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The stupid has been strong this week. We start with Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) retweeting a Carpe Donktum meme. It was a video meme to boot, in which Swalwell can be heard breaking wind loudly, as he is known for doing on television. Click the photo to watch it.<\/p>\n

Surgeons extract condom-wrapped banana man ate in \u2018hormonal rage\u2019 fit<\/h3>\n

Was he trying to get some sexual peeling?<\/p>\n

A 34-year-old man had to be hospitalized after eating a banana wrapped in a condom in a fit of rage \u2014 which resulted in a serious bowel blockage. A case study describing his bananas contraceptive calamity, deemed to be the world\u2019s first case of its kind, was published earlier this week in the journal \u201cCureus.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bizarre case came to light after the unidentified patient had reported to the hospital after experiencing abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. Meanwhile, he wasn\u2019t able to tolerate any food or drink and hadn\u2019t had a bowel movement for over 24 hours, Jam Press reported.<\/p>\n

Doctors performed a CT scan, which revealed that the poor soul had a condom-wrapped banana obstructing his small intestine.<\/p>\n

The patient, who reportedly had a history of depression, copped to swallowing the prophylactic-covered fruit in a fit of \u201chormonal rage.\u201d<\/p>\n

The inadvertent fruit mule was subsequently rushed into surgery, where doctors were able to remove it from his poop chute. Accompanying photos snapped post-extraction show the contraceptive-swaddled bruised fruit next to a pair of surgical tongs.<\/p>\n

The man was discharged three days after the potassium balloon\u2019s removal, whereupon he recovered to the point to where he could eat and poop without issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo weeks after the operation, he was tolerating a low-fiber diet without nausea or vomiting,\u201d the report read. \u201cHe had a return of normal bowel movements, and his pain was well-controlled.\u201d<\/p>\n

They added, \u201cAt six months, he continued to endorse normal bowel patterns and diet. He was able to slowly resume his active lifestyle and did not have major concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n

This marked the first known instance of someone swallowing a banana in a condom, per the study. Authors noted that small bowel obstructions are rare and usually result \u201cfrom the ingestion of drug-filled condoms to smuggle illicit drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t the first time someone has swallowed an unusual object, however. Earlier this month, doctors were flabbergasted after discovering that a 4-year-old\u2019s \u201ccolicky\u201d pain turned out to be caused by a magnetic bracelet that he\u2019d swallowed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source; NY Post<\/a><\/p>\n

Suburban school worker charged with stealing $1.5M worth of chicken wings from district<\/h3>\n

The food service director for an impoverished south suburban school district is accused of stealing $1.5M worth of food \u2013 mainly chicken wings \u2013 according to court documents reviewed by WGN Investigates.<\/p>\n

Vera Liddell, 66, worked for Harvey School District 152 for more than a decade, according to a LinkedIn account associated with her name.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe massive fraud began at the height of COVID during a time when students were not allowed to be physically present in school,\u201d reads a proffer presented at Liddell\u2019s bond hearing. \u201cEven though the children were learning remotely, the school district continued to provide meals for the students that their families could pick up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Court records accuse Liddell of ordering more than 11,000 cases of chicken wings from the school district\u2019s food provider and then picking-up the order in a district cargo van.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe food was never brought to the school or provided to the students,\u201d reads the proffer.<\/p>\n

District funds were used to pay for the food, according to prosecutors, who did not reveal what became of the chicken wings.<\/p>\n

The scheme was uncovered by the district\u2019s business manager during a routine mid-year audit. The manager found the district was $300,000 over its annual food service budget despite only being halfway through the school year, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe discovered individual invoices signed by Liddell for massive quantities of chicken wings, an item that was never served to students because they contain bones,\u201d prosecutors said.<\/p>\n

Court records say employees of the district\u2019s food provider, Gordon Food Service, were all familiar with the defendant \u201cdue to the massive amount of chicken wings she would purchase.\u201d<\/p>\n

The case was investigated by the Cook County State\u2019s Attorney\u2019s office and Liddell was charged with theft. She\u2019s in custody at the Cook County Jail with a $150,000 bond.<\/p>\n

