The Reykjavik District Court has ruled that a 15-year-old Icelandic girl can legally use the first name "Blaer," reversing a contrary decision by government officials. Iceland has strict naming laws that require, among other things, that names fit standard grammar…
Well, gosh, this is helpful. Via the Disinformation blog, here's an instructional video produced by the Mayor's Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security in Houston, described as a "Department of Homeland Security Grant Funded Project of the Regional Catastrophic Planning Initiative"…
Good news! As Bruce Carton reports, the TSA has decided to modify its existing snow-globe policy to make it easier for the traveling public to transport its snow globes this holiday season. Since at least 2009, as I mentioned here,…
Say, that doesn't look right. Luckily, whoever put this pole in the middle of the highway did remember to put a reflector on it. Otherwise there might have been some risk to motorists. I say "whoever" because nobody seems to…
Daniel Casillo, the stranded jet skier who walked through the über-high-tech security system at JFK Airport without being detected, has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor trespassing charges but is also suing the Port Authority for alleged mistreatment. The Port Authority is…
As I mentioned in July 2007 (and again that November), a legal dispute was then raging as to whether the descendants of Ernest Hemingway's six-toed cat Snowball could stay on the grounds of the Hemingway Home and Museum in Key West. Snowball's…
This is an update on a story I mentioned in 2010 ("TSA Detains Possible Terrorist Armed With Flashcards"), and today's update shows that the government has, if possible, lost IQ points and concern for civil rights over the last two…
A brief report on a report of a government report that recommended a report on existing reports.
Legal Blog Watch, which is now up to Volume 22 of its “Things You Can’t Do on a Plane” series, reports that Vietnam’s Civil Aviation Administration has fined an airline that hired “local beauty queens” to perform during its inaugural…
One more just to complete the trifecta, and then I will try to get a little more lighthearted. We've recently seen the TSA harassing the elderly, the very young, and now … the disabled. (Also the nude, but in that case…