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Lakeland, Florida —  Ellenbeth Wachs has been no stranger to controversy in recent months.
As legal advisor to the Atheist of Florida, she has placed herself in the headlines by installing billboards across the area, fighting the Lakeland City Council and Polk County School Board over prayer before meetings and even Sheriff Grady Judd for donating jail basketball hoops to churches.
But now, she’s fighting her own legal battle… again.
On Monday, she was arrested on a charge of Simulation of a Sexual Act in the Presence of a Child.
According to an arrest affidavit, Wachs’ neighbor is accusing her of being “too loud” in her own bedroom.


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squawkbox
June 6, 2011 11:48 pm

Miss Adee and Miss Harper
62 & 68
Maybe Wild Bill Clinton got ordained here.

Adee
June 6, 2011 11:42 pm

#62 mharper42. I have no clue by what authority Clinton or any current of former President would be considered appropriate to officiate at a wedding. For that matter how approved official witness categories are fixed and thus entitled to sign marriage certificates–suspect it is up to the Legislatures of each state to determine that. You can bet that who can… Read more »

mharper42
mharper42
June 6, 2011 10:10 pm

#105 ST last night

Y’all put the fun in dysFUNctional family.

Ya never know what’s coming next on Hammy’s Couch.

Bonecrusher
Bonecrusher
June 6, 2011 10:07 pm

Anthony Weiner defiles the name Weiner, he is nothing more than a lying, sanctimonious little prick.

Bonecrusher
Bonecrusher
June 6, 2011 9:02 pm

Further to my #64 above, I had a client years ago who was a ships captain and sailed all over the world. He mentioned that the beef in Nigeria and other West African Nations had a distinct strong flavor, much stronger than that which was found in the meat from bull fight animals. He finally found out the explanation, the… Read more »

Bonecrusher
Bonecrusher
June 6, 2011 8:50 pm

as far as butchering animals goes, I think the best way to harvest domestically raised animals is the guillotine. In one swift instant, less than 1/4 second, the head is removed from the body; by the time that the pain signal could reach the brain, there is a loss of consciousness (no pain) and therefore no pain hormones are triggered… Read more »

mharper42
mharper42
June 6, 2011 8:05 pm

#42 Hammy you should at least be willing to acknowledge the fact that there’s no way to pretty up the process. I don’t think I have any illusions about the fact that animals die in order for me to eat meat. I am keenly aware, and I mean while I am eating it, that my tasty burger was recently part… Read more »

mharper42
mharper42
June 6, 2011 7:57 pm

#61 Adee
I thought it took some actual legal authority to be able to say “I now pronounce you husband and wife”… I mean a legally recorded marriage, not common law.

Adee
June 6, 2011 7:23 pm

Yea–we got some rain and are still getting some light sprinkles. Don’t know how much exactly because the digital gauge runs on a 24 hour cycle and hasn’t flipped over from yesterday yet (when we got drops we could count as they fell), and the plastic one on the fence rail had 1″ in it from the watering we did… Read more »

Darren
Darren
June 6, 2011 6:44 pm

#54;

They were married last year by former President Bill Clinton.

One whore marrying another? I guess adulterous men stick together. Especially when it’s politically liberal buddyism.

Darren
Darren
June 6, 2011 6:43 pm

Breitbart said on Hugh Hewitt that he’s yet to release a very damning photo of Rep. Weiner. The only hint Breitbart gave was Blue Boy Magazine which appears to be for gays and lesbians.
Ohhhhhh dear.

Super Dave
Super Dave
June 6, 2011 6:32 pm

Well, nothing like being hit in the face with reality, I left work on May 28 knowing that we were behind schedule because we’re trying to run 2 labs @ the same time and just don’t have the manpower, then I get back today and find out that on Friday one of our large shakers blew up, (operator error?)….anyway now… Read more »

Darren
Darren
June 6, 2011 5:18 pm
Lawrence
Lawrence
June 6, 2011 4:56 pm

I saw that holier-than-thou, sanctimonius gas bag Weiner on TV some time ago going after Beck and Gold Line. He reminded me of one of those yap dog chihuahuas that just won’t let up trying to overcome their canine inferiority complex. What gives Bill Clinton the legal authority to marry anyone? Did he become captain of the S.S. Minnow after… Read more »

Sarge
June 6, 2011 4:42 pm

Jonah Goldberg already has a good commentary: It was also good for him to apologize to Andrew Breitbart and “anyone else he misled.” But that’s not what he did wrong to Andrew Breitbart and others. He encouraged people to make Breitbart et al into the villains in this story. The sin there is not misleading but a kind of bearing… Read more »

Hamous
June 6, 2011 4:36 pm

Boy this just gets better and better. Weiner was married last year. If you wanted to for-richer-for-poorer, sickness-and-in-health, forsaking-all-others sanctify your marriage just who would you get to perform the ceremony?

