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Category Archives: Bill Bickel, Managing Editor
Teacher Fired For Calling Her Students ”Future Criminals” on Facebook
Jennifer O’Brien, a New Jersey first grade teacher, has been fired for writing on her Facebook page “I’m not a teacher — I’m a warden for future criminals,” and that her students should take part in a “scared straight” program. She’d intended the posts to be read only by her … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Bickel, Editorials, Facebook, schools
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High School Sophomore Faces Criminal Charges for Racist Twitter Post
A New Jersey high school sophomore is facing harassment charges after she took a photo of two black students and posted it on Twitter along with a racist remark. We’re at an informational disadvantage here since because of both her age and the nature of the remark, very few details … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Bickel, Editorials, harassment, hate speech, NAACP, polls, racism, Twitter
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”Hello. My Name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to Fly”: Tuesday Morning Miscellany, February 5, 2013
Possibly the Most Unusual Murder Weapon Ever: And probably the first time CJA has added an adult advisory for a story about attempted killing Trying to cure you friend’s hiccups by pretending the gun you’re firing at him is loaded with real bullets is all great fun until… Will the … Continue reading
Donald Trump Sues Bill Maher After Proving His Mother Did Not Have Sex With an Orangutan
February 4, 2013: After Bill Maher missed Trump’s noon deadline to pay up the $5 million, Trump filed the threatened lawsuit against him. As much as I dislike Donald Trump (though presumably not as much as Bill Maher does), if this does go to trial, I’ll be siding with The … Continue reading
JonBenet’s Father Reacts to Revelation That Grand Jury Had Voted to Indict Him and Wife in 1999
In an interview appearing in the latest issue of People magazine, on sale Friday, John Ramsey dismisses the news as “just more drama” — which seems to me a somewhat odd reaction to “a grand jury thought there was sufficient evidence to prosecute you and your wife for the murder … Continue reading
Kindergarten Girl Charged With Making a ”Terroristic Threat” — With a Hello Kitty Bubble Gun
Clarification and update: At the time the girl made the comment about shooting herself with the Hello Kitty bubble gun, she didn’t have the gun with her. She is reportedly back in school as of today. January 22, 2013: The title pretty much tells the story: five-year-old Pennsylvania girl says … Continue reading
Legislator Wants Rape Victims to be Required to Carry Babies to Term, So the Fetus Can Be Used As Evidence
Tampering with evidence shall include procuring or facilitating an abortion, or coercing or compelling another to obtain an abortion, of a fetus that is the result of criminal sexual penetration or incest with the intent to destroy evidence of the crime -New Mexico House Bill 206, introduced Wednesday by State … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, Bill Bickel, Editorials, polls, rape, right to life
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Say, it’s only a paper gun…
In Philadelphia last week, a fifth-grader was reprimanded by her teacher, and told she could arrested, after bringing to school a sheet of paper her grandfather had folded into the shape of a gun. She hadn’t threatened anybody with it, hadn’t even said “bang,” and the sheet of paper was … Continue reading
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Tagged guns, schools, zero-tolerance
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The Library and the Painting
I thought this one needed a “landing page”: the article is of a sexual nature, the accompanying illustration might offend, and I’ll be allowing more latitude than normal in your responses. I trust you all to remember that there are more proper and less proper words to express anything you … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Bill Bickel, censorship, Editorials, polls, racism
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”Superior Legal Mind” Suffers Another Legal Setback
Gregory Berry’s appeal of the dismissal of his appeal of the dismissal of his lawsuit against the law firm that fired him (I think I have that right; it’s getting complicated) was turned down today by a New York state appeals panel that pointed out, to nobody’s surprise but Berry’s, … Continue reading
