Miscellaneous

Granny's feisty!

Posted on March 20, 2008
Earlier this month, Officer Daniel Snyder got a call about a car accident. He responded and, after studying the scene, determined that the accident was an old lady’s fault. He concluded that 80-year-old Thalia Logas had changed lanes improperly and,…

Fellate a donkey?

Posted on March 20, 2008
Earlier this week, Jon Stewart took an amusing look at Barack’s speech from Philly on race: Man, talking to Americans like they’re adults is so going to come back and bite Barack in the ass….

Representative Massengill

Posted on March 20, 2008
Back in January, seven teenagers from a teen advisory board for the local Planned Parenthood had a meeting with Representative John Ahern in his Olympia, Washington office. Ahern is a pro-lifer, and he took this opportunity to harass the kids…

You wouldn't like me when I'm angry

Posted on March 20, 2008
From the New York Post: A female federal prosecutor was viciously attacked by a hulking, razor-wielding drug dealer in a Brooklyn courtroom yesterday - and was saved when the thug’s 72-year-old lawyer and others tackled him. First of all ……

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Dave Grohl for President

Posted on March 19, 2008
Great news to those of you who are already tired of the dwindling number of candidates running for President this year. Dave Grohl — the Foo Fighter’s frontman and former drummer for Nirvana — is jumping into the race as…

Ummmm ....

Posted on March 19, 2008

Graffiti Love

Posted on March 19, 2008
Have you ever driven under an overpass and seen spray-painted graffiti beneath a bridge and wondered how the hell it got there? The gravity-defying feats that it must have taken to write Jenny (Hearts) Tommy underneath a overpass have always…

The Daily Memo - 3/19/08

Posted on March 19, 2008
In the case of U.S. v. Approximately 64,695 Pounds of Shark Fins…. (Supreme Dicta) Harvard Law is stepping up the push to get folks into public interest by waiving tuition for third year law students who commit to doing five…

Poor Decision Making 101

Posted on March 19, 2008
Taurice Maurice Hart allegedly robbed a place back in November 2006, and his trial was supposed to start last Monday. The Judge was there, the jury was there, the prosecutor was there … but no Mr. Hart. Seems that he…

The least shocking survey result ever

Posted on March 19, 2008
A recent survey of 1,000 pre-med and pre-law students found that a great many law students are hoping for a big pay day, more so than their med school colleagues. “We asked a question about earning power,” Fidler said. “To…

They talk so funny over there

Posted on March 19, 2008
GeekLawyer’s got an amusing story about a criminal defendant’s attempt to make it for Andy Dufrane’s Zihuatanejo, but what makes the story really great is the silly British stuff going on in the story’s periphery: The Sun reports that a…

From my cold, dead hands!

Posted on March 19, 2008
Yesterday, the Supremes heard oral argument in District of Columbia v. Heller, a pretty big-deal case dealing with the Second Amendment and a D.C. law that tried to ban the hell out of handguns. If you’re looking for a straight…

Awwww, poor guys

Posted on March 18, 2008
Last week, the “Church” of Scientology was denied a restraining order against the group Anonymous. The “Church” was hoping to get an order preventing Anonymous from protesting within 500 feet of Scientology buildings, but the court told the “Church” to…

The Most Exciting Exchange of the Campaign

Posted on March 18, 2008
DMX, the 6th highest-selling rap artist of all time, apparently didn’t know there was a black man running for President, according to the transcript from this interview. You know there?s a Black guy running, Barack Obama and then there?s Hillary…

The Headline Says It All

Posted on March 18, 2008
I mean, with the headline: Man files suit, claims lap dance injury, what else do you need to say? Here’s the deets, all the same: A businessman claims in a lawsuit that he was injured when a stripper giving him…

The Daily Memo - 3/18/08

Posted on March 18, 2008
Snow rage? (CTV) Yummy! “Investigators are searching for whoever poured deer urine into an air conditioning unit at a school in easter Tennessee. About a dozen students became ill after the prank.” (MSNBC) A Colorado Senate committee has approved a…

Maybe some children should be left behind

Posted on March 18, 2008
This is just fucking ridiculous. Last December, in Danbury, Connecticut, 15-year-old Vincios Robacher fell asleep in one of his high school classes. Teachers aren’t generally so keen on that sort of business and Melissa Nadeau is such a teacher...