They were married last year by former President Bill Clinton.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/06/06/2011-06-06_rep_anthony_weiner_admits_he_tweeted_crotch_photo_says_he_will_not_step_down_ami.html#ixzz1OXBPuMcz

Sarge
June 6, 2011 4:34 pm

Today, I wish I was Andrew Breitbart.

Hamous
June 6, 2011 4:01 pm

Can this debacle get any worse?

Well, let’s see. There was the rumor a few years back that Weiner’s wife, Huma Abedin, and Shrillary were lesbian lovers. That would sure muddy the waters 😉

Adee
June 6, 2011 3:56 pm

Breitbart is still in the news conference room, and Weiner eventually got around to apologizing to him for maintaining that Breitbart made it all up. Now Weiner is rambling all over the place and making a total fool of himself. His handlers should get the hook and get him out of there, he’s babbling. He’s let slip some details earlier… Read more »

Darren
Darren
June 6, 2011 3:48 pm

Adee;
I was just about to report on the “weiner authentication” by Weiner himself but you beat me to it. Kings to you. I like your addition of Breitbart. Leftwing media are scum.

Tedtam
Admin
June 6, 2011 3:48 pm

I think we got rain-teased. Some wind, some thunder, a few lightning flashes — and I think it’s going to pass us by.
Always a bridesmaid… /sigh

Darren
Darren
June 6, 2011 3:46 pm

Every perfectly-pattied hamburger you eat began as a live cow that had a steel rod fired into his brain. Again, I’d like to remind people that Mrs. Darren and I recently watched Temple Granden. She’s an autistic lady who relied upon her unique view of the world to revolutionize the beef industry. She made it more “humane” in getting the… Read more »

Adee
June 6, 2011 3:38 pm

Anthoney Weiner is on the air at a press conference, admitting he done wrong but is not going to resign and is not admitting what he actually did. It was a mistake and destructive…! Chutzpah cubed. He loves his wife very much and they are not splitting on account of this. The hysterical coincidence is that Andrew Breitbart just happened… Read more »

Hamous
June 6, 2011 3:37 pm

Unexpectedly; On College Campuses, Obama’s Not Cool Anymore.

I’m sure Barry’s Youth Ministry Czar is working up a nice indoctrination program to get them back on the bus.

Super Dave
Super Dave
June 6, 2011 3:24 pm

Unexpectedly; On College Campuses, Obama’s Not Cool Anymore. President Obama poll numbers are nearing the levels he enjoyed in 2008, with one glaring exception: young people. Especially young white people. His approval rating is at 56 percent approval rating among people ages 18 to 29. That’s higher than the 51 percent national average, but that’s a decline of 10 points… Read more »

Tedtam
Admin
June 6, 2011 3:12 pm

I’m looking at radar. It’s possible I MIGHT see some wet stuff today! The sky is darkening a little, and I thought I heard thunder, or it might have been the trucks rumbling across the street.

Tedtam
Admin
June 6, 2011 2:33 pm
Hamous
June 6, 2011 2:29 pm

Butchering animals for food is not a clean business. There’s no way to make it completely “humane” because they’re not human and we (generally) don’t eat humans. In my opinion, if you’re going to eat meat (and I’m a hard core carnivore) you don’t have to be willing to participate in the process but you should at least be willing… Read more »

Dooood
June 6, 2011 1:11 pm

I must admit I did miss the W.C. Fields ref. I know who he is from my parents and grandparents though. WOO HOO!!! I still have my yoot!

Sarge
June 6, 2011 1:00 pm

I was wondering if anyone would catch the fact that I paraphrased the epitaph on W.C. Field’s gravestone. I got it. My favorite WC Fields story is one that occured as he lay on his deathbed. A frind came in and found him paging through a Bible. He asked him if he was finally turning to God after having led… Read more »

Simple Simon
Simple Simon
June 6, 2011 12:56 pm

36 Dude,
I was wondering if anyone would catch the fact that I paraphrased the epitaph on W.C. Field’s gravestone.
Simple
p.s. I suspect that I will have to explain W.C. Fields to the younger folks here.

Sarge
June 6, 2011 12:50 pm

Posty in da bucky

Tedtam
Admin
June 6, 2011 12:49 pm

And people complain ’bout me. hmph

Sarge
June 6, 2011 12:49 pm

I do beleive the password is “toast”

Dooood
June 6, 2011 12:46 pm

I suspect that most of the animals I observed being dispatched would have rather been in Philadelphia.

