Last month I wrote about the seemingly never ending saga over the estate of J. Howard Marshall II – the late husband of starlet Anna Nicole Smith. Last week, the 9th Circuit Court denied Smith’s lawyers the opportunity to waste any more of the 9th Circuit’s time on this case.
As with every step of the way in this case, there’s more. Smith’s lawyers now have 90 days to file an appeal to return the case to the Supreme Court. If the court were to accept their petition, it would mark the second time the highest court in the land has considered this absurdly frivolous suit.
Smith’s lawyers have never been able to escape the facts in this case though, and maybe they’ve finally reached the end of the road. Of course, with millions of dollars in contingency fees on the line, I doubt they’ll pass up the opportunity to waste more of the court’s time if given the chance.
Still, it’s possible that after 15 years, this case is finally about to get its much-deserved stake through the heart.
• First things first. Congratulations to Nevada GOP Communications Director Ciara Turns, who is now Mrs. Ciara Mathews after marrying last week Andy Mathews, Communications Director for the Nevada Policy Research Institute. Let’s hope the new conservative power couple makes lots and lots of little conservative comunicators in the years ahead. We’re gonna need ‘em! Continue reading »
The following is a list of incumbent governors and gubernatorial candidates around the country who have signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge promising voters of their states that they will oppose and veto any and all efforts to increase taxes. Forget “Where’s Waldo?” Let’s play “Where’s Sandoval?” Continue reading »
• I haven’t watched professional basketball regularly since around the days of Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, but I think I’ll take an interest in the championship series coming up this week. Lakers or Jazz…doesn’t matter to me. As long as they beat Steve Kerr’s “Los” Suns! Continue reading »
• Harry Reid says a lot of stupid, outrageous things, so his comments on a Univision program this morning won’t surprise….though they will, rightfully, get Republicans’ blood boiling once again. Continue reading »
• Congratulations to Navy SEAL Matt McCabe who was cleared yesterday of charges that he gave a captured terrorist – the mastermind behind the Fallujah murder of those Blackwater employees – a fat lip and a punch to the stomach. Two other SEALs in the incident had already been cleared.
• And while we’re happy with the results of these trials, those men never should have been charged in the first place. The military’s top brass who put them through this ordeal ought to be ashamed of themselves. Continue reading »
A licensed, highly-trained professional doctor in Las Vegas reportedly told his licensed, highly-trained professional nurses to reuse syringes to save money, ultimately and not surprisingly resulting in patients who were injected with the dirty needles becoming infected with Hepatitis C. Continue reading »
• The Smoking Gun reports that “A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screener is facing an assault rap after he allegedly beat a co-worker who joked about the size of the man’s genitalia after he walked through a security scanner.” The screener and his co-workers had been training with new “whole body image” machines which provide very revealing images of a traveler.
• “The X-ray revealed that [the screener] has a small penis and co-workers made fun of him on a daily basis,” according to the police report filed in the case. The screener said “could not take the jokes anymore and lost his mind.” So he pulled out a police baton and beat a the co-worker in an airport parking lot on Tuesday.
• Don’t you feel much safer flying now? Continue reading »
• In case you missed it, America’s Toughest Sheriff, Joe Arpaio, announced yesterday that he will not be running for governor of Arizona this year. Though the idea of forcing state legislators to meet in tents, eat green baloney and wear pink underwear had to have been tempting. Sheriff Joe will still be our First Friday Happy Hour guest at Stoney’s this week.
• Caution: Pro-illegal immigration illegal alien protestors may show up. Please do not let them goad you into a six o’clock news incident by trying to affect a citizen’s arrest. Remember, this is a HAPPY hour. Continue reading »
As you read yesterday I’m officially changing my party registration to Republican so I can vote in the GOP primary on June 8th. Depending on who the party nominates, I’ll either stay Republican or switch back to independent (current odds are 20-1 in favor of switching back). But that’s not the purpose of noting this again today. Continue reading »
