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Ode to Nic Cage "Nicolas Cage Sues Ex-Manager for $20M"

2009-11-20T12:52:00.000-08:00

He blew his money on castles and cars and now he blames his manager because he can't afford back taxes? Levin's 12-page complaint continues: "As Levin sold off automobiles, Coppola bought new ones. Then, cross-defendant set off on a spending binge of epic proportions, and by July 2008 Coppola owned 15 palatial homes around the word; four yachts (one for the Caribbean, one for the Mediterranean,

Herb Butler has left the room

2008-02-24T10:36:00.000-08:00

My hero, Herb Bulter, has passed. He was on of the nicest, most helping soul on the planet.His son summed his father up best:"He was not an egomaniac," his son said, "but he loved attention. But in my book, he deserved every bit of it. He was quite a man."MARIETTAHerb Butler, 80, fighter for workers' rightsBy HOLLY CRENSHAWThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionPublished on: 02/24/08Herb Butler knew

Yid Vid: She's Got a Crush on Ann Coulter

2007-11-03T13:04:00.000-07:00

Lexis v. Westlaw

2007-11-03T10:32:00.000-07:00

Suzie Orman's Alter Ego

2007-09-03T12:41:00.000-07:00

Credit troubles? No problemo...change your attitude...hilarious....<

Carol Burnett ~ Court Reporter

2007-06-25T14:29:00.000-07:00

Carol Burnett to Harvey Korman, "Where did you learn to practice law, the White House?"

Throw her into an institution

2007-06-23T14:33:00.000-07:00

Just throw her into an institution? This is cooperative parenting? This is in the best interest of the child?"Dear Mom...I had to go to Susan Boyans EEEEEUUUU!!!! She said that you had a sickness. I yelled at her alot and said she was lieng and eager for money. She said I was desparate. So I yelled at her more. Then she said if I did that more I would be put in an institution so I stopped."

Non-cust mom appeals pro se case

2007-06-18T10:37:00.000-07:00

Should state pay for divorce lawyer?Brenda King stood in divorce court, completely unsure about what she was legally allowed to do or say to help show she should have custody of her children. As a high school dropout with a GED but no legal training, she didn't know what evidence was off-limits. She didn't know when to object. She hadn't subpoenaed witnesses, and she had the uncomfortable task of

Darren Mack on CBS 48 Hours

2007-06-16T11:34:00.000-07:00

Caught In The Crossfire: Who Is To Blame For A Wife's Death And A Judge's Shooting?Darren Mack blames his ex-wife and a judge for her own murder because their custody case made him go berserk. He said he was broke. His attorney says he is broke. Yet he inherited millions of dollars from his dad and signed over $10M to his mom shortly before his divorce. After the court ruled that he had to pay up

The anti-guardian ad litem movement picks up steam

2007-05-06T14:52:00.000-07:00

Reevaluating the Evaluators: custody evaluators child custody evaluations Rethinking the Assumptions of Therapeutic Jurisprudence in the Family CourtsAnd it's about time. In so many of the cases I've followed over the past 12 years, judges rely on guardian ad litem (GAL)"eyes and ears of the court" reports in their findings of fact. Big mistake. GALs have a long sordid history of skewering their

Beginning of the end for Diebold's e-votes

2007-05-06T13:08:00.000-07:00

Florida is dumping e-voting machines and replacing them with optical scanners. Yay! This is fabulous news. Think there's any chance of Georgia following suit? Nah. Meet Cathy [Cox] DieboldFlorida to Dump Touch-Screen E-Voting SystemsMarc L. Songini, IDG News Thu May 3, 7:00 PM ET “In a major shift on e-voting that could ripple to other states, the Florida legislature Friday voted to replace

Alec Baldwin's Psychobabble

2007-04-28T10:30:00.000-07:00

Transcribed part of Alec Baldwin's excuses from The View video:"I had never done this before in my life." [emphasis added]From NY NOW:"Recent reports have stated that Alec Baldwin has long been known for his hot temper. Reportedly, he has choked a pedestrian, screamed at a police officer, and thrown temper tantrums on sets which have incited his co-stars to quit their positions. Now added to his

Cobb Dem Herb Butler "Go to hell Zell!"

