Baltimore Sun, May 14, 2008:

The state's highest court suspended a Baltimore County judge ... for making profane and uncivil comments from the bench, issuing the harshest punishment for a Maryland judge in more than two decades and, observers said, sending a message to judges to watch their behavior.

The Court of Appeals found that District Judge Bruce S. Lamdin violated the state's judicial code of conduct. It accepted a judicial commission's recommendation that the judge be suspended for 30 days without pay.

I am putting these two YouTubes up simply because I find them funny. They are not new.

The first - safe for work - is "I Am Canadian," a Molson commercial from a couple of years back.

The second - NOT safe for work with some R-rated indecent and suggestive imagery - is "I Am Not Canadian," a radio station's rude satire of the famous Molson ad from, well, the perspective of a different identity. Some of the cracks may be too Canada/Quebec specific to translate easily.

This is absolutely not safe for work and may be quite offensive to some readers. Explicit content below the link, you are advised.

Minister and controversial supporter of Senator John McCain's presidential campaign, John Hagee: "The Catholic Church is the Great Whore... [of Babylon, from the Christian Apocalypse.]"

Next Frame: Disgraced NY Governor Eliot Spitzer, wheeling in a Brinks Armored Car of cash with hand signal lights like on the airport tarmac, "As if you'd know from great whores. At this price, they'd better be great." It is alleged that the services of one of the ALLEGED prostitution agencies implicated in ALLEGED connection to Governor Spitzer cost up to $4,500 an session, that's four thou five hunnert.

Better be a great whore. Eliot would be right to be pissed off if they tried to pass a "budget" $2,800 whore. maybe some toothless, high-mileage leatherbeaten retread from Beirut, off on him at that price.

Please note: unusually hard language below the "fold." May not be for all readers.

Baltimore Sun, February 8, 2008:

The 31-year-old music director of Bethel AME, a high-profile West Baltimore church, has been accused of rape and child abuse in a case involving a 13-year-old girl who is a member of the congregation, according to city police and church officials.

Timothy D. Price III was charged with second-degree rape, assault and child abuse, and multiple sex offense counts, city police said. Since his arrest Wednesday night, Price, who lives in Owings Mills, has been held on $1 million bail at Baltimore's Central Booking and Intake Center, electronic court records show.

Reuters via Yahoo, January 10, 2008:

A Polish man got the shock of his life when he visited a brothel and spotted his wife among the establishment's employees. Polish tabloid Super Express said the woman had been making some extra money on the side while telling her husband she worked at a store in a nearby town.

"I was dumfounded[sic]. I thought I was dreaming," the husband told the newspaper Wednesday.

The couple, married for 14 years, are now divorcing, the newspaper reported.

And you thought your marriage had challenges.

President Carter offers the most candid analysis of his life regarding the current presidential campaign and the state of U.S. foreign policy. His remarks are very provocative and some may take mild offense at certain imagery that the former President employed.