look, i twittered today!

• 07:53 i overslept this morning! fail! #
• 09:26 parrots are out. penguins are in. #
• 10:59 third eye blind's self-titled album is still one me the most awesome things ever. #
• 13:23 i just voted for obama. yay early voting! #
• 13:51 @sillylittlelaw does he still have the ds? #
• 14:47 @sabrebutt but of course! <3 #
• 14:52 @kunt hooray! <3 #
• 15:03 i love all this love for obama. #
• 15:37 the internet is a series of tubes. congress is a series of boobs. #
• 17:04 going home. :) #
• 19:00 sushi for dinner = happy nicky. #

don't blame me, blame loudtwitter.

OH...OH...YES!

there are two completely awesome things about this incident:

• these are the best campaign calls ever. [no, really. they are. have a listen, why don't you?] having a sexy woman porno voice say that the opponent has been a "bad boy" and to "vote yes!" for the opponent?
• in the face of backlash against the campaign calls, the candidate is actually taking responsibility for them. sure, i don't buy his claim that the ads were only supposed to be a little provocative, and that the campaign worker got overzealous--there's no way the ad would work unless the voice reading the script sounded full-on pornographic. but, he's not releasing the name of the staffer, and he's owning up to his calls.

if this is the future of political campaigning, count me in. i do a pretty good phone sex voice myself...so if there are any politicians out there who need an unpaid staffer to record some robocalls, drop me a comment or an email, and we'll talk.

can we say judicial misconduct?

a judge in north carolina, for all intents and purposes, commanded his deputy clerk to rob a defendant:

The North Carolina Supreme Court removed Judge Mark H. Badgett from the bench after he ordered a Hispanic man accused of domestic violence to pay child support when none was requested, saying "you people always find a way," and, "I don't know how you treat women in Mexico, but here you don't treat them that way."

After defendant Floyd Mandez Carreon objected, Badgett ordered a deputy clerk to take Carreon's wallet from his pocket, hand over $140 in cash to Kathy Mendez Carreon, and let her take down Floyd's Social Security number.

he proceeded to lie about it:

When Badgett found out that the Judicial Standards Commission had ordered an investigation, he talked to the deputy clerk and plaintiff's counsel, suggesting the defendant had been violent and claiming he didn't recall the wallet incident. He told state investigators the same, adding that the defendant was known to carry a gun, that he suspected him of being a gang member based on his appearance, and that the deputy clerk had stood near him at the hearing to ensure safety.

Badgett initially denied ever ordering the deputy to go after Floyd's wallet, but later said he did so in order to "determine Mr. Carreon's true identity."

the north carolina supreme court has removed him from his judicial post. that's a good step, but i'm hoping that's not all the punishment he gets. really, i'd like to see him disbarred. he is currently looking to either reopen his own law practice or join as a partner in another law firm, but he does not deserve the privilege of legally representing anyone after committing robbery, identity theft, and flat-out racism right there in open court.