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There's at least one thing I can get behind McCain on

Posted on May 28, 2008
For those unfamiliar with British government, one of the great things our brothers of another mother do is to have the Prime Minister routinely go before Parliament for what's called Prime Minister's Questions, where an open discussion is held. It's....

Superman just melts cancer kids with his heat rays, but Batman actually uses their skin to make new utility belts

Posted on May 28, 2008
When Thomas Denton's nephew was diagnosed with cancer, a charity called Candlelighters stepped in to help his family out. So Denton decided to return the favor as best he could, using his comic book connections to set up some charity...

God hates lawyers

Posted on May 28, 2008
A recent study was done of first year law students at the University of St. Thomas Law School of Law in Minnesota, to find out how their spirituality affected their scholastic performance. And the study found that "[s]trong spirituality had...

Shut Up. Shut Up! Shut Up!

Posted on May 27, 2008
Just shut up, Bill Clinton. Please. You're breaking my heart. Put a lid on it. Shove your pie-hole full of Big Macs and don't speak. There are no vast left-wing conspiracies. There is no media cover-up, and in no...

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Today's Classiest Law Firm Ad

Posted on May 27, 2008
I can't tell if it's an ad for a law firm or an ad for a naughty stripper -- you gotta wonder if, in addition to legal representation, you also get a few spankings? Or is that extra? Just real...

That Ferris Bueller Bullsh*t Doesn't Work in the Real World, Son

Posted on May 27, 2008
Why did this dude even think he could get away with this? Loren Elliotte Friedman is accused in a complaint filed May 6 by the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission. He was listed as an associate at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost,...

Obama's First Big Bushism ...

Posted on May 27, 2008
On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes -- and I see many of them in the audience here today -- our sense of patriotism is particularly strong. (Source)...

The Daily Memo - 5/27/08

Posted on May 27, 2008
Last Friday, a Philly jury awarded $20.5 million to the parents of a college student who died from a botched liposuction. (Law.com) The first federal criminal trial relating to online music piracy has led to a guilty verdict for a...

With a boss like this, who needs enemies?

Posted on May 27, 2008
Adam Kutner is the best kind of lawyer -- the kind who runs his practice like an asshole tyrant. The kind who calls his employees kind words like "morons," "fucking dumb-asses," "fat bitches" and "cunts." The kind who flings phone...

Dude, I totally want to take a speedboat equipped with machine guns to court!

Posted on May 27, 2008
Over the weekend, Salon featured an interesting piece by Carol Chodroff, a former federal defender who, last week, had her "first experience with the military commissions at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, where the U.S. government is putting 15 terror...

I hope this past Memorial Day...

Posted on May 27, 2008
...you remembered to use sun lotion everywhere. (This kind message, as always, comes to you from our friends at The Smoking Gun.)...

Did Obama kick McCain in the nuts?

Posted on May 27, 2008
So Senator Jim Webb has introduced a GI bill to increase the benefits given to vets. Our lovely President is against it, because why should we do more for those who actually make it home from Iraq and Afghanistan and...

QuizLaw remembers what it's all about...

Posted on May 26, 2008
Happy Memorial Day QuizLaw kiddies. As you know, this is the day where we remember those that have died fighting for our country. Fighting to protect life, liberty and the pursuit of slavery. What, you thought we didn’t have slavery…

You can't spell "assassinated" without a whole lotta "ass"

Posted on May 24, 2008
If you haven’t heard by now, Hillary invoked RFK’s assassination as a reason why she needs to stay in this race, and some think she was ever so not-subtly implying that someone may try to take Obama out, so we…

All your pork and beans are belong to us!!

Posted on May 23, 2008
Weezer’s new video for “Pork and Beans” is mmm-mmm good. I wanted to embed it for your Friday enjoyment but, for some reason, they turned embedding off, making you actually go to the the YouTube page for the video. Phooey….

Woah. Not Cool.

Posted on May 23, 2008
So much for the picture of a glistening Obama with a unicorn. A Georgia newspaper decided, “Hey! Let’s bait the racists!” Somebody needs to be fired. Pronto….

