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Christopher Dodd vs. Cute Kittens and Free Speech? This Is Not A Fair Fight

Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:07 PM EST

The kittens kicked ass on Hollywood, and Hollywood, like every frustrated bully, is sounding like a sore loser. Big liberals that they are, the Big Wheels of LA of course thought they'd paid in advance to grease SOPA's passage through the legislative process.

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google, congress, senate, politics, hollywood, wikipedia, blackout, mpaa, riaa, dodd

California Supreme Court to Review Lower Court Decisions Used By Cities To Block Medical Marijuana Sales

Seeded on Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:49 AM EST (Toke of the Town)

Medical Marijuana advocates are calling it a victory that the California Supreme Court has granted review of two Appeals Court decisions that had been used by cities to refuse to allow cannabis shops to set up in their limits. The legal effect of the two cases, Pack v.

health, california, federal, medical-marijuana, cannabis, department-of-justice, dispensaries

For most-hurting Americans, Fed remedies limited - The Washington Post

Seeded on Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:41 PM EST (The Washington Post)

The Federal Reserve is the only agency of government actively working to stimulate the economy, and its efforts are benefitting the wealthiest Americans. The two primary effects of the Fed's policies are: (1) flooding the stock markets with cash to re-inflate securities val …

wall-street, savings, politics, federal-reserve, salary, home-loans, bond-market, refinance, economic-stimulus, banksters

Well, Whoopde-do!: SEC to Banksters: If You've Already Been Convicted, We Won't Go For "Neither Admit Nor Deny"

Seeded on Mon Jan 9, 2012 5:53 PM EST (Forbes)

The mountain labored and brought forth a mouse. The SEC's "new rule" barring the use of the "neither admit nor deny" language in settlement agreements with securities violators will not be included in cases where the violator has already been charged in a parallel criminal …

business, sec, bank-of-america, criminal, citibank, khuzami, settlement-rules

Zany AZ Guv's Lawsuit To Stall Medical Marijuana Gets Heave-Ho From Federal Judge Bolton

Seeded on Mon Jan 9, 2012 5:17 PM EST (Welcome to StarNet)

In a bid to stall implementation of the citizen-adopted Arizona Medical Marijuana law, Gov.

arizona, politics, medical-marijuana, controlled-substance, jan-brewer, susan-bolton

Stradivarius Violin Loses Blind Tone Test

Seeded on Mon Jan 9, 2012 3:54 PM EST (random)

If a Stardivarius plays in the forest ... no that's not it. Just read the article it's very short.

arts, stradivarius

Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court, 1989 to Present

Seeded on Thu Jan 5, 2012 2:22 PM EST ()

From abortion and the right to bear arms to nude dancing to military commissions, the Supreme Court has shaped modern life. This excellent comparison chart shows you which of the Supreme Court justices sit to the left, to the right, and on the winning or losing side in each …

scalia, rumsfeld, abortion, politics, stewart, breyer, kennedy, gonzales, supreme-court, stevens

Budget cuts hit domestic programs harder than defense

Seeded on Thu Jan 5, 2012 1:38 PM EST (The Washington Post)

Not including spending on wars (how can you not include spending on wars in the defense budget?), during the next nine years, the government is scheduled to reduce defense spending 15.1%. Civilians will take a bigger hit, though, with 17.1% being cut from social programs.

congress, pentagon, housing, politics, defense-budget, social-programs, war-spending, sequester

Justices Have Been Forced To Resign For Doing What Clarence Thomas Has Done

Seeded on Mon Dec 19, 2011 5:34 PM EST (Digital Journal)

This article nicely rebuts the often-heard contention that Justice Thomas can do whatever he wants in the way of taking gifts from the wealthy because Supreme Court Justices aren't subject to the Canons of Judicial Conduct.

politics, thomas, scandal, ethics, federal, disclosure, judicial, 700, 000, fortas

Day of Reckoning Dawns for Online Poker Swindlers

Seeded on Sat Apr 16, 2011 2:36 PM EDT (Latest News)

The US Attorney has filed an indictment against the big wheels of the online poker "industry," prompting Steven Wynn to sever his casino's relationship with Poker Stars.

entertainment, crime, gambling, organized-crime, poker, steve-wynn, pokerstars, bank-fraud, full-tilt-poker, absolute-poker

Building What? -- Three Buildings Fell on September 11th -- Learn About It!

Seeded on Sat Sep 4, 2010 12:43 AM EDT (buildingwhat.org)

The Third Tower of Silverstein: On September 11th, Building 7 collapsed as suddenly as World Trade Center Buildings 1 and 2. Building 7 was a 47-story skyscraper, part of the World Trade Center complex.

us-news, 9-11, 911, september-11, silverstein, two-towers

Kyrgyzstan threatens to shut US base unless ex-president's son is extradited

Seeded on Sun Jun 20, 2010 12:07 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

The confused face of US foreign policy shows itself again. The government with which we have made a devil's bargain pursues a policy of ethnic cleansing, and we are reduced to threatening the Brits to get them to turn over one of the primary responsible persons.

britain, kyrgyzstan, extradition, world-news, ethnic-cleansing, uzbek, us-base, maxim-bakiyev, bakiyev-jr

Laws, Life, and Legal Matters - Court Cases and Legal Information at Leagle.com - All Federal and State Appeals Court Cases in One Search

