Jewish World Review
Poisoned politics; Something about that name
By
Chuck Shepherd

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Challenging Races: (1) Richard Wagner Jones, running for a school board seat in Granite, Utah, told reporters in June that since the job is mainly about taxes and budgets, he would not have to make site visits to schools. That is fortunate, for Jones is barred from schools as a registered sex offender based on a 1990 conviction. (2) Mike Rios, a former school board member in Moreno Valley, Calif., said in August that he was still considering running for the town's council despite his March arrest for attempted murder and April arrest for pimping (allegedly caught with several underage recruits). (3) Verna Jackson Hammons said in August that her candidacy for mayor of Cullman, Ala., should not suffer by her having appeared 10 years earlier as "the other woman" in a love triangle on an episode of "The Jerry Springer Show." [KSL- TV (Salt Lake City, 6-6-2012] [KCBS-TV (Los Angeles), 8-1- 2012] [Associated Press via al.com (Birmingham)]
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Brazil has a robust democracy but with very few controls on what candidates may call themselves on ballots. Among those running for offices this election season, according to a September New York Times dispatch from Rio de Janeiro: "John Kennedy Abreu Sousa," "Jimmi Carter Santarem Barroso," "Ladi Gaga," "Christ of Jerusalem," a "Macgaiver," five "Batmans," two "James Bonds," and 16 people whose name contains "Obama." "It's a marketing strategy," said city council candidate Geraldo Custodio, who apparently likes his chances better as "Geraldo Wolverine." [New York Times, 9-16-2012]

Arrested recently and awaiting trial for murder: Jarrod Wayne Rudder, Elkville, Ill. (April); Dustin Wayne Kimrey, Albemarle, N.C. (October); Jeffrey Wayne Finney, Jr., Riverside, Ala. (October); Garrette Wayne Bunch, Clemmons, N.C. (September). Indicted for murder: Daniel Wayne Harmon-Wright (aka Daniel Wayne Sullivan), Gainesville, Va. (May). Conviction for murder upheld by Texas Court of Appeals: Phillip Wayne Harris, Houston (March). Arrest warrant for murder issued: Jeffrey Wayne Powell II, Lakewood, Wash. (October). On trial for murder at press time: Curtis Wayne Bonnell, Miramichi, New Brunswick (September). Trial for murder postponed: David Wayne Laws, Manassas, Va. (October). On the other hand, Michael Wayne Hash, Culpeper, Va., was exonerated of his murder conviction in March after serving 12 years in prison. Rudder: [The Southern (Carbondale, Ill.), 4-24-2012] Kimrey: [The Stanly News and Press (Albemarle), 10-1-2012] Finney: [Daily Home (Talladega, Ala.), 10-2-2012] Bunch: [The Stokes News (King, N.C.), 9-20-2012] Harmon-Wright: [InsideNoVa.com (Manassas, Va.), 5-29-2012] Harris: [Harris v. State (No. 14-10-00977-CR), 3-20-2012] Powell: [Tacoma News Tribune, 10-2-2012] Bonnell: [Canadian Press, 9-19-2012] Laws: [InsideNoVa.com (Manassas, Va.), 10-1-2012] Hash: [Star Exponent (Culpeper, Va.), 9-30-2012]
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• The Litigious Society; You gotta be kidding!
• Ironies
• Yeah, well, that certainly explains it
• People Who Are a Mess; Creme de la Weird
• The Litigious Society
• You don't say!; They should be embarrassed
• Great, ahem, Art!
• Overachievers; Least Competent Criminals
• Government in Action!
• The Aristocrats!
• Courtroom Follies
• The Continuing Crisis
• Roach Responders; Not the Usual Suspects
• Science on the Cutting Edge
• Undignified Deaths; Questionable Judgments
• Least Competent Criminals; Just a matter of perspective
• C'mon. You can't do better than that!?
• The District of Calamity; Undignified Deaths
• Can't Possibly Be True
• All cultures are equal!?
• Government in Action!
• Least Competent Criminals; Freedom Under Attack?
• British Scared-y Cats; Really!?
• Perspective; The Aristocrat!
• Family Values
• Bright Ideas; Movie Scenes Come to Life
• The Continuing Crisis
• Feelings first?; This Will Hurt for Only a Second
• Least Competent Criminals
• Unclear on the Concept; Leading Economic Indicator
• Can't Possibly Be True!