2007-04-13T13:59:00.000-07:00

Contemptible court sends juvenile public defender to jail

2007-04-13T11:53:00.000-07:00

A split panel, 4-3. on appeal in In re Sherri Jefferson, 2007 Ga. App. LEXIS 391 (Ga. Ct. App. 2007), upheld...From Appellate Law & Practice:GA: 30 days for making a record of trial court’s strange biasAnd Arbitrary & Capricious:GA: beneath contemptAnd Capital Defense Weekly:Contemptible: juvie public defender sentenced to 30 days for defending her client The Court of Appeals of Georgia upheld a

Just Beat Her

2007-03-24T10:59:00.000-07:00

A terrified battered woman with two children files for divorce in Germany and gets beaten up by a judge.FRANKFURT: A German judge has stirred a storm of protest here by citing the Koran in turning down a German Muslim wife's request for a fast-track divorce on the ground that her husband beat her. In a remarkable ruling that underlines the tension between Muslim customs and European laws, the

You Too can become a collaborative law expert!

2007-03-19T10:47:00.000-07:00

Want to be a certified Georgia licensed Cooperative Parenting Coordinator? All it takes is $425 and three days at this nifty seminar with training provided by two so-called CPCs, Susan Boyan and Ann Marie Termini, who have education degrees with a working background in special education, and provide a variety of psychological services, including court testimony, usually only provided by licensed

uDivorce

2007-03-17T14:24:00.000-07:00

Found this link on Human Law under the head of "The new wave of law firms emerges - Would you like some inexpensive help with your divorce?"Looks pretty cool to me...uDivorce offers a wide range of affordable divorce services for those whose marriage or relationship has broken down.

Remembering Molly Ivins 1944-2007

2007-02-01T06:52:00.000-08:00

Somehow I knew this was coming, but I didn't think Molly would go this fast. Oh, how I will miss her...Remembering Molly Ivins By John Nichols The Nation Wednesday 31 January 2007Molly Ivins always said she wanted to write a book about the lonely experience of East Texas civil rights campaigners to be titled No One Famous Ever Came. While the television screens and newspapers told the

Atlanta: Homeless women & children may be evicted en masse in height of winter

2007-02-01T06:43:00.000-08:00

Atlanta, the home of the cruel...EXCLUSIVE: Homeless Women May Be Evicted en Masse, in Height of WinterEXCLUSIVE: Homeless Women May Be Evicted en Masse, in Height of WinterBy Matthew Cardinale and Jonathan Springston, Atlanta Progressive News (January 31, 2007)(APN) ATLANTA – Over one hundred homeless single women and women with children are facing uncertain futures on this freezing cold night,

Andy Griffith vs. Patriot Act

2007-01-09T13:49:00.000-08:00

To all those government snoops bent on opening my mail and listening in and sometimes interjecting on my telephone conversations, take this!

Not Everybody Loves Patricia

2006-12-31T10:35:00.000-08:00

The New York Times ran a story today about poor Patricia Heaton, the honorary co-chairwoman, for Feminists for Life.Seems Patty got herself embroiled in mess over an anti-stem cell video she did against Missouri's Amendment 2.But the video, which also included St. Louis sports figures, turned into a Mel Gibson-size nightmare when it got onto the Internet and, without her knowledge, was then shown

Suitably Flip's "Liberal Yearbook 2006"

2006-12-30T10:30:00.000-08:00

Even though Suitably Flip is a rw geek, I just love his "Liberal Yearbook 2006" especially that pic of a genetically altered Hillary/Obama "Hillorama"Most of SF's Researchroll is suitably annoying, but given his Phillips Academy background, what else should one expect from a fat cat from Andover [not Exeter]?American Enterprise Institute Brookings Institution Cato Institute Center for Immigration

