tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51241012011-04-22T00:15:34.990-04:00CaffMonsterGet your jolt: working in tandem with Madpercolator.com and NewzCrawler, CaffMonster brings you the buzz in law, news, politics and literature. We dare you to be bored!madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comBlogger17261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1105990808825128252005-01-17T14:39:00.001-05:002005-01-17T14:40:08.826-05:00Alberto Gonzalez Ruling Could Come Out This Week
madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1105990759750155802005-01-17T14:39:00.000-05:002005-01-17T14:39:19.750-05:00Fascismo Forthcoming
madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1105990600248038662005-01-17T14:33:00.000-05:002005-01-17T14:36:40.246-05:00The RSS Copyright Can of Worms is Open
An appropriate first time back to CaffMonster after over a year kind of post.
madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1081718017988585292004-04-11T17:13:00.000-04:002004-04-11T17:17:24.890-04:00Treat Your Ears Audio Lessig is in da house! It all started with AKMA's great idea, and — long and exemplary story short — has culminated in this page on Aaron Swartz's Free Culture Wiki, which links to readings by notable netizens of all the chapters of Professor Lessig's new book. Sure your iPod is crammed to bursting with Will Hung tracks, but it's high time to make some room.[via Bag and madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1081717949551083622004-04-11T17:12:00.000-04:002004-04-11T17:16:16.780-04:00Bush?s Economics Whether Bush believes, or even understands, the economic policies of his administration I have no idea, and it really doesn't matter much. What's important are the policies, not whether Bush understands what his handlers instruct him to say.... [via Turning the Tide]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1081717869524240072004-04-11T17:11:00.000-04:002004-04-11T17:14:57.513-04:00The state of copyright activism Siva Vaidhyanathan in First Monday on The state of copyright activism.... [via JD's New Media Musings]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1081717699202454952004-04-11T17:08:00.000-04:002004-04-11T17:12:06.200-04:00Air America The new "liberal" radio network Air America debuted today, featuring talking heads such as Al Franken ("The O'Franken Factor") and Janeane Garofalo. I've been listening all day on the internet (hey, it's Cesar Chavez Day in California, and I had... [via The Legal Reader]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1077146842799872602004-02-18T18:27:00.000-05:002004-02-18T18:29:59.606-05:00lawsuit against Ashcroft et. al. alleges "gross mismanagement" in the terrorism and violent crimes section - Yes, a massively sweet development from the department of futile litigation. It'll be nice to be positive the democratic system is dead when the gov later inexplicably quashes it.
--Percmadpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1075943031042652242004-02-04T20:03:00.000-05:002004-02-04T20:06:09.653-05:00The Issues Surrounding Juvenile Crime We hope you have noticed and clicked on the ad for the movie "SIX" on the right side of TalkLeft.... [via TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1075940381356456952004-02-04T19:19:00.000-05:002004-02-04T19:21:59.780-05:00"You're only dead if you're forgotten" -- Kenneth Poch GoogObits - "You're only dead if you're forgotten" [via MetaFilter]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1075940083265935272004-02-04T19:14:00.000-05:002004-02-04T19:17:01.686-05:00Political book network maps reveal deep divide Fascinating map of political book clusters. The researcher used Amazon's "Customers who bought this book also bought these books" service to draw links between books that were purchased together. So, if you are working a 2004 political campaign what do you do with this information? Obviously you will not be successful in removing a reader from deep madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1075939962042980512004-02-04T19:12:00.000-05:002004-02-04T19:15:00.530-05:00Google tutorial GoogleGuide is a pretty good tutorial on building good Google queries, covered by a Creative Commons license. Link (Thanks, Robert!) [via Boing Boing Blog]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1075939865211512232004-02-04T19:11:00.000-05:002004-02-04T19:13:23.670-05:00Kiss education, healthcare and social security good-bye. Yes, the new Bush budget is here and you need to get ready for the consequences. I know that headline... [via Blogcritics]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1075939532662837932004-02-04T19:05:00.000-05:002004-02-04T19:07:51.216-05:00Kerry-Powell You read it here first. This ticket is easily the best the Democratic party could muster, and would be a... [via Blogcritics]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1075572777404617422004-01-31T13:12:00.000-05:002004-01-31T13:15:10.233-05:00US Citizenship Revoked for Former Nazi
Strange to think they're still cropping up.
--Percmadpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1074789939551585072004-01-22T11:45:00.000-05:002004-01-22T11:47:39.950-05:00TalkLeft: Goings and Goings On -- Oh, yea!
--Percmadpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1074730545848710412004-01-21T19:15:00.002-05:002004-01-21T19:17:45.750-05:00A new ad from MoveOn MoveOn has raised more than $8 million for its campaign to raise awareness about President Bush's policies. The latest ad is about "the Bush Medicare sellout" -- a 30-second spot that counters the president's State of the Union spin on... [via JD's New Media Musings]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1074730525901295342004-01-21T19:15:00.001-05:002004-01-21T19:17:25.860-05:00Book blogs on the rise A column in The Scotsman cites "the rise of the literary weblog" as "the most intriguing literary event last year." It declares, "Literary bloggers have begun to take the place of the little magazines and have subtly tilted the... [via JD's New Media Musings]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1074730509656680122004-01-21T19:15:00.000-05:002004-01-21T19:17:09.560-05:00Leave no bride behind Arianna Huffington reacts to last night's State of the Union address, particularly the "Healthy Marriage" initiative, aka "The Leave No Bride Behind Act," in which the president plans to spend $1.5 billion protecting and promoting marriage, especially among poor,... [via JD's New Media Musings]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1074730416200634472004-01-21T19:13:00.001-05:002004-01-21T19:15:36.123-05:00So, How's Your Union? Plastic::Politics::Politics:Dubya: Topics? The usual: stay the course in Iraq; tax cuts and PATRIOT Act good; gay marriage bad. [via Plastic: Most Recent]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1074730383199760772004-01-21T19:13:00.000-05:002004-01-21T19:15:03.170-05:00Florida Taliban (4) -- Rev. Dozier on the Glories of Dozier, Jeb Bush, and the Republican Party Looks like Rev. O?Neal Dozier knows what to say to keep Jeb Bush sweet: praise him to the skies and preach Republicanism from the pulpit. Here?s Dozier speaking on the occasion of Martin Luther King Day a year ago: The Rev. O?Neal Dozier, senior pastor and founder of The Worldwide Christian Center, madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1074730355640081842004-01-21T19:12:00.000-05:002004-01-21T19:14:35.623-05:00Privacy and Anonymity Take a Blow from the Second Circuit. On first reading, this Second Circuit decision in Church of the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan V. Kerik is pretty awful. It?s not just that the court seems to have outlawed Halloween. No, it?s that the precedent is just waiting to be used to block the operation of anonymous remails and the use of strong cryptography. As we move to amadpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1074730309001477122004-01-21T19:11:00.001-05:002004-01-21T19:13:48.936-05:00The 2004 State of the Union Address Drinking Game Sounds like a good idea to me. But if Bush happens to mention the deficit (not likely), it'll cost you three shots of tequila. (The much more probable "nukular" only costs one shot of beer, or whatever.) Details here.... [via The Legal Reader]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1074730272004846582004-01-21T19:11:00.000-05:002004-01-21T19:13:11.950-05:00Conference Watch In March, keep an eye out for:From Yale's Information Society Project, Digital Cops in Virtual Environment ? CyberCrime and Digital Law Enforcement Conference. Interesting panels and keynotes, great speakers, including some darn fine blawgers. (Yale Law School, March 26-28)The Open Source Business Conference 2004. Tim O'Reilly, Clay Christensen, Pamela Samuelson, and more. (The madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1074730224360484982004-01-21T19:10:00.000-05:002004-01-21T19:12:24.360-05:00FBI: The 20th Hijacker Who Got Away Bump and Update: The Washington Post has the latest. *********** Original Post 1/18 9:00 pm Newsweek's Michael Isikoff and Daniel... [via TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1074730194768894042004-01-21T19:09:00.002-05:002004-01-21T19:11:54.763-05:00Bush Fatigue Grips the Nation We love The Horse. Go read the whole thing: CBS: "BUSH APPROVAL SINKING" BUSH APPROVAL LOWEST SINCE STEALING OFFICE DISAPPROVAL... [via TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1074730168514070252004-01-21T19:09:00.001-05:002004-01-21T19:11:28.513-05:00Boston Residents Fight New Immigrant Detention Center This is for real. We hope the Boston folks fight hard: Some Bostonians are up in arms over a Homeland... [via TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1074730146097094982004-01-21T19:09:00.000-05:002004-01-21T19:11:06.076-05:00State of our Hate Address I don?t want to comment much about Dubya?s speech last night, other than I found it hilarious when opponents and... [via danklife]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1074730057409671122004-01-21T19:07:00.000-05:002004-01-21T19:09:37.403-05:00And so the darkness spreads Freedom of press in Canada? Not for much longer it seems. What affect will this have on journalism in the land of the beaver? [via MetaFilter]And so the glorious idea of packing up the jalopy and ramblin' north are defeated...madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1074729954800210842004-01-21T19:05:00.001-05:002004-01-21T19:07:54.826-05:00State of the Union highlight This was, hands-down, the best moment of last night's (infuriating) State of the Union address: GW Bush: "Key provisions of the Patriot Act are set to expire next year." Audience: [Applause] GW: [Frowny face] 1.2MB DivX Link (Thanks, guerilla!) [via Boing Boing Blog]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1074729932579642812004-01-21T19:05:00.000-05:002004-01-21T19:07:32.610-05:00Sleep makes you smarter! An AP article says that the first "hard evidence supporting the common sense notion that creativity and problem solving appear to be directly linked to adequate sleep" will be published in tomorrow's issue of Nature. Finally, proof that my nap habit is actually beneficial to my productivity! Link [via Boing Boing Blog]Ugh. Thank you.madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1074729870281582592004-01-21T19:04:00.002-05:002004-01-21T19:06:30.326-05:00The State of My Union Dear Friends, Last year, I sat down and watched President Bush's "State of the Union?" address and wrote a running... [via Blogcritics]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1074729856669647872004-01-21T19:04:00.001-05:002004-01-21T19:06:16.716-05:00Guaranteeing the File-Sharing Future A number of artists and songwriters seem to be doing their best to ensure that the free file sharing services... [via Blogcritics]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1074729841017677752004-01-21T19:04:00.000-05:002004-01-21T19:06:01.060-05:00Daring to Play God You know, I was thinking about writing today this big write up about the State of the Union speech last... [via Blogcritics]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1074183257010742712004-01-15T11:14:00.000-05:002004-01-15T11:16:08.653-05:00Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage -- link provided by TalkLeft
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--Percmadpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1074097557420473542004-01-14T11:25:00.000-05:002004-01-14T11:27:47.543-05:00Wired News: Feel Free to Jack Into My IPod -- This kicks ass.
-Percmadpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1072240668765349692003-12-23T23:37:00.002-05:002003-12-23T23:39:10.403-05:00Secrets, lies and media privilege My fearless friend Robert Scheer, lefty columnist for the LA Times, writes today: "Free-press advocates should be more interested in exposing how the government manipulated the media to malign a loyal citizen than in defending the right of reporters to... [via JD's New Media Musings]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1072240660902934162003-12-23T23:37:00.001-05:002003-12-23T23:39:02.686-05:00Top ten web design mistakes of 2003 Web design guru Jakob Nielsen offers his Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2003. I'd add an 11th: websites that continue to use fixed-pixel sizes for main type display.... [via JD's New Media Musings]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1072240632034797692003-12-23T23:37:00.000-05:002003-12-23T23:38:33.670-05:00The boss's big eye in the sky ABCNews.com: The boss's big eye in the sky. Companies turn to satellite tracking tech to watch workers. Excerpt: The day before the first big snow of the season, the question on many people's minds in Massachusetts wasn't how many inches... [via JD's New Media Musings]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1072240602463743972003-12-23T23:36:00.001-05:002003-12-23T23:38:04.263-05:00Gaddafi: Survivor WASHINGTON - Libya's stunning decision yesterday to surrender its weapons of mass destruction followed two decades of international isolation and some of the world's most punishing economic sanctions. In the end, Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi was under so much pressure that he was forced to seek an end to the economic and political isolation threatening his regime ? and his own madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1072240576778268302003-12-23T23:36:00.000-05:002003-12-23T23:37:38.436-05:00Modern Day Slavery In Florida Being Probed By Feds Plastic::Work::Ugly: The report titled "Modern Day Slavery" examined the plight of migrant farmworkers who are brought into the country illegally by labor contractors and then forced to work off the fees charged for getting them to El Norte. [via Plastic: Most Recent]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1072240536127443512003-12-23T23:35:00.001-05:002003-12-23T23:36:57.796-05:00Abercrombie & Bitch Plastic::Work::Fashion: "OH MY GOD A BOOBIE!! THE SKY IS FALLING!!" Abercrombie isn't just pulling this issue; they have decided to stop publishing the A&F Quarterly altogether. Gay preppies everywhere are not happy. [via Plastic: Most Recent]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1072240521417791002003-12-23T23:35:00.000-05:002003-12-23T23:36:43.216-05:00Pontifex Maximus Catholicae 'Passionem' Gibsonis Amat Plastic::FilmTV::Movies: Anyone who wants to play along might find this link helpful. [via Plastic: Most Recent]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1072240489893471562003-12-23T23:34:00.001-05:002003-12-23T23:36:11.543-05:00More on Miami FTAA Protests It looks to me as if this judge has clearly shown that he must recuse himself. That said, his commentary in open court is pretty reliable evidence that the Miami cops were ? as has been suggested here before ? waaaay over the line in trying to corral the FTAA protestors: A judge presiding over the cases of free trade protesters said in court that he saw ?no less than madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1072240466060068912003-12-23T23:34:00.000-05:002003-12-23T23:35:47.716-05:00Joshua Marshall Throws Cold Water on the 'Saddam Was a Prisoner' Theory I think Marshall is one of the very best political journalists active in the US today, so I give his views a lot of weight. He?s very negative about the Saddam-was-a-prisoner theory. Well, ok, it was just a theory. But someone please explain why he was in a hole that he couldn?t get out of on his own. And where all the money madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1072240434237679642003-12-23T23:33:00.001-05:002003-12-23T23:35:16.043-05:00Weekend Update On Saturday, the Download of the Week was... [via Legal Theory Blog]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1072240394297591842003-12-23T23:33:00.000-05:002003-12-23T23:34:36.123-05:00Welcome to the Blogosphere . . . to 110 West 3rd (The... [via Legal Theory Blog]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1072240196604061242003-12-23T23:29:00.002-05:002003-12-23T23:31:18.340-05:00Circuits Challenge Bush's Anti-Terror Authority The Bush administration was dealt a pair of stinging rebukes Thursday as federal appeals courts