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John Edwards was an elitist and out of touch with the American people for getting $400 haircuts. Caribou-Moron Barbie spent $22,800 on two weeks worth of makeup, $150,000 on clothes that she claims she’s going to give to charity (yeah, Goodwill would love that Prada stuff), $17,000 in per diem charges for sleeping in her own house, $21,012 in state funds to fly her kids around, and $50,000 to redecorate the Wasilla mayor’s office — which is in a strip mall. Now, I’m not calling her an “elitist,” but she’s revealed herself for what she truly is — not a
Look Who John McCain "Pals Around With"
The next time some moron neocon tries to feed you the “pals around with terrorists” line about Obama, remind them of the guy who was McCain’s campaign chair in Flori-duh. Well, that is until he got caught offering an undercover cop $20 for the privilege of giving him a blowjob in a dirty public rest room. He later tried to say it was all a misunderstanding arising from his fear of Teh Negroez. I find nothing wrong with Bob Allen being gay. I do find something wrong with his race-baiting. I find nothing wrong with him offering a guy $20
Homeland Security: Keeping you "Safe," one Artist at a Time
The “War on Terror” is over. We lost. We have turned into a nation of mewling cowards — prepared to sell our freedom for mere “security theater.” Want proof? Take a look at this threat to national security. Jerilea Zempel was detained at the U.S. border because she had that drawing in her sketch-book. (source) The drawing represents an idea for a yarn covering for a Sport Utility Vehicle. The border agents told Zempel that they suspected her of “copyright infringement.” “I wanted to turn an oversize, macho, gas-guzzling vehicle into a technological ghost by shrouding it in a white,
Pinota, Welcome to the Adult Entertainment World
A Canadian company hopes to bring the BlackBerry out of its “business only” mold. Pinota is launching a BlackBerry – oriented adult entertainment service. Pinota is the first and only adult entertainment network dedicated exclusively to BlackBerry users. We choose the name Pinota as a nod to classic pin-up girls of the past and now ‘Over-The-Air’. Our members will find adult videos, photo galleries and introducing our founders Missy and Maggie’s sex blogs. (source) HT: Snark Hunting
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Big Shocker: Anger, Fear, and Racism at a Palin Rally
You have to watch this video. I suppose that it is no great surprise. There are legitimate reasons to vote for McCain or against Obama, as the case may be. Jason Fischer put forth an excellent case and never descended into race-baiting, Ayers-baiting, Wright-baiting, master-baiting, or any other “baiting”. Unfortunately, conservatives like Fischer seem to have been pushed to the margins of the current conservative movement. Instead we have nut-balls like Gayle Quinnell, the “crazy McCain lady.” (Not to be confused with Sarah Palin — Palin has a much nicer wardrobe). Worse yet, we have downright lowlives like James Dobson,
Anger, Fear, and Racism at Palin Rally
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The Blog Loot!
