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Last Entry: June 21, 2012 at 02:52:25

The Great Courses Meets Trial Law

Posted on June 21, 2012
Trails of Evidence: How Forensic Sciene Works. Thirty-six, thirty-minute lectures covering such fascinating subjects as: Using Science?Crime Scene to Courtroom Crime Scenes and Forensic Evidence Fingerprint Science?Hands-Down ID Telltale Marks?Tools, Guns, and Ammunition Forensic Analysis of Vehicle Accidents Fire Science and Explosion Forensics Blood Evidence?Stains and Spatters The Science of Death Who can say no to the science of death?...

Revenge Feels Good

Posted on June 14, 2012
Anyone who tells you that revenge should not be taken is a pussy who lacks the ability to take revenge. Once as a kid I made the mistake of going to my hometown carnival. Because I didn't have any friends, I went alone. I probably wanted to eat some funnel cake or something...

No One Sees the Struggle

Posted on June 13, 2012
A lot of people have a problem with what I write because they only see who I am - or, as it would be far better to say, who I've become. Look, I'm not even going to lie. I'm a good looking guy with a nice body and a lot of swagger. I am living what many guys would consider...

A Few Random Observations About Aging

Posted on June 13, 2012
I know a lot of rich middle-aged men who feel shit. I tell them that a weekly injection of testosterone would alter their lives - $250/month to feel great. They look at me sideways. Meanwhile, the broke dick "meat head" at the gym who can barely pay his rent feels great and has lots of energy, has a high sex...

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Judge: "There's No Shame in My Game"

Posted on April 25, 2012

Obama's Race Problem

Posted on April 03, 2012
When a wanna thug was shot by a wannabe cop, most thoughtful people shrugged their shoulders. On a ten-day school suspension for drug use and trespassing, Trayvon had swung at a bus driver, robbed a house, and was casing a joint when a cop reject who had been arrested for domestic violence met him...

White Knights, Dark Prisons

Posted on April 02, 2012
A woman was riding on the DC metro when: He then pulled out a lighter and started sparking it in my face. I told him to get the lighter out of my face and leave immediately or I would call the police right then. He laughed and got his buddies involved...

Why I Started Juicing

Posted on March 29, 2012

Trayvon Martin and Conversations About Race

Posted on March 27, 2012
When Geraldo Rivera suggested that George Zimmerman was as focused on Travyvon Martin's hoodie as his skin color, people shrieked. I shrugged my shoulders. Although I'm white as snow, I wear hoodies with the hoods up. Growing up, teachers would call me a "hood...

Marc Randazza, First Amendment Lawyer, on the Rush Limbaugh Fiasco

Posted on March 14, 2012
Marc Randazza, who I hired when a lunatic falsely accused me of defamation, recently gave his toughts on the Rush Limbaugh Slutgate fiasco. It's an excellent discussion on modern politics. No one wants to debate ideas. Instead, both the Left and Right attempt to shut down speakers...

Judge Holden: On War

Posted on January 23, 2012
Judge Holden's speech on war brings Nietzsche into the Wild West. Blood Meridian has been a phenomenal read: Every child knows that play is nobler than work. He knows too that the worth or merit of a game is not inherent in the game itself but rather in the value of that which is put at hazard...

The Banker's Manifesto

Posted on January 19, 2012
Some call this an "urban legend." Others will note that the truth can only be found in fiction. Congressman Charles A. Lindbergh, Sr. revealed the Bankers Manifesto of 1892 to the U.S. Congress somewhere between 1907 and 1917. BANKERS MANIFESTO We (the bankers) must proceed with caution and guard every move made, for the lower order of people are already...

R. Rex Parris Law Firm Gets $10.5 Million Settlement

Posted on January 12, 2012
Civil defense lawyers occasionally find this humble blog after Googling, "lawyers who have beat Rex Paris." Instead of learning about those alleged lawyers, they are likely to find reports of huge personal injury verdicts and awards. Last week the Rex Parris Law Firm, with Alexander Wheeler as co-counsel, settled a personal injury action for $10...

Lori Palmieri: A Lawyer Without Any Fight in Her

Posted on January 12, 2012
If you went by Lori Palmieri's website advertising her wares as a criminal defense lawyer, you'd think Michael Lewis was describing her when he wrote about Big Swinging Dicks. Palmieri's website depicts a ghostly, almost intimidating figure with chilly blue eyes...

Martha Sperry: Incompetent, Cowardly, or Both?

