Online Dating: On the Internet, no one knows you’re a crumbum:
The Oregon Attorney General posted this a few days before Valentine’s Day:
“He Loves Me; He’s Trying To Steal My Money; He Loves Me . . .,” February 11, 2010
You can report a crime and print out a crime report:
Portland Police Bureau Citizen On-Line Reporting System is open for business:
From their website:
‘Tis the season to be giving, so give wisely:
1) Attorney General’s Tips for Charitable Giving
2) Oregon Attorney General Announces Oregon’s 20 Worst Charities
P.G. Wodehouse, through his inimitable Jeeves, understood the lighter side of “the psychology of” the lovelorn (and terrifying aunts).
The authors of the 1974 “Subliminal Seduction” understood the psychology of the shopper-consumer.
And no one understands the psychology of marks more than scammers and flim-flammers themselves:
If you missed the news stories, e.g. this one:
Oregon launches statewide registry for end-of-life care wishes, by Don Colburn, The Oregonian
December 03, 2009:
“Oregon’s POLST program, a national model for ensuring that doctors and paramedics follow people’s medical wishes near the end of life, launched its computerized statewide registry Thursday.
A Criminal Waste of Space has a new address (aka URL), so if you’re a Justice “CWoS” Bedsworth fan, update your bookmarks. If you’re not a fan, well, what can I say? Take solace in the likelihood that the URL will change again and next time we might not be able to find it or get it free. Alas.
Thanks to the Orange County Bar Association, and the OC Lawyer Magazine, you can still read A Criminal Waste of Space online, free (hurrah!).
This month, December 2009 (wowsers!), our favorite off-beat appellate court justice who manages to “get it out of his system” and give us so many chuckles and guffaws, is still suffering from post-World-Series-Angst and we’re glad of it!
There might only be 6 (at most) among my readers who need this warning, but please tell your less internet-savvy family and friends to read the official CDC Alert on the Scam. They may need to be vaccinated against internet hoaxes and scams!
“Fraudulent emails referencing CDC-sponsored State Vaccination Program (December 1, 2009)
CDC has received reports of fraudulent emails (phishing) referencing a CDC sponsored State Vaccination Program…. “ (read full alert)
For more than you may want to know about judges who perform marriages, but worth reading for the sheer joy of it:
“Cash and Marry: Some little-known judicial history from the man who made it,” by Justice William W. Bedsworth:
Excerpt: “…Dave doesn’t do weddings any more.(3) He’s a federal judge now. Apparently the feds don’t do weddings. My understanding is that too many brides object to having two guys in dark suits standing behind the celebrant, talking into their sleeves throughout the ceremony.(4) ….
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I didn’t set out to be a price-gouger. I was perfectly happy performing weddings for $150 a pop. For that price, I did more than just show up in a robe and say the magic words. I sat down with the couple, found out how they wanted their wedding performed, got some cute details about them for the ceremony, put together something that suited them and fit within the outline I’d developed, and warned them to practice the kiss.
For the record:
The “honest services law” is 18 U.S.C. 1346, which is a federal (not state) law that is found in the U.S. Code. It has a complex and fascinating (to some) history and is not simply about “honest services.” Honestly!
“TITLE 18, § 1346:Definition of “scheme or artifice to defraud”
For the purposes of this chapter, the term “scheme or artifice to defraud” includes a scheme or artifice to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services.”
Bloomberg Law is set, later this month, to roll out its legal research database to compete, so we hear, with Lexis and Westlaw.
Blog reports on the rollout include Above the Law, Advocate’s Studio, and Legal Research Plus (an early review).
Expect many more posts as the actual rollout date approaches and passes.
Oregon Legal Research Blog