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Chrysler vs. Lake Mary High
Lake Mary, Flori-duh was looking for a new logo for their high school sports teams. Since Flori-duh has decided to focus all of its education on teaching kids to pass the FCAT, I guess they didn’t have an art teacher at that school. Either that, or they just figured that it would be a lot easier to simply use the Dodge Ram logo. So that’s what they did. Same logo, same color, they just took the border off of it. Chrysler was not amused. Lake Mary High has until the end of the year to change the logo. On a happy note, a local dealership is paying for the school to come up with a new one. I completely agree
A good case for vegetarianism
I’m still going to eat tasty animals. But, I think this is a good presentation against it.
The hidden cost of single mothers
By J. DeVoy In honor of filing my taxes, here’s some information about the tax benefits that men, families and child-free women won’t be receiving this season. From Butterfly Squash: “Head of Household” is the filing status used by most single parents. They contribute the least to income taxes. The most are contributed by single males, followed by married couples, and then single females. Normally, married couples would pay the most, except that so many of them are homeowners and therefore eligible for the despicable mortgage interest credit. WIC is only for women. The child care tax credit is used more often by single parents than by married couples. Single mothers are the group most likely to receive free or subsidized health
Clarence Thomas and Richard Posner hand victories to the internet
By J. DeVoy In his remarks at the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law earlier this week, Clarence Thomas used a term those who read legal blogs and message boards know well: TTT. (Beginning at the 40:00 mark.) Thomas kind of botched the acronym, saying “third tier trash,” instead of the more commonly accepted third tier toilet. Still, a win is a win. I’ll be charitable and attribute it to his infrequent speaking, rather than a misunderstanding of the acronym. In other internet-related news from the judiciary, Richard Posner once again flirts with human bio-diversity and the idea of genetically determined IQ in a book review he wrote for The National Review. Generally a social taboo, a vibrant online
Kitty Porn
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New fertility treatment
Step 1: Give blowjob Step 2: Swallow Step 3: Get stabbed Step 4: Profit! I am not sure if DHAPNG can result in pregnancy. But, if a woman with no vagina gives head, swallows, and then gets stabbed… it seems like she can get pregnant from that. Well, according to doctors in Lesotho, it is possible. I dunno… sounds like a hoax to me.
Dissecting the female traditionalist and anti-feminist
By Tatiana von Tauber and J. DeVoy When Furman University recently hosted 85-year-old conservative activist and anti-feminist woman Phyllis Schlafly, controversy was sure to follow. Schlafly, calling feminists “bitter, unhappy and not successful women,” argued that there was no glass ceiling for women, and that women who embrace feminism die alone and bitter. In light of our divergent views on the subject, we, Tatiana and Jay, will consider Schlafly’s speech in classic debate style. Tatiana Schlafly’s anti-feminist comments eliminate support of the primary factor feminism seeks: Choice. Unfortunately, the fine print of choice is consequence yet when determining the “right” choice one rarely understands the full load of backlashes or complications of its execution. The future rarely turns out as
Reasons why you're miserable
By J. DeVoy This list from Amerika.org warrants sharing. It’s so nearly perfect that commentary or additions are superfluous. The next time someone wonders why it seems the world is going to hell, edify them. We give extreme negative power to the wrong people in this society. We reward the voice who shouts an epithet from the crowd, maybe “Communist” or “racist” or “elitist,” but never demand accountability for him. As a result, we deprive people of the ability to build especially in the areas where we most need construction. Intelligence is relative. That means that people cannot understand an idea that requires more intelligence than they have in order to conceive of it. This is why we can “educate”
Standard Deviation: What’s Obscene in an Online World?
