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Critics say 'sexist trousers' hit below the belt
#SexistTrousers was trending on Twitter this week, with many up in arms about the care instructions on a pair of pants. (Source.) The subject of their ire was a label on chinos that first gave the typical cleaning instructions for 100 percent cotton pants, followed up with the remark, “Or Give It To Your Woman. It’s Her Job.” The purchaser of the pants bought them from Madhouse, a retailer in the UK. Floods of tweeters complained about the pants, vowing never to shop at the store again. One woman was quoted as saying, “Lately I can’t tell which decade I’m living in. What brand are those trousers?! I can only assume that’s a joke.” The company later released a statement
Thought for the day
“Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our gross national product … if we should judge America by that — counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors and the jails for those who break them. It counts the destruction of our redwoods and the loss of our natural wonder in chaotic sprawl. It counts napalm and the cost of a nuclear warhead, and armored cars for police who fight riots in our streets. It counts Whitman’s rifle and Speck’s knife, and the television programs which glorify violence in order to sell
Can You Be Sued For Simply Watching An Illegal Video Stream?
TorrentFreak analyzes whether a person can be sued for merely watching an illegal stream. Attorney Marc Randazza offered his opinion: I have a very hard time finding a theory of liability for someone who merely watched an illegal broadcast. That’s like saying if a bar was illegally publicly presenting a movie or an NFL game, that everyone in the bar would be liable. Read More…
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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Was St. Patrick Really Italian?
Irish is, without a doubt, the dominant immigrant culture in Massachusetts. Growing up there, in a town where Sicilians were the plurality, St. Patrick’s Day was always a little underwhelming. Instead, we celebrated St. Joseph’s day on March 19. Of course, every St. Joseph’s Day, someone would bring up the old story that St. Patrick’s day should be “our” day too — since St. Patrick was really Italian. We wanted to believe it, so we did. Every year, articles pop up repeating the story that St. Patrick was really Italian. Even GoErie.com repeats the tale. St. Patrick was born around 432 AD and died around 461 AD. He was Italian not Irish. Story is that St. Patrick was kidnapped at
If Atheists acted like the politically religious
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Marc Randazza, Driving the White Caddy
Unwashed Advocate writer Eric posts about how attorney Marc Randazza works in defense of the First Amendment. Eric says of Randazza: His vocation is something he truly loves, and he enjoys every day of it. Read More…
Dharun Ravi is Going to Jail
Dharun Ravi, the guy who videotaped his roommate hooking up with another guy, (who then committed suicide) is going to jail. (source) Elie Mystal over at Above the Law had this to say: Is that how we want our hate crime laws to work? Any time we feel we’re being singled out because of our race, religion, or sexual orientation, we’re victims of a hate crime, even if we’re not being singled out because of our race, religion, or orientation? We’ve moved beyond punishing what is in a person’s heart, and moved straight to punishing an assailant for what’s in his victim’s heart. (source) Right on, Elie.
Is Arizona trying to dethrone Florida?
…as the dumbest state in the union? First Joe Arpaio, then their xenophobic anti-immigrant laws, and now Arizona is working on a law that will allow employers to question employees about their reasons for wanting birth control, and to fire them if it was for actual reproductive planning reasons. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 6-2 Monday to endorse a controversial bill that would allow Arizona employers the right to deny health insurance coverage for contraceptives based on religious objections. Arizona House Bill 2625, authored by Majority Whip Debbie Lesko, R-Glendale, would permit employers to ask their employees for proof of medical prescription if they seek contraceptives for non-reproductive purposes, such as hormone control or acne treatment. (source) The argument is
Court Rules for Student Newspaper Editor in First Amendment Case
U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer ruled that Chicago State University violated a former student newspaper adviser’s First Amendment rights when he was fired over articles that criticized the University. The university’s interim president, Frank Pogue, fired him in October 2008, days after an article questioning the funding of a student-run fashion show was published, and following months of tensions between the newspaper and the administration over Tempo’s coverage. The university claimed Moore was fired for writing unsatisfactory press releases. (source)
Feminist War of 2012
By Tatiana von Tauber I’m embarrassed to be an American woman with witness to the current state of the Union. Being a woman is without a doubt the most difficult process of becoming I’ve ever undertaken especially since I began my role as a mother 14 years ago. Nothing prepares you for the experience of motherhood better than truth and so I feel the same about the future of young girls in America. There are many I know who were totally lost in the wake of the conservative pool of stupidity in the days of GWBush and his side’s abstinence education policies in American schools. There is an entire generation of kids who are completely misinformed about birth control and sex because of religion.
