Just Stupid

Hans Reiser comes clean

If anyone had any doubts about Hans Reiser’s guilt, this is from Threat Level: Hans Reiser Leads Police to Nina’s Body. It’s unfortunate that he chose to lead the police to his victim’s body only after bargaining for a reduced sentence.  But at least now her family and children will have some closure and be [...]

Myanmar government is a real class act

After the situation that the U.S. government created with the whole Katrina mess, it’s hard to come down on how other people handle a disaster. I mean, people are still recovering in Louisiana and Mississippi. The U.S. just does lip service to areas that were devastated in 2005. Luckily the military in Myanmar makes it [...]

I hope Amazon wins this one

Amazon is suing New York state over the “Amazon Tax” law. I hope they win for a couple of reasons. This law is just aimed at fixing something the state does not like: people buy items from out of state and don’t pay the use tax. If anyone actually pays this tax I would be [...]

Sheesh, Roger Clemens keeps getting hit

First there was the steroids, possibly lying to congress thing. Now Roger Clemens appears to have been also cheating on his wife? And more than once? He should have retired and gone with “No comment” months ago. Once he took the “How dare you question me” position he guaranteed that the press would go after [...]

Sean Bell shooting verdict

All three detectives in the Sean Bell killing have been found not guilty. This may have been the “correct legal outcome” from the trial, but Sean Bell was killed and that should have consequences.

Wesley Snipes gets 3 years

Looks like Wesley Snipes is going to jail. Honestly, he should have known better and the civil proceedings have yet to be decided. Wonder how much of an example he’ll be made of in a civil trial? His two co-defendants didn’t do so well either. One was sentenced to 10 years, the other 4 and [...]