On Choosing Better Targets

Greenpeace protesters decided that they wanted to interrupt energy trading in London as some sort of counterpoint to International Petroleum Week (“I scream, you scream, we all scream for light crude.”) According to the Times story, young energy futures traders do not the best targets make: What they were not prepared for was the post-prandial…

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Lightening the Load

As most of you know, I work full-time while taking 9-10 law school credits a semester. This semester has been pretty killer, with trial memos, classes, work, and general life stuff piling on. Always wanting to be the super-hard law student, I signed up for the moot court qualifying competition. As part of the competition…

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HoT: Libertarian Girl Is Russian Bride/Ugly Guy

Looks like our favorite Ann Coulter wannabe is in fact a Russian mail-order bride (link no longer good). My suspicions of something funny going on were raised when I found the same blog post on two different vapid pink pages of crap, and they have been confirmed by Catallarchy. For those with strong stomachs, there’s…

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Second Amendment Challenge to D.C. Code Dismissed

According to Matt at Stop the Bleating!, the D.C. Circuit dismissed an NRA-supported challenge to the D.C. gun laws. The good news is that the dismissal was procedural; the court held that the appellants didn’t have standing unless there was an imminent threat of prosecution. The reasoning seems a little stretched, applying a different standard…

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Life Imitates Art: Stripes Edition

According to the New York Daily News, the guards at Camp Bucca, a military prison in Iraq, have been having some interesting hand-to-hand combat competitions. In front of a cheering male audience, two young women wearing only bras and panties throw themselves into a mud-filled plastic kiddie pool and roll around in a wild wrestling…

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The Cuddly Menace

Myke sent me an urgent warning about The Cuddly Menace. Spread the word while there is still time. We must unite to fight the Zogg. Yours truly, Mr. X …sounding the distress beacon…

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Hostage Development

The Hammer of Truth reports that a very special hostage has been captured by Iraqi terrorists. Damn you Cobra Commander! Yours truly, Mr. X …real American hero…

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Ah, the joy of welfare

Germany, that paradise of social welfare services, has implemented welfare reform in light of rising unemployment. If unemployed workers refuse to take a job, their benefits are cut. Germany also legalized prostitution two years ago. Can you guess the logical result? According to the Telegraph story, a 25-year-old woman is about to lose her welfare…

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If the question is wrong, the answer doesn’t matter

Saturday’s Thus Spoke Epictetus quote: “‘What good do I get from following your teachings?’ What greater good do you look for than this? You were shameless and shall be self-respecting, untrustworthy and you shall be trusted, dissolute and you shall be self-controlled. If you look for greater things than these, go on doing as you…

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