Maladroit Public Servant of the Week #2

Let's hear it for Judge Alex Kozinski! From the L.A. Times:

"One of the highest-ranking federal judges in the United States, who is currently presiding over an obscenity trial in Los Angeles, has maintained a publicly accessible website featuring sexually explicit photos and videos.

Alex Kozinski, chief judge of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, acknowledged in an interview with The Times that he had posted the materials, which included a photo of naked women on all fours painted to look like cows and a video of a half-dressed man cavorting with a sexually aroused farm animal. Some of the material was inappropriate, he conceded, although he defended other sexually explicit content as "funny"...

"Gillers, who has known Kozinski for years and called him "a treasure of the federal judiciary," said he took the judge at his word that he did not know the site was publicly available. But he said Kozinski was "seriously negligent" in allowing it to be discovered."

Wow. Where to begin with this upstanding gentleman? Let's point out first that his buddy "Gillers" isn't so concerned that a federal judge finds pictures literally dehumanizing women and depicting aroused animals to be funny. Instead, he is upset with Judge Kozinski because he got caught. Secondly, the hand wringing is likewise unconcerned with the good Judge's sexual proclivities, but the masses ought to be worried about a potential conflict of interest. I don't see the problem. Porn ought to be judged by its own aficionados, right? Maybe after the artist is not convicted on obscenity charges, he and the Judge can get together and brainstorm a new adult series, "Welcome to my Chamber".

Battle for Britain not looking so good, but societal collapse offers opportunities for financial development.

This is just a tidbit from a larger story about the disintegration of Britain due to familial, religious, and social corruption. Having studied in England, reports like this are deeply troubling, but when life gives you lemons... right? My plan is as follows. Travel to the UK with my wife, procure a civil marriage, have a baby, procure a civil divorce, maintain a mailing address with a forward to the U.S., and watch the government checks (or should I say cheques?) roll in. And, if they are written in British pounds, it'll be twice as lucrative.

"The amazing part of the story was that the mother had nine children by five men, lives in two trailers in Devon, and receives government "benefit" (welfare) for each child, adding up to about $50,000 a year. Having saved about $14,000, she was able to take eight of her children on a six-month holiday to India, and return, sadly, with seven of them."

From American Spectator