“If you eliminate smoking and gambling, you will be amazed to find that almost all an Englishman’s pleasures can be, and mostly are, shared by his dog.” — George Bernard Shaw
Mommy, this commercial is making me thirsty…
July 21, 2007 By Leave a Comment
… so please give me your purse — I’ll need your money, your car keys and my fake I.D. card. This opinion was issued this week from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. The plaintiffs are the parents of minor children, and the defendants are (among others) domestic manufacturers and importers of alcoholic beverages, including [...]
Irrebuttably rebuttable
July 12, 2007 By Leave a Comment
From the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals comes this decision. The appeal concerns The Lion’s Den, which opened at a rest stop off of Interstate 70 in Dickinson County, Kansas in September 2003. According to the opinion, The Lion’s Den is probably the first sexually oriented business in the County in at least 25 years, [...]
Newsflash: strip clubs run legitimate businesses
July 8, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Do I sound crass? Forgive me, but I’m hardly surprised when stories like this sell ink. In a special report (“The Naked Truth about Strip Clubs“), William Sherman for the NY Daily News reports that “there are about 3,600 strip clubs nationwide,” and “from a business point of view, it’s all like Las Vegas was [...]
Inadvertent martyrdom
July 1, 2007 By Leave a Comment
“A porn actress who claimed she performed oral sex on a state trooper who stopped her for speeding lost her chance to avoid the ticket he issued because she failed to appear in court Friday,” reports USA Today here. Two quick comments: I thought that kinda thing happened only in books and movies. I’m figuring [...]
Going once, going twice … sold!!!
July 1, 2007 By Leave a Comment
“His topless nightclub was only open for a few days, but a businessman in Pasadena is walking away with a $1.5 million tip from the city to shut it down, and turn the property over for re-use, it was reported Saturday,” reports CBS News here. You can read a detailed story here, courtesy of the [...]
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