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Dems: You’re Surrounded! March 12, 2010

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Tea Party on one side.  SEIU on the other.

Sounds like a bad situation.

The Coffee Party doesn’t really factor into this because, well…it’s not quite a party, but more like a masquerade…

Your Moment of Geek March 12, 2010

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30 awesome photos of Darth Vader.

Plus, NYT: Why so many superheroes prefer New York City.

Thanks to Dr. Fiancee for the tips.  Dr. Fiancee blogs about national security and law enforcement here.  She brought me cheesecake from a night out with her mom last night, so be nice to her and visit her blog.

BSG Boys March 11, 2010

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A BSG/Beastie Boys mashup at Ed Driscoll’s blog.

CNN Overhauls Its Morning Line-Up March 11, 2010

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“Why is CNN bothering with all this, since everybody knows that CNN’s competition is Facebook?

Heh.  It’s tough out there in Newsland.  Journalism is hard.

Media Lawsuit of the Week March 11, 2010

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Josh Dickey: The Case of the Sweaty iPod: “A Manhattan Beach, Calif., man claims that his iPod shuffle is defective because while working out, his perspiration traveled down the earphone cord, shutting it down.”  Now he’s filing a class action claiming breach of warranty, among other things.

The lawsuit seems stupid and frivolous at first glance.  Unfortunately, it will take more than pointing that out to make the lawsuit go away.

I haven’t read the complaint, but I doubt the warranty claims will survive.  That iPods meet the implied warranty of merchantability is probably out of the question (iPods are at least of average quality and fit for the ordinary purposes they are intended to serve).  But I doubt Apple has ever made any express warranties about iPods being sweat-resistant, for one.  The implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose is also – arguably – inapplicable (would Apple know or have reason to know that the buyer would sweat into his iPod?).

Finally, class actions require numerosity, which is to say there has to be such a large number of plaintiffs as to make a joinder of all their claims impracticable.  So this dude and his attorney need to find a lot of sweaty iPod owners to get class action certification.

Class actions are big moneymakers for the plaintiffs’ bar.  So I’d sign up for a couple of yoga classes.  Lots of sweaty folks there.

When Olby Met O’Donnell March 10, 2010

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Mediaite: Lawrence O’Donnell Now Implicates Entire U.S. Navy In Massa’s Male Groping?

Hey, it wouldn’t be Countdown if someone didn’t say something outrageously stupid.

A Little History: The “Trololo Man” March 10, 2010

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At Russia Today’s site.

Geek-adelic March 9, 2010

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The trailers for Tron Legacy and Iron Man 2.

I think that’s Gary Shandling playing a Senator or some such in the Iron Man one.

10 Greatest Legal Movies…Of All Time? March 9, 2010

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THR, Esq. has the list.

But some notable titles are definitely missing from it.  No The Verdict?  No …And Justice For All?  (which is not about Metallica, but stars Pacino in top form).  No Anatomy of a Murder?

My Civil Procedure II professor actually made watching The Verdict our first class assignment – along with Class Action, which I saw in the theater back in the 80’s.  Great movies, both of them.  Also, as the comments suggest, Billy Wilder’s Witness For the Prosecution is a must-see.

Glad to see My Cousin Vinny made the list.  I found it a lot funnier after my 2L year, strangely enough.

The list is objectively wrong on one point: the Coens did not write Intolerable Cruelty.  In fact, that film is famous for being the first Coen picture not written by either one of the Coens.

Monotony: The Horror of Doc Review is not on the list, but that’s because it hasn’t been produced yet.  It’s only a matter of time…

Brutal Nature Video of the Week March 8, 2010

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At BoingBoing: Praying Mantis vs. Humming Bird!

Brutal…