• The Role of Alcohol in Parenting; Best Water Ever
• Least Competent Criminals; No Longer Weird
• Cultural Diversity
• Urinal Technology
• Questionable Judgments
• Undignified Deaths; stupid is as stupid does
• Leading Economic Indicators
• The Entrepreneurial Spirit
• Critters' World
• Radical Science
• The newest human right; Really!?
• Hyper-Sensitive Litigants
• The Way the World Works
• Well, that certainly explains it!
• Ironies
• Seeing Isn't Believing; more from America's most prolific litigant
• Least Competent Criminals; Government in Action
• Police Report
• Great, ahem, Art!?
• Movie Cliche Come to Life (and Death); Culinary Sleight of Pan
• Have a crackpot idea? Get government funding!
• People Different From Us; Least Competent Criminals
• The Continuing Crisis
• Not So Bright Ideas
• Sounds Like a Joke
• Oops!
• To the Ninth Ring of Hell!
• Privacy kept private; It's in there --- well, somewhere
• Chinese High-Tech Answer to Red Bull
• Bless Those Researchers' Hearts!
• Unclear on the Concept
• Can't Possibly Be True!
• Respect all cultures!?
• Chutzpah!
• Even Mass Murderers Need Friends; Wait --- That's Illegal?
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• Studies that nobody should a #%@*&! about
• Challenging Business Models
• Leading Economic Indicators
• Least Competent Terrorists; The (Cockroach) Social Network
• Obsession; Yup, there's a lawsuit for that
• Things Leaders Believe
• Ironies
• Ah, so that explains it!
• In Sickness and in Health, But Not in Triviality and Tackiness
• Crime Does/Doesn't Pay
• Great Architecture!
• Least Competent Criminals
• Creme de la Weird; Stupid is, as stupid does
• Government in Action!
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• Least Competent Criminals; raining dollars
• Name that baby --- on second thought, don't you dare!; no, sh--
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• In China, smells and spells
• They just don't get it!
• Least Competent Criminals
• Too Bright Ideas
• The Continuing Crisis
• Gentlemen, Start Your Engines ... and Your Stereos; People Different From Us
• People With Issues; Least Competent Criminals
• Fine Points of the Law
• Love redefined; Questionable judgments
• Unclear on the Concept
• Can't Possibly Be True!
• Least Competent Bank!;The Ultimate Gated Community
• Least Competent Criminals; Law on Planet Florida
• No Spectators Allowed; You Snooze (Even for a Split-Second), You Lose
• Questionable Judgments
• Respect all cultures!?
• Least Competent Criminals
• The Continuing Crisis; Trail-Blazing Science
• Leading Economic Indicators
• Animal Tales
• Trail-Blazing Science; Fast-Food Culture Shock
• Justice -- literally -- gone to the dogs!
• Least Competent Criminals
• You can't make this stuff up!
• Ironies
• Could Be True. Maybe Not.
• French Full-Body Health Care; Fine Points of the Law
• Least Competent Criminals; Undignified Deaths
• People With Issues; Pennsylvania Bites?
• Huh!?
• Great, ahem, Art!
• Government in Action!
• Least Competent Criminals; Recurring Themes
• People With Issues; It's Everywhere!
• The Classic Middle Name (all-new!)
• The Continuing Crisis
• Gift for real-life daughter of fake 'doll'; Find this, GPS users --- common sense
• Least Competent Criminals
• Creme de la Weird; Armed and Clumsy (all new!)
• Unclear on the Concept
• Inexplicable; Who Knew Restrooms Were So Complicated?
• Can't Possibly Be True!
• Least Competent Criminals; Obsessions
• Questionable Judgments
• Respect all cultures!?
• Questionable Judgments
• Leading Economic Indicators?
• Least Competent Criminals; What, no 'lactation discrimination'!?
• Can't Possibly Be True!; Medical Marvels
• The Entrepreneurial Spirit
• The Weirdo-American Community; Bright Ideas
• Least Competent Spies; Compelling Explanations
• Latest Human Rights --- including for non-humans
• Damned lovers; Great, ahem, Art!
• Ironies
• Bright Ideas
• Don't mess with this mayor; Least Competent Criminals
• News That Sounds Like a Joke; Pet This
• Great, ahem, Art!
• Government in Action!
• Their parents must have hated them; Awesome!
• Least Competent Criminals
• Do names portend the future?; HUH!?
