Karen won her case before the Oregon Supreme Court.

I love that the White House has an official position on building a Death Star.

And now for something completely different and kind of gross:

An Oregon circuit court has made the news in the ABA Journal. Judge Bailey has ruled in favor of a woman who has a 77-pound Dachshund, in a suit against her by Oregon Dachshund Rescue (which apparently is a thing). The animal rescue group claimed she was treating Obie cruelly by taking ( Read more... )

In the 'News no longer distinguishable from satire' category:

Republican lawmaker is dismayed to discover that state law she supported that grants government funding to religious schools, may be used by religion that isn't Christianity.

Also: Texas Republican Party officially opposes teaching of critical thinking.Really, what else can be said ( Read more... )

This happened fairly close to my office and may have screwed with the timing of an arbitration today.

Annemarie Roeper died today.I met Ms. Roeper only a few times, most recently over 15 years ago, so it would be disingenuous to say that she personally was a huge part of my life. But the influence of her work, her school and her ideas, on myself and countless others, could not be overstated ( Read more... )

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Skinhead picks fight with black man in bar; gets pwned; notices man's 'Boxing Club Champion' t-shirt from ambulance

/I hate Idaho Nazis

Let me begin by saying that I have no interest whatsoever in celebrity gossip and tabloid news, except as it entails wider social implications. So I have not followed the trial of Casey Anthony, and don't claim to have an informed opinion on the case or its verdict.

But the same clearly cannot be said for Brian Dickerson of the Detroit Free Press ( Read more... )

And by a Portland lawyer, to boot.

Well, that's disturbing. A 30-year-old lawyer, in his first year of practice in Idaho, was shot and killed by the husband of his assistant after he filed a divorce on her behalf. It is a bit alarming that the lawyer would be representing his own employee, but I don't think it's inherently unethical. It's also a bit alarming that, according to the ( Read more... )