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If you're in the military to "protect freedom," please see a doctor, because you can die of asphyxiation if your head is in your ass for too long
I remember when I was briefly in the army. We had all this rah rah hoo ha shit about how we were “protecting freedom.” With sincere adoring apologies to the people I love who are in uniform, that’s bullshit. If you’re in the military because you like the job security, then good. I approve. If you’re in the military because you want to blow shit up, I approve. If you’re in the military because you’re gay and you love showering with other men, then good. I approve. In fact, if you’re in the military for any reason except for the
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 note: This is why people think you’re foolish. While there’s a lot wrong with higher education, at least the feds are trying to prevent wholesale theft.
"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 is pretty clear that the plaintiff should prevail. As many readers might know, when a plaintiff takes aim at a cybersquatter, there are two avenues of attack — bring suit in federal court (which is generally more expensive) or file
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 the time – companies (and individuals) frequently try to use trademark infringement to try and suppress what they perceive as negative attention. Massachusetts Superior Court Judge John Cratsley granted summary judgment to the defendants because there was no support for
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 to being servile sheep. It appears that we were WAY off. The new TSA rules are nothing short of a plot by the wide-scale homosexual agenda. (source) Wide scale, I tell you. Wide scale. In an email, Delgaudio wrote: “That
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 conscious, he was castrated. The severed testicles were taken away by the perpetrator.” The man was close to bleeding to death but managed to call police. His life was saved but he remains a eunuch for life. (source) Yep, he
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, there’s no particularly juicy story here – just a bit of luck spurred by timing and insomnia. For the twitter-inclined, you can return the promotional favor and follow Jenna Haze. And yes, jmdiv is me.
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, a Christmasy atmosphere is in full swing in this predominantly Buddhist country. The Hollywood version of Christmas caters to Thais’ love of sanuk (fun), pretty decorations, and self-portraits – rolled into one.(source)
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 the cost of an intra-industry lovers’ spat as content producers who focus on traditional media have goals that conflict with streaming-only content and leaner production companies. Nevertheless, there is an opportunity for everyone to profit if they adapt their models
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 ought to try the shit. The best way to make sure that salvia use goes down is to have everyone take a toke of it. Salvia is sold in headshops as a “legal alternative” to marijuana. I’ve tried it. It
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) Here is what is truly remarkable — the reaction of the Swedish government: Sweden’s prime minister, Fredrik Reinfeldt, has described two explosions that shook Stockholm’s central shopping district on Saturday as “unacceptable” because, in his words “Sweden is an open
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 race and their existence it is a small sacrifice The bullet that he has chambered is one of the purest pride And the inscription on the casing reads DIE negro DIE He breathes out as he pulls the trigger releasing
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 unfortunately she doesn’t realize that even the most civilized and advanced places in the United States have the same hall monitors running things. When Shankar got back to India, she apparently raised a high holy fit about how she was
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 Davis at Media Post, in which I am quoted mocking Sherm. Well guess what? Mr. Asshat Frederick seems to have done the same thing that his little fucktard operation sues people for. (source) The only difference is that nobody is
"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 days as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, we had small, weekly White House breakfasts in National Security Advisor Sandy Berger’s office that included me, Sandy, Bill Cohen (Secretary of Defense), Madeleine Albright (Secretary of State), George Tenet (head
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.