A Fish Is a Tangible Object, You Say? The Majority Didn’t Describe It That Way
Justice Kagan cited Dr. Seuss, which gave me an idea.
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Twitter Takedown of Scottish Scam [Updated]
Scottish lawyer Malcolm Combe recently posted this tale about a promoted tweet gone wrong. He and several other lawyers went after a company called Highland Titles, which was making this offer: For just 30 quid, it would appear, you can…
Caption Contest Results
Lots of great suggestions for the caption contest, but I'm going to go with this one: "The Department is extremely grateful to this Bozo forcoming forward and identifying the 29 other people in hisvehicle at the time of the drive-by."…
Followup to the Camera-Comment Controversy
The legislator, who has a law degree, should have been better at cross-examination.
Male Legislator Asks If Swallowed Camera Could Be Used for Gynecology
This has stunned me into a near-silence so I'm going to rely mostly on the Associated Press (thanks, Adam): BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho lawmaker received a brief lesson on female anatomy after asking if a woman can swallow a…
FYI, the Secretary of the Treasury is Not “Moe Money”
You might not be able to name the Secretary of the Treasury, but you probably know it isn't "Moe Money." Nor does the United States have a cabinet-level officer, or one at any level, actually, whose title is "Proprietor of…
Assorted Stupidity #72
"He left a very disturbing message with one of my staff people," said California state rep. Lorena Gonzalez. The caller: actor Rob Schneider, who said he would spend money to defeat Gonzalez because she supports a bill to eliminate the…
Caption Contest! [Update]
Haven't done this before, but let's give it a try: best reader-submitted caption for this recent news photo gets a free book. Oh, the free book will be a copy of The Emergency Sasquatch Ordinance, in case that affects (in…
Utah Court Says Woman Can Sue Herself
You might not consider Utah the most progressive state, but it has become the first to grant its citizens a controversial right that many have long been denied, proving that the law does evolve. Utah has now become the first…
Two More Drunk-Driving Excuses to Cross Off the List [Updated]
Actually, you really shouldn't have a list like this in the first place, but if you do, these should not be on it. The first one comes to us from New Jersey (thanks, Grant & Gerald), where two guys tried…