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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

U.S. Plaintiff's Lawyers Looking Overseas

> The Vatican, the headquarters of the Roman Catholic church, returned to the black last year after three years of losses as rising stock markets and property prices boosted its economy. > The Holy See, which has an all-male population of 921 and is headed by Pope Benedict XVI,

Horrible Lawsuit . . .

. . . but we sympathize. > Weathermen are being sued in Romania by hotel and restaurant owners who say the rain they keep forecasting has frequently failed to arrive. > They say reports every week that resorts will face heavy rains have hit business hard and left hotels in tourist areas like

Folks from Andrew Sullivan's Blog?

> Someone urinated in the holy water at a suburban Rochester, N.Y., Catholic church. > Four local teens have been charged with that and other vandalism. > Monroe County sheriff's deputies said the teenagers smashed wine bottles against the walls, left bicycle skid marks on the carpet,

Philip K. Dick

Tech Central Station has run a neat--though somewhat chilling--piece about the sci-fi work of Philip K. Dick. Link [http://www.techcentralstation.com/071105B.html]. Excerpt: > Indeed, Dick, although stone-cold dead for nearly a quarter-century, is doing pretty well. His 50 volumes of fiction have

The Fame Craze, Episode 20,212,499

A woman lost 30 pounds eating nothing but McDonald's food. Now she's dreaming of fame and fortune: > Morgan dreams of becoming the McDonald's Corp.'s Jared Fogle, the Subway weight-loss poster boy. She figures she might as well find a way

Attacking the Therapeutic Society

The Clare Booth Luce Policy Institute has run a review of Christina Hoff Sommers' and Sally Satel's book, One Nation Under Therapy: How the Helping Culture Is Eroding Self-Reliance. We'd give the review a five, on a scale of 1-10, but the book

What Would We Do Without Surveys?

> Most Italians think nude sunbathing is perfectly natural and don't mind crossing paths with bottomless beach-goers -- even when those bottoms are unsightly, survey results released Sunday said. Link [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2005-07-11T131550Z_01_L10510188_RTRIDST_0_

2002 Pregnancy Rates Released

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has released the 2002 pregnancy rates. For the most part, the news is depressing. MSN Link [http://family.msn.com/tool/article.aspx?dept=baby&sdept=bpc&name=bc_041105_usbirths&GT1=6434] . Excerpts: > The big news from the

Gadarenes Sheep

> First one sheep jumped to its death. Then stunned Turkish shepherds, who had left the herd to graze while they had breakfast, watched as nearly 1,500 others followed, each leaping off the same cliff, Turkish media reported. Link [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TURKEY_SHEEP_SUICIDE?

At the Risk of Losing our PG Rating . . .

Quick-moving paddle, nudity, presumably a lot of drinking. What could go wrong? > Three strippers and two nightclub managers have been arrested for allegedly spanking a trucker at his 31st birthday bash and severely bruising his backside. > After his friends paid $25, Keith Lowery was handcuffed and spanked