Edwards on Hardball with Elizabeth

2006-12-28T08:54:00.000-08:00

Yay! John Edwards is running for president in '08! On this YouTube clip of Hardball he says he restrained himself while running as VP. Can't wait to see him in action in the coming months. It's going to be a lot of fun if this video is any indication.After Matthews brings up the subect on John Kerry's failed joke, Elizabeth says that most politicians aren't funny, not even her husband, and after

Anti-GAL/PAS Petition

2006-12-23T05:32:00.000-08:00

With so many guardians ad litem (GAL) switching to other generic so-called alienation syndromes after Richard Gardner found himself in disrepute and stabbed himself to death, Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) is still being used as a sick excuse to switch custody from perfectly fit, protective, primary caretakers (usually mothers) in Illinois and elsewhere.Here's an example of a PAS order in

Fairfax Town Council passes anti-PAS Resolution

2006-12-14T07:51:00.000-08:00

THIS is going to spread. No doubt about it. Red State Feminist has it on her blog and undoubtedly others will join in. Enough already with faux syndromes designed to protect pederasts. Richard Gardner is gone and PAS will pass with him.RESOLUTION NO. 2466A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF FAIRFAX CALLING FOR REVISION OF THE CALIFORNIA FAMILY CODE AND THE FEDERAL VIOLENCE AGAINST

DFACS keeps stabbing/rape victim's daughter and won't give her back

2006-12-04T09:28:00.000-08:00

A young Ball Ground mother was raped by a meth crazed man, Gerald A. Lee, and fought back with a kitchen knife after he threatened to rape her 7-year-old daughter and killed him. Now Cherokee County DFACS are deliberating as to whether she can have her daughter back! Their alleged excuse: She made some bad choices in the past.DFACS has made some sick choices in the past and bad publicity hasn't

Bill Maher: A re-look-see at the Constitution

2006-11-18T10:38:00.000-08:00

Ah yes, the 'living constitution' just what the Federalist Society jerks partying down at the Mayflower Hotel hate.Just love this quote from Chertoff:"Some people now have taken up the idea that, really, the Federalist Society is kind of like a modern-day da Vinci conspiracy, a secret society that controls all the legal jobs and all the legal decision-making in the administration," Chertoff

Good Riddance To The Gingrichites

2006-11-18T09:47:00.000-08:00

Mea Culpa this: CBS's Dick Meyer apologizes 12 years later for the stinking mess the press made on not calling a 'duck a duck' thereby legitimizing the newtonion narcissists -- weirdos he calls them -- of K Street.Really, it's just a simple thesis: The men who ran the Republican Party in the House of Representatives for the past 12 years were a group of weirdos. Together, they comprised one of

Parent's Imprisonment Tough on Kids

2006-11-18T08:38:00.000-08:00

One in 10 children in America have a parent in prison and I bet a lot of their parents are there on nonsense charges. Seven million children! And 90% of the women in prison are single mothers with 54% of them women of color. An increase of 138% convictions in the past 10 years. The majority of their crimes are property related, forged checks and credit cards, victims of the war on drugs and

Ode to Bobby Franklin

2006-11-16T16:33:00.000-08:00

A clip from 'The Meaning of Life' Franklin bill urges felony for abortionA BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACTBobby now 'Feminist' Franklin is trying to hoodwink the public with junk science in hand claiming that abortion is public enemy number one. Sheesh. I thought that fatherless families were the du jour culprit of choice. It's the cause of all of our contemporary social problems dag

Maureen Dowd: The Drapes of Wrath

2006-11-13T14:18:00.000-08:00

This is too precious. America heading to a matriarchy. Thanks Pottersville!Because of the power of female consumers, some marketing experts predict we will end up a matriarchy. This year, women also flexed their muscle at the polls, transformed into electoral Furies by the administration’s stubborn course in Iraq.[...]According to The Times’s exit polls, women were more likely than men to want

