Footage from “Dementia 13,” Francis Ford Coppola’s first directorial effort, produced by Roger Corman.
Music by Bob Schneider.
Chuck C. Johnson is in deep doo-doo.
Hey wait - I thought he had FIVE lawyers on call.
The letter he just got:
What he meant to say is that he needs a lawyer who works for free. I’d try Craigslist if it were me.
NAF is represented by mofo.com
Chuckie’s ass is so fucked.
re: #1 Charles Johnson
Um, that doesn’t look like a “threat” that looks like an attachment to either a subpoena or a request for production (depending on if Chuck is a party to that particular case).
re: #2 Skip Intro
What he meant to say is that he needs a lawyer who works for free. I’d try Craigslist if it were me.
Chuck: “OK my crack legal team, I need your help with this NAF thing….”
Chuck’s Lawyer: “FOR THE LAST TIME, I’M A FUCKING PERSONAL INURY ATTOURNY FROM MINNISOTA! I CAN’T HELP YOU WITH THIS SHIT!”
re: #1 Charles Johnson
Chuck C. Johnson is in deep doo-doo.
Hey wait - I thought he had FIVE lawyers on call.
The letter he just got:
Well, I guess this answers the questions about whether or not Chucky is gonna retain Burns to fight this case. My guess is our favorite pro-bono lawyer took one look at the people handling this case for NAF…and bailed faster than a rat from a sinking ship.
Obviously this is a Civil Rights case, and there’s no better Civil Rights lawyer in CA than Orly Taitz.
re: #3 The Vicious Babushka
NAF is represented by mofo.com
Chuckie’s ass is so fucked.
I mentioned this in a previous thread discussing the possibility that now appears to be becoming reality. Morrison and Foerster, or MoFo as they are colloquially known, are widely renowned in the technology community as the “sharks in suits” who represented IBM when they devoured a technology/patent troll in the SCO v. IBM case. The end result of that case was SCO filing for bankruptcy. Folks, you don’t fuck around with MoFo.
On the long ride home from a son’s soccer event this evening I was listening to “This American Life” about a guy who came up with a great scam (pre-internet) to dupe lonely men out of their money. He created bought or rented several mailing lists from magazines that specialized in men and then had women with “needs” mail letters to them . Of course, there were really no women. The guy wrote form letters by the thousands, only changing a few details, such as the sucker’s name, and sweetening the deal by including photos of ravishing models that he also purchased. He made millions. Even after he and a woman who assisted were charged with mail fraud and other crimes, many of the duped men continued to believe in the existence of the women they had been exchanging letters with. Some even testified at the trial about how the letters, while making them poorer by thousands of dollars (they were encouraged over the years to send money for this and that on behalf of the non-existent women they were supposed to be engaging with), had made their lives better by giving them something to believe in….
This is how you can explain a Ben Carson or Donald Trump, I think.
re: #1 Charles Johnson
That’s page two of a subpoena, “You are ordered to appear in court” on such and such a day and “further commanded to bring documents as outlined in Exhibit A attached .” (Could also be for a deposition) I have done this, this is boilerplate. Who represents him on what he got served with the other day?
Between this and Gawker… Hahaha
Maybe the NAF won’t go so easy on him like Gawker has. It’s always seemed to me that Chuck manages to find a way out from any of the situations he puts himself in.
His social media life as well as his personal life need to be ruined. And I don’t hesitate saying that about him. He’s a despicable human being and deserves it tenfold.
Wait - didn’t Chuck C. Johnson just tell the Washington Post he had FIVE lawyers on call? Why does he need another? pic.twitter.com/b4XPP8z2tm
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 2, 2015
re: #9 Barefoot Grin
Did he go on to found Ashley Madison?
Knowing Chucky, he’s now madly trying to delete any and/or all of the evidence on that list in what he assumes will be a foolproof plan to totally confound NAF. After all, if they have no evidence, they have no case, right? It’s diabolically genius!
re: #10 gocart mozart
That’s page two of a subpoena, he is being asked to bring with him to court the items listed in “Exhibit A” attached. I have done this, this is boilerplate. Who represents him on the crap he got served with the other day?
Yup, it’s a subpoena. Knowing Chuck, he’ll probably post the other pages soon.
