Assorted Stupidity #115
In this edition: a Canadian snow-globe fight; mystery pooper identified in New Jersey; Dallas loses its 82nd case in a row against the same litigant; and the Uttarakhand High Court holds that loudspeakers can’t be loud.
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Assorted Stupidity #70
Several of these items deserve special treatment, but I am way behind and still have to finish my Christmas shopping. Please accept this list therefore as my Christmas gift to you. An IRS spokesperson stated that yes, the criminal charges against…
Assorted Stupidity #60
Faced with drug-possession charges, said the prosecutor in this case, the defendant claimed that police had planted the drugs in his car. Well, that's certainly possible. He continued, "Of the drugs stuck to his testicles, [defendant] denied any knowledge." Well, that certainly isn't….
Guy Who Sued Country for Bad Weather Declared a “Quarrelsome Litigant”
To be fair, it wasn't just that he sued the Dominican Republic because it rained during his vacation. As Justice Diane Quenneville found in her decision, Bruno Leduc met all the requirements for being declared a "quarrelsome litigant," including the…
Lowering the Bar in Chicago
I'll be in Chicago during the week of April 22 to speak at a law firm's annual gathering there. (The guy who usually performs for them had an "accident.") This will be a Lowering the Bar presentation, and if you…
Pencils Down! Bar License Denied for Writing After Time Was Called
Those of you taking the February bar exam this week (including those suffering through it in Missouri after two feet of snow and a power outage) might want to take note. As is usually the case, the coverup was considered…
PRESIDENT OBAMA ARRESTED IN CONNECTICUT
Sorry, did I say “Connecticut”? I meant, “in the baseless dreams of delusional lawyer/dentist Orly Taitz, queen of the ‘birthers.’” I should have been more careful. According to Orly, whose legal skills some have called into question (see, e.g., “‘A Rhesus…
Officially Fun
The ABA Journal has announced the results of the reader vote in the "Blawg 100," and I'm happy to announce that Lowering the Bar won in the "Fun" category for the second year in a row. Is this a fully democratic and…
UPDATE: Birthers’ Record Is Worse Than I Thought
Last week I mentioned that the lawsuit (if you can call it that) filed against me, the President of the United States, and a number of other dignitaries by birther/dentist/lawyer Dr. Orly Taitz had been dismissed. I also mentioned having seen…
Nutballs on the California Ballot (or, the Furtwängler Principle)
Today's primary election day in California, and the ballot includes the usual selection of lunatics sprinkled in among the vast throng of candidates who should probably all be rejected for more traditional reasons. You may have heard of some of…