law

alex jones — This is quite frankly wonderful news, it could not have happened to a nicer person than Alex Jones of Infowars fame. Let’s first give you a bit of context. If you have no idea who Alex Jones actually is, then the background context is that he is most probably the […]

Alex Jones Has Been Named In Two More Defamation Suits

This entry was posted in law media nutters People society and tagged Alex Jones law on April 19, 2018 by Dave

Alex Jones — Both Fox News and also Alex Jones have a rather well-known reputation for being promoters of fiction as fact. If either of them are your only news sources, or are simply your primary news sources then it is distinctly probably that your grasp upon reality and facts is, and will […]

Fox News and Alex Jones Are Being Sued for Conspiracy Mongering

This entry was posted in Fake News law People society and tagged Alex Jones Brennan Gilmore Fox News law Seth Rich Sue on March 16, 2018 by Dave

fire and fury — As you are no doubt aware, Michael Wolf’s book, Fire and Fury, has resulted in a lawyer representing Mr Trump sending him a “Cease and Desist” letter on 4th Jan.. “Your publication of the false/baseless statements about Mr. Trump gives rise to, among other claims, defamation by libel, defamation by […]

Michael Wolff’s Lawyer tells Trump to F**k off

This entry was posted in books law society and tagged Arkell v. Pressdram fire and fury law Michael Wolff on January 13, 2018 by Dave

atheism in egypt — Atheism in Egypt is back in the news. The correct term to describe a person who does not believe that a god or gods exist is the word “Atheist”. If you are not sure about that, and many of those that do believe do actually reject it as the correct […]

Disbelieving Myths to be made illegal in Egypt

This entry was posted in atheism Atheists law People society and tagged atheism ban Egypt law on January 6, 2018 by Dave

Monkey Selfie — Back in 2011 photographer David Slater was in the Indonesian jungle and had setup his camera. A rather playful troop of crested macaque monkeys that he had befriended starting larking about with his camera, and soon one ended up taking the above monkey selfie. Now here is the key question. Who owns the […]

Monkey Selfie legal case settled – The Monkey gets 25%

This entry was posted in Entertainment law and tagged animals copyright david slater law monkey selfie rights on September 14, 2017 by Dave

About ten years ago back in 2006 the state of California took the very bold step of passing legislation that was designed to slash their greenhouse emissions. This was Assembly Bill (AB) 32- California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 and was passed with the aim of establishing a comprehensive program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from all […]

California extends most ambitious climate change law in US

This entry was posted in Climate Change politics science and tagged California Climate Change law on September 21, 2016 by Dave