An Illinois attorney, with 35 years of experience and no prior history of discipline, has had his license to practice law suspended for six months for calling a Judge a “narcissistic, maniacal, mental case, [who]… should not be on the bench.”  While I suspect some lawyers have thought such things about their Judges (and Judges [...]

Arturo Rodriguez, the president of the United Farm Workers of America, is tired of hearing that illegal immigrants take jobs that legal citizens would otherwise take.  So, together with comedian Stephen Colbert, he is asking legal US citizens, including right wing pundits and elected officials in DC, to take the open farmworker jobs.  “First, dress appropriately. [...]

While the BP oil spill in the gulf is getting world wide attention, little has been reported until now about the almost constant environmental devastation caused by oil spills in Nigeria.   “The Niger Delta has suddenly become a cautionary tale for the US. As many as 546 million gallons of oil spilled into the Niger [...]

Just the facts: Rapper P Ditty’s son turned 16.  He cannot drive, as he has no license.  His father threw him a party at Manhattan’s M2 Ultralounge.  Rappers Fabolous, Lil’ Kim, and Jim Jones all performed.  The cast from Jersey Shore attended the party (no doubt for a fee).  Ditty also bought his son a [...]

Only on Friday do we report such interesting things as this.  But it has been reported that there are parasites at Goldman Sachs – literally.  “Employees at the company’s new 42-story office tower in Jersey City, N.J., were ordered out of the building last month as bedbug-sniffing dogs and exterminators came in to spray for [bedbugs]…, ABC [...]

In one corner is an oft used claim of national security; in the other stands the First Amendment, assuming this contest ever made it to a Court of law.  Previously reported was the arrest of the Army Intel officer who leaked information to a web publisher.  Now comes the report that the Pentagon is hunting [...]

The Federal Trade Commission has announced today that Bank of America will “provide refunds to homeowners who were overcharged before July 2008, when” Countrywide Financial Corp., “the company was bought by Bank of America”.
“The agency began investigating the loan-servicing business of the company, since acquired by Bank of America, in 2008 amid complaints about fees [...]

Although US trading has begun for the day/week (at the start of the day, markets started up slightly and are now sliding, but not dramatically), here is an article with a good list of things to watch: (paraphrased, with link below) Asian markets down; BP costs to contain up (at 27 mil per day); UK [...]

 “The U.S. Gulf Coast state of Alabama closed its oyster beds on Tuesday and discouraged swimming on its barrier island resort of Dauphin Island due to the presence of spilled oil, state authorities said.http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico oil spill was threatening more of the U.S. Gulf Coast, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration had forecast that winds could [...]

Avoid hospitals in July. “Summer hospital horror stories aren’t just medical lore: The adjusted mortality rate rises 4% in July and August for the average major teaching hospital, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. That means eight to 14 more deaths occur at major teaching hospitals than would normally without the turnover.”   The [...]