So David Dayen wrote this article right after the Giffords shooting, taking the WaPo out to the woodshed and administering some tough love for being such complete fuckwits. You see, WaPo decided that since there’s a law on the books in good ol’ AZ saying crazy folk can be committed, all those people who didn’t …
Category Archive: law
Dec 13 2010
Handy Reference Guide to Biblical Rape Laws
For those who like to take their religion literally, here’s an easy-to-use reference guide: Lessee… had we been following those guidelines, I do believe I would’ve been married. Believe me when I say that given the choice between that and stoning, I would have been handing out rocks. This is one of the reasons I …
Nov 18 2010
Why I Won’t Own a Kindle
No matter what my stepmother says about how awesome it is, a Kindle will not darken my door until certain issues are resolved. Namely (h/t): Having learned all this, I went along and had a closer look at the current Kindle License Agreement. There is some simply petrifying stuff on there. For starters, you don’t …
Nov 17 2010
Further Evidence Britain Needs to Reform It’s Fucked-Up Libel Laws
Read. Weep (with laughter and outrage). Then sign the petition, unless you already have, in which case: go, you! Tell your friends to get their arses on it. What a fucking world.
Nov 11 2010
England’s Libel Law is Liable to Bite Yer Arse
So do what Simon Singh says and sign the petition to reform it: This week is the first anniversary of the report Free Speech is Not for Sale, which highlighted the oppressive nature of English libel law. In short, the law is extremely hostile to writers, while being unreasonably friendly towards powerful corporations and individuals …
Aug 29 2010
ATTN UK CHIROPRACTORS: UR REMEDEZ R BOGUS! HA HA HA HA HA!!!
Excuse the shouting there, but it’s so nice to know that we here in the States can call a spade a spade without considering how much our bank account converts to in pounds sterling (although I guess it’s Euros now, innit?): American authors, journalists, and bloggers can breathe a sigh of relief: with broad bipartisan …
Jul 18 2009
Viva la Differance
Compare and contrast time, my darlings. Back when Bush was a burden, we had to watch supposed lawyers fuck the law up the back passage without lubricant, and his supposed lawyers are still trying to do so today: David Shuster and Harper’s Scott Horton break down John Yoo’s poorly written op-ed at the Wall Street …
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