Posted on January 12, 2012
When Joseph Rakofsky filed a frivolous lawsuit against me and 84 or so other people for writing that Rakofsky is incompetent and unethical, settlement never occurred to me. There are First Amendment issues at stake. If lawyers won't stand behind their words, how can people untrained in the law ever speak? As the author of the First Amendment and a...

Anger

Posted on December 30, 2011
Holding in anger is the virtue of slaves. The Christian bias against anger exists because early Christians were slaves rather than masters. If early Christians had not been forced to hold their tongues (being gentle as doves and sneaky as snakes), Western men would have a healthier relationship with anger...

Shane Reil's Integrity is For Sale

Posted on December 27, 2011
At Brown University, witnesses can accept payment before giving testimony in student disciplinary hearings. The favors and case received needn't even be disclosed. Consider Shane Reil, who sold out a fellow student to make connections with a Wall Street money man: William McCormick is suing the University and two alums ? a woman who accused him of rape in 2006...

Eczema Cure Atopic Dermatitis?

Posted on December 27, 2011
This post is not of interest to regular readers. If you're curious, here's the score. I'm trying to do some "white hat SEO." That is, I want to steer desperate patients and parents away from scam websites and steer them towards helpful information. My skin is a diaster...

Private Actors Are the Biggest Threat to Free Speech

Posted on December 25, 2011
When most people think of the First Amendment, they think of the evils of government censorship. Yet the current greatest threat to free speech does not come from the Internet. It comes from litigious private parties. It's a dangerous threat because it's stealthy...

Have You Seen This Bear?

Posted on December 22, 2011
$500 reward for replacement bear.

The World Still Isn't Ready for Nietzsche

Posted on December 21, 2011
It took less than 30 minutes to understand why the world isn't ready for Nietzsche. The second lecture in the Great Courses series, "Will to Power: The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche," wasn't about any of Nietzsche's core concepts. There was no mention of the death of God, or the life of the ubermensch...

How to Become a Man

Posted on December 14, 2011
A bunch of misandrists and beta chumps spent time with 100 men who fight for fun. Although the authors hate men and masculinity (calling it "putting on a convincining manhood act"), these great - do we not call the best of the worms great? - scholars did learn something about masculinty...

Some Questions for Ain & Bank

Posted on December 12, 2011
Since you won't return a client's phone calls, I'll ask you the client's questions publicly: You cashed his retainer on November 21st, but have not provided him with any work product. Why? Your associate, Rebecca C. Shankman, promised that she'd return client phone calls within 24 hours...

Joe Jamail: On Investing for Lawyers

Posted on November 30, 2011
Several of my lawyer friends have become frustrated from a recent realization: The stock market is a scam. Well, at worst it's a scam. At best, it's a gamble. My friends wonder, "What should I do with my money?" Billionaire lawyer and King of Torts Joe Jamail has some advice: Lawyer Joe Jamail, with the bulk of his fortune in...

You Can't Teach Hungry

Posted on November 30, 2011
How one kid had 100 people help him occupy Boone Pickens.

How to Frame a Man for Rape

Posted on November 28, 2011
In an era where every man is Tom Robinson, it's surprisingly easy to frame even a rich, prominent French politician for rape.

The Commute that Killed the Blog: Review of the Great Courses

Posted on November 28, 2011
The blog has died not for want of passion, but for want of time. A move has led me to a new job with a morning commute. Also, my laptop broke. Sundays were my main blogging days. I'd spend 2-4 hours high on caffeine and sex, writing blog posts for the week...

The 1%'s Enforcers Are the 99%

Posted on November 23, 2011
I wish this insight had been my own: Cool thing about this incident is that the UC-Davis President's job is now in jeopardy and the UC-Davis president has control over the Campus police and so it looks like somebody has to be sacrificed, guess who those somebodies will be, hint, it ain't the President...

Penn State: Timeline of Events

Posted on November 14, 2011
There are a lot of dots to connect: 1969 ? Jerry Sandusky starts his coaching career at Penn State University as a defensive line coach. 1977 ? Jerry Sandusky founds The Second Mile. It begins as a group foster home dedicated to helping troubled boys and grows into a charity dedicated to helping children with absent or dysfunctional families...

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Posted on November 11, 2011
Years ago I reviewed Daniel Kahneman book, Heuristics and Biases: The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment. Heuristics and Biases is a collection of graduate-school-level papers rather than a summary of research. Kahneman has finally written his summary of the research of cognitive bias, and it's pretty much the must-read book of the year.