Maricopa County Sheriff "Crazy" Joe Arpaio's department has been keeping two sets of books (Generally not a sign of upright conduct) to allow it to misspend $34,000,000 (in the department's estimate; county administrators think it might be $80 million) of county money designated (by the voters) for detentions.

"On the eve of a major national holiday and less than one year after al-Qaida's failed attack last Christmas Day, it is irresponsible for a group to suggest travelers opt out of the very screening that may prevent an attack using non-metallic explosives," said TSA Administrator John Pistole. (Houston Chronicle.)Pistole is responding to National Opt-Out Day, a nice little bit of civil disobedience in which people are

Follow me here.Under the Texas Penal Code, A person commits [the felony of Indecency With a Child] if, with a child younger than 17 years of age, whether the child is of the same or opposite sex, the person:(1)  engages in sexual contact with the child or causes the child to engage in sexual contact; or(2)  with intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any

Don't like the idea of choosing between a full-body scanner and an "enhanced patdown" by a TSA thug? You don't have to avoid flying; you just have to avoid flying out of the airports that use full-body scanners (list below from Jaunted.com as of 16 September 2010; check back there before you make your reservations—there are more every day).Americans aren't yet ready to take up arms and

If I were not a lethally generous guy, I would not be writing this. If I thought that what we do was a zero-sum game, in which anything that makes my colleagues better somehow hurts me, I would keep this little gem to myself; I might even quietly put the word out that the book was a waste of time.  But that’s not the sort of guy

The government is going to give you a name. This name will be revealed by the government only to you, and you will have to use it in your dealings with the government. Wrongdoers will, if they know your real name (slave name, strawman name, all-caps gold-fringe UCC admiralty wingnut name, whatever you call it) and learn your secret name, have a measure of power over you—they'll

James J. McCarthy, IV, "Senior Account Executive of Business Development" at eLocallisting.com, comments on my Yodle Lawyer Marketing Sucks post:Although yodle should not have put a picture on their micro site that would put their client at risk, if I am not mistaken, are you not paying for leads from people searching for your services. Who cares where it came from as long as it brings you

I like the idea of a public defender's office, but the idea of Commissioners' Court, Harris County's executive board, controlling, through the power of the purse, the defense function is little more appealing than the current ad hoc system of appointment of indigent counsel by elected judges. One saving grace of a PD would be that a single lawyer could set policy for a large group of

Really, how can you go wrong with a marketing company named after a hanged Nazi war criminal?

After I wrote this post about Yodle, in which I wrote:Yodle sucks because, aside from cold-calling NACDL members claiming that organization's imprimatur  (which it does not have), it sells lawyers cookie-cutter websites.I got an email from Kara Silverman at Yodle. In part:I am happy to post a response on your blog, but I was also hoping to have a conversation with you regarding several of the points