Farmer, who was shot by Officer Gildardo Sierra in June 2011, for $4.1 million but made no admission of guilt. Sierra fired 16 rounds, hitting the unarmed Farmer seven times. It was Sierra’s third shooting, and second fatal shooting, in six months. The officer admitted to having been drinking before coming into work. A dashboard cam caught video of a part of the shooting, which appeared to show Sierra shooting Farmer in the back as Farmer lay on the ground."
Understanding Thailand.
Can't stop the signal - Drug Users Rejoice: The Silk Road Is Back Up And Running - SFGate:
"Silk Road, the anonymous marketplace notorious as a location to buy and sell drugs online, is back up and running today. The libertarians and drugs vendors who patronize the site would like you to know that you can't kill an idea, so they're back at it after the Feds shut down the site earlier this year and arrested its operator, Ross Ulbricht. The new owner of the site is, of course, staying anonymous. But he or she is using the same "Dread Pirate Roberts" alias that Ulbricht used and is tweeting the occasional update on the status of the newly relaunched site. (The "joke" here, which originates from the movie The Princess Bride, is that the name "Dread Pirate Roberts" is itself just a name used by multiple generations of different pirates.)"