Editorial and Comments by Zac “Rediculous” Papantoniou The “Blog Loot” is a new, weekly post, here on the Legal Satyricon. Essentially, it’s showing a little love to the blogs that make up our list of “Recommended Blogs” by running around to our favorite blogs and looting them of some of their more interesting recent content. 1. Someone call Gil Grissom… Maryland criminal defense attorney/blawger Jon Katz, of the Underdog Blog, asks (and attempts to answer) an age-old question of law, ”Should fingerprint evidence be banned from court?” [Props to the Underdog Blog] 2. A Jacksonville, FL, church attempted to redefine
Barack Obama – A Jimmy Carter for the New Millennium
In the interest of presenting all perspectives, I asked one of the most intelligent and articulate conservatives I know to present a counterpoint to our recent endorsement of Barack Obama. – MJR by Jason Fischer, Special to the Legal Satyricon First off, I want to thank the Legal Satyriconistas for extending an invitation to me for a counterpoint to their recent endorsement of Democratic Presidential Nominee, Barack Obama. In today’s political landscape, where polarization is the norm, it is increasingly important that healthy, two-sided, rational debate be encouraged. Also, I apologize for violating the five-hundred-word suggested limit, but I’m not
Max Hardcore Seeks Stay of Sentence While Appeal is Pending
From Tampa Bay Online: Adult movie producer Paul Little is asking a judge to let him postpone his 46-month prison sentence while his lawyers appeal his conviction on obscenity charges. Little, whose pornographic character goes by the name Max Hardcore, lives in California, but was tried in Tampa after investigators here ordered his films through the mail and downloaded them on the Internet. Little’s lawyers say in a motion filed late Thursday that they plan to appeal Little’s conviction on seven grounds, including the argument that federal obscenity laws violate the right to sexual privacy and are “unworkable when applied
Rapp v. Jews For Jesus – Rehnquist in Brennan's Robes
In Rapp v. Jews for Jesus, the Florida Supreme Court appears to do the First Amendment a great service by declining to recognize the false light invasion of privacy tort. However, this is a case of the ghost of William Rehnquist haunting Florida after stealing William Brennan’s robes. After protecting the First Amendment with a few pages of the opinion, the Court polluted most of the ground it gave by strengthening the tort of “defamation by implication,” and by adopting a standard for defamation cases that does away with the reasonable person test and replaces it with a “substantial and
"Cocaine" Trademark for Soft Drinks Deemed "Immoral and Scandalous"
Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. 1052(a), bars the registration of trademarks that are deemed “immoral” or “scandalous.” For the past few years, the USPTO has been on a Section 2(a) rampage, and this decision is the latest step in the PTO’s quest to become the commercial morality police. See In re James T. Kirby, Serial No. 77006212 (Not Precedential). Mr. Kirby and his company, Redux Beverages, started marketing the soft drink in 2006, and they were immediately descended upon by the Food and Drug Administration. The primary complaint was that “certain claims rendered the product an unapproved
Mongols Trademark Seizure Update
UPDATED with copy of Order on Oct. 29. On Oct. 21, we reported that the Department of Justice sought an order seizing the Mongols Motorcycle Club’s trademark. See DOJ Seeks Seizure of Motorcycle Club Trademark. It seems that the Department of Justice was, at least initially, successful. The judge initially issued an injunction Tuesday, but that order was limited to barring the sale or distribution of the logo. New language was added, saying the gang members and their affiliates “shall surrender for seizure all products, clothing, vehicles, motorcycles … or other materials bearing the Mongols trademark, upon presentation of a
Palin Unveils new Campaign Theme
Sarah Palin has unveiled a new campaign theme. See it after the jump.
The Only Officially Certified Sane Lawyer in Florida… a Lawyer no More
by Christopher Harbin and Zac Papantoniou At the stroke of midnight on October 25th, Jack Thompson will finally be booted from the guild. Disbarred. For those not in the “know,” Jack Thompson is a conservative, “Christian” activist and formerly-licensed attorney in the state of Florida. Over the years, Thompson has railed against numerous perceived “evils” of the modern era, such as, “nasty” rap lyrics, Howard Stern and most notably, violence in video games. In certain respects we have to admit that JT’s tenacity and fervor for crusading across the nation, filing lawsuit after lawsuit for the causes he believes in
Hookers! Hookers! Hookers! Or, Why I Love San Francisco
By Jessica Christensen, Legal Satyricon Employment Law Correspondent “The Barbary Coast is the haunt of the low and the vile of every kind. The petty thief, the house burglar, the tramp, the whoremonger, lewd women, cutthroats, murderers, all are found here. Dance-halls and concert-saloons, where blear-eyed men and faded women drink vile liquor, smoke offensive tobacco, engage in vulgar conduct, sing obscene songs and say and do everything to heap upon themselves more degradation, are numerous. Low gambling houses, thronged with riot-loving rowdies, in all stages of intoxication, are there. Opium dens, where heathen Chinese and God-forsaken men and women