The Dog Ate My Pre-Sentencing Report

Our beloved ex-Mayor turned convict turned city-council member was up for sentencing today for failing to file city and federal tax forms from 2000 to today.
His sentencing has been delayed another month.

According to federal judge Deborah Robinson, the defense has yet to turn in a pre-sentencing report.
Barry’s lawyer said he thought he submitted it, but didn’t have a copy. The judge gave him until 4 p.m. this afternoon to turn it in. (source)

Are you skipping lunch today, counsellor?

Malaysian Perspective

Flagrant caricature of Catholic faith ignored

Ask any ethically sound man and he will tell you immediately that the kind of schizophrenic morality practised by some Malaysians cannot arise from a genuine obedience to the laws of the Almighty but rather that it is an undisguised worship of expediency (self-interest). It is often the hypocrites who make the most noise.
During the administration of John F Kennedy in the 60s when negotiations with the former Soviet Union were almost reaching a deadlock, the president told his aides that the attitude of the Russians seem to be: ‘What is mine is mine. What is yours we negotiate.’