Miscellaneous

Riddle Me This, Huckster?

Posted on July 23, 2008
Why is this news? George Bush is a dumbass, no doubt. But, for once, he's candid and truthful about Wall Street and the problems with the economy, uses a decent analogy that he actually understands, and for some reason,...

Holy Insane, Batman. Mel Gibson's Dad is a Nutter

Posted on July 23, 2008
... and like all nutters, he's supporting Ron Paul for president of the United States. Hey, Hutton: Welcome to July. He dropped out, jackhole. He's not a candidate. Go sell your crazy somewhere else, like the bottom of an...

The Daily Memo - 7/23/08

Posted on July 23, 2008
Reporting from the "law-firm-client smackdown" news front.... (WSJ Law Blog) Come on Congress -- credit cards make college kids' lives better. (The Huffington Post) The California courts continue to hate on employees. (Law.com) With the state of shit today, maybe...

Well at least you know he doesn't have a hidden weapon. Unless ...

Posted on July 23, 2008
What do cops expect to happen when they pull a car over for a routine traffic stop at eight in the morning? If they're in Buffalo, apparently they should expect the driver to hop out of the car, strip down...

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What? I'm-a just-a method actor? ...Vaffanculo!

Posted on July 23, 2008
Viva Italia! A real-life mobster in Italy has been arrested after he was spotted playing a Godfather-style killer in a Mafia movie. Film fan Giovani Venosa was cast in a key part for the movie, Gomorra. But inmates in a...

Oh ironic prick, thy name is this guy

Posted on July 23, 2008
Troy King is the AG of Alabama and, apparently, has been a vocal gay-basher for years, including an attempt to flat-out ban homosexuality. So it should come as a surprise to nobody that King "was apparently found by his wife...

Prove a Point Somewhere Else, Assholes

Posted on July 22, 2008
Hey! Guess what! People are morans! When you go to the zoo, you expect to see monkeys, ducks in a pond. You don't usually expect to see visitors with handguns. But you would have, had you visited Zoo Boise Saturday...

Guess Whose Fault those $4 a Gallon Gas Prices Is?

Posted on July 22, 2008
If you guessed Barack Obama, you win a lollipop. Indeed, according to John McCain's new campaign ad, apparently Barack Obama is singularly responsible for the current state of gas prices. Because that's just how powerful a one-term Senator from...

Stupidity Prevails in Florida. Again.

Posted on July 22, 2008
A man walks into a bank. Says he has a .45 caliber pistol. Hands a note to the teller requesting cash. The teller hands it over. The man flees. A little later, he repeats the process in another bank. Shortly...

The Daily Memo - 7/22/08

Posted on July 22, 2008
For some reason, I plum forgot to do a Daily Memo yesterday, so I've got links a-plenty for you today.... Fuck dude -- I want my firm to rent a monkey for a summer associate event! (Above the Law) Things...

No doubt, Mr. Young Customer. No doubt.

Posted on July 22, 2008
Louis Posner, a NYC tax lawyer, has been tossed into the clink. Turns out that "Big Lou" was the proprietor of Big Daddy Lou's Hot Lap Dance Club, a 7,000 square-foot loft in Hell's Kitchen where folks could watch sex...

What? Youse didn't know there's a punch-surcharge for trips to the airport?

Posted on July 22, 2008
This is fucking priceless. Ron Blount is a Philly cab driver, and a "longtime drivers' advocate." He's currently waiting for a court hearing, scheduled for next month, to face charges of false imprisonment and simple assault. There was also an...

Might as well jump!

Posted on July 22, 2008
So apparently the Canadian cops (not the mounties though, damn it, just the provincial police) pulled over this car for erratic driving. And son of a bitch if it wasn't David Lee Roth behind the wheel. But he wasn't drunk,...

Naked man hijacks the QuizLaw Mailbag

Posted on July 22, 2008
Catching up with some old e-mails in the QL mailbag, I found two story links from reader Elizabeth S. that are certainly worthy of some QuizLaw attention. First, there's the brilliant Connecticut criminal who tried to break into an unmarked...

