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The Daily Memo - 8/21/08

Posted on August 21, 2008
Nudists to San Onofre State Beach: "For the next few months, at least, I'm just hanging in the wind!" (LAist) Hipster douchebags to Apple: "We wantz 3G iPonez work better." (Gizmodo) Readers to Seth: "Seriously, you're going to do this...

Some jokes write themselves

Posted on August 21, 2008
Seriously, I'm sorry. So fucking sorry. But I can't help myself. You know how Obama's been getting some shit for his comments that proper tire inflation could help with gas consumption? Well the Governor of my fine state gave a...

Medium Regular

Posted on August 21, 2008
Dunkin' Donuts is the best. You folks in Boston know what I'm talking about and, to a lesser extent, so do many of my other East Coast homies. Out here on the Left Coast, y'all don't have a clue what...

What's he supposed to do? Give her a fucking medal?

Posted on August 21, 2008
A lawyer in Maine who runs a nonprofit organization that helps blind folks has been arrested and charged with domestic violence. Seems he got a touch pissed off when her daughter rung up a $5,000 cell phone bill. So he...

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Can We Talk?

Posted on August 20, 2008
So, what happened folks? Six weeks ago, polls showed that Barack Obama had a 9 point lead over John McCain. Now, McCain has a five point lead, according to the latest Zogby Poll. Was it something we said? What's going...

Turn Down that Music!

Posted on August 20, 2008
Those damn kids and their goddamn music! A New Zealand kindergarten disco was broken up by authorities for pumping out "Bob the Builder" music too loud. While the preschoolers were dancing at the One Tree Hill Kindergarten in Auckland, an...

Man Gets Four Months for "Technically" Violating House Arrest

Posted on August 20, 2008
I didn't realize that the rules of house arrest had gotten so strict. Suddenly, if you're under house arrest, you can't get high and go naked joyriding with a prostitute? Bullshit! James Boppre broke all the rules of house arrest...

The Daily Memo - 8/20/08

Posted on August 20, 2008
My favorite governor, PA Governor Ed Rendell, to the Geek Squad: "What is this e-mail contraption you speak so knowingly of?" (Download Squad) Federal Judge to Warner Brothers: "Who's responsible for deciding who watches The Watchemen? I dunno -- let's...

A fate worse than death

Posted on August 20, 2008
Seventy-four-year-old Edward Flaherty is a Scottish man found guilty of culpable homicide after strangling his wife. To be fair, she was asking for it, as the incident allegedly occurred after the wouldn't give him money to go out boozing, and...

Olbermann and McCain, Sitting in a Tree...

Posted on August 20, 2008

No more monkeys jumping on the bed

Posted on August 20, 2008
A 32-year-old Australian man has been ordered by the court to stay 100 meters away from his girlfriend's apartment. But this isn't because he was beating her or harassing her or some such. Nope. It seems that Adam Hinton was...

One Little STD and Your Wife Sues for $25 million?!

Posted on August 19, 2008
Outrageous! A few hookers, and maybe a mistress on the side, and a woman wants to sue her husband for one lousy STD? OK, maybe two STDS. That ain't right. People make mistakes! Hundreds of times. Over the course...

Mining Town Women Don't Want Their Advantage Nullified

Posted on August 19, 2008
A bunch of ladies in an Australian mining town, where men outnumber the women 5-1, took umbrage when the mayor advertised that "beauty disadvantaged" women might do well in the town. Mayor John Molony found himself under attack Monday over...

The Daily Memo - 8/19/08

Posted on August 19, 2008
NYC lawyer to Columbia: "I'm an antifeminist, so I think it's bigotry against men to offer women's studies courses." (WSJ Law Blog) Seth to the that previous NYC lawyer: "You're a fucking retard." (QuizLaw) Lawyer to the cops: "I so...

Who doesn't like a good traffic jam?

Posted on August 19, 2008
Carol Greenberg is awesome. This Michigan woman recently sent a $16 bill to the state Department of Transportation after getting stuck in a traffic jam due to work being done on the highway. She guestimated that the jam cost her...