in New York and California challenged the president's right to designate American citizens as enemy combatants and the government's right to hold detainees in... [via The Legal Reader]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1072240186255361272003-12-23T23:29:00.001-05:002003-12-23T23:31:07.996-05:00Barbie Wins in Ninth Circuit Judge Clifton begins his opinion in Mattel, Inc. v. Greiner and Hausser, published this morning, as follows: Barbie, the ubiquitous doll produced by Mattel, has been a regular visitor to our court. This time she brings with her an issue... [via The Legal Reader]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1072240157277720632003-12-23T23:29:00.000-05:002003-12-23T23:30:39.123-05:00Today's New Blawg Napsterization is a joint project of Mary Hodder and Eddan Katz, aimed at exploring digital media connections and providing "a repository of stories on positive uses of peer-to-peer file sharing as well as a resource of information supporting these principles." [Via Donna Wentworth] Two examples of cool and legal P2P: Hello (more) and Skype (more).[via Bag and Baggage]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1072240130224690212003-12-23T23:28:00.002-05:002003-12-23T23:30:11.983-05:00Lenny Bruce Pardoned Posthumously New York Governor George Pataki has issued a posthumous pardon to comedian Lenny Bruce. Comedian Lenny Bruce was granted... [via TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]Somehow, I don't think Len would be grateful.madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1072240102460695632003-12-23T23:28:00.001-05:002003-12-23T23:29:44.326-05:00Kids: Watch Out for Bush and the Draft Buzzflash has an editorial today warning Republican college kids that by backing Bush, they are likely to get the draft... [via TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1072240080159057162003-12-23T23:28:00.000-05:002003-12-23T23:29:21.903-05:00Canada Upholds Constitutionality of Pot Law A disappointing decision today from Canada's Supreme Court, ruling 6-3 that the country's marijuana laws are constitutional and do not... [via TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]Not disappointing at all, from a non-international customs union kind of perspective. Kinda phat, really.madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1072239989512644572003-12-23T23:26:00.001-05:002003-12-23T23:27:51.296-05:00Blogging News MaxSpeak has moved to MT and a new home, update your bookmarks! Say hello to Lotus...Surviving a Dark Time... [via TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1072239968091874342003-12-23T23:26:00.000-05:002003-12-23T23:27:29.873-05:00Krugman does it again While the world celebrated the capture of Saddam, a federal appeals court ruled that Jose Padilla must be released from... [via danklife]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1072239933577268002003-12-23T23:25:00.000-05:002003-12-23T23:26:55.466-05:00Investigating the Renaissance Investigating the Renaissance. 'This interactive program demonstrates the ways in which computer technology can be harnessed to add to our knowledge about Renaissance paintings and how they were made.' Analysis of paintings using x-ray, infrared and ultraviolet technology. [via MetaFilter]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1072239868377026562003-12-23T23:24:00.000-05:002003-12-23T23:25:50.186-05:00Town of Bourton's miniature model has a miniature model of the model (and so on) Mark Bourne says: So my wife Elizabeth and I are googling up possibilities for our long trip to England next year. Checking out London sites and so on. An acquaintance suggested staying for a few days in the Cotswolds, a scenic Middle Earthy region west of London. That's how we found a page about the town of Bourton.madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1072239812276054442003-12-23T23:23:00.001-05:002003-12-23T23:24:54.186-05:002003: The Year Reality Spanked Entertainment Another feature in the MSNBC year in review section - in this one I tried to figure out what the... [via Blogcritics]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1072239790531483512003-12-23T23:23:00.000-05:002003-12-23T23:24:32.436-05:00Titanic on Television Has James Cameron's Titantic become a Christmas classic? [via Blogcritics]Gross. And yet, my friend made us watch it between commercials during Sunday night football.madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1071810891667966352003-12-19T00:14:00.000-05:002003-12-19T00:16:07.093-05:00[Clerkin']
