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Arizona Bar issues ethics opinion allowing AZ attorneys to give advice on medical marijuana
The Arizona Bar just issued an ethics opinion that essentially says that Arizona lawyers can advise Arizonans on medical marijuana issues, despite the fact that doing so would be a lawyer advising a client on how to break federal law. The opinion concludes: Lawyers may ethically advise clients about complying with the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act, including advising them about compliance with Arizona law, assisting them to establish business entities, and formally representing clients before a governmental agency regarding licensing and certification issues, but only in the narrow circumstances set forth in this opinion and only if lawyers strictly adhere
This is what a hero looks like
Well, I don’t have pictures of them, but the story shows you all you need to know. Benghazi, Libya erupted into protests against the autocratic regime of Moammar Gadaffi. In fact, reports say that the protesters are in control of the city. Gadaffi scrambled two Mirage jets and ordered them to bomb the uppity protesters. The two pilots, Colonels in the Libyan air force, instead flew their jets to Malta and defected. (source) This reminds me of the story of the People Power revolution, in the Philippines, when then-president Ferdinand Marcos sent helicopter gunships to destroy the rebel headquarters. Instead,
Most Extreme "Terrorist Threat" Story?
by Charles Platt Of course this is only one side of the story. But since it emanates from a law firm, I hope it is at least factually sound. I sure hope Murtha&Murtha are around to defend me when it’s my turn.
Someday Never Comes – Clearance Creamsoda Redial
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RoVnIzvTT8]
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 employees and their sympathizers don’t realize is that things are going to be much, much worse down the road. Teacher layoffs will become district closures and county-wide consolidations in a desperate bid to stay solvent and spread costs far enough
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 C.C. “Doc” Dockery, former chairman of the Florida High Speed Rail Commission, told the Tampa Tribune that today was “a great day for the citizens of California, who will be getting billions of dollars that Florida didn’t want and the
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 strongly suggests that the bar must have a high degree of fabulousness. How the fuck did THAT GUY get into a bar like 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 John Conyers, D-Mich.). Of course, there’s too many damn horses in the United States, and they keep on breeding. So what to do… what to do…. Here comes Dan Burton again. He wants to spend federal funds to give horses
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, innuendo, and anti-Semitic imagery” to defame him, seeking $2 million in damages. The amount is split between two claims, the first for defamation and the second for false light. The “anti-semitic imagery” he complains of is a crude addition of
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 can’t be copyrighted (I’ve read some off-the-wall legal articles that take such a position), I am firmly in the camp that believes the recorded video is absolutely the kind of thing that Article I, Section 8, Clause 8, was drafted
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. To wit, Randazza predicted this outcome in July, 2009. At the core of Cammarata’s grievance against RedTube was that it offered licensed content at a lower price than its competitors. Apparently, notions of efficiency and price competition are best left
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. I am not going to publicly tell you what the job is, or where it is. You have to email me to get that information. Lets just say that in this day and age, any job is awesome. But, this
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 fourteen years, but at the time it was filed, it was just “one in a long line [of cases] across the country related to a controversial treatment called recovered memory therapy.” (more.) The full story is available at The Spearhead.
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 who can overlook one of the most manly foods of all, bacon? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d-qENAaNbM&w=640&h=390] Cooking should always be this dramatic. One takeaway from the “sidepork” video that’s related to cooking: There is nothing more gratifying than eating the raw flesh of