In America, it's always Loony Season

Although I was amused that a recent Osgood File piece by Dave Ross took an humorous swipe at both Michele Bachmann and Bradlee Dean, it's clear that Representative Loonball's embrace of the Reverend is both (1) troublesome and (2) entirely in keeping with her theocratic agenda. Exhibits A and B, if you will.

Ah, but Bachmann didn't stop there, of course. Witness what you'd pretty much expect from someone entirely ignorant of both biology and some other country's economic policies. All of this would be hilarious if she wasn't actually running for President; now, it's less "funny ha ha" and more "funny uh oh".

On the other hand, Loony Season, International Division is still chugging along nicely

In Kenya, when Christians make public calls for killing a select minority, the result is predictable: the Muslims wholeheartedly join in.

Feel free to retch in the appropriate manner.

"Sue Me, Sue You Blues"? Not quite

Okay, that's a direct lift from George Harrison to be sure, but read on:

Las Vegas - For the second time in a week, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has won the dismissal of an infringement case filed by copyright troll Righthaven LLC.

EFF, along with the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and attorney Chad Bowers, represent Thomas DiBiase in Righthaven v. DiBiase. Righthaven had sued DiBiase, a former prosecutor, for a post on his blog that provides resources for prosecutors in difficult murder cases where the victim is presumed dead but no body is found. A document unearthed by EFF in a related case showed that the copyright assignment was a sham and that Righthaven was merely agreeing to undertake the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper's case at its own expense in exchange for a cut of the recovery.

Echoing his earlier decision, Judge Hunt ruled Wednesday that Righthaven did not have the legal authorization to bring a copyright lawsuit, because it never owned the copyright in the first place.

I remember hearing about Righthaven's activities on On The Media a couple of months ago; believe me when I say that their imploding so nicely on this issue makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.