Examining the community standards test of Miller v. California and the unlikelihood of its expansion to consider a “national community.” Obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment, but there is a specific test for finding it, enunciated in Miller v. California. As part of that test, the content must be evaluated by an average person applying “community standards,” which is of extraordinarily limited meaning. Read more…
Italian transvestite inmates to receive separate but equal treatment
By J. DeVoy Italy is so besieged by gender-bending felons that it’s opening a new prison exclusively for them. Sensitivity training and special accommodations abound. Around 30 transgender detainees will be moved to the facility from a prison outside Florence, where they are currently serving their sentences. Most were convicted for prostitution or drug-related offences. The governor of Lazio, the region which includes Rome, had to resign late last year after being caught up in a sex and drugs scandal involving Brazilian transsexual prostitutes. Lazio always seems to be synonymous with loserdom. See, e.g., Rick Lazio, who ran a hilariously bad campaign in his bid to be elected New York’s senator in 2000. The new facility, a former medium-security prison
Pass Me My Porn Please
By Tatiana von Tauber When I was a kid I was mad that anyone would laugh at or with Benny Hill. The idea of making fun of T & A sickened me. Then I grew up and discovered that if one can’t have fun with sex one is just lacking the humor around the absurdity of seriousness society has placed on gender and sex. Meaning, we’re merely living in a more modern fashion of Puritan times. Clearly the sex industry is winning and one doesn’t need to go far to see how sex has jumped into the mainstream. Why? People want it. Some people are offended by sexist humor or sexist anything that depicts the stereotypes we know we don’t fit into,
Massachusetts libel case upholds Fair Report privilege
By J. DeVoy The trial court’s opinion in Howell v. Enterprise was affirmed by Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court earlier this month, reaffirming the special protection journalists have when reporting on difficult cases. The Media Law blog offered its analysis of the case and its significance when the decision was released: The opinion in Howell v. Enterprise dismisses a defamation suit brought by a former employee of the town of Abington against The Enterprise newspaper in Brockton after it reported that he had used town computers to access pornography. In affirming the applicability of the fair report privilege, the opinion by Justice Robert J. Cordy said, “[I]t is important that the privilege be construed liberally and with an eye toward disposing of cases at an
Ohio Scores Limited Victory In Attempts to Halt Web Porn
Reviewing the implications of an Ohio statute attempting to limit access to pornography. Under the statute, which was upheld by the Ohio Supreme court, explicit materials described in its language are prohibited in Ohio. Problematically, much of this content is on the internet, making the statute either unmanageable or applicable to all internet content, essentially extending its breadth to that of a Federal law governing all states. Read more…
Only in America…
by Christopher Harbin Only in the greatest country in the free world can one die-of-a-heart-attack-after-you-eat-here themed restaurant sue another one for trade dress infringement. I’ve never felt so patriotic. I might cry.
Advice for this weekend and all others
By J. DeVoy As the last man standing, literally, and the only unmarried regular Satyriconista, it’s become my de facto role to bring some dating realism to the blog and unite it with legal and social commentary. This must be hilarious to anyone who knows me in real life. I mostly link to stuff that works and marinate it with cynicism. So, without further ado, a guide for defensive casual and more-than-casual hookups. I. Use only the weakest pretexts to get her to your place. If a girl wants to go home with you, she will, as long as some reason is given that doesn’t make her feel cheap and used. The problem is that men (well, betas, but whatever)
Not our sponsor, but they should be
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzNEa0uQQzU] A billboard inspired by the ad has a bunch of big bad Texans’ panties in a wad.
Of course I care about the environment
You might have noticed that this blog doesn’t really talk about environmental issues much… well, except for Fischer’s occasional right-wing-talking points about how global warming is not happening. This has led some readers to question whether I care about the environment. Well I do when issues like this come up.
Flori-duh's bigoted adoption law on the ropes
Another Florida judge has issued a ruling that the state’s law that bans adoptions by homosexuals is unconstitutional and unenforceable: Describing the state statute as unconstitutional on its face, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Maria Sampedro-Iglesia finalized the boy’s adoption by attorney Vanessa Alenier, 34, earlier this month, the newspaper reports. She and her longtime partner, Melanie Leon, 31, have raised the boy, who is a relative of Alenier’s, from infancy with her extended family’s blessing after he was removed from his original home by child welfare workers. “There is no rational connection between sexual orientation and what is or is not in the best interest of a child,” says Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Maria Sampedro-Iglesia in a written order. “The child is
