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For-Profit Toilet Colleges Preying on Fear, Deception
By J. DeVoy [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSV3dS2uc8g&fs=1&hl=en_US] In short, we have institutions that: -Get 25% of Federal education aid, yet -Are responsible for 44% of discounts, and -Forge records and use deceptive tactics to enroll students And yet they’re blaming the government for obstructing the relationship between potential students, who need to be saved from themselves, and these money pits. Hardcore libertarians, take
"Tater disease what brung us Irish."
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsBRfmErTEA] H/t: D. Sterlace
Abercrombie & Fitch brings guns to bear on cybersquatters
Lets say you go to the website “abercrombieandfitchstore.com.” What would you expect to find there? Probably not what you see below. That’s cybersquatting, and it is illegal. Abercrombie & Fitch have had enough, and they’ve brought suit against the as yet unidentified owners of more than 150 infringing domain names. Most of them are Pay Per Click sites, and it
Jenzabar tries to suppress critical website through bogus trademark claim – fails
Public Citizen reports: In a ruling this week, a Massachusetts trial judge upheld the free speech rights of a documentary filmmaking company against an effort by a Massachusetts software company to use trademark litigation to punish the filmmakers for the portrayal of one of the student leaders in the Tiananmen square protests. (source) Sadly, this kind of thing happens all
PLOT UNCOVERED: Secret homosexual plan to give America the gay
Eugene Delgaudio, a Loudon County (Virginia) local politician conducted an extensive investigation into the new TSA patdowns, and his findings are nothing short of shocking and revolting. We here at the Legal Satyricon been blogging up a storm about our suspicions that the TSA was run by incompetent fools or possibly by clever geniuses trying to make us get used
This is how you deal with a guy who takes advantage of your daughter
Helmut Seifert, 47, got word that his daughter’s boyfriend was Phillip Genscher, age 57. Helmut called the police, who said that they couldn’t do anything about it. So Seifert decided that he would do something about it. He got two buddies and a bread knife, went over to Genscher’s house. “The man was forced to remove his trousers and, fully
The Legal Satyricon is "interesting"
By J. DeVoy, henchman to the Legal Satyricon If this happened on facebook, the post title would be “Jenna Haze ‘likes’ The Legal Satyricon,” but I’ll take what I can get. The first link resolves to Ynot.com, and the second to the Legal Satyricon post Anonymous, we respectfully dissent (a defense of Porn’s Antipiracy push). Like most things in life,
Music For One Apartment And Six Drummers
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SylGOskjWw] H/T: Rogier van Bakel
Buddhist Thais Love Christmas
It seems that Christmas is an increasingly popular holiday in Thailand, despite the fact that Thailand has managed to (for the most part) resist the infection of mass Christianity. All around Bangkok, giant neon snowflakes, chubby snowmen, and full-size reindeer sleighs are everywhere. “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” and “Jingle Bells” pipe nonstop from loudspeakers. Weeks before the holiday,
Making the first purchase doctrine work for porn
By J. DeVoy Wouldn’t it be a pleasant surprise if you got $100 in the mail any time someone bought that bookshelf you made in 1995 and sold at a furniture show? If the porn business plays its cards right, content producers may be able to reap the financial rewards of a similar situation. But, it likely will come at
So now they want to ban another plant
In the wake of the Miley Cyrus “controversy,” California State Assemblyman Anthony Adams is whining like a temperance movement whore to revive his failed attempt to ban salvia divinorum, commonly known as “salvia.” Adams needs to un-twist his gray and stained granny panties. First off, we don’t need another law banning another plant. Second, anyone who wants to ban salvia
Jag älskar Sverige!
Two bomb blasts rocked Stockholm yesterday. Just before the blasts, an email was sent to a Swedish news agency protesting the presence of Swedish troops in Afghanistan. (source) I used to walk down that street every day when I lived in Stockholm. I’m delighted to hear that the only person killed was the swine who set off the bombs. (source)
Write a poem, go to jail
by Charles Platt The text of the poem is circulating freely online, so, here it is: — THE SNIPER As the tyrant enters his cross hairs the breath he takes is deep His focus is square on the target as he begins to release A patriot for his people he knows this shot will cost his life But for his
Government official apologizes for TSA overzealousness — but that apology is not for you, nor will it ever be
Last week, Indian Envoy Meera Shankar got a dose of the “Post 9/11 America,” when she was felt up in a most undignified manner at the Jackson, Mississippi airport. Ms. Shankar was, to put it lightly, appalled. Poor Ms. Shankar thought that the whole thing was because she was in Mississippi. I could see why she might think that, but
Sherman Frederick, douchebag who backed Righthaven posts infringing material on his own blog
If you don’t already know what Righthaven is, go google it. I’ll wait. So Sherman Frederick is a certified douchebag who compared bloggers posting Las Vegas Review Journal Stories to someone stealing his corvette. I would link to the story, but I have pledged to not link to the Las Vegas Review Journal. Instead, here is an article by Wendy
"The last time I checked, we don’t operate like that here in America"
“The last time I checked, we don’t operate like that here in America.” That is what General Hugh Sheldon, who was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during parts of the Clinton and dipshit Bush administrations. In his recent memoir, he wrote about a particularly disturbing request made by a member of the Clinton cabinet: Early on in my
Pretty freakin awesome Wikileaks montage
Danny Ledone over at Digital Culture & Political Pornography posted an awesome Wikileaks montage. Even if you despise Julian Assange, you gotta give Ledone props for his video.
Go Bernie Go!
Bernie Sanders is filibustering the fucked up tax-cuts-for-billionaires bill. Thank you, Mr. Sanders, for being the only remaining member of the Senate who gives a shit about us. (Live here on Cspan)
