Posted on 08/19/2006 6:38:34 AM PDT by Valin
A Philippines judge who said he consulted imaginary mystic dwarves has failed to convince the Supreme Court to allow him to keep his job. Florentino Floro was appealing against a three-year inquiry which led to his removal due to incompetence and bias.
He told investigators three mystic dwarves - Armand, Luis and Angel - had helped him to carry out healing sessions during breaks in his chambers.
The court said psychic phenomena had no place in the judiciary.
The bench backed a medical finding that the judge was suffering from psychosis.
'Dwarf dalliance'
The Manila trial judge had asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the complaint and return him to the bench, after being sacked in April.
"They should not have dismissed me for what I believed," Mr Floro told reporters after filing his appeal in May.
The judge said he had made a covenant with his dwarf friends that he could write while in a trance and that he had been seen by several people in two places at the same time.
Judge Floro reportedly changed from blue court robes to black each Friday "to recharge his psychic powers".
In a letter to the court he said: "From obscurity, my name and the three mystic dwarves became immortal."
However, the Supreme Court said dalliance with dwarves would gradually erode the public's acceptance of the judiciary as the guardian of the law, if not make it an object of ridicule.
someone had to do it.
Now there's a fashion tip we all could use!
LOL. Yeap, the 9th Circus Court needs a good mystic dwarf act. Goes well with the talking/dancing bear.
Yes I saw this and I am filing it under "waaaay more than I need to know".
Come to think of it, dwarf psychosis must be endemic--and communicable. The entire American Left functions as intellectual dwarfs.
Dwarf psychosis rages in Europe. It's like the Black Plague.
This is a bigger problem than you think.
It's one thing to consult dwarves, but to consult "imaginary dwarves" was his undoing.
When I saw the headline on Drudge about the "Penis Pump Judge Gets 4 Years" I thought it had to be a 9th Circuit judge.
Pinging the Mystic Dwarf Dalliance list.
Now that he lives and broadcasts from the Philipines, Art Bell will probably have this guy on his show..
There's already a Mystic Dwarf Dalliance thread over here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1686317/posts
Where they the underpants Nomes?
I knew a guy like this in Nome.
We all know 'dwarf' is 'frawd' spelled backwurds..
Maybe so, but I'll bet the *fringe benefits* of dalliance would be purty good!
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