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The Onion Files Hilarious Amicus Brief In An Important Case, And Actually Makes A Key Point In The Best Way Possible

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

from the put-the-onion’s-editorial-board-on-the-supreme-court dept

Tue, Oct 4th 2022 10:45am – Mike Masnick

In most cases, it does not do you any good to try to be funny in legal filings. In most cases, judges will not be that amused (even if those same judges sometimes try to make jokey rulings). In the world of the courts, the judges can be funny, but no one else should try. But every so often it works. The ACLU’s Eat Shit, Bob filing, for example, was pretty good.

The Onion Files Hilarious Amicus Brief In An Important Case, And Actually Makes A Key Point In The Best Way Possible

H/T: Steve Lehto

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The man who wrote the Onion’s Supreme Court brief takes parody very seriously

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For Laughs: Ukrainian Intelligence Claims That They Overheard A Russian Armed Forces Soldier Say, “Theres no equipment, well get nowhere in our tin cans”

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)2 Comments
Poorly translated by Yandex, or maybe their Intelligence isn’t so intelligent?!?

Ukrainian intelligence overheard occupier say: Theres no equipment, well get nowhere in our tin cans

They don’t even bother to use punctuation in their headline. WTF kind of article is this?! They expect people to believe this crap?! 😹😹😹

Judges, fracking and a fly: Six takeaways from the U.S. vice presidential debate

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Judges, fracking and a fly: Six takeaways from the U.S. vice presidential debate

A FLY IN THE OINTMENT

A stray housefly sat for several minutes on Pence’s white hair, hanging on as he shook his head and parried with Harris over race and criminal justice — providing comic fodder for late-night hosts and Twitter users alike. Biden’s campaign sold flyswatters to capitalize on the buzz.

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