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If You Find Yourself Yelling "YOU'RE HOBBITS" You've Probably Lost An Argument Already 27 Aug 2013 | 02:49 am
I'm not really a fan of conservative provocateur James O'Keefe. I've mentioned before that I find him creepifying. Though I've questioned the legal merits of at least one of ACORN's lawsuits against h...
Glendale Unified School District, Concerned About Social Media, Pays Money To Be Creepy 26 Aug 2013 | 08:07 pm
I'm fond of Glendale Unified School District. It endured me for several years as a misbegotten youth. I learned computers on Commodores and later Apples stamped with G.U.S.D. that my mom would bring h...
A Short And Probably Very Irritating Word About The Proposed Mayor Bob Filner Settlement 24 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
There is word that San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, the now-infamous accused serial harasser, has struck a deal to resign in exchange for the City of San Diego paying his legal fees in a settlement with on...
Three Meanings of the Word "Rights" ; Atheists are Confused 23 Aug 2013 | 06:41 pm
User @pillsy: wrote Many Americans reject the notion of God-given rights on the basis that they reject the notion of God. I don't think American atheists are living in the wrong country, and I find a...
Mashup Idea #2 23 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
I know that he was stung by criticisms of how much he cut out of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but I still disagree with his idea to "make up for it" by including the Scouring of Walnut Grove in "Pet...
The Socially Acceptable Range of Discrimination, Revisited 23 Aug 2013 | 01:02 am
Back in July, in the context of a baker investigated for refusing to provide a cake for a same-sex-marriage celebration, I posed this question: My question is this: is there a principled reason that ...
Popehat Signal: Help An Oregon Blogger Exposing Telemarketing Violations 22 Aug 2013 | 11:23 pm
New Popehat Signal courtesy of Nigel Lew. Thanks, Nigel! Today I light the Popehat Signal for an Oregon blogger threatened with a defamation lawsuit over statements on Telecom Compliance News Press, ...
William Vollman Suspected of Being Unabomber, Anthrax Terrorist, Possibly Lingbergh Kidnapper 22 Aug 2013 | 09:50 pm
Author William T. Vollman has an article in Harpers — behind a paywall, unfortunately — about how his review of his FBI file revealed that he was a suspect both in the Unabomber investigation and late...
Tumblr "Experimental Literary Piece" Leads To Threat Conviction 21 Aug 2013 | 08:48 pm
Caleb Jamaal Clemmons, a 20-year-old psychology major at Georgia Southern University, posted what he called ""an experimental literary piece and an art project" on his Tumblr: "Hello. my name is ireni...
Today In Stunt Marketing: FATTY FATTY FAT FAT 20 Aug 2013 | 10:54 pm
Back in April I noted that a prominent court reporting firm had started marketing by spamming me with somewhat unsettling short stories. Today I see a private investigation firm is taking the same app...