I wonder how you support five lawyers on the $27 a day he makes from his website?
re: #13 Skip Intro
Did he go on to found Ashley Madison?
No, but the scam lives on!
He died in 2013. He did 10 years; the employee who helped him did two.
Of course, wishful thinking is not confined to conservatives, but I found it especially apt with this particular field: “even though every fact and bit of evidence proves what they say wrong, I’m going to believe them. Because I have invested so much in the scam.”
By the way, for those wondering, MoFo is one of the 30 biggest firms in America. Ranked 25 by one count I found with just short of 1,000 attorneysas of 2014. A small firm can go against them, I’ve litigated against similar sized firms, but you don’t want to go against them when you’ve got a client like Chick that you can’t control
re: #5 Ace-o-aces
Chuck: “OK my crack legal team, I need your help with this NAF thing….”
Chuck’s Lawyer: “FOR THE LAST TIME, I’M A FUCKING PERSONAL INURY ATTOURNY FROM MINNISOTA! I CAN’T HELP YOU WITH THIS SHIT!”
Missouri, not Minnesota.
Small things…
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re: #8 thedopefishlives
I mentioned this in a previous thread discussing the possibility that now appears to be becoming reality. Morrison and Foerster, or MoFo as they are colloquially known, are widely renowned in the technology community as the “sharks in suits” who represented IBM when they devoured a technology/patent troll in the SCO v. IBM case. The end result of that case was SCO filing for bankruptcy. Folks, you don’t fuck around with MoFo.
Chuck is sooo fucked.
I love it.
re: #18 KGxvi
By the way, for those wondering, MoFo is one of the 30 biggest firms in America. Ranked 25 by one count I found with just short of 1,000 attorneysas of 2014. A small firm can go against them, I’ve litigated against similar sized firms, but you don’t want to go against them when you’ve got a client like Chick that you can’t control
It’s not impossible to litigate against large firms, if you have a case worth arguing. Chuck does not have a case worth arguing. He is a nut case, not a legal case.
re: #10 gocart mozart
I wonder if they just subpoenaed him to produce records, or if they’re going to depose him as well
re: #14 Targetpractice
Knowing Chucky, he’s now madly trying to delete any and/or all of the evidence on that list in what he assumes will be a foolproof plan to totally confound NAF. After all, if they have no evidence, they have no case, right? It’s diabolically genius!
The evidence…that he gave a copy of to his anti-Semite buddy weev…who posted it all over YT and is supposedly somewhere in Eastern Europe where there’s no extradition treaty with the US right now.
That’ll go over well with the judge…
re: #18 KGxvi
By the way, for those wondering, MoFo is one of the 30 biggest firms in America. Ranked 25 by one count I found with just short of 1,000 attorneysas of 2014. A small firm can go against them, I’ve litigated against similar sized firms, but you don’t want to go against them when you’ve got a client like Chick that you can’t control
And Chuck just announced on Facebook that he refuses to comply with their lawful subpoena. This could be the case that wrecks him for good.
Hi Gang. The Zombie Scuba Apocalypse dives went well, as did all the rest of the training this weekend. It was the last weekend for the quarry to be open until next spring, so we packed a royal shitte-tonne into the weekend. I’ve NEVER been so tired after a dive weekend, the diving itself wasn’t hard, but had some students that really kept you on your toes, so it was a bit stressful. Add in wearing gear that’s almost 50% of my body weight while helping the students all get into the water… All I know is that I’m taking a naproxin tonight before I go to bed.
I see that upChuck has cascading legal problems. My sorry face, let me show it you. Damn, can’t find it anyplace. Can somebody give me a real quick rundown if there has been any changes in the Gawker case.
RBS
re: #24 Charles Johnson
And Chuck just announced on Facebook that he refuses to comply with their lawful subpoena. This could be the case that wrecks him for good.
Wonder if he’ll skip town on Hot Asian Wife and go join weev?
BREAKING NEWS: There will be a letter of demands sent to networks from campaigns in the next 48 hours, per leaders of tonight’s mtg.
— Robert Costa (@costareports) November 2, 2015
re: #24 Charles Johnson
And Chuck just announced on Facebook that he refuses to comply with their lawful subpoena. This could be the case that wrecks him for good.
