Tuesday, January 18, 2005
oddness
Do you need a giggle? This is scary. Who was the last Democrat president of the United States in the last 50 years to garner more than 50% of the popular vote?
This is painful.
Jimmy Carter. 50.1%. Obviously a clear mandate to really be the most incompetent prez in US history. Hey, I LIKE Jimma, good old fart. Jus' about as useful as POTUS as a box of rocks. Clear backlash at Nixon's VP and the pardon. Ford was even dumber than Carter and that was probably the most unusual pair of candidates in US history (my lifetime). Both equally incompetent. I voted for Pat that year.
I don't know if this is funny or not. Personally, it gave me a grin.
Making It Legal
If you've been fornicating in the Old Dominion, you no longer need fear criminal prosecution. "The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down an ancient and rarely enforced state law prohibiting sex between unmarried people," the Associated Press reports from Richmond.
Actually, "rarely enforced" overstates the case; the law was last applied to consenting adults in 1847. How, then, did the matter end up before the state high court? The AP explains:
*** QUOTE ***
The ruling stemmed from a woman's lawsuit seeking $5 million in damages from a man who infected her with herpes. She claims the man did not inform her that he was infected before they had sex.
Richmond Circuit Judge Theodore J. Markow threw out the lawsuit, ruling that the woman was not entitled to damages because she had participated in an illegal act. The Supreme Court reinstated the lawsuit.
*** END QUOTE ***
This column is no fan of trial lawyers, but let's give credit where due: Thanks to them, now Virginia really is for lovers.
The above is from James Taranto's "Opinion Journal" yesterday. Subscribe. No, I don't get paid. I only get paid for my animal nature. That, and my extreme prowess at throwing the caber.
This is painful.
Jimmy Carter. 50.1%. Obviously a clear mandate to really be the most incompetent prez in US history. Hey, I LIKE Jimma, good old fart. Jus' about as useful as POTUS as a box of rocks. Clear backlash at Nixon's VP and the pardon. Ford was even dumber than Carter and that was probably the most unusual pair of candidates in US history (my lifetime). Both equally incompetent. I voted for Pat that year.
I don't know if this is funny or not. Personally, it gave me a grin.
Making It Legal
If you've been fornicating in the Old Dominion, you no longer need fear criminal prosecution. "The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down an ancient and rarely enforced state law prohibiting sex between unmarried people," the Associated Press reports from Richmond.
Actually, "rarely enforced" overstates the case; the law was last applied to consenting adults in 1847. How, then, did the matter end up before the state high court? The AP explains:
*** QUOTE ***
The ruling stemmed from a woman's lawsuit seeking $5 million in damages from a man who infected her with herpes. She claims the man did not inform her that he was infected before they had sex.
Richmond Circuit Judge Theodore J. Markow threw out the lawsuit, ruling that the woman was not entitled to damages because she had participated in an illegal act. The Supreme Court reinstated the lawsuit.
*** END QUOTE ***
This column is no fan of trial lawyers, but let's give credit where due: Thanks to them, now Virginia really is for lovers.
The above is from James Taranto's "Opinion Journal" yesterday. Subscribe. No, I don't get paid. I only get paid for my animal nature. That, and my extreme prowess at throwing the caber.
