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27 Mar 2010 16:49

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Biz: In case you were wondering, illicit money is really, really heavy

  • 100 lbs. the weight of a million dollars
    in mixed bills – something that a dog would notice immediately
  • twenty number of prepaid debit cards you’d need to carry a similar amount; drug runners win source
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15 Mar 2010 10:39

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Offbeat: Beekeeping in NYC? It’s illegal. But it may not be soon.

Apparently, New York City is one of the few cities in the country that labels beekeeping as illegal. But that might change. This guy might get stung. source
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03 Mar 2010 21:46

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Biz: A bunch of Wiseguys hacked Ticketmaster, made like bandits

  • one
    million     number of tickets Wiseguys Tickets and Seats managed to buy through hacking Ticketmaster’s Web site
  • $25
    million     the amount these Wiseguys made through reselling at a much higher cost ($25 per ticket!) source
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22 Feb 2010 21:37

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Tech: How the Lower Merion webcam-spying sausage was made

  • The dude talking on this clip, Mike Perbix, is the network tech for Lower Merion School District. In this webcast, he’s talking about the spying software installed on all of the machines given to students at Harriton High School, called LanREV. He’s promoting the product, which tells you exactly how invested Perbix was in this technology. Did it ever hit him, or the district, that parents and students might be really pissed about this? The author of the blog post investigating LanREV, by the way, tells you how to remove it in a later post. He calls it a trojan. source
  • Update: Oh, and the kid who got in trouble for reportedly using drugs? He was eating Mike & Ike candy. This school district is run by an institution of idiots.
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12 Nov 2009 01:07

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Politics: The Onion turns Lou Dobbs into an illegal immigrant. Awesome.

Bravo, you clever bastards at The Onion. You perfectly captured the public sentiment on the Dobbs departure with one parody Photoshop. source
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01 Oct 2009 20:40

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U.S.: Support for legal abortion – no matter the situation – is falling fast

  • 47% of respondents say abortions should be legal in all or most cases; that number is down significantly, from 54% last year
  • 45% of respondents say abortion shouldn’t be legal in all or most cases; that number is up from 45% last year source
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06 Sep 2009 11:34

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U.S.: Bad, completely illegal idea: Strip searches in gym class

  • cause At an Atlantic, Iowa high school, a girl in a gym class noticed that $100 was missing from her purse. She freaked, then told her gym teacher.
  • effect School administrators then conducted a search on five other girls. Their parents say it was a strip search. Their lawyers say that’s not legal. source
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04 Sep 2009 11:28

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Biz: American Apparel’s Dov Charney very sad about immigrant layoffs

  • Many of you have been with me for so many years, and I just cry when I think that so many people will be leaving the company. It is my belief that immigrants bring prosperity to any economy.
  • American Apparel CEO Dov Charney • In a letter to employees. The letter is one of those things that could come off like some jerk CEO just saying nice things, but instead it comes off really sincere. In the letter, he notes that his grandmother worked as an immigrant in a clothing factory, and his grandparents later paid seed money for him to start his company. He’s also offering priority to laid-off employees in getting new jobs with the company once their immigration status is straight. Charney gets lots of criticism from the press, but this screams “class act.” • source
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23 Jul 2009 16:40

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World: Ireland made it very illegal (and expensive!) to speak blasphemy

  • €25,000 fine in Ireland for blasphemy source
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13 Jul 2009 15:47

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Biz, Music: Music in a nutshell: We’re getting it online, in hoards

  • 41.5% increase in digital sales last year. Conversely, physical sales dropped 43.5% in the same time span
  • 26% of 14-18 year olds admit to “sharing” music files last month, down from 42% in December 2007 source
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