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Well why should the Associated Press actually know about the law

Posted on June 02, 2008
A few weeks back, at the annual Coachella festival, Prince closed out one of the nights with a performance that included, along with his own hits, a cover of Radiohead's "Creep." I love that song, and I'd love to see/hear...

Is It Over? Is It F$%@$# Over Yet?

Posted on June 02, 2008
Maybe, according to Poliitco: Members of Hillary Clinton's advance staff received calls and emails this evening from headquarters summoning them to New York City Tuesday night, and telling them their roles on the campaign are ending, two Clinton staffers tell...

The Daily Memo - 6/2/08

Posted on June 02, 2008
The cross-dressing, drunk driving, bankruptcy deciding judge who resigned back in February has announced that he's not coming back to the bench. (Above the Law) Ten other states want California to hold off on the gay marriage business until after...

People Really Will Believe Anything

Posted on June 02, 2008
True or not, if you say it often enough, people will start to believe it, which is why Barack Obama, for so long, has had to fight off rumors that he was Muslin. Well, now comes Fox News (and the...

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Scotty Mac and Keith, Part 4

Posted on June 02, 2008
Here's the final part of last Thursday's "Countdown" interview with Scott McClellan (and here are the links for Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3):...

Scotty Mac and Keith, Part 3

Posted on June 02, 2008
Here's the third part of last Thursday's "Countdown" interview with Scott McClellan (or go back and watch Part 1 or Part 2):...

Scotty Mac and Keith, Part 2

Posted on June 02, 2008
Here's the second part of last Thursday's "Countdown" interview with Scott McClellan (click here for Part 1):...

Scotty Mac and Keith, Part 1

Posted on June 02, 2008
I haven't read Scott McClellan's hot button book What Happened yet, but Keith Olbermann spent almost all of Thursday's "Countdown" interviewing McClellan, which seems to serve as a sort of Cliff Notes version of the book. So we'll be...

Smoke em if you got em ... just not in your apartment

Posted on June 02, 2008
California's state Senate has approved a bill which would let landlords ban smoking in their rental apartments. The legislation now goes to the state Assembly for its review and vote. If it becomes law, landlords can put the kibosh on...

Power Trippin' Judge Wants You To Rub Her Corns

Posted on May 30, 2008
This bit of news is actually a few weeks old, but I just caught it. And let me just say: Woah! Elizabeth Halverson is a judge. But the way courthouse staffers see it, she expects to be treated like a...

Crazy White Obama Preacher More Entertaining than the Crazy Black One

Posted on May 30, 2008
I have no idea what's offensive about this guy, or even what was offensive about what he said. It was clearly in jest, but I think there's probably some truth to it, nevertheless. And if whitey hates anything, it's...

Weird Crime Department

Posted on May 30, 2008
What kind of crime is this? A woman told Cincinnati police that she heard a noise and then felt something cold on her feet. Police said a man crawled under a table at a University of Cincinnati library and used...

If You Don't Want to Hear it From Me, then How About the Original Hawkeye Pierce?

Posted on May 30, 2008
Those goddamn Canadians have a way with big words, don't they? Just because they have a better vocabulary than we do, doesn't mean they're smarter. Oh, wait: Sometimes it does. See, e.g., Donald Sutherland's scathing attack on Hillary Clinton: Haven't...

The Daily Memo - 5/30/08

Posted on May 30, 2008
Wisconsin's Governor Jim Doyle has signed off on an interstate compact to help protect the Great Lakes by banning diversion of lake water. (Physorg) MLB hates little league. (The Southtown Star) Awww ... poor old man McCain has trouble saying...

His name was Robert Paulson. His name ... was Robert Paulson

Posted on May 30, 2008
Over in England, the Daily Mail newspaper can just be so damn entertaining some time. With a great picture of Jack Nicholson and his man tits, they ran this story: It is a subject that most men manage to keep...

Inside Man

Posted on May 30, 2008
Down in Jacksonville, Florida, there's a pizza joint by the name of Hungry Howie's Pizza. Recently, it was robbed in the early hours of a Wednesday morning. Someone busted up the read door, trashed the security cameras, and made off...

Come on man, do your job!

Posted on May 30, 2008
It's nice to know that it's not just here in the States where cops don't really always get the job done right. For example, up in Canada, eh, a man was recently pulled over for speeding. He wound up with...

Worst. Wedding. Ever.

Posted on May 29, 2008
Seriously, this could only happen in Arkansas. God bless my home state. No, really: It needs a lot of God's blessings: A shooting at an outdoor wedding ended in chaos as a man sped off to find help for the...

Presidential (Adjective): Befitting a president.

Posted on May 29, 2008

The Problem with a Nude Maid Is Easy Access to a Hiding Spot

Posted on May 29, 2008
If you're going to hire a nude maid, let me ask you this: Why leave her alone in another room to do the cleaning? That completely defeats the purpose.A nude maid is accused of really cleaning up at a Florida...

Calling All New York Bar Applicants

Posted on May 29, 2008
Taking the NY Bar? Stressed out? Worried about the 22 subjects you need to learn for one of the hardest bar exams in the country? Can't deal with the droning Bar-Bri instructor or the nightly MBE questions? Well, you could...

The Daily Memo - 5/29/08

Posted on May 29, 2008
Albany, NY judge to Dell: "You some misleading, deceptive, unlawful business practicing motherfuckers." (Engadget) Wait, what's the problem with cops fondling your anal beads? It's not like they stuck 'em up their own asses? (Above the Law) Delta is being...

P-p-p-p-p-p-p-please, Eddie!

Posted on May 29, 2008
There's this scene, I think in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, where a can of yellow paint is hung from the back of a car bumper, with a hole punctured in its side. Thus, when the car eventually drives off, it...

Beam Me Up, Your Honor

Posted on May 29, 2008
Seems that this October, civil and family law judges in jolly ol' England will be giving up the wigs that they've worn for several centuries. The Lord Chief Justice (how much cooler is any title with "lord" in front of...

Let the children's voices be heard!

Posted on May 29, 2008
The mother of 5-year-old Alex Barton is considering filing a lawsuit against his elementary school teacher because she had the nerve -- the audacity -- to try to teach her kindergarten class about democracy. Melissa Barton has filed a complaint...

What's Better Than Stories about Stupid Criminals?

Posted on May 28, 2008
Video evidence of stupid criminals. And these guys may take the motherfucking cake....

From our readers' mouths to your eyes

Posted on May 28, 2008
Back to the QuizLaw mailbag, for two more stories from the readers, we go. First, reader Dawn B. sends us the story of a Georgia teenager who's been arrested and charged for biting or grabbing the asses of at least...

What? No Penny Whistles?

Posted on May 28, 2008
What is even more lethal than a gun, more dangerous than a knife, more fierce than an axe? Moonpies, bitches.Police in Galesburg said a homeless man was arrested for allegedly attacking an 84-year-old man with a box of Moon Pies.The...

The Daily Memo - 5/28/08

Posted on May 28, 2008
"How the Clintons would disenfranchise Florida and Michigan voters." (Andrew Sullivan) Google has answered Viacom's amended complaint against Google (for $1 billion), saying that this lawsuit could end life as we know it. (Above the Law) Yahoo is suing spammers...

Scott McClennan Amazingly Capable of Independent Thought!

Posted on May 28, 2008
If you haven't heard yet, former Press Secretary Scott McClennan is releasing a book that promises to be the first real negative attack on the Bush Administration from someone inside the Bush White House. In the book, McClennan writes, in...

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