“Einstein wrote that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. That said, is it crazier to repeatedly throw yourself against a window, or to repeatedly open that window, believing the creatures that are throwing themselves against it might come into your house, take a look around, and leave with no hard feelings?”
— David Sedaris
The only thing more painful than being an active forgetter is to be an inert rememberer.
– Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated
The creepy tyranny of Canada’s hate speech laws
BY GLENN GREENWALD
“The hubris required to believe that you can declare certain views so objectively hateful that they should be criminalized is astronomical; in so many eras, views that were most scorned by majorities ended up emerging as truth.
For as long as I’ll live, I’ll never understand how people want to vest in the Government the power to criminalize particular viewpoints it dislikes…”
The Yale law library, which has one of the best collections of rare law books in the world, is now the official repository of Supreme Court justice bobblehead dolls.
Corruption and ineptitude are bipartisan, but Dems at the moment seem to have the edge in criminality and incompetence.
– Doug Muzzio (via devilduck) Via Mark's Scrapbook of Oddities & Treasures.
Every single cell in the human body replaces itself over a period of seven years. That means there’s not even the smallest part of you now that was part of you seven years ago. Everything is changing.
– Steven Hall, The Raw Shark Texts“It was the worst paper cut I ever had — they made that paper way too sharp.” Raising a hand to reveal a bandage on her index finger, she concludes, “Someone has to pay.”
The tagline, “There are some cases even we can’t win,” appears on the screen, and a voiceover concludes, “If you’ve been injured, call us, but keep in mind: you really need to be injured.”
Vinny Gambini: “Uh… Everything that guy just said is bullshit. Thank you.”
District Attorney: “Objection. Counsel’s entire opening statement is argumentative.”
Judge: “Sustained. Counselor’s entire opening statement, with the exception of ‘thank you,’ will be stricken from the record.”
— My Cousin Vinny
About me
Dispatches from a first year law student."The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."
- William Shakespeare, Henry VI