Police Blotter Files -- Killer Trees

Posted on May 23, 2008
From Pennsylvania’s Times Leader: Police said Andrew R. Tostevin, 19, of Coopersburg, was found hanging upside down from a tree at North Main and North streets at about 12:36 a.m. Thursday. Police said Tostevin told officers that the tree attacked…

Lessons in Babysitting

Posted on May 23, 2008
Strapped for cash? Gas prices giving you blues? Can’t afford a babysitter? Try a cage! A Florida mother has been jailed for 20 years for keeping her teenage adopted son in a cage. The 17-year-old weighed 22kg (3st 7lb) when…

The Daily Memo - 5/23/08, Take Two

Posted on May 23, 2008
Seems I labeled yesterday’s Daily Memo as being the 5/23 Daily Memo. Guess it was just wishful thinking that it was Friday already. But now it is Friday! Hot diggity. A co-exec producer of “Dog the Bounty Hunter” is suing…

Heeeeeere I come, to sue the daaaaaaay!

Posted on May 23, 2008
Some company called Man & Machine has filed a lawsuit against Apple and CBS. The fight is over computer mice. Seems that Man & Machine started selling a mouse it called “Mighty Mouse” back in ‘04 — it’s waterproof and…

Johnny McCain likes the gays. Totally.

Posted on May 23, 2008
McCain was on Ellen Degeneres’ show yesterday to tell her to her face that he doesn’t dig the idea that she’s planning to marry her girlfriend Portia di Rossi. While he’s previously said he’s also against civil unions, however, he…

That's one small step for man, one giant -- hey, get off my moonrock patch! ...Damn kids.

Posted on May 23, 2008
The June issue of Popular Mechanics has an interesting article about property rights on the moon. Since 1967’s Outer Space Treaty, nations can’t lay claim to lunar property, but that says nothing about individual private rights. Thirteen countries have signed…

If at First You Don't Succeed, Idiot

Posted on May 22, 2008
You’d think that arrest, jail, the threat of death, and a previous amputation might deter a man from naked wrangling an alligator, but you’d be wrong: Adrian Apgar, the infamous naked gator wrangler, was arrested Monday and charged with failing…

Read It and Weep. Literally.

Posted on May 22, 2008
EEeeeeeeeooooooooooowwwwwww! A man left in excruciating pain after a vasectomy operation has won the right to claim up to £1 million compensation for medical negligence. Daniel Stalker, 51, said he complained three times that the anesthetic had not taken effect…

Narcissistic Much?

Posted on May 22, 2008
Apparently, earlier this week, Senator Hillary Clinton — who most people have had enough sense to ignore over the last couple of weeks — decided to say something that simply can’t be ignored — she compared seating the Florida and…

How Great Would This Look on Black Velvet?

Posted on May 22, 2008
The open-shirt, glistening chest of Obama is a nice touch, but the unicorn? Now, that’s just going too far….

The Daily Memo - 5/23/08

Posted on May 22, 2008
The Ninth Circuit may not want to ask, but you should tell them how fabulous you are anyway. (Law.com) Ah, the statute of limitations for filing a lawsuit…. (LawInfo) Seems fiar to me — he’s a regular Honorable King David….

Dammit, there is a delete button for a reason!

Posted on May 22, 2008
Just a day or two after I reported about one dumbass who left child porn on a stolen computer, this comes up in my inbox. Adam Ward, 33, had just went through a divorce, and now fell behind on payments…

A dead man can't complain

Posted on May 22, 2008
It’s hard to say that anyone is more influential on a person than their parents, but I had a professor and friend in undergrad who comes mighty damn close. I think she’s the single smartest person I’ve ever met. Not…

Sumertime, and the living's easy...

Posted on May 22, 2008
God bless summer associates! I’m writing this at about 12:30 in the morning, when I should be sleeping so I can get up all early tomorrow morning (today morning, as you likely read this, and continue working on a brief,…

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