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Antarctica is Not a Foreign Country (for Tax Purposes)
I’m not a tax guy, but stories like this make me want to get an LLM in tax and a collection of bowties. IRS regulations allow U.S. citizens who live and work in a foreign country to exclude up to $80,000 in foreign-earned income, which could result in a significant tax savings. David Arnett, a Wisconsin Resident, excluded $ 48,894
"A Horse Walks Into a Bar" Makes His Appearance
The AutoAdmit saga continues: It seems that the defendant formerly known only as “A Horse Walks Into a Bar” has ridden onto the set, represented by counsel. As I reported on August 6, the plaintiffs filed their Second Amended Complaint (third try overall). In that complaint, they identified only one defendant by name, and in doing that, they managed to
Flori-duh ACT scores drop again
The Gainesville Sun reports: Florida posted a slightly lower score than last year to continue a steady decline on the ACT college entrance test while remaining remain mired in 48th place nationally, according to 2008 results released early Wednesday. In your FACE Michigan and Mississippi!
Gloucester Principal Resigns
In the latest chapter in the pregnancy pact fiasco, the Principal at Gloucester High School has resigned. The Gloucester Daily Times reports: Principal Joseph Sullivan, whose interview with Time magazine helped spark a global media frenzy over a possible pregnancy “pact” among some of the 18 pregnant students in his high school, announced yesterday he was resigning and retiring after
Public Officials File SLAPP Suit, Win Ass-Hat Award
Phil Barlow and Doug Morten serve on the St. Helens, Oregon, City Council. From what I have read, they’ve served honorably. Citizen Sally Gump doesn’t agree, so she is organizing a recall campaign. (source) Barlow and Morten reacted by filing a defamation suit against Gump. (source) Whatever their record was before that incident, they have lost all credibility by filing
I'm Boycotting the Olympics
I’m boycotting the Olympics. Before I could write my full explanation, Charles Haynes from the First Amendment Center wrote his… which is better than I would have done.
Virginia Obscenity Case Goes to Trial – Government Witness is Well Known Crackpot
Another day, another peckerwood community pisses on the First Amendment by trying to put consenting adults in jail for selling videos of consenting adults to other consenting adults. During this trial, the state intends to call Dr. Mary Anne Layden as an expert witness. She previously testified before the House Commerce Subcommittee on Technology, Trade and Consumer Protection on the
Pink Pony Defies Daytona – Police Chief Gets All Gangsta
“Hey, you want to declare war? My gang’s bigger than his gang,” -Daytona Beach Police Chief Mike Chitwood reacting to the news that Daytona’s Pink Pony Club has gone full nude, defying the local ordinance banning such entertainment in his otherwise high-brow community. I don’t mind a cop being firm, but when he sounds like and idiot who holds his
Trojans over Cocks
It has nothing to do with what you might be thinking. This is a trademark story. See TTABlog.
Boston (T) Party — Judge Puts Gag Order on MIT Students in MBTA Hack Presentation
A federal judge granted the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority’s (MBTA) motion for an injunction preventing three MIT students from giving a presentation about how they had hacked the fare card system used by the MBTA’s subway turnstiles. (source) The MBTA’s complaint is here. The students were scheduled to give a presentation today at the Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas
You Will Show Loyal-TAH!
Delaware Online reports: The Delaware Republican Party’s standard-bearer in the 2006 race for U.S. Senate has been expelled from his position in the state GOP. Apparently he gave $250 to the Obama campaign and was photographed at an Obama rally. Oops. In all fairness, the Democrats are no better. I’ve been a registered Republican for 8 years. However, in 2004,
Heller in Wisconsin
By Jonathon Blevins, Legal Satyricon Second Amendment Correspondent Recently, the Eastern District of Wisconsin denied a felon’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea. Kenneth Robinson plead guilty to possession of a firearm as a felon. See Case. The motion stated that in light of District of Columbia v. Heller 128 S. Ct. 2783 (2008), the federal regulation of firearm possession
Dell's "Cloud Computing" Fiasco
Despite the generic nature of the term, “Cloud Computing,” Dell filed an intent-to-use application for a trademark registration for it. Nobody seemed to notice until a flurry of internet chatter roundly criticized Dell and the USPTO (example). Despite the fact that the USPTO initially issued a notice of allowance, the egg seems to have hit the right face and the
Another Amended Complaint in the Auto Admit Case
The Auto Admit plaintiffs have finally named a defendant. Other than that, not much of note in this latest installment in the AutoAdmit saga. The plaintiffs claim complete diversity of citizenship with respect to the new named defendant (formerly identified only as “:D”). However, they don’t make any such statement with respect to all the other defendants. Given the flimsy
Paris Hilton Opens Can of Whup Ass
Ok, I will never make fun of Paris Hilton again… not that I do anyhow. But I’m doing backflips watching McCain’s smug-assed campaign’s self esteem getting buggered. Watch this.
Republicans move to "clarify" the UIGEA
For months, Barney Frank (D-MA) has been trying to unravel the UIGEA — the law that Bill Frist tacked on to a Port Security bill, which may not have made online gambling illegal, but it sure scared all of the online gambling webmasters offshore. Now, Pete Sessions (R-TX) has proposed a bill to “clarify” the UGIEA. Source – Pokerlistings.com. The
Why We Need Fair Use
Because there just ‘aint enough soul-music-hitler-humor these days… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCJTR3XeiAc] HT: Andrew Sullivan
No, I did not Author any Questions on the MBE
I read on a blog somewhere, that there was an MBE question that went something like this: A woman wanted to get pregnant. A man, who had previously had a vasectomy, offered to have sex with her. He did not tell her that he was sterile. They had sex, and then the woman found out that the man was sterile.
Steve, How do you Really Feel about Law Professors?
Steve H., over at Hog on Ice… tell us how you really feel about law professors: Ivy League attorneys don’t teach law for a relatively paltry hundred grand a year because they want to. A lot of them have no choice. Law schools are asylums for the idiot-savants of the profession. The people who graduate summa cum laude and then
Wi-Fi on Planes (yaaay) No cell calls on Planes (double yaaay)
Delta is rolling out wifi on planes… a novel concept since European carriers have offered this for years. And, it seems like the only way to get members of congress to pass an intelligent law is to annoy them! Congress is moving to make the ban on in-flight calls permanent. (HT on this to Quizlaw)