Harvey School District 152\u2019s interim superintendent Lela Bridges said she has only been on the job since last week. She told WGN she was aware of the charges but had no comment due to the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n

The district consists of five schools. Records indicate the district\u2019s total enrollment is 1,600 children with more than 80% of students qualifying as \u201clow income.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source; WGN<\/a><\/p>\n

Cop on patrol with her own felony charges pleads guilty<\/h3>\n

For nearly a year, a police officer in the tiny northeastern Colorado village of Log Lane was working with a badge and gun and pulling people over while she had her own felony case pending.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday morning, Officer Dawn Fliszar pleaded guilty to two felony charges of theft and forgery after investigators accused her of pocketing more than $30,000 in vehicle inspection fees when she was an officer in the Town of Morrison.<\/p>\n

On Thursday morning, Fliszar submitted a resignation letter to Log Lane Village.<\/p>\n

The criminal case against her was investigated by the Colorado State Patrol and prosecuted in Arapahoe County.<\/p>\n

Fliszar faces up to three years in prison and a $100,000 fine on each felony conviction. She\u2019s expected to be sentenced in April and may be forced to pay restitution.<\/p>\n

In October, 9NEWS first reported on Fliszar\u2019s employment with the village and observed her in uniform and armed while in a patrol vehicle. Fliszar\u2019s bond paperwork did not prohibit her from carrying a weapon at the time.<\/p>\n

When reached over the phone Wednesday, before Fliszar’s submitted a resignation letter, Log Lane Mayor Naomi Zuniga confirmed the village was aware of the guilty plea and said board members would discuss Fliszar\u2019s employment on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe did well for the village and was respected here,\u201d Zuniga said over the phone.<\/p>\n

Zuniga declined an on-camera interview but admitted she was aware of Fliszar\u2019s pending felony case when Fliszar was hired in March.<\/p>\n

Zuniga wasn\u2019t mayor at the time of Fliszar\u2019s hiring, but she was on the village board. Zuniga said she was out of town when the board voted to hire Fliszar.<\/p>\n

In October, 9NEWS reported Fliszar never disclosed her pending felony case and arrest on a job application to Log Lane Village.<\/p>\n

The circumstance is highly unusual for most law enforcement agencies who don\u2019t want officers working and enforcing the law while they are facing their own criminal cases.<\/p>\n

For example, in the City of Denver, an officer charged with a felony would be immediately suspended without pay until their criminal case is resolved.<\/p>\n

Under state law, the Colorado Peace Officer Standards and Training Board (POST) will likely decertify Fliszar as a law enforcement officer because of her felony conviction.<\/p>\n

9NEWS reported on how the POST board was powerless to suspend Fliszar\u2019s certification pending her felony case because of current state law.<\/p>\n

\u201cPOST board should have the ability to suspend that person so that person is not acting as a peace officer in the state of Colorado, potentially jeopardizing other criminal justice systems in place,\u201d Tony Spurlock, who was vice chair of the board at the time, said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source; 9 News<\/a><\/p>\n

Botched prosecution lets notorious ex-NYPD detective walk free<\/h3>\n

The cases were thrown out in scores. In the Bronx, 349 convictions were tossed, along with more than 100 in Manhattan. In Brooklyn, 90 were overturned.<\/p>\n

After Joseph Franco was charged in 2019 with perjury and other crimes related to his decades as a New York Police Department narcotics detective, prosecutors lined up to dismiss cases in which he had been involved.<\/p>\n

But on Tuesday, one more prosecution was tossed: that of Franco himself. A New York state judge, Robert M. Mandelbaum, found that prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney\u2019s office had failed to turn over evidence to the detective\u2019s lawyers on three occasions, a major ethical violation, and dismissed the charges.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs you have heard,\u201d Mandelbaum told jurors, \u201cto date there have been two different occasions that you have heard about where the prosecution failed to disclose certain evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt now turns out that the prosecution failed to disclose additional evidence only learned about today,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The prosecutor handling the case, Stephanie Minogue, was immediately removed as deputy chief of the Police Accountability Unit, which reports directly to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg.<\/p>\n