I'm finding myself with a lot of think time, as I sit in my chair (sometimes more distractedly than not) sifting through medical records, crawling over paper like a Google spiderbot. Law, to the lowly clerks of the earth, is about the management of a vast bulk of input from sources of varying credibility. You have to pour the fresh-squeezed juice through the cheese-cloth of "the law,madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1071463092331027902003-12-14T23:38:00.000-05:002003-12-14T23:41:07.640-05:00NY Times doesn't get camera phones From today's Gizmodo: Incredibly shortsighted, hopelessly nostalgic editorial in yesterday's New York Times about how digital cameras shouldn't be a part of cellphones: Now, among the many unnecessary features cluttering the new mobile phones are small digital cameras. To the... [via JD's New Media Musings]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1071462711181269962003-12-14T23:31:00.000-05:002003-12-14T23:33:01.030-05:00Chirac Makes Veil Threat Plastic::Politics::Religion: Religious groups in France are engaged in a conspiracy to cover up... well, girl's hair. [via Plastic: Most Recent]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1071462622824464092003-12-14T23:30:00.000-05:002003-12-14T23:31:32.686-05:00Rectitude, Where Art Thou? Mark A. R. Kleiman nails part of the Schwarzenegger mendacity: A governor whose word is his junk bond. The other part, of course, is that (never plausible) the promise to balance the state budget and protect school funding is already inoperative. Politicians used to have to pretend to be honest. I miss shame. How do we bring it back?... [via Discourse.net]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1071462483407835032003-12-14T23:28:00.000-05:002003-12-14T23:29:13.403-05:00IM and the Law School Classroom Check this out! posted... [via Legal Theory Blog]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1071462439449220562003-12-14T23:27:00.001-05:002003-12-14T23:28:29.466-05:00NY Times on The Smoking Gun Tomorrow's New York Times' Fashion & Style section has this interesting article about The Smoking Gun website. (via How Appealing)... [via The Legal Reader]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1071462427795164652003-12-14T23:27:00.000-05:002003-12-14T23:28:17.716-05:00Nevada Congressman Calls for House Hearings Into Halliburton Rep. Jim Gibbons, R-Nev., called Saturday for congressional hearings of Vice President Dick Cheney's former company, calling allegations that it overcharged for fuel in Iraq "an absolute outrage." Gibbons said he wants the House Armed Services Committee to hold... [via The Legal Reader]Teehee. Fry, Cheney, fry.madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1071462389256247522003-12-14T23:26:00.001-05:002003-12-14T23:27:39.170-05:00Today's New Blawg Swoop writes "LLB ? A law student's blog," and puzzles out concepts from 1L courses: "The law looks at what was actually said and done. To interpret intentions would be too subjective."[via Bag and Baggage]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1071462369715390832003-12-14T23:26:00.000-05:002003-12-14T23:27:19.623-05:00Berkeley Grows A Little Ivy Boalt Hall has a new dean, who incidentally will be "the first African American dean to lead a top-ranked U.S. law school."[via Bag and Baggage]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1071462336202055362003-12-14T23:25:00.002-05:002003-12-14T23:26:46.123-05:00Howard Dean Statement on Saddam Capture Statement by Governor Dean on the Capture of Saddam Hussein WEST PALM BEACH-- Governor Dean issued the following statement this... [via TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1071462325113022712003-12-14T23:25:00.001-05:002003-12-14T23:26:35.046-05:00Saddam's First Interrogation Time Magazine has these notes from Saddam's first interrogation. He's not cooperating. When asked ?How are you?? said the official,... [via TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1071462313264666062003-12-14T23:25:00.000-05:002003-12-14T23:26:23.200-05:00Views We Could Do Without What is the Defense Department and media's fascination with playing and replaying Saddam's medical exam? We think it's gross and... [via TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1071462277122454872003-12-14T23:24:00.001-05:002003-12-14T23:25:47.153-05:00The Walrus The Walrus: Does Canada Finally Have Its Quality Magazine? It's always been a mystery why Canada, with its appreciable intellectual weight, cultural sympathies and significant middlebrow readership, doesn't have a general magazine to rival with, say, Harper's, The Atlantic or The New Yorker. Well, The Walrus looks good - at least online. Is this it? Or am I unfairly overlooking other madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1071462244614705572003-12-14T23:24:00.000-05:002003-12-14T23:25:14.560-05:00Contractor served troops dirty food in dirty kitchens Contractor Halliburton served troops dirty food in dirty kitchens Well, Bush served up clean turkey and these guys were busy overcharging the Pentagon on energy so they could reap big bucks...Cheney remains in his gopher hole. [via MetaFilter]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1071462219929558832003-12-14T23:23:00.000-05:002003-12-14T23:24:49.890-05:00Japanese dollar-store opens doors in North America Hyaku Yen, a Japanese dollar-store, has begun to open shops in North America. At its Aberdeen store, at Hazelbridge and Cambie Road, 45,000 items will initially be sold at $2 Cdn each. These are to include cosmetics, gardening tools, household goods, soft drinks, snack food and stationery. "A public survey in Japan showed Daiso-Sangyo as being madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1071462116299678642003-12-14T23:21:00.001-05:002003-12-14T23:23:06.263-05:00Wall Street, October 1929 Claud Cockburn, writing for the "Times of London" from New-York, described the irrational exuberance that gripped the nation just prior to the Great Depression. [via Blogcritics]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1071462099769986902003-12-14T23:21:00.000-05:002003-12-14T23:22:49.746-05:00Education, Globalization and the Big Business Model Applying the big business model to our school systems. NAFTA? Enron? Halliburton? The Big Three? [via Blogcritics]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1070940146807800312003-12-08T22:22:00.000-05:002003-12-08T22:29:20.076-05:00Let's sue the Republicans for Breach-Of-Contract Back in 1994, I supported the core of Newt Gingrich's Contract With America. The Contract promised: Accountability: The government is... [via Blogcritics]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1069795834777819402003-11-25T16:30:00.000-05:002003-11-25T16:31:19.390-05:00List of famous suicides - Wikipedia -- interesting for some odd reason.
--Percmadpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1069795769144613462003-11-25T16:29:00.000-05:002003-11-25T16:30:13.640-05:00Supreme Court in Lawrence v. Texas Our obligation is to define the liberty of all, not to mandate our own moral code." - Lawrence v. Texas, 123 S. Ct. 2472, 2480 (2003)... [via Bryan Strawser's Weblog]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1069795684739142962003-11-25T16:28:00.000-05:002003-11-25T16:28:49.373-05:00Even More New Beatles Songs On The Horizon Plastic::SciTech::Music: Yamaha's new Vocaloid software may well allow for the complete elimination of the singer from the music process. [via Plastic: Most Recent]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1069795642118944732003-11-25T16:27:00.000-05:002003-11-25T16:28:06.763-05:00Democracy Be Damned: Fla Pols Won't Fund Small Classes The voters of Florida made it clear they want small class sizes in Florida primary schools, passing a state constituional amendment mandating shrinking class sizes over a ten-year period. Then the Governor of Florida, Jeb Bush, future presidential candidate, made it clear that he intends to subvert the voters? will because nothing, not even madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1069795610511429872003-11-25T16:26:00.001-05:002003-11-25T16:27:35.060-05:00Supreme Court of Florida Appoints Committee on Privacy and Court Records The Supreme Court of Florida has appointed me along with a bevy of state law luminaries to its Committee on Privacy and Court Records. You can read the Administrative Order (.pdf) and the Press Release. There is also a useful webpage with background information. The tension between online public access to court documents andmadpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1069795571865613602003-11-25T16:26:00.000-05:002003-11-25T16:26:56.420-05:00Froomkin on National ID Cards at FSU At Florida State,... [via Legal Theory Blog]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1069795553532312882003-11-25T16:25:00.000-05:002003-11-25T16:26:38.076-05:00Gregory on Stalinism at George Mason At George Mason's... [via Legal Theory Blog]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1069795437806466422003-11-25T16:23:00.001-05:002003-11-25T16:24:42.466-05:00Ugliness Surrounding Jackson Allegations Going Full Steam CNN reports: The boy who accuses singer Michael Jackson of molesting him grew up in a turbulent family where violence "was a daily occurrence," according to court documents filed by the boy's mother two years ago upon her divorce from... [via The Legal