Yay for your dad, bt! And by that I mean both yay for his accomplishments and yay that he uses his power for good.
He does have a tendency to do that kind of thing. One of his earliest cases was back in the early 70s, when some Aboriginal activists set up a tent embassy on the grounds of Parliament House. The govt of the day (correctly) saw calling it an embassy as provocative, and sent in the police to break it up - violently, it is reported.
My dad represented them in court, and won, on the basis that the ordinance passed by the government to legitimise their actions had been incorrectly drafted. Unfortunately, that invalidated dozens of other ordinances at the same time, leaving legislators scrambling to clean up the mess.
A change of government shortly thereafter changed the landscape. It's had a chequered history since, but the tent embassy still exists today.
I love John Oliver, but he gives me something new to worry about every week.
We should have listened to Flavor Flav years ago - 911 is a joke!
Edit: ....which I typed mid-watching, before Oliver made that very point.
Flavor Flav is a wise man.
Words you never expected to hear, yet strangely true in this case. A stopped giant series of clock necklaces is right twice a day.
Possibly only funny to me and Teppy: having listened to the Anna Faris podcast with them, if Jenny Slate and Chris Evans are actually dating and trying to be quiet about it, then that podcast was the dating version of Jean-Ralphio and Mona-Lisa's Don't be Suspicious song.
I have a syllabus to write. But no energy. Do not want.
That is HILARIOUS.
RIGHT? I mean, it's totally possible that they're just friends and the media is once again acting like two people can't hang out and be affectionate just for the sake of liking each other (which they seem to, and also, I'm pretty sure they were both somewhat stoned), but if that's not the case, then damn.
Especially with the subjects of two of the advice calls.
Also, the podcast was hilarious. Though the second-to-last advice call was extremely listen from the hall.
Oh, whew, looks like my hour-and-a-half meeting is getting rescheduled. I feel like I have been underwater all morning with orders that need special handling, switching gears and being able to have a coherent discussion about process improvement would have been difficult today. Also, still tired from yesterday, just staying awake for the rest of the day will be enough of a challenge, frankly.
