Non-Sequiturs: 11.17.09
* Today is the NRA’s birthday! To celebrate, I’m heading to my local gun range (it’s called “the Bronx” if you’re not from New York) where I intend to pump a copy of the Second Amendment full of hot lead. [Jew with a Gun]
* Google gets into the Westlaw and Lexis business. [The Supreme Court of Texas Blog]
* Volokh looks at some aggravating circumstances that could possibly justify why 37-year-old Sandy Binkley was sent away for 12 years for banging a 17-year-old student. I still don’t think the punishment fits the porking. [The Volokh Conspiracy]
* The Feds have the death penalty, but New York doesn’t. If Holder really wants to bomb Khalid Sheik Mohammad back to the stone age, it’ll be a tricky political situation. [WSJ Law Blog]
* What does it say when lawyers are lining up to defend Bill Belichick’s controversial decision to go for it on fourth down during the Patriots’ loss to the Colts on Sunday? It says “the amount of front runners who support teams like the Patriots, Yankees, Lakers, Celtics, and Steelers has reached epic proportions in this country. And soon the Dookies will be upon us. Everybody who did not grow up in New England needs to get off Tom Brady’s illegitimate child-having jock.” Ahh, that feels better. [Tax Prof Blog]




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First to accidentally shoot Elie in the face Cheney style.
what would the reaction be on ATL if Lat made that Bronx joke instead of Elie?
Texas SUCKS
uh, that should be illegitimate-child-having, since the combination of the terms illegitimate-child and having are all part of the descriptive modifier.
Why do white professional football coaches make such stupid decisions?
Why are black people incapable of winning any scientific Nobel Prizes?
" . . . (it’s call “the Bronx” if you’re not from New York) . . . "
Mystal, I swear to God you are a fucking idiot. Not only for your grammatical douchebaggery, but also in that a 10 year old was just shot the other day in Morrissania and you flippantly make a statement like this, you are just an asshole. Moreover, many parts of the Bronx are still nicer than whatever scumhole you grew up in, if you bothered to ever learn that.
Hey Elie, that's a great take on the NRA! Just because I think your style rocks, on Martin Luther King Jr's birthday I'm going to pump a copy of the 13th amendment full of hot lead!
Happy Birthday NRA - they're trying to stop people from TAKING ER GUNS!
Note: Elie corrected "it's call" to "it's called", but you know what, idiot? Its not "it's", its "its", genius.
CHECK YOU GATT
@10
it is?
10,
You fail.
-not Elie
People have tried to shoot Mystal before but the caliber of their guns was to small to pierce his thick blubbery Walrus hide.
14 - extra points for the spelling mistake.
180.
Mystal,
Have you ever even been to the Bronx?
So Google is set to topple the Westlaw/Lexis kingdom? I can get behind this.
Speaking of guns, I went turkey hunting this morning. The guy I was hunting with looked at the bird I shot and said "nice Jake you got there." I shot it a second time upon hearing the word "Jake".
The only reason New York no longer has a death penalty - and only had a weak one when we did have it - is because the elites who control both parties don't want it. But the majority of New Yorkers very much want a death penalty and want to see it used. Unfortunately this state's political culture seems beyond repair in more ways than it's possible to count.
CHECK YOU CALIBER
Why not link to the NRA's website for the NRA's birthday? Why the random Minnesotan firearms safety instructor?
CHECK YOU FOOTBALL PROBABILITIES WALRUS
Holder is an America-hating piece of shit. He lives for the oppotunity to destroy the CIA. He lives for the chance to help our enemies. He's a disgrace.
Elie would let Eric Holder shit on his moobs for a $5 footlong and a high five.
Thanks for the link. I think.
--JR
Thanks for the link. I think.
--JR
Jewish cat with a gun.
http://www.icanhazgunpermit.com/
She is a "10," just beautiful:
http://www.runnersworld.com/photo/sarahpalin/slide4.html
And for those "fist of God" wannabees:
http://www.runnersworld.com/photo/sarahpalin/slide2.html
Perhaps that's the real reason the case is in NY.
Duh
Another Clinton Federal judicial appointee in legal/ethic troubles. Why isn't this surprising?
Testimony: Fed'l Judge Owed $150K on Credit Cards, Got $20K from 2
Lawyers
Posted 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
By Martha Neil
A federal judge in Louisiana racked up $150,000 in credit card debt,
largely to cover his gambling, as he routinely solicited cash and gifts
from lawyers appearing before him, witnesses told a House Judiciary
Committee task force today in an initial step toward possible
impeachment of the jurist.
But one attorney, after testifying that he and his law partner gave U.S.
District Judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr. approximately $20,000 over a
10-year period beginning in the 1980s, said they got nothing in return,
reports the Associated Press.
"The only reason I gave it to him was because he was a friend in need,"
says attorney Robert Creely. "I got nothing back."
Creely also said that he had appeared in front of Porteous in three
cases over 20 years, losing two of them, reports the Blog of Legal
Times.
The two attorneys gave Porteous $2,000 in an envelope shortly before he
decided a major civil case in their favor, bringing in between $500,000
and $1 million in legal fees for their firm, the AP reports.
The judge also routed court-appointed work their way, the news agency
says.
Porteous, who was appointed to the federal bench in 1994 by President
Bill Clinton, has been suspended for two years, or until the conclusion
of impeachment proceedings. He attended the hearing today but apparently
did not testify.
The opening of testimony today followed a federal judge's refusal
yesterday to block the impeachment panel from proceeding, reports the
Times-Picayune.
The judge's lawyer, Richard Westling, had argued for a temporary
restraining order, telling U.S. District Judge Richard Leon of the
District of Columbia that Congress is violating his client's Fifth
Amendment right against self-incrimination by using testimony Porteous
was required to give under a grant of immunity from criminal
prosecution.
Irvin Nathan, general counsel for the House of Representatives, argued
in response that the U.S. Department of Justice is not going to
prosecute Porteous, that impeachment is not a criminal proceeding and
that the judicial branch is not empowered to ban the legislative branch
from fulfilling its role in this matter.
Leon said at yesterday's hearing near the Capitol that it would be
"beyond extraordinary" for him to grant the TRO. While Porteous could
still seek a preliminary injunction later this year, it would be a
"very, very long shot," the judge said.
Everyone who is accusing Mystal of having never been to the Bronx is retarded. Mystal goes to the Bronx every morning, for his job as a Walrus at the Zoo.
@31 - Now that's funny.
28, I'll never vote for her, but I'm going to give that one to you. Definitely hottest person in the GOP- politician or voter.
Somewhere there is a camel missing its toe.
At the bottom of the Google legal search article is the following comment by "Mike":
"So is there a way to use Google for statutes and administrative stuff? As a law student I have access to those things now, but Google seems much more capable of creating a user-friendly search algorithm. I think I hate Westlaw and Lexis. They are just far too formulaic to be used quickly, especially when starting out. If a search engine requires that I learn a bunch of rules and methods before doing a basic search, I consider that a fault of the search engine. I want a search that does my job for me, dad gum it!"
This kid can't figure out Westlaw or Lexis. Yup, he has a glowing future in law.
I plan on celebrating the NRA's birthday with my MOP (massive ordnance penetrator).
33--Not!
I am. Just check out any of my 8 self help videos.
Carrie Prejean
This just in... White House says Obama not consulted on any of Elie's Non-Sequiturs
my-stall, by the time I'm done with you, you'll be a minister of death, praying for war!
The deadliest weapon in the world is a marine and his rifle. The least deadliest weapon in the world is my-stall and his "gun".
Nice'un, Gunny.
Mystal, the woman broke the law governing statutory rape AND THEN FABRICATED AN ACCUSATION OF FORCIBLE RAPE TO TRY TO GET HERSELF OFF THE HOOK.
Making a false accusation of rape alone should justify this sentence. It's antisocial behavior that is just as capable of destroying a life as rape itself, and the false accusation can often leas to an actual rape if it produces a conviction.
Put the NRA in charge of the ABA, or just sic 'em
"Belichick’s controversial decision"?
You concede too much. Call it what it was: a flat out stupid decision.
I hate that guy and his completely undeserved reputation.
- Not a Colts fan or any other form of Patriots hater. Just a Belichick hater.
44 - fuck you. Criticize him when your team wins *anything*. That goes for you too, Trent Dilfer.
Umm, you do realize that the Colts were favored right? The Pats couldnt even beat the J-e-t-s and the Colts havent lost. And you also realize that statistically Belichik made the right decision, right? So... I guess that means that lawyers back smart underdogs. And that was a totally inappropriate use of quotation marks. Douche.
8 FTW
-Kash's Ass Lobster
Mystal, I doubt your flabby digits are even strong enough to pop your zits, much less pop off a few rounds.
Get back to being a worthless dilettante.
Why are white men incapable of winning the NBA All-Star Weekend Dunk Contest?
Dude, the google case law search rocks!
"Volokh looks at some aggravating circumstances that could possibly justify why 37-year-old Sandy Binkley was sent away for 12 years for banging a 17-year-old student. I still don’t think the punishment fits the porking."
You might have a decent argument that the sentence was too harsh, but referring to statutory rape, particularly in the context of a teacher-student relationship, as "banging" and "porking" is appalling.
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