I’m sure you’ve heard that the California Supreme Court overturned the state’s ban on same-sex marriages. So June 17 is the first day that same-sex couples can legally marry in California. Well, as reported by the Los Angeles Times, … the Kern County [California] clerk will stop performing all civil…
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A Court Reporter Not To Be Messed With
Vietnam veteran and court reporter Ronald Tolkin was in the right place at the right time. That place was a courtroom in Brooklyn, New York. Others present: prosecutor Carolyn Pokorny, defendant Victor Wright, Judge Block, and U.S. Marshal Alvarez. As reported by nymag.com, after lunging at Ms. Pokorny with a…
Aussie TV – Raining F-Bombs? C-Bombs?
Can you say that on TV in Australia? Hell yes. Chef Gordon Ramsay, of “Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares” in Australia (and “Hell’s Kitchen” in the U.S.) drops some serious f-bombs. Per The Daily Telegraph, … celebrity chef Ramsay slipp[ed] in the f-word more than 80 times in one episode. Shazam! Should…
DNA Samples from 5-Year-Olds?
For those of you in the United States who are worried about the steady erosion of privacy rights (count me in), transplant yourself to the United Kingdom for a moment. As reported in The Guardian, here’s a suggestion from Britain’s most senior police forensics expert: Primary school children should be…
Right To Dry?
Yes, “right to dry,” not “right to die,” though some people may jump off their condo balconies if, heaven forfend, Project Laundry List, and some New England legislators get their wish. What do they want? Per The Boston Globe: If successful, the measures in Vermont and Connecticut would be the…
Did The “My Breasts Are Too Big” Defense Work?
For real – this defense was really used in court. The charge against Japanese pin-up Serena Kozakura was kicking a hole in a door, and then crawling through it to enter an apartment. She was convicted. On appeal, Serena’s lawyer argued that, with a 44-inch chest, she could not possibly…
Yes, There Is Such A Thing As “Bad Publicity”
Just ask Vern Potter. Seems old Vern was wanted for insurance fraud relating to a personal injury claim from an automobile accident. Obviously he didn’t get enough to retire on, because he took a job with a roofing company. Just recently, he was up on the roof of an elementary…
Cook Put What Kind Of Hair In The Steak?
Pubes! “According to the [police] complaint, a second kitchen worker told police [the cook] put a slit in the steak and pushed something inside, then stated, “These are my pubes,” referring to pubic hair.” (The cook said they were facial hairs. Huh?) Why would a cook do this? He was…
Woman Left Man 13 Times – Then He Finally Gave Her The Boot
Over the 14 years Noel “Nutsy” Campbell and Miss Jasmine were involved (I can’t say “together” because at one point, she left him for 4 years!), she left him 13 times. He always took her back. So why did he finally decide he’d had enough? He was tired of the…
She Said “No Omelette” – Okay?
So the husband, Ravi, wanted an omelette for dinner. And he’s not real flexible (at least he wasn’t at the time). Wife Kavitha, a school teacher, didn’t feel like cooking no stinkin’ omelette. After an argument, she began chopping onions for the omelette. After another argument ensued, she took that…