pinch hit

As if legalized upskirting in Massachusetts isn’t bad enough.

http://clocktowertenants.com/2014/03/skirting-issue.html

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Now comes a story out of Sweden that tops that!

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A woman was tried and convicted of assault last year after she slapped the face of a man who pinched her bottom in a nightclub.

She broke his nose and so he sued. 

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But she was the one convicted and ordered to pay him almost $400 in medical damages, after her sexual assault complaint was dropped for lack of evidence.

It gets worse.

Last week another Swedish woman was also convicted of assault, 

this time in Norrköping just south of StockHolm.

She was also fined for slapping the man

 who pinched her on the ass.

The Norrköping court ruled an unwelcome pinch does not constitute an “emergency” and thus does not warrant a violent response like being slapped.

She was fined 1,000 kroner, about $155.

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Summer’s coming

Let’s turn the table.

on a wing and a prayer

romano/ap

Back on February 2nd ClockTowerTenants pondered the Papal thirst for world-class wine.

But little did we know!

http://clocktowertenants.com/2014/02/nice-work-if-you-can-get-it.html

CBS reported last week that someone in the Vatican
 has a nose for other kinds of

 “good stuff,” too.

Back in January German customs officials at Leipzeig airport intercepted a cocaine shipment en route to the Vatican Post Office.

airport-data.com 

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-germans-seize-cocaine-on-its-way-to-vatican/

The Post Office is marked with the red circle.

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About 334 grams of pure cocaine worth about $55,000 and packed into 14 condoms were found inside a shipment of Vatican cushions.

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The Pope lives right next door.

No one at the Vatican could be reached for comment.

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Surprisingly.

her milkshake brings all the boys from the Yard

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The men of Scotland Yard are a handsome bunch, and women are known to fall for a uniform now and then.

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But what if the officer is undercover, 

and no uniform is involved?

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That’s the subject of a newly filed lawsuit in the UK.

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Eight different women, all animal rights activists, fell for undercover police officers who infiltrated their extremists groups.

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In each instance the spies encouraged amorous behavior to the point of sexual relationships, often lasting for years.

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One extreme case involved undercover Metropolitan Police officer Bob Lambert, pictured below.

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Bob pretended to be an activist for five years, fathering a child with his subject and then leaving her when his covert assignment drew to a close.

guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/28/police-spies-sexual-liaisons-women-suing-met

Now the women are suing for the “enormous emotional trauma” after realizing their lovers were deployed undercover policemen, simply doing their job each day.

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gringo bacalaíto

Remember these? 

Back in January I found a cooked cod fillet in the fridge and was inspired to make a fish croquette.

http://clocktowertenants.com/2014/01/croquetteaboudit.html

They weren’t very good.

Crunchy-hot but hollow, kinda pointless.

This time I found two cod steaks, five boiled carrots and the usual shallots and peppers, parsley and eggs, so I decided to try again.

Pull your fish carefully from the bone and make certain
 no bones are left. 

I chopped red pepper, sliced the carrots, softened shallots, minced some parsley and made a quick batter with two eggs, about five tablespoons of cornstarch and 3 tablespoons of milk.

“Whip it good.”

1980

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whip_It_(Devo_song)

Salt, pepper, you know the drill, then fold the ingredients into the beaten batter.

The last time everything was chopped too fine. 

This time I left it chunky and it worked out much better.

Bacalaíto is a Puerto Rican standard and there is some kind of cod cake in every cuisine. 

Only a sobro gringo would add boiled carrots!  

Heat canola oil until it shimmers.

Ready? 

Spoon the fritters into the hot oil. Keep them small so they cook through the middle while they brown.

These look better already, right?

And they were!

Adjust your fry time so they cook through and are crunchy on the outside.

Mmmm. 

Drain on paper, salt them and you’ve nailed it. 

Caribbean beer food!