• The Way the World Works
• (Fore)Sight from the Afterlife; No Common Cents. Er, Pence
• The Force Is NOT With You
• Least Competent Criminals
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• Games morons play
• Can't Possibly Be True!
• Inexplicable; 'Dementiaville'
• Oops!; Least Competent Criminals
• Separation of 'church' and reality?; Chutzpah!
• The District of Calamity?
• Respect all cultures!?
• Our %$#$%%$ government!
• Victimized perps
• Medical Marvels?
• That Entrepreneurial Spirit!
• Crooks Not Ready for Prime Time
• A hoo-hoo done it?; Dawn of an idea saved commuters $ 12 million
• Well, it ALMOST worked
• Can't make this stuff up!
• Even More Ironies
• Ironies
• Anti-Theft ID Breakthrough; No 'Individual Mandate'
• Undignified Deaths
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• Still weird: Updates, Part I
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• Can't Possibly Be True!
• Absolutely Least Competent Criminal
• Creme de la Weird
• All cultures are equal!?
• The next time the kids complain about their school …
• Hallucination and delusion competition; Bright Ideas
• Creme de la Weird
• Hey, What's Good News Doing in News of the Weird?
• HUH!?
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• Wait . . . What!?; Cutting-Edge Science
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• Bright Ideas
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• Do names portend the future?; Hey, It Could've Happened
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• Weird Science; Recent Alarming Headlines
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• The Litigious Society
• Oh, the sweet irony!; Least Competent Criminals
• Bureaucrat's Delight; Creme de la Weird
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• Great, ahem, Art!
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• Fine Points of the Law
• People Different From Us
• The Continuing Crisis
• Risky Business Models; News of the Self-Indulgent
• Oops!; Sorry, Honey. I Was Aiming at the Dog
• No Respect
• Unclear on the Concept
• Don't read on a full stomach; Inexplicable
• Can't Possibly Be True!
• Direct Pipelines from the Pentagon to U.S. Enemies
• This can't be true!
• All cultures are equal!?
• People With Issues; Least Competent Criminals
• The perfect marriage?; heavenly points for trying?
• Pervs on Parade; Least Competent People
• HUH!????
• Our Animal Sidekicks
• No, Thanks!
• For Self-Indulgent Crackpots
• The Pervo-American Community; Least Competent Criminals
• The Continuing Crisis
• Compelling Explanations?
• Ironies
• Government turns TLC into crime, fine
• The Pervo-American Community; truly bizarre historical trivia
• Coincidence?; Catch-22; Unclear on the Concept
• Jobs-for-life; Bats' Rights
• Government in Action!
• Ironic twist on affirmative action; Ah, art!
• Names in the News (For Immature Readers Only, Please!); Pathetic losers
• The continuing crisis, con't; The Pervo-American Community
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• New meaning for adult toy; OOPS! Wrong crime
• THE NERVE!
• Police Blotter
• Recent Confusing Headlines; People With Issues
• Unclear on the Concept
• Can't Possibly Be True!
• Respect all cultures!?; screwed for something he didn't
• Least Competent Criminals; He's full of . . . .
• MORE Questionable Judgments
• Questionable Judgments
• Cultural Diversity
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• Undignified Deaths; Recurring Themes
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• Civilization in Decline: Growing Up Early
• The Entrepreneurial Spirit!
• Life lessons for make-believe world; Armed and Clumsy (all-new!)
• Recurring Themes; Update
• You just had to open that yap of yours, didn't you!?
• Ironies
• Fan-atic$; Unclear on the Concept
• Easily Offended
• Criminals With Chutzpah; Least Competent Non-Criminals
• Almost (Deservedly) Dead in Bed; Gee, whiz genius; They Call it Art!
• More of your Government in Action!
• Government in Action!
• The Aristocrats!
• Oops!
• The Continuing Crisis
• Bright Ideas
• OOPS!
• People With Issues
• News That Sounds Like a Joke; Inexplicable
• Can't Possibly Be True!, II
• Can't Possibly Be True!
• T-moo-I!; Unclear on the Concept
• Creme de la Weird; Least Competent Gun-Handling
• HUH!?; Questionable Judgments
• Our screwed-up world
• The Classic Middle Name (all-new!); Unclear on the Concept
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• Fine Points of the Law; Medical Marvels
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• Cliche Come to Life; art!?; worse
• I Demand My Rights!; Signs of the Times
• Compelling Explanations; 'Wrong' Impressions
• Ironies
• Least Competent Criminals
• HUH!?
