I’m thinking that negotiating a secret treaty that will strip rights from internet users to pacify movie studios is a pretty good way to make sure that it’s eventually rejected by the American people.
Archive for the ‘dissent’ Category
If the law is a secret, do you have to obey it?
Posted in copyright, dissent, economics, ethics, first sale doctrine, free speech, internet, media, politics, technology on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tazers in Eugene
Posted in criminal law, dissent, torts, torture on November 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The really choice fact missing from this article is: it was the same officer who tazered the protester last year.
A Chinese college student shocked by a Eugene police officer’s Taser stun gun a few hours after the student moved into his new apartment has contacted attorneys to represent him in the case.
The male [...]
An Update On The Amarillo Shooting
Posted in castle doctrine, dissent, education, privilege, property, torts on January 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The intruders were allegedly trying to steal marijuana that the homeowner was growing:
Lt. Gary Trupe, coordinator for the Potter-Randall Special Crimes Unit, said Monday that the home was targeted because of marijuana plants that were being grown there.
Arcay and the roommate are now wanted by police for possession of 25 to 35 marijuana plants. The [...]
Posner Gets Basic US History Wrong
Posted in constitution, dissent, economics, education, ethics, hypocrisy, politics, tagged lincoln, posner, stare decisis on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
although since he doesn’t give a damn about stare decisis, I guess I’m not surprised that he can’t be bothered to actually check the factual truth behind the decisions his clerks write for him.
Just A Flesh Wound
Posted in dissent, education, media, oregon, politics, tagged Hillary can't win, Obama, oregon on March 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Politico comes right out and says it: Hillary has no real chance of winning the nomination.
But let’s assume a best-case scenario for Clinton, one where she wins every remaining contest with 60 percent of the vote (an unlikely outcome since she has hit that level in only three states so far — her [...]
Progress
Posted in dissent, education, science, tagged evolution, flat-earth, Galileo, luddite on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I bet 50 years after Galileo, 40% of Europe still believed that the sun orbited the earth. Funny the church was on the wrong side of that one too. At least some of the kids are willing to think it through for themselves:
nearly two-thirds (63%)of Gen Nexters believe humans and other living things evolved over [...]
Another Castle Doctrine Test-Case Murder in Texas
Posted in castle doctrine, criminal law, dissent, economics, privilege, property, tagged Murder, texas on February 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Ahhhh, Dallas. I can only thank christ that I was always able to say “hell no” when an employer wanted me to move there. The only redeeming feature I ever saw was a temple to gluttony called Fogo de Chao, but since there’s one in LA now, there’s just no justification for the city to [...]
