Miscellaneous

Fun with Dichotomy

Posted on July 07, 2008
There's just something beautifully ironic about this video, featuring a couple of George W. Bush hecklers, both of whom are taken away by the Secret Service. I don't disagree with the decision to remove them from the event, but...

Man Dies in Freak Accident, And the Weather is Seasonable

Posted on July 07, 2008
Back when I was a major in journalism in college (I know, I know -- it's not nearly as romantic as astrophysics, but then again, journo majors got a lot more tail), one of the first lessons we were taught...

How Is This Even Possible?

Posted on July 07, 2008
A man in the UK, trying to relieve pain from gum disease, drank so much that he actually died. Indeed, he drank 10 litres on the day he died, following two days of the same liquid intake. But here's the...

The Daily Memo - 7/7/08

Posted on July 07, 2008
I wonder if Joe Lieberman sharpens his knives before sticking them in Barack's back. (The Stonecipher Report) McCain: "I never said I'm not an economic expert. No sirree. I said I wasn't an ebonics expert. That stuff, I just don't...

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Taking it to the streets

Posted on July 07, 2008
Barack Obama has posted a public statement of his position on the FISA legislation. As you know, this is the legislation dealing with all the warantless wiretapping shenanigans, and Obama has gotten some flack for supporting the recent compromise over...

Well it was all good for two whole days, so that's something

Posted on July 07, 2008
On July 1, we had a new law go into effect here in California requiring all drivers to use hands-free headsets for their cellphones while driving. I think it's a relatively stupid law because: (i) it doesn't prohibit texting or...

I hereby define "Seth" to mean "the greatest thing since slice bread"

Posted on July 07, 2008
Man, the Eight Circuit really fucking blew it on this one. Last week, Slate published an interesting article on the Eighth Circuit's ruling in Planned Parenthood v. Rounds, a decision which will allow South Dakota's 2005 abortion law to finally...

Scientific theories, intelligent design and story time

Posted on July 07, 2008
At the end of this post, I am going to share one of the coolest moments in my life as well as the unquestionably dorkiest moment in my life. Both of which I was reminded of when, over the weekend,...

It's good to read the Old Texts every once in a while...

Posted on July 04, 2008
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which...

England can suck my old man balls.

Posted on July 04, 2008
With apologies to our foreign readers, who don't give a shit about the Fourth of July.... Holy shit! If this doesn't make you love America, you're just a red-blooded commie what has no business enjoying today's holiday. A raging hard-on...

Bork, bork, meep-meep...

Posted on July 03, 2008
You know how I know this is going to be the best 4th ever? Because with this as the lead-in, how can it not be? Happy 4th y'all!...

If I knew you could get credit for this, school would've been so much more fun

Posted on July 03, 2008
Over in the UK, a British student was taking something called the GCSE English exam, when he was faced with this question: "Describe the room you're sitting in." The student's eloquent response? "Fuck off." A senior examiner was grading the...

The Daily Memo - 7/3/08

Posted on July 03, 2008
The DOJ is digging its nose into the Google/Yahoo deal to make sure there's nothing sketchy going on there. (Washington Post) Whoops -- seems that the Supremes made a teensy factual error in their "no death penalty for kiddy rape"...

Were they normal silk jammies, or underoos? Inquiring minds want to know, damn it!

Posted on July 03, 2008
Bobby Gardocki made the curious decision to chase Michael Estrada down the streets of New York, while wearing pajamas. Estrada didn't take too kindly to this, calling out "stop this crazy guy -- he's trying to kill me." The police...

The Discriminatingest Place on Earth

Posted on July 03, 2008
Sukhbir Channa has sued Disney World (that's the Florida one -- I dunno about you, but I always get World and Place fucking confused) for discrimination. Channa is a Sikh and, as such, has long hair (and, presumably, a big...

Rule number one, never run out of Colt 45. Rule number two, never forget rule number one.

Posted on July 03, 2008
I've been known to frequently speak ill of my hometown of Philadelphia. But one thing I truly love about the place is the Mural Arts Program, which is responsible for thousands of internal and external murals all over the city....

