tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51241012009-02-21T04:11:42.184-05:00CaffMonsterGet 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.comBlogger500125tag: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... 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