Obama Replaces Costly High-Speed Rail Plan With High-Speed Bus Plan
The Onion reports on the new proposed nationwide high-speed bus system.
Obama Replaces Costly High-Speed Rail Plan With High-Speed Bus Plan
Man Says Weed In Buttocks Is His, Cocaine’s Not
Hollywood can never create stories are bizarre as real life events. Cop stops dude and smells marijuana. Cop searches dude and finds a bag of weed in dude’s crack plus 27 pieces of rock cocaine. Dude admits the pot is his but says he is not the owner of the cocaine.
Man Sues Lawyer for $38 Quadrillion – Whatever that Is?
A man who sued a lawyer’s client for $918 billion also sued the lawyer for $38,000,000,000,000,000 – that’s $38 quadrillion for those of us that are big number challenged. This case might give us the answer to the legal question: Is a quadrillion more or less than a zillion? If he wins, I am going to go out on a limb and predict the plaintiff will have a hard time collecting all of the judgment. Would the plaintiff settle the case if offered $1 quadrillion? FYI: a billion has 9 zeros, a trillion has 12 zeros and a quadrillion has 15 zeros.
New York Insanity – 8.8% Tax on Sliced Bagels & No Tax on Unsliced Bagels
New York Post: “Only Albany could find a way to tax a cut. The cash-strapped state has been enforcing a bizarre distinction in the tax laws which requires delis and food peddlers to impose a levy on sliced bagels — even though there is no tax when the breakfast staple is sold whole.”