If news orgs can’t hold debates as they wish, the right option is to withdraw—and cover the resulting debates as news events, period
— Michael Hiltzik (@hiltzikm) November 2, 2015
Also, I believe I got my history wrong. Morrison and Foerster was SCO v. Novell, not SCO v. IBM (I believe IBM has their own internal sharks that handled that particular case). Nevertheless, they did get their ass handed to them in that case, and in fact, that case is what caused them to get destroyed in the following SCO v. IBM debacle.
re: #27 Jenner7
Never negotiate with terrorists @costareports
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) November 2, 2015
re: #27 Jenner7
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It’d be nice if the networks told Trump, Carson, et al, to go pound sand, but you know that won’t happen.
They’ll fucking cave.
re: #27 Jenner7
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What the networks should say: “Have fun with all your debates on Fox, with six minutes of debating time after opening statements, closing statements, shilling, and commercials are taken into account.”
What the networks will say: “How much further can we bend over for you, to keep that c…ontemptible Hillary out of the Oval Office?”
re: #24 Charles Johnson
And Chuck just announced on Facebook that he refuses to comply with their lawful subpoena. This could be the case that wrecks him for good.
Am I wrong in thinking that, because he violated/assisted in violating a court order, he could very well face criminal charges as well as civil ones?
re: #34 Targetpractice
Am I wrong in thinking that, because he violated/assisted in violating a court order, he could very well face criminal charges as well as civil ones?
Criminal contempt of court, one would think, at the very least.
re: #29 Charles Johnson
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If you get the chance, ask Mr. Hiltzik what about these debates could possibly be considered newsworthy.
re: #34 Targetpractice
Am I wrong in thinking that, because he violated/assisted in violating a court order, he could very well face criminal charges as well as civil ones?
IANAL. I can only hope.
re: #33 Brian J.
What the networks should say: “Have fun with all your debates on Fox, with six minutes of debating time after opening statements, closing statements, shilling, and commercials are taken into account.”
What the networks will say: “How much further can we bend over for you, to keep that c…ontemptible Hillary out of the Oval Office?”
Yeah, pretty much, though I’d love to be proven wrong by someone.
re: #34 Targetpractice
It would most likely only be civil contempt. Criminal contempt requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Which is why you don’t see it too often. Most likely if he refuses to produce docs, he will get hit with monetary sanctions. He may get haled into court to answer for failure to comply, and if he doesn’t show, the judge could issue a bench warrant. But that’s an incredibly extreme measure.
re: #40 KGxvi
It would most likely only be civil contempt. Criminal contempt requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Which is why you don’t see it too often. Most likely if he refuses to produce docs, he will get hit with monetary sanctions. He may get haled into court to answer for failure to comply, and if he doesn’t show, the judge could issue a bench warrant. But that’s an incredibly extreme measure.
IANAL, but doesn’t putting the subpoena on your page for all the world to see and announcing your intentions not to follow its instructions similarly publicly constitute proof beyond a reasonable doubt, or at least close enough that a grand jury should decide?
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re: #22 KGxvi
I wonder if they just subpoenaed him to produce records, or if they’re going to depose him as well
It’s either a court date or a deposition so they will either ask him question under oath in a court of law or under oath in a lawyers office. If he doesn’t show up, the lawyer should ask for a capias (civil arrest warrant) to bring his ass to court and explain why he shouldn’t be found in contempt of court.
re: #40 KGxvi
That said, he could get locked up under civil contempt until he produces the documents. But again, that’s an extreme move and unlikely short of Chuck pulling a “I’m out of order? You’re out of order! This whole damn court is out of order!” move
re: #45 KGxvi
That said, he could get locked up under civil contempt until he produces the documents. But again, that’s an extreme move and unlikely short of Chuck pulling a “I’m out of order? You’re out of order! This whole damn court is out of order!” move
This is Chucky we’re talking about. I wouldn’t put it past him to spend the first court appearance declaring the judge is part of a grand liberal scheme to shut him up.
re: #46 Targetpractice
This is Chucky we’re talking about. I wouldn’t put it past him to spend the first court appearance declaring the judge is part of a grand liberal scheme to shut him up.
Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it may creep
re: #41 Brian J.
