Twitter Updates
- My week on twitter: 19 retweets received, 9 new followers, 13 mentions. Via: 20ft.net/p 13 minutes ago
- RT @CNBC: Boy Scouts to admit openly gay youths as members. STORY: cnb.cx/10qZV6r 56 minutes ago
- This. RT @dmataconis: Hey if you want to hate gay people, that's your right. I have the right to judge you based upon that. 1 hour ago
- @RobBreakenridge @kshaidle I"ll make sure to include some SCTV in vol. 2. 4 hours ago
- Book Review - Without Honour: The True Story of the Shafia Family and the Kingston Canal Murders by Rob Tripp wp.me/p1hcFw-3AN 5 hours ago
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Remember Richard Jewell
In the wake of yesterday’s terrorist atrocity* in Boston, some words of caution from Popehat: A terrorist detonated a bomb at Atlanta’s Olympic Park, during the 1996 Olympic games. That terrorist was Eric Robert Rudolph, who pled guilty to the … Continue reading
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Tagged boston, boston marathon, eric rudolph, richard jewell
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The most accurate film title in history
A low-budget British movie called A Landscape of Lies was actually made as part of a tax scam: The criminals claimed they were making a £20m gangster film called A Landscape Of Lies so they could claim £1million in tax credits … Continue reading
The rise of “gray divorce”
Sociologist Susan L. Brown, in the L.A. Times, examines the reasons for the increasing number of older Americans (and Canadians, if my practice is representative) choosing to end their marriages: Until recently, it would have been fair to say that older … Continue reading
Life Without Google Reader
With my usual impeccable timing, I wrote an article for the CBA small firm, solo and general practice newsletter encouraging lawyers to start using Google Reader – just before Google announced it was canceling the service. Fortunately, there are several … Continue reading
“Putting photos of me rolling in money on Facebook when I haven’t paid child support is the best idea I ever had!”
…said one “father,” anyway: Facebook helped the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s office charge a wayward father for failing to pay child support. Christopher Robinson, 23, is facing three felony counts of failure to support his 3-year-old child, according to a complaint filed with … Continue reading
The St. John’s drug scene
CBC’s David Cochrane on the darker side to oil-fueled prosperity in my hometown: St. John’s is the hottest cocaine market in Atlantic Canada. At least that’s what the drug dealers whom the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary arrests tell the police officers. … Continue reading
Posted in Criminal Law, Drugs, Newfoundland and Labrador, Uncategorized
Tagged cbc, criminal law, David Cochrane, drug trade, Newfoundland, rnc, st. John's
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Doug Christie’s selective free-speech activism
Christie, a B.C. lawyer known as “Counsel for the damned” because of his advocacy on behalf of neo-Nazis and white supremacists, passed away from liver cancer last week at age 66. I strongly believe that even people whose views I … Continue reading
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Tagged criminal law, douglas christie, freedom of expression, lynne stewart
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“Budweiser sued for watering down beer”
How could anyone tell? Beer lovers across the U.S. have accused Anheuser-Busch of watering down its Budweiser, Michelob and other brands, in class-action suits seeking millions in damages. The suits, filed in Pennsylvania, California and other states, claim consumers have … Continue reading
Hollywood courtrooms: the supercut
Isn’t that the grandmother from Family Matters at 0:30?
Did the Pope resign to avoid an arrest warrant? (Probably not.)
Ever since the shock resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, my Facebook news feed has been inundated with dubiously sourced reports like this, arguing that he is stepping down because of an imminent warrant for his arrest. There are indeed serious … Continue reading
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Tagged kevin annett, pope benedict XVI
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