February 2012
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“We need consider only the many ways in which we encounter the word...”
– The 9th Circuit in Perry v. Brown.
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“You can’t feed a family on potato chips and Mountain Dew.”
– Florida State Sen. Ronda Storms, who introduced a bill to bar welfare funds from being spent on junk food. (via officialssay)
No way. Many years ago, when she was the Tampa Bay County Commissioner, Ronda Storms made my favorite quote: “A bane upon them. May the worms of your avarice consume...
“Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the...”
– Perry v. Brown
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January 2012
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Megaupload: A Lot Less Guilty Than You Think →
Courtesy of the Stanford Center for Internet & Society
What do you think? Should our system allow indictment of an enterprise based on the conduct of its users? Why? Why not?
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“All men fear death. It’s a natural fear that consumes us all. We fear...”
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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world.Today I am wise, so I am...”
– Rumi
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“While specific privileged groups are the beneficiaries of the oppression of...”
– Morton Deutsch
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Why The Movie Industry Can’t Innovate and the... →
“One of the claims that studios make is that they need legislation to stop piracy. The fact is piracy is rampant in all forms of commerce. Video games and software have been targets since their inception. Grocery and retail stores euphemistically call it shrinkage. Credit card companies call it fraud. But none use regulation as often as the movie studios to solve a business problem. And...
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“Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure.”
– Rumi