I hate to hear these stories, which unfortunately are too common during these difficult economic times. A 26 year old recent law school graduate is interviewed on CNN about her inability to find a lawyer job despite graduating in the top half of her class, passing the Georgia bar on her first [...]
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A man pushing his two kids in a stroller was charged by police for “child endangering and intoxication.” A court found the man guilty as charged. My fear is that this case will unleash a new wave of OSWI lawyers and OSWI ads on TV and the sides of buses.
Video of Canadian CF-18 pilot Brian Bews ejecting from his airplane moments before it strikes the ground and explodes into an orange and black fireball. He was making a low speed pass when he stalled the airplane, i.e., it stopped flying because it lacked minimum flying speed, and flipped over and dropped [...] Another reason why we need more government regulation and the media to scare educate us about dangers that can kill and injure. Until I watched this video, I want ignorant of the dangers imposed by falling tanker trucks that contain gasoline. Truck Accident That Killed Rafters in Canyon Sparks [...] We normally don’t get involved in political things like the Elena Kagan confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, but I watched and listened to a YouTube video of testimony given by Army Captain Pete Hegseth in the Elena Kagan confirmation hearing in the U.S. Senate that convinced me that the Senate should [...] I love Jay Leno’s “Jaywalking” where he goes on the street and asks people simple questions about the United States. It’s funny, but very sad. Americans can tell you who won American Idol, but don’t have a clue about the history of our great country. This video is about the 4th of [...] Arizona Governor Jan Brewer met with President Obama in the White House and asked the President to enforce federal immigration law and secure the Arizona border. President Obama has taken steps to answer her plea, but Governor Brewer is not happy. She rips Obama for his response and failing to do his [...] New York Times: “One day next month every student at Loyola Law School Los Angeles will awake to a higher grade point average. But it’s not because they are all working harder. The school is retroactively inflating its grades, tacking on 0.333 to every grade recorded in the last few years. The [...] From the refusal to enforce the laws of the United States and the disregard for the oath of Presidential office department: Arizona Senator Jon Kyl met with President Obama who told him that he would not enforce the border until after the Democrats pass amnesty for illegal immigrants. Obama’s acknowledgment that he [...] Memorial Day originated in the nineteenth century as a day to remember the soldiers who gave their lives in the American Civil War by decorating their graves with flowers. It is the day Americans remember its military personnel who died while serving our country. It is a day when people decorate the [...] 1. Los Angeles Times: “New poll: Now, even Democrats oppose repealing Arizona’s illegal immigrant law” 2. Fox News: “Fox News Poll: Arizona Was Right to Take Action on Immigration” 3. Arizona Republic: “Arizona governor hits back against Obama border remark on YouTube”
4. Arizona Republic: “Curse the Suns for becoming political” [...] If you are driving a lawnmower while intoxicated, this video confirms that it is best to follow the cop’s instructions and not try to to make a low speed getaway on the mower. EMBED-Hillybilly On Riding Mower Tasered – Watch more free [...] Above the Law’s seven finalists in its law revue video of the year contest. Consumers International produced a video called “When Copyright Goes Bad,” which discusses current issues arising from technology that allows for easy copying of copyrighted works and copyright laws.
Cato Institute reports on a Maryland man who has been charged with a felony for video taping an incident where a Maryland cop gave him a ticket for speeding. // I doubt that David Kopel, the author of “Pretending that No Law Professors Question Obamacare” had Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard in mind when he wrote the blog post, but when I read the post, I immediately thought of Terry Goddard. In refusing to do his job as the lawyer for the [...] More proof that we are doomed – Democrat congressman Hank Johnson in a Congressional hearing asked a Navy admiral if sending 8,000 Marines and their families to the island of Guam would cause the island to tip over and capsize. The astounding question is captured on a video that will probably go [...] Watch out Tampa, Florida, the stripper mobile is coming back. A strip club called Déjà Vu got some heat a while back when it unleashed a mobile strip show on wheels. After working with authorities, the club thinks it has made adjustments that will allow the club to hit the road again [...] IR-2010-32, March 16, 2010 The Internal Revenue Service today issued its 2010 “dirty dozen” list of tax scams, including schemes involving return preparer fraud, hiding income offshore and phishing. “Taxpayers should be wary of anyone peddling scams that seem too good to be true,” IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman said. “The IRS fights [...] Are law professors over-paid and under-worked? The National Jurist published an article called “Law school faculties 40% larger than 10 years ago,” which summarizes the results of a study that found the following astounding facts: “the typical teaching load has dropped from five courses a few generations ago to three courses today” “Professors are [...] Can you say bad publicity is better than no publicity? Former actress and paparazzi favorite party-girl Lindsay Lohan filed a lawsuit that should be a lot of fun to follow. She sued E-Trade over a commercial in which a baby had the audacity to say “Lindsay” without LiLo’s written permission. Everybody knows [...] Tomorrow the citizens of Switzerland will vote on whether to give all Swiss animals increased legal rights, including the right to be represented by an attorney. I’m not kidding! Switzerland currently gives its animals more protections that perhaps any other country in the world. If the referendum passes, all of Switzerland’s cantons [...] Hyundai’s thirty second Super Bowl commercial could cost the company a lot more than the cost of production and TV air time. Watch the video and see if you recognize the trademark allegedly being infringed. Click here to see the name of the plaintiff that sued Hyundai for trademark infringement. See the actual complaint. [...] The Los Angeles police have apparently eliminated crime in their jurisdiction because they now devote a lot of man/woman police hours to busting mobile food vendors who sell from vehicles. I can’t wait until NBC makes a one hour TV series about the LAPD food police called FIU, short for Food Investigation Unit. I’d [...] In 2004, director Oliver Hirschebiegl made a movie in German called “Downfall.” A lengthy scene from this movie has been used over and over again by people who make subtitles that tell a story quite different than the actual words spoken in German by the actors. Mr. Hirschbiegel loves that people are [...] An onerous federal law called the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) prevents the sale of products to children unless the products and their component parts each pass an expensive test for lead that proves the products and their components lead content is below the stringent federal lead standard. Many companies that [...] Here’s another one of the video parodies where Adolf Hitler rants about something. This time it’s global warming climate change.
In this Saturday Night Live skit Ashton Kutcher is the pool boy who cared for the 110 year old deceased millionairess in hopes of inheriting big bucks. When her lawyer reads the will to the assembled family and pool boy (this never happens in real life, but TV and movies love the [...] Wall St. Journal: “Well this should be interesting to watch. Two restaurants that unapologetically do harm to their patrons are now trying to do harm to each other. The owner of an Arizona restaurant called Heart Attack Grill, an eatery that dishes up artery-clogging burger-and-fries, including the so-called Quadruple Bypass Burger . [...] I thought most of the 2010 Super Bowl commercials were very blah and forgettable. Here are my favorite commercials in no particular order. [...] |
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