I don’t know why the bids in this eBay auction are so low. I mean, it’s getting the whole next year off, so it’s not like it will get worn out. It’s certainly used. And, from the picture, it appears to be somewhat deformed: I’m not sure if that’s a dimple, a bellybutton (?!) or a piercing.
Does this have anything to do with that eBay executive cycling himself right into a tree recently? If I did this for a living I might kill myself, too.
from Defamer
Yes, Driving While Brown is still enough to get you tossed in jail. Oh gosh, what am I saying? It’s getting so bad you could probably get a week in solitary just for a Mystic Tan these days.
Admittedly, these guys were not only driving while brown, they were also transporting cellphones. You know the most popular kind of cellphone? That’s right, the Razr! Razors are like box cutters…and vans and planes are both kinds of transportation…you see where we’re going with this. Do we have to spell it out for you?
From BoingBoing:
Cellphone terror detainees: not guilty, just inconveniently brown
The FBI today said it has no reason to suspect terrorism ties for three Palestinian-American men arrested in Michigan and charged with “collecting or providing materials for terrorist acts and surveillance of a vulnerable target for terrorist purposes.” The men were stopped by authorities after buying 80 pre-paid cellphones at a Wal-Mart. Their van contained nearly a thousand such phones, and the men said they planned to re-sell them at profit. Nearby, in Ohio, a prosecutor today said he lacked evidence to present felony terrorism charges against two more Arab-American men arrested in a similar incident last week over bulk cellphone buys. Link to AP story, via MSNBC (Thanks, Malik Mitchell).
From the Squid blog
Stolen from Horse Badorties, who put it in a comment here on Guido‘s blog.
The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Scotland of Asthal): Statistics provided to the Home Office by the Police on arrests and charges from 11 September 2001 until 31 December 2004 under the Terrorism Act 2000 are on the Home Office website. (These are compiled from recent police records and are therefore subject to change as cases go through the system.)
Key Facts and Statistics
Police records show that from 11 September 2001 until 31 December 2004, 701 people were arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000.
Charges
119 of these were charged under the Act. Of these, 45 were also charged with offences under other legislation.
135 were charged under other legislation. This includes charges for terrorist offences that are already covered in general criminal law such as murder, grievous bodily harm and use of firearms or explosives.Convictions
17 individuals have been convicted of offences under the Terrorism ActOther Information
The following table gives the outcome for those not covered above:Outcome
Transferred to immigration authorities 59
On bail to return 22
Cautioned 7
Dealt with under mental health legislation 7
Awaiting extradition 1
Returned to prison service custody 1
Released without charge 351
This simply must be seen to be believed. They’re geniuses, the headline writers over there at Fark, and I’d blogroll them if only I could be arsed to make it through their tedious sign-up process (same goes for you, too, Wheaton, although come to think of it, I DID blogroll you. You’re cuter than Drew, though).
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