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Filipino 'dwarf' judge loses case
BBC ^ | 8/18/06

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.


TOPICS: Political Humor/Cartoons
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1 posted on 08/19/2006 6:38:35 AM PDT by Valin
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So the dwarf case was tossed?

someone had to do it.

2 posted on 08/19/2006 6:39:29 AM PDT by dirtboy (This tagline has been photoshopped)
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"So the dwarf case was tossed?'LOL. Good one. This judge will always have a job with the 9th circuit if he wants.
3 posted on 08/19/2006 6:45:20 AM PDT by DogBarkTree (The United States failure to act against Iran will be seen as weakness throughout the muslim world ()
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To: Valin
"Judge Floro reportedly changed from blue court robes to black each Friday "to recharge his psychic powers". "

Now there's a fashion tip we all could use!

4 posted on 08/19/2006 6:47:02 AM PDT by Ludicrous
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To: Valin
I Knew it!! This is the same disease that Anna Diggs Taylor is suffering from!
5 posted on 08/19/2006 6:50:50 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Buh Bye Joey Schwartz, the 7th district doesn't vote for liberal pukes)
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To: DogBarkTree

LOL. Yeap, the 9th Circus Court needs a good mystic dwarf act. Goes well with the talking/dancing bear.


6 posted on 08/19/2006 6:56:09 AM PDT by Clock King ("How will it end?" - Emperor; "In Fire." - Kosh)
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To: Valin
We can laugh but . . .
7 posted on 08/19/2006 6:57:10 AM PDT by Tribune7
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To: Tribune7

Yes I saw this and I am filing it under "waaaay more than I need to know".


8 posted on 08/19/2006 7:00:51 AM PDT by Valin (http://www.irey.com/)
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To: Valin
Obviously, many U.S. judges suffer from similar psychosis, including five or so on the U.S. Supreme Court. This explains more than a few of their decisions.

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.

9 posted on 08/19/2006 7:07:43 AM PDT by Savage Beast (9/11 was never repeated--thanks to President George Bush.)
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To: Valin

It's one thing to consult dwarves, but to consult "imaginary dwarves" was his undoing.


10 posted on 08/19/2006 7:42:47 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Clock King

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.


11 posted on 08/19/2006 8:23:51 AM PDT by DogBarkTree (The United States failure to act against Iran will be seen as weakness throughout the muslim world ()
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To: aculeus; Senator Bedfellow; hellinahandcart; MozarkDawg; Larry Lucido; Billthedrill; ...

Pinging the Mystic Dwarf Dalliance list.


12 posted on 08/19/2006 8:28:59 AM PDT by dighton
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To: Valin

Now that he lives and broadcasts from the Philipines, Art Bell will probably have this guy on his show..


13 posted on 08/19/2006 8:48:37 AM PDT by mikrofon (Mystic Magistrate)
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To: Valin

There's already a Mystic Dwarf Dalliance thread over here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1686317/posts


14 posted on 08/19/2006 8:50:26 AM PDT by rogue yam
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To: Valin

Where they the underpants Nomes?


15 posted on 08/19/2006 10:04:18 AM PDT by Chewbacca (I reject your reality and substitute my own.)
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To: dighton; aculeus; Senator Bedfellow; hellinahandcart; MozarkDawg; Larry Lucido; Billthedrill; ...

I knew a guy like this in Nome.


16 posted on 08/19/2006 10:07:03 AM PDT by martin_fierro (Top-Dwarf Puns)
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To: martin_fierro

We all know 'dwarf' is 'frawd' spelled backwurds..


17 posted on 08/19/2006 11:39:41 AM PDT by mikrofon (Frawdenschade)
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To: martin_fierro; dighton
I knew a guy like this in Nome.


18 posted on 08/19/2006 11:57:24 AM PDT by MozarkDawg
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To: dighton
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.

Maybe so, but I'll bet the *fringe benefits* of dalliance would be purty good!

19 posted on 08/19/2006 12:04:34 PM PDT by MozarkDawg
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To: MozarkDawg
Snow White: Dwarf Dalliance Rumor ‘Product of Dirty Little Minds’
20 posted on 08/19/2006 12:17:49 PM PDT by dighton
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