[News] Chuck’s Links for Saturday, April 11, 2009
That Quebec 12-yr-old, who successfully sued her dad last year for grounding her (in a decision widely expected to be overturned) actually won the damn appeal, i.e., grounding her was too severe. Canadian Broadcasting Corp. News
A widower was charged with casting his wife's absentee ballot last November, but he defended himself by pointing out that (a) she had almost made it to election day before dying, and (b) she was a huge Obama supporter. Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee)
13 yrs after discovering a sewage-contaminated creek in Washington state, the gov't has finally traced the source: a sewer line from a building in Vancouver, Wash., that houses two state environmental agencies. The Daily News (Longview)
The Brighton and Hove City Council in Britain has reprimanded a guy for stapling "lost item" posters to trees, thus, according to an official, "wounding" a "living thing." Daily Mail
[Jury Duty] Christy McGaw and Tammy Sharp, alleged absent-minded shoplifters (Bonus: Web editor doesn't know how to spell "weird") TCPalm.com
Today's Newsrangers: Bruce Alter, Gary Benoit, Paul Mulherin
A widower was charged with casting his wife's absentee ballot last November, but he defended himself by pointing out that (a) she had almost made it to election day before dying, and (b) she was a huge Obama supporter. Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee)
13 yrs after discovering a sewage-contaminated creek in Washington state, the gov't has finally traced the source: a sewer line from a building in Vancouver, Wash., that houses two state environmental agencies. The Daily News (Longview)
The Brighton and Hove City Council in Britain has reprimanded a guy for stapling "lost item" posters to trees, thus, according to an official, "wounding" a "living thing." Daily Mail
[Jury Duty] Christy McGaw and Tammy Sharp, alleged absent-minded shoplifters (Bonus: Web editor doesn't know how to spell "weird") TCPalm.com
Today's Newsrangers: Bruce Alter, Gary Benoit, Paul Mulherin
Comments
Quebec 12-yr-old - This is insanity, pure and simple. As a parent, you have every right to punish your child for breaking your rules, short of abuse. For anyone to say otherwise opens the doors for children everywhere to grow up with a complete lack of respect for authority. We're already close to that anyway, this ruling won't help.
Jury Duty - Absolutely guilty.
Jury Duty - Absolutely guilty.
Posted by Nethie on 04/11/09 at 10:10 PM
Grounded Kid If the government want the right to step in then they should also expect the bills to fall on their door steps.
absentee ballot Dude needs to move over to Chicago if he expects to get away with stuff like this.
sewage creek Only 13 years?! That was swift by government standards.
Tree Killer I guess the councilman figured if the dude could afford a £100 reward that he could afford a £75 fine. A reasonable thought, no?
Jury Duty Guilty of being alive with an absent mind.
absentee ballot Dude needs to move over to Chicago if he expects to get away with stuff like this.
sewage creek Only 13 years?! That was swift by government standards.
Tree Killer I guess the councilman figured if the dude could afford a £100 reward that he could afford a £75 fine. A reasonable thought, no?
Jury Duty Guilty of being alive with an absent mind.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 04/12/09 at 10:59 AM
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