Yep, you read that right. A Russian astrologer has filed a $300,000,000 lawsuit against NASA, claiming that the Deep Impact probe, which intercepted comet Tempel 1, “violated her spiritual rights.”
“The experiment, in which NASA fired a projectile the size of a fridge at the comet Monday, was an attack on “the holy of holies,” Marina Bai’s law suit claims, according to Russian press reports. Her suit, filed at a Moscow court, claims violation of her “life and spiritual values.”
“In any case, it is obvious that elements of the comet’s orbit and associated ephemera will change after the explosion, which interferes with my practice of astrology and deforms my horoscope,” the Izvestia daily quoted Bai as saying.
Folks, you just can’t get enough of this sort of nuttiness for my entertainment dollar!
A friend of mine has a bumper sticker which reads:
A friend of mine has a bumper sticker which reads:
That’s pretty silly. Can a foreign citizen legally sue another country?
Yes, under certain circumstances (and depending on the various laws of the country involved–good luck suing the Chinese government from without or within!).
Collecting on a judgement, however, is a different matter altogether.
That’s pretty silly. Can a foreign citizen legally sue another country?
Hey, that’s great.
Does this mean that I can sue NASA because I mistook one of their satellites for Venus being in the fifth house and it made me pick the wrong Lotto numbers?
I *knew* I should have listened to my fortune cookie instead.
What a great idea! I bet you could make a lawsuit (and grab a few headlines), then sell your story and make a few bucks that way…
Hey, that’s great.
Does this mean that I can sue NASA because I mistook one of their satellites for Venus being in the fifth house and it made me pick the wrong Lotto numbers?
I *knew* I should have listened to my fortune cookie instead.
Yes, under certain circumstances (and depending on the various laws of the country involved–good luck suing the Chinese government from without or within!).
Collecting on a judgement, however, is a different matter altogether.
that reminds me of a story i heard on the radio this am. A burgler broke thru a skylight and got cut by a knife lying on the counter. Sued the woman whos house he burgerlized, and won
Now THAT is absurd.
that reminds me of a story i heard on the radio this am. A burgler broke thru a skylight and got cut by a knife lying on the counter. Sued the woman whos house he burgerlized, and won
What a great idea! I bet you could make a lawsuit (and grab a few headlines), then sell your story and make a few bucks that way…
Now THAT is absurd.
Totally unrelated to the (admittedly weird) topic at hand:
Hello there. steered me to you as the source for a particular URL that runs over-the-web diagnostics on one’s computer. Could I pester you for said URL? Thanks in advance.
If you’re looking for an online virus scan, the URL is
http://housecall.trendmicro.com
Or did you have a different kind of diagnostic in mind?
That was exactly the URL I was hunting for. Thank you very much!
Totally unrelated to the (admittedly weird) topic at hand:
Hello there. steered me to you as the source for a particular URL that runs over-the-web diagnostics on one’s computer. Could I pester you for said URL? Thanks in advance.
If you’re looking for an online virus scan, the URL is
http://housecall.trendmicro.com
Or did you have a different kind of diagnostic in mind?
That was exactly the URL I was hunting for. Thank you very much!
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050712045953910
-Vijay
Wow. Just…wow.
Un-freaking-real, that is.
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050712045953910
-Vijay
Wow. Just…wow.
Un-freaking-real, that is.