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First they came for the strip clubs
First they came for the strip clubs, and despite their First Amendment protected status, courts came up with all flavors of bullshit to justify zoning them out under the “adverse secondary effects” doctrine. Now, they’re coming for check cashing stores.
Updated: That "info" graphic about rape? Bend it over, slap its ass, and forcibly fuck it with facts
“I don’t know when, or where, but I can guarantee that every one of you will be raped.” -Deputy Trudy Wiegel, Reno 911 This “info” graphic is making the rounds. Too bad it is bullshit. Of course, it is not fashionable to ever pollute the “rape culture” discussion with facts. Facts are sexist. So Mark Bennett must be sexist, because he’s forcibly sodomizing the dumb piece of shit who put this “info” graphic together with a throbbing cock made of facts right over here. A 1996 study provides “Every year since 1989, in about 25 percent of the sexual assault cases referred to the FBI where results could be obtained (primarily by State and local law enforcement), the primary suspect
NY Highest Court Declines to Hear Appeal in "Gay Not Defamatory" Case
In June, we reported on a New York Appellate court decision that calling someone “gay” was no longer considered to be defamatory per se. (here). Reuters reports that New York’s highest court has declined to review the case, thus rendering the decision binding throughout the Empire State. (source) In Massachusetts, it’s not defamatory to call someone wicked queah neither. At least that’s what that wicked retahded Joey kid from Sumaville said.
Elijah Young: Mormon
And you thought Mormons weren’t cool. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JPmowMGU5R4#!]
Blogger: 'Time to shine a light on it'
CNN spoke to blogger Alexandria Goddard and her attorney, Marc Randazza, about the Steubenville rape controversy. Watch the interview….
They can forcibly jam a tube up your dick to make sure they get their DUI conviction
We used to have this thing called the Bill of Rights. If you think that George Bush and the PATRIOT Act were where we lost it, you’re wrong. War on drugs? Wrong again. It really started to go to hell when a bunch of mothers, looking for meaning in their kids’ tragic deaths, decided that they would shriek until the sound tore the very foundation of what this country is supposed to be about. And now, they can jam a tube up your dick, forcibly, to make sure they get a conviction for impaired driving. (Simple Justice)
Racist Bastards! (Or are they?)
Take a look at the signs above – found at a Delaware elementary school. If you’re reading this, chances are, your eye is drawn to the one in English. Nothing strange there, right? My Spanish isn’t great, but if you look at the other sign, it essentially says “You need a permit to play in this field, or you will be subject to police action.” Holy shit! A while back, we might have seen signs that say “Whites Only,” but here we have some sneaky and sniveling racism. Or do we? This photo has been making the rounds, as an example of a community’s anti-immigrant bigotry. “It seems we are not yet past the national embarrassment of ‘Whites Only’ signs
The First Amendment, sucking baby penis, and a suggestion for how to handle circumcision laws
I find the whole idea of mutilating a baby’s genitals to be pretty fucked up. Doing it because you think your imaginary friend wants you too is majorly fucked up. I don’t think too much of any supernatural being who actually cares about baby dick, but the Abrahamic notion of “God” is a being with serious psychological disorders. Some “ultra-Orthodox” sects of Judaism think that baby-dick-mutilation should come with an added garnish of crazy: They believe that when you hack off a piece of a little boy’s penis, you should then immediately suck his dick. Of course, anyone outside of this little sub-group of wackos probably finds the practice to be utterly insane. If you follow any Abrahamic religion, hold
A fair counterpoint on the Steubenville Case
Rogier Van Bakel, as usual, makes you think (whether you agree with him or not), in this post: All Rape is Created Equal, Or is It? Just like he made anyone with a brain re-examine their thoughts about sex offenders in this one.
January 4, 2013 – NOT the date that Marty McFly travels to in the DeLorean
Prior post was bullshit. A photo is making the rounds, claiming that today err…ummm yesterday is err… umm was the day that Marty McFly arrives at when he takes the DeLorean into the future. This is wrong. The real date is Oct. 21, 2015. Of course, what is REALLY funny about the original post is that I didn’t even realize that January 4, 2013 was already more than 12 hours in the past when I posted it. Please return to your regularly scheduled reading of blogs written by people who don’t know what day it is, not in real life, nor in fiction.
January 4, 2013
FYI: Today is the day that Marty McFly arrives at when he takes the DeLorean into the future. UPDATE: bullshit
Hello Officer, read my middle finger!!
By Andrew J. Contiguglia In a 14-page opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ruled that the “ancient gesture of insult is not the basis for a reasonable suspicion of a traffic violation or impending criminal activity.” Read this: giving a cop the finger! This case all started when John Swartz flipped off an officer who was using a radar device at an intersection in St. Johnsville, N.Y. Swartz was later charged with a violation of New York’s disorderly conduct statute. Swartz and his wife Judy Mayton-Swartz sued the two police officers who arrested him. The officer’s record and explanation as to why he pulled over the couple on this case is classic! Richard Insogna, the officer who stopped
Rest in Slack, Brother
In honor of Cliff Heller, who merged with the infinite on this day in 2006, the Legal Satyricon flag is lowered to half mast and there will be no posts today. If you happen to find yourself with a bottle of tequila nearby, I would like to invite you to take a shot (no salt) in his honor. If you have none, Makers’ Mark will do. Blue skies Bueno Rodriguez. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAblYFFx0Cw]
The Truth About John Lennon
NSFW, depending on your workplace: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss0XNOWvzlU&w=560&h=315] H/T: Roosh
You Have Got to be Kidding
Hunter Moore: Amateur Craig Brittain: Lightweight Looks like posting compromising photos of unsuspecting victims is not enough. Someone, who obviously once sat on a copy of the nutshell on copyright and online speech to sit at the grown-ups table, decided that merely posting photos was insufficient. This vile person decided it was all hunky-dory to simply solicit photographs of so-called prostitutes without any credible evidence (not to be confused with Smoking Gun, which publishes mugshots and such of people actually arrested). For your disgust, I present: PotentialProstitutes.com Solicits submissions and offers removal for $99. Thinks Sec. 230 is a safe harbor, when he is choosing to publish. Libel per se, anyone? h/t Ethics Alarms
Chinese Star Of Hollywood Films Accused Of Trying To SLAPP Down American-Based Journalist
TechDirt reports that Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi sued U.S.-based Chinese dissident newspaper, Boxun, accusing them of defamation. Attorney Marc Randazza represents defendant Watson Meng, and recently filed a bond motion, discussed in the post: Mr. Meng was deposed three times. Mr. Meng produced reams of documents. The Plaintiff conducted three expert depositions. Throughout all of this, the Plaintiff has not produced one shred of evidence that Meng’s statements were false. Read More…
Greg Lukianoff: How Campus Censorship Breeds Incivility, An interview with Wendy Kaminer
I am both psyched and honored that Marc asked me to contribute to The Legal Satyricon. I am a First Amendment lawyer and president of FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. Marc and I know each other through the First Amendment Lawyers Association, a group of bad-ass attorneys that have devoted their careers to defending the rights that make all other freedoms possible. For my first post, I’d like to debut a great new interview I did earlier this year with author and Atlantic columnist (and FIRE Board of Advisors member) Wendy Kaminer. Wendy is a no-nonsense defender of civil liberties who shares a deep understanding of why campus censorship—the field in which I work—should concern everyone right,
