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Legal humor. Seriously.
By Kevin Underhill
By Kevin Underhill
Sorry, Mr. Grumpy, that’s exactly what you’re doing and it’s what you were ordered to do. Also, can I borrow $50,000?
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Sorry, Mr. Grumpy, that’s exactly what you’re doing and it’s what you were ordered to do. Also, can I borrow $50,000?
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This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
Why isn’t this (using copyrighted music for a performance) fair use? It’s not like the skaters are making money from it. Why sue an Olympic athlete for this?
February 12, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Why isn’t this (using copyrighted music for a performance) fair use? It’s not like the skaters are making money from it. Why sue an Olympic athlete for this?
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More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
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I don’t know how this can be any clearer or more blatant. #PamBondi said this today. It is an astonishing brazen lie. Which means her role is to lie, gaslight and coverup crimes. She isn’t an AG, she’s the asset of the most corrupt lawless criminal enterprises in history.
February 11, 2026 at 9:28 PM
I don’t know how this can be any clearer or more blatant. #PamBondi said this today. It is an astonishing brazen lie. Which means her role is to lie, gaslight and coverup crimes. She isn’t an AG, she’s the asset of the most corrupt lawless criminal enterprises in history.
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“You don’t tell me anything, washed-up loser lawyer!”
Is it asking too much to have an Attorney General who doesn’t sound like a drunk in a trailer park brawl?
Apparently, it is.
Is it asking too much to have an Attorney General who doesn’t sound like a drunk in a trailer park brawl?
Apparently, it is.
Pam Bondi and Dems clashed at a House Judiciary hearing.
“You don’t tell me anything, washed-up loser lawyer,” she shouted at ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.).
The anger and insults over the Epstein files and immigration crackdown in Playbook PM 👇
“You don’t tell me anything, washed-up loser lawyer,” she shouted at ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.).
The anger and insults over the Epstein files and immigration crackdown in Playbook PM 👇
Anger spills over in Bondi hearing
And the January jobs report comes in unexpectedly hot.
politi.co
February 11, 2026 at 8:51 PM
“You don’t tell me anything, washed-up loser lawyer!”
Is it asking too much to have an Attorney General who doesn’t sound like a drunk in a trailer park brawl?
Apparently, it is.
Is it asking too much to have an Attorney General who doesn’t sound like a drunk in a trailer park brawl?
Apparently, it is.
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You have the right to record and publicly discuss the conduct and activity of law enforcement, including ICE. That's First Amendment 101.
And the federal government can't coerce private companies into censoring speech about ICE, just because it doesn't like what people have to say.
LAWSUIT:
And the federal government can't coerce private companies into censoring speech about ICE, just because it doesn't like what people have to say.
LAWSUIT:
FIRE sues Bondi, Noem for censoring Facebook group and app reporting ICE activity
Two Midwesterners are fighting back after the platforms they created to report on public Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity were censored by government officials.
www.thefire.org
February 11, 2026 at 3:17 PM
You have the right to record and publicly discuss the conduct and activity of law enforcement, including ICE. That's First Amendment 101.
And the federal government can't coerce private companies into censoring speech about ICE, just because it doesn't like what people have to say.
LAWSUIT:
And the federal government can't coerce private companies into censoring speech about ICE, just because it doesn't like what people have to say.
LAWSUIT:
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“Cut ICE’s budget to restore federal health care funding” is an extremely popular message www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
February 11, 2026 at 1:48 PM
“Cut ICE’s budget to restore federal health care funding” is an extremely popular message www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
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Just a reminder as Bondi spreads administration bullshit about threats to immigration agents:
Last year was the second safest year for ICE and BP agents in history, despite a massive ramp up in agression, violence, and abuse by agents themselves.
www.cato.org/blog/2025-wa...
Last year was the second safest year for ICE and BP agents in history, despite a massive ramp up in agression, violence, and abuse by agents themselves.
www.cato.org/blog/2025-wa...
2025 Was the 2nd Safest Year for Border Patrol and ICE Agents
Being a Border Patrol or ICE agent earns many insults, but words aren’t violence. Neither are they dangerous jobs.
www.cato.org
February 11, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Just a reminder as Bondi spreads administration bullshit about threats to immigration agents:
Last year was the second safest year for ICE and BP agents in history, despite a massive ramp up in agression, violence, and abuse by agents themselves.
www.cato.org/blog/2025-wa...
Last year was the second safest year for ICE and BP agents in history, despite a massive ramp up in agression, violence, and abuse by agents themselves.
www.cato.org/blog/2025-wa...
Water’s not a pollutant either but you can drown in it, you absolute moron
Burgum: "CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2. So the whole endangerment thing opens up an opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful, American coal."
February 11, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Water’s not a pollutant either but you can drown in it, you absolute moron
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To me the chatbots pose zero interesting questions about the ‘nature of selfhood’ but dozens about the nature of manipulation. Here the Claude team pretends they are programming the robot for ethical responses but they land on one that is false and disingenuous.
February 11, 2026 at 3:42 PM
To me the chatbots pose zero interesting questions about the ‘nature of selfhood’ but dozens about the nature of manipulation. Here the Claude team pretends they are programming the robot for ethical responses but they land on one that is false and disingenuous.
If it’s genuinely hard for humans to understand this is complete bullshit, imagine how hard it it is for the bullshit generators themselves to understand it!
Researchers working with the A.I. system Claude have come to understand that the model’s selfhood, like our own, is a matter of both neurons and narratives. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/kEX1vV
February 11, 2026 at 8:39 AM
If it’s genuinely hard for humans to understand this is complete bullshit, imagine how hard it it is for the bullshit generators themselves to understand it!
