any guesses on settlement figures?

One of the Bou's favorite things about California cops is how they seem hell bent on giving money to criminals.

take the likely settlement associated with this kick in the face.


give the guy credit for knowing when resistance is futile and making your job easier instead of kicking him in the face while he is lying prone and not moving.

oh yeah, and a few hundred thousand dollars too. good idea. THAT'll teach 'im.

giving chicago a run for its money

"the city that works" has always always held a certain irony for anyone in the windy city; well step aside chicago, in california unions and government officials have raised (or was the lowered?) the bar.

yes, a 10 billion dollar construction project is on hold because two different unions are fighting over who gets to unload some steel (from china nonetheless) off of a boat.

you can have my logo when you peel it from my cold dead head

ah, california. where even outlaw motorcycle gangs have copyrighted their logos and the man is absurdly stupid enough to think they can take ownership of the trademark because a bunch of OUTLAWS are such strict followers of copyright law.

I am not making this up.

So, if one were to, say search for images of the mongol motorcycle logo, the first image you find is of this guy, who really seems like the kind of guy that is concerned with making sure Disney isn't being harmed by bootlegged copies of Bambi getting into the mits of kittens.

yeesh.

This guy almost tops the nazi wearing the tie die the Bou' saw on the bus!

what is sew it back on and send him back to jail? duh

how else would california question the answer "Skylar Deleon, who cut his penis off in jail with a razor blade had this done to him by the man"?

A phenominal story by any stretch, but extra special awesome when alex trebek answers it.

when the man unmanifies someone

Is it more amazing that the man went and castrated someone or that the LATimes, for the first time ever, showed some restraint?

I quote:

"the 23-year-old male, whom The Times is not identifying because of the nature of his injuries"

So apparently insult is not added to injury in some (wait for it...) circum...stances.

at least the high notes will be easier to hit.

The Bou' will admit he crossed his legs uncomfortably while writing this one up. In a totally different way than he did from the previous post.

struggling for words...

The Bou' stumbled upon this tidbit and really is at a loss for words.

Yeah, so much of California in one story:

Atascadero. THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH RIGHT THERE.

Nude beaches.

Flashers.

The police busting flashers.

Flashers at nude beaches.

The police busting flashers at nude beaches.

Flashers hiding behind bush?

I think it's worth pointing out that the Bou' prides himself on his thoughtfulness and witt, but DAMN - this is SO CALIFORNIAN - I just don't know what else to say.

Here's one for the little people

Every once in a while the Bou' gets all excited for the little people (not minikiss, but I like them too) - your average Jane or John Doe; the proud Californian who says "it's time for me to make a point!"

Today, that person is Diane Craig, 64, of none other than the weathiest zip code in the greater San Francisco bay area - Danville!

Diane decided it was time to do something about high gas prices so she bought a bunch eco friendly (I am assuming here) pressed fire logs and set them on fire in a bunch of gas station bathrooms.

She did the same to a Starbucks for good measure too.

I know what you're probably thinking is the upper peninsula right now: "good, let 'em burn - who cares!?"

Well not so fast my friends. This insanity can spread like wildfire. If you're not careful to cut off the arm that offends thee or some other kind of mixed metaphor you can end up with cancer on your brain or something.

So do your part, and tell all your friends to kick California out of the Union before you get the urge to go buy some javalogs and start torchin' the neighborhood quickie mart.

Henry T. Nicholas III

This week in California CEOs features Henry T. Nicholas III, former CEO of Broadcom (market capitalization $15 Billion).

Backdate stock option grant dates? check.

Overstate earnings almost entirely related to those options for more then $2 Billion? check.

Party a little bit too hard? check.

Party way too hard? check.

Maintain a warehouse of cocain, ecstasy, and meth? check.

Spike the drinks of customers and fellow executives with ecstasy? check.

Really? yes.

Have massive orgies with strippers in a personal sex dungeon? duh.

Check self into rehab for boozin' it up? check.

Networth around $2.5 Billion? check.

Ladies and Gentlemen I present to you Hank Nicholas:

i have some really bad news

The 'bou is really sorry to harsh all y'all's mellows like this but it has to be done.

ED MACMAHON IS LOSING HIS $6.2 MILLION HOME!

I know - terrible isn't it?

(insert meanspirited joke about which publisher is going to clear this house here)

At least he's got a lifetime supply of Alpo to make it a bit easier to handle.

(insert meanspirited joke about alp- oh! wait, just did that)

Now, Mr. Carson, I have to ask your ghostly spirit: WTF man? Can't you hook a sidekick up?

LA tagger finds only bus in all of LA

yep. someone actually found a bus in LA. then they spraypainted it.

for the record, there is at least one bus in LA.

A friend in Weed is a friend indeed

With the slogan "try legal weed" a former cop (of all people!) is running into some troubles with "the man" (a bigger the man) upset with his drug running.

Look, if California wasn't in the US, the BATF could focus on more important issues, like, umm, what do they do exactly?

Celebrating 4/20 in a field with stinky hippies

I don't have to do anything more than point to these pictures.

Frankly, I don't see why they called the police, it looks like they should have called a fire truck based on all the weed those kids were burning.

Talk about a grass fire.