Federal Court Upholds Bloggers’ Rights
Eugene Volokh cites a ruling yesterday by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Obsidian Finance Group v. Cox: The protections of the First Amendment do not turn on whether the defendant was a trained journalist, formally affiliated with traditional news entities, engaged in conflict-of-interest disclosure, went beyond just assembling others’ writings, […]
In The Mailbox, 01.17.14
— compiled by Wombat-socho Up late working on the book, which is now in the hands of Little Miss Attila for proofing. OVER THE TRANSOM Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: Tim Donnelly Likes Guns And Has A Smokin’ Wife Dead Republican Party: Views You Can Use Michelle Malkin: John Kerry, Jihad Coddler Twitchy: “Fist Bump!” Dana Loesch […]
Macho @EdShow Gets Called Out on Twitter by @AnnCoulter: ‘Lying Pussy’
MSNBC’s Ed Schultz: “Republicans, they’re afraid of me. They don’t want to talk to me.” So, how’s that working out for you, Ed? Invite me on your show, you lying pussy. RT @Matthops82 "Republicans are afraid of me. They don't want to talk to me." – @edshow — Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) January 15, 2014 […]
Egalitarianism Triumphant
“In the hands of a skillful indoctrinator, the average student not only thinks what the indoctrinator wants him to think . . . but is altogether positive that he has arrived at his position by independent intellectual exertion. This man is outraged by the suggestion that he is the flesh-and-blood tribute to the success of […]
‘Idiocy Is Not a Zero-Sum Game’
Alabama crazy-blogger Roger Shuler. The title quote is Popehat blogger Ken White’s assessment of the Roger Shuler case as quoted in the New York Times: For over six years, Roger Shuler has hounded figures of the state legal and political establishment on his blog, Legal Schnauzer, a hothouse of furious but often fuzzily sourced allegations […]
‘Mister, You Are a Two-Bit Hoodlum’
Over the holidays, Bob Belvedere posted a series of videos of America’s Greatest Cop, Joe Friday. This one’s good: What made Joe Friday angry was the disrespect inherent in the behavior of criminals. Here’s another one who gets a few words: And, finally, Joe Friday and his partner Bill Gannon have a few […]
In The Mailbox, 01.09.14
— compiled by Wombat-socho Not sure whether I’m actually sick or just dealing poorly with the cold. OVER THE TRANSOM Proof Positive: President Obama Finally Takes Responsibility For The Abysmal State Of The American Economy First Street Journal: Ecopocrisy – Do As I Say, Not As I Do! Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: Obama Donor’s Nonprofit Gets […]
Portrait of a Stalker Troll: @Repsac3, Also Known as Walter James Casper III
Professor Donald Douglas has spent years fighting one particularly obsessed troll, Walter James Casper III, who might actually out-rank Bill Schmalfeldt in the Stalker Hall of Shame, because Casper has been cyberstalking Douglas for more than five years. Among the significant characteristics of cyberstalkers is the disproportionality of their obsessions. Professor Douglas is not an academic […]
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