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Archive for 2017
April 12, 2017
THIS SEEMS ONLY FAIR: Court backs ex-UT players on social media bid in rape case. “A state appellate court ruled Wednesday former University of Tennessee star linebacker A.J. Johnson and a former teammate have the right go after the social media history of the woman who accuses them of rape and her friends in their bid to prove they are wrongfully accused. The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals sided with lead defense attorneys Stephen Ross Johnson and David Eldridge on behalf of Johnson and Michael Williams, respectively, in a ruling that not only may bolster their claim of innocence but now opens the door for defense attorneys in criminal cases to directly seek from witnesses social media history without relying on prosecutors or police to do so. . . . Although interviews by the Knoxville Police Department of the accuser and witnesses indicated all had used social media to discuss various aspects of the case, the agency did not follow up with a subpoena to get that social media history. The defense then sought to get it on their own, using subpoenas. The state balked. Judge Bob McGee backed the state but allowed the defense to appeal because of the statewide implications of the issue.”
Here’s the actual opinion, where the court noted that the State “appears to have engaged in a ‘hide the ball’ strategy which is inimical to the constitutional rights laboriously described above.”
PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS:
● Sean Spicer just forgot the 1st rule of politics: Never compare anything to Hitler.
—Headline, CNN.com, today.
● [Ted] Turner Compares Fox’s Popularity to Hitler.
—Headline, Broadcasting and Cable, January 25, 2005.
● [Scott Pelley of] CBS Goes Low, Hurls Personal Insults at Spicer Over Hitler Blunder.
—Headline, NewsBusters, yesterday.
● CBS ‘Global Warming Special’ Host [Scott Pelley] Likened Warming Skeptics to Holocaust Deniers.
—Headline, NewsBusters, January 21, 2008.
IT’S SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH: Dear @EmmaWatson: You Are the ‘Goodwill Ambassador’ for a Rape Culture.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Conservatives Aren’t the Only Voices Silenced by Academia’s Intellectual Orthodoxy.
JOURNALISM IS ABOUT KEEPING DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUENCIES RILED UP, AND REPUBLICAN CONSTITUENCIES DEPRESSED: This Charlotte Hate Crime Won’t Get Much Attention.
A BIG DAMN HERO: Woman dives into pond to save drowning lady.
She was on an ordinary run when she decided to take an extra lap around her route. That extra lap changed her ordinary run into an extraordinary experience.
“A car was going airborne into the middle of the pond,” Davis said. “I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I can’t believe this is happening.'”
86-year-old Ann Leslie had hit the gas instead of the brakes and catapulted into the water.
“There was a woman, and she looked scared,” Davis said. “[I thought,] I’m going to try and do something. I’m going into the pond.”
She dove in, and once she got to the Toyota Highlander, it was almost under water.
“Miraculously, she got her back window down,” Davis said. “Then she reached for me, and I got her out so her head was above water.”
She held her there, above water, until paramedics arrived. By doing so, Davis saved the stranger’s life.
I went to high school with her. Nice work, Gloria!
I GUESS THEY’RE WALKING BACK FROM THE ANTI-PSA STANCE: Men Should Ask About Prostate Cancer Test, Panel Advises.
THIS IS INSTAPUNDIT READER STEVE EIMERS: Father of Tennessee teen who died after hitting guardrail demands action from lawmakers.
NEWS YOU CAN USE: Yes, your grandmother is having sex. “65 is the new 45.”
WELL, IT’S ABOUT TIME SOMEBODY DID: Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov Scolds Andrea Mitchell’s ‘Manners.’
NEWS YOU CAN USE: Mystery of why shoelaces come undone unravelled by science.
CHRISTIAN TOTO: Why This Awful Assignment Doesn’t Deserve its Fate.
I’ve always been a fan of Walter Hill’s over-the-top action movies — especially the bad ones. That Assignment is anti-PC just makes me want to see it even more.
840 HP MUSCLE CARS IN AN ERA OF CHEAP AND ABUNDANT GASOLINE. MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon: An 840-HP Monster!
YOU’LL NEVER BELIEVE THIS BUT… Michael Walsh is in hot water again.
‘BAN CARS TO STOP TERROR’ SAYS SWEDEN’S BEST-SELLING NEWSPAPER AFTER STOCKHOLM ATTACK.
Somehow, the truck just went off in Stockholm. Whoops! But of course, banning cars is one of the left’s most deeply held dreams (along with banning pretty much everything else). I wonder if Jerry Brown is taking notes?