Coffee and Provocation

 

Provoking the Pit Bull:

It's all fun and games until the Pit Bull swallows.  It seems a 33-year-old man tried to “befriend” a pit bull by putting his face up to the dog and sticking his tongue out. The pit bull proceeded to bite off the man’s tongue and swallow it.  The man will live, if talk funny, but of course the Pit Bull will die, in part because it has bitten before.

 

There's Cash in Them There Pit Bull Stories!

The Humane Societies of New Jersey (AHS) is suing Garden State Veterinary Services in Northern New Jersey, as well as the City of Newark, to gain custody of an abused Pit Bull by the name of Patrick that was pulled from a Newark apartment building trash chute. AHS is claiming ownership of the dog because it was to their clinic that the no-name dog was rushed for emergency treatment. Once stabilized, the no-name dog was transferred to Garden State Veterinary Services who named the dog Patrick and made it a cause. AHS is now suing to have the dog they refer to as “trademark registration number 23699″ returned so that the dog can spend the rest of its life at the AHS Forked River Shelter.  Why the interest in this dog?  Well, direct mail of course!  AHS says in court documents,  that to “deprive AHS of its property interest in Patrick” would result in “significant losses” of “economic advantage” to AHS.  

 

No Habla Ingles?

The New Mexico Supreme Court has ruled that courts in that state cannot exclude jurors for not speaking English. Or to put it another way  新墨西哥州最高法院已经裁定，法院在这种状态下，不能排除陪审员不会说英语.  Or perhaps:  Το Νέο Μεξικό Ανώτατο Δικαστήριο αποφάνθηκε ότι το δικαστήριο του κράτους δεν μπορεί να αποκλείσει ενόρκων για να μην μιλάει Inglés.  Of course there are those who would say it this way: न्यू मैक्सिको के सुप्रीम कोर्ट के उस राज्य की अदालतों इन्ग्लेस नहीं बोल के लिए जूरी सदस्यों को अलग नहीं कर सकते हैं कि में फैसला दिया है..  Or, if you prefer:  Die New Mexico Hooggeregshof het beslis dat dit in staat howe kan nie uitsluit regters nie te praat nie Ingles.

 

Battery Test
This is an amazingly simple, no-tech way of testing the average battery.  Check it out.

 

China's One (Small) Dog Policy

Having let enforcement lapse in the past, China is now enforcing its one small dog policy, which is sending large number of larger dogs to their death.