The Daily Misanthrope

May 16, 2026  •  Misanthrope Index: 8 — Approaching Walken

Folly of the Day

South Carolina Man Arrested for Trespassing, Owed $250 Bail. Paid the Judge With Three Counterfeit $100 Bills. Told Him to 'Keep the Change.'

He was in court for a $250 charge. He paid with counterfeit bills. He told the judge to keep the change. The bond is now $6,000. The flourish was the error.

Source: The Blaze

The Wire

Healthcare CEO Brett Blackman Convicted for Running a $1 Billion Medicare Fraud Scheme — He Built a Software Platform Specifically to Automate the Generation of Fake Prescriptions

He did not stumble into the fraud. He built a platform, licensed it to co-conspirators, and processed one billion dollars in false claims before the jury reached its verdict.

Source: CBS News

The Wire

Britain Published a List of Its 12 Most Wanted Fugitives in Spain on the Morning of May 15. One of Them, Simon Dutton, Was Arrested That Afternoon.

The campaign to find him was announced in the morning. He was found by the afternoon. The remaining eleven fugitives have been advised to update their schedules accordingly.

Source: The Local Spain

The Wire

Benidorm Bar Owners Built a Walkie-Talkie Warning Network With Code Names for Each Type of Police Officer. Police Seized 40 Walkie-Talkies and Made 80 Arrests.

They had a code for plain-clothes officers, a code for uniformed officers, and 40 walkie-talkies to transmit the difference. The system worked until the eighty arrests, at which point it stopped working.

Source: Olive Press Spain

The Wire

New Zealand Teenagers Accidentally Donated Their Bag of Marijuana, NZ$2,200 Cash, and Police Radio Scanner to a Charity Shop. Then They Came Back to Get It.

The donation was an accident. The return visit was a decision. The police radio scanner in the car was a separate question they were also asked to answer.

Source: Washington Post

Campus Watch

Cornell's Board of Trustees Reviewed Video Evidence of President Kotlikoff Reversing His Car Into Student Protesters and Concluded That No One Would Be Charged

Source: WSKG

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