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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

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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

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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

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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

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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,

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Killing a fly with a bazooka – Wisconsin prison guards use grenade inside cell and try and cover up the evidence

File this under “holy shit!” Wisconsin prison guards decided to toss a “non lethal” grenade into a prisoner’s cell. This grenade usually is used for outdoor crowd control. Naturally, the use of such a device on a 135 lb inmate seemed like excessive force, and the inmate received a $49,000 settlement. But then the Wisconsin prison officials didn’t want to

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The Weblog Awards

Whatever. I mean, yeah, it would be sweet as hell to win. I’m not holding my breath though. Nevertheless, if you want to go vote for us, click here and vote up the generous nomination that Mr. King provided.

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Scott Greenfield – The Conscience of the Bar

Between his criticism of scaring clients and the difference between “anyone can blog” and “everyone can blog”, I think that Scott just might have a higher calling than his practice. I know I might sound like I am being a smartass. I am not (this time). If Scotty were in charge, this would be a better profession — to the

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Porn is "inescapable"

Monica Hesse, a writer for the Washington Post, seems to have a porn paranoia issue. Her article “Publicly, a whole new lewdness” has a decidedly Comstockian bent to it. But, the subtitle is even more hilarious: “Everywhere you look, porn is suddenly inescapable.” People like Hesse are proof that evolution has failed. If she finds porn to be “inescapable,” I

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This is SPARTA!!!!

Okay, not exactly… but the Citizen Media Law Project has launched its Online Media Law Network. Good coverage of it here by one of my favorite journalists.

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Jackassletters.com

This must be one of the strangest, but (to me at least) funniest public hobbies on the internet. Christopher Jorgensen writes letters with just the right dash of snark and silliness and sends them off to various companies and famous people, and then posts their replies. He has suggested a urine absorbent thong line for Victoria’s secret, called hooey on

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Will Phillips, age 10, First Amendment Bad Ass

Will Phillips – you are the First Amendment Bad Ass of the month. Will’s family has a number of gay friends. In recent years, Laura Phillips said, they’ve been trying to be a straight ally to the gay community, going to the pride parades and standing up for the rights of their gay and lesbian neighbors. They’ve been especially dismayed

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Anonymous Hooker Blogger Outed

by Jason Fischer If you’re a fan of Showtime‘s adult series “Secret Diary of a Call Girl” (or even if you aren’t), you may be interested to know that the real-life anonymous author of the blog and book that inspired the series went public earlier this week.  (Source) Dr. Brooke Magnanti, Ph.D. in informatics, epidemiology and forensic science, in an

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