Miscellaneous

Reefer Will Save The Economy

Posted on February 24, 2009
Want to quickly raise money some cash to save your state's massive budget deficit? A legislator in California has presented an easy, brilliant solution: A state legislator is reviving the debate about legalizing marijuana as a way of raising money...

QuizLaw Oddsmakers: Utah State Senator Chris Buttars next politician to come out of the closet

Posted on February 23, 2009
Chris Buttars is a peach. Last month, he sat down for an interview in a documentary called 8: The Mormon Proposition. Check out some of these choice quotes about the gays: "They're mean. They want to talk about being nice....

Some articles speak for themselves...

Posted on February 23, 2009
(Source: MSN UK)...

Compassion: Thy Name is Bunning

Posted on February 23, 2009
Former Phillies "great" and ridiculously conservative U.S. Senator, Jim Bunning, is the kind of compassionate Senator who is more interested in humanity than he is in politics. He'd certainly like to see a Conservative Supreme Court, but he's not so....

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The (Kinda-Sorta) Daily Memo - 2/23/09

Posted on February 23, 2009
Some of the many ways BigLaw bilks BigCorporation. (Bitter Lawyer) Wait, a "motion to kiss my ass" is the worst motion ever? I beg to differ. (Supreme Dicta) PACER is terrible, but it should still be free. (Concurring Opinions) A...

Maybe Social Medicine Is Not Such a Great Idea

Posted on February 20, 2009
Not unless you make it profitable for dentists, at least. Check out England's newest problem: Tooth decay is now the third most common reason children are admitted to hospital, official figures showed yesterday. Nearly 37,000 kids a year are kept...

Go Ahead: Tell Me How It's Not Racist

Posted on February 19, 2009
Despite the fact that it was the NY Post, which is about as classy as Coors Light nipple pasties, I was willing -- in my mind -- to give them the benefit of the doubt with regard to the controversial...

Who's got time to run when there's drinking to be done?

Posted on February 19, 2009
From Florida, of course: A man who tried to rob a convenience store and made off with two bottles of beer didn't make it far -- sheriff's deputies found him sitting on the bench outside the store with the booze....

Obama's going to fix the economy the same way I fixed my kitchen cabinet

Posted on February 18, 2009
(Hat tip to Tammy.)...

This is what's wrong with our education system people

Posted on February 18, 2009
We don't pay our teachers enough money. So sometimes they're forced to go off and get second jobs. Like fourth-grade Ohio teacher Amber Carter, who picked up a side job as a prostitute. The lovely Ms. Carter found her johns...

Another reason Neil Gaiman is my favorite author

Posted on February 17, 2009
I love me some Neil Gaiman. "The Sandman," "American Gods," "Anansi Boys," too many short stories to name -- brilliant shit, all of 'em. But Gaiman has shown himself, time and again, to be more than simply a good writer....

Judge to Hot Chicks: "Only a douchebag would file a lawsuit like this"

Posted on February 17, 2009
A while back we told you about a lawsuit filed over the "Hot Chicks with Douchebags" website and book. As you may recall, it wasn't the purported douchebags suing -- rather, three of the pictured hot chicks were suing for...

Whatever with the youth of tomorrow when I can get some serious scrilla in my own pocket!

Posted on February 17, 2009
When any governmental agency runs smoothly, you know that there must be shenanigans afoot. And so it was with one of the Wilkes-Barre, PA juvenile courts, where "[y]oungsters were brought before judges withou a lawyer, given hearings that lasted only...

If you could sue anytime someone does anything remotely offensive, I'd be in a heap of trouble

Posted on February 16, 2009
Ok, look, we've all seen the picture of little Miley Cyrus pulling her eyes back all slantey-like, right? Sure, I can see how folks are offended. And I can see how Asians are particularly offended, which is why apologies were...

AFSCME: The Best Union in the Nation (NSFW)

Posted on February 13, 2009

Man's Truck Steals Itself

Posted on February 13, 2009
You know, back in the 90s, you could actually pull the keys out of your ignition without putting your car in park (I think most newer cars have corrected this flaw). For dumbasses like myself, the results aren't always pretty....

Male Fantasy Not All that Fantastic

Posted on February 12, 2009
I think a lot of dudes probably get off on the idea of seeing two hot twins make out with each other. But when you really think about it ... well, that's "twincest." And that's kind of gross, actually....

Moms Don't Let their Kid's Friends Drive Drunk

Posted on February 12, 2009
One of the laws we spend a lot of time on in first-year Torts was the dram shop laws, which hold bars and liquor stores liable if they sell alcohol to a visibly drunk person or a minor who goes...

What's More Loathsome than the KKK? The P-E-T-A.

Posted on February 11, 2009
I appreciate PETA's no-fur message, but I'll tell you what: They are a vile, odious little organization that is doing far more harm to their mission than they are doing good. Seriously. "Is this really the KKK?" somebody asked the...

Florida Epitomized

Posted on February 10, 2009
Last week, we posted a story about a pizza shop owner who pistol whipped a customer who complained that his take-out order was incorrect. We thought at the time that the owner had perhaps blown things a little out of...

Is this part of their new "show your thighs for the skies" promotion?

Posted on February 10, 2009
Karin Keegan is a Delta flight attendant. In October '07, she tried to snag herself a standby seat ib a JetBlue flight (JetBlue has an agreement to let Delta flight attendants standby on flights to their job assignment cities). But...

A Random F**king Thought ...

Posted on February 09, 2009
I'm sure this is the sort of thing that's probably been discussed to death on actual political blogs, and I'm sure there's a very simple answer to it that I just don't know. But this question has been nagging...

Common Sense Lesson #160

Posted on February 09, 2009
Don't tell your girlfriend, pregnant for nine months, that you've been cheating on her. At least not in person: A woman who is nine months pregnant was charged with felonious assault early Friday morning after she allegedly stabbed a man...

Common Sense Has No Place in Legal Briefs!

Posted on February 09, 2009
(Courtesy Daily Legal Cartoons, with a hat tip to Legal Antics)...

Yeah, but how does he really feel?

Posted on February 06, 2009
(From The Smoking Gun, natch)...

What does this have to do with the law?

Posted on February 06, 2009
Not a god damned thing. But it's Friday, and a dad filming his kid fresh out of the dentist's office and all hopped up on the pain meds is just good times. (I realize most of you may have already...

Still think old people shouldn't have to take special driver exams?

Posted on February 06, 2009
Every few years, there's a story of some batty old person who has no business driving causing mayhem behind the wheel. The most vivid in my recollection is from a few years ago, where some old dude plowed through the...

America, Fuck Yeah!

Posted on February 06, 2009
Remember that guy from a few hours ago, the cat with the friendly little "how ya' doing" on his forehead? Well if he had been arrested in South Dakota instead of California, and if he were facing charges for cursing...

Hey! Star Trek Nerds: Here's a Dumb Criminal Story for You

Posted on February 05, 2009
I'd never heard of a bat'leth before some dude robbed a couple of 7/11s with one. For the unfamiliar, it's the most popular weapon among Klingon warriors. It was forged by Kahless the Unforgettable. And if you want to...

Congress Really Knows How to Improve its Image (*Facepalm*)

Posted on February 05, 2009
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