BBC News – Men At Work lose plagiarism case in Australia

So, the person who wrote the “Kookaburra” song (who has passed on) either didn’t see the similarity or didn’t want to sue. But the corporation who didn’t have anything to do with making either song only sees the opportunity to make a buck sues and is trying to rip off the 80s band Men at Work.

It’s probably just a coincidence, at worst it’s an uncredited homage. Either way, the suit is frivolous, the judge is an asshat, and the whole damn thing is ridiculous. I hope the final settlement is for, say, a dollar. Anything more is just insulting to any artist doing any kind of work.

Bob Cesca’s Awesome Blog! Go!: Go F-ck Yourself, Glenn Beck

(I)f I were to choose to use my full given name, I’d like to think it would be regarded as being equally as American as the millions upon millions of other immigrant names in the phone book. Speaking of the phone book, there are at least 100 “Glenn Beck” listings at the White Pages website. Probably hundreds more. Does that make his name more American than, say, Eisenhower? Or Petraeus?


Bob is pissed. And he should be. Hell, every decent sane American should be. Read this assessment of that assmunch Beck and then – if you are into masochism – check this rundown, including audio.

Behind The Bail Bond System : NPR

NPR had a good system on the problems of the bail bond system awhile back. I meant to post it and just plain forgot. So here you go.

Here is another story related to the series.

Yes, bail helps keep people from filling up the jails, but it appears to create way more problems than it solves. Check those stories out and I bet you too will believe the process really needs to be reformed.