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On the Wisconsin Riots
By J. DeVoy To the Wisconsinites who have turned out to support public employees over the last two days: You’ve been duped. I don’t wish any ill will on individual public employees in the state of Wisconsin. But if you are not in this favored class, or married to one of them, you’re being manipulated. I pity you. What the
Strandbeests
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSKyHmjyrkA] H/T: Bob
Hey Flori-duh, thanks for the $2.4 billion!
You know Flori-duh… the only way to get elected there is to screech about God, Guns, and Gays. Rick Scott, the latest visionary to serve as Governor of America’s Wang, just said “no thanks” to $2.4 billion in federal funds to start Florida’s high-speed rail project. The GOP doesn’t like projects that threaten the profits of our Saudi overlords. Republican
Something is missing from this story
Josue Hernandez went to a bar in Naples, Florida (of course), and bought drinks for a bunch of ladies for four hours. Then, he figured out that they were cross-dressers. So he flipped out, started fights, and started smashing bottles. You know, to prove his manhood and all that. You’ve got a group of trans genders in a bar. That
Brilliant!
Rep. Dan Burton, (R-Ind) is what you’d probably call a “horse’s ass.” First, he co-sponsored the “Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act,” which would impose a three year jail sentence for anyone “possessing, shipping, transporting, purchasing, selling, delivering, or receiving any horse, horse flesh, or carcass with the intent that it be used for human consumption.” (The bill’s Democrat sponsor was
Why I chose dudeism instead of christianity
Dudeism makes way more sense.
I hereby forsake Atheism
I’m sorry if this throws you all for a loop. I realize that my hostility to religion is a bit of a cornerstone of the Legal Satyricon. But, well, Randazza abides…
Dan Snyder is butthurt, SLAPP suit ensues, Irony meter pegged
By Marc J. Randazza Washington Redskins owner, Dan Snyder, seems to have awfully thin skin for a guy who owns a sports team named after a racial insult. Snyder filed a frivolous defamation suit against the Washington City Paper (“WCP”) based upon an article “The Cranky Redskins Fan’s Guide to Dan Snyder.” Snyder accuses the WCP of spreading “lies, half-truths,
Crackdown on Live Streaming of Sporting Events
by Jason Fischer This week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shut down a number of websites that were offering live streams of professional sporting events (source). The central claim was that the video delivered through those websites is protected by copyrights. While I’m sure there are some hippies those out there who would take the position that a sporting event
Hunting Hydrogen Balloons With RC Copters
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozHoP_YThRI]
Unfair competition claim against Redtube et al. dismissed under California Anti-SLAPP statute
By J. DeVoy A California Appeals Court decision reversed a trial court’s decision dismissing an unfair competition claim against Bright Imperial Limited (Redtube) and a host of other adult entertainment companies including Bang Bros, Brazzers and Fling.com. The decision, Cammarata v. Bright Imperial Limited, No. B218226 (Cal. App. Ct. Jan. 26, 2011), invoked California’s Anti-SLAPP statute in reaching its conclusion.
Zach Wahls pwns the Iowa bigot caucus
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSQQK2Vuf9Q] Now go get your fuckin shine box, magic space zombie jew eaters.
Bill Maher must read this blog
I hope he does, anyhow. A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece on The NFL and Socialism. Two days ago, Bill Maher wrote on the same thing, but maybe with a bit more cleverness, here.
I come bearing gifts
You may have noticed a lack of posts by your humble editor this year. Well, a week in Vegas plus two weeks thereafter puking your guts out will do that to your writing ethic. But, I return bearing gifts. A friend of mine is in a position to dole out a pretty awesome job for someone with a fresh JD.
Did daddy touch you or not?
By J. DeVoy From the WTF file in Dane County, Wisconsin (i.e. Madison and its metro area): [A] jury has awarded $1 million to Dr. Charles and Karen Johnson, a former Madison couple who alleged that therapists implanted in their now adult daughter false memories of childhood sexual and physical abuse. The case has been cluttering up the docket for
Cooking like an alpha
By J. DeVoy Crime and Federalism has been providing recipes for a few weeks now. They’re good. But where C&F has addressed substance, we feel compelled to provide style pointers. Of course, leave it to the Scandinavians, who burned churches and killed one another to prove whose black metal band was most badass, to show us the way: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Wu3Bps9ic&w=640&h=390] And
New Yorker violates cardinal rule of Las Vegas
By J. DeVoy Las Vegas has but one maxim: What happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas — a boon if you live there. Hubert Blackman contacted Las Vegas Exclusive Personals when visiting the Las Vegas Strip from New York to have a dancer come to his hotel room. Blackman claims that in addition to the dance, he paid
Dispatch from Bizarro World: USPTO to open Detroit Office
By J. DeVoy From the “putting a band-aid over a gaping wound” file, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is bringing more than 100 positions to Detroit, Michigan. The same Detroit seen on the television show Detroit 187, a timely show about the city’s absurdly high murder rate, and the very same Michigan that has been in a one-state
When feminism and art clash
By J. DeVoy “Pierce Harlan,” contributor to the False Rape Society, posts an interesting historical account about an 89-year-long feud between feminists and sculpture in New York City. A teaser from the article: What was so offensive about this statue? MacMonnies had the audacity to give vice a feminine face, and to depict virtue as decidedly male. The reaction of many women to
ABA mulls dropping LSAT requirement
By J. DeVoy Once upon a time, professions had meaningful barriers to entry. The inability to participate was not a mark of personal failure for the unsuccessful applicant, but an indicia of the profession’s selectivity, a characteristic retained largely for the public’s benefit. One such guild was the ABA — until the mid 1990s. Around that time, Janet Reno put