Rick Santorum vs. Marc Randazza: A Dichotomy of Zealotry
Nobody’s Business writer Maggie McNeill juxtaposes Rick Santorum and attorney Marc Randazza in her post about the First Amendment. McNeill says: But while one of these is a zealous opponent of free speech, the other is a zealous supporter of it. The former is of course Rick Santorum, who thinks that suppressing speech which offends some people is a legitimate function of government; the latter is prominent first amendment attorney Marc Randazza, who writes The Legal Satyricon and understands that the more speech offends some people, the more important it is to defend it. Read More…
The Time I Unleashed Marc Randazza on the ABA
Corporate Tool writer Joshua King recalls when he asked attorney Marc Randazza to participate in an ABA panel. King writes: Despite being somewhat under the weather, Marc put on a helluva performance, getting off riffs, one-liners and anecdotes – a fair number of which were seriously off-color – that had the staid Business Law Section crowd howling in laughter. Read More…
Marc Randazza, Hero
Simple Justice writer Scott Greenfield writes about when he first met attorney Marc Randazza. Greenfield says: Over the years, I’ve come to admire Marc Randazza enormously, both for the effectiveness of his legal work which, I can say from first hand knowledge as he represents me in the Rakofsky v. Internet case, is exceptional, but even more for his unrelenting boldness in his support of the First Amendment. Read More…
Marc Randazza: Why I Went to Law School
Philly Law Blog writer Jordan Rushie posted about how attorney Marc Randazza reminded him why he went to law school. The post states: There is no one else who litigates with such awesome style and just plain badassness. Read More…
Marc Randazza: The Mark of Excellence
Declarations and Exclusions writer George M. Wallace posts about attorney Marc Randazza and his experiences with him in the Rakofsky litigation. The post says of Randazza: Marc Randazza sees the Rakofsky suit, and far too many like it, as an attempt to pervert the power of law to the cause of stifling speech. He leapt, almost unbidden, to the defense of the Rakofsky blawgers in need of representation. Read More…
Marc Randazza – First Amendment Badass
Windypundit writer Mark Draughn comments on his encounters with attorney Marc Randazza. He writes: The fun thing is that Marc Randazza doesn’t just win cases, he wins them with attitude, as when the copyright trolls at Righthaven were demanding the domain names of everyone they claimed had infringed on their intellectual property. Read More…
Poll: Porn Industry Split Over Government Antipiracy Role
XBiz reports that a recent poll of adult industry community members are divided on the subject of online piracy. Attorney Marc Randazza is quoted in the article, stating that creators have a right to their intellectual property. Anyone who knowingly profits from intellectual property theft should be made to pay as well. Read More…
Amy Alkon: Marc Randazza: "It’s Un-American To Silence Limbaugh"
Amy Alkon writes on MensNewsDaily.com applauding attorney Marc Randazza for his defense of Rush Limbaugh’s right to free speech. Alkon says: We don’t need to protect the rights of people who say things everyone agrees with, but those with views that offend others. Read More…
Righthaven is no more! It has ceased to be! It's expired and gone to meet its maker!
Citizen Media Law Project writer Arthur Bright passes on the news that a federal judge ordered Righthaven, LLC to surrender its intellectual property to pay off its debts. The post says: Friend of the DMLP and “First Amendment fetishist” Marc Randazza, whose firm represented several clients sued by Righthaven, also mentioned to Wired and Ars Technica that “Perhaps those who buy the copyrights could issue DMCA notices to the Review-Journal stopping them from redistributing them?” Read More…