Dude. Seriously.

Posted on August 19, 2008
White Guy: Dude, your hair is ridiculous. Black Guy: Seriously, man, your hair is ridiculous. WG: Dude. BG: Seriously. WG: Dude! BG: Seriously! WG: ...We both look like asshats. BG: Seriously. (This drama brought to you by The Smoking Gun.)...

The Most Important Injunction Ever Issued, Ever Ever

Posted on August 19, 2008
Last week, an Australian Magistrate Court issued an interim domestic violence order, ordering Tony Goodchild's ex-girlfriend to stay away from him and to not threaten him. The cause for the court granting Mr. Goodchild such relief? Because his ex threatened...

Today in Completely Pointless Laws

Posted on August 18, 2008
Both the Alabama and Nevada legislators have apparently nuked the fridge: In Alabama it is illegal to recommend shades of paint without a license. In Nevada it is illegal to move any large piece of furniture for purposes of design...

Common Sense Takes a Left Turn in Crazyville

Posted on August 18, 2008
Oh, man: This is 17 kinds of bad idea: A Texas school district will let teachers bring guns to class this fall, the district's superintendent said on Friday, in what experts said appeared to be a first in the United...

Damnit! Future Plan #259 Foiled

Posted on August 18, 2008
The good thing about writin' for QuizLaw is all the learnin I get from other folks who get caught for doin' things I was a'plannin' to do myself. Now I know they ain't legal. I gets me a fine legal...

The Daily Memo - 8/18/08

Posted on August 18, 2008
ACLU to Judge: "Uhm, yeah, we don't dig it when judges pray in open court during hearings, ordering those in the courtroom to join hands and pray along with him." (Above the Law) John McCain to everyone: "I will be...

Why so terrorist?

Posted on August 18, 2008
Yes, it was only a matter of time before some type of copycat crime arose in the wake of the summer behemoth that was The Dark Knight. And now some teenagers from Virginia have taken up that mantle. But they...

"Sorry fish, there ain't gonna be nothing casual about this!"

Posted on August 18, 2008
(This prison rape joke brought to you by The Smoking Gun.)...

In other "shocking" news, the sun rises in the East and sets in the West!

Posted on August 18, 2008
Fred Baron is either dumb as dirt, or a big fat liar. And since he's a lawyer, either one is a completely viable option. Baron paid for John Edwards' mistress to move to California, and he also paid her rent...

Something's gonna trouble the water....

Posted on August 18, 2008
This just takes the cake. From Time.com: To this day, Jerry Kennedy only does laundry when it rains. For the first 54 years of his life, he lived without running water, and rainstorms were the only way he could collect...

Why Don't Republicans Just Use Wang Dang Sweet Poontang?

Posted on August 15, 2008
For what I think what is the third time, at least, in recent memory, another baby boomer musical artist is suing a Republican candidate for unauthorized use of their song in a campaign context. I recall that both John Mellencamp...

Everybody Rap Now (Never Speak of it Department)

Posted on August 15, 2008
A few months ago, for reasons that make absolutely no sense to me, Seth posted what would become this blog's most popular post of all time, a clip featuring a local news team dancing around the studio like a...

Dude's Got a Point -- It's All About Penis Size

Posted on August 15, 2008
You just knew there was something underneath the over-enthusiastic fervor with which John McCain has attacked Barack Obama for suggesting that keeping your tires inflated will help conserve gas. This guy sees between the Rovian lines, and I think he's...

The Daily Memo - 8/15/08

Posted on August 15, 2008
Justice don't come cheap. (Above the Law) And Justice doesn't always come fast, either. (Concurring Opinions) Oofta -- the FAA wants $7 million in fines from American Airlines for drug-testing violations and flying planes despite knowing about safety problems...

Fantastic Analogy....

Posted on August 15, 2008
XKCD is the best comic on the interwebs and yesterday's strip is just one of many fantastic examples:...

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