Probably. But then there’s a question of cost. Is it really worth the time and resources for the US Attorneys office to bring that case? Especially when it can be handled in the context of the civil case.
re: #44 gocart mozart
Could be a subpoena duces tecum, just seeking documents. It might not be worth questioning him at this point.
re: #45 KGxvi
“Produce the documents and submit to questions or I’ll find you in contempt” Fine or jail, see Davis, Kim et al.
re: #48 KGxvi
Why would anyone give up an opportunity to question that fucker under oath?
re: #49 gocart mozart
Right, but that’s technically still civil contempt rather than criminal because Chuck would be considered “holding the keys to his cell.”
re: #48 KGxvi
Could be a subpoena duces tecum, just seeking documents. It might not be worth questioning him at this point.
Better yet a subpoena tukes dockem, where Chuckle’s ass gets tossed in the slammer.
re: #50 gocart mozart
I hav always preferred to have documents before I actually asked questions in person. But everyone has their own strategies
Man accidentally shot when customer’s gun falls to floor while at Sanford Cracker Barrel
Don’t you just hate it when that happens?
re: #51 KGxvi
It’s a civil action, ergo civil contempt unless Chucky tells the Judge in court to “Go fuck yourself Yonner.” I put the odds of that as slightly less than 50%.
I have nothing to contribute regarding the legal discussion, so here’s a picture of Ted Cruz in a flag painted Mustang, shooting a pistol though the front windshield.
‘Merica…. F-ing Yes!!!!Totally off topic but I read a fan theory on Star Wars today that might be the most amazing thing ever. The basic idea is that Jar Jar is actually a Sith Lord working with Darth Sidious.
You have been warned if Jar Jar shows up in the new Trilogy
re: #56 Reality Based Steve
That supercharger is clearly compensating for something.
re: #53 KGxvi
OK fine, good point. I don’t know what proceeding the subpoena is for so I’m talking out of my ass a little bit.
Chuck has to be sweating bullets tonight. A subpoena from mofo.com is nothing to sneeze at. And he undoubtedly has something he wants to hide.
I’m wondering what recourse they might have if Chuck just wipes his hard drives and deletes the evidence. Because that’s something he very well might do.
re: #59 gocart mozart
No worries. I’ve known plenty of lawyers that just want to ask questions and get right to depositions, documents be damned (or reviewed as the depo is underway). And most of us lawyers are talking out our asses when it’s a case we aren’t handling. It’s all second guessing
re: #61 Charles Johnson
I’m wondering what recourse they might have if Chuck just wipes his hard drives and deletes the evidence. Because that’s something he very well might do.
From a quick Wikipedia’ing (IANAL), it seems like a criminal charge is possible in certain jurisdictions, but it also appears that the evidence that has been destroyed can be assumed as unfavorable to the party doing the destroying. In other words, it amounts to a tacit admission of guilt.
re: #61 Charles Johnson
I’m wondering what recourse they might have if Chuck just wipes his hard drives and deletes the evidence. Because that’s something he very well might do.
He won’t delete it. He’ll upload it to a “secure cloud” recommended by weev.
I’m ROFL just thinking about that.
It’s amazing how many subpoenas manage to get delivered to the super secret hiding place that isn’t in Clovis CA that CCJ lives.
So, found a $200 rowing machine on Craigslist today for $30, so I can workout again without impacting my back.
Why do people keep doing this stupid shit==>
Suicide bomber costume at Fort Bragg creates alert https://t.co/enqDcyYxN2
— Henry Hanks (@hankscnn) November 1, 2015
re: #68 The Vicious Babushka
These are the moments in which I am amazed that we, as a species, have not only climbed to the top of the food chain but also so commanded our environment that we traveled to the moon
re: #56 Reality Based Steve
I have nothing to contribute regarding the legal discussion, so here’s a picture of Ted Cruz in a flag painted Mustang, shooting a pistol though the front windshield.
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The original depicts Reagan, the artist is Jason Heuser.
re: #67 Kragar
So, found a $200 rowing machine on Craigslist today for $30, so I can workout again without impacting my back.
I got a medium-high end stationary recumbent trainer off CL for about 10-15% of what it was worth. CL has some great deals, and some stuff that ya gotta go “Really People?”
