Tag Archives: Lowering the Bar

Pump ‘n’ Dump ‘n’ Dumber

Posted on July 27, 2024 by Naomi

From Kevin Underhill’s Lowering the Bar: Australian sources report that four people have been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud in a so-called “pump and dump” scheme, which involves artificially inflating a stock’s value in order to sell it at … Continue reading →

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Lowering the bar to robot dogs. And a note about Cerberus

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Naomi

Just got this from Kevin Underhill, Maestro of Lowering the Bar and it reminds me of something else I saw about robot dogs. Which will follow Kevin: Assorted Stupidity #149 Feb 02, 2022 02:00 pm | Kevin “Would you let … Continue reading →

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Did Magna Carta lead inevitably to the Scopes Trial?

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Naomi

Oh probably not. But Kevin Underhill, at his brilliant, satirical take on the worst of law, Lowering The Bar, writes something in his excellent and hilarious treatise on Article 41 of Magna Carta and how some, uh, insurrectionists tried to … Continue reading →

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