I don’t know Simple, I was born there. Not sure the animals would willingly choose Philly over a relatively quick death.

Simple Simon
Simple Simon
June 6, 2011 12:44 pm

32 Sarge
If it were only true, but I heard they were going for someone more WASPish; Rod Hardwood.
Simple

Sarge
June 6, 2011 12:43 pm

Need to make a correction to the above. It seems that Peter Pecker was being considered, but the Democrats realized that folks might be able to make the same kinds of double entendres with his name that they did with Weiner, so Peter Pecker is out. They are now running a guy who will taken seriously, a man descended from… Read more »

Simple Simon
Simple Simon
June 6, 2011 12:40 pm

25 & 30, mharper Two things. It is standard practice for Muslims and Jews to slit the throats of animals to ensure that the meat is free of blood (as much as possible) when being butchered. (hint: Google halal or kosher) Obviously you have never worked or strolled thru a slaughterhouse! I will spare the gentile readers the recollections of… Read more »

Sarge
June 6, 2011 12:36 pm

Not sure if this is true or not. Its being reported that Weiner is pulling out of Congress. Democrats, eager to get the Weiner scandal behind them, are already preparing a candidte to run in the upcoming special election to replace him. Some guy named Peter Pecker.

Sarge
June 6, 2011 12:32 pm

Weiner makes another boner. Dems should get a grip on this story before it swells beyond control. Perhaps they should make Weiner pull out of Congress. Somebody’s getting the shaft here, thats for sure. Another woman has come forward to RadarOnline.com and Star magazine and provided a sexting exchange with embattled New York Representative Anthony Weiner. The woman says she… Read more »

mharper42
mharper42
June 6, 2011 12:30 pm

I don’t remember any mention of a religious event. I thought they were just butchering some meat animals in a brutal fashion.

GJT
GJT
June 6, 2011 12:27 pm

When babies, they are so ugly they’re cute. I guess anything is cute if its small enough.

I’m guessin’ you ain’t ever seen a baby squawk.

TexMo
TexMo
June 6, 2011 12:12 pm

#24 mharper The Muslims slitting the throat of the sheep is a religious observance of Eid-ul-Adha. It commemorates Abraham’s sacrifice. Luckily for me I chose to take the family to Belgium during that particular festival. Some expats that hung around told me it looked like a scene out of a horror movie as the entire city was transformed into a… Read more »

Sarge
June 6, 2011 12:08 pm

Here’s another one: And another one. Members of Orlando Food Not Bombs were arrested Wednesday when police said they violated a city ordinance by feeding the homeless in Lake Eola Park. Jessica Cross, 24, Benjamin Markeson, 49, and Jonathan “Keith” McHenry, 54, were arrested at 6:10 p.m. on a charge of violating the ordinance restricting group feedings in public parks.… Read more »

TexMo
TexMo
June 6, 2011 12:06 pm

#12 Darren, That gets filed today under my WTF tab! These people are so clueless it is not even funny. They cite the example of searching for a movie, but they fail to mention that before the web, we would sometimes DRIVE to the theater to check out the schedule. If nothing looked appealing or you could not fit it… Read more »

mharper42
mharper42
June 6, 2011 11:55 am

TT, I am actually pretty fond of possums and don’t find them ugly at all.

mharper42
mharper42
June 6, 2011 11:53 am

For the record, I am not a vegetarian. “Nature red in tooth and claw.” My main issue about animals, ugly or cute, is cruelty. Raising animals as food is not cruel, and I think most farmers and ranchers do not mistreat their livestock and slaughter them humanely. (Unlike that ghastly scene someone posted here a while back, showing bearded grinning… Read more »

Tedtam
Admin
June 6, 2011 11:30 am

Just last week, Hubby said he didn’t want to talk to a customer because he talked too much and wasted his time. I just got off the phone with Hubby. He talked for over half a wissin’ hour, repeating crap and telling me things I didn’t ask for. What could have been a five minute conversation just turned out to… Read more »

Darren
Darren
June 6, 2011 11:18 am

Hamous #20;

Growing up on a farm we kinda had pets but we knew at a certain point they were going to magically turn into pork chops, fried chicken, hamburgers and such.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fl-CBg1Wa1g/SwNZPNbIN5I/AAAAAAAAABA/JmfyBpwlbpI/s1600/cows.gif

Tedtam
Admin
June 6, 2011 11:08 am

I’m sorry, eating half-formed animals, guts, butts, and all, is where I draw a line.