RBS
Thing is, if Chucky had an ounce of smarts in his head, he’d immediately roll on his source, give up whatever they gave him, and hope that doing so will earn him leniency. But he doesn’t, so he’ll try to destroy evidence, lie his ass off, and refuse to recognize the lawful authority of the court until he’s either sitting in a cell (where he’ll view himself a political prisoner) or until he’s left impoverished by the various fines and rulings against him.
re: #71 goddamnedfrank
The original depicts Reagan, the artist is Jason Heuser.
As, so kind of like George Zimmermann’s “Art Work” in other words. Steal from somebody else and photoshop the hell out of it.
(and just how is he managing to steer?
RBS
re: #73 Targetpractice
I don’t think he’ll view himself as a political prisoner only because at that point he’ll be so scared he’ll hardly be able to think.
re: #1 Charles Johnson
Chuck C. Johnson is in deep doo-doo.
Gosh, Charles! Maybe he can try Legal Zoom!
re: #24 Charles Johnson
And Chuck just announced on Facebook that he refuses to comply with their lawful subpoena. This could be the case that wrecks him for good.
Even the New York Times’ Judith Miller wasn’t spared spending time at Club Fed.
I wonder if Chucky thinks that, like that subpoena back in ‘14, he can just choose to tell the court to fuck off and they won’t try to pursue the matter further.
INSIDE THE ROOM: Read the letter that Ben Ginsberg drafted for the GOP summit. @daveweigel reports: https://t.co/wAEEYzhfmw
— Robert Costa (@costareports) November 2, 2015
Wow, what a joke.
re: #61 Charles Johnson
Since they (in all likelihood) already have subpoenaed Daliden’s email, they’re chasing after The Rage Furby’s email as a double-check. If Daliden’s email shows email to CCJ but CCJ’s email doesn’t show Daliden’s email, well….
Save you the trouble of clicking the link.
The (draft) list of GOP demands to the TV networks for future debates (Via @daveweigel) pic.twitter.com/VmUbs2mFfa
— Benghazi Video Maker (@Wilson__Valdez) November 2, 2015
re: #81 Jenner7
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Wow, what a joke.
Christ, I’m surprised there weren’t questions like “Will the candidates be able to write their own vows?” or “Will the moderators address the candidates as ‘President (name)?”
re: #24 Charles Johnson
And Chuck just announced on Facebook that he refuses to comply with their lawful subpoena. This could be the case that wrecks him for good.
Is he laying the groundwork to be committed????????
re: #1 Charles Johnson
This just warms the cockles of my cold, cold heart. I never heard back from the NAF, but I’m still glad I dropped a dime on the Ginger Avenger.
re: #83 Jenner7
Save you the trouble of clicking the link.
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“Keep the temperature at or below 67°”
Flop sweat is so un-Presidential.
re: #83 Jenner7
At least they admit the possibility of a gong being involved. Chuck Barris is still alive, so he can man it.
Cut off their mike when the allotted time is up.
re: #92 Kragar
Already setting up to take the day off and got the next one off for Veteran’s day
I’m going to come down with an acute case of radiation sickness
re: #92 Kragar
Already setting up to take the day off and got the next one off for Veteran’s day
Already asked my supervisor if she can keep my schedule the same for next week as it is this week, so I’ll have Monday off in order to go to the midnight release, then all day Tuesday to play.
Part of a conversation from a wedding last night:
…Obama had a chance to make his children 3/4 white, but instead he married that ape.
…Obama isn’t very Presidential.
…Obama never mentions his white mother.
…Oprah was a friend of Bill and Hillary until Obama ran, then she practically got him elected
re: #98 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
Part of a conversation from a wedding last night:
…Obama had a chance to make his children 3/4 white, but instead he married that ape.…Obama isn’t very Presidential.
…Obama never mentions his white mother.
…Oprah was a friend of Bill and Hillary until Obama ran, then she practically got him elected
Trump-humpers?
re: #99 The Vicious Babushka
Couldn’t tell. Just Obama haters.
re: #101 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
Couldn’t tell. Just Obama haters.
Auspicious beginning to a happy marriage.
re: #99 The Vicious Babushka
Trump-humpers?
This is stuff that I hear every day from the callers I deal with!
re: #19 TedStriker
Missouri, not Minnesota.
Small things…
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Dammit, and from the midwest….My only excuse is a candy hangover from last night.
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