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No election, whether it’s the presidential election or the fifth grade class president election at Bumbledick Junior High, is complete without a little scandal. And we’ve got a scandal that’s so juicy, it’ll make you chubby.
The “exclusive” on Barack Obama’s law history comes to us courtesy of Politico.
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Are you just itching to take that new gun of yours to work now that a new law lets you do it? Well, better put ol’ Bessie back in her holster for a second.
Reason Magazine speculates that the new law in Florida is infringing on property owners’ rights by increasing gun ownership rights.
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It’s understandable if some people don’t know the definition of the word “law.” Public education has taken some massive hits in our time and we’re sure most of them had to burn dictionaries for heat. But it’s another thing when your the attorney general of the country, a job that requires you to at least know the definition of the word “law.”
Michael Mukasey, the U.S. Attorney General, said he won’t pursue charges in the U.S. attorney firings because “not every wrong, or even every violation of the law, is a crime,” according to the New York Times.
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Those crazy gun laws are back again. They’re like cockroaches. They keep popping up in ways you don’t expect them: in your shoes, in the toaster, in the cockroach of the cockroach that just crawled out of the toaster.
A new law in Florida allows employers to bring their guns to work, but there isn’t a law that allows the customers the same right, according to the Palm Beach Post.
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We’ve got nothing against littering laws. In fact, if you’re caught littering, we think that you should be thrown on the ground as well, just so you know what it feels like.
Unfortunately, New York is taking things a bit too far with their littering law, according to the Brooklyn Eagle.
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For Rep. Paul Wesselhoft, his heart is in the right place but his head is somewhere else.
Wesselhoft wants to make being in a gang against the law, but the law won’t stick and he’s pursuing it anyway, according to the AP.
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John McCain has been able to accept public donations for his campaign, unlike Barak Obama who basically told America that he doesn’t need their money, the way Paris Hilton would to her parents if she had any free will, dignity and initiative of her own.
McCain’s been able to do both, however, because of a loophole in the law, according to the Daily Kos.
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There’s nothing inherently wrong with this law, except the fact that it didn’t pass with flying colors and actually had a bit of debate about it. There should have been a unanimous pro-vote on this baby with zero seconds of debate followed by a “Hella ya” by the chief justice of the Supreme Court.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court reinforced a law that bans sex with dead bodies by a vote of 5-2, according to the AP.
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Some states needed to do some spring cleaning. It’s too late now. It’s summer. No one does any summer cleaning. It’s too damn hot. If you want someone to do your cleaning in the summer, hire someone who can deal with the heat, like someone’s who’s constantly on fire.
Virginia still has a bunch of dumb laws on the books, according a story by the Virginian Pilot.
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The attack of the baggy pants laws are back, this time in Flint, Mich. where the local police are hoping that the way to stop crime form happening is through its pants.
The police chief has ordered his officers to start “cracking down” (the newspaper’s words, not mine) on people who wear baggy pants, according to the the Flint Journal.
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