Seeded on Wed Jun 16, 2010 4:39 PM EDT ()

In Penguin v. American Buddha, the Second Circuit has submitted the following certified question to the New York Court of Appeals: "In copyright infringement cases, is the situs of injury for p...urposes of determining long-arm jurisdiction under N.Y. C.P.L.R.

business, new-york, new-york-court, civil-procedure, due-process-clause, federal-rule, american-buddha-online-library, new-york-state-legislatures, long-arm-statute, as-penguin

US Senator wants Internet seizure rights â�¢ The Register

Seeded on Wed Jun 16, 2010 1:43 AM EDT (The Register (UK))

Lieberman the Schismatiser formulates more cockamamie proposed legislation to befuddle the masses.

technology, international-criminal-court, national-security, protecting-cyberspace, new-interwebs, next-threat, virtual-era, senators-rockefeller, register-guide, cooperation-act

Yahoo, Facebook Join Google Against Viacom -- Copyright Law -- InformationWeek

Seeded on Thu Jun 3, 2010 3:22 PM EDT ()

It's three Internet giants versus one telcom octopus in a battle royal for the eyeballs of viewers.

google, business, new-york, viacom, youtube, digital-millennium-copyright-act, infringement, black-hat-usa, informationweeks-david-berlind, am-several

Corporate Vampires Suck Your Blood With Government Assistance

Seeded on Thu Mar 12, 2009 3:49 AM EDT (MSN)

You get a tax write-off for putting your money in the corporate Ponzi scheme, and the corporati get to feast on the corpus of what would have been your life savings. Vlad the Impaler would have envied them

business, looting, corporate

Rove and Meiers Will Appear With Whitewash to Make Conyers Happy

Seeded on Fri Mar 6, 2009 2:14 PM EST (The New York Times)

The devil is in the details. Karl Rove and Harriet Meiers are going to come to Congress and "testify" about the Attorneygate scandal. But John Conyers has agreed that they will not be asked about "will not be asked about their conversations with Mr.

bush, white-house, rove, politics, gonzales, obama, conyers, meiers, whitewash, attorneygate

Levin and McCain Join Forces to Rein In Out-of-control Weapons Spending

Seeded on Thu Feb 26, 2009 1:23 PM EST (The Washington Post)

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defense, mccain, engineering, us-news, carl-levin, cost-overruns, budge, weapons-systems

After Abuse, Changes in the Brain - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Tue Feb 24, 2009 12:47 PM EST (The New York Times)

Nature versus nurture is so retro. Try nurture as nature on for size, as another paradigm bites the dust.

evolution, science, trauma, genetics, child-rearing, lamarck, mendel, nature-versus-nurture, meaney, benedict-carey

Obama Dons Executioner's Mask of Secrecy as US Attorney Argues Rendition Case Must Be Dismissed to Protect "State Secrets"

Seeded on Sat Feb 14, 2009 12:55 AM EST (ABA Journal Top Stories)

Ninth Circuit Appellate Justices were taken aback when Obama's Dep't of Justice showed up wearing the same blank executioner's mask worn by Ashcroft, Gonzales and Mukasey during the Bush years.

egypt, obama, torture, us-news, aclu, rendition, department-of-justice, state-secrets, ninth-circuit, benyamin

Don't Ever Trust Your Naked Eye -- Surely He Did Something To Deserve The Beating Police Delivered

Seeded on Sat Feb 14, 2009 12:40 AM EST (AOL)

If police catch a criminal stealing on video, that's the end of the story. Case closed, perp convicted.

homeless, fresno, us-news, police-misconduct, police-brutality, use-of-force, police-beating, video-violence, police-assault, video-crime

No Rest For The Wicked -- Punk Rocker Lux Interior Goes Home To Hell

Seeded on Fri Feb 6, 2009 11:45 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

The Cramps had it all, except virtuousity. They were one more band that made you think, "I could do that!" But that wasn't true.

entertainment, x, psychobilly, punk-rock, poison-ivy, the-cramps, circle-jerks, john-doe, exene, lux-interior

Could Google Be Evil? We Seem To Think So, Survey Shows

Seeded on Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:13 PM EST (Information Week)

In response to a survey finding that Google is no longer ranked among the top twenty trusted companies, their spokesperson said: "The bedrock of our privacy philosophy is to be transparent about our approach to privacy and to give users meaningful control, and we continue to work …

google, yahoo, technology, privacy, apple, trust, facebook

Susan Cheever Sparks A Lively Discussion About Booze in Her Op-ed "Drunkenfreude"

Seeded on Tue Dec 16, 2008 1:11 PM EST (The New York Times)

Susan Cheever tries to draw broad conclusions from what she perceives as a reduction in conspicuous boozing in New York society -- and harvests a wide range of responses from social drinkers, teetotalers, people in recovery, and gadflies who detect an undertone of moralizing.

health, addiction, alcohol, sobriety, social-drinking, drunkennes

Doing Good After A Life Well-Lived -- Newman's Will Preserves His Legacy

Seeded on Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:40 AM EST (The New York Times)

An earnest man in death as in life, Paul Newman's will leaves most of his assets to the Newman's Own Foundation, and attempts to prevent the application of his name and likeness to products of lesser quality than those currently used.

entertainment, paul-newman, will, newmans-own

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