News & Media
USPTO Jumps in Line to Provide "Green" Initiatives, Ignores Climate Gate
by Jason Fischer “Awe! Come ON! I made a movie about it. That proves it’s true.” Director Kappos, of the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), writes on his blog this week about how the Office intends to fast-track the examination of patent applications that deal with so-called “green” technologies. Great headline for a month ago, when the popularized
Healthcare reform legislation to include government subsidies for voodoo, zombie repellent, and werewolf patrols
Okay, not really… but this is just as preposterous. The “Christian Science” church teaches that we should forget about all that silly medicine stuff. Asking our imaginary buddy, Jesus, to heal us is all the medicine we need. There was a time when Christian Science paraded its children off to the graveyard, rather than admit that dancing around a fire,
N.C. Constitution Bars Atheists from Public Office – group of redneck morons thinks that the ban is valid.
Cecil Bothwell is a city councillor in Asheville, North Carolina. That in itself is not remarkable, but Bothwell ran as an openly-atheist candidate.. Well, ol “Ain’t no gawd Cecil” dun tickery won the dag gum election. It seems that now, his opponents are seeking to have him stopped from taking office, because he doesn’t believe in an imaginary magic space
Bitter Lawyer Profiles Randazza
Bitter Lawyer has been one of my favorite legal humor sites for some time. Thus, imagine my joy when they emailed me asking to do a profile on me. Well, it came out today. Here it is. Enjoy.
Marc Randazza: His Profane, Pornographic, Anti-Glenn Beck World
There’s probably no other lawyer like Marc Randazza. He’s irreverent, outspoken, foul-mouthed, endlessly entertaining and on a hot streak. When he’s not defending the First Amendment rights of porn studios and bloggers, he might be on the beach, cooking up a tasty stingray … Read more …
Congratulations to Gloucester High – Fishermen are Super Bowl Champs Again!
Last night, the Gloucester Fishermen defeated Bridgewater-Raynham 33-13 in the Massachusetts Division 1A Super Bowl at Gilette Stadium. This victory caps a perfect season, and GHS’ second title in three years. See Gloucester Times coverage.
Man "finishes" World of Warcraft
What’s with the “hugging”? ‘Little Gray” beat the game after killing 390,895 creatures, administering 7,255,538,878 points of damage, completing 5,906 quests (averaging 14 quests a day), raiding 405 dungeons and hugging 11 players. I believe we can safely add another statistic to the numbers — he has had sex 0 times during this period. (source)
The Bread Hunter
Totally off topic… but totally awesome. The Bread Hunter. The author’s book is here. I want it. When I lived in Sicily, my friends had an outdoor stone oven. Talk about bread from heaven.
Indianapolis … at it again
Yes, the city that brought you MacKinnon’s anti-pornography ordinance (struck down by American Booksellers Ass’n. v. Hudnut, 771 F.2d 323 (7th Cir. 1985)) now brings us a public school internet content filtering policy, which includes this little gem. Alternative Spirituality/Belief: Sites that promote and provide information on religions such as Wicca, Witchcraft or Satanism. Occult practices, atheistic views, voodoo rituals
Don't let truth get in the way of your superstition-politics
“It is the ultimate Grinch to suggest there is no God during a holiday where millions of people around the world celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ,” said Mathew D. Staver, founder and chairman of the Liberty Counsel, a conservative religious law firm, and dean of Liberty University School of Law in Lynchburg, Va. “It is insensitive and mean.” (source)
ABA Blawg 100 Voting Update
I was perusing the ABA 100 voting, and I see that the front runners are pulling away from the pack. But, there are a couple of blawgs that are still in the running that I personally think deserve a blast of support. New York Personal Injury Law Blog is written by Eric Turkewitz, one of the Lions in the Blawgers
Flori-duh can't get Christian themed license plate, so goes for what it meant in the first place
The state of Flori-duh failed to get its “I Believe” license plates. So now its getting the next best thing, a Confederate Flag license plate. There still are an awful lot of Floridians who are pissed off that they don’t get to own negroes anymore. Well, now there is a license plate for those peckerwoods. I do hope that every
Brüno may have stepped in it….
We got a pile of frivolous, stupid, and unsupportable lawsuits out of Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat. Cohen’s latest, Brüno, might just mar Cohen’s record. It seems, if the allegations are true, that Cohen identified a Bethlehem grocer as a leader in the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. However, the grocer claims that he is no such thing. Cohen also claimed on
A Likelihood of Confusion and Cameltoe Camouflaging
By: Zac Papantoniou H/T to Ryan Gile at Las Vegas Trademark Attorney Blog, for bringing this trademark infringement suit involving cameltoe-covering undies to light, and thus making it clearly visible for us here at the Legal Satyricon to find (Note – Due to the nature of this case, and my juvenile sense of humor, I take no responsibility for making
Big Firm Blogs Are Boring
No friggin shit. In other news, the sky is blue, water is wet, and Gail Dines has a penis.
Red Hat Club case results in $100,000 award for plaintiff. A dark day for American literature
I wrote about the Red Hat Club case in April of 2008 in The Georgia Court of Appeals commits attempted murder on American literature in “Red Hat Club” case. Without re-writing that post, which tells the story enough, the case was a “libel in fiction” case. An author based a fictional character on a person, that person saw a pay
You Sinful Front Huggers Can Go to Hell! You Go to Hell and Die!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Oj0-splZw] I’m almost positive this is for real and not parody. The rough riders for Christ part is what kills me. Lawd, I can’t take much more.
The People's Republic of Brooklyn
by Jason Fischer “All your property rights are belong to us!” Thanks to the socialist wing of our highest court, the language of the Fifth Amendment has been perverted to include economic development as a justifiable reason for disregarding private property rights. In the latest episode of “how can the government make sex to me, without even buying me a
Palin Confusion
Many people are confused by Sarah Palin. But, it seems that a recent parody of her book has confused a lot of people as to which one is the real Palin product. Of course, when the author of a book is, herself, a joke and a walking talking parody, it can be confusing to try and figure out which one
Newsflash: People Can't ACTUALLY Be Douchebags!
This just in, you guys: a person can’t actually be a douchebag! Breaking Freaking News! Someone get that Drudge Report Siren up. Done! This is totally news to me, because until the Supreme Court of New York for New York County (phew) held differently, I really thought that when people called me a douche, they meant I was an actual,
