A new lawsuit filed by an American woman alleges that she was subjected to an unconstitutional search by border agents and then an extensive cavity search by a male doctor acting on their orders.
And after this poor young woman was kidnapped and sexually assaulted by a doctor courtesy of our government:
The Arizona Capitol Times quoted Marchetti as saying that her parents were also served with a $575 hospital bill.
That’s rather like the old trick of executing someone and billing the victim’s family for the bullet.
I disagree. The execution would have followed a conviction under whatever passed for due process. This young woman was never convicted of anything. Was she even charged with anything? I think we look rather bad by comparison with the regime mentioned above.
It does not appear she was ever charged; the CPB was just “investigating” her orifices. She never even received the “course of treatment” (x-ray) which was authorized by CPB’s Treatment Authorization Request.
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Been interesting to see that some members of our Congress *cough* Senator Joe Manchin (D-WVA) *cough* have been bitching about how “due process” interferes with unconstitutional things they’d like to do.
Between this sort of stuff and civil asset forfeiture abuses, I’m of the opinion that the War on Drugs People is the policy most corrosive to basic Constitutional (and human) rights in our formerly free country.
And it is the rare politician who will speak out against it.
More than two months after launching a risky “hospitality included” policy at his two Costa Mesa restaurants, chef-owner Noah Blöm is canceling the tip-free program, which came with inflated menu prices.
On Thursday, Blöm and his wife Marin Howarth told staffers the experiment would end Friday at the South Coast Collection restaurants. Starting Friday, roughly 20 front-of-the-house employees – from servers to bartenders – will see their pay go back to the $10 minimum wage but can now accept tips. Most were getting at least $15 a hour.
What I found most interesting was the prices.
Menu prices at ARC will revert back to pre-April prices, roughly 20 percent lower. At Restaurant Marin, a modern diner that opened in April, prices will also drop roughly 20 percent. At Marin, a large bacon and egg breakfast sandwich was $22, and refillable coffee was $7. On Friday it will go down to $18 and $5, respectively.
Happy Friday, GN!
Sven --
Mealybugs? Ugh…they’re worse than puns.
Mac and Paddy --
Thanks to you chaps for horsing around yesterday; too bad it literally drove Sven buggy. đź‘ż
Today’s WTF:
More proof that drugs make people crazy: Woman (American citizen) sues border agency after invasive cavity search for non-existent drugs.
And after this poor young woman was kidnapped and sexually assaulted by a doctor courtesy of our government:
That’s rather like the old trick of executing someone and billing the victim’s family for the bullet.
I disagree. The execution would have followed a conviction under whatever passed for due process. This young woman was never convicted of anything. Was she even charged with anything? I think we look rather bad by comparison with the regime mentioned above.
Hai, Mac!
Also, “heh!”
Does the $575 hospital bill count?
It does not appear she was ever charged; the CPB was just “investigating” her orifices. She never even received the “course of treatment” (x-ray) which was authorized by CPB’s Treatment Authorization Request.
Been interesting to see that some members of our Congress *cough* Senator Joe Manchin (D-WVA) *cough* have been bitching about how “due process” interferes with unconstitutional things they’d like to do.
Happy Friday, Gerbil Nation!
Good morning, Fatwa, Sven, and Mac!
Yee gads! I remember reading that story back when it first happened, and a couple of others like it, involving not CBP, but state troopers.
Obviously we don’t need guns, the government goons are there to keep us safe.
Hai, Paddy!
Between this sort of stuff and civil asset forfeiture abuses, I’m of the opinion that the War on
DrugsPeople is the policy most corrosive to basic Constitutional (and human) rights in our formerly free country.And it is the rare politician who will speak out against it.
Diners say no thanks to high prices: No-tipping experiment at Costa Mesa restaurants axed
What I found most interesting was the prices.
Not my idea of a diner.
I can’t imagine why not…just ’cause they were charging $22.00 for a freakin’ breakfast sammie. Even if they crank it back down to $18.00.
Asinine…unless every dish is garnished with edible gold or some such other pretentious, conspicuously consumptive “presentation”.
But certainly not diner-like; gimme Waffle House any day.
It’s Stravinsky’s birfday; currently blasting the Cleveland / Boulez version of Le Sacre. 🙂
Here are pics of some of their offerings:
That food looks lovely, but AFAIC, there ain’t a brekkie sammich in the world that’s worth $18.00 much less $22.00.
OTOH, I could simply be an ethnic stereotype. đź‘ż
I’m with you.
You’re a Jooooo?!?