March 27, 2010
Spork Over the Cash
Million Dollar Spork?
By Ben Briscoe
NewsChannel 10
PAMPA, TEXAS - An area jail is being sued by one of its inmates for one million dollars, but the merits of the complaint are raising concerns about wasting the court's time and your taxes.
The suit was filed in federal court against three gray county jail employees including Sheriff Don Copeland. In the complaint inmate Darren Hathcoat writes by hand that the three defendants ordered, "all the jailers and the civilian kitchen workers to feed me off of styrfoam tray with no utinsels. I had to eat with my bair hands for 11 months."
Because they did not let him use a spork like other inmates... Hathcoat writes the court should, "award me one million dollars for the demorilization and metal anguish."
District Judge John Board says the courts are flooded with civil suits from prisoners. There's so many, Texas has two separate statues on the books about these inmate complaints. If a judge thinks the claim from an inmate is frivolous - they can either dismiss it without a hearing or require the person in jail to pay money up front in case it ends up being a waste of time. But board says judges exercise extreme caution.
Not for sure if the quote from the inmate is verbatim with the misspellings or slip-shod editing on the website's part.
March 26, 2010
impecunious
impecunious \im-pih-KYOO-nee-uhs\ , adjective;
1. Not having money; habitually without money; poor.
I looked this one up in the dictionary and found my picture with the definition.
Anti-Police Dog
You've heard of police dogs? This is an anti-police dog.
A Chattanooga Police officer, while running radar at 1410 Workman Road on Sunday night, had his patrol car attacked by a ferocious bulldog.
Officer Clayton Holmes said he had stopped to work on a report when he felt his car shaking. He got out to investigate and what he found was a bulldog chewing on his patrol car.
The dog chewed two tires and the entire front bumper off of the car.
Interview with Henry "Hank" Skinner
Another video (Two parts) of another interview (explicit language) at top of page, along with an interview with a friend of one of the victims.
Skinner Execution, Family Friend Speaks Out
March 25, 2010
Baked by Alice B. Toklas
You Are Brownies |
 You are outgoing and friendly. You don't let yourself stress too much - there's too much life to be enjoyed! You are easy on yourself and those around you. Even if you eat the whole pan of brownies, it's really not a big deal. Your friends can always count on you for a smile or a laugh. You rarely judge or criticize. You are sweet because you realize not everyone's perfect. You don't try to be perfect, and you love yourself even more for it. |
Alice B. Toklas