Carville trashing Dean

2006-11-11T12:02:00.000-08:00

DNC RESPONSE TO CARVILLE: Howard Dean spokeswoman Karen Finney emails the following in response to James Carville's comments below: After the Republicans have admitted to a thumping, why is it that the only one complaining on the Democratic side is James Carville, who today in addition to trashing Howard Dean, praised the RNC, the outfit that brought us the racist ad that defeated Harold Ford,

Fatehi 'The Discriminator' on Kazakhstan

2006-11-08T13:17:00.000-08:00

Now Fatehi is a movie and travel critic. Maybe he'll do the women at Kennesaw State University a favor and move to Kazakhstan soon...Depiction in 'Borat' doesn't do Kazakhstan justiceBy KAMAL FATEHIHASH(0x6208a0)Published on: 11/08/06 Often, when people in the entertainment business want to tell a story about an overseas country, they will make one up. A good example is "Syriana," a story about

Law Reform Measure Fails in South Dakota

2006-11-08T08:25:00.000-08:00

South Dakota's "J.A.I.L for Judges" Measure Fails according the the WSJ.com's Law BlogThere's no update on J.A.I.L's website though, at least not that I can find.But wait there's more. Newly elected New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has plans as noted in today's New York Times Editorial The Task for Mr. Spitzer.Mr. Spitzer has repeatedly promised to do in Albany what he did on Wall Street as

Gender Bias: Women Lawyers Like the Rest of Us

2006-10-28T14:29:00.000-07:00

Just went through this at my last job. Damn those qualifiers..."Women attorneys are criticized for being too little of this or too much of that; not confident enough or too confident; not aggressive enough or too aggressive; not ambitious enough or too ambitious. But women are seldom just right," said Ms. Luce, who also chairs the "Hidden Brain Drain," a task force that helps employers retain

Killer Women's Beauty Trends

2006-10-28T13:52:00.000-07:00

From The Guardian, just in time for Halloween, literally a scary look at torturous trends in women's fashion throughout history. Looks pretty svelte eh? Here's what it does to a woman's body. Gasp!

Only Way to the Truth---Torture Hastert

2006-10-08T12:22:00.000-07:00

Just loved this novel idea put forth by Tom D'Antoni on The Huffington Post writing on the Foley ped investigation.There's only one way to get this information. Send Foley, Hastert, Boehner, and the rest of them to Guantanamo and torture the information out of them....Habeas Corpus? Pfaff! If President Bush can waive it for Muslims, he can waive it for those who prey on our children, right?

Bush Threatens World

2006-09-29T10:48:00.000-07:00

Bush Parody State of the Union Address…Bush to Iraq: Go Home and Die!Every year we meet here by law and by custom to threaten the world…

Fathers' Rights media propaganda

2006-05-29T14:43:00.000-07:00

Demand that the Orlando Sentinel and Detroit News cease running Kathleen Parker's columns.Orlando Sentinel Columnist editor Mike Murphymjmurphy@orlandosentinel.com direct ph # 407/420-5168 Murphy's Supervising editor - Manney Pynn 407/420-5715To the Editors:Please ban Kathleen Parker from publishing any more articles on custody litigation and fathers issues, unless she prints an apology and

Save the Internet!

2006-05-20T10:35:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5RQrxkGgCM

NSA spying on us & Cheney reviving cold war

2006-05-11T14:23:00.000-07:00

Did anyone else see Cheney on the news tarring Russia for human rights' abuses? What an idiot. Who would fall for this stuff? Certainly not Putin who compared him to "Comrade Wolf." Now, today we learn that Comrade Wolf et al. are spying on all of us. Whoa! Wonder what this will do to the Bushies' approval ratings? Or will the wingnuts keep supporting him? I've already read it on blogs..."I don't

Where's the JQC when 'ya need them?

