WARNING: DON’T READ THE PRODUCT WARNINGS As a lawyer, it’s not easy for me to admit that my profession is to blame for a certain amount of defensive commercial overreaction; in other words, the FOGS (“Fear of Getting Sued”). With simply too many frivolous lawsuits abounding, manufacturers and commercial ventures of all types trip over [...]
A whole lot of crazy takes place in courtrooms. As a lawyer I can tell you that no matter how good something may sound the night before, the best laid plans can go horribly awry in open court, and outrageous (and unintended) exchanges occur as a result. Then, of course, there are those occasions when [...]
The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. With the horror of the massacre in Sandy Hook Elementary School still searing raw in the collective consciousness, there [...]
I talked to a friend of mine on Wall St. today and he agreed to help me with a new money-making scheme: We are going to create derivatives based on GOP foreign policy stupidity. We are going to bundle their inane positions and/or talking points, and then sell them on the open market. We’ll start [...]
Too long for Twitter, too delicious to pass up. A gentle curse for the rich, Mitt somehow comes to mind: Zolst hobn tsen haizer, yeder hoiz zol hobn tsen tsimern, in yeder tsimer zoln zain tsen betn un zolst zij kaiklen fun ein bet in der tsweiter mit cadojes! (translates as:) I wish you to [...]