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Eternity was in our Lips and Eyes**
Egypt’s women urge MPs not to pass early marriage, sex-after-death laws: report. Apparently, some guys in Egypt hope to have one last romantic moment with their wives once they die. For up to six hours post-mortem. At least they are putting in a time-bar; else, Cleopatra and Nefertiti had better start chastity belt shopping. **Antony & Cleopatra, Act I, scene iii
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 a list denouncing certain books as verboten because my fragile teenage mind would be forever ruined by the filth contained on the pages therein. Needless to say, I spent the
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. They snub him by not using his middle initial, unlike, say, the SAG forcing Michael Fox and Jim Bullock to add middle initials. So, he finds out that there is
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, smart, sweet-natured, and serious,” someone who helped him out at the gym because Barak was worried Lucas would hurt himself. Lucas takes aim at the commenters on the websites reporting
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 that the Boy Scouts probably can keep homosexuals from its ranks. The problem with the Boy Scouts is that it cannot create a rational argument why homosexuals should not be
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 that Mary Brown “had sexual relations in order to get promoted.” (Source). The Browns claim that the comment is false and harmed their reputations, as well as caused them emotional
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, so I suppose as a current law student, that means I’m moving down in the world. The derision continues with The Daily Beast, which recently released a list of “Most
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 defendants in the Righthaven litigation. The article states: Consider Marc Randazza, who is probably the lawyer who has done the most to destroy Righthaven: His court-ordered legal fees for vigorously defending
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 Federal Court routinely citing the peer edited, open source encyclopedia has been quick. It appears the marketplace of ideas is willing to evolve with technology. Also, this is a testiment
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 reading the Consumerist too much and decided that the executive e-mail carpet bomb was insufficient. So, he registered his complaint with management with a baseball bat. Legal stuff: while I
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 here. While this is an interesting case about the protection of speech advocating jury nullification, what is even more interesting is the story behind it – from both the people
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 noticed. The May 2012 ABA Journal’s cover story is the aftermath of Righthaven. Eriq Gardner, who Righthaven once sued for posting an image of an exhibit from one of its
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 we here in Arizona. The answer is deceptively simple. Have you BEEN to Phoenix in July?? And yesterday it was hot- over 100 degrees- which is warm even by Arizona
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 to the Honey Badger video in the original post. Oops.
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 again confronted with a twin-engined erotophobic attack with new life being breathed into an old theory by feminists (both of the male and female variety). The idea that porn can
Tupac Hologram at Coachella
This is pretty bad ass. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TGbrFmPBV0Y#!]
