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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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.
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 …
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 …
In a bid to stall implementation of the citizen-adopted Arizona Medical Marijuana law, Gov.
If a Stardivarius plays in the forest ... no that's not it. Just read the article it's very short.
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 …
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Lieberman the Schismatiser formulates more cockamamie proposed legislation to befuddle the masses.
It's three Internet giants versus one telcom octopus in a battle royal for the eyeballs of viewers.
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
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.
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Nature versus nurture is so retro. Try nurture as nature on for size, as another paradigm bites the dust.
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.
If police catch a criminal stealing on video, that's the end of the story. Case closed, perp convicted.
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.
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 …
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.
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.
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