Harper's Weekly for September 29, 2009

Here's the standout bit from the latest Harper's Weekly Review:

A Pennsylvania judge ruled
that a police officer who orally violated five calves was
not guilty of animal cruelty, pointing out that it was
impossible to know whether the young cows were "tormented"
or "puzzled," or even irritated that the policeman's penis
was not actually food. "If the cow had the cognitive
ability to form thought and speak," reflected Judge James
Moreley, "Would it say, 'Where's the milk? I'm not getting
any milk.'"

(A NY Daily News article reports that this happened in New Jersey, not Pennsylvania, and that the Judge's name is Morely, not Moreley, as reported in the Weekly Review. The police officer, Robert Melia Jr., , has also been charged with sexually assaulting three girls.)

Harper's Weekly Review by Claire Gutierrez