Some Random Websites

Greetings and welcome back to The Un-Zone, the site for all things related to Un. It's time for one of those updates again.

Well, yesterday's post was an emotional rant that probably should have not been posted. I guess you all now know more than you probably wanted to know about my life. I've got a bunch of issues that need to be solved, but I can't help it sometimes. It won't happen again. Or at least until I have the inexplicable urge to let you know little detainls about what I consider to be totally messed up in my personal life.

Today's update will be about random stuff I found on the web that I find to be interesting.

First up is the United States Supreme Court decision involving Anna Nicole Smith and her saga involving the probate hearing system, which after taking Estates and Trusts, seems simple on the surface, but can quickly turn into a giant morass of lies, hearsay, and accusations. Especially if the deceased is rich and the person/people inheriting have the reputation of being a gold digger, as some have considered Anna Nicole Smith. The Estates and Trusts casebook included an excerpt from the tortious interference case that started it all, complete with footnotes that talked out how Anna Nicole and J. Howard Marshall II met.
This led to a series of claims and counterclaims, all lovingly described in the case opinion by the Supreme Court. It's an interesting read, if you enjoy reading about this stuff. The US Supreme Court held that the District Court had jurisdiction over the counterclaim filed by Smith against E. Pierce Marshall. The Ninth Circuit overstepped its powers and gave itself powers it did not have. Basically, the Ninth Circuit had no jurisdiction but decided to stretch the probate exceptions until it had power to do so. This isn't so surprising as the Supreme Court has a history of laying down the judicial smackdown on the Ninth Circuit.
Now that this has all be decided by the US Supreme Court, this case will be given back to the District Court that it originated from and more time and money will be spent in deciding this messed-up case.

If this story is to be believed and if all those warnings are believed, then now would be the official time to go panic as a mild form of the avian flu has been found in New Jersey. But wait, it's not the H5N1 form, but another form of the virus. So I guess this wasn't all that important. Please wake me up when the thing has gone away.

Forgive me for posting up this site, but I find the conspiracy theory/mega-paranoia websites to be interesting, but only in a laugable way. As in "tin-foil hat" laughable. But the other stuff about the end of the world happening due to cataclysms like super-volcanoes, mega-tsunamis and World War III was stragely informative.

And an article explaining why pizza has become an American tradition despite coming from Naples, Italy, It sure beats articles about Armageddon, doesn't it?

That's all for now.