Saturday, March 09, 2013

The week in news

Drunken driver sues buddy, New Mexico restaurants
"Ruiz said in his suit that he was convicted and incarcerated due to the chain of events the defendants set in motion."
Yeah, like his friend said, "Let's go get something to eat."  And then the waiter said, "Would you like something to drink with that?"

"Ruiz was out on bond on his fifth DWI arrest when the fatal crash took place, authorities said."
Turns out, he really should be suing whoever let him out on bond.  If they hadn't done that, none of this would have happened.  Case closed!

Oklahoma crowd stunned by wrong-basket buzzer-beater
"... all Hugo High School had to do was inbound the basketball and run out the clock to advance in the Oklahoma state boys' basketball tournament."
But,
"Hugo guard Trey Johnson got confused after he received the inbounds pass and laid the ball into the wrong basket just before time expired, giving the opposing team, Millwood High, a 38-37 win Thursday night and a place in the Class 3A semifinals."
Cuz, basketball is hard like that.  Actually, I do feel bad for the kid, though.


North Korea rejects UN demands, vows to become 'nuclear weapons state'
 
It's funny, and it's not so funny.
 
Scientists say that if natural factors were still governing the climate, the Northern Hemisphere would probably be destined to freeze over again in several thousand years. “We were on this downward slope, presumably going back toward another ice age,” Dr. Marcott said.

Instead, scientists believe the enormous increase in greenhouse gases caused by industrialization will almost certainly prevent that.
 So, we're preventing another ice age?  Awesome!

Man accused of downloading child pornography in college library says he has shared images for years
"The problem is tough to police because of the imperfect nature of Internet filtering devices and pushback from free-speech advocates who believe adults should have the right to view adult pornography in libraries..."
 Doesn't anyone see anything wrong with anyone viewing any kind of pornography in public?  I really don't like the idea that the guy next to me might be, well, you know.  Do that stuff in private.  And what does this have to do with free speech?  Perhaps posting pornography could be interpreted as free speech, but downloading it?  Not so much.


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