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AutoAdmit Case Euthanized
Article in the Yale Daily Journal does a good job of covering it.
Bill Caudle
Bill Caudle is the biggest bad ass ever. He enlisted in the army at age 39 because it was the only way he could get his wife covered for her cancer treatment. Bill Caudle, I may never meet you. But if I do, you don’t pay for your own beer — ever.
Grounded and Hounded: a male's tale
By Tatiana von Tauber Society places a lot of pressure on men. Feminist pieces like one by Katherine M. Franke at Columbia Law School add to it. Franke analyzes a recent New York Times article Still on the Job by Making Only Half as Much by Louis Uchittele. In a nutshell, Bryan Lawlor was a captain and current economic times made him a
If you're going to publish a "sucks" site… it should actually criticize the subject
There is a new cybersquatter in town, and he goes by the name of Gu Bei. He registered the domain name . Normally, that would be the kind of thing that this blogger would stick up for, defend, and rail against the mark holder for trying to take down. Not this time. Mr. “Gu Bei” is a serial cybersquatter. He
Yes We Cannabis!
Okay, I’ll back off of my criticism of the Obama administration as a do-nothing bunch of slackers. They did something. The department of justice pulled the stick from its ass and figured out that maybe the federal government shouldn’t waste its time or money chasing AIDS patients who smoke pot to relieve their symptoms. The New York Times reports: In
Creepy? Definitely. Proportionality? Not so much.
This is creepy. Creepy in an “only in Flori-duh” way. A guy makes friends with a family (at a Baptist Church). He starts getting a little weird, so they tell him that he can’t come over any more. He breaks into their house so that he can touch the kids’ feet while masturbating. See, I said it was creepy. His
Shepard Fairey Lied About Source of HOPE Poster
Apparently Shepard Fairey lied to his lawyers about which photo of Barack Obama formed the basis for his iconic HOPE poster. (source) The sad thing is, it shouldn’t matter. The poster is clearly seems like fair use.
Vagina Mints
“Linger” is a new product… the company describes them as “internal feminine flavoring.” See, get it? The little schematic va jay jay? I have to hand it to them. That is both clever and visually pleasing. Of course, given that it represents a vagina, I wonder how it will fare if they ever try and get it registered as a
Geometric Memetics
Geometric Memetics: When two memes smash into each other, thus creating a meme that expands geometrically. Not to be confused with a super-meme, which is just a really huge meme. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM5Bpz9HA5k]
She's got big tits. So what?
Meghan McCain posted a picture of herself on Twitter that, I guess, failed to cover up her tittehs enough. I know, as a young republican, perhaps she should have worn a burkha. The fallout was absurd, with bloggers and commentators calling McCain a “slut,” and the gentlest commentators saying that she was an “ill-advised young woman for posting that photo.”
Did Josef Stalin Rape and Murder a Young Girl in 1990?
Probably not, but I have seen no documents to disprove these charges. On the other hand, Stalin’s grandson filed a defamation suit because people said bad things about his grandpa. How do you say “asshat” in Russian?
Retarded Paparazzi law signed
I’m not shocked that Arnold Schwarzenegger is governor. I’m just surprised that it wasn’t Flori-duh that elected him. The Governator signed an anti-paparazzi bill to permit lawsuits against media outlets if they pay for and make use of photos taken by paparazzi. Brilliant. Since 30 annoying fucking rich people don’t want their picture taken, unless it is on their terms,
"We did this for the show?"
Douche: (noun): A moron who thinks that a six year old is a good person to rely upon when pulling a national hoax. See also, people who should be punched in the dick again and again for hours. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI6UONWCq7A]
New Rule: When your name is a meme, you've got to be ridiculous.
I honestly had to do some fact checking when I found out that there was someone named Orly Taitz. I really had to check snopes when I saw was a frigging nutbag she is. She filed a lawsuit on behalf of a soldier who didn’t want her representing him, she’s the legal face of the “birther” movement, and after being
Cybersquatter gets his Comeuppance
Cybersquatters often either hide offshore, or they claim to be offshore, or they claim that they don’t have any money — ergo they are “judgment proof.” Well, Marc Trachtenberg, the domain law equivalent of Mr. T, just kicked a cybersquatters’s ass. The squatter decided that he would rather not pay the $120,00 judgment. Since he believed that he was outside
Noonan v. Staples – the bad law remains, but Noonan Loses
We previously reported on Noonan v. Staples, and the bad appellate decision in that case. It turns out that Mr. Noonan lost his libel case anyhow once it got to the jury. Accordingly, Mr. Noonan left us with a terrible decision but got nothing for his trouble.
Alma Mater Report
University of Massachusetts might get a law school. Meh. At least they are going to possibly acquire an existing unaccredited law school, rather than open yet another one. I think they would do the public a greater service if they acquired it and then bulldozed it, along with three or four other schools. Either that, or let it remain unaccredited