Emtpy Threats

Posted on July 02, 2008
I'll always love The Usual Suspects, but whatever with that. See you later Stephen -- have a good time wherever you're going (the highlight of the clip comes at the tail end, and I know he's kinda-sorta-mostly joking and poking...

I believe that, on the open market, it's five cats for one dog

Posted on July 02, 2008
In Greenacres, Florida (where else?), Linda Urioste has been arrested because of her dog. Sorta. Back in May, her black labrador went up and missing. The dog, Scooby, was found by animal control and eventually adopted by Jutta Hollar and...

The Daily Memo - 7/2/08

Posted on July 02, 2008
Chief Justice Johnny cited Bob Dylan? That's awesome. (Even if he kinda botched the quote.) (Above the Law) With a hat tip to reader three elle, I gotta agree -- it is great living in a state that continually tries...

The exorcisms at night, can be a rough fright ... deep in the heart of Texas!

Posted on July 02, 2008
The Texas Supreme Court has basically ruled that it's ok for a church to beat the shit out of a girl in the name of exorcism: In a 6-3 decision, the justices found that a lower court erred when it...

Thank god they're so fucking stupid...

Posted on July 02, 2008
How many times do we hear about stupid kiddy porn lovers who get busted because they leave their sick, illegal crap on their computers when they take them in to get worked on? Yeah, well 57-year-old Peter Macdonald is now...

'Scuse me -- you got change for thirty grand?

Posted on July 02, 2008
Poor Rodney Dennis. As if it wasn't bad enough that the dude was a city employee stuck with the crappy job of emptying parking meters, the city he happened to work in was Newark, New Jersey. I mean, have you...

Girls don't make passes...

Posted on July 01, 2008
In an incident that could easily be on the next episode of "Reno 911!," an actual Reno, Nevada prostitute hops into a car looking to make a quick deal, completely ignoring the fact that it is a cop car. True,...

Vampires drink blood to stay alive, but what do pedophiles drink?

Posted on July 01, 2008
In at least one instance. Well. Uhm ... kiddie piss. Fifty-six-year-old Alan D. Patton, an admitted child molester, has been arrested for trying to collect piss from a men's restroom because he apparently want to drink little boy piss. And...

Shitting Myself ... Adventures Before the Ninth Circuit

Posted on July 01, 2008
With the Supremes' latest term at a close, it should come as little surprise that, yet again, the Ninth Circuit was reversed like a mother fucker. The Supremes absolutely loathe the crazy and wacky decisions that come out of the...

The Daily Memo - 7/1/08

Posted on July 01, 2008
Blawg Review #166 is coming at us from the other side of the pond courtesy of QuizLaw's favorite British vulgarian legal blogger. (GeekLawyer) The Scalia says it's Gore's fault the Supremes had to pick the President in 2000. And, well,...

How to Get Your Parole Revoked, 201

Posted on July 01, 2008
Hello class. For those of you who don't know what you've signed up for, this course is pretty straightforward. We're going to talk about what to do when you're released from prison and just want to get back. Last semester,...

How to Get Out of a Speeding Ticket, 201

Posted on July 01, 2008
Hello class. Last semester, you learned about some of the basic ways to get out of a speeding ticket. Be polite and truthful, maybe have a pretty lady sitting in the passenger seat who can bat her eyelashes at the...

OK, maybe Florida isn't entirely worthless

Posted on July 01, 2008
...After all, this "Brothel Bus" sounds pretty solid. For $40, folks could ride a sleek bus down Collins Ave, complete with open bar, lap dances, a curtained-off VIP section and a bit of sucky-sucky or fucky-fucky (everything but the open...

The Daily Memo - 6/30/08

Posted on June 30, 2008
Hat tip to WIMB's Stacey for this rather NSFW link. (Boobs4Barack) Free-floating Mylar balloons may soon be illegal in California. (Curbed LA) U.S. News is considering some tweaks to its methodology for ranking law schools. Can it stop penalizing BU....

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