News & Media
A Likelihood of Confusion and Cameltoe Camouflaging
By: Zac Papantoniou H/T to Ryan Gile at Las Vegas Trademark Attorney Blog, for bringing this trademark infringement suit involving cameltoe-covering undies to light, and thus making it clearly visible
Big Firm Blogs Are Boring
No friggin shit. In other news, the sky is blue, water is wet, and Gail Dines has a penis.
Red Hat Club case results in $100,000 award for plaintiff. A dark day for American literature
I wrote about the Red Hat Club case in April of 2008 in The Georgia Court of Appeals commits attempted murder on American literature in “Red Hat Club” case. Without
You Sinful Front Huggers Can Go to Hell! You Go to Hell and Die!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Oj0-splZw] I’m almost positive this is for real and not parody. The rough riders for Christ part is what kills me. Lawd, I can’t take much more.
The People's Republic of Brooklyn
by Jason Fischer “All your property rights are belong to us!” Thanks to the socialist wing of our highest court, the language of the Fifth Amendment has been perverted to
Palin Confusion
Many people are confused by Sarah Palin. But, it seems that a recent parody of her book has confused a lot of people as to which one is the real
Newsflash: People Can't ACTUALLY Be Douchebags!
This just in, you guys: a person can’t actually be a douchebag! Breaking Freaking News! Someone get that Drudge Report Siren up. Done! This is totally news to me, because
Killing a fly with a bazooka – Wisconsin prison guards use grenade inside cell and try and cover up the evidence
File this under “holy shit!” Wisconsin prison guards decided to toss a “non lethal” grenade into a prisoner’s cell. This grenade usually is used for outdoor crowd control. Naturally, the
The Weblog Awards
Whatever. I mean, yeah, it would be sweet as hell to win. I’m not holding my breath though. Nevertheless, if you want to go vote for us, click here and
Scott Greenfield – The Conscience of the Bar
Between his criticism of scaring clients and the difference between “anyone can blog” and “everyone can blog”, I think that Scott just might have a higher calling than his practice.
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Eric Holder in his younger days. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pK5HmuCMBM]
Mickey Mouse sues Donald Duck
Yes, really. The sad thing is, its not the dumbest complaint I’ve ever seen filed in the Southern District of Flori-duh.
Porn is "inescapable"
Monica Hesse, a writer for the Washington Post, seems to have a porn paranoia issue. Her article “Publicly, a whole new lewdness” has a decidedly Comstockian bent to it. But,
This is SPARTA!!!!
Okay, not exactly… but the Citizen Media Law Project has launched its Online Media Law Network. Good coverage of it here by one of my favorite journalists.
Jackassletters.com
This must be one of the strangest, but (to me at least) funniest public hobbies on the internet. Christopher Jorgensen writes letters with just the right dash of snark and
Will Phillips, age 10, First Amendment Bad Ass
Will Phillips – you are the First Amendment Bad Ass of the month. Will’s family has a number of gay friends. In recent years, Laura Phillips said, they’ve been trying
Anonymous Hooker Blogger Outed
by Jason Fischer If you’re a fan of Showtime‘s adult series “Secret Diary of a Call Girl” (or even if you aren’t), you may be interested to know that the
Belichick made the right call
Statistically speaking. UPDATE: Freakonomics concurs.
Even Sarah Palin is Awesome Sometimes
In her “book,” Palin throws a little unoriginal wit at prey vegetarians. “If any vegans came over for dinner, I could whip them up a salad, then explain my philosophy
