sebmojo posted:

Judges in NZ are called Mister Justice. Not sure about lady judges. Possibly Queen Justicia? Idk.

toanoradian posted:

UK has some excellent titles for their government jobs. I know of terms like Shadow Cabinet, Law Lords, Lords Temporal, Shadow Lord Exchequer, and now I can add First Sea Lord to my list.

Rough Lobster posted:

The US needs more titles to remind us daily that politicians are evil. We would do well to take after them. I think the evillest one I can think of is Drug Czar.

Masked Pumpkin posted:

Rough Lobster posted:

If Nazis are making 30 bucks a month from two donors and furry pornographers are making 30k with hundreds of supporters then honestly the world's in a better place than I expected?? As weird as it is to say that. Unless yeah its nazi babyfurs in which case god can call the flood waters again

toanoradian posted:

Have an 'Evil' title for all Republican politicians, then add "Lesser" as a suffix for everyone else.

toanoradian posted:

UK has some excellent titles for their government jobs. I know of terms like Shadow Cabinet, Law Lords, Lords Temporal, Shadow Lord Exchequer, and now I can add First Sea Lord to my list.

Ichabod Sexbeast posted:

Aren't the Lords Temporal just any lord who isn't a Lord Spiritual?

darkwasthenight posted:

Not to derail too much, but technically Members of Parliament are not allowed to quit their roles. Instead they are promoted to a role as a paid servant of the crown which makes them ineligible to serve as MPs and is considered an effective resignation.

Traditionally the two posts used are Crown Steward and Baliff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burham, and Crown Steward and Baliff of the Manor of Northstead. They are paid a small fee for their service until the next MP resigns, at which point they are replaced. I don't think they have any actual power or responsibilities.

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Judge was born in Malta to Raymond and Rosa Judge (née Micallef). Judge was educated at St. Edward's College, Malta, from 1947 to 1954 and The Oratory School in Woodcote in Oxfordshire from 1954 to 1959, where he was Captain of School and Captain of Cricket.

He was called to the bar (Middle Temple) in 1963 and became a Recorder in 1976 and Queen's Counsel in 1979. From 1980 to 1986, he served on the Professional Conduct Committee of the Bar Council. In 1987, he was elected Leader of the Midland Circuit. On 10 October 1988, Judge was appointed a Justice of the High Court,[3] assigned to the Queen's Bench Division, and awarded the customary knighthood. He was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal, a judge of the Court of Appeal, on 4 June 1996, becoming a Privy Counsellor.

He was the Senior Presiding Judge from 1998 to 2003, when he became Deputy Chief Justice.

He was appointed as the first President of the Queen's Bench Division on 3 October 2005. In addition to that role, Judge was appointed Head of Criminal Justice in January 2007.

Judge replaced Lord Phillips as Lord Chief Justice on 1 October 2008. The same day, he was created a life peer as Baron Judge, of Draycote in the county of Warwickshire, and he was introduced in the House of Lords five days later, where he sits as a crossbencher.

In 2007 Lord Judge was awarded an honorary doctorate from Nottingham Trent University,[11] and in 2010 was made an Honorary Fellow of Aberystwyth University as well as Kingston University. On 20 June 2012 he received an honorary doctorate from Cambridge.

He retired as Lord Chief Justice at the end of September 2013.[12] He was Treasurer to the Middle Temple for the year 2014.[13]
As of November 2013, Lord Judge has served as a Distinguished Visitor to the Dickson Poon School of Law at King's College London.[14]

fool_of_sound posted:

Dickson Poon cannot possibly be a real name

Eat This Glob posted:

He owns a company called Dickson Concepts. He also founded a company with Sammo Hung.

Lunchmeat Larry posted:

We also once had a Lord Laws who became a Law Lord

funmanguy posted:

That's one hell of a business card.

sebmojo posted:

the head nun of thailand used to be called Sister Supaporn at one point

china bot posted:

sadly no, Gay Dick evolved into Gay Sailor

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Dr. Gay Hitler, son of George Washington Hitler, was a local dentist, serving our community from 1922 through 1946 from his office on West Main Street.

steinrokkan posted:

Good friend of Dr. Gay Hitler

https://www.circlevilleherald.com/news/hitlers-were-county-pioneers/article_2a6487b2-a34a-55f4-83f4-dfcf116d15d5.html

SpacePig posted:

A article about famous local Hitlers published on September 11th. What a place, this Circleville.

Unsolved Mysteries posted:

In December of 1993, a post card arrived at the Unsolved Mysteries offices that stood out from the rest. It was a threat designed to keep us from telling the following story. It read, in part: “Forget Circleville, Ohio … if you come to Ohio, you el sickos will pay.” It’s signed: “The Circleville Writer.”

SaltyJesus posted:

Eat This Glob posted:

He owns a company called Dickson Concepts. He also founded a company with Sammo Hung.

Bertrand Hustle posted:

Sammo Hung the Hong Kong actor and producer who always seems to play the older, world-weary cop who's too old for this poo poo?