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Say What You Like About the Tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at Least it’s an Ethos.
I’ve had a soft spot for banned books for many years. It started in high school when my English teacher produced from the dank and cloistered School Board file room
From the "I'm So Clever" File
Federal Judge Slaps Back Dino M. Zaffina in Darts Trademark Battle – Los Angeles News – The Informer Odd story. Basically, some dart fan joins the Southern California Darts Association.
Michael Lucas Pays Homage to a Friend
By Laura Tucker Michael Lucas of Lucas Entertainment recently wrote a heartbreaking post about the suicide of former porn actor turned personal trainer Dror Barak. Lucas describes Barak as “shy,
The Boy Scouts are gay for heterosexuals
by Jon Blevins Most understand that the Boys Scouts of America are a private entity. Further, most understand that the Boy Scouts employ religion in its teachings. Thus, most understand
Anonymous commenter hit with lawsuit
Former Las Vegas Chief Deputy District Attorney Mary Brown and her husband, defense attorney Phil Brown, filed a complaint against an anonymous reader who commented on an online newspaper article
Why Journalism Isn't a Useless Major
By Laura Tucker As a former journalist, I’m used to being scorned in the court of public opinion. About the only profession regarded with more derision is the legal profession,
The Righthaven Experiment: A Journalist Wonders If a Copyright Troll Was Right to Sue Him
ABA Journal features an article from a journalist who was sued by Righthaven, LLC, although the suit was later dropped. The writer speaks with attorney Marc Randazza, who represented multiple
Do NOT cite Wikipedia…unless you are in Federal Court
To the chagrin of Legal Writing professors nationwide, citing Wikipedia as a source is gaining traction in Federal Court. The evolution from a question “should a judge cite Wikipedia?” to
Crazy, meet Racists. Racists, meet Crazy.
Man skipped in line allegedly beats McDonald’s manager with bat | www.wftv.com. Come for the workers’ compensation story, stay for the racist commentary. Seems like some guy has been
U.S. v. Heicklen Explained – a Win for the Wizened and Worried
By Larry Sutter, Special to the Legal Satyricon The Southern District of New York recently issued its order dismissing the United State’s case against Julian Heicklen. The order is available
Why I feel very little pain
I knew that letting David Mamet ghost write my daily speech was good for my health. Now lets go play hide and go fuck yourself.
Bitch of the Century
I hereby pledge that anyone who ever works for me will not be treated like this.
ABA Journal Magazine Tackles Righthaven in May 2012 Issue
Remember Righthaven? While it has been stripped of its intellectual property and claims against it keep piling up, the fat lady has not yet sung – and the ABA has
Every Now and Then, Arizona Gets it Right.
This weekend is the Phoenix Pride Festival. It’s true that most Pride celebrations are later in the year; usually June or July. A friend asked me why so early for
Your tax dollars at work
The FCC is still insisting that it couldn’t possibly be wrong, and is appealing the Janet Jackson nipple case to the Supreme Court. (MSNBC)
Happy 4/20
Ever wonder where “420” came from? No it isn’t the police code for “marijuana smoking in progress.” The true story ishere. here. Note: For some reason, there was a link
Challenging The Copyrightability Of Porn
Attorney Marc Randazza wrote an article for XBiz discussing the copyrightability of pornography. Randazza writes: In its current efforts to stop theft of its content, the adult industry is once
Tupac Hologram at Coachella
This is pretty bad ass. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TGbrFmPBV0Y#!]
Drinking, Large Breasts, and the Law
PSL woman Maureen Raymond says her ‘big breasts’ hindered her DUI test performance, affidavit states. While one might think think I posted this article for the prurient interest, it is