Franco\u2019s trial was meant to shine a spotlight on police misconduct at a time when prosecutors were concerned with showing that they could hold their law enforcement partners to account. Instead, the two-week trial will be remembered as a highly public case of wrongdoing by prosecutors, one that all but ensures that the former detective will not face another jury. It leaves the question of his guilt in limbo and raises questions about the swift dismissal of the hundreds of cases in which he was involved.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is ironic, but in a really bad way, for the legitimacy of the criminal system in New York that prosecutors, even going after police misconduct, themselves commit misconduct,\u201d said Cynthia Godsoe, a professor at Brooklyn Law School who has pushed for more prosecutorial accountability. \u201cA lot of lawyers are quick to blame police, but are less interested in exposing prosecutors to the oversight they clearly need.\u201d<\/p>\n

The dismissal of the charge dealt a major blow to Bragg, who has made police accountability a focal issue. Though Franco was charged by the district attorney\u2019s predecessor, Cyrus Vance Jr., his trial was the most significant proceeding against a police officer that Bragg had overseen.<\/p>\n

The case was dismissed with prejudice: The office will not be able to prosecute Franco for the same crimes again.<\/p>\n

Franco, 50, was not charged in any borough other than Manhattan, and Brooklyn prosecutors in 2021 said that they had not uncovered additional misconduct. Other prosecutors who have moved to vacate cases related to Franco\u2019s work are unlikely to bring charges. The statute of limitations for the felony charges that the former detective faced is five years. Franco stopped working in Brooklyn in 2011, and in the Bronx in 2015.<\/p>\n

A lawyer for Franco, Howard Tanner, said in a statement that his client was relieved, but asked, \u201cHow does he get his reputation back?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA decorated police officer who honorably served this city for 20 years, he never did anything wrong,\u201d Tanner said, calling the case \u201cbaseless.\u201d He added that prosecutors had repeatedly withheld and destroyed evidence and misrepresented facts.<\/p>\n

Some of the withheld evidence included surveillance videos, communications between prosecutors, memos from investigators as well as cellphones from people arrested after Franco identified them as drug dealers, Tanner said in an interview.<\/p>\n

There were also hundreds of audio files of a prosecution witness whose phone conversations were recorded while she was at the Rikers Island jail complex, Tanner said.<\/p>\n

He said that he could not yet determine whether any of the evidence could have helped exonerate his client.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe irony isn\u2019t lost on me that this is the public corruption bureau and they conducted themselves in this manner,\u201d Tanner said.<\/p>\n

In a statement, a spokesperson for the district attorney\u2019s office, Doug Cohen, announced Minogue\u2019s removal, saying, \u201cNew Yorkers must know that law enforcement, including prosecutors, are acting with the utmost integrity. We hold ourselves accountable to that standard.\u201d Paul DiGiacomo, president of the Detectives\u2019 Endowment Association, which represents 18,000 active and retired city detectives, said in a statement prosecutors who failed to turn over evidence should be fired.<\/p>\n

He said Bragg and the unit were \u201cquick to impugn the integrity of our detectives even for possible mere mistakes made in the good faith performance of our duties.\u201d<\/p>\n

The case showed the need for an independent review of the prosecutors\u2019 office and a reevaluation of \u201ctheir investigative process and ethics,\u201d DiGiacomo said.<\/p>\n

The case was immediately sealed. Cohen said that the district attorney\u2019s office\u2019s Post-Conviction Justice Unit, which reviews wrongful convictions, would continue to scrutinize cases in which Franco was involved. Patrice O\u2019Shaughnessy, communications director for the Bronx district attorney, said that office would \u201cevaluate the best course of action with the cases that are still under review.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More at the source; Seattle Times<\/a><\/p>\n

President says the stupidest things<\/h3>\n

Lastly, the POTUS has now said that “More than half the women in my administration are women.” He must be some sort of biologist.<\/p>\n