Legal

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Marvel Lawyers Argue Mutants Are Not Human

“Mutants. Since the discovery of their existence they have been regarded with fear, suspicion, often hatred. Across the planet, debate rages. Are mutants the next link in the evolutionary chain or simply a new species of humanity fighting f

Legal / Mutants

California Man Fears Murder Charges After Killing Two Sasquatches

A California hunter is fearing for his livelihood after killing a mother Sasquatch and one of her children on a desolate road. According to web rumors culled by BigfootSightings.com, the man is worried that the killing violates his Californ

Bigfoot / Legal

Rabbis Condemn Dog To Death By Stoning

Recently, a dog in Jerusalem got uppity and entered the courts and would not leave. This prompted some judges to remember that they had cursed a lawyer 20 years early to have his spirit enter a dog, because in traditional Judaism dogs are i

Dogs / Legal

The Case of Sir Thomas Grantham’s Monster

Imagine you were far away from home and you found a monster. Not a metaphor, but a genuine, grotesque oddity. What would you do with it? I have in my possession a copy of Modern Reports: Or Select Cases, Adjudged In The Courts Of King’s Ben

Legal

The Strange Case of Life Violating Copyright

As many of you may remember, last year J. Craig Venter and his team created the first synthetic life form by replacing the genetic code of the bacterium Mycoplasma capricolum with DNA that they created themselves. In order to create and ide

Legal / Science

Fortune Telling Legalized In Maryland

A Maryland court has struck down a county law that barred fortune telling as a violation of free speech. Just as I foresaw in the espers of time! Judge Clayton Greene Jr., who wrote the court’s opinion, concluded that while fortune-tellers

Legal / Psychic

The Cat That Talked, Fought For Your Right To Free Speech

In a list compiling the most famous talking animals, we are introduced to Blackie the Cat, a novelty act in the 1980s in which the titular feline would meow “I love you” and “I want my mama.” However, after the bright lights of variety show

Legal / Talking Animal