I'm so confused

Posted on March 18, 2008
Everyone’s favorite pro se litigant, inmate Jonathan Lee Riches, has filed another suit. This one is a class action. But … I don’t get it. First of all, he’s got co-plaintiffs this time, a Clark Proctor Jr. and John Mark…

Depends on what the Definition of Wrong Is

Posted on March 17, 2008
This may seem far-fetched, but in my mind at least, there’s a certain train of thought that’s slowly picking up steam, and it is this: Bill Clinton, either purposely or subconsciously, is trying to derail Hillary’s bid for President? I…

Barack Bamazone!

Posted on March 17, 2008
Just one more reason, among the millions, to vote for Barack Obama: Barack Obama might be courting the ever-important geek vote by reaching out to Comic-Con in the hopes of making an appearance there, according to reports. No, we are…

My new favorite Congressman

Posted on March 17, 2008
Last Saturday, there was a special election in the 14th Congressional District of Illinois, fat bastard Dennis Hastert’s old stomping ground. Democrat Bill Foster won the election, which came as a bit of surprise in the Republican stronghold. I’m always…

The Daily Memo - 3/17/08

Posted on March 17, 2008
Comcast is suing the FCC because the agency lets the big phone companies gobble things up, but isn’t so gobble-friendly with the cable companies. (Engadget) Porn … legal. Prostitution … illegal. Why? (Slate) Well it looks like the boyfriend of…

Friday Night Specials

Posted on March 17, 2008
My bullshit detector is on high alert for this one: A former aide to James E. McGreevey said today that he had three-way sexual trysts with the former governor and his wife before he took office, challenging Dina Matos McGreevey’s…

A President who thinks things through? Preposterous!

Posted on March 17, 2008
Sure, the rhetoric and speechifying is great. But it’s because of stuff like this that Obama got my vote last month (This story comes from a long-time colleague/friend of Obama’s from the University of Chicago Law School): Not so long…

What's in a number?

Posted on March 17, 2008
Virgin Mobile Canada officially kicks ass. They’ve apparently got a new print ad coming out this week which is going to get cease-and-desisted into silence quicker than a sumbitch, but that doesn’t make it any less awesome: “At Virgin Mobile,…

Filipino Time!

Posted on March 14, 2008
The Filipino prisoners are back, and they’ve got a mess of fans. Souljah Boy? Yeah, that’s how we livin and you know…….

Today in C*nt Punditry!

Posted on March 14, 2008
Asked on “The Today Show” if Silda Wall, Elliot Spitzer’s wife, had any role in her husband’s philandering, the brilliant Dr. Laura Schlessinger, best known as host of the popular Dr. Laura radio advice call-in show, had this to say:…

Why Is This News?

Posted on March 14, 2008
Sometimes I think the Associated Press just gets bored: Police say a man placing an order in a suburban New York doughnut shop’s drive-through lane didn’t have any pants on. They say a Dunkin’ Donuts worker saw John Greco’s exposed…

The Daily Memo - 3/14/08

Posted on March 14, 2008
Obama’s response to Hillary’s e-mail — get bent. (NPR) Keith Olbermann to Hillary — get bent. (YouTube) The Supremes to court room cameras — get bent. (FindLaw) Michael Jackson’s lawyers to Neverland Ranch naysayers — get bent...

Fool me twice ... won't get fooled again

Posted on March 14, 2008
Note to the still uncaught New Hampshire bank robber — change your schtick up, sir. Police said the same man tried to rob the same bank, wearing the same clothes and telling employees the same thing on Tuesday as he…

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