Reader]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1069795416944811062003-11-25T16:23:00.000-05:002003-11-25T16:24:21.610-05:00SCO: Without Fear and Without Research In case you haven't heard, a company called SCO Group has been filing lawsuits left, right, and center claiming that they own copyrights in various parts of the otherwise free, open source Linux operating system: Not only are they embroiled... [via The Legal Reader]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1069795148151326622003-11-25T16:19:00.000-05:002003-11-25T16:19:52.796-05:00Today's New Blawg Dan Fingerman writes DTM. Dan's a recent Boston University School of Law grad and California Bar admittee, and worked as a summer associate in 2002 with Wiggin & Dana, the firm behind the Franchise Law Blog. Posts from the last month or so cover a wide variety of topics including law, technology, and culture: "Pesky spirits die hard, I guess." [Via the Blawg Ring][via Bag and madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1069795101313749862003-11-25T16:18:00.001-05:002003-11-25T16:19:05.966-05:00Say Hello Say hello to Southern Exposure, a new group weblog on latin american affairs. One of the contributors is Randy Paul,... [via TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1069795084711751982003-11-25T16:18:00.000-05:002003-11-25T16:18:49.373-05:00Novelist Takes On the Patriot Attack Author Sara Paretsky, who writes the popular V.I. Warshawski series, is afraid of the Patriot Act. So her new novel,... [via TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1069794992315568202003-11-25T16:16:00.000-05:002003-11-25T16:17:17.060-05:00no way would I ever do this. "A Florida company has announced plans to develop a service that would allow consumers to pay for merchandise using microchips... [via danklife]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1069794900975422442003-11-25T16:15:00.000-05:002003-11-25T16:15:45.733-05:00AntiBushFilter blatantbush.com. Anti-Bush shirts by Superosity's Chris Crosby. Free plug because the O'Reilly shirt made me laugh. [via MetaFilter]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1069794240941209832003-11-25T16:04:00.000-05:002003-11-25T16:04:45.780-05:00British Library catalogue soon searchable through Amazon Amazon has purchased a license to create a searchable index of the entire British Library catalogue, including 1.7 million titles that predate ISBNs. The deal gives Amazon the right to use the British Library's bibliographic catalogue, which contains 2.55 million books. Crucially it includes 1.7 million produced before the introduction in madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1069794152359337782003-11-25T16:02:00.000-05:002003-11-25T16:03:17.216-05:00Jackson and Spector: Pathologies Bred In Isolation The dangerous, outrageous behavior of Michael Jackson and Phil Spector (some just alleged, some not in dispute), in court... [via Blogcritics]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1069794087839352852003-11-25T16:01:00.001-05:002003-11-25T16:02:12.716-05:00"Architecture and Hygiene," by Adam Kalkin Just finished this wonderful little book. Kalkin is on the bleeding edge of architecture, his structures and creations being so... [via Blogcritics]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1069794070436441912003-11-25T16:01:00.000-05:002003-11-25T16:01:55.310-05:00Bang & Olufsen has lost its way Once upon a time, this company was known for sound systems with beautiful design and extortionate pricing. The prices remain... [via Blogcritics]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1069258707591332952003-11-19T11:18:00.000-05:002003-11-19T11:19:03.030-05:00Why does Caffmonster appear to be suspended?
Because law school is currently impossible. Please look forward to sporadic posts throughout the next 2 weeks, and then we will resume your regularly scheduled programming.
--Percmadpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1068507518818902522003-11-10T18:38:00.000-05:002003-11-10T18:39:02.793-05:00Plastic: Shockingly, Senate Lets Politics Get In The Way Of Truthmadpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1068507474290159762003-11-10T18:37:00.000-05:002003-11-10T18:38:18.280-05:00Plastic: Shockingly, Senate Lets Politics Get In The Way Of Truthmadpercolatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124101.post-1068507340043446772003-11-10T18:35:00.000-05:002003-11-10T18:36:04.060-05:00Fleshbot bares all The AP reports on porn magazine sales going limp. But today comes word of a new site that will spice things up a bit -- and doubtless lead to the firing of an office worker or two. Nick Denton, president... [via JD's New Media Musings]madpercolatornoreply@blogger.com