good thing it’s friday because my work here is DONE people. I AM THROUGH. FINITO.
THIS PUPPY IS WEARING TINY SNEAKERS. WE ARE ALL INVALID.
they’re no kitten mittens, but still pretty great.
Court Deputy Ordered to Apologize or Face Jail After Taking Lawyer’s Paperwork
An Arizona judge found a Maricopa County Sheriff’s detention officer in contempt of court after he pulled two sheets of paper from a public defender’s court file during a sentencing hearing last month.
Officer Adam Stoddard testified earlier this month that he saw the words “going to,” “steal,” and “money” on a handwritten sheet of paper sticking out of lawyer Joanne Cuccia’s file, and that this led him to believe that her client, Antonio Lozano, posed a security threat, the Arizona Republic reported.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Gary Donahoe found Stoddard’s assessment unreasonable and decided Stoddard must either apologize to Cuccia at a press conference Nov. 30 or report to jail Dec. 1.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio issued a press release indicating the public apology order would be defied.
“My officer was doing his job, and I will not stand by and allow him to be thrown to the wolves by the courts because they feel pressure from the media on this situation,” Arpaio said in the press release.
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San Diego solo practitioner Mary Frances Prevost wonders on California Criminal Lawyer Blog why Stoddard isn’t being charged with a crime for stealing Cuccia’s property.
“This is absolutely outrageous when defense attorneys must bring colleagues to watch their belongings because the cops might steal from them,” she writes
The Oct. 19 incident has received nationwide attention because it was recorded on courtroom surveillance video.
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I would have been LIVID.
the middle dog looks like a big version of the boyfriend’s staffordshire bull terrier.
SYTYCD Top 18...
Adam Shankman told Channing in her samba that she had “wonderful hip action.” The entire time I was watching it, I kept commenting on the fact that she wasn’t moving her hips at all. And I was looking really hard.
They did the same thing with Molly during the Bollywood routine, complimenting her on her fingers. Um, she barely did the hands right the whole time, which I commented on (repeatedly) while she was dancing. Of course, I seriously doubt any of the judges know what the hands are supposed to look like, so maybe on that point they have a small excuse. If Bollywood is going to be a regular style on the show, though, the judges really should educate themselves on what it’s supposed look like.
The judges have always been insanely biased toward the blond girls, confusing their attractiveness with good dancing. When a routine goes badly (and boy have some of them gone badly), the girls never get the blame. Their partners take all of the criticism—however undeserved it might be.
The show’s apparent effort to get rid of all the non-white girls as quickly as possible (before the voting begins and they might get stuck with one of them), after five seasons of having almost NO women of color on the show… I don’t even know what to say about it. Watching Bianca go home at the end of this episode made my stomach turn.
One more thing? I wish Adam Shankman had never got it in his head that his being gay is the funniest thing ever. I’m just tired of the caricature and the fact that it’s pulled out as almost a kind of prop for everyone to laugh at.
Seriously consider not watching anymore. It’s just irritating to watch this every single season, and the dancing this season has not made up for the show’s general commitment to the status quo (white, thin, attractive, heterosexual, etc.)
Didn’t Sabra win one season? And Joshua? And wasn’t Travis gay?
Plus, the judges were torn up that Janette left the show in Season 5. A few commenting that they thought she should have won.
So, I disagree about the judges’ biases. I’m seriously considering not watching this season anymore, but it has way more to do with the lack of talent rather than any latent homophobia or racism/ethnocentrism on the show.
“Such has been the case with Will Phillips’ stand, but he hasn’t backed down. Laura Phillips told the Arkansas Times that her 10-year-old is “probably more aware of the meaning of the pledge than a lot of adults. He’s not just doing it rote recitation. We raised him to be aware of what’s right, what’s wrong, and what’s fair.”
Fairness in this case is more than a mere abstraction, since the family has a number of openly gay friends and has participated in GLBT equality events such as Pride parades. Will, who told the newspaper that he would like to pursue a career in law when he’s older, could not square the tenets of the pledge with the political realities faced by his family’s GLBT friends, whose family and individual rights are under constant challenge. “I really don’t feel that there’s currently liberty and justice for all,” said Will.
That led the young man to his decision not to pledge his allegiance due to the injustice he perceived to prevail against gays and lesbians. He discussed the matter with his family and then took his stand—or rather, refused to stand with the rest of the kids when the time for the pledge came around each morning.”
(via The Daily What)
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