It's OK, Little Girl. We're All Terrified of the President

Posted on July 21, 2008
There's no better way to start the week, really, than watching George Bush make a little girl cry. Run. Ruuuuuuun, little girl....

You Say Obama, I Say Osama!

Posted on July 21, 2008
Ladies and Gentlemen: The website of State Senator Kevin Bryant from the great state of South Carolina! (H/T Wonkette)...

Like Bush on Rice

Posted on July 21, 2008
I don't know what Pravda is, but I assume it's Russia's equivalent of The National Enquirer. In any event, I love their spunk! They don't just make up small, halfway believable lies, they scorch the earth with bullshit. The scuttlebutt...

Right-Wing F*ck Nut Enthusiastic about McCain

Posted on July 21, 2008
James Dobson, evangelical freakshow, leader of Focus on the Family and the man who cites Anne Heche as proof that you can rid yourself of homosexuality, has gone apeshit for McCain! "I never thought I would hear myself saying this,"...

Stunningly amoral lawyer

Posted on July 21, 2008
With a hattip to Alan Childress over at the Legal Profession Blog comes this tale of a lawyer who interested in both sides of an appeal. Which is, you know, kinda wrong: Civil defendant-client loses suit due to default judgment...

If I were defending this witness, I'd kiss him!

Posted on July 21, 2008
This deposition transcript comes from a forum posting, so take it with a huge grain of salt, but it's pretty damn amusing: Attorney: Remember we still have a trial. There will be some more of it come up then, but...

The kid makes sense to me...

Posted on July 21, 2008
(From yesterday's FoxTrot strip, published over at GoComics.)...

Why Do Bad Songs Always Stick In Your Brain Like Cancer

Posted on July 18, 2008
Oh, gawd. It's awful. Awful. And the guitar solo? I felt my bowels loosen. Turn it off. Turn it off, man But it sure has a catchy social message: "Our Constitution, nation, God under attack. That's why we can't...

British Man Arrested for Being Baaaaaaaad

Posted on July 18, 2008
It's one thing to make sweet, sweet love to a farm animal, but when you have to resort to sheep rape, I think a line has been crossed: A man arrested in relation to violent sex attacks on sheep must...

I Dig San Francisco's Sense of Humor

Posted on July 18, 2008
The best jokes are the ridiculously elaborate ones that come at taxpayer's expense: A San Francisco measure seeking to commemorate President Bush's years in office by slapping his name on a city sewage plant has qualified for the November ballot....

The Daily Memo - 7/18/08

Posted on July 18, 2008
It's time to start sharing bar exam horror stories to scare all the kiddies getting ready to take their two (or in Cali, three) day trip to hell. (Above the Law) Four Minnesota men have been indicted for threatening a...

Some headlines speak for themselves

Posted on July 18, 2008
First, there's this headline about a court in Pulaski, Virginia, which really says all that needs to be said about the situation: Courthouse with dead opossum almost free of fleas And then there's the headline about a 19-year-old in Saratoga...

How do you grade such a competition?

Posted on July 18, 2008
Nine British women took a trip to Zakynthos, a Greek island. They were hanging out at Laganas beach, which has apparently become a wild party area. Up for a good time, these gals were willing to take some money to...

It's like Grand Theft Auto but for real...

Posted on July 18, 2008
So the Detroit police pulled over this unidentified dude for a basic traffic violation. He gave the cops a false name and didn't have a license but, somehow, they figured out who he actually was. Then they found out that...

Name that Crime!

Posted on July 17, 2008
Over on the gossip blog I co-write, I run a regular feature -- currently sweeping the nation -- called, Name that Ass, in which I present a picture of a celebrity's buttocks and ask our readers to identity the celebrity....

Thursday in C*nt Punditry!

Posted on July 17, 2008
Today's brand new edition of C*nt Punditry comes from one of our own comments, which came in response to a post featuring a video of Fred Phelps, Westboro Baptist Fuck, discussing George Carlin's descent into hell, and our quip that...

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