• When government bombs; Bizarre art
• Chutzpah!
• Pakistan finds a use for transgendered; People With Issues
• Least Competent Criminals; Usual consequence for an unqualified student
• Why Unions Are Unpopular; Score One for Death Penalty Advocates
• Those who don't know when to shut their yap
• Overreaching
• Oops!; Wheeee!
• Least Competent Criminals; Last Words
• Inexplicable
• HUH!?
• Can't Possibly Be True!
• Zero Tolerance?; Willing to go to Indonesia to cure for emphysema?
• FANatic; what a putz literally!
• The ultimate loser; chutzpah X2
• Illegals become animals; When grow up! is not just a rebuke
• 'Good Housekeeping' for the bomber set; evolutionary hardiness in American drinkers?
• In case you are getting sentenced; when a best friend betrays
• Clever victim outwits thief
• Do names portend the future?
• Questionable Judgments
• They are definitely not US!
• Smooth Reactions; Least Competent Criminals
• People With Too Much Money
• The Entrepreneurial Spirit: Product Giveaways
• Weird Science
• Whoever said life is fair?
• Creme de la Weird; The Litigious Society
• Ironies
• Least Competent Criminals; Classic weirdness
• News That Sounds Like a Joke; The Weirdo-American Community
• Pathetic creeps
• Government in Action!
• People Different From Us; Least Competent Criminals Not Ready for Prime Time
• Not So Bright Ideas
• No Sense of Shame!
• Yikes!
• Change, the old fashioned way; Another Sovereign Citizen
• Elusive Perps; The Country Afraid of Its Own Shadow
• More Can't Possibly Be True!
• Inexplicable
• Can't Possibly Be True
• Things that make say HUH!?
• Least Competent Criminals; Classic
• SICK! SICK! SICK!
• Questionable Judgments
• All cultures are equal?
• Feeeeeeeh!
• Least Competent Criminals; She's repulsive, they're jealous
• The Entrepreneurial Spirit; Not Your Father's Scotch
• Science on the Cutting Edge
• Privacy v. art; The Continuing Crisis
• Recurring Themes; A News of the Weird Classic
• People With Issues; Least Competent Criminals
• Economics and witchcraft; Ironies
• From victims to tourist attractions; Wacky lawsuit
• Compelling Explanations
• Least Competent Criminals; People Who Ran Over Themselves
• Surprise!; 'That Was Easy!'
• Government in Action!
• Bizarre art
• Getting Old, Young; from the archives
• Undignified Deaths
• Bright Ideas; Least Competent Criminals
• Oops!; Failed to Think It Through
• The Continuing Crisis; Beloved Banker
• The ear has a G-spot
• Respect for All Cultures?
• First Things First
• Questionable State Regulation; Can't Possibly Be True
• Unclear on the Concept; Least Competent Criminals
• Where down is up; Can't Possibly Be True
• Least Competent Criminals; Things that Make You Say: Huh!?
• News That Sounds Like a Joke
• Cultural Diversity; eggs-ellent! (from the archives)
• News from Islam-land; Latest Cutting-Edge Research
• Those Ingenious Western Spies!; Cultural Diversity
• Can't Possibly Be True; Motherly Love
• Least Competent Criminals; Questionable Judgments
• This mafia really are animals; out of control businesses
• Science on the Cutting Edge
• Daring New Products
• Least Competent Criminals; from the archives
• If Life Gives You …
• Their Crimes Fit Their Names; Bright Ideas
• Latest Rights; Compelling Explanations
• One of the world's most bizarre conferences; delicious ironies
• Thinning the herd; Downgrade Cut Short; from the archives
• Cleverest Non-Humans; Medicare In Action
• Oops!; The Weirdo-American Community; Least Competent Criminals
• Life Imitates a Drew Barrymore Movie; Weird Science; Questionable Judgments
• Questionable Judgments; Great, ahem, Art!
• Fine Points of the Law; Thank Goodness for Narcissists
• Cliches Come to Life; First Things First; Fine Points of the Law
• News That Sounds Like a Joke; Suspicions Confirmed; Yikes!
• Do They Know?; Yikes!
• Catch-22 Catches Disabled Veteran; The Continuing Crisis; Best Not to Ask Why
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