Why would the CIA even have intelligence about the 2020 election when it’s not allowed to operate in the US? And how could it legally comply with this order, for the same reason? (Yes, these are rhetorical questions.)
"President Donald Trump has instructed the CIA and other spy agencies to provide intelligence about the 2020 election to a former campaign lawyer who led efforts to try to overturn that year’s election, a U.S. intelligence official and a person with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday."
Trump instructs spy agencies to provide intelligence to his 'Stop the Steal' lawyer
Trump has appointed Kurt Olsen, who backed unsuccessful efforts to overturn the 2020 election, to investigate that year’s election.
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Why would the CIA even have intelligence about the 2020 election when it’s not allowed to operate in the US? And how could it legally comply with this order, for the same reason? (Yes, these are rhetorical questions.)
“Fails to”? Try “heaps scorn upon shameful attempt to”
Grand jury fails to indict Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to disobey any illegal orders from President Trump. https://cnn.it/4apwQ6u
February 11, 2026 at 3:48 AM
“Fails to”? Try “heaps scorn upon shameful attempt to”
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Team USA Curler Rich Ruohonen:
"We'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota...I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution... and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear."
"We'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota...I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution... and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear."
February 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Team USA Curler Rich Ruohonen:
"We'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota...I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution... and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear."
"We'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota...I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution... and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear."
She is terrific
Watters: I was walking in my street, a car drives by and I give him a wave. He rolls down the window and says, “F U fascist.” He doesn’t know I’m a fascist!
Jessica: Yes, he does. You’re on TV.
Jessica: Yes, he does. You’re on TV.
February 11, 2026 at 3:42 AM
She is terrific
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One armed goon loses his shit at an observer who's backing up, and then several more armed goons tackle the observer to the ground, and then even more armed goons form a protective shield around the armed goons handcuffing the observer for hurting an armed goon's feelings.
This can't be "reformed"
This can't be "reformed"
January 27, 2026 at 3:20 PM
One armed goon loses his shit at an observer who's backing up, and then several more armed goons tackle the observer to the ground, and then even more armed goons form a protective shield around the armed goons handcuffing the observer for hurting an armed goon's feelings.
This can't be "reformed"
This can't be "reformed"
At least DinoCon’s doing the right thing.
February 9, 2026 at 8:30 PM
At least DinoCon’s doing the right thing.
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Watching Eric Berger (historically a Musk fanboy) struggle with the revelation that Musk is a fake engineer conman white supremacist never loses its entertainment value
Why would Elon Musk pivot from Mars to the Moon all of a sudden?
SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon."
arstechnica.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Watching Eric Berger (historically a Musk fanboy) struggle with the revelation that Musk is a fake engineer conman white supremacist never loses its entertainment value
For those unaware, none of this is possible on this kind of schedule. He’s been making these claims for years and it’s always “just a few years from now.” I mean, he didn’t just learn that Mars is *really* far away. Or maybe he did?
Elon Musk (you may recognize him from the Epstein files) has just given up on Mars.
February 9, 2026 at 3:48 PM
For those unaware, none of this is possible on this kind of schedule. He’s been making these claims for years and it’s always “just a few years from now.” I mean, he didn’t just learn that Mars is *really* far away. Or maybe he did?
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Macbeth: SHIT
February 9, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Macbeth: SHIT
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My basic view on LLM’s is that “why should I bother to read something that someone didn’t bother to write”
February 9, 2026 at 2:54 AM
My basic view on LLM’s is that “why should I bother to read something that someone didn’t bother to write”
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'1. The issue in this case is whether “gold pieces” as a form of wealth in a video game constitute property within the meaning of s. 4 of the Theft Act 1968.'
(Answer: Yes.)
R v Lakeman [2026] EWCA Crim 4 www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...
'1. The issue in this case is whether “gold pieces” as a form of wealth in a video game constitute property within the meaning of s. 4 of the Theft Act 1968.'
(Answer: Yes.)
R v Lakeman [2026] EWCA Crim 4 www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...
February 8, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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'1. The issue in this case is whether “gold pieces” as a form of wealth in a video game constitute property within the meaning of s. 4 of the Theft Act 1968.'
(Answer: Yes.)
R v Lakeman [2026] EWCA Crim 4 www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...
'1. The issue in this case is whether “gold pieces” as a form of wealth in a video game constitute property within the meaning of s. 4 of the Theft Act 1968.'
(Answer: Yes.)
R v Lakeman [2026] EWCA Crim 4 www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...
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The Ambiguous Chickens
Easter Seals Society for Crippled Children v. Playboy Enterprises (or any other @loweringthebar.bsky.social case or a team made of aliases of the Teamsters www.loweringthebar.net/comical-case...)
Easter Seals Society for Crippled Children v. Playboy Enterprises (or any other @loweringthebar.bsky.social case or a team made of aliases of the Teamsters www.loweringthebar.net/comical-case...)
Comical Case Names
In alphabetical order: 4 Exotic Dancers v. Spearmint Rhino and the Wild Goose, et al., No. CV 08-4038 ABC, 2009 WL 250054 (C.D. Cal. Jan. 29, 2009) (denying plaintiffs’ motion for leave to pr…
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February 8, 2026 at 6:09 PM
The Ambiguous Chickens
Easter Seals Society for Crippled Children v. Playboy Enterprises (or any other @loweringthebar.bsky.social case or a team made of aliases of the Teamsters www.loweringthebar.net/comical-case...)
Easter Seals Society for Crippled Children v. Playboy Enterprises (or any other @loweringthebar.bsky.social case or a team made of aliases of the Teamsters www.loweringthebar.net/comical-case...)