News & Media
PC Attacks Again
Honestly, I hate the stupid hillbillies that run this country so much that it makes my veins boil…. But every once and a while, something (cough, AutoAdmit case) reminds me of the horror that we would have to endure if we took “educated” and “enlightened” liberals and put them in power. Keith John Sampson is a janitor at Indiana University.
War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Discrimination is Accommodation
The Boston Herald Reports: Six times a week, Harvard kicks all the guys out of the Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center at the request of the Harvard Islamic Society. This is to accommodate those female Muslim students whose faith won’t let them work out in front of men. In the old days, Harvard would have laughed if some Catholic or evangelical
Ugh, I hate it when the klansman is right
I’d like to think that I am the real deal when it comes to protecting First Amendment rights… for that reason, I must reluctantly side with this ass-hat. Who is he? Robert E. Henderson – a Nebraska State Trooper who joined a group affiliated with the KKK, and for that he was fired from his job. The Nebraska Supreme Court
Wikileaks Suit Dropped!!!
Via How Appealing and EFF. Looks like someone told the plaintiffs about the Streisand Effect. Bickle Rain … PWNED.
Jeb Corliss' decision reversed (in part)
My friend over at Simple Justice reports on a little legal setback for Jeb Corliss. See When He Says “Jump”, You Ask “How High?” I initially wrote about Corliss’ case in my article, BASE Jumping and the Law. In that post, I wrote about how Corliss attempted a jump from the Empire State Building, but was apprehended just as he
100,000 Contest
I get about 2,000 visits a day to the Legal Satyricon. At that rate, we’ll break the 100,000 barrier within the next few days. I know that lots of blawgs get that in a week. Guys in my high school got 100,000 hits a year all the time, it’s no big deal. Ergo, I don’t think that we should be
Avery Doninger – First Amendment Bad Ass
This is an old story, apparently. But, Above the Law just posted a link about it, so hat tip to Lat and a link to read Ms. Doniger’s story. Avery Doninger is the Legal Satyricon’s latest First Amendment Bad Ass, and both the first female recipient of the award and the youngest recipient to date. You don’t have to win
Now that's what I call a political ad
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Oh Noes…Does Pwned
Anthony Ciolli of AutoAdmit Takes the Offensive Ciolli Sues Yale Law Students in AutoAdmit Scandal AutoAdmit defendant sues Yalies UPDATE: On another post, someone asked the following question: What do you think of the fact that your former client is now suing the attorney and plaintiffs who sued him? I note you did not sign that complaint. Just curious. My
Douse the PC Dousers
There was a really stupid article in the LA Times that I planned on slamming. See Douse the online flamers Well, a blog by the name of Peromyscus did the job for me. See Pitchfork and Torches Time!
Things to do in Denver when you're DUMB
Andrew Feinstein is a frustrated Denver Nuggets fan. Sick of what he perceived as mismanagement of the basketball team by Nuggets coach George Karl, Feinstein launched www.firegeorgekarl.com. George Karl seemed to take it all in stride. When asked about the blog by the Rocky Mountain News, he said: “The longer you’re with a team, the more people like you and
Will the FCC really do something useful?
Reuters reports: FCC Commissioner Michael Copps said he had asked the chairman of the FCC to open an inquiry into the February 24 incident at WHNT, a CBS affiliate in Huntsville, Alabama, in which civil rights footage from the 1960s was blacked out. “The FCC now needs to find out if something analogous is going on here,” Copps said at
Trippin Out on Mount Sinai?
Reuters reports: JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The biblical Israelites may have been high on a hallucinogenic plant when Moses brought the Ten Commandments down from Mount Sinai, according to a new study by an Israeli psychology professor. … The thunder, lightning and blaring of a trumpet which the Book of Exodus says emanated from Mount Sinai could just have been the
eNom Knuckles Under to Cuba Blacklist
New York Times Reports: A Wave of the Watch List, and Speech Disappears By ADAM LIPTAK Steve Marshall is an English travel agent. He lives in Spain, and he sells trips to Europeans who want to go to sunny places, including Cuba. In October, about 80 of his Web sites stopped working, thanks to the United States government. The sites,
A Call for Compassion for David Motari
Modern warfare is the most utterly uncivilized of all human experiences. Perhaps if the Equal Service Amendment were enacted, this information would make its way back to the idiots who voted to authorize this atrocity. Like most of the country, I’ve been following the story of David Motari, the Marine who allegedly threw a puppy off a cliff in Iraq.
Supreme Court Defers on Fleeting Expletives Case
The LA Times Reports: Last year, an appeals court in New York blocked the Federal Communications Commission from enforcing its new rule against “fleeting expletives.” And Bush administration lawyers had urged the Supreme Court to take up the dispute and to give the FCC a green light to enforce the new policy. The appeal was considered by the high court
Google Honors a Thief
I like how Google sometimes changes its graphic to mark holidays or other important days. Today, this is the image that appears on the Google home page. For those of you who do not know, today is Alexander Graham Bell’s birthday. Hence the cute little old man with the antique phone. What most of you don’t know is that Bell
AutoAdmit Update – Feministe Comments, Anthony Ciolli throws down the gauntlet
The Feministe blog made a supportable yet caustic (look who’s talking) attack on AutoAdmit poster and pseudonymous defendant, AK47. One of AK47’s arguments against his identity being revealed in discovery was that he wasn’t talking about anyone in particular when he made his nasty comments on AutoAdmit. Jill Filipovic has this to say: I think my favorite part is when
Against Tipping?
To continue this off-topic Monday, here is a good article from the Wall Street Journal on why we shouldn’t tip. The author’s first point is that it is vulgar and demeaning: When tipping first caught on in the U.S., late in the 19th century, it was the old-world, aristocratic overtones of the practice that drew the most ire. An 1897
Beavers are a tasty treat…
The San Francisco Chronicle reports on “New threat to our way of life.” No, not gay marriage — Pythons. At 20 miles a month, a determined Burmese python from Florida could arrive in San Francisco as early as August 2020. “It would be exceptional for one animal to be that unidirectional in its movement, but it’s mathematically possible,” Rodda said.
