Miscellaneous

Funky Copyright

Posted on March 20, 2009
Some crafty dude scoured YouTube for various music clips and edited them together into a massive funked mash-up. It's pretty damn cool, and could be a great piece for use in a copyright class to discuss the issues of sampling,...

Gotham Streets to Be Safe Once Again

Posted on March 19, 2009
Well, thank goodness: Judge dismisses charges against Batman Walsh Ian Nichols, a Tampa-area man, had been arrested last fall for wearing a Batman mask (advantage, Florida). While eating sushi (game, Florida). And he was arrested because a state law forbids...

What a sunuvabitch

Posted on March 19, 2009
Seventy-three-year-old Josef Fritzl, an Austrian, is a fucking scumbag. This Vincent Price-looking bastard kept his daughter captive in a dank cellar for 24 years, only speaking to her, for the most part, when he would come down to rape her....

Irish Pride!

Posted on March 18, 2009
This should've gone up yesterday, in honor of St. Paddy's day, but thanks to South by Southwest, I'm running a bit behind on everything, so you'll just have to forgive the lateness: (From The Smoking Gun, of course)...

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Uhm ... ewwwwwwww

Posted on March 13, 2009
Ok, so that last story about lizard shit? That was the vanilla cake. Here's your chocolate icing: A student barred from lectures because of his smelly feet has won a ten-year legal fight to return. Professors and fellow students at...

Uhm ... ew?

Posted on March 13, 2009
A British student, Daniel Bennett, is involved in a legal battle with the university where he's a grad student, Leeds University. Over 77 pounds of lizard shit. He had collected the samples from remote areas of the Philippines as part...

Can Superman fix the Recession?

Posted on March 12, 2009
I love Jon Hamm, I love bailout humor, and I love intentionally poorly-done bald caps, so this video pretty much has everything: (Hat tip: What's Alan Watching?)...

*whisper* you're going the wrong way

Posted on March 11, 2009
Down in Georgia, Harry Jackson was recently busted trying to sneak into jail: Camden County Sheriff Tommy Gregory says Harry Jackson had broken out of the jail, strolled to a nearby convenience store where he broke in and stole 14...

Georgia - the new Florida?

Posted on March 11, 2009
First, there was the guy who broke back into jail. Now, there's Snellville City Councilman Robert Jenkins. Seems that the local mayor is trying to clean up the area, so he urged code enforcers to tell the Councilman that he...

Are you having a laugh?

Posted on March 10, 2009
British traffic officers have no sense of humor (or "humour," if you will: Gary Saunders, a company director, was using a hands-free phone when he burst out laughing at a joke told by his brother-in-law, who he was talking to....

Clyde Tombough can't roll all the way back over in his grave, but he can nudge onto his side a little

Posted on March 09, 2009
Sometimes, states stand up and thumb their nose at modern science. When fucking Kansas does it by allowing their teachers to teach intelligent design as scientific fact, I cry a little. When Illinois does it by saying "fuck all y'all,...

The Influence -- Or Lack Thereof -- of Rush Limbaugh

Posted on March 05, 2009

Do NOT Eff with Jon Stewart

Posted on March 05, 2009

Here's Your Wednesday Dose of Morbid

Posted on March 04, 2009

No More McNuggets? Get the Fuzz on the Phone!

Posted on March 04, 2009

And oh, my love, my love, we both go down together

Posted on March 04, 2009

The Eve of Justice is (To)Nigh(t)

Posted on March 04, 2009

I'm in Hot Pursuit (Guh Guh Guh)

Posted on March 03, 2009

Twitter, Like Rock n Roll, is Here to Stay

Posted on March 03, 2009

If this thing doesn't work out, they can always rent some kids from the Clown Car Octo-Mom

Posted on March 02, 2009

"Then there's me. The joker. The goofball. The magician."

Posted on March 02, 2009

The Breastmilk Joke Would Be Way Too Easy Wouldn't It?

Posted on February 27, 2009

God Bless the Coen Brothers

Posted on February 27, 2009

See, American cops don't have the patent on lazy incompetance

Posted on February 27, 2009

Might Have Shoulda Considered Cremation, Eh?

Posted on February 26, 2009
Keep this in mind when your grandma dies and you can't afford her funeral expenses: A funeral director accused of leaving a woman's body to decay in a parked hearse after her relatives failed to pay the bill was arrested...

So, Does This Mean I Can Refer to Mr. Freilich as "Seth the Jew"?

Posted on February 26, 2009
According to Clint Eastwood, there's just not enough racist humor anymore. In former times we constantly made jokes about different races. 'You can only tell them today with one hand over your mouth otherwise you will be insulted as a...

Ok, this is taking the "lawyers are bloodsucking vampires" thing a little too far

Posted on February 26, 2009
Jonathon Sharkey has filed a lawsuit on behalf of himself and "The Vampyre Nation" against the United States government, seeking sovereignty for the Vampyre Nation. For those like me who didn't know any better: The Vampyre Nation herein known as...

The Usual Suspect

Posted on February 26, 2009
If you didn't see Tuesday night's "The Daily Show," well, there's something you need to know:...

Drunk? Get outta here!

Posted on February 24, 2009
Good on ya, Eric Marusak of Florida. The job carried out by the police is hard enough without folks lying to them: According to a report from the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, a Port Richey officer spotted the car going...

Seizus-Interruptus

Posted on February 24, 2009
If you live in Washington state and enjoy trolling for hookers, you're gonna love these bits of proposed legislation. There are two identical bills pending in the state's House and Senate which would allow cops to seize and impound your...

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