2006-04-28T12:20:00.000-07:00

"I get real excited about things because I see myself as a conductor or an actor, and I realize that it's very powerful." -- T. Jackson Bedford, Atlanta lawyer in a three-attorney firm Verdict is in: Fulton judge way over lineBob Barr - For the Journal-ConstitutionWednesday, April 26, 2006"The recent incident in Fulton County Superior Court when Judge T. Jackson Bedford ordered

Abdullah Boortz & The Pentagon Club

2006-04-27T14:06:00.000-07:00

Does Boortz give cover to terrorists?"I pulled records from PDK and found that on one day alone, about half the flights were "unknown." The last time I'd written about general aviation airports was in Miami -- where private planes formed the Drug Runners Squadron. I've sat on my sailboat in the Keys and watched smugglers toss "square grouper" from their planes as cops chased them." -- John

2006-04-20T10:07:00.000-07:00

Hooray for Feminista! For outing Wendy McElroy, the faux feminist at ifeminists.com, which is a project of the Independent Institute and a contributor for Intellectual Conservative. Here’s what she has to say about Castle Rock v. Gonzales: "Responsible adults—both male and female—have both a right and a need to defend themselves and their families, with lethal force if necessary. If DV advocates

Cynthia McKinney and Selective Prosecution

2006-04-06T14:51:00.000-07:00

“[The Senators and Representatives] shall in all cases, except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same;“Commenter Gunner brought that one to our attention. Now, one of us went to Law School, and the other one used to see Law & Order cast members around town, so

The Red Burka for a Red America

2006-03-27T14:40:00.000-08:00

The Red Burka for a Red America, from the Tennessee Guerilla Women, and it’s coming to Georgia soon…

Fathers Rights myths

2006-03-26T13:22:00.000-08:00

Fathers Rights myths blown apart… So there! Thank Goddess that there are people out there that don’t fall for their b.s…. Our family mythsStaffSunday, March 26, 2006Families have never been perfect, says Stephanie Coontz, author and director of research at the Council on Contemporary Families in Chicago. Yet many of us still perpetuate the myths, says Coontz, one of several family scholars

BushClintonBushClinton

2006-01-30T09:50:00.000-08:00

Bush, Clinton, Bush Clinton and Zell Miller will speak at the next Democratic convention…. Is there a new member of the Bush family?Sun Jan 29, 2006 8:01 PM GMT(image placeholder)“WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush says Bill Clinton has become so close to his father that the Democratic former president is like a member of the family.[…]“He said ex-presidents share rare experiences

President Jonah

2006-01-29T09:30:00.000-08:00

President JonahA Dig led by Gore Vidal on truthdig.com“Finally, we shouldn’t be surprised at the antipathy toward democracy displayed by the Bush administration…. As already noted, fundamentalism and democracy are completely antithetical. The opposite of the Enlightenment, of course, is tribalism, groupthink; and more and more, this is the direction in which the United States is going…. Anthony

Al Gore on Media & Democracy

2005-10-06T08:58:00.000-07:00

Al Gore on The Threat to American Democracy, "The subjugation of news by entertainment seriously harms our democracy: it leads to dysfunctional journalism that fails to inform the people."[...]"The news divisions - which used to be seen as serving a public interest and were subsidized by the rest of the network - are now seen as profit centers designed to generate revenue and, more importantly,

Harriet Miers SCOTUS

2005-10-05T10:59:00.000-07:00

Take that SCOTUS!http://harrietmiers.blogspot.com/http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/5651534.html"George W. Bush has just rung the death knell for his presidency."For the Supreme Court of the United States, a president under fire for cronyism has chosen the ultimate crony."For the highest court in the land, a president criticized for a lack of gravitas has chosen a woman whom the president's

Harry Reid on Harriet Miers

2005-01-31T15:19:00.000-08:00

And what's up with Harry Reid?http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1128416712027"But Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada took to the Senate floor after Bush's speech to praise Miers."With so much at stake, we shouldn't rush to judgment about this or any other nominee, but even at this early stage of the confirmation process, I will say that I am impressed by what I know about Harriet