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Wanted: My Illuminati subsidy

By J. DeVoy Henry Makow spells it out in the succinctly titled blog post “Illuminati Use Sex to Degrade Us.” I suspect porn receives a hidden subsidy from the Illuminati[.] Well then!  What contacts do I need to cash in on that nice little arrangement? Porn serves a vital function for the Illuminati. We know they want to enslave us

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Attention hippies: Avoid oil cleanup efforts

By J. DeVoy Because otherwise you’ll die.  No, really.  Almost every member of the Exxon Valdez cleanup crew is dead, believed to be caused by – or at least strongly correlated with – exposure to crude oil and dispersants.  The toxic soup brewing in the Gulf of Mexico, a mix of that same crude oil and dispersants with methane and

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Silly Redneck

by Jason Fischer Anyone with a law school education knows that state action is required before anyone can whine about having their free speech rights taken away.  Well, okay — you can whine about it, but that’s about it.  You can’t get a court to step in and fix your problem, unless some government entity is involved.  Not to go

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XXX Revenue Reporting?

Provides analysis of a new tax statute that will require online businesses to report all earned revenue on form 1099-K beginning in 2011. Previously, the federal government has not been able to effectively tax online commerce, and according to Randazza and RLG attorney Jonathane Ricci, reporting requirements were lax. This new requirement bears significant implications for online businesses in the

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Girl Drink Drunk

By J. DeVoy The greatest Kids in the Hall clip of all time. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_H_sVNgvf4&hl=en_US&fs=1&]

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Elena Kagan on the First Amendment – troubling, to say the least.

By J. DeVoy From the Citizens United v. FEC oral arguments, Kagan argues that a statute banning books is valid as long as it is not applied. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBqdKKKRrrg&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Future post: Obama’s shockingly poor record on civil liberties, including things like giving INTERPOL agents unprecedented diplomatic immunity in the United States, the continued cyber-surveillance of average citizens, and renewing the Patriot

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Beyond Garcetti: Public employees and the Pickering-Connick test

I’ve previously written about the landmark public employee speech case Garcetti v. Ceballos, 547 U.S. 410 (2006), which provides a threshold inquiry as to whether state actors may punish employees for their speech.  Generally, speech made pursuant to employees’ work duties is not protected, while private speech is.  Among the Federal Courts of Appeals, there is growing dissension as to

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.XXX becomes a reality

By J. DeVoy After six years of teasing, ICANN finally delivers on a .xxx top-level domain for sites displaying adult content. The domains, which will be available by 2011, already have 110,000 pre-registrations through ICM Registry.

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Awesome

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZWaWrvJ7nA] Speaking of awesome, hat tip for this goes to the publisher of Siouxsie Law.

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Surprise, surprise!

By J. DeVoy Joran Van Der Sloot, the suspected killer of Natalie Holloway and Flores Ramírez, claims that he is being showered with affection while behind bars.  We’ve previously discussed this phenomenon here. If true, Van Der Sloot joins the ranks of Scott Peterson, Ted Bundy and the preppy killer, Robert Chambers, in receiving amorous advances and even wedding proposals while

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SDNY grants summary judgment to YouTube in Viacom suit

By J. DeVoy The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has granted YouTube’s motion for summary judgment in its ongoing litigation with Viacom.  The opinion, available here, held that the video website was protected by the DMCA’s safe harbor provision against copyright infringement claims, and is protected when working with copyright holders to help defend

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Nebraska town has had enough of the damn imm'grints

Fremont, Nebraska has decided that it is tired of being overrun by immigrants. The town passed a law banning illegal immigrants from working or renting property. (source). Because, you know, the first thing that illegal immigrants look for when they hop the border is how to get to fucking Nebraska. The town anticipates that it will have to cut back

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Scientists discover new BP oil spill doomsday scenario

By J. DeVoy Buried below the Gulf of Mexico’s floor with millions of barrels of oil is a 15-20 mile large lake of explosive methane gas – and it’s being agitated by efforts to plug the ongoing oil spill.   The gas is estimated to be stored at an astounding 100,000 psi, a pressure that current engineering cannot contain.  By

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Refining the contours of the First Amendment in public sector unions – Davenport v. Washington Education Association

By J. DeVoy In 2007, the United States Supreme Court upheld a Washington law requiring public sector union members to opt-in for their association dues to be used by the union for election-related activities and speech. Davenport v. Wash. Educ. Ass’n, 551 U.S. 177 (2007).  Without this mandated opt-in, the public union was prohibited from devoting a member’s fees to

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Audience participation post: "steal" or "sell"?

By J. DeVoy Certainly many readers have seen this video of a 15-year-old who wants a baby. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcUvgRi4Y7A&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Many years after its release, it is now the contentious subject of debate on Facebook. At 0:16, she says “If I can’t support it then I guess I’m gonna s[unknown] it.” Is she saying “steal” or “sell”?  In the video, you can

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The Dutch try to pare welfare rolls

By J. DeVoy …by pairing needy women with rich men.  The catalyst?  A state-sponsored makeover to enhance their appearance. The local social service departments are paying for the women to have a make-over in the hope they can hook up with a rich husband to support them, the paper says. If 70 women find a new husband, the council can

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Banged up Boobies

Irene Ferrari, the owner of Russia’s largest breast implants, is suing a Swiss airline because she said that the “skimpy” business class seating didn’t provide enough room for her ginormous tatas. (source). Honey, if your breast implants are too big to fit in business class